Beresford Charles Sapper
Personnel Entry
Name Beresford Charles
Army number 14337048
Rank Sapper
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Birth registered April 1924, Blackburn, Lancashire. Mother's maiden surname Towson.
Age (At time of death) 20.
Unit Enlisted in the General Staff Corps. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Royal Engineers. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy. KILLED on ACTIVE SERVICE 5/12/1944. (CWGC lists him as Killed in Action).
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED on ACTIVE SERVICE 5/12/1944. Initially interred in Jonkerbosch Old Cemetery - map reference Sheet 5, 1/100,000 688592. Reburied in Jonkerbos War Cemetery on 3/4/1947 in Grave reference 15. F. 4. Headstone inscription reads "NEVER SHALL OUR LOVED ONE LEAVE OUR MEMORY".
Home address Son of William and Elizia Beresford of Blackburn, Lancashire.
Source table
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
It is not known why the Commemorative Booklet separated the Company's fatal casualties into those who were Killed in Action and those Killed on Active Service. CWGC does not use the same definitions.
Thanks are due to the "Find a Grave" Website for the headstone image.
