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Roll of Honour – Apennines north of Florence, October 1944 to February 1945


October 1944.

860 Alfred Hall

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046077

Date: 08.10.1944   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of William and Maria Hall, of Portadown, Co. Armagh.

861 John Cairns

Rank: Lance Corporal      Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14416962

Date: 08.10.1944   Age: 18   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of William and Mary Cairns, of Ballymena, Co. Antrim.

862 Spencer Jones

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981965

Date: 09.10.1944   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial

Husband of Emily Jones, of Bangor, Co. Down.

863 Edward Crowley MM

Rank: Company Sergeant Major     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers    Service number: 5723977

Date: 19.10.1944   Age: 35   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

CSM Crowley of B Company was killed during the Faughs’ night attack on Monte Spaduro. A regular, he had served through all the 1st Battalion’s campaigns in Belgium and France, Tunisia, Sicily and Italy.

Son of Patrick and Mary Crowley; husband of Lily Crowley, of Ashley, Staffordshire.

864 Robert Hodson

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14596331

Date: 19.10.1944   Age: 36   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of George and Eliza Hodson; husband of Irene Beatrice Hodson, of Perry Barr, Birmingham.

865 Victor Turner

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14203845

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Bologna

Son of Frederick Walter and Louisa Jane Turner, of Enfield, Middlesex.

866 Henry McCabe

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6983712

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial

Son of John and Mary McCabe, of Castle Clayney, Co. Monaghan.

867 Richard Evans

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 5052885

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial

Husband of Violet Evans, of Erdington, Birmingham.

868 Charles Johnston

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7023038

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial

Son of James and Rose Johnston, of Belfast.

869 John Muldoon

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046696

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial

Son of Michael and Bridget Muldoon, of Long Lawford, Warwickshire.

870 Ernest Winder

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers    Service number: 5682839

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial

Son of George Richard and Mabel Winder; nephew of Mrs. E. Winder, of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.

871 Frederick Murphy

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022324

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Charles Martin Murphy and Alice Eleanor Murphy, of Carshalton, Surrey.

872 William Fisher

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 5834087

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Harry and Emily Fisher; husband of E. Joan Fisher, of Coggeshall, Essex.

873 Frank Batty

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046190

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 36   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier Batty was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

Son of George and Anne Batty; husband of Jessie Batty, of Yoxall, Staffordshire.

874 George Webber

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 13030073

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier Webber was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

Son of William James Webber and Selina Webber, of Bristol; husband of Marion Webber, of Lower Easton, Bristol.

875 Harold Jones

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047788

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier Jones was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

Son of Harold Norman Joseph and Florence Melita Jones, of Aldridge, Staffordshire.

876 Walter Holmes

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14379106

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 34   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier Holmes was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

Son of Henry and Gertrude Holmes; husband of Frances Patricia Holmes, of Worcester Park, Surrey.

877 George White

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 1813331

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier White was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

Son of George and Rose May White, of Lower Edmonton, Middlesex.

878 Francis Haveron

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14440500

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier Haveron was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

Son of Dorothy Elizabeth Haveron, of Larne Harbour, Co. Antrim. 

879 Alexander Smith

Rank: Corporal      Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6981901

Date: 20.10.1944   Age:   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Cpl Smith was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

880 William Smith

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14425414

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier Smith was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

Son of Joseph and Ann Jane Smith, of Belfast; nephew of Agnes Ritchie, of Belfast.

881 Leonard Baird

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14381399

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier Baird was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

Son of Harold James Baird and Mary Baird.

882 William Royle

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14227778

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

A bren-gunner in A Company, Fusilier Royle was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro. Colin Gunner in his book ‘Front of the Line’ described him as “small and bespectacled” and a Geordie. 

Son of John and Mary Royle, of Sale, Cheshire.

883 Albert McCulloch

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 11269356

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier McCulloch was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

Son of William Francis and Hannah McCulloch, of Liverpool.

884 Harry Elliott

Rank: Sergeant      Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046131

Date: 20.10.1944    Age:   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Sgt Elliott was killed with Major Crehan in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro. He was found later with nine others of A Company – fighting to the last.

885 Maurice Crehan

Rank: Major     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers, attached from the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps    Service number: Cdn/121

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 35   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Major Crehan was transferred from The Irish Fusiliers of Canada to command A Company of the Royal Irish Fusiliers in the summer of 1944. He was killed in a German counterattack during the Irish Brigade’s first attack on Monte Spaduro.

Son of Matthew Joseph and Mercy Ellen Crehan, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; husband of Pamela Crehan, of Vancouver.

886 George Burchett

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 5953364

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier Burchett was killed in the initial attack on Monte Spaduro. The stretcher bearer in B Company of the Faughs later wrote: “We had a very rough time, my mate Fusilier Burchett while carrying a wounded comrade was hit by shellfire only to die in a few minutes…” (Fling Our Banner to the Wind, Page 207).

Son of Henry Charles and Harriet Jane Burchett.

887 Patrick Gallagher

Rank: Corporal      Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7022827

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 37   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Cpl Gallagher was killed in the initial Faughs’ night attack on Mt Spaduro. He was member of D Company and a veteran of all the Faughs’ campaigns.

Son of Patrick James Gallagher and Mary Gallagher, of Inver, Co. Donegal.

888 John Manning

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6469376

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier Manning was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

Son of Harry and Annie Manning, of New Maldens Surrey.

889 William Murphy

Rank: Corporal      Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047274

Date: 20.10.1944   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Cpl Murphy was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro. He was a veteran of all the Faughs’ Second World War campaigns, and was a member of D Company.

Son of William and Sarah Louise Murphy; husband of Jenny Murphy, of Workington, Cumberland.

890 Alan Jenkins

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14205074

Date: 20.10.1944    Age: 21   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Fusilier Jenkins was killed in the initial attack on Mt Spaduro.

Son of David Charles and Winifred Ethel Jenkins, of Caerleon, Monmouthshire.

891 Frank Janes MM

Rank: Lance Sergeant      Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14205733

Date: 21.10.1944   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Lance Sergeant Janes was killed in a night attack on Casa Spinello on 21 October 1944.

892 Stephen Thompson

Rank: 2nd Lieutenant    Unit: London Irish Rifles, attached from The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)   Service number: 334481

Date: 21.10.44   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Lt Thompson was killed in a night attack on Casa Spinello on 21 October 1944.

Son of Charlie and Dorothy Thompson; husband of Margaret B. Thompson, of Didsbury, Manchester.

893 Bernard Gage

Rank: Corporal      Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6460643

Date: 21.10.1944     Age:   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Cpl Gage was killed in a night attack on Casa Spinello on 21 October 1944.

894 Thomas Galligan

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 992905

Date: 21.10.1944   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Rifleman Galligan was killed in a night attack on Casa Spinello on 21 October 1944.

Son of Thomas and Mary Galligan; husband of Helen Caroline Galligan, of Runcorn, Cheshire.

895 Christopher Michael Cramb

Rank: Lieutenant    Unit: London Irish Rifles, seconded from South African Armoured Corps    Service number: 250904V

Date: 21.10.1944   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Lieutenant Cramb, a South African volunteer and university graduate, was killed in a night attack on Casa Spinello on 21 October 1944. He was standing by Lieutenant Nicholas Mosley when he called out: “God have mercy on my soul,” and then fell and died (Time at War, Nicholas Mosley). He was the son of Percival and Olga Cramb of Pretoria.

Son of Percival W. W. and Olga V. R. Cramb, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. B.A.

896 James Bryning

Rank: Second Lieutenant     Unit: London Irish Rifles  attached from The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)  Service number: 334482

Date: 21.10.1944   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Second Lieutenant Bryning was killed in a night attack on Casa Spinello on 21 October 1944.

Son of James and Jane Bryning, of Fallowfield, Manchester; husband of Janet Bryning.

897 James Blair

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019574

Date: 21.10.1944   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Rifleman Blair was killed in a night attack on Casa Spinello on 21 October 1944.

Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Blair, of Larne, Co. Antrim.

898 William Murphy

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14437714

Date: 21.10.1944   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Rifleman Murphy was killed in a night attack on Casa Spinello on 21 October 1944.

Son of Harry and Emily Fisher; husband of E. Joan Fisher, of Coggeshall, Essex.

899 Aubrey Eaton

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14334661

Date: 21.10.1944   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Rifleman Eaton was killed in a night attack on Casa Spinello on 21 October 1944.

Son of Frederick and Lilian Eaton, of Devonport.

900 Thomas Borrett

Rank: Lance Corporal      Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7022662

Date: 21.10.1944   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

L/Cpl Borrett was killed in the attack on Mt Spaduro. After being wounded, he crawled two miles to return, but died a few hours later, according to Fling Our Banner to the Wind (page 208).

Son of Thomas and Florence Maud Borrett, of Haggerston, Shoreditch, London.

901 William Collins

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6482037

Date: 22.10.1944   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Rifleman Collins was killed in the attacks on Hill 387/Casa Spalara/Casa Spinello.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Collins, of Harringay, Middlesex.

902 Patrick Long

Rank: Corporal      Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7018766

Date: 23.10.1944   Age: 34   Place of burial:  Faenza

Son of John and Annie Long; husband of Gladys Ivy Long, of Wallington, Surrey.

903 Frank Hughes

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981167

Date: 23.10.1944   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Charles and Della Hughes, of Hollywood, Worcestershire.

904 Richard Birkett

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 5672564

Date: 23.10.1944   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of George P. and Mary Ellen Birkett, of Limehouse, London.

905 Albert Ward

Rank: Lance Sergeant      Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3782728

Date: 23.10.1944   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Thomas Frederick and Sarah Anne Ward, of Kelsall, Cheshire.

906 Frederick Pritchard

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14639387

Date: 23.10.1944   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Frederick Thomas Pritchard and Jessie Lydia Victoria Pritchard, of Walworth, London.

907 John Bruckmann

Rank: Lieutenant    Unit: London Irish Rifles, seconded from South African Armoured Corps    Service number: 20288V

Date: 23.10.1944   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

A South African officer, Lieutenant Bruckmann was killed in a minefield with his company commander Ronald Boyd (see below) while advancing to Casa Spinello which had been taken the previous day by an E Company platoon the previous day.

Son of Henry O. and Eva D. Bruckmann, of Cape Town, South Africa.

908 Ronald Boyd MC

Rank: Major      Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 62663

Date: 23.10.1944     Age:   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Major Boyd joined the London Irish Rifles from the Royal Ulster Rifles following the Battle of Cassino. He was appointed commander of E Company to replace Mervyn Davies, who had been wounded in the left arm and in the leg in the successful attack on Casa Spinello the previous day.

909 George Riley

Rank: Corporal      Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981644

Date: 24.10.1944   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of George William and Ada Riley; husband of Winifred Riley, of Tibshelf, Derbyshire.

910 Albert Kinsman

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6983043

Date: 24.10.1944   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of George and Mary Kinsman; husband of Ivy Brenda Kinsman.

911 William Farthing

Rank: Sergeant          Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7020308

Date: 25.10.1944     Age:     Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

E Company Sergeant Farthing died of his wounds after an attack on Spinello during the Battle for Monte Spaduro.

912 Dennis Connelly

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6980139

Date: 30.10.1944   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Connelly, of Radford, Nottinghamshire.


November 1944.

913 William Grey-Allen

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3771910

Date: 03.11.1944   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Florence

Son of William and Eliza Grey-Allen.

914 Steve Spice

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 14512215

Date: 04.11.1944   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Edward James Spice and Emily Spice, of Mitcham, Surrey.

915 Henry Sye DCM

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7020431

Date: 07.11.1944   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Rome

G Company Lance Sergeant Sye died of wounds suffered during the attack on Spinello during the Battle for Monte Spaduro. He had been lying wounded for 36 hours but had refused the aid of stretcher bearers.

Son of Robert and Elizabeth Sye.

916 Robert Warden

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7046535

Date: 12.11.1944   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Arezzo

Son of John and Sarah Warden, of Newtownards, Co. Down.

To read Rifleman Warden’s story, please click here. 

917 Victor De Negri

Rank: Lance Sergeant      Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6985648

Date: 16.11.1944   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Lance Sergeant De Negri was on observation duty in the roof of a farm house on Monte Spaduro when his position was hit by German mortars. He was killed instantly. Details of this can be found in Colin Gunner’s ‘Front of the Line’.

Son of Victor A. and Lillian M. De Negri, of Walthamstow, Essex.

917a George Eastwood

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.   Service number: 7044849

Date: 22.11.1944   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Moro River

Son of James Alan Eastwood and Charlotte Eastwood, of The Scotlands, Wolverhampton.

918 Robert Williams

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 1792006

Date: 23.11.1944    Age:    Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

919 Joseph Farrell

Rank: Lance Corporal      Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14625235

Date: 24.11.1944    Age:   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

919a Edward Whitby

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6982528

Date: 24.11.1944   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Naples

Son of Harry and Florence Whitby, of Nottingham; husband of Dora Mary Whitby, of Nottingham.

920 John Blackmore

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4202410

Date: 28.11.1944   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of William and Alice Blackmore; husband of Frances Blackmore, of Washington, Sussex.

921 Douglas Smith

Rank: Sergeant      Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3773902

Date: 29.11.1944   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Joshua and Elizabeth Ann Smith, of Moss Bank, Lancashire; husband of May Smith.

922 Frank Howell

Rank: Sergeant      Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044121

Date: 29.11.1944   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of William Beresford Howell and Lilian Elizabeth Howell; husband of Mary Josephine Howell, of Easton, Wells, Somerset.


December 1944.

923 Walter Cartledge

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981583

Date: 01.12.1944   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of John Frederick and Miriam Cartledge, of Derby.

924 Harold White

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 5674611

Date: 01.12.1944   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Edwin and Elizabeth White, of Bridgwater, Somerset.

925 Frederick Rudd

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6982654

Date: 01.12.1944   Age: 29   Place of burial: Santerno Valley

Son of Albert and Louisa Rudd; husband of Gladys Daisy Rudd, of Woolwich, London.

926 James Plunkett

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 14525206

Date: 04.12.1944   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Bologna

Son of William and Eliza Plunkett, of Harlesden, Middlesex.

927 Patrick Joseph Brady

Rank : Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 289889

Date: 04.12.1944    Age:   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial

Lieutenant Brady was attached to the 1st  Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers in the Tunisian battles in 1943 and fell into a slit trench during darkness on the night of 20 January. He broke his leg. Brady was promoted to the temporary rank of assistant captain on 19 January 1943.

Son of Terence Brady, and of Eva Christina Brady, of Holloway, London.

928 Brendan Hickey

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6984998

Date: 04.12.1944   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial

Son of William and Esther Hickey, of Dublin.

929 William Hilliam

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6986023

Date: 05.12.1944   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Reginald James Hilliam and Ada Gertrude Hilliam, of Sutton Bassett. Northamptonshire.

930 Geert Coetzee

Rank: Captain    Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers, seconded from South African Armoured Corps    Service number: 250903V

Date: 07.12.1944   Age: 34   Place of burial:  Argenta Gap

Son of Jan H. and Anna S. Coetzee, of The Gem, Transvaal, South Africa. B.A., LL.B., Advocate.

931 Frederick McLernon

Rank: Lance Corporal      Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14617699

Date: 12.12.1944   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Francis John and Martha Ann McLernon; husband of Jean McLernon, of Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone.

932 Edward Niblock

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043745

Date: 19.12.1944   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Hugh and Minnie Niblock, of Belfast; husband of Gladys Niblock, of Belfast.

933 John Dickson

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 1297083

Date: 19.12.1944    Age:   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Richard and Rebecca Dickson, of Dunfermline, Fife.

934 Albert Parish

Rank: Lieutenant    Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers, attached from Gloucestershire Regiment   Service number: 292941

Date: 19.12.1944   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Lieutenant Albert Parish was accompanying commander of the Faughs John Coldwell-Horsfall after a night raid on 19 December 1944 when a mortar bomb exploded close by. Parish was killed, and Coldwell-Horsfall suffered serious leg injuries. When he recovered, he was posted to the staff of Army HQ. Coldwell-Horsfall returned to the Irish Brigade as commander of the 2nd Battalion of the London Irish Rifles when it took up occupation duties in southern Austria after the end of the war.

Son of Albert John and Florence Parish; husband of Barbara Parish.

935 Albert Sutcliffe

Rank: Sergeant      Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981504

Date: 23.12.1944    Age:   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Sutcliffe, of Keighley, Yorkshire.

936 Norman Russ

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6983099

Date: 23.12.1944    Age:   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Linton Thompson Russ and Lily Russ; husband of Vera Annie Russ.

937 Thomas Conley

Rank: Lance Corporal      Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6985162

Date: 23.12.1944   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley

Son of Elizabeth Conley, of Castlerock, Co. Londonderry; husband of Mary Conley.

938 William Bussey

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14570754

Date: 27.12.1944   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Arezzo

Son of Joseph Abraham and Ann Louisa Bussey, of Holloway, London.


January 1945.

938a James Woodward

Rank: Corporal      Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3774330

Date: 03.01.1945   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Bari

Son of William and Catherine Woodward, of St. Helens, Lancashire.

939 Timothy O’Mara

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6411750

Date: 06.01.1945   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Argenta Gap

Son of Cornelius O’Mara, and of Rose Violet O’Mara, of South Acton, Middlesex.

940 Henry Jordan

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14310243

Date: 06.01.1945   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Argenta Gap

941 Joseph Foley

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3909939

Date: 06.01.1945   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Argenta Gap

Son of Alfred and Mary Elizabeth Foley, of Bolton, Lancashire.

942 Michael Foley

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7010933

Date: 11.01.1945   Age: 48   Place of burial:  Rome

Son of Hugh and Mary Foley, of Killanne, Co. Wexford; husband of Annie Foley, of Killanne.

943 Leslie Caves

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 13030544

Date: 21.01.1945   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial

Son of George and Ada Caves, of Kempston, Bedford; husband of D. Caves, of Kempston.

944 Thomas Kidd

Rank: Lance Sergeant    Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers    Service number: 7046470

Date: 26.01.1945        Age:   Place of burial:  Santerno Valley


February 1945.

945 Thomas Warren

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022597

Date: 01.02.1945   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Arezzo

Son of George James Warren and Edith Warren, of Chingford, Essex.

946 Alexander Baxter

Rank: Private      Unit: London Irish Rifles, attached from ACC    Service number: 70145404

Date: 03.02.1945   Age: 37   Place of burial:  Haldenleeben, Germany

Husband of Mary Minnis Baxter, of Belfast.

947 John Fitzpatrick

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6976463

Date: 17.02.1945   Age: 37   Place of burial:  Florence

Son of James and Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, of Mohill, Co. Leitrim.