New CWGC Commemorations 08.10.22

[Terry Denham]

CWGC added the following casualties to the WW1 Roll of Honour today.

All are temporarily commemorated in the United Kingdom Book of Remembrance

BIRD, Edward Leonard
Corporal 20221
Somerset Light Infantry
Died 03.05.17

CHAMBERS, Thomas Vittorian
Private  GS/13997
2 Bn, Royal Fusiliers
Died 29.11.15  Age 38

FORMAN, Evelyn Joseph
Private  21258
Machine Gun Corps
Died 21.05.16  Age 20

GURNEY, Mark
Private  GS/67233
2 Bn, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 26.10.17

HALL, William
Private  37549
2 Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 23.10.16

HOWARD, James Stephen Austin
Private  92962
2/4 Bn, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 10.09.18

JOHNSTONE, David
Private  1937
11 Bn, Highland Light Infantry
Died 25.09.15

LAWLER, Patrick
Private  171434
Machine Gun Corps
Died 09.10.18

McKILLOPS, John
Lance Corporal  266994
1/7 Bn, Gordon Highlanders
Died 13.04.18

O’KEEFFE, William
Private  5046
Royal Irish Rifles
Died 01.11.14

PEARSON, Robert
Private  291524
8/10 Bn, Gordon Highlanders
Died 26.09.17

SHELDRICK, Ernest
Private  GS/34652
Royal Fusiliers
Died 04.10.18

SMITH, James
Private  S/40477
7 Bn, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 15.04.17

WEBB, Harry Kenneth
Serjeant  GS/17824
26 Bn, Royal Fusiliers
Died 02.04.18

NOT FORGOTTEN

Seven of the above were In From the Cold Project cases.
- Cpl Bird was killed in action in France (Volunteer: Steve Morse)
- Pte Chambers was missing in action in Salonika (Volunteer: Heidi Sandford)
- Pte Forman was missing in action in France (Volunteer: Graham Sacker)
- Pte Johnstone was killed in action in France (Volunteer: Ken Morrison)
- Pte Lawler was killed in the sinking of R.M.S. Leinster (Volunteer: Gerard Whelan)
- L/Cpl McKillops was missing in action in France (Volunteer: Mike Morley)
- Pte Pearson was killed in action in France (Volunteer: Ken Morrison)