Lote Jack Lance Bombardier 901865

2026-10-09T16:09:57Z

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Lote Jack |Army number=901865 |Rank=Lance Bombardier. |Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards. |Date of birth=Not yet known. |Age at the time of his death=Not yet known. |Unit=Enlisted in the |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained. |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed. |Task or role=Not yet known. |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed. |Promotions=None known as yet. |Wounded=Not as far as is known. |Prisoner of War=Not as f..."

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Lote Jack
|Army number=901865
|Rank=Lance Bombardier.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age at the time of his death=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in the
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
|Promotions=None known as yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
}}

Leach J Lieutenant Quartermaster

2026-10-09T16:08:45Z

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Leach J. |Army number=Not yet known. |Rank=Lieutenant Quartermaster. |Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards. |Date of birth=Not yet known. |Age at the time of his death=Not yet known. |Unit=Enlisted in the |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained. |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed. |Task or role=Not yet known. |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed. |Promotions=None known as yet. |Wounded=Not as far as is known. |Prisoner..."

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Leach J.
|Army number=Not yet known.
|Rank=Lieutenant Quartermaster.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age at the time of his death=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in the
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
|Promotions=None known as yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
}}

Drakeford David Goode Private 4457698

2026-10-09T16:07:00Z

70bgadmin:

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Drakeford David Goode
|Army number=4457698
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Born June 1919 - Willesden, London.
|Age at the time of his death=20 years old.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known, but his Number suggests Summer 1939. Posted to the Infantry Training Centre, Brancepeth for Basic Training.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained. It would appear that Private Drakeford died before he could be posted to a Battalion.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Trainee infantryman.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed - unlikely to have been posted to a Unit by the time of his death.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known. Cause of his death not yet researched.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 26/12/1939. Probate granted 4/3/1940. Buried Willesden New Cemetery, Section A, Grave 531. There is no headstone inscription.
|Home address=Father - Edward Percy Goode Drakeford (1877 - 1946). Mother - Edith Cosier (1879 - 1958). Lived at 67, St Gabriel's Road, Brondesbury, London NW3.
}}

Private Drakeford's brother - 2nd Lt Drakeford (SSVC) - died in the evacuation of Singapore in 1942 - being left for dead on the launch "ELIZABETH" after an attack by a Japanese Destroyer in the Banka Straits.

Laurence A L P 2nd Lieutenant 262595

2026-10-09T15:20:05Z

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Laurence A. L. P. |Army number=262595 |Rank=2nd Liey |Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards. |Date of birth=Not yet known. |Age at the time of his death=Not yet known. |Unit=Enlisted in the |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained. |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed. |Task or role=Not yet known. |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed. |Promotions=None known as yet. |Wounded=Not as far as is known. |Prisoner of War=Not as fa..."

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Laurence A. L. P.
|Army number=262595
|Rank=2nd Liey
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age at the time of his death=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in the
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
|Promotions=None known as yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
}}

Browne M E 2nd Lieutenant 276015

2026-10-09T15:18:11Z

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Browne M. E. |Army number=276015 |Rank=2nd Lieutenant |Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards. |Date of birth=Not yet known. |Age at the time of his death=Not yet known. |Unit=Enlisted in the |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained. |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed. |Task or role=Not yet known. |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed. |Promotions=None known as yet. |Wounded=Not as far as is known. |Prisoner of War=Not as f..."

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Browne M. E.
|Army number=276015
|Rank=2nd Lieutenant
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age at the time of his death=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in the
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
|Promotions=None known as yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
}}

Murphy John Private D/15564

2026-10-09T15:09:45Z

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Murphy John |Army number=D/15564 |Rank=Private. |Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards. |Date of birth=Not yet known. |Age at the time of his death=Not yet known. |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet ascertained. Discharged 9/3/1940. NOFS Docs w/o Droitwich Inforns. |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained. |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed. |Task or role=Not yet known. |Joined Brigade=Not yet c..."

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Murphy John
|Army number=D/15564
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age at the time of his death=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet ascertained. Discharged 9/3/1940. NOFS Docs w/o Droitwich Inforns.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
|Promotions=None known as yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
}}

Knox Ralph Private 4456639

2026-10-09T15:04:12Z

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Knox Ralph |Army number=4456639 |Rank=Private. |Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards. |Date of birth=Not yet known. |Age at the time of his death=Not yet known. |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - probably Summer 1939. Discharged under King's Regulations 1935 Para 383 (xvi) on 21/2/1940. Demobilised. |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained. |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed. |Task or role=Not yet known. |..."

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Knox Ralph
|Army number=4456639
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age at the time of his death=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - probably Summer 1939. Discharged under King's Regulations 1935 Para 383 (xvi) on 21/2/1940. Demobilised.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed.
|Promotions=None known as yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet. Unable to identify him specifically on Ancestry.co.uk
}}

Drakeford David Goode Private 4457698

2026-10-09T14:59:35Z

70bgadmin:

2026-10-06T09:11:38Z

70bgadmin:

{{Personnel
|id=2260
|Surname and forenames=Farley Alfred Bertram
|Army number=5255749
|Rank=Private.
|Date of birth=Born Worcestershire 27/5/1915.
|Unit=Joined the Worcestershire Regiment - no enlistment details as yet. Transferred to the Rifle Brigade 21/6/1940. Not traced in Rifle Brigade Enlistment Books. Transferred to The Buffs. Transferred to the East Surrey Regiment 2/2/1943. Transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry 21/6/1943. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1944, and posted to the 10th Battalion DLI. Served Normandy. Taken Prisoner of War. DIED in U.S. Evacuation Hospital 15/4/1945, Casualty Reference 104.91, GW222
|Joined Brigade=18/4/1944.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - held in Stalag 8c - Konin Zaganski - Poland. PoW Number 70039
|Died/Killed in action=Died 15-Apr-45 after being recovered from enemy custody. Initially interred in the Magraten American Cemetery, Holland, Map Reference Sh9, 1/100,000 655481. Re-buried 28/4/1947 in Grave VII. G. 5. Venray War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands. Head stone inscription reads:- IN MEMORY OF BERT. ALWAYS ENSHRINED, IN THE HEARTS OF, ELIZABETH AND PAULINE. Probate was granted to Elizabeth Helen Farley from the Birmingham Probate Office.
|Home address=Resident of Worcestershire. Son of Alfred Bertram and Elizabeth Farley, husband of Elizabeth Helen Farley, Kidderminster. In the 1939 General Register he is shown as living at 5, Oxford Row, Kidderminster, Worcestershire and working as a Railway Carter - Heavy.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
|Age at the time of his death=30 years old.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known but probably Rifleman.
|Promotions=None known as yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known. His CWGC documentation describes Bert as having DIED, rather than DIED of WOUNDS, so it is assumed he suffered from some illness. It is not known whether he was wounded at the time of his capture.
|Image Name=Farley_rifle_brigade_later_10_DLI.png
|Image Title=Private Alfred Bertram Farley
|Source table=10DLI
}}

File:Farley rifle brigade later 10 DLI.png

2026-10-06T09:10:06Z

70bgadmin:

2026-10-02T15:20:38Z

70bgadmin:

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Nightingale Neville Gascoyne ( it appears that Neville dropped the Wagner forename he had been given at his baptism).
|Army number=170486
|Rank=2nd Lieutenant.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards. Awards issued 12/2/1949 - 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal.
|Date of birth=2/5/1911.
|Age at the time of his death. 78 years old.
|Unit=Commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment and posted to the 2nd Battalion Kensington Regiment. Served Iceland. Arrived Reykjavik abourd SS Bergensford [see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bergensfjord 4/10/1941]. Appointed Sports Officer 18/11/1941. Attended the Winter Warfare Course at Iceland Force Tactical School, Retkjavik 21/3/1942 - 1/4/1942. Appointed Intelligence Officer 30/6/1942 (some records give the date as 16/1/1942). Left Iceland aboard SS Orduna see here https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-67380 on 8/4/1942. Returned to the UK. Posted to the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and posted to the Middle East. Transferred to the Cheshire Regiment and posted to the 5th Battalion 12/8/1942. Wounded.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Duty Officer.
|Joined Brigade=From the date the Kensingtons supported the Brigade.
|Promotions=Lieutenant - Gazetted 21/2/19141.
|Wounded=Yes - blown up by a mine at Mersa Brega, Egypt 15/12/1942.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 28/9/1989.
|Home address=Father - Lacy Gamaliel Nightingale Brophy, mother - Katie Wagner. Married Nancy Esther Whistler in Chelsea Q3 1946.
}}