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Those who died in World War Two

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Ten ex-pupils from Hemel Hempstead Grammar School were killed during the Second World War.  They are listed here.

Others who lived in Hemel Hempstead are listed in the 'Roll of Honour' below.  They include Battle of Britain pilot Denys Mileham.

 

Second World War Roll of Honour

 

This list contains 136 individuals whose next-of-kin details in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database contain references to at least one of: ‘Hemel Hempstead’, ‘Boxmoor’ or ‘Apsley End’.  Further names are being added when a Hemel Hempstead link is established.  It is hoped that further searches of a wider area will be included later.  Further information on some of the men listed whose names appear on the Hemel Hempstead War Memorial near to St John's Church in Boxmoor can be found at Roll-of-Honour.com and on a site run by Stephen Stratford.

 

If you have any details on any of the men listed, including photographs, please get in touch through the contact page at: Contact Us

 

Further details, including information such as next-of-kin, home address and place of burial can be obtained on the CWGC website at CWGC Search by entering the surname, first initial and year of death in the appropriate spaces.  The CWGC website also allows members of the public to create and print a Memorial Certificate for each person recorded in the database.

 

The Roll was prepared by Prof Richard Grayson of Goldsmiths, University of London, using data provided by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 

 

 

Name

Rank

Date of death

Regiment

Unit

Ambrose, John

Able Seaman

24-May-41

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Hood

Aylott, Arthur George

Private

17-Dec-45

Beds and Herts

2nd Battalion

Bagshaw, Henry Arthur

Colour Serjeant

14-Feb-42

Beds and Herts

5th Battalion

Baldwin, Bernard Oliver

Pilot Officer

25-May-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

158 Sqdn.

Bates, David James

Trooper

14-Mar-41

Royal Armoured Corps

 

Bayliss, Albert Henry

Pilot Officer

16-Apr-43

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Beales, Ronald

Signalman

17-Aug-43

Royal Corps of Signals

27 Operating Sec.

Bending, Herbert Arthur

Corporal

04-Dec-42

Royal Engineers

276 Field Coy.

Bentley, John Walter

Corporal

24-Mar-45

Parachute , A.A.C.

12th (10th Battalion The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regt.]) Battalion

Berg, Erik Christian

Flight Sergeant

06-Mar-45

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

272 Sqdn.

Blofield, Bernard Reginald

Flying Officer

30-Dec-47

Royal Air Force

 

Bone, Frederick Albert

Private

06-Aug-43

Beds and Herts

5th Battalion

Bourne, John Edward

Serjeant

20-Dec-43

Essex

5th Battalion

Chapman, Stanley Reginald

Driver

14-Jul-42

Royal Army Service Corps

 

Chappell, Keith Ernest Ansell

Pilot Officer

03-Oct-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Clement, Cyril

Private

25-Aug-41

The Queen's Royal  (West Surrey)

11th Battalion

Coker, Frank Edward

Private

14-Apr-45

Royal Berkshire

 

Collier, James

Private

29-Oct-43

Beds and Herts

5th Battalion

Collins, Arthur George Frank

Private

24-Aug-40

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

1st Bucks. Battalion

Colyer, John Edward

Flying Officer

03-Oct-43

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Cosson, Ronald Ingram

Serjeant

16-Jan-43

Royal Army Service Corps

 

Crawley, Dennis David

Corporal

05-Jun-44

Beds and Herts

1st Battalion

Crawley, Stanley

Private

14-Jan-45

The Queen's Royal  (West Surrey)

1/5th Battalion

Cripps, Arthur Raymond

Rifleman

02-Apr-45

Royal Ulster Rifles

 

Davis, Reginald Walter

Fusilier

18-Feb-44

Royal Fusiliers (City of London )

 

Dilley, Lewis Henry John

Ordinary Telegraphist

25-Jan-43

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Corncrake

Dry, Alfred George

Gunner

05-Mar-43

Royal Artillery

11 Coast Regt.

Edmonds, Gilbert

Bombardier

31-Oct-44

Royal Artillery

26 Medium Regt.

Duke, Robert George Lance Corporal
21-Jun-44
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 6th Battalion

Emerton, George Alfred

Ordinary Seaman

17-Nov-40

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Illustrious.

Ewer, Derek Ronald James

Flight Sergeant

15-Mar-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

223 Sqdn.

Farnes, Rowland James

Able Seaman

26-Mar-42

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Jaguar

Faulder, George William

Private

12-Feb-42

Leicestershire

1st Battalion

Finch, John Lennard Frearson

Apprentice

16-Jan-41

Merchant Navy

S.S. Essex (London)

Fisher, Harry John

Private

29-Nov-43

Beds and Herts

5th Battalion

Fisher, Robert Alfred Henry

Trooper

24-Nov-44

Royal Armoured Corps

142nd (7th Battalion The Suffolk Regt.) Regt.

Fletcher, Frank

Lieutenant

01-Jun-41

Royal Navy

H.M.S. London.

Flint, Ronald Bernard

Serjeant

23-Nov-44

Essex

2nd Battalion

Foreman, Clifford Herbert

Private

16-Nov-44

Middlesex

1/7th Battalion

Fossey, James Indarious

Sapper

23-Aug-45

Royal Engineers

35 Fortress Coy.

Frazer, William Arthur

Gunner

26-May-44

Royal Artillery

84 H.A.A. Regt.

Gadsden, Geoffrey George

Gunner

27-Mar-44

Royal Artillery

76 (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regt.

Gardiner, George

Captain

17-Mar-42

Royal Army Service Corps

 

George, Stanley Henry

Trooper

30-Nov-41

Royal Tank , R.A.C.

4th

Glover, Walter William

Major

17-Jan-46

Royal Marines

 

Green, Charles

Private

11-Jul-44

Beds and Herts

2nd Battalion

Green, William Frederick

Serjeant

10-Jun-44

Royal Artillery

62 Anti-Tank Regt.

Gurney, Leonard Ralph

Private

03-Jul-43

Beds and Herts

5th Battalion

Gurney, Thomas Ernest

Seaman

11-May-41

Royal Naval Patrol Service

 

Haigh, James

Electrical Artificer

17-Jul-40

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Calliope.

Hales, Frank Joseph

Flying Officer

04-Apr-45

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

70 Sqdn.

Hamilton, Goulder George

Leading Signalman

16-Sep-44

Royal Navy

 

Hammon, Charles James

Leading Aircraftman

19-Aug-45

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Hammond, Maurice James

Able Seaman

25-Jan-43

Royal Navy

H.M.S. President

Hanks, Gerald Austin

Sergeant

14-Nov-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Harmsworth, Alfred Frank

Naval Airman 1st Class

10-Nov-39

Royal Navy

H.M.S. St. Vincent.

Harrison, Lawrence Richard

Gunner

28-Oct-44

Royal Artillery

88 Field Regt.

Hathaway, Leonard Charles

Lance Corporal

22-Sep-43

Leicestershire

2/5th Battalion

Haughton, William George

Major

18-Feb-42

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

 

Hearn, Frank Walter

Gunner

06-May-43

Royal Artillery

65 Field Regt.

Hebbs, Walter John

Private

19-Oct-44

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

4th Battalion

Hills, Herbert Leslie

Gunner

20-Sep-44

Royal Horse Artillery

11 (Honourable Artillery Coy.) Regt.

Hopkins, Aubrey

Private

07-Aug-44

Royal Norfolk

7th Battalion

Horne, Sidney Frank

Sergeant

15-Aug-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

178 Sqdn.

Hosier, Sidney Ernest

Fusilier

05-Sep-44

Royal Fusiliers (City of London )

9th Battalion

Hughes, Wesley Arnold

Staff Serjeant

03-Dec-44

Royal Army Service Corps

18 Div. Troops Coy.

Ives, Reginald Frank

Corporal

19-Sep-43

The Queen's Royal  (West Surrey)

2/5th Battalion

Jones, Harry Arthur

Private

09-Dec-41

Essex

1st Battalion

Kenny, Patrick Joseph

Serjeant

26-Jul-40

Royal Army Medical Corps

 

King, Frank

Serjeant

14-Sep-44

Leicestershire

2/5th Battalion

Lamb, John

Gunner

11-Aug-44

Royal Artillery

21 Anti-Tank Regt.

Lane, John Edward

Sergeant

30-Dec-43

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Lee, Raymond Leslie

Sergeant

19-Jul-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

138 Sqdn.

Lillico, James Walsh

Captain

18-Oct-42

Indian Medical Service

12 Indian General Hospital

Malley, William Edward

Sergeant

05-Nov-45

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Margrove, Leonard John

Serjeant

26-Feb-45

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

4th Battalion

Marhoff, Frank Victor

Leading Aircraftman

13-Nov-41

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Mason, Richard William

Sergeant

17-Apr-43

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

408 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.

McDonald, Andrew Cairns Bain

Corporal

06-Sep-44

Gordon Highlanders

1st Battalion The London Scottish

Mears, Ernest John

Private

14-Apr-45

East Lancashire

1st Battalion

Mileham, Denys Edgar

Flight Lieutenant

15-Apr-42

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

234 Sqdn.

Mills, Edward

Stoker 2nd Class

15-Nov-42

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Quebec

Mills, Joseph Wallace

Lance Serjeant

19-Aug-42

Beds and Herts

 

Mitchell, Henry Arthur

Assistant Baker

11-Jul-43

Merchant Navy

S.S. California (Glasgow)

Mounsey, Eric Graham

Pilot Officer

07-Nov-41

Royal Air Force

58 Sqdn.

Newman, William Searl

Flight Sergeant

15-Oct-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Newton, Walter

Private

18-Jan-41

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Base Ordnance Depot

Northam, Leonard Charles

Able Seaman

24-Jan-43

Royal Navy

H.M.S. President III

O'Monaghan, Derrick Alexander

Guardsman

15-May-40

Grenadier Guards

1st Battalion

Owen, Cecil George

Lance Corporal

26-Jan-44

Essex

1/4th Battalion

Palmer, Harold Bernard

Fusilier

05-Nov-44

Royal Scots Fusiliers

6th Battalion

Palmer, Jack

Serjeant

14-Feb-42

Cambridgeshire

1st Battalion

Parsons, Gilbert Kenneth

Sergeant

10-Apr-43

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Philps, John Albert

Flight Lieutenant

30-Jul-43

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

156 Sqdn.

Pickering, Stanley Neville

Sapper

17-Feb-44

Royal Engineers

23 Field Coy.

Picton, Leslie Arthur

Bombardier

29-Nov-44

Royal Artillery

508 Coast Regt.

Piedot, Victor Wilfred

Flight Sergeant

21-Jan-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

76 Sqdn.

Plenderleith, Donald Mackay

Lieutenant

28-May-44

1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun )

3rd Battalion

Plummer, Charles James

Marine

01-Jun-41

Royal Marines

R.M. Group, M.N.B.D.O.1.

Pratt, Frank William

Sergeant

05-Sep-43

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Pretlove, Thomas James

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant

12-Sep-44

Royal Artillery

 

Print, Dennis Charles Ben

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

24-May-41

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Hood

Rance, George Ernest

Trooper

14-Feb-43

Royal Armoured Corps

Staffordshire Yeomanry

Read, William Harold

Driver

25-Sep-43

Royal Army Service Corps

375 Gen. Transport Coy.

Reid, John

Flight Lieutenant

26-Jun-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

605 Sqdn.

Reynolds, Benjamin Samuel

Flight Sergeant

25-Feb-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

156 Sqdn.

Richardson, Eric Ryder

Sergeant

26-Jun-43

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

115 Sqdn.

Richardson, Robert Edwin

Flying Officer

31-Aug-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

103 Sqdn.

Richardson, William John

Corporal

12-May-44

Beds and Herts

2/4th Battalion

Riddle, John Henry

Sergeant

15-Mar-44

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

166 Sqdn.

Riley, William G.

Able Seaman

19-May-45

Royal Navy

H.M.M.T.B. 2011

Risbrough, George Samuel

Serjeant

18-Jul-44

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

5th Battalion

Robbins, Ronald Stephen

Lance Corporal

14-Nov-42

Corps of Military Police

3rd Divisional Provost Coy.

Robins, Harold Alfred

Private

02-Jul-40

Beds and Herts

2nd Battalion

Saunders, Geoffrey Leonard Phillip

Leading Radio Mechanic

15-Nov-42

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Avenger

Selden, Kenneth Edmund

Flight Sergeant

10-May-42

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

 

Sells, Harold

Gunner

16-Apr-43

Royal Artillery

70 Field Regt.

Sells, James

Private

16-Nov-43

The Queen's Royal  (West Surrey)

1/7th Battalion

Sharman, Elsie Louisa

Lance Corporal

14-Feb-43

Auxiliary Territorial Service

 

Slade, Ivor Charles Brian

Flight Lieutenant

24-Aug-43

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

83 Sqdn.

Stafford, James Dean

Greaser

10-Dec-40

Merchant Navy

M.V. Dunedin Star (London)

Stafford, Samuel Dean

Lance Serjeant

03-Jul-40

Beds and Herts

1st Battalion

Streete, Douglas

Private

26-Mar-43

Royal Army Service Corps

74 Motor Amb. Coy.

Stubbington, Lewis William

Lance Corporal

11-Dec-40

Beds and Herts

2nd Battalion The Hertfordshire Regt.

Thacker, Roger Ewart

Telegraphist

05-Nov-39

Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve

H.M. Trawler Northern Rover

Thwaites, Raymond William

Telegraphist

14-Oct-39

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Royal Oak

Tipping, Frederick Thomas

Fusilier

15-Feb-45

Royal Welch Fusiliers

6th Battalion

Turner, Herbert Edmund

Coder

31-Jan-42

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Belmont

Wainwright, Charles Harold

Gunner

22-Feb-44

Royal Artillery

136 Field Regt.

Walker, Harry

Gunner

18-May-44

Royal Artillery

70 Medium Regt.

Walters, John

Serjeant

25-Sep-44

Glider Pilot , A.A.C.

2nd Wing

Walters, Lewis Henry George

Bombardier

29-Oct-44

Royal Artillery

151 (The Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regt.

White, John Henry

Private

13-Apr-43

Beds and Herts

2nd Battalion The Hertfordshire Regt.

Whiteman, John Whitmore

Lieutenant

22-Jan-44

Beds and Herts

 

Wilkinson, Dennis Wilfrid

Lieutenant

14-Feb-42

Royal Artillery

6 H.A.A. Regt.

Wood, George Watson

Marine

28-Oct-44

Royal Marines

H.M.S. Fabius.

Woollatt, Horace James

Flight Sergeant

20-Oct-42

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

407 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.

 

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