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December 1942 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1 Rowland Farthing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers     Service number: 6981482<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 08.12.1942     Age: 22     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGOD\u2019S GARDEN OF SLEEP PEACE, PERFECT PEACE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergeant Farthing\u2019s death is recorded on a date when the battalion was travelling by road at night from Bone to Souq el-Khamis in Tunisia. The journey started at 11pm on 7 December and was completed at 5am on 8 December. The diaries record that a carrier operated by 14 platoon drove off the road and fell 50 feet down a mountain side and there were 14 casualties but no deaths. This information may have been outdated if Farthing had died of his injuries later in the day without the knowledge of the author of the diaries.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Fred and Annie Farthing of Grimsby.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Ronald Childs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles     Service number: 7016720<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 10.12.1942     Age: 22     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM AND WITHOUT FEAR\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Childs, a 22-year old member of the high-spirited carrier platoon, was killed when he slipped and fell on the Number 75 Hawkins anti-tank grenade he was carrying which was designed to be detonated when a vehicle drove over it. The grenade contained about 1lb of high explosives.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Herbert and Edith Alice Childs of Kenton, Harrow.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 Charles Brady<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles     Service number: 7022243<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 11.12.1942     Age: 19     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Brady was in F Company and was accidentally killed in an unexplained incident that involved one other unnamed casualty.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Samuel and Sarah Brady, of Leyton, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 Richard Clutterbuck<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers     Service number: 6981938<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 11.12.1942     Age: 28     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Harry and Winifred May of Portskewett, Monmouthshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 James Purdy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers     Service number: 7045512<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.12.1942     Age: 28     Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 Harold Kershaw<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles     Service number: 14209861<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.12.1942     Age: 34     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Nicholson and Alice Kershaw.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 Desmond Bernard Moore<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers, attached from Worcestershire Regiment     Service number: 124194<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date 27.12.1942     Age: 28     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS, FROM WHENCE COMETH MY HELP\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lieutenant Moore of B Company was ambushed and killed with three of his men in the Goubellat area while leading a patrol on the night of 27 December.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Albert Victor and Alice Machell Moore of Stamford Lincolnshire and was a graduate of University College Oxford. Desmond Moore had been posted to the Faughs from the Worcestershire Regiment in October 1942.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Desmond Moore<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

8 Leonard Charles Thoroughgood<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers     Service number: 6982677<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.12.1942     Age: 30     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Thoroughgood, a member of B Company, was killed in the Goubellat area along with Lt Moore.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 Thomas Williams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier      Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers     Service number: 6982382<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.12.1942     Age: 28     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Williams, a member of B Company, was killed in the Goubellat area with Lt Moore.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 Daniel Downing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers     Service number: 7043103<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.12.1942     Age: 25     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cO SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM AND GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST, AMEN\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Downing, a member of B Company, was killed in the Goubellat area with Lt Moore.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Downing, of Sneem, Killarney.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11<\/strong> Joseph<\/strong> Roche<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers     Service number: 7043683<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 28.12.1942     Age: 26     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DARLING HUSBAND R.I.P.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Roche was a member of D Company in the Faughs and was wounded in the groin during a company operation across the Goubellat valley. He died almost instantly. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Roche; husband of Katie Roche, of Horsham, Sussex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 Jack Rodin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers     Service number: 6982648<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 28.12.1942     Age: 25     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13 Samuel Kane<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers     Service number: 6977922<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 28.12.1942     Age: 27     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMANLY AND BRAVE HIS YOUNG LIFE HE GAVE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Kane; husband of Emma Kane, of Portadown, Co. Armagh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 James Peden Montgomery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers     Service number: 6979320<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 28.12.1942     Age: 22     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Jean Montgomery; husband of Margaret Montgomery, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 Alfred Robinson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers     Service number: 7044953<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 28.12.1942     Age: 26     Place of burial:  Thibar Seminary, Tunisia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHIS DUTY BRAVELY DONE FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Myra Robinson of Clun, Shropshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

16 Albert Deakin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046225<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 29.12.1942   Age: 33      Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Deakin was killed during the Faughs\u2019 operations around Goubellat on 27-29 December 1943.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Henry and Lizzie Deakin of Normacott, Stoke-on-Trent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 Norman Kyle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043678<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 29.12.1942   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON NORMAN, EVER REMEMBERED BY MOTHER AND FATHER\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Kyle was killed during the Faughs\u2019 operations around Goubellat on 27-29 December 1943.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Annie Kyle of Carnmoney, Co. Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18 Richard Eales<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047601<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 29.12.1942   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSLEEP ON, DEAR SON, AS LONG AS MEMORY LASTS WE WILL REMEMBER THEE \u2018PEACE, PERFECT PEACE’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Eales was killed during the Faughs\u2019 operations around Goubellat on 27-29 December 1943.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Eales, of Bulkington, Warwickshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

19 Arthur Cross<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046597<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 29.12.1942   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Thibar Seminary, Tunisia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGOD\u2019S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Cross was killed during the Faughs\u2019 operations around Goubellat on 27-29 December 1943.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Henry and Selina Cross of Tamworth, Staffordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20 William Farnan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7012407<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 31.12.1942   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cINTO THE MOSAIC OF VICTORY WAS LAID THIS PRECIOUS PIECE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Jean Farnan of Higher Broughton, Salford.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January 1943<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

21 Frank Lunn<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6475959<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 03.01.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Lunn was killed during a patrol commanded by Lieutenant McCaldin which started on the night of 2 January when the battalion was based in around Goubellat. The patrol was ordered to probe west and to harass, ambush and inflict casualties on German Forces. It was spotted and attacked at around 230am on 4 January. In the ensuing fight, Lunn was shot and died.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

22 Robert Carruthers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 180162<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 04.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Dely Ibrahim, Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt Carruthers, who was 6 Innisks\u2019 Adjutant and intelligence officer, was hit in the head in a ME 109 attack on the car he was travelling in with the Skins\u2019 commanding officer Lieutenant Terence Macartney-Filgate on the road between El-Aroussa and Bou Arada at 830am on 20th December 1942. He died of his wounds 15 days later at the Thibar dressing station. Macartney-Filgate recovered from his wounds, occupied staff positions and was awarded an OBE in 1945.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Lieut.-Comdr. Robert Jardine Carruthers, R.N.V.R., and Georgina Rose Carruthers, of Blindley Heath, Surrey; husband of Doris Joan Carruthers, of Katesbridge, Co. Down.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

23 Charles McKee<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 235692<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 04.01.1943   Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lieutenant McKee led a patrol dispatched at the same time as that the one led by Lieutenant McCaldin on the night of 2nd January. He was reported overdue at 7am on 5 January. The war diaries record state that he and his whole patrol including 20 other ranks \u201cmust be considered captured\u201d. McKee had been in fact killed on the night of 4th January.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Phineas and Helen McKee.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

24 Charles Sutcliffe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 201012<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.01.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHE DIED AS HE LIVED WITHOUT FEAR AND WITHOUT REPROACH\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commander of 18 Platoon in D Company of the Faughs, which was at the time led by Major John Coldwell-Horsfall, Lt Sutcliffe was accidentally killed by pickets during a night patrol.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William Henry and Charlotte Sutcliffe, of Raglan, Monmouthshire. He joined the Faughs at the end of 1941.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Charles “Chug” Sutcliffe<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

25 Joseph Wilfred Francis Green<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6983562<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daate: 06.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A member of A Company and a bren-gunner, Lance Corporal Joseph (Dodger) Green had used up all his ammunition in a patrol action around Goubellat on 6 January. According to a wounded survivor of the action, Green stood with grenades in both hands \u201churling abuse at his assailants in between pulling the pins of the grenades with his teeth. Still defiant, Green inevitably fell to enemy fire.\u201d Page 23, Chapter 2, Clear the Way by Richard Doherty, 1993.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Francis and Lydia Green of Burton-on-Trent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

26 Alfred Moore<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7020719<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.01.1943   Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMY LOVING HUSBAND GONE FROM US BUT NOT FORGOTTEN\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Alice Moore; husband of Gladys Moore of Highgate, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

27 John Varty<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6986135<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 09.01.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Thibar Seminary, Tunisia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Henry and Mary Reid Varty; husband of Sarah Arm Varty, of Newhall, Staffordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 John Andrews<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 140028<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 10.01.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIN JESUS\u2019 KEEPING\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lieutenant Andrews of C Company was killed at around 1000hrs when a truck exploded, presumably as a result of bombing. Corporal Christie was injured in the eye in the same incident.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Sydney and Jessie Andrews of Kettering, Northamptonshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

29 George Beggs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6979800<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 10.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Beggs was buried on 10 January at 1500hrs. He was killed in the same incident as Lieutenant Andrews (above).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Mary Beggs, of Burnley, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

30 John Francis Hogan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 2716183<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 11.01.1943   Age: 39   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIN MEMORY OF MY SON JOHN. JESUS MERCY\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H Company Sergeant Hogan, who came from Croydon, was killed during an operation in the Goubellat plain to recover tanks that were immobilised in mud. Platoon sergeants up to this point wore wireless sets carrying an aerial that could be seen by snipers. This was the 2nd Battalion\u2019s first significant action during which four men were killed and twelve wounded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Hogan was a former Irish guardsman and was the son of Patrick and Mary Hogan, of West Croydon, Surrey.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

32 James McLoughlin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7014578<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 11.01.1943   Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. O LORD JESUS, GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST. R.I.P.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance Sergeant McLoughlin, a citizen of Eire, was killed in the tank recovery action in the Goubellat Valley.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Kathleen McLoughlin; husband of Bridget McLoughlin, of Victoria, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

33 John Griffin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022287<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 11.01.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Griffin was killed in the Goubellat Valley operation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Michael and Ellen Griffin, of Dublin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

34 John Michael Hogan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7047572<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 11.01.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Hogan was killed in the Goubellat Valley operation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Ignatius Francis and Mary Hogan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

35 Donald Fraser<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman      Unit: London Irish Rifles    Service number: 7014465<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.01.1943    Age: 21    Place of burial:  Thibar Seminary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYOUR DUTY DONE MY LOVING SON ALTHOUGH FAR AWAY MY MEMORIES OF YOU STAY\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Alfred Charles and J. E. Fraser, of Fulham, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

36 Desmond Warren<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 233251<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age:   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt Warren was killed in the first and failed attack on Two Tree Hill. Other casualties suffered in the attack included Captain Ferris wounded, Lieutenants Buck, George, Strickland and Power also wounded. A total of 11 other ranks were killed (see below) and 55 wounded. The diaries reported 16 missing (and possibly killed). Company sergeant major Stevenson was among the wounded. This suggests the battalion suffered 88-89 casualties during the attack. The Commonwealth War Cemetery records suggest that the final toll was 31 dead. This brought its losses since being deployed at the end of December to almost 200.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

37 William Higgins<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7045064<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING I WILL REMEMBER YOU\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Higgins was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Henry and Harriet Higgins; husband of Elizabeth Higgins, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

38 George Sipson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6985816<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Sipson was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

39 Arthur Holbeche<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7047659<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Holbeche was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

40 Patrick Quinn<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6984667<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 36   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWE HAVE LOVED HIM IN LIFE WE WON\u2019T FORGET HIM IN DEATH MAY HE REST IN PEACE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Michael and Agnes Quinn, of Dublin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

41 Edward Pusey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6210786<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAS TIME ROLLS ON WE MISS YOU, DEAR SON, MORE AND MORE. MUM AND DAD\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James Pusey, and of Mary Ann Pusey, of Harlesden, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

42 William Ellis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3137691<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Ellis was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

43 Harry Birds<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981574<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFOR EVERYONE HE DID HIS BEST GRANT HIM, O LORD ETERNAL REST\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Birds was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Sarah Birds of Youlgreave, Derbyshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

44 Harry Marlow<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6985793<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Marlow was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

45 Joseph Boyle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7044999<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Sgt Boyle was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Michael Boyle, and of Susan M. Boyle, of Golders Green, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

46 Edward Alcock<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7044543<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFOR EVER IN MY THOUGHTS, DAD\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Alcock was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Edward and Florence Alcock, of Basford, Stoke-on-Trent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

47 Derrick Murphy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6984481<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFAREWELL, IN HOPE AND LOVE IN FAITH & PEACE & PRAYER TILL HE, WHOSE HOME IS OURS ABOVE, UNITE US THERE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Murphy was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Kenrick Bourne Murphy and Florence Gertrude Murphy, of Chiswick, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

48 Bruce Ponton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7044630<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Ponton was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

49 Wilson Pidcock<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981985<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWITH HIS HEAD HELD HIGH SLOWLY HE WENT TO HIS GOD IN THE SKY. DUTY NOBLY DONE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Pidcock was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Wilfred Thompson Pidcock and Mercy Pidcock, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

50 John Handley<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981851<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWE SHALL MEET AGAIN TO BE PARTED NO MORE THEN UNDIVIDED BY A FOREIGN SHORE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Handley was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Fanny Handley, of Old Basford, Nottingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

51 John Skinner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7044486<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAS WE LOVED, SO WE MISS YOU IN OUR HEARTS YOU\u2019RE ALWAYS NEAR. MOM, DAD, WIN.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Skinner was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Alexander John and Clara Skinner, of Birmingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

52 Frederick Ager<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7044987<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Ager was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Susan Ager; husband of Jessie Helen Ager, of Newbury Park, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

53 James Battersby<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3137720<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Battersby was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

54 George Brownlee<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6979999<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Brownlee was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

55 Francis English<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4459986<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sgt English was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles and Catherine English; husband of Veronica Ruth English, of Harpurhey, Manchester.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

56 William Hadden<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6984636<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Sgt Hadden was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Hadden, of Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

57 Daniel McAteer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6982565<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal McAteer was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Hessie McAteer, of Ballymena, Co. Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

58 George Osborn<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7045115<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Osborn was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and M. Osborn; husband of Gertrude Osborn.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

59 Kenneth Dumelow<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981946<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Dumelow was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Frances Martha Dumelow, of Long Eaton, Derbyshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

60 Patrick Fray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6148430<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Fray was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Henry and Hannah Fray; husband of Anna Christina Fray, of Spangle Hill, Cork.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

61 William King<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 5734148<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier King was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frank Edward and Beatrice Alice King, of Erdington, Birmingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

62 Joseph Martin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6982452<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Martin was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

63 William Siviter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7046348<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Siviter was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Edward and Esther Siviter; husband of Susan Siviter, of Blackheath, Birmingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

64 William Twells<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4986539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Twells was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Twells, of Boothorpe, Leicestershire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

65 George Tyler<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4398652<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Tyler was killed in the first attack on Two Tree Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frederick Henry and Bertha Tyler, of Balby, Doncaster, Yorkshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

66 William McNamara<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3860470<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samuel Smith<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service Number: 7045151<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 14.01.1943   Aged: 28   Place of burial: Thibar Seminary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHE LIVES FOR EVER IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO LOVED HIM\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Samuel Douglas Smith and Hilda May Smith; husband of Mary Isabel Smith, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sidney Wood<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Serjeant    Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service Number: 4459982<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 14.01.1943    Aged: 26   Place of burial: Thibar Seminary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART; FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Elizabeth E. Wood, of Sale, Cheshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

67 Michael McLaughlin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6985698<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 15.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

68 Frederick Woodley<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6982392<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 15.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Rose Hannah Woodley, of Wandsworth, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

69 Ronald Pinchin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 14201669<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 17.01.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWE LOVED HIM, HIS MEMORY SHALL NOT DIE, HOPE BIDS US CHEER WE\u2019LL MEET HIM BYE AND BYE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Minnie Pinchin, of Wyre Piddle, Worcestershire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

70 Frederick Taylor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3608303<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 17.01.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Taylor, of Great Clifton, Cumberland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

71 James Voss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981044<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTO THE EVERLASTING MEMORY OF A DEAR SON. \u2018ABIDE WITH ME\u2019 MOTHER AND FATHER\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Sgt Voss was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles and Nelly Voss, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire; husband of Norah Voss, of Cleethorpes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

72 Herbert Sullivan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 13086982<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 33   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Sullivan was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Herbert and Emily Sullivan, of Moss Side, Manchester.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

73 Walter Chambers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981833<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DARLING HUSBAND. ASLEEP WITH ENGLAND\u2019S HEROES\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Chambers was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Stephen and Amy Chambers; husband of Sarah Ellen Chambers, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

74 Raymond Jeffery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7045071<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Jeffrey was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Percy John and Agnes Margaret Marian Jeffery, of Sittingbourne, Kent; husband of Kathleen Jeffery, of Sittingbourne.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

75 Robert Patterson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046820<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Mary Patterson, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

76 Percy Welbourn<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6982526<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMY LIFE WITHOUT YOU IS NOT THE SAME. O BEAUTIFUL STAR SHINE O\u2019ER HIS GRAVE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frederick and Bertha Welbourn; husband of Margaret Mary Welbourn, of Earls Barton, Northamptonshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

77 John Kitchen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981404<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cONLY A BRITISH SOLDIER BUT A MOTHER\u2019S SON BURIED ON A FIELD OF BATTLE HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Kitchen was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kitchen, of Keal Cotes, Lincolnshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

78 Eryl Lloyd<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4459898<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergeant Lloyd was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Hugh Davies Lloyd and of Sarah Ann Lloyd (nee Jones), of Abersoch, Caernarvonshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

79 William Slater<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981088<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDUTY NOBLY DONE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas Henry and Rose Emma Slater; husband of Lucy Margaret Slater, of Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

80 James Shortt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6979698<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUNTIL WE MEET AT JESUS\u2019 FEET REST IN PEACE. EILEEN\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Patrick and Elizabeth Shortt, of Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim; husband of Eileen Shortt, of Kiltyclogher.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

81 Alex Webb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046765<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHE TOILED WITH JOY FOR THOSE HE LOVED THEN LEFT US TO REMEMBER R.I.P.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William Henry and Laura Elizabeth Webb, of Walsall, Staffordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

82 James McCarthy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6405646<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOUR LADY OF WATERFORD INTERCEDE FOR HIM\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Daniel and Katherine McCarthy, of Paddington, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

83 Thomas Rooney<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6982319<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cALWAYS REMEMBERED, THOUGH FAR FROM HOME\u2019 UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

84 Joseph Wood<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044664<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNOBLY HE LIVED, NOBLY HE DIED GONE FOR EVER FROM OUR SIDE. FRANCES AND JOSIE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Described as a promising NCO by his company commander John Coldwell-Horsfall, Fusilier Wood was killed during defensive fighting around Grandstand Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Josiah and Prudence Wood, of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent; husband of Emily Frances Wood, of Hanley.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

85 James White<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6985942<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFATHER, IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR DEAR ONE SLEEPING\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Described as a promising NCO by his company commander John Coldwell-Horsfall, L\/Cpl White was killed during defensive fighting around Grandstand Hill. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Mabel White, of Newark, Nottinghamshire; husband of Margaret Brown White, of Newark.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

86 Peter Casella Murphy MC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Major     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 53706<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. R.I.P.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major Murphy was commander of the Faughs\u2019 A Company during a counterattack on Grandstand in the Bou Arada area on the afternoon of 18 January 1943 and was leading a charge against German positions when he was killed. Peter Murphy was born in 1912, was one of nine children the son of Major Frank and Marguerite Murphy who lived at Dunsland Court in Jacobstowe. Major Frank Murphy moved with his family to Jacobstowe in Devon in 1921.  He was educated at Beaumont College and Sandhurst, before being commissioned into the East Yorks Regiment and then sent to India where he served on the North West Frontier and was also caught up in the 1936 Quetta Earthquake. Later, he also served in Palestine.  At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was a captain in the Royal Irish Fusiliers.  While on a training assignment in Catterick he met Kathleen Margaret Sharpe and in early 1940 they were married. On 2nd October 1939, Murphy left for France in command of A Company, 1st<\/em> Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, to join the BEF. The battalion acted as rearguard to the bulk of the BEF in their retreat towards the River Escaut.  During this withdrawal Peter Murphy was severely wounded having been hit through the lung.  Nevertheless, he kept command and marched with his company for several days, before he collapsed and was evacuated back to England via Dunkirk in a critical condition. While in hospital, he received a visit from the Queen. For this rearguard action Murphy was awarded the Military Cross.  He recovered from his wounds and was posted to Northern Ireland, where his son, Patrick was born.  Murphy left a wife who he married in 1939 and a son Patrick with another, Peter, soon to be born.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of F. D. A. and Margurite Murphy; husband of Kathleen Margaret Murphy, of Parkstone, Dorsetshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

87 Richard Cousins<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7045383<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

88 Robert Crawford<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3774708<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSILVER STARS SHINE ON A GRAVE BUT COULD NOT SAVE. R.I.P.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Joseph Charles and Mary Ann Crawford, of Liverpool; husband of Margaret Crawford, of Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

89 Jack Casswell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6985767<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Casswell was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mrs. H. Casswell, of Heckington, Lincolnshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

90 Thomas Dangerfield<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3771594<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Dangerfield was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

91 Kenneth Hodson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7045607<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Hodson was killed in the German attack on Grandstand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Edward Arthur and Mabel Hodson, of Boston, Lincolnshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

92 Harry Haywood<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046918<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 34   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYOUR CAREFREE WAYS WILL BE MISSED BY YOUR LOVING WIFE LILIAN AND SON BRIAN\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Kate Haywood, of Birmingham; husband of Lilian Beatrice Haywood, of Witton, Birmingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

93 Edward Spencer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 235694<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.01.1943   Age: 35   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTEDDY, LOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL IN LIFE WE SHALL NOT FORGET YOU. SYB. AND THE BOYS\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Spencer was killed by a mortar shell at 0845 during an attack on Irish Brigade positions around Grandstand hill by the 1st<\/em> and 3rd battalions of the Hermann Goering Regiment and IInd Marsh battalion. The war diaries record the Inniskillings suffered nine dead (including Spencer) and 31 wounded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles William Spencer; husband of Sybil F. Spencer, of Kingsbury, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

94 Timothy Casey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3777369<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 19.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cR.I.P.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Casey was one of five Skins killed during the second day of German attack on Grandstand (four others listed below).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Timothy and Mary Casey, of Birkenhead.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

95 Kenneth Whalley<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 5124206<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 19.01.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles and Mary Whalley, of Penny Lane, Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

96 John Parry<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers  Service number: 3780995<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 19.01.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Edward and Anne Parry, of Leigh, Lancashire; husband of May Parry, of Leigh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

97 David Connery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019085<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 19.01.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Connery was killed by mortar fire as the London Irish marched from Bou Arada to an area around Stuka Farm in preparation for the attack on Hills 279 and 286 early next morning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Samuel and Sarah Connery, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

98 Albert Webster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6985831<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 19.01.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

99 William Tweed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6979743<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 19.01.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mrs. Mary Nicholl, of Bushmills, Co. Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

100 Leonard Boot<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6985761<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 19.01.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

101 William Harrison<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: L\/Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6983411<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 19.01.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frederick and Amy Harrison, of Rainsworth, Nottinghamshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

102 Edmond Hall<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7015279<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Hall was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Edmond and Mary Hall, of Killenaull, Co. Tipperary, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

103 John Livingstone<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6984125<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Helen Elizabeth Livingstone, of Londonderry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

104 Victor Pottinger<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 217804<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt Pottinger of F Company was killed during fighting for Hill 286 in the Bou Arada area on the morning of 20 January (see London Irish War Diary for details).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Pottinger, of Reading, Berkshire; husband of Ellice Vivien Pottinger, of Reading.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

105 Themistolles Sinodorou<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7016695<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Sinodorou was killed on Hill 286. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Kalliopi Sinodorou; husband of Jeanette Sinodorou, of Auchinleck, Ayrshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

106 Stanley Meager<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7015737<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance Corporal Stanley Meager was fatally wounded by mortar fire as the London Irish marched from Bou Arada to an area around Stuka Farm on 19 January in preparation for the attack on Hills 279 and 286 early next morning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Henry Joseph and Harriett Daisy Meager, of Tottenham, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

107 John Baxter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6472465<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Baxter was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Arnold and Rossina Baxter; husband of Daisy Amelia Baxter, of Rainham, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

108 Robert Wallace<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019499<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Wallace was killed on Hill 286. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foster-son of Margaret Anderson, of Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

109 Walter Viney<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6472132<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Viney was killed on Hill 286. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John Walter and Emma Jane Viney, of Canning Town, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

110 George Rock<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3675683<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 37   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergeant Rock was killed during fighting for Hill 286 in the Bou Arada area.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George Alfred and Elizabeth Martha Rock, of Bray, Co. Wicklow. His brother Robert H. also fell.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

111 Robert Norland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022330<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Cpl Norland was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles and Frances Norland, of North Kensington, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

112 Joseph Smyth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7020056<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Smyth was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William John and Mary Smyth, of Newtownards, Co. Down.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Joseph Smyth<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

113 Eugene Murphy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022323<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Murphy was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Michael and Bridget Murphy, of Kiskeam North, Co. Cork.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

114 Dennis Griffin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7016181<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A boxing champion, Sergeant Griffin was killed during fighting for Hill 286 in the Bou Arada area.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

115 Herbert Deards<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 5954799<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Deards was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Herbert and Edith Mary Deards, of Woolmer Green, Hertfordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

116 Dennis Connolly<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7015973<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Connolly was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

117 James Michael McGranahan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 219911<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt McGranahan of F Company was killed leading his platoon during the attack on Hill 286 on the morning of 20 January (see London Irish War Diary for details of the battle).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Dr. John Benson McGranahan and Louisa Odlin McGranahan, of Carlton, Yorkshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

118 William Duncombe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7015859<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Duncombe was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mrs. E. Duncombe, of Leyton, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

119 William McDowell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7011302<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman McDowell was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert G. and Agnes McDowell, of Belfast. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

120 William Bakewell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7045190<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Clara Bakewell, of Kates Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

121 William Paddock<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 4867691<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William Henry and Sarah Paddock, of Wednesbury, Staffordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

122 Harry Robinson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7015092<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Robinson was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Henry Charles and Hetty Robinson, of Fulham, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

123 George Atkinson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 1012459<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergeant Atkinson was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Fred and Francis Mary Atkinson.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

124 Joseph Carrigan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 156813<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Carrigan, second in command of E Company, was killed instantly by a mortar bomb on Hill 279 during an Orders (\u2018O\u2019) Group. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Francis Vincent Carrigan, and of Mary Teresa Carrigan, of Harrow, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

125 Patrick Crouchman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 5824219<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 33   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Sgt Crouchman was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Katherine Crouchman, of St. Pauls Cray, Kent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

126 Joseph Whelan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7010955<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Sgt Whelan was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Elizabeth Whelan, of Dublin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Joseph Whelan<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

127 Ernest Cooling<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6460602<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date 20.01.1943   Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Cooling was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Ernest George and Violet Cooling, of Shepperton, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

128 Thomas Cram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7015983<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Cpl Cram was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of David and Alice Cram, of Hebburn, Co. Durham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

129 William Fourt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7014550<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Fourt was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

130 John Hamilton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6466849<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Hamilton was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John Finlay Hamilton and Robina Hamilton, of Clifton, Warwickshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

131 Alfred Harris<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6466851<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Harris was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas William and Nellie Harris, of Hammersmith. London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

132 Joseph Loughridge<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019600<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Cpl Loughbridge was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Elizabeth McIlwaine, of Parkmore, Co. Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

133 Robert McCracken<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019059<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman McCracken was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. McCracken.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

134 James Mills<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019573<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Mills was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Mary Mills, of Larne, Co. Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

135 Gordon Trivett<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022374<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Trivett was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

136 Frederick Waller<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6470584<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Waller was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mrs. A Waller; husband of Ethel Mary Waller, of Neath, Glamorgan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

137 Philip Williams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6089737<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Williams was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Montague and Florence Williams, of Epsom, Surrey; husband of Ellen Elizabeth Williams, of Epsom.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

138 Edward Gant<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6471812<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Thibar Seminary, Tunisia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Gant was fatally wounded by mortar fire as the London Irish marched from Bou Arada to an area around Stuka Farm on 19 January in preparation for the attack on Hills 279 and 286 early next morning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Laura Gant, of Norwich.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

139 Harold Hooper MiD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 152217<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 33   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frank Percy and Lena Hooper; husband of Edith Annas Eliza Hooper, of Loughton, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

140 Robert Turkington<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6980809<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

141 Michael McInerney<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022307<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman McInerney was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Michael and Susan McInerney; husband of Phyllis Joan McInerney, of Bayswater, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

142 Raymond Turner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047643<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Albert and Frances Sarah Turner, of Weoley Castle, Birmingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

143 Maurice Rickard<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6471992<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Cpl Rickard was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Ernest Alfred Rickard and of Mabel Rickard (nee Colley).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

144 Sydney Ekin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 89200<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Ekin of F Company was killed on Hill 286 in the morning of 20 January (see London Irish War Diary for details). He was the son of James and Josephine Alice Montrose Ekin. James Ekin worked for many years in the Belfast Bank in Cookstown and Dungannon before emigrating to Australia. The family returned to the UK in 1910 and lived in London. Sydney\u2019s elder brothers Leslie (22) and James (19), both 2nd Lieutenants in the York and Lancaster Regiment, were killed on 1 July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Sydney Ekin, who had a degree in law from Cambridge University, was married to Beatrice Ekin, of Knebworth, Hertfordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read about Sydney Ekin<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

145 Harold Mangan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3783498<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of, both burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Mangan was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Alexander and Catherine Mangan, of Edge Lane, Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

146 George Wyman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6475014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Wyman was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Gertrude Wyman, of Upper Holloway, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

147 Herbert Crofts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7014748<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Crofts was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Clement James Crofts and Annie Crofts, of Fulham, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

148 Ernest King<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019585<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman King was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

149 Reginald McKenna<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 233305<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt McKenna of G Company was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Ethel McKenna, of Warwick.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

150 Edward Beechey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 193855<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt Beechey of G Company was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of the Revd. J. W. Beechey and of Emily Georgina Beechey (nee Clements); husband of Lucy Eleanor Beechey (nee Fairbrass), of Hove, Sussex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

151 Charles Booker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7018526<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Cpl Booker was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Douglas Alexander Booker and Ada Booker; husband of Hannah Booker.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

152 Hubert Henderson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 137933<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 34   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Henderson was Second-in-Command of \u201cH\u201d Company when he was killed during fighting on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

153 Henry Dunham<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7016157<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Dunham was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Henry and Isabella Dunham; husband of Ivy Esther Dunham, of Bow, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

154 Ronald Figg<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7015019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.01.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Figg was killed on Hill 286.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Phyllis Grace Figg, of Croydon, Surrey; husband of Gladys Vera Figg, of Collier Row, Romford, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

155 James Craddock<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6978889<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.01.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William J. and Winifred B. Craddock, of Crumlin, Co. Dublin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

156 Patrick Ward<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7016161<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 24.01.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

157 Albert Sills<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7045147<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.01.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Sills was killed in a shelling attack at 335am. Two Royal Engineers were also killed in the attack.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Edward Sills and of Evelyna Sills (nee Glover); husband of Daisy Vera Sills, of Walthamstow, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

158 George Slocombe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7040786<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.01.1943   Age: 36   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William George and Ada Gertrude Slocombe; husband of Mary Bursey Slocombe, of Feltham, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

159 Alexander Trotter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6210233<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.01.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John Trotter, and of Ellen Trotter, of Dinnington Colliery, Northumberland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

160 Roy Thorpe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4998510<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 28.01.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

161 William Swan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6984041<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 29.01.1943   Age: 34   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Walter and Jane Swan, of Spondon, Derbyshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

162 Frank Ware<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7017670<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 29.01.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

163 Desmond O\u2019Halloran<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 5507388<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 31.01.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Alice O\u2019Halloran, of Camberley, Surrey.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 1943<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

164 William Kelly<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6976921<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 03.02.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Bone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

165 Wiliam Ross<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043461<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 09.02.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Jean Ross; husband of Elizebeth N. Ross, of Belfast. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

166 William McCartney<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6975296<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 09.02.1943   Age: 36   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Matilda McCartney, of Ballymena, Co. Antrim. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

167 James McIntyre<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3247959<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 09.02.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Bridget McIntyre, of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire; husband of Theresa McIntyre (nee Morris), of Coatbridge.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

168 Denis Flanagan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3774271<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 09.02.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James Flanagan, and of Ellen Flanagan, of St. Helens, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

169 Arthur Barrett<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6461655<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 11.02.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Dely Ibrahim, Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Arthur and Kate Barrett; husband of Cecilia Barrett, of Holborn, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

170 Edward Cunningham<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7010552<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 11.02.1943   Age: 35   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

171 Joseph Mansfield<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3775823<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 11.02.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Elizabeth Mansfield.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

172 Peter Gresham Black<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers attached from RUR    Service number: 162687<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.02.1943      Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commisioned into the Royal Ulster Rifles in January 1942,Captain Black joined the Faughs just before it left for Algeria in November 1942. He was initially second in command of A Company. It was decided to select 10-15 of the best night patrollers from each rifle company to be used exclusively for night patrolling. Black was made commander of the unit which was named Nighthawks. He was killed in its first operation on the night of 18\/19 January.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

173 David Davies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046611<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.02.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Evan Arthur and Elizabeth Davies, of Rhydlewis, Cardiganshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

174 William Parker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6985686<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.02.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Florence Ethel Parker, of Grantham, Lincolnshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

175 Raymond Page MC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 166008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.02.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lieutenant Page led a 20-person night patrol in the area of the Mahmoud Gap in the winter of 1942. After resting in a wadi, the patrol was ambushed. The patrol fought off the German attackers, but a new attack came after day-break. Page divided his men into two groups and ordered them to withdraw to the battalion lines, but Page\u2019s own group was spotted by German armoured cars and attacked. Only one of them escaped. Three days later, however, French Spahis (local troops) brought Page in. He had been wounded but hidden by a French farmer. Page was recommended for a Military Cross for his leadership and valour in a battle in which it is estimated about two dozen enemy soldiers were killed or wounded. Page died later of his wounds. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles Edward and Hilda May Page, of Tottenham, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

176 Michael McDermott<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7042903<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.02.1943   Age: 35   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

177 Albert Fitzgibbon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022276<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.02.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albert Fitzgibbon was a member of cookhouse team which was preparing breakfast for 8 Platoon of E Company on Mosque Hill west of Stuka Ridge between 8 and 9am on 22 February 1943. He was working with Rifleman Maher. The area was hit by heavy shelling. Fitzgibbon and Maher took cover in a slit trench. As soon as the shelling stopped, they returned to their cooking duties. The cookhouse then took a direct hit. Fitzgibbon died from his wounds and Maher was evacuated with a bad head wound. E Company  Colour Sergeant Edmund O\u2019Sullivan said Fitzgibbon was a very popular member of E Company.<\/em> He was a bricklayer by trade and a harmonica player which he took with him into the army. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William Fitzgibbon and of Annie Fitzgibbon (nee Garland), of West Drayton, Middlesex; husband of Caroline Annie Fitzgibbon, of West Drayton.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read about Albert Fitzgibbon<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

178 John Murphy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3773041<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.02.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Joseph Hall Murphy and Jane Murphy, of Waterloo, Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

179 Ernest Reid<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6979641<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 24.02.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Albert and Charlotte Reid, of Waterside, Londonderry; husband of Elizabeth J. Reid, of Fintona, Co. Tyrone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

180 Anthony Maguire<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6984981<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.02.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Patrick Joseph and Julia Jane Maguire, of Hollybrook, Co. Fermanagh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

181 William Crocker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6976088<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.02.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert and Mary Anne Crocker, of Belfast; husband of Elizabeth Crocker, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

182 Michael De Courcey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046911<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.02.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

183 Max Blundell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7045180<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.02.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John William and Nellie Ann Blundell, of Oldbury, Worcestershire; husband of Dacia Blundell, of Warley, Oldbury.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

184 Barney Needlestein<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7022717<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.02.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Abraham and Lottie Needlestein. <\/em>Both his parents are buried in Rainham Cemetery in Kent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

185 Archie Kawalsky<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles (Royal Ulster Rifles) Service number: 6471376<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Massicault<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Kawalsky was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Frances Kawalsky, of Stoke Newington, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

186 Anthony Boyle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 174285<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Boyle was killed around 430pm in the Skins\u2019 counterattack on Stuka Ridge during fighting on the afternoon of 26 February.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Alexander Frederick and Eileen Mary Boyle, of Portnoo, Co. Donegal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

187 William Ruddock<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7014282<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Ruddock was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Samuel and Esther Ruddock, of Belfast. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

188 Frederick Brooks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Company Quarter Master Sergeant         Unit: London Irish Rifles      Service number: 7014506<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colour Sergeant Brooks was killed at Stuka Farm during the German attack.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Stanley and Ella Brooks; husband of Madge Winifred Brooks, of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

189 David Scott<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7018891<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Scott was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em>  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of David L. and Annie Scott, of Lisburn, Co. Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

190 Reginald Brooks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6470891<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Brooks was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Ernest and Daisy Brooks; husband of Marjorie Rose Brooks, of Desborough, Northamptonshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

191 Stanley Roberts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3784030<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Roberts was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Mary Ellen Roberts, of Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

192 Charles Hamilton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019478<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 16   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Hamilton was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Mary Hamilton, of Shantallow, Londonderry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

193 William Dunsmuir<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14211405<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Dunsmuir was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Dunsmuir; husband of Catherine Dunsmuir, of Leven, Fife.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

194 Charles Mills<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022714<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Cpl Mills was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles Herbert and Florence Emily Mills, of Walthamstow, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

195 James Turner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7048087<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Turner was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Florence M. Turner, of Baddeley Green, Staffordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

196 John Tryers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 778549<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Cpl Tryers was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Edward and Kathleen Tryers, of Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

197 Stanley Metcalfe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7016046<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Metcalfe was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Doris Irene Metcalfe, of South Harrow, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

198 George Watts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6020287<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Watts was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Elsie May Watts, of Long Eaton, Derbyshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

199 John Carey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022250<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Carey was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada\u2013Goubellat road. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

200 Thomas Booth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022242<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Booth was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arad\u2013Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Francis Milbanke Booth and Ethel May Booth, of Dagenham, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

201 Dennis Flaherty<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7015958<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Flaherty was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada\u2013Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

202 Robert Henderson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14202595<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Henderson was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada\u2013Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William J. and Jane Henderson, of Clifton, York.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

203 Martin McGrath<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7017549<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal McGrath was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada\u2013Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

204 Alfred Crush<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7016727<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Crush was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada\u2013Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Emily Esther Crush, of Hanwell, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

205 James McCabe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043299<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had lied about his age in February 1939 together with his friend Fusilier Andrew Gardiner who was killed fighting with the 2nd<\/sup> Battalion of the London Irish Rifles in the Simeto battle in August 1943.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Mary McCabe, of Dublin, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

206 Ernest Graves<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6985895<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Minnie Graves, of Leicester; husband of Florence Rose Graves, of Leicester.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

207 Robert Reid<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6979136<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance-Corporal Reid from B Company was killed in the counterattack along Stuka Ridge at around 430pm on 26 February.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Reid, of Rasharkin, Co. Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

208 Robert Church<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7014641<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Church was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Benjamin Hubert and Amy Church.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

209 James Smith<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 4206358<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.02.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Smith was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

210 James Taylor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7018840<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.02.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Taylor was killed in the German attack in the Djebel Rihane area west of the Bou Arada \u2013 Goubellat road<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Ruby Taylor, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March 1943<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

211 Angus Gardiner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7011718<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 01.03.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Ellen Gardiner, of Larne, Co. Antrim; husband of Barbara Gardiner.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

212 William Daly<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 174288<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.03.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Daly was killed in a Skins attack on Stop Farm north of Grandstand to the east of the Medjez el-Bab to Goubellat road at 8pm 0n 2 March. The farm was occupied by the Germans and was believed to be the site of munitions including teller mines and used as a forward observation post for checking Grandstand Hill about two miles to the south. Daly led a fighting patrol drawn from the Skin\u2019s career platoon. The attack on the farm started at 8pm. At least four German machine guns opened fire. Daly was hit but continued to direct the patrol until he realised the Germans were too strong and ordered a withdrawal. Attempts were made to move Daly, but he was too badly wounded. Daly died of his wounds at the farm. His body was retrieved by a Skins patrol on 9 March.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Christopher and Alicia Daly; husband of Olive Margaret Daly, of Newtownbreda, Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

213 Cubitt Black<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers    Service number: 4274785<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.03.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance Corporal Black was killed in the Skins attack on Stop Farm north of Grandstand to the east of the Medjez el-Bab to Goubellat road on the evening of 2 March.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert Black, and of Adelaide E. M. Black, of Hebburn, Co. Durham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

214 Ernest Towle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981289<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.03.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Towle was killed in the Skins attack on Stop Farm north of Grandstand to the east of the Medjez el-Bab to Goubellat road on the evening of 2 March.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas Walter and Sarah Ann Towle, of Spilsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Agnes Towle, of Spilsby.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

215 Douglas Smart<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4457039<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 03.03.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Hugh and Christiana Smart, of Kelloe, Co. Durham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

216 Robert Dougan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6982028<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 04.03.1943   Age: 36   Place of burial:  Le Petit Lac, Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert and Mary Dougan, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

217 James Thompson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6976611<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.03.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Louisa Thompson, of Harrogate, Yorkshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

218 Alfred Daniels<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 2188386<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.03.1943     Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Daniels was killed while part of a 10-man fighting patrol led by Sergeant O\u2019Driscoll which was sent out from the Skins\u2019 base on and around Grandstand Hill to Carrier Farm, which lay west of the Goubellat-Bou Arada road.  As Sergeant O\u2019Donnell of the patrol approached the farm at around 9pm, he saw a sentry and opened fire with a machine gun. Several German machine guns replied, including from the west of the road. German soldiers advanced towards the patrol and it withdrew. Daniels was found to be missing and was later found to have died in the skirmish.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

219 John Baggs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers, attached from the Royal Ulster Rifles   Service number: 2010007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.03.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lieutenant Baggs joined the Faughs from the Royal Ulster Rifles on 7 February 1943. He died of wounds in an accident, which occurred during his return from patrol when the Faughs were based around Beja during a rest period. He was pulling an NCO up the 12 foot wall of a gully by his Tommy Gun, when it discharged, wounding him in the left shoulder and in the abdomen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Percy James Baggs and Beatrice Baggs, of Chaldon Herring, Dorsetshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

220 William Cahill<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043184<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.03.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Patrick and Kate Cahill, of Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

220a Armand Lortie<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers attached from Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, Canada    Service number: D\/61768<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 11.03.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergeant Lortie was killed during a B Company fighting patrol mission of 20 other ranks and one officer back to Stop Farm to blow up a Teller Mine dump. When about 200 yards from the farm, they were challenged in English and did not fire straightaway. The patrol commander decided that the people before him were a German patrol, so he opened fire. One of the enemy came in and threw a grenade. In the darkness, the commander could not get everyone together, and after firing most of his ammunition, decided to withdraw. Two men were wounded. All struggled to the battalion area, with the exception of Lortie, a French-Canadian NCO attached to the unit. His body was found near the scene of the action on the following night. One other patrol member was missing and believed to have been taken prisoner. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Angelina Lortie, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

221 James Forbes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3130829<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 15.03.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

222 Sidney Dobson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7022820<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 15.03.1943   Age: 35   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles George and Elizebeth Dobson; husband of Norah Margaret Dobson, of Kingsbury, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 1943.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

223a Kenneth Beeching<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain       Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attached from Queen\u2019s Own Royal West Kent Regiment  Service number: 156654<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 03.04.1943       Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Beeching, a Downing College Cambridge University graduate who was educated at Maidstone Grammar School, led a fighting patrol sent to test German defence positions on Djebel Mahdi on the night of 4 April 1943. He was killed with one other member of the patrol (below) when a booby-trap Teller anti-tank mine exploded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Hubert Josiah and Anne Beeching; husband of Betty Vera Beeching, of Solihull. Warwickshire. M.A. (Cantab). Beeching was the younger brother of Baron Beeching, who was chairman of British Rail in 1961-45.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

224 John Rose<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3654324<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 04.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

War diaries suggest that Lance Corporal Rose was killed on the night of 4 April during a fighting patrol comprising 16 other ranks and led by Lieutenant Beeching that was sent to test German positions on Djebel Mahdi ahead of the planned Skins\u2019 assault on the mountain.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Emmanuel and Esther Rose, of Norris Green, Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

225 Joseph Quirk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3774392<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 04.04.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Maurice and Florence Quirk; husband of Marjorie Quirk, of Whiston, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

226 Ernest Brookes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7044883<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.04.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Brookes; husband of Rose Anna Brookes, of Ironbridge, Shropshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

227 Charles Allen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from Royal Ulster Rifles   Service number: 36245<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 37   Place of burial:  Beja<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lieutenant Colonel \u2018Heaver\u2019 Allen, the CO of the 6th Inniskillings, was killed during the initial assault on Djebel el Mahdi. The battalion attack started in darkness at 4am following an artillery barrage. It reached its objective around 5am. A German machine gun was spotted on the reverse slope that was causing problems for C company. Allen directed a bren gunner who was unable to follow his instructions. He called the gunner to him but before he arrived, Allen looked up and was shot through the head. Allen had been promoted to command the Skins in December 1942 following the wounding of its original commanding officer Terence Macartney-Filgate who was seriously wounded in a strafing attack near Bou Arada. The death of Allen, the Skins\u2019 first fatality on 7 April, was followed by increased enemy mortar fire and casualties. Major John McCann took over command. Allen was the first of 18 fatalities that the Skins suffered on 7 April (others are listed below). They were withdrawn and put under the command of TN Grazebrook. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Maj. Henry George Allen, O.B.E., R.A.V.C., and Rosamunde Elizabeth Allen; husband of Katharine Elizabeth Mary Allen, of Barnby Dun, Yorkshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

228 James McCarthy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7606610<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Beja<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier McCarthy was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Mary Anne McCarthy, of Liverpool; husband of Ethel McCarthy, of Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

229 Albert Heath<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7022562<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943     Age:   Place of burial:  Beja<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Heath was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Heath, of Leytonstone, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

230 Wilfred Jones<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3775355<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943     Age:    Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Sgt Jones was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Wilfred James Jones and Alice Jones, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

231 Joseph Hunt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6983418<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 33   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Hunt was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Alfred and Florence Hunt, of Radford, Nottingham. His brother William also died on service.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

232 Clarence Wootton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7044508<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Wootton was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

233 Albert Tinman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6983317<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Tinman was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert and Fanny Tinman, of Portadown, Co. Armagh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

234 Leslie Gidney<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4752524<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Gidney was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Agnes Gidney, of Parkgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

235 Ronald Clough<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3783400<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Clough was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

236 Sidney Milton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7022866<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 35   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Milton was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John Henry and Mary Ann Milton; husband of Jennie Milton, of Richmond, Surrey.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

237 Harry Rice<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6985807<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Rice was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Bert and Olive Rice, of Raunds, Northamptonshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

238 William Kerr<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6980804<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Kerr was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert and Jeannie Kerr, of Castlederg, Co. Tyrone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

239 James Fraser<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044362<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sgt Fraser was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Leslie and Florence Fraser, of Manchester; husband of Sally Fraser, of Manchester.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

240 Walter Gibson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047680<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Gibson was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William John and Sarah Jane Gibson, of Chapel End, Nuneaton, Warwickshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

241 Francis Ford<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7044307<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Platoon Sergeant Ford of A Company was killed in the first attack on Jebel el-Mahdi on 7 April. He was replaced by Sergeant Walls.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Laura Ford, of Saxilby, Lincolnshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

242 Kenneth Davis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6984825<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John William and Sarah Caroline Davis, of Leicester.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

243 Arthur Gower<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6982166<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Gower was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Harry and Emma Gower.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

244 William Trimble<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7044343<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Trimble was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Susan Trimble; husband of M. Trimble, of Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

245 Mathew Coffey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6985242<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Oued Zarga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Coffey was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mary Coffey, of Tralee, Co. Kerry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

246 George Evans<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3137727<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Oued Zarga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Evans was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Joseph and Alice Evans, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

247 Herbert Owen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3527077<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Oued Zarga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sgt Owen was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Owen, of Wigan, Lancashire; husband of Catherine Owen, of Wigan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

248 Joseph Robinson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6984687<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Oued Zarga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Robinson was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Joseph Robinson, and of Elizabeth Robinson, of Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

249 Edward Pickford<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6986045<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Oued Zarga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Pickford was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Francis Edwin and Ruby Pickford, of Higham Ferrars, Northamptonshire; husband of Lilian Laura Pickford, of Higham Ferrars.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

250 Samuel Megarity<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043743<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.04.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Oued Zarga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Megarity was killed in the assault on Djebel el Mahdi. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Samuel and Sarah Megarity, of Armagh. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

251 Harold Ward<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6982298<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 08.04.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Harry and Martha Ward, of Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire; husband of Beatrice Ward, of Wirkeworth, Derbyshire<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

252 Walter Lake<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7045240<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 08.04.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Walter and Margaret Ann Lake; stepson of John Dowson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

253 Wilfred Winston<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044660<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 08.04.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A member of 17 Platoon in the Faughs\u2019 D Company, Fusilier Winston was badly wounded in the leg in the early part of the attack on Jebel Mahdi and died later on the same day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Hannah Mary Winston, of Aston, Birmingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

254 Harold Walls<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6982295<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 09.04.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Beja<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance Sergeant Walls was killed when he stepped on a mine during the second Skins\u2019 attack on Jebel Mahdi which started with a barrage at 1pm and ended at 6pm when the battalion was again withdrawn after failing to reach all objectives. The Skins suffered two fatalities and 12 wounded on the day. Some happened when three of the companies entered a minefield.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Albert and Elizebeth Ann Walls; husband of Isabella Gladys Walls, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

255 Edwin Nicholls<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7849189<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 09.04.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance Corporal Nicholls was killed during the second Skins\u2019 attack on Jebel Mahdi which started with a barrage at 1pm and ended at 6pm when the battalion was again withdrawn after failing to reach all objectives. The Skins suffered two fatalities and 12 wounded on the day. Some happened when three of the companies entered a minefield.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James Albert and Eliza Jane Nicholls, of Knowle, Bristol.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Strange<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: Royal Corps of Signals (with Brigade HQ)   Service number: 140936<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 09.04.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Vincent and Eleanor Dale Strange.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

256 Fred Nash<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047619<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 10.04.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George Samuel and Agnes Nash, of Smethwick, Staffordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

257 Frank Westerman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 14206941<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 11.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Beja<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins\u2019 battalion area was bombed on 11 April. One member of the battalion was killed (probably Fusilier Westerman) and two wounded. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Arthur and Annie Westerman, of Leeds, Yorkshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

258 Walter Corless<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3774575<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.04.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Caroline Corless, of Rock Ferry, Birkenhead.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

259 Ronald Tickell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3608183<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 14.04.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Beja<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas Henry and Gladys Tickell, of Raffles, Carlisle.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

260 Henry Wise<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7022164<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 15.04.1943   Age: 36   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Henry and Florence Wise; husband of Beatrice Nellie Wise, of Dartford, Kent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

261 Philip Slattery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 172413<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 15.04.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt Slattery was killed instantly by enemy together with three other Faughs by defensive fire on Kef el Tior on the night of 15 April. The Faughs were heard to scream \u201cFaugh a Ballagh\u201d in their assault. Slattery had been wounded during the Faughs\u2019 counterattack during fighting to the east of Grandstand Hill on 18 January 1943. Slattery went to Stoneyhurst School and then spent several years goldmining in South Africa. He returned to the UK at the start of the war and enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers. Slattery was commissioned in February 1941 and joined the Faughs in July that year. He was wounded in January 1943 and returned to the battalion on 12 April. Slattery was in A Company of the Faughs during his entire period of service.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Jerome Paul Slattery, and of Adela Mary Slattery, of Buntingford, Hertfordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

262 David Nicholas Jefferies MC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 117829<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 16.04.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Beja<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Jefferies joined D Company of the Faughs and served as second-in-command of the company under Major John Coldwell-Horsfall. He emerged as one of the bravest officers in the battalion who specialised in night reconnaissance patrols. His exploits included leading a patrol on 29 December into enemy territory. Jefferies spotted and then joined a German patrol, taking one of them prisoner. For these and other actions, Jefferies was awarded the MC and was appointed commander of A Company. He was badly wounded by shell fire in the Faughs\u2019 attack on Kef El Tior mountain on the night of 15 April. It took many hours to carry him off the mountain and he died of his wounds at the casualty clearing station in Beja where he is buried. Jefferies, who spoke German, famously captured the lagging member of a German patrol during a one-man operation in the Goubellat area of Tunisia on the night of 29 December. For his actions, Jefferies was awarded the first MC to a member of the Irish Brigade. He went to Marlborough School and joined the Faughs from officer training in February 1940.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of the Revd. Canon Arthur Charles Jefferies, M.A., and of Frances Doris Jefferies, of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Nicholas Jefferies<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

263 Henry Mandy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6982514<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 16.04.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins participated in the Irish Brigade attack on high ground north of the road to Medjez el-Bab which began in bright moonlight at 1 minute after midnight on 16 April. The battalion\u2019s lead companies immediately suffer 12 casualties including Captain McCaldin and Lieutenant Lambert Porter as a result of British shells falling short of the target. The Skin\u2019s objective was Jebel Tanngoucha but the battalion had not taken the objectives 430am and it was decided their position was untenable during daylight hours. It was withdrawn. The Skins\u2019 war diaries say it suffered four fatalities among other ranks and a total of 36 wounded officers and other ranks. Fusilier Mandy, Sergeant Fenton and Fusiliers Picker and Curzon were killed in the attack.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John Alfred and Matilda Mandy, of East Ham, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

264 Thomas Picker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981423<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 16.04.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins participated in the Irish Brigade attack on high ground north of the road to Medjez el-Bab which began in bright moonlight at 1 minute after midnight on 16 April. The battalion\u2019s lead companies immediately suffer 12 casualties including Captain McCaldin and Lieutenant Lambert Porter as a result of British shells falling short of the target. The Skin\u2019s objective was Jebel Tanngoucha but the battalion had not taken the objectives 430am and it was decided their position was untenable during daylight hours. It was withdrawn. The Skins\u2019 war diaries say it suffered four fatalities among other ranks and a total of 36 wounded officers and other ranks. Fusilier Picker, Sergeant Fenton and Fusiliers Mandy and Curzon were killed in the attack.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Jessie Picker, of Ruskington, Lincolnshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

265 Arthur Fenton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981949<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 16.04.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins participated in the Irish Brigade attack on high ground north of the road to Medjez el-Bab which began in bright moonlight at 1 minute after midnight on 16 April. The battalion\u2019s lead companies immediately suffer 12 casualties including Captain McCaldin and Lieutenant Lambert Porter as a result of British shells falling short of the target. The Skin\u2019s objective was Jebel Tanngoucha but the battalion had not taken the objectives 430am and it was decided their position was untenable during daylight hours. It was withdrawn. The Skins\u2019 war diaries say it suffered four fatalities among other ranks and a total of 36 wounded officers and other ranks. Sergeant Fenton and Fusiliers Mandy, Picker and Curzon were killed in the attack.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Arthur and Emma Haynes Fenton; husband of Winifred Annie Fenton, of Lowestoft, Suffolk. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

266 William Carrig<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7017516<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 16.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Mary Carrig, of Kildysart, Co. Clare.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

267 Hyman Casper Reuben<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 4205977<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 16.04.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Maurice and Ann Reuben, of Moss Side, Manchester.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

268 Thomas Addey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7045176<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 16.04.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Grace May Addey, of Hull.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

269 George Flowers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7045795<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 16.04.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles Edward and Lilian Flowers; husband of Emma Bloom Flowers, of Smethwick, Staffordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

270 Robert Curzon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6983374<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 16.04.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins participated in the Irish Brigade attack on high ground north of the road to Medjez el-Bab which began in bright moonlight at 1 minute after midnight on 16 April. The battalion\u2019s lead companies immediately suffer 12 casualties including Captain McCaldin and Lieutenant Lambert Porter as a result of British shells falling short of the target. The Skin\u2019s objective was Jebel Tanngoucha but the battalion had not taken the objectives 430am and it was decided their position was untenable during daylight hours. It was withdrawn. The Skins\u2019 war diaries say it suffered four fatalities among other ranks and a total of 36 wounded officers and other ranks. Fusilier Curzon, Sergeant Fenton and Fusiliers Picker and Mandy were killed in the attack.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert Curzon, and of Elizabeth Curzon, of Hyson Green, Nottingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

271 Albert Grice<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047546<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 16.04.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

272 Isaac Henry<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047221<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 16.04.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert and Annie Henry, of Cookstown, Co. Tyrone; husband of Margaret Henry, of Cookstown.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

273 James Grant<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3196442<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 17.04.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Elizabeth Grant, of Glasgow.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

274 James McKane<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6985820<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 17.04.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Annie J. Orr, of Limavady, Co. Londonderry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

275 David Crawford<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043624<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 17.04.1943   Age: 34   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of David and Margaret Crawford, of Beragh, Co. Tyrone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

276 James Wild<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6985708<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 17.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Albert and Olive Ada Wild, of Clowne, Derbyshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

277 George Rabone<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6981991<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 17.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Esther Rabone, of Hugglescote, Coalville, Leicestershire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

278 George Mason<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044792<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 17.04.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Mary Mason, of Tipton, Staffordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

279 James Given<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6976278<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 17.04.1943   Age: 33   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Faughs\u2019 regular, L\/Cpl Given was in 17 Platoon in D Company during the Tunisian campaign. He was in a trench on Kef El Tior when suffered a shrapnel wound to his head, and was then sent for medical treatment and, according to John Coldwell-Horsfall (The Wild Geese Are Flighting), \u201che found and consumed medical rum supplies.\u201d\u2026he headed back to the battle and the Inniskillings found him a week later, lying dead in the German positions on the col of Tanngoucha.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Parnell and Sarah Given, of Omagh, Co. Tyrone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

280 Wilfred Dicken<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047670<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 17.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

281 Albert Smith<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047634<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 17.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Albert Smith<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

282 Leslie Bishop<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7045941<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.04.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Alfred James Bishop and Kate Bishop, of Stirchley, Birmingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

283 James Jewels<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3603156<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of J. B. and Phoebe Louise Jewels, of Blyth, Northumberland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

284 Charles Mizon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7015170<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.04.1943   Age: 33   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles Henry and Phoebe Alice Mizon; husband of Margaret Mizon, of Combpyne, Devon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

285 Albert Sanders<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044812<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.04.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Fredrick Freeman Sanders and Mary Ellen Sanders, of Coventry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

286 Henry Thomas Emmins<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 201008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.04.1943       Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lieutenant Emmins joined the Faughs in early April from the 7<\/em>th<\/sup><\/em> Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles. He was initially a platoon commander but was made battalion signals officer. He was killed on 21 April when the Faughs\u2019 battalion headquarters was mortared during operations around Heidous.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

287 Albert Mallen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046311<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.04.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Arthur and Joyce Mallen; husband of Winifred Maud Mallen, of Creswell, Nottinghamshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

223 George Porter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3774655<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 21.04.1943.   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Mary Porter, of Liverpool; husband of Elizabeth Porter, of Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

288 William Kellett<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3608618<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  La Reunion, Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John William and Amy Kellett, of Butterknowle, Co. Durham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

289 Samuel Millard<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7860798<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Cpl Millard was killed in the assault on Tanngoucha.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Eli James Millard and Isabella Millard, of Astley, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

290 Clarence Horsfield<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4511678<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 33   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Horsfield was killed in the assault on Tanngoucha.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Annie Horsfield, of Colne, Lancashire; husband of Hilda Horsfield, of Colne.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

291 Henry Vann<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6983509<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Vann was killed in the second Skins\u2019 attack on Jebel Tanngoucha which started at 9pm on the night of April.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frederick and Ada Vann, of Warsop Vale, Nottinghamshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

292 Ronald Graham<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3783861<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Cpl Graham was killed in the second assault on Jebel Tanngoucha.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William George and Florence Graham, of Mossley Hill, Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

293 Addie Poole<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4546237<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 18   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Poole was killed in the second assault on Jebel Tanngoucha.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frederick Charles and Sarah Alice Poole, of Bolton, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

294 Thomas Ross<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022993<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Ross was killed in the assault on Heidous.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas Edward and Elizabeth Emily Ross, of East Barnet, Hertfordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

295 Wilfred Palmer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019513<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Palmer was killed by machine-gun fire in the attack on Heidous.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Arthur William and Alice Palmer, Or Killester, Dublin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

296 Bertie Watkins<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3250861<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Watkins was killed in the assault on Heidous. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Bertie Watkins<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

297 Frederick McDonald<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019231<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Cpl McDonald was killed in the assault on Heidous.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Dawson D. A. and Elizabeth Ann McDonald; husband of Lily Elizabeth McDonald, of Stepney, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

298 Joseph Hobbs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044982<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sgt Hobbs was killed in the assault on Hill 622 and Butler\u2019s Hill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert James Hobbs and Elizabeth Hobbs, of Belfast; husband of Violet Hobbs, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

299 James Irwin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6984357<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Irwin was killed in the second assault on Jebel Tanngoucha.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

300 John Hamilton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3251027<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Hamilton was killed in the assault on Heidous.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Jessie Frame Hamilton.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

301 Arthur Doherty<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7018574<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\/Cpl Doherty was killed in the assault on Heidous.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Helen Mary Doherty; husband of Frances Doherty, of Freemantle, Southampton.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

302 Richard Linihan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6341336<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Linihan was killed in the assault on Heidous. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Richard Francis and Elizebeth Linihan; husband of Mary Linihan, of Bethnal Green, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

303 Walter Pasby<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7045500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Pasby was killed in the assault on Heidous.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Alfred and Mary Pasby, of Brixton, London; husband of Margaret Evelyn Pasby, of Brixton.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

304 Thomas Hesketh<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7022075<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Sarah Hesketh, of Preston, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

305 Robert Mannall<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7012003<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 22.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

306 Richard Bride<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7045000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.04.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins had advanced 1,000 yards from its start point in the early hours of 23 April in the second attack on Tanngoucha. After attempting to capture a German strongpoint on a rocky outcrop, B and C came under heavy fire from both flanks and were counterattacked. They withdrew but three out of four of their officers were killed. By daylight, D Company was pinned down. The war diaries record that the battalion lost four officers and 43 other ranks as casualties in the 24 hours after the start of the attack. Lance Sergeant Bride was one of those that died in this period.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

307 Harold Hilton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3195825<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins had advanced 1,000 yards from its start point in the early hours of 23 April in the second attack on Tanngoucha. After attempting to capture a German strongpoint on a rocky outcrop, B and C came under heavy fire from both flanks and were counterattacked. They withdrew but three out of four of their officers were killed. By daylight, D Company was pinned down. The war diaries record that the battalion lost four officers and 43 other ranks as casualties in the 24 hours after the start of the attack. Fusilier Hilton was one of those that died in this period.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Lillian Hilton, of Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Ada Hilton, of Leeds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

308 John Williamson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 14206949<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins had advanced 1,000 yards from its start point in the early hours of 23 April in the second attack on Tanngoucha. After attempting to capture a German strongpoint on a rocky outcrop, B and C came under heavy fire from both flanks and were counterattacked. They withdrew but three out of four of their officers were killed. By daylight, D Company was pinned down. The war diaries record that the battalion lost four officers and 43 other ranks as casualties in the 24 hours after the start of the attack. Fusilier Williamson was one of those that died in this period.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John W. and Jane Williamson, of New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

309 Edwin Hill<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 103025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins had advanced 1,000 yards from its start point in the early hours of 23 April in the second attack on Tanngoucha. After attempting to capture a German strongpoint on a rocky outcrop, B and C came under heavy fire from both flanks and were counterattacked. They withdrew but three out of four of their officers were killed. By daylight, D Company was pinned down. The war diaries record that the battalion lost four officers and 43 other ranks as casualties in the 24 hours after the start of the attack. Captain Hill was one of two captains killed in the attack. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles Hugh Hill and Ethel Annie Hill; husband of Joyce Edna Hill, of New Malden, Surrey.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

310 Patrick Dunne<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.04.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins had advanced 1,000 yards from its start point in the early hours of 23 April in the second attack on Tanngoucha. After attempting to capture a German strongpoint on a rocky outcrop, B and C came under heavy fire from both flanks and were counterattacked. They withdrew but three out of four of their officers were killed. By daylight, D Company was pinned down. The war diaries record that the battalion lost four officers and 43 other ranks as casualties in the 24 hours after the start of the attack. Fusilier Dunne was one of those that died in this period.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

311 Ian Megginson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 121597<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.04.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins had advanced 1,000 yards from its start point in the early hours of 23 April in the second attack on Tanngoucha. After <\/em>attempting to capture a German strongpoint on a rocky outcrop, B and C came under heavy fire from both flanks and were counterattacked. They withdrew but three out of four of their officers were killed. By daylight, D Company was pinned down. The war diaries record that the battalion lost four officers and 43 other ranks as casualties in the 24 hours after the start of the attack. Captain Megginson was one of two Skins\u2019 captains killed in this period.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert Frederick and Gertrude Megginson, of Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

312 James Hand<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6209554<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Francis and Mary Hand, of Magheracloone, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

313 Ronald Potter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3531711<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.04.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Oued Zarga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

314 Pierce Mahony<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Ulster Rifles, attached to Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 201006<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Michael Bernard and Marie Lillian Mahony; husband of Christina Mahony, of Selkirk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

315 Frederick Notley<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7045495<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Notley was one of the Skins killed on the second day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha on 23\/24 April. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Alfred and Laura Notley, of Battersea, London; husband of Annie Notley, of Battersea.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

316 Maurice Schofield<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: L\/Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6982490<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.04.1943   Age: 31    Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John Willie and Gertrude Schofield, of Tapton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

317 Eric Jennings<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 14201861<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 24.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance Corporal Jennings was one of the Skins killed on the second day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha on 23\/24 April. .<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Florence Jennings, of Acocks Green, Birmingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Eric Jennings<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

318 Francis Bygrave<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7045007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 24.04.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Bygrave was one of the Skins killed on the second day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha on 23\/24 April.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Clara Bygrave; husband of Phyllis Bygrave, of Walthamstow, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

319 John Hall<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3607851<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 24.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Hall was one of the Skins killed on the second day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha on 23\/24 April. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Samuel Hall, and of Alice Hall, of Frizington, Cumberland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

320 Frederick Hall<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3778804<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 24.04.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Oued Zarga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance Corporal Hall was one of the Skins killed on the second day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha on 23\/24 April.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frederick Herbert and Elizabeth Hall; husband of May Theresa Hall, of Wilmslow, Cheshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

321 Henry Boyd<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6980470<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943   Age: 33   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Boyd was one of the casualties suffered by the Skins on the third day of its second attack on Jebel Tanngoucha. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

322 Hugh Blair<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6975441<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mary Blair; husband of Catherine Blair, of Ballymoney, Co. Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

323 William Ball<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7045312<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Arthur Henry and Hellen Ball, of Stoke-on-Trent; husband of Dorothy Lois Ball, of Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

324 Peter Sillem<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers, attached from Welch Regiment   Service number: 219879<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt Sillem joined D Company of the Faughs in February 1943 on transfer from the Welch Regiment. In the Faughs\u2019 spirited but unsuccessful attack on Point 622 on the night of 22 April, Sillem commanded 18 Platoon. A and D Companies attacked Butler\u2019s Hill in the same area on 25 April and Sillem, who was then commander of D Company, was killed.  His company commander John Coldwell-Horsfall described him in The Wild Geese Are Flighting thus: \u201cPeter was a swashbuckler. He had a heart of gold and he dressed like a pirate. He was a delight to serve with and he made his mark in our little history.\u201d Sillem had been Mentioned in Despatches. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles Augustus and Muriel Ada Isabella Sillem, of Surbiton, Surrey.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

325 James Tilson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047828<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles and Lucy Jane Tilson, of Stockingford, Warwickshire; husband of Hilda Annie Tilson, of Stockingford.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

326 Douglas Constable<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047861<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Jessie Gordon Constable, of Peterculter, Aberdeenshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

327 Michael Rogan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046925<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943   Age: 26     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance-Corporal Rogan was killed in the Faughs\u2019 final attack on Hill 622 on Kef El Tior mountain.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas Patrick and Catherine Rogan, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

328 Cyril Willis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044662<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Willis was killed in the final attack on Hill 622 on Kef El Tior mountain.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Samuel and Sarah Jane Willis; husband of Lillian May Willis, of Coventry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

329 John Duval<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044575<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John Henry and Rose Duval, of Perry Common, Birmingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

330 James Clarke<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043641<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Lily Clarke, of Lisburn, Co Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

331 Leonard Keating<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043583<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Johanna-Keating McEnery, of Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

332 Anthony Young<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7022743<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.04.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Edward John and Madeline Ella Young, of Ashington, Dorsetshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

333 William Alcock<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7047851<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 26.04.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Alcock, of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

334 Thomas McMullan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6983769<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age:    Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Skins\u2019 third attack on high points north of the road to Medjez el-Bab started with an artillery barrage on Kef el-Senach at 1130am on 27 April. Kef el-Senech which is about 1,200 feet above sea level. It consisted of four separate high points, all of which were held by the Germans. The battalion took two of the four by midday. It suffered a total of 13 fatalities on 27 April including Lance Corporal McMullan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert James McMullan and Isabella McMullan; nephew of John Cairns, of Newport, Hillsborough, Co. Down.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

335 Harold Brown<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3718747<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Brown was killed in the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Alfred and Agnes Brown, of Edge Hill, Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

336 John Campbell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3132834<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Campbell was killed in the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

337 William Heron<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6978607<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergeant Heron was killed in the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Annie Heron, of Coagh, Co. Tyrone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

338 Norman Shimwell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981648<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance Sergeant Shimwell was killed in the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach<\/em>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Joseph and Lydia Shimwell.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

339 Joseph Connell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3135708<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Connell was killed during the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Connell, of Glasgow; husband of Mary Jane Connell, of Glasgow.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

340 John Evans<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3784010<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Evans was killed during the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Ruth May Evans.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

341 Robert McLaughlan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3607860<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier McLaughlan was killed during the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Grace Ann McLaughlan, of Carlisle.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

342 Frederick Newman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3607649<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Newman was killed during the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Joseph and Florence Ann Newman.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

343 Ronald Parkinson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3607688<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Parkinson was killed during the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Parkinson, of Blackburn, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

344 Frank Persechino<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 14206442<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Persechino was killed during the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

345 Kevin Gabriel Rice<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 5436998<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Rice was killed during the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Rose Rice, of Belfast,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

346 George Swanson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3195335<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 27.04.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Swanson was killed during the Skins\u2019 attack on Kef el-Senach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Marion Swanson, of Peebles.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

347 Reginald Grosse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6983555<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 28.04.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Christopher and Ivy May Grosse, of Newark, Nottinghamshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

349 Harry McRory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7014470<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 28.04.1943   Age: 36   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman McRory was acting as driver for Irish Brigade commander Nelson Russell when he was killed by shelling in an incident witnessed by London Irish E Company Colour Sergeant Edmund O\u2019Sullivan. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Mary McRory; husband of Rosemary Ellen McRory, of Hornsey, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

350 John Linton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3608619<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 28.04.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Grace Linton, of Hunwick, Co. Durham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

351 Arthur Henry Norman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7045494<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 28.04.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Oued Zarga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergeant Norman of F Company died from wounds sustained during the second attack on Heidous on the night of 22 April 1943. He was found by the London Irish Rifles when they captured Heidous in the second attack on the village on the night of 25 April.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Arthur Henry and Ann Maria Norman; husband of Evelyn Mary Norman, of Whitton Park, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

352 Archibald Potton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 2722770<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 30.04.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial: Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Priscilla Potton; husband of Hilda Potton, of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

353 Edward Green<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6980546<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 30.04.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Oued Zarga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Mary Green; husband of Ellen Green, of Londonderry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 1943.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

354 Frederick Fincham<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Company Sergeant Major (D Company)   Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 01.05.1943   Age: 35   Place of burial:  Oued Zarga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSM Fincham was Colour Sergeant in B Company at the start of the Tunisian campaign, and was promoted Company Sergeant Major of D Company to replace \u201cTug\u201d Wilson on 28 January 1943.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frederick and Kathleen Fincham; husband of Norah Eileen Fincham, of Tiverton, Devon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

355 Frederick Herber<\/strong>t<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 13081936<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.05.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  El Alia, Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frederick William and Florence E. Herbert, of Hanworth, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

356 Charles Smart<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019390<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.05.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

357 Frank McAleer DCM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6976983<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 08.05.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergeant McAleer achieved notoriety during the Skins\u2019 operations in the Goubellat plain on the morning of 24 February 1943 when he unilaterally and single-handedly went out from his position south of Hill 286 in revenge for the loss of a patrol the previous night.  His military mission was information, but his own object was to obtain revenge for the loss of a patrol on night 23\/24 Feb 43. He spotted machine gun post, went to the flank of it, surprised the crew of two, collected the gun and disabled the two prisoners. McAleer was awarded a DCM for this action.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frank and Elizabeth McAleer; husband of Grace McAleer, of Aldershot, Hampshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

358 William Stewart<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6975608<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.05.1943   Age: 33   Place of burial:  El Alia, Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Patrick and Hannah Stewart; husband of Lucy Georgena Stewart, of Bearney, Co. Tyrone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

359 Maurice Thornton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 124647<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.05.1943   Age: 36   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Thornton, an Oxford graduate and professional actor, was seriously wounded during the London Irish attack on Heidous, a village in high land north of the road to Medjez el-Bab. The attack was led by F Company under Captain Dunnill with G Company under Thornton in support. The attack started with an artillery barrage on Heidous and Jebel Tanngoucha at 545pm on 22 April. F Company advanced to Heidous but came under heavy machine gun fire and Dunnill was wounded. G Company\u2019s radio connection with F Company failed and Thornton went forward to Heidous to find out what was happening. He was hit in the legs by machine gun fire and taken prisoner. The fighting in Heidous continued until the village was taken by the evening of 23 April. Thornton died of his wounds on 13 May. Thornton was born in Frome in Somerset, the only son of the Reverend Robert Thornton, vicar of Corringham, and his wife Ethel. They lived at 19 Holdenhurst Avenue, Boscombe in Hampshire. Thornton went to school at Lancing College. He went to Hertford College Oxford in 1925. After, he went to Sudan to work as a cotton planter and then to South Africa where he was a salesman. Thornton married Kathleen Roulston at Cape Town Cathedral in 1932. Their daughter Jill was born in 1934. Thornton and his family returned to the UK and he became an actor with the Oxford Repertory Company. He was conscripted into the army and completed officer training in March 1940, when he was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers. Thornton was transferred to the Royal Ulster Rifles and then to the 2<\/em>nd<\/sup><\/em> Battalion of the London Irish Rifles.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of the Revd. Robert Thornton and Ethel B. Thornton, of Bournemouth, Hampshire. B.A. (Oxon.).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

360 Michael Laurence O\u2019Gorman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 247963<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.05.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lieutenant O\u2019Gorman was examining a grenade which detonated. O\u2019Gorman had served for nine years in the Royal Berkshire Regiment before being commissioned into the Faughs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Hugh and Catherine O\u2019Gorman.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

361 J H Neil Moores<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044389<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 14.05.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  El Alia, Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William Henry Moores, and of Mary Lilian Moores, of Woolton, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

362 Daniel O\u2019Brien<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Platoon sergeant Major (PSM)     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6975298<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 23.05.1943   Age: 35   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSM O\u2019Brien joined the Faughs in 1925. His father had been regimental sergeant major and two of his elder brothers were already in the Faughs. O\u2019Brien was commander of the pioneer platoon when he was wounded. He died of his wounds on 23 May 1943.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Owen and Katherine O\u2019Brien, of Armagh, Northern Ireland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June 1943.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

363 Arthur Lane<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7017597<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 15.06.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Abney Park, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lane, of Dalston.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

364 James Carr<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14211959<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 19.06.1943   Age: 38   Place of burial:  El Alia, Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Ben and Cathie Carr; husband of Mary M. M. Carr, of Dundee.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

365 Wilfred Thomas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3771936<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 25.06.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John William and Nellie Thomas, of Willenhall, Staffordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July 1943.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

366 Albert Myatt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7047556<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.07.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Joseph and Annie Myatt; husband of Susan Myatt, of Newcastle, Staffordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

367 George Keepin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6350946<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.07.1943 (grave marker incorrect).   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Oliver and Ruth Keepin; husband of Dilys Keepin, of Morriston, Glamorgan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

368 John Kiely<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019209<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.07.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Katherine Kiely, of Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

370 Raymond Purvis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7045513<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 14.07.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert and Christina Purvis; husband of Blodwen Purvis, of Caerau, Bridgend, Glamorgan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

372 Ronald Anthony<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4209641<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 19.07.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Willie David and Annie Mary Anthony, of Penybank, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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December 1942 1 Rowland Farthing Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers     Service number: 6981482 Date: 08.12.1942     Age: 22     Place of burial:  Medjez-el-Bab \u201cGOD\u2019S GARDEN OF SLEEP PEACE, PERFECT PEACE\u201d Sergeant Farthing\u2019s death is recorded on a date when the battalion was travelling by road at night from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15326,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15250"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24154,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15250\/revisions\/24154"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}