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1944 - 1949

The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB CASUALTIES
KILLED IN ACTION
1944 - 1947
After Normandy, the 1st Battalion fought its way across Belgium and into Holland. It fought at Overloon and Venraij in the autumn of 1944, held the line along the Maas through a hard winter, then pushed through the Rhineland and on into Germany as far as Bremen.
This page remembers the men of the Battalion who were killed in action or died of wounds from the end of the Normandy campaign onwards. That includes those who died of their wounds after being brought home to hospitals in the UK, and those lost during the Battalion's later service in Palestine.
It is a working list, and we are adding names and details as our research through the records goes on.
THE LIST
101
RECORDS
Photo | Rank | First Name | SURNAME | Date of Death | AGE | Memorial/Cemetery location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private | DUNCAN | ANGUS | Thursday, April 26, 1945 | 30 | BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | CHARLES WILLIAM | ANSELL | Saturday, March 03, 1945 | 19 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | ROBERT | BAYLES | Tuesday, September 19, 1944 | 28 | LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM | BEATSON | Saturday, June 28, 1947 | 21 | RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY | |
Lance Corporal | ROBERT ALEXANDER | BELL | Friday, March 02, 1945 | 26 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | HENRY | BONFIELD | Sunday, October 22, 1944 | 23 | JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY | |
Corporal | ALBERT | BOWLING | Wednesday, July 18, 1945 | 30 | ST. HELENS CEMETERY | |
Lance Corporal | ARTHUR | BROOKES | Friday, April 20, 1945 | 29 | HANOVER WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | ERIC MATTHEW | BULMAN | Friday, April 13, 1945 | 20 | BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY | |
Corporal | FREDERICK JOHN | BUTLER | Tuesday, October 16, 1945 | 21 | BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY | |
Private | JAMES | CARTLIDGE | Friday, March 09, 1945 | 33 | TAMWORTH CEMETERY | |
Private | PERCY | CHAMBERS | Thursday, October 19, 1944 | 29 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | SIDNEY ALFORD | CHAMPION | Wednesday, November 01, 1944 | 21 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Corporal | WILLIAM | CHELLEY | Tuesday, June 19, 1945 | 22 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM JOHN | CLARK | Sunday, October 22, 1944 | 28 | GROESBEEK MEMORIAL | |
Serjeant | CHARLES PERCY | CLARK | Friday, October 20, 1944 | 28 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM JOHN | CLUETT | Thursday, October 19, 1944 | 30 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | GEORGE | CONNELL | Friday, July 13, 1945 | 25 | PAISLEY (WOODSIDE) CEMETERY | |
Private | THOMAS | CONNOLLY | Sunday, December 17, 1944 | 21 | VENRAY WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | NORMAN HENRY | DELVES | Sunday, October 22, 1944 | 22 | GROESBEEK MEMORIAL | |
Corporal | JOHN MCGREGOR | DRUMMOND | Tuesday, November 14, 1944 | 20 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Lance Corporal | EDWARD CHARLES WILLIAM | FENN | Thursday, October 19, 1944 | 19 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JOSEPH | FLANAGAN | Wednesday, May 23, 1945 | 22 | GLASNEVIN (OR PROSPECT) CEMETERY | |
Private | SAMUEL BYERS | FOSTER | Sunday, May 26, 1946 | 36 | MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JAMES | FULTON | Tuesday, March 20, 1945 | 18 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | KENNETH WILLIAM | GANDERTON | Friday, April 13, 1945 | 19 | BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY | |
Lance Corporal | ANDREW | GIBSON | Sunday, January 07, 1945 | 35 | KIRKCALDY (DYSART) CEMETERY | |
Private | DOUGLAS | GILLON | Saturday, January 20, 1945 | 19 | WISSENKERKE GENERAL CEMETERY | |
Corporal | JAMES | GILMOUR | Tuesday, March 13, 1945 | 43 | EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY | |
Serjeant | ALEXANDER GAY | GRAHAM | Saturday, October 14, 1944 | 27 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Captain | WILLIAM SIMPSON | GRANT | Tuesday, October 14, 1947 | 36 | ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY | |
Lieutenant Colonel | HUBERT CHRISTOPHER | HATTON-HALL | Monday, November 26, 1945 | 53 | PUTNEY VALE CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM | |
Private | ERNEST FREDERICK | HAYDEN | Monday, June 11, 1945 | 24 | KIEL WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM HENRY | HOOK | Wednesday, November 01, 1944 | 19 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM | HOUSTON | Wednesday, April 25, 1945 | 27 | BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | DAVID SHANKLAND | HOUSTON | Friday, April 13, 1945 | 37 | BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | RONALD | HOWES | Monday, October 02, 1944 | 18 | MOOK WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | ROBERT E. | KINNEY | Friday, March 09, 1945 | 21 | SWILLINGTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD | |
Major | KEITH ROBERT | KNOX | Saturday, November 09, 1946 | 30 | BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY | |
Serjeant | YVES | LE FRIEC | Sunday, February 16, 1947 | 49 | LE FOULON CEMETERY, GUERNSEY | |
Private | WALTER | LINDSAY | Tuesday, July 08, 1947 | 22 | RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | HARRY | LLEWELYN | Tuesday, September 19, 1944 | 26 | LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM | LOBLEY | Tuesday, February 27, 1945 | 31 | MOOK WAR CEMETERY | |
Serjeant | FRANK | LUXFORD | Tuesday, June 10, 1947 | 44 | WHITHORN CEMETERY | |
Captain | STEPHEN | LYON | Friday, October 19, 1945 | 58 | GALASHIELS (EASTLANDS) CEMETERY | |
Private | MICHAEL ALEXANDER | LYONS | Tuesday, April 30, 1946 | 35 | GLASGOW (ST. PETER'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY | |
Private | CHARLES RONALD | MARSHALL | Friday, December 12, 1947 | 21 | RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JOHN | MASTERTON | Sunday, April 14, 1946 | 32 | DUNFERMLINE CEMETERY | |
Private | RAYMOND EWART | MIDDLETON | Wednesday, April 18, 1945 | 19 | BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM K | MURRAY | Wednesday, July 16, 1947 | 21 | RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY | |
Lieutenant | JOHN WILLIAM | MacEWAN | Friday, January 05, 1945 | 21 | BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JAMES JOSEPH | McCARTHY | Monday, October 16, 1944 | 24 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | MARTIN | McDOWALL | Wednesday, April 25, 1945 | 18 | BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM BAILLIE SMITH | McFADYEN | Tuesday, February 27, 1945 | 19 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Lance Corporal | JOHN | McKENZIE | Wednesday, November 01, 1944 | 25 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Warrant Officer Class II | JAMES | McLEISH | Tuesday, October 24, 1944 | 34 | MIERLO WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | ROBERT | McMILLAN | Monday, February 26, 1945 | 25 | RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JOHN JAMES | McNALLY | Wednesday, May 02, 1945 | 23 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JACK | NICHOLSON | Friday, November 14, 1947 | 20 | RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JAMES | NOBLE | Tuesday, February 13, 1945 | 22 | BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM PATRICK | O'BRIEN | Saturday, March 03, 1945 | 18 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Corporal | GEORGE DORWARD | PENMAN | Friday, June 01, 1945 | 26 | GROESBEEK MEMORIAL | |
Serjeant | DAVID SAMUEL | PHILLIPS | Friday, March 02, 1945 | 28 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JOHN | PORTEOUS | Saturday, December 06, 1947 | 20 | RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY | |
Corporal | WALTER FREDERICK | PRITCHARD | Tuesday, October 17, 1944 | 32 | VENRAY WAR CEMETERY | |
Corporal | HENRY | RICHARDSON | Friday, July 13, 1945 | 24 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | J.H.A. | RIVERS | Wednesday, July 09, 1947 | 19 | RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY | |
Corporal | ROBERT GEORGE | ROBERTSON | Sunday, October 22, 1944 | 20 | GROESBEEK MEMORIAL | |
Private | JOHN | ROGERS | Friday, April 13, 1945 | 21 | BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY | |
Captain | CUTHBERT MAURICE | ROPNER | Friday, May 11, 1945 | 40 | ALNWICK CEMETERY | |
Private | ARCHIBALD | SCHOOLAR | Thursday, 11 March, 1948 | 20 | Annan Cemetery, Dumfries and Galloway | |
Lance Serjeant | DANIEL | SCOBIE | Thursday, September 14, 1944 | 28 | KASTERLEE WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | ROY | SEARLE | Tuesday, February 27, 1945 | 19 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Lance Corporal | WILLIAM LIDDLE | SHANKS | Tuesday, February 27, 1945 | 26 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JOSEPH | SHEARMAN | Wednesday, May 16, 1945 | 31 | DUMFRIES (ST. MICHAEL'S) CEMETERY | |
Corporal | ARTHUR JAMES | SHIELDS | Saturday, November 22, 1947 | 21 | RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM JOSEPH | SIMMONS | Saturday, October 14, 1944 | 25 | MOOK WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | ALBERT | SMITH | Thursday, August 09, 1945 | 28 | ST. PANCRAS CEMETERY | |
Private | HENRY | SPROAT | Tuesday, November 14, 1944 | 23 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | DANIEL | STEELE | Tuesday, February 27, 1945 | 19 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | ROBERT LEIGH | STENHOUSE | Thursday, April 19, 1945 | 30 | BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JOHN PROCTOR | STEVENSON | Tuesday, September 19, 1944 | 24 | LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY | |
Corporal | GEORGE | TALLON | Wednesday, November 01, 1944 | 21 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Corporal | WILLIAM | TANNOCK | Saturday, November 18, 1944 | 21 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Lieutenant | REX LEONARD | TAYLOR | Tuesday, September 19, 1944 | 24 | LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | HERBERT | THOMAS | Tuesday, February 27, 1945 | 19 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | JOHN | THOMPSON | Wednesday, February 28, 1945 | 19 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | GEORGE | THOMPSON | Sunday, October 22, 1944 | 22 | GROESBEEK MEMORIAL | |
Private | JAMES | TOOLE | Monday, October 30, 1944 | 28 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | MARK | TUCKER | Friday, April 06, 1945 | 18 | SAGE WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | PERCY JOHN | TUCKER | Friday, November 03, 1944 | 35 | MIERLO WAR CEMETERY | |
Corporal | JAMES | WALSH | Sunday, October 22, 1944 | 33 | JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY | |
Corporal | HARRY PARSONS | WATKISS | Thursday, April 19, 1945 | 24 | BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | HUGH | WHITE | Monday, June 03, 1946 | 34 | DUNDEE EASTERN NECROPOLIS | |
Private | JOHN HENRY | WHITE | Wednesday, January 10, 1945 | 21 | VENRAY WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | LIONEL | WHITEHEAD | Friday, April 13, 1945 | 19 | BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY | |
Lance Serjeant | THOMAS | WILSON | Thursday, October 19, 1944 | 34 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Lance Corporal | JOHN | WOOD | Sunday, October 22, 1944 | 24 | JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | PERCY FREDERICK | WOODWARD | Friday, March 23, 1945 | 29 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | ROBERT | WRIGHT | Saturday, October 14, 1944 | 23 | OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY | |
Private | WILLIAM ALFRED | YATES | Monday, March 19, 1945 | 18 | REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY |
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