British casualties

Hechtel, September 1944      
Bourg-Léopold War Cemetery

 Scots Guards ‘X’-Company :

Aiton Alexander, Guardsman (+09.09.1944) age 24

Campbell Robert Calderwood, Lance Corporal 1^st Bn

(07.09.1944) age 21

(Groesbeek Memorial, Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Espley John Leonard, Guardsman (09.09.1944) age 20

Foster John, Lance Corporal (09.09.1944) age 34

* Gill Herbert, Guardsman (07.09.1944) age 23

(Geel War Cemetery)

Law Alexander, Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.) (12.09.1944) age 32

MacLeod William Sinclair, Guardsman 1^st Bn (09.09.1944) age20

Pallett Bertie Edgar, Guardsman (09.09.1944) age 24

* Picknell Ernest Fred, Guardsman (09.09.1944) age 25

(Brussels Town Cemetery - Evere)

Stewart George Pennycook, Guardsman (09.09.1944) age 33

Thorpe Ninian, Lieutenant (09.09.1944) age 22

Welsh Guards 1 Battalion :           

Ashmore Alfred Harold, Lance Corporal (08.09.1944) age 26      

Ashmore Edward Terence, Guardsman  (10.09.1940) age 29             

Batteson George, Guardsman  (10.09.1944) age 18

*  Bulmer O. T.

      * Bulmer Oscar Theodore, Captain 1^st Bn The Herefordshire Regt., 

         King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (09.09.1944)  (Geel War Cemetery)

* Bulmer Arthur Reginald, Lance Corporal 1^st Bn Coldstream Guards            (08.09.1944) age 24

Church James, Guardsman (10.09.1944) age 19

Davies John, Lance Sergeant (12.09.1944) age 27

Froud Ronald Frederick, Lance Corporal 10.09.1944) age 24

* Goodwin Arthur, Guardsman (08.09.1944) age 28 (Geel War Cemetery)

Henderson John Arnold Alexander, Captain (11.09.1944) age 31

Jones Evan Lewis, Lance Corporal (10.09.1944) age 24

* Jones Llewellyn Greenly, Guardsman 3^rd Bn (08.05.1943) age 23  

(Enfidaville War Cemetery, Sousse Governorate, Tunesia)

Lewis Goronwy, Guardsman (10.09.1944) age 30

Lister Hugh Evelyn Jackson M.C., Major (09.09.1944) age 43.

      Loveday Edwin John, Guardsman (08.09.1944) age 24

Phillips Idris Sefton, Guardsman (10.09.1944) age 19

Pugh George, Guardsman (11.09.1944) age 30

Pugsley Edward John, Guardsman (14.09.1944) age 26

Smith Reginald Harry, Lance Corporal (10.09.1944) age 25

Spencer John Ogilvie, Major (09.09.1944)

Thomas William Edward Burnhill, Guardsman (10.09.1944) age 36

Welsh Guards 2 Battalion :

Bird Harold John, Lance Sergeant 2^nd Armd.Recce Bn (08.09.1944) age 34

* Colledge W., Guardsman 2^nd Armd. Recce Bn (08.09.1944) age 24.

Davies George Henry, Lance Sergeant (08.09.1944) age 30

Evans Robert, Lance Sergeant (08.09.1944) age 28

Jones Bryn Myrddin, 2^nd Armd. Recce Bn (12.09.1944) age 22

* Morgan William Henry, Lance Corporal (07.09.1944) age 28

(Geel War Cemetery)

Morris Richard John, Guardsman (08.09.1944) age 27

Williams Kerfoot Tecwyn, Guardsman (08.09.1944) age 24

Grenadiers Guards :

Broad  Charles  Henry,  Guardsman  2^nd Bn  Grenadier  Guards  (10.09.1944)

         age 20

Copperthwaite William George, Guardsman 1^st Bn Gren. Guards (10.09.1944)  age 24

Frank, Sir Howard Frederick, Lieutenant, 2^nd Bn Grenadier Guards (10.09.1944) age  21. 

Hall  George  Thomas  Basil,  Sergeant  1^st Bn  Grenadier  Guards  (10.09.1944)

age 26

Potter Ronald Frank, Guardsman 2^nd Bn Grenadier Guards (10.09.1944) age 28

Irish Guards :

Dunn John, Lance Serjeant 3^rd Bn (10.09.1944) age 23

 

The Herefordshire Rgt., King’s Shropshire Light Infantry :

Blount Sidney John, Private 1^st Bn (10.09.1944) age 30

Derry William, Lance Sergjeant 1^st Bn (10.09.1944) age 28

Hembrey Francis William, Private 1^st Bn (10.09.1944) age 25

Hunt George Verdun, Sergeant 1^st Bn (10.09.1944) age 28

Jeffs Denis, Private 1/7^th Bn (10.09.1944) age 22

Kotchapaw W. J., Lieutenant, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps attd. 1^st Bn The Herefordshire Regt., King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (10.09.1944) age 20.  (Groesbeek Canadian Memorial, Nijmegen Netherlands)

 

Langley James, Lance Corporal 1^st Bn (10.09.1944) age 24

Stevens Benjamin, Private 1sr Bn (10.09.1944) age 31

Tranter Arthur Edward, Private 1^st Bn (10.09.1944) age 33

The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers :

Bonham-Carter Andrew Malcolm, Major, No.2 Independent M.G. Coy., Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (11.09.1944) age 30

  

Cooper David John, Fusilier, No.2 Independent M.G. Coy. (11.09.1944) age 33

Hayes  William  George,  Fusilier,  No.2  Independent  M.G.  Coy.  (11.09.1944)

age 20

Joyner  George  Albert,  Fusilier,  No.2  Independent  M.G.  Coy.  (11.09.1944)

age 21

151 Field Regiment Royal Artillery (Ayrshire Yeomanry) TA :

Burton Robin Welch, Captain (10.09.1944) age 24 (Brussels Town Cemetery - Evere)

Inns of Court Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps :

* Kirby George Frederick, Lance Corporal (10.09.1944) age 27 (Hasselt Communal Cemetery - Kruisveld)

3 Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment :

Thornycroft John Mytton, Captain, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment,3^rd Battalion  (12.09.1944)  age 32.

2 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry :

Milne James, Trooper, H.Q. Sqn., 2^nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps (11.09.1944) age 28

Royal Dutch Prinses Irene Brigade (Dutch Exploration Department) :

* Steijger Gerardus Matthijs, Soldaat Eerste Klas, Royal Dutch Brigade Princess Irene (Netherlands) attd. Irish Guards Group (born in Delft 28.03.1924-+11.09.1944)

 

This list is compiled from searches of the names at the Tank Memorial Hechtel and the register names of the British War Cemetery Leopoldsburg/Bourg-Léopold and after further research of all kinds.

                                                        (For more details see my book.)

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