Many who lie in this cemetery were killed on 11 August 1944.
Click on this link - for an earlier gallantry award for Major Eardley-Wilmot, to view published details of circumstances surrounding his and over 30 others’ deaths.
Cemetery: ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Country: France
Locality: Calvados
There are 3 graves of Unknown Irish Guardsmen in this cemetery.
Guardsman EDMUND NOEL ANDERSON 2723353, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 25
on 03 August 1944
Foster-son of Margaret Anderson, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. G. 13.
Guardsman ALBERT JOHN BAGHURST 2720993, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 29 on 06 August 1944
Son of Albert John and Susan Baghurst, of Alvaston, Derby.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. F. 10.
Guardsman ALBERT GEORGE BARNETT 2722715, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 34 on 01 August 1944
Son of William Jesse Barnett, and of Minnie Sarah Barnett, of Haywards Heath, Sussex; husband of Doris Rose Barnett.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. G. 15.
Click here to read a partial account of the action in which Guardsman Barnett died.
Guardsman LIONAL ALBERT BOLAND 5347756, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 23 on 04 August 1944
Son of Michael Francis and Violet Fanny Boland, of Bicester, Oxfordshire. His brother Michael Patrick also died on service.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave III. G. 3-12.
Sergeant MARTIN HOLMES BRENNAN 2719937, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 25 on 04 August 1944
Son of James Francis and Lily Brennan; husband of Kathleen Esther Brennan, of Dublin, Irish Republic.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 15.
Lance Corporal GODFREY NICHOLAS HAMMOND BRILL 2719764, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 25 on 03 August 1944
Son of Herbert Francis and Beatrice Ann Christobel Brill; husband of Florence May Brill, of Westfield, Woking, Surrey.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. F. 11.
Lance Corporal GEORGE CARLTON BRITTON 2723648, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 29 on 11 August 1944
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 14.
Serjeant MARTIN HOLMES BRENNAN 2719937, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 25 on 04 August 1944
Son of James Francis and Lily Brennan; husband of Kathleen Esther Brennan, of Dublin, Irish Republic.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 15.
Guardsman JOSEPH BYRNE 2724032, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 03 August 1944
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 12.
Lance Corporal PATRICK CONCANNON 2719429, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 25 on 01 August 1944
Son of John Patrick and Ellen Concannon, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 2.
Click here to read a partial account of the action in which Lance-Corporal Concannon died.
Guardsman JOHN CONROY 2717181, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 35 on 11 August 1944
Son of John and Julia Conroy; husband of Mary Conroy, of Paddington Green, London.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 15.
Guardsman TERENCE CULLEN 4206579, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 20 on 02 August 1944
Son of Edward and Elizabeth Cullen, of Anfield, Liverpool.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. G. 15.
Guardsman EDWARD DAVIDSON 2721186, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 01 August 1944
Son of John and Margaret Davidson, of Haltwhistle, Northumberland.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave I. C. 10.
Click here to read a partial account of the action in which Guardsman Davidson died.
Captain HUGH EVERARD JOSEPH DORMER D.S.O., 104106, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 25 on 01 August 1944
Son of Capt. Kenelm Dormer, and of Josephine Dormer, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 9.
Click here for entry under Gallantry and more information about Hugh Dormer
See Times article Aug 12, 1944; FALLEN OFFICERS, DORMER
See Times article Aug 01, 1945; IN MEMORIAM DORMER
See Times article Aug 01, 1946; IN MEMORIAM, DORMER
Click here to read a partial account of the action in which Captain Dormer, DSO died.
From Memorial at Le Tourneur:
“1944 - 2004
HOMMAGE AU CAPITAINE
H. DORMER, IRISH GUARDS
MORT EN CE LIEU
ET AUX SOLDATS DE
LA GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION
QUI ONT LIBERE
LE TOURNEUR
LE 31 JUILLET 1 ET 2 AOUT
NOUBLIONS JAMAIS”
[1944 - 2004 In memory of Captain H. Dormer, Irish Guards who died here and of the soldiers of the Guards Armoured Division who liberated Le Tourneur on 31st July, 1st and 2nd of August]
Serjeant WILLIAM JOSEPH DOUGLAS 2720741, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 28 on 05 August 1944
Son of Alexander and Annie Douglas, of Cloughmills, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland; husband of Kathleen Douglas, of Cloughmills.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 1.
Guardsman ERNEST DRINKILL 2722167, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 35 on 31 July 1944
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Joint grave IV. D. 5-6.
Guardsman GEORGE EAGER 2723836, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 11 August 1944
Son of Thomas and Ellen Eager.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. G. 4.
Lance Serjeant THOMAS HENRY ENGLAND 2718941, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 11 August 1944
Son of John and Sarah England, of Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 9.
Serjeant THOMAS JOSEPH ENGLISH 2721894, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 25 on 08 August 1944
Son of James and Margaret English, of Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon, Irish Republic.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. R. 10.
Guardsman GEORGE FITT 2723874, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 20 on 03 August 1944
Husband of Mary Fitt, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 9.
2723874 Guardsman George Fitt
George was a brother of Lord Gerry Fitt, an M.P. from Northern Ireland and Lord Fitt was later to become an honorary member of the regiment's sergeants' mess. Lord Fitt and another of his brothers served as merchant seamen during the Second World War.
Click here to read Lord Fitt’s obituary in The Times
By H. MacLean:
“Gerry Fitt served on the Tanker NACELLA official number 168444 built in 1943 for Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London. It was broken up in Bo’ness on 7.3.1960. The ship was completed in June 1943 and by apparently went straight out on a Russian convoy.
The cargo ship THEEMS official number 149764 built in 1921 as ALEKSANDER for A.M. Luther.
1926 renamed JOLLY BRUCE (L.Walford); 1931 renamed THEEMS (L. Walford); 1951 renamed MARVIA (Mazzone & Co). An onboard fire occurred at Marseilles on 21.12.1954 and she was broken up at Spezia on 8.12.1955.”
Guardsman EDWARD LAURIE FRASER 2719790, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 26 on 11 August 1944
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 8.
Guardsman THOMAS GERRARD 2722984, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 28 on 04 August 1944
Son of John and Annie Gerrard, of Orrell, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave III. G. 3-12.
Guardsman JAMES HENNESSY 2718887, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died on 11 August 1944
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 13.
Guardsman FRANCIS HOLLEY 2723557, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 19 on 01 August 1944
Son of Jerimiah and Margaret Holley, of Waun Wen, Swansea.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave V. G. 13.
Click here to read a partial account of the action in which Guardsman Holley died.
Serjeant GEORGE ARTHUR JENNINGS 2719660, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 26 on 11 August 1944
Son of Frank Ernest and Alice Jennings; husband of Cicely Thelma Jennings, of Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. G. 5.
Guardsman JOHN OWEN DORFIL JONES 2721820, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 26 on 04 August 1944
Son of John Dorfil Jones and Jane Jones, of Blaenau Festiniog, Merionethshire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. G. 11.
Lieutenant JOHN CHARLES FITZGERALD KEATINGE 278673, 2nd Armd. Bn., Irish Guards who died age 20 on 04 August 1944
Son of Gerald FitzMaurice Keatinge and Margaret Evelyn Keatinge, of Codnor, Derbyshire. Scholar-elect, King's College, Cambridge.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 2.
See Times article Aug 16, 1944; FALLEN OFFICER, KEATINGE
Lance Serjeant JOHN KELLY 2718214, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 32 on 01 August 1944
Son of John and Mary Kelly; husband of Ellen Kelly, of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave III. G. 3-12.
Click here to read a partial account of the action in which Lance-Sergeant Kelly died.
Guardsman GEORGE DANIEL KIBBLE 2719991, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 26 on 04 August 1944
Husband of Gladys Joyce Kibble, of Harrow, Middlesex.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave III. G. 3-12.
Guardsman CYRIL LALLY 2723499, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 19 on 01 August 1944
Son of Thomas and Mary Lally, of Liverpool.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave III. G. 3-12.
Click here to read a partial account of the action in which Guardsman Lally died.
Warrant Officer Class II DAVID LARKIN 2717614, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 32 on 11 August 1944
Son of James and Mary Larkin; husband of Catherine Mary Larkin, of Surbiton, Surrey.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 11.
From The Irish Independent, June 5, 1945:
LARKIN - Company Sergeant-Major David P. Larkin, Irish Guards, killed in action in France, Aug. 11, 1944, dearly loved eldest son of James and Mary Larkin, Ballygrennan, Listowel, Co. Kerry. R.I.P. English and American papers please copy.
Lance Corporal HENRY LAWTON 2720845, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 06 August 1944
Son of Solomon and Edith Lawton, of Kearsley, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. G. 4.
Lieutenant DENNIS BEMISTER LIDDLE 226183, 2nd Armd. Bn., Irish Guards who died age 22
on 08 August 1944
Son of Laurence Henry and Dorothy Isabel Liddle, of Rostrevor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. G. 2.
Guardsman ALBERT PERCY LIPTROT 2722514, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 34 on 02 August 1944
Son of Albert Percy and Agnes Liptrot, of Old Trafford, Manchester.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. G. 2.
Lieutenant MICHAEL KING MACONCHY 165062, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 01 August 1944
Son of John King Maconchy and Stella Dorothy Maconchy; husband of Joanna Elizabeth Maconchy, of St. Marylebone, London.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave I. C. 10.
See Times article Aug 15, 1944; MACONCHY, MISSING
See Times article Sep 11, 1944; FALLEN OFFICER, MACONCHY
See Times article Sep 11, 1944; MACONCY, NOW KNOWN KILLED IN ACTION
See Times article Feb 27, 1945; OFFICERS KILLED IN ACTION
See Times article Aug 01, 1945; IN MEMORIAM MACONCHY
See Times article Aug 01, 1946; IN MEMORIAM, MACONCHY
Click here to read a partial account of the action in which Lieutenant Maconchy died.
From The Irish Independent, June 26, 1945:
MACONCHY - Lieut. Michael King Maconchy, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards, killed in Normandy, dearly loved husband of Jo (nee Bankes), and second son of Mr. and Mrs. J.K. Maconchy.
Lieutenant JOHN KEVIN MAGUIRE 243516, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 21 on 04 August 1944
Son of David Percy and Edith Mary Maguire, of Liverpool.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 3.
See Times article Aug 04, 1945; IN MEMORIAM MAGUIRE
See Times article Aug 05, 1946; IN MEMORIAM, MAGUIRE
Guardsman FREDERICK WILLIAM MAHON 2722931, 2nd Armd. Bn., Irish Guards who died age 23 on 31 July 1944
Son of Simon and Margaret Mahon, of Bootle, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Joint grave IV. D. 5-6.
Guardsman PETER McCALLAN 2723871, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 25 on 11 August 1944
Son of James and Brigid Ann McCallan, of Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 12.
Lieutenant FRANCIS DUDLEY PAKENHAM McCORKELL 258178, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 21 on 06 August 1944
Son of Sir Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell, Kt., M.B.E., J.P., D.L., and of Lady McCorkell (nee Usher), of Ballyarnett, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. F. 13.
See Times article Aug 24, 1944; FALLEN OFFICERS, MCCORKELL
See Times article Aug 24, 1944; McCORKELL, KILLED IN ACTION
Guardsman RICHARD McKIBBIN 2722785, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 22 on 04 August 1944
Son of David James McKibbin and Mary McKibbin, of Liverpool.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. A. 2.
Guardsman GEORGE McLOUGHLIN 2722080, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 27 on 11 August 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George McLoughlin, of Ormskirk, Lancashire; husband of Jessie McLoughlin, of Ormskirk.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. E. 8.
Guardsman DANIEL McMANUS 2719972, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 27 on 03 August 1944
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. G. 8.
Lance Serjeant RONALD JAMES MEARS 2722056, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 32 on 03 August 1944
Son of Henry James Mears and Alice Mears, of Brighton, Sussex; husband of Irene Mears.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. G. 2.
Lance Corporal HARTLEY MORRELL 2721288, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 28 on 04 August 1944
Son of Benjamin and Alice Ann Morrell, of Bradford, Yorkshire; husband of Edith Marian Morrell, of Bradford.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 9.
Guardsman CYRIL GEORGE MOSS 2722769, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 32 on 05 August 1944
Son of Benjamin and Rachel Moss, of West Wickham, Cambridgeshire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XIII. G. 4.
Serjeant JOHN WILLIAM OULSNAM 2717277, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 32 on 03 August 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Oulsnam, of Chaddesden, Derbyshire; husband of Elizabeth Ann Oulsnam, of Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 11.
Guardsman THOMAS JOHN PHILLIPS 2720684, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 30 on 01 August 1944
Son of Thomas Henry and Margaret Phillips, of Liverpool; husband of Dorothy Edith Phillips, of Aigburth, Liverpool.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave V. G. 13.
Click here to read a partial account of the action in which Guardsman Phillips died.
Guardsman ERIC WILLIAM PRICE 2723906, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 19 on 11 August 1944
Son of Alec Edwin and Violet Price, of Nelson, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. E. 7.
Click here to see full squad photo
Guardsman MICHAEL JOSEPH QUINN 2724079, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 22 on 03 August 1944
Son of Michael and Anne Quinn, of Spanish Point, Co. Clare, Irish Republic.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 10.
Guardsman HAROLD RAMSDEN 2721934, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 28 on 04 August 1944
Son of Joseph and Sarah Hannah Ramsden; husband of Ann Ramsden, of Little Hulton, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 15.
Lance Corporal WILLIAM RAYNARD 2717332, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 30 on 11 August 1944
Son of William and Alice Raynard, of Batley, Yorkshire; husband of Alice Raynard, of Batley.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 10.
From Page 83 of A Soldier’s Story by J.O.E. Vandeleur:
“The following particularly distinguished themselves in this abortive attack: Guardsman CULLEN broke into a German post and succeeded in killing about half a dozen of them; during the evacuation of the wounded Guardsman GREENAN did splendid work with his Bren gun, holding back the pursuing Germans; Lance-Corporal BOLTON did excellent work during the early stages of the battle; my soldier servant, Corporal RAYNARD, was killed”
Lance Serjeant ROBERT CHARLES RICHES 2719097, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 01 August 1944
Son of Samuel Thomas Ritson Riches and Jessie Violet Riches, of Gorleston, Norfolk.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave I. C. 10.
Click here to read a partial account of the action in which Lance-Sergeant died.
Guardsman ERIC RODDIS 2722320, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 12 August 1944
Son of Oswald Roddis, and of Mary E. Roddis, of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. G. 6.
Guardsman ERIC HUGH SHEPPERSON 2723372, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 21 on 08 August 1944
Son of George Hugh and Nellie Mary Shepperson, of Hove, Sussex.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. G. 15.
Guardsman GEORGE LASCELLES SLOAN 2724138, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 19 on 03 August 1944
Son of W. J. and Bessie Sloan, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. G. 1.
Guardsman HERBERT SMITH 14220908, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 20 on 11 August 1944
Son of Arthur and Sophia Smith, of Oldham, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 14.
Guardsman JOHN STANSFIELD 2721254, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 33 on 04 August 1944
Son of Nathan and Emma Stansfield; husband of Margaret Stansfield, of Bredbury, Cheshire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave III. G. 3-12.
Guardsman WILLIAM RICHARD TIERNEY 2722795, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 38 on 01 August 1944
Son of William John and Maud Ellet Tierney.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave. V. G. 13.
Click here to read a partial account of the action in which Guardsman Tierney died.
Guardsman JACK TRIPPIER 2723385, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 21 on 06 August 1944
Son of Fred and Emma Jane Trippier, of Newchurch, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. F. 15.
Guardsman AUBRON WARRINER 2721769, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 31 on 03 August 1944
Son of Herbert and Sarah Jane Warriner, of Shirebrook, Nottinghamshire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 8.
Lance Serjeant BRUCE WARRINER 2722383, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 31 on 03 August 1944
Son of John Charles and Rose Warriner; husband of Frances Warriner, of West Bollington, Cheshire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. G. 1.
Guardsman MEYERS WEINSTEIN 2721961, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 31 on 11 August 1944
Son of Hyman and Fanny Weinstein, of Birmingham; husband of Florence Weinstein, of Birmingham.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. E. 6.
Lance Corporal ROBERT WHITTAKER 2720865, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 25 on 09 August 1944
Son of Robert and Alice Whittaker, of Higher Irlam, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 3.
Lance Corporal ROBERT WILLIAMS 2719388, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 22 on 08 August 1944
Adopted son of Thomas and Eliza Williams, of Londonderry, Northern Ireland; nephew of Violet M. Finlay, of Londonderry.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. B. 11.
Lance Corporal CHRISTOPHER ROBERT HENRY WILLIAMSON 2720416, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 27 on 04 August 1944
Son of George O. D. and Betsy Jane E. Williamson, of Barkisland, Yorkshire.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 12.
Lance Serjeant ROBERT WOOD 2719530, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 04 August 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Wood; husband of Nellie Frances Kathleen Wood, of Norwich.
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave III. G. 3-12.
Captain ELLISON MURRAY WOODS 149144, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 27 on 03 August 1944
Son of John Murray Woods and Margaret Edith Constance Woods; husband of Aileen Woods, of South Kensington, London. B.A. (Oxon).
Remembered with honour ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. G. 14.
See Times article Aug 15, 1944; FALLEN OFFICER, WOODS
See Times article Aug 15, 1944; WOODS, KILLED IN ACTION
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