61st Reconnaissance Regiment Roll of Honour
‘We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, for he today that sheds his blood for us shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition; and gentlemen of England, now a-bed, shall think of themselves accurs’d, they were not here, and hold their manhood cheap, whiles any speaks that fought with us upon St Crispin’s day’.
Henry V
(William Shakespeare).
Updated role of Honour
Serjeant THOMAS WILLIAM ABBEY
5248541 – Worcestershire Regt
Who died age 34 on 23 June 1944
Son of James and Phoebe Jane Abbey, of Rounds Green, Oldbury, Worcestershire; husband of Clara Abbey, of Rounds Green.
HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY III. F. 7.
Major STANLEY GEORGE ALEXANDER
88303 – Gloucestershire Regt
Who died age 34 on 24 September 1944
Son of Herbert George and Annie Georgina Alexander; husband of Rosemary Alexander, of Tetbury, Gloucestershire.
MIERLO WAR CEMETERY I. B. 13.
Serjeant ALBERT THOMAS ANDREWS
5245619 - RAC
Who died age 35 on 12 August 1942
Son of George and Louie Andrews, of Malvern Link; husband of Ellen Louisa Andrews, of Malvern Link.
MALVERN LINK (ST. MATTHIAS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION Row O. Grave 11.
Trooper HENRY EDWARD GEORGE ANSELL
5885250 – Northamptonshire Regt
Who died age 22on 11 August 1944 KIA Shellfire
Son of Edward Peter Paul and Doris Ansell, of Totton, Hampshire.
ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX IX. F. 14.
Corporal SQUIRE ASHTON
5890124
Who died age 31 on 26 June 1944
Son of James and Rose Ashton; husband of Phylis Nora Irena Ashton, of Kettering, Northamptonshire.
TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY IV. G. 6.
Corporal ARTHUR RICHARD BARNETT
7674856
Who died age 26 on 01 September 1944
Son of Arthur Leo and Emma Barnett, of New Moston, Manchester.
LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL Plot 13. Row G. Grave 18.
Corporal HORACE EDMUND BATER
6352017
Who died age 24 on 03 August 1944
Son of Ernest and Ada Violet Bater, of Lee, London.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY XXI. B. 9.
Corporal JOHN ALBERT BEAL
5781336 – Royal Norfolk Regt
Who died on 16 July 1943
RAMSGATE AND ST. LAWRENCE CEMETERY Ramsgate Div. Sec. M.A. Grave 158.
Corporal ROBERT BLACK
1500623- Royal Artillery
"B" Sqdn.
Who died age 26 on 07 June 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Black; husband of Mary Jeannie Black, of Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY XIV. J. 10.
Trooper ERNEST HARRY BRANCH
5386529
Who died age 29 on 06 September 1944
Husband of Gwendoline Ellen Branch, of Sittingbourne, Kent.
KRUISHOUTEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY Grave 3.
Trooper JOHN HENDRY BUCHAN
14297251
Who died age 20 on 02 September 1944
Son of John A. Buchan, and of Anne F. Buchan, of Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire.
LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL Plot 13. Row G. Grave 12.
Serjeant LESLIE ERIC CARPENTER
5384741 – Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
Who died age 22 on 10 June 1944
Son of Hugh George and Alice Elizabeth Carpenter; husband of Mary Olive Carpenter, of Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY XIV. L. 16.
Trooper DENNIS ROBERT CARTER
14646512
Who died age 20 on 30 December 1944
Son of Alfred and Elsie Gertrude Carter.
HOTTON WAR CEMETERY VII. B. 7.
Trooper DENNIS STAFFORD CHECKER
5184059 – Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
Who died age 21 on 01 December 1942
BRISTOL (GREENBANK) CEMETERY XX. 440D. Spec. Memorial.
Trooper WILLIAM JAMES CLAY
5253520
Who died age 25 on 15 October 1944
Son of Rachel and Rachel Clay; husband of Lily Clay, of Winston Green, Birmingham.
GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY XXII. F. 1.
Trooper ARTHUR JAMES COLE
5629938
Who died age 29 on 20 June 1944
Husband of Doris May Cole, of Peckham, London.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY II. B. 6.
Trooper JOSEPH COLLIER
10602535
Who died age 22 on 15 June 1944
Son of Alfred and Annie Collier, of Bolton, Lancashire.
HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY III. F. 5.
Trooper RICHARD CHARLES COLLINGWOOD
5187667
Who died age 27 on 30 December 1944 KIA anti-tank gun
Son of Thomas Richard and Jessie Alice Collingwood, of East Molesey, Surrey.
HOTTON WAR CEMETERY VII. B. 6.
Corporal HARRY COOPER
7927245
Who died age 23 on 19 June 1944
Son of Henry and Linny A. Cooper, of Ambergate, Derbyshire.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY XI. J. 26.
Lieutenant HUGH R. COTTERELL
203314 – Warwickshire Yeomanry
Who died on 26 July 1943
KNOWLE (SS. JOHN THE BAPTIST, LAWRENCE AND ANN) CHURCHYARD Sec. 2. Grave 507.
Trooper JOHN DAY
5181510 – Gloucestershire Regt
Who died age 31on 02 September 1944
Son of Athol Albert and Emily Day, of Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL Plot 13. Row G. Grave 13.
Trooper MATTHEW DOCHERTY
5256990
Who died age 31on 20 June 1944
ELLON CHURCHYARD Grave 2.
Serjeant JOSEPH ALBERT DUNNINGTON
4800261 – Lincolnshire Regt
Who died age 29 on 05 August 1944
Son of Joseph and Christina Dunnington, of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire.
HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY IX. D. 7.
Trooper LESLIE DOUGLAS WILLIAM DYMOND
5339820
Who died age 26 on 07 June 1944
Foster-son of Charles and Kate Higgs, of Chesham.
CHESHAM BURIAL GROUND Sec. C. Cons. Grave 856.
Serjeant STANLEY THOMAS EDWARDS
5384009
Who died age 25 on 04 January 1945
Son of Edward and Hilda Bertha Edwards, of Terriers, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
HOTTON WAR CEMETERY V. B. 10.
Serjeant KENNETH ROY EKINS
5884365 – Northamptonshire Regt
Who died age 20 on 20 June 1944
Son of Percival and Lottie Ekins, of Rushden, Northamptonshire; husband of Madge Ekins, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY II. B. 3.
Lance Serjeant ROBERT GRANT ELL
328238
Who died age 27 on 03 August 1944
Son of Ernest William and Catherine Ell, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY XIX. C. 16.
Trooper JOHN WILLIAM GRIDLEY
6920785, 61st Training Regt., Royal Armoured Corps
Who died age 20 on 10 October 1944
Son of John Samuel and Lena Gridley, of Ilford, Essex.
ASSISI WAR CEMETERY X, D, 11.
Serjeant WILLIAM ARTHUR GRIFFITHS
5114831
Who died age 26 on 15 June 1944
Son of William and Lucy Griffiths; husband of Kathleen Griffiths, of Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY III. F. 6
Trooper WALTER JOHN HALLETT
5341957
Who died age 26 on 24 March 1943
Son of Walter and Emily M. Hallett, of Peckham.
CAMBERWELL NEW CEMETERY Square 92. Coll. grave 7434. Screen wall Panel 6.
Serjeant EDWARD HARPER
5380505 – Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
Who died age 34 on 19 October 1944 POW
Son of William Jesse Harper, and of Florence Harper, of Exhall, Warwickshire.
UTRECHT (SOESTBERGEN) GENERAL CEMETERY Plot 12D. Row 2. Grave 19.
Trooper WILLIAM HENRY HEATON
5120826
Who died age 33 on 03 August 1944
Son of William and Jane Heaton, of Malvern, Worcestershire; husband of Minnie Violet Heaton, of Malvern Link.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY XIX. D. 1.
Corporal ERIC RAYMOND HUMPHREYS
10602515
Who died age 21on 19 June 1944
Son of John Robert and Janet Humphreys; stepson of Violet Humphreys, of Salford. Lancashire.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY II. B. 4.
Trooper ROBERT IVILL
556405 – 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars
Who died age 26 on 24 March 1946
Son of Robert and Victoria Ivill; husband of M. J. Ivill, of Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
WALKER (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD Sec. E.H. Grave 126.
Trooper FRANK KERSHAW
10602574
Who died age 21 on 20 June 1944
Son of Edmund and Elizabeth Kershaw, of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY II. B. 7.
Corporal DOUGLAS MACKINTOSH
6348177
Who died age 27 on 31 December 1944
Son of Henry J. and Ellen M T. Mackintosh, of Torquay, Devon.
ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY I. AA. 12.
Trooper ALBERT EDWARD MATTHEWS
5676900
Who died age 28 on 09 September 1944
Son of Harry and Annie Matthews, of Bristol; husband of Eileen Matthews, of Brislington, Bristol.
GEEL (STELEN) CHURCHYARD Brit. Plot, grave 8.
Trooper RONALD McHUGH
10602576
Who died age 22 on 15 June 1944
Son of Michael Thomas McHugh and Mary Elizabeth McHugh, of Shaw, Lancashire.
HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY II. A. 1.
Corporal GERALD TRICKETT METCALFE
10602579
Who died age 22 on 04 January 1945
Son of Richard and Elsie Metcalfe, of Great Eccleston, Lancashire.
HOTTON WAR CEMETERY VIII. E. 12.
Serjeant WILLIAM RICHARD MOSS
5385691
Who died age 24 on 06 June 1944
Son of William Richard and Bessie Moss, of Witney, Oxfordshire.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY XV. D. 2.
Trooper ARTHUR HARRY NEWELL
6352355
Who died age 31 on 06 June 1944
Son of Arthur Edward and Beatrice Rose Newell; husband of Phyllis Annie Newell, of Brockley, London.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY X. F. 6.
Trooper MAURICE RAINE
14544569
Who died age 19 on 11 October 1944 POW
Son of John William and Clara Raine, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham.
UTRECHT (SOESTBERGEN) GENERAL CEMETERY Plot 12D. Row 2. Grave 17.
Trooper RICHARD HENRY RAINFORD
14546131
Who died age 19 on 06 June 1944
Son of Wilfred and Alice Rainford, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY X. C. 15.
Serjeant JAMES JOHN RICKWOOD
2563185 – Highland Light Infantry
Who died age 34 on 12 August 1944
Son of Ernest and Catherine Rickwood; husband of Bridget Rickwood, of Eastcote, Middlesex.
ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX I, B, 15.
Trooper REGINALD ROBINSON
5387636
Who died age 25 on 11 September 1944
Son of Thomas William and Daisy May Robinson, of Oxford.
GEEL (STELEN) CHURCHYARD Brit. Plot, grave 1.
Trooper JOHN ROWBOTHAM
10602528
Who died on 22 February 1945
RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY 13. A. 1.
Serjeant THOMAS RUANE
3248648
Who died age 25 on 10 June 1944
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY XV. C. 17.
Trooper ROBERT CHARLES RUSHTON
4854037
Who died age 36 on 07 September 1943
Son of Robert and Gertrude N. Rushton, of Burton-upon-Trent; husband of Hilda May Rushton, of Burton-upon-Trent.
BURTON-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY Cons. Sec. Grave 8700.
Trooper JOHN SLATER
10602553
Who died age 21 on 20 July 1944
Son of Richard and Jane Slater, of Gregson Lane, Lancashire.
TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY IV. G. 8.
Trooper HAROLD SMITH
5884676 – Northamptonshire Regt
Who died age 23 on 18 August 1943
Son of Helena Smith; husband of Daisy Smith, of Werrington.
WERRINGTON (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Lance Serjeant SIDNEY SMITH
5337851 – Royal Berkshire Regt
Who died age 26 on 09 September 1944
Son of George McCreadie Smith and Mabel Alice Smith, of Newbury, Berkshire.
GEEL (STELEN) CHURCHYARD Brit. Plot, grave 20.
Trooper FREDERICK STANLEY RONALD SMITH
7016258
Who died age 28 on 03 November 1944
Son of Dudley and Mizpah Smith; husband of Cecilia Smith, of Collier's Wood, Surrey.
ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY 10. A. 18.
Captain HERBERT SIDNEY SNOOK
229268 – Royal East Kent Regt
Who died on 21 April 1945
BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY 4. H. 1A.
Trooper STANLEY STAMP
14245541
Who died age 19 on 10 September 1944
Son of George Henry and Florence Grace Stamp, of Dagenham, Essex.
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY X. 25. 14.
Trooper ROBERT GEORGE STEVENS
6354781
Who died age 21 on 03 August 1944
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY XIX. C. 17.
Trooper WILLIAM JOSEPH STEVENSON
10602554
Who died age 22 on 05 August 1944
Son of William Henry and Catherine Stevenson, of Salford, Lancashire.
ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY XIII. G. 13.
Trooper JOHN WILLIAM STEWARD
4544055
Who died age 29 on 04 January 1945
Son of John William and Martha Steward, of Bradford, Yorkshire.
HOTTON WAR CEMETERY V. B. 9.
Trooper GEORGE ARNOLD THORNTON
14544537
Who died age 23 on 15 June 1947
Son of Ernest Oswald and Mary Ann Thornton, of Ingleton.
INGLETON (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD Rear of Church, left of path.
Trooper JOHN TOOTELL
10602586
Who died age 22 on 18 July 1944
Son of Frederick and Ellen Tootell, of Chorley, Lancashire.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY XVIII. A. 25.
Trooper CHARLES TURNER
5254309
Who died age 27 on 17 July 1944
Son of Frederick and Mary Ann Turner. of Norton Canes, Staffordshire.
TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY XI. J. 11.
Corporal WILLIAM VEATER
14323375, 61st Trng. Regt, Royal Armoured Corps
Who died age 27 on 22 February 1945
Son of Sidney James Veater and Emily Maud Veater, of Chester; husband of Mary A. Veater.
CHESTER (OVERLEIGH) CEMETERY Sec G. New Portion. Grave 36.
Trooper ARNOLD WADE
4625404
Who died age 32 on 26 June 1944
Son of Ronald and Emily Wade, of Moor End, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire; husband of Mary Elizabeth Wade, of Moor End, Cleckbeaton.
TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY IV. G. 7.
Private FRED WALL
5388128.
Who died on 10 November 1941
Son of Mrs. F. M. Wall, of Hinckley.
HINCKLEY CEMETERY Sec. 13. Grave 25.
Serjeant CECIL ANTHONY WALLACE
3196260
Who died age 30 on 19 June 1944
Son of James and Emma Jane Wallace; husband of Elsie Joan Wallace, of Horton Heath, Hampshire.
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY II. B. 5.
Trooper THOMAS WEBB
14561565
Who died age 19 on 30 December 1944
Son of William John and Beatrice Webb, of Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire.
ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY I. AA. 11.
Trooper JOHN WEBB
14277079
Who died age 26 on 15 June 1944
Husband of Jessie Amelia Webb, of Handsworth, Birmingham.
HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY IX. E. 10.
Corporal ROY GEORGE WHITEHOUSE
5050415 – North Staffordshire Regt
Who died age 23 on 10 October 1944
GROESBEEK MEMORIAL Panel 1.
Trooper GWILYAM JAMES WILLIAMS
5253854
Who died age 25 on 26 June 1944
Son of Gwilym and Elisabeth Williams; stepson of W. E. Challis, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire.
TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY IV. G. 5.
Lance Corporal REGINALD WOODCOCK
5250716 – Worcestershire Regt
Who died age 26 on 24 March 1943
Son of Robert and Alice Ethel Woodcock, of Oldbury; husband of Marjorie Woodcock, of Oldbury.
OLDBURY CEMETERY, WARLEY Sec. F. Uncons. Grave 6371.
Serjeant ALEXANDER YOUNG
3056568 – Royal Scots
Who died age 25 on 04 January 1945
Son of Alexander and Christina G. Young, of Peebles.
HOTTON WAR CEMETERY VIII. E. 11.
HAYNES, N.Unknown.Tpr.Unknown. Could Possible by Trooper Haynes, Norman, 3857326. Age 23. Transferred to 18 Recce. 17-01-1944. Kranji War Cemetery, 16.C.10
MISSING WITHOUT TRACE
FLETCHER, G.H.14509529Tpr. (see below)
JARVEN, W. 14575563Tpr.
LATTER, H.14242007Tpr. (see below)
ORTON, W.5110993Tpr.
STANNEY, J.F.106002530Cpl. (see below)
TANNER, L. E.14638920Tpr.
WATT, J.A.7933936Tpr.
Update 21-06-2018
Cpl J.F Stanney and Trooper H Latter survived the war after being captured in an action near Bure in the Ardennes along with Trooper J Rowbotham who contracted an illness and died as a POW
Update 28-11-2018
Trooper G H Fletcher 14509529 survived the war after being wounded and captured on the 04-09-1944, later interned in Stalag12A Limburg.
