{"id":15333,"date":"2025-11-15T17:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=15333"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:58:22","slug":"roll-of-honour-sicily-august-1943","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/38-irish-brigade-1942-1947\/roll-of-honour-2\/roll-of-honour-sicily-august-1943\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of Honour – Sicily, August 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 1943.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

375 Bernard Radford<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3910467<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William John Radford, and of Elizabeth Jane Radford, of Newport, Monmouthshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

376 William Williams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4187864<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943   Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Williams was killed in the Skins\u2019 attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins\u2019 fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

377 Patrick Hanley<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3783571<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Hanley was killed in the Skins\u2019 attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins\u2019 fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Patrick and Bridget Hanley, of Huyton, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

378 William Henry Jones<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4209577<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Williams was killed in the Skins\u2019 attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins\u2019 fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foster-son of Elizabeth Roberts, of Llanllyfni, Caernarvonshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

379 Robert Bates<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6981811<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporal Bates was killed in the Skins\u2019 attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins\u2019 fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

380 Stanley George Walsh<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6985066<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Walsh was killed in the Skins\u2019 attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins\u2019 fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William Henry and Malvina Walsh, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

381 Haydn Vernon Dackins<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3973004<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943     Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Dackins was killed in the Skins\u2019 attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins\u2019 fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

382 Michael John Beer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3971671<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943     Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Beer was killed in the Skins\u2019 attack on Centuripe which started at dawn on 2 August. The town was taken by 330am on 3 August. The Skins\u2019 fatalities were eight other ranks and four officers. A total of 36 other ranks were wounded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

383 Norman Wildgoose<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14201280<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Evan and Elizabeth Wildgoose, of Tintwistle, Cheshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

384 Oswald Griffiths<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 5954754<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Walter and Myfanwy Griffiths, of Pontypridd, Glamorgan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

385 Alfred Butler<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044889<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Alfred and Eleanor Butler; husband of Elizabeth Butler, of Old Bradwell, Buckinghamshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

386 William Hanna<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain   Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers, attached from Royal Ulster Rifles    Service number: 112985<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capt Hanna, who was D Company Commander, died in the attack on Centuripe. William Hanna had been born in Armagh in 1921 and was the youngest of three brothers, the other two boys being Robert and James. William Hanna began his army career at Sandhurst in July 1939 and was commissioned into the Royal Ulster Rifles (RUR) soon after the outbreak of war. During early 1940, 2nd Lieutenant Hanna joined up with the RUR at their depot in Northern Ireland. Hanna was posted to the Faughs on 13 May 1943 after being posted to the British North African Force as a reinforcement. He was promoted to Captain and made second-in-command of A Company. Hanna took over command of  D Company after the Tunisian campaign. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Walker and Sue Hanna, of Armagh, Northern Ireland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about William Hanna<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

386a John McCrorie<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal   Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3135255<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 02.08.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Mary McCrorie, of Muirkirk, Ayrshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

387 Harry Imbush<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: 1st Bn London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7014884<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 03.08.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Bone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Henry Ebenezar and Annie Elizabeth Imbush, of Battersea, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

388 Thomas Davies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3534935<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 03.08.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mrs. R. A. Davies, of Droylsden, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

389 Robert Roberts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3772693<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 03.08.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles and Catherine Roberts, of Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

390 Daniel Enright<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044328<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 04.08.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  El Alia, Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Michael and Catherine Enright, of Tralee, Co. Kerry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

391 David William Jones<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4195254<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 04.08.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fusilier Jones was killed during the crossing of the River Salso north of Centuripe which began on the morning of 4 August.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Louisia Jones.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

392 John Loughrey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6976602<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 04.08.1943   Age: 33   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance Sergeant John Loughrey was killed during the crossing of the River Salso north of Centuripe which began on the morning of 4 August.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Peter and Ellen Loughrey, of Castlederg, Co. Tyrone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

393 Charles Mulcaster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14206440<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 04.08.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Margaret Mulcaster, of Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Williams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers     Service number: 6019156<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 04.08.1943   Age:    Place of burial:  Syracuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

394 John Steel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044644<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George Frederick and Fanny Elizabeth Steel; husband of Doris Steel, of Warwick.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

395 Samuel Morrow<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 279504<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lieutenant Morrow was appointed commander of 10 Platoon of A Company, the lead company in the attack on Point 708 at Centuripe on 3 August 1943, just before the attack was launched at 430pm. He was wounded in the head and died soon after.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of David and Annie Morrow, of Killyleagh, Co. Down; husband of Marguerite Morrow, of Killyleagh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

396 Robert Trainor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 6985571<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 18   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Fusilier Trainor may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe or the Salso on 3-4 August.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Sarah Trainor, of Castledawson, Co. Londonderry,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

397 Oswald Henderson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 4267945<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Elizabeth Ross; husband of Sarah Ethel Henderson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

398 Frederick Birch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Private     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from Army Catering Corps    Service number: 7044723<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943     Age: 28   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Rifleman Birch may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe or the Salso on 3-4 August.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas Gladstone Birch and Evelyn Birch, of Birmingham; husband of Edna Elizabeth Birch, of Acocks Green, Birmingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

399 Samuel Wilde<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 3712674<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Lance Corporal Wilde may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe or the Salso on 3-4 August.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wilde, of Thatto Heath, St. Helens, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

400 Kenneth Way<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 4198926<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irish Brigade attack to cross the River Simeto started at 1030am on 5 August and Fusilier Way may have been killed then or died of wounds suffered at the battles for Centuripe or the Salso on 3-4 August.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William Thomas Way and Mabel Way; husband of Dorothy Hilda Way, of Malpas, Newport, Monmouthshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

401 Alfred George Howells<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: London Irish Rifles, attached from Beds\/Herts Regiment   Service number: 234061<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943      Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt Howells was platoon commander in H Company, and was killed leading his men in an attack on a German position on the River Simeto. He was on attachment to the London Irish from the 6<\/em>th<\/sup><\/em> Battalion of the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

402 Robert Chapman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6475374<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Chapman, of Bowes Park, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

403 Arthur Hunt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7014596<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Kate Hunt; husband of Mary Jane Hunt, of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

404 Samuel Garratt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6475463<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Samuel and Maud Garratt; husband of Catherine Alma Garratt, of Sandown, Isle of Wight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

405 Frederick Sargeant<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6470376<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Gertrude Maud Sargeant, of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

406 Victor Hooke<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Sergeant     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7012832<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Sarah Ann Hooke, of Belfast; husband of Sarah Jane Hooke, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

407 Stanley Curwen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14206252<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and May Curwen, of Blackpool, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

408 Dawson Patterson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7020159<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James Patterson, and of Emily Patterson, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

409 Augustus Fitzpatrick<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7018587<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Elizabeth Fitzpatrick; husband of Olive Fitzpatrick, of Weston Favell, Northampton.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

410 Robert Mark<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 5335217<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Maggie Mark; husband of Ellen Mark, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

411 Andrew John Gardiner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022284<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Gardiner had lied about his aged to enlist in the British Army in February 1939 with his friend James McCabe who was killed fighting with the 1st <\/em>Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers on Stuka Ridge in Tunisia on 26 February 1943.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gardiner, of Dublin. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

412 George Haggerty<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7022289<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Sidney and Ellen Haggerty; husband of Joan Haggerty, of Homerton, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

413 James McCrone<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3250205<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Robert and Margaret McCrone; husband of May Hilda McCrone, of Great Oakley, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

414 Godfrey Orr<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019509<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Margaret Orr, of Lurgan, Co. Armagh<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

415 Rufus Allen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Captain     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 172410<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Raymond and Florette A. Allen, of Swinishead, Devon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

416 Joseph Forde<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7018590<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

417 William Cathcart<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7018987<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Margaret Stewart Cathcart, of Kells, Co. Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

418 Ernest Crisp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 5834348<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Arthur William and Ada Ellen Crisp; husband of Mary Mabel Crisp, of Beccles, Suffolk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

419 Norman Hopkinson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3860386<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Harry and Mary Hopkinson, of Burnley, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

420 Robert Lee-Kinch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7014324<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

421 William Fitzgerald<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7018586<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Ellen Eliza Fitzgerald, of Barnsbury, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

422 John Rodden<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3596875<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 33   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Hugh and Edith Ann Rodden; husband of Jenny Rodden, of Hayes, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

423 Joe Mullan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7019096<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Susanna Mullen, of Lambeg, Co. Antrim. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

424 George Hill<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043525<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

425 Christopher Gill<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3860352<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 27   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Michael C. and Laura Gill, of Haslingden, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

426 Thomas Parsons<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7014041<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

427 Michael McGuinness<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Sergeant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6977098<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Matthew and Bridget McGuinness; husband of Margaret McGuinness, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

428 Ernest Bee<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6097825<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Ernest and Alice Bee, of Tottenham, Middlesex; husband of Gladys Matilda Bee, of Tottenham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

429 James McNulty<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 13097626<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

430 Raymond Nixey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6104417<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Evelyn Hope, of Whitton, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

431 Peter Graal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7046942<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 35   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Peter and Mary Graal; husband of Ethel Graal, of Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

432 Thomas Steele<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3860530<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

433 Charles Plunkett O\u2019Farrell MC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Major     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 85700<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 05.08.1943   Age: 24   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major O\u2019Farrell was OC of Support Company killed by mortar fire crossing the Salso river. O\u2019Farrell was commissioned into the Faughs and posted to the first battalion in early 1939. He commanded the carrier platoon until the Faughs were evacuated from Dunkirk. O\u2019Farrell was awarded the Military Cross for courage and leadership in Belgium and France. He then commanded Headquarters company until January 1941 when he was made battalion adjutant. In early 1943, O\u2019Farrell was appointed staff captain with the Irish Brigade. He rejoined the Faughs as major just before the invasion of Sicily. O\u2019Farrell was killed when the Faughs\u2019 battalion HQ was shelled around 1300 during crossing of the River Simeto in Sicily.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Ernest Harward Mayhew O\u2019Farrell and Selina Geraldine O\u2019Farrell, of Christian Malford, Wiltshire. His father had also served in the Faughs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

434 Albert Johnston<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6978214<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.08.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Dely Ibrahim, Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Jacqueline Johnston, of Oxhey, Watford, Hertfordshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

435 Harold Scarse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   Service number: 7021970<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.08.1943   Age: 17   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Harold and Emily Scarse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

436 William Cartledge<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 3784006<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.08.1943    Age: 21   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas Henry and Maud Elizabeth Cartledge, of Huyton, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

437 William Beavis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14224700<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.08.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Lydia E. Beavis, of Anerley, Kent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

438 Michael Wei<\/strong>r<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14402260<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.08.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Mary Weir, of Clara, King\u2019s Co.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

444 Frederick Lloyd<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 4074856<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.08.1943     Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

446 George Watt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6975419<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.08.1943   Age: 35   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Michael and Ellen Watt, of Belfast; husband of Mary Watt, of Belfast.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

447 Joseph Hall DCM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3596685<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.08.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and May Hall; husband of Nellie Mary Hall, of Blackpool, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

448 Peter Robert Savage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Major     Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached from Royal Ulster Rifles   Service number: 88113<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 06.08.43   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Catania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major Peter Robert Savage was the second son of Ernest Arthur and Lilian Savage of Upper Warlingham, <\/em>Surrey and husband of Rita Mildred Savage. <\/em>He went to Oundle School in Northamptonshire  and was subsequently employed by Whitebread. Savage was commissioned into the Royal Ulster Rifles on attachment to the London Rifles in 1939. Attached to 6 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in June 1943, Savage commanded C company<\/em> which was called to the assistance of Royal Irish Fusiliers on the afternoon of 5 August following the crossing of the Simeto River. During the night, Savage was shot accidentally by a fusilier of the Faughs, who mistook his identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

449 George Worrall<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044047<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 07.08.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Emma Worrall, of Ashted, Warwickshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

456 John Dooey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7020039<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 08.08.1943   Age: 34   Place of burial:  Syracuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of James and Margaret Dooey.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

457 Robert Shea<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 6982334<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 09.08.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Tripoli<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Edith May (Edie) Shea, of Hackney, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

458 John Roberts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044954<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 09.08.1943   Age:30   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John Rowland Roberts and Violet Roberts, of Oakengates, Shropshire; husband of Gladys Evelyn Roberts, of Oakengates.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

459 William Bertrand<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7022088<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 09.08.1943   Age: 36   Place of burial:  Syracuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Lydia Elizabeth Bertrand; husband of Jessie Emily Bertrand, of Hampstead, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

460 David McClatchey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7902391<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 10.08.1943   Age: 30   Place of burial:  Cassino Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

462 James Purnell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7021110<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Elizabeth Purnell, of Bethnal Green, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

463 James Law<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7021679<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

464 Albert Roberts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 6146492<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Charles Frederick and Rose Elizabeth Roberts, of North Kensington, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

465 Leo Patrick McRory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7014471<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943    Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman McRory was killed leading an attack during the battle for Maletto.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

466 Felix Creaney<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7011620<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 29   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John and Mary J. Creaney, of Lurgan, Co. Armagh; husband of Dilys E. Creaney, of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

467 Joseph Gerald Fitzgerald MC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Major     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 71440<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 39   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major Fitzgerald, commander of F Company, was killed while crossing open country during the battle for Maletto.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Michael and Agnes Fitzgerald; husband of Kathleen Fitzgerald, of Brackenstown, Co. Dublin, Irish Republic. B.A., LL.B., Solicitor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

468 William Roffey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7016207<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Frederick G. and Ellen M. Roffey, of Shepherd\u2019s Bush, London.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

469 Peter Gregory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 14407213<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 21   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Gertrude Violet Gregory, of Wealdstone, Harrow, Middlesex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

470 George Jones<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3771847<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William George and Margaret E. Jones, of Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

471 Thomas Gillis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3772078<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nephew of Mrs. E. A. Killeen, of Liverpool.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

472 Samuel Kennedy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044534<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Hannah Kennedy; husband of Sarah S. Kennedy, of White Abbey, Co. Antrim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

473 William Jackson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3597064<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John Thomas Jackson and Clara Evelyn Jackson, of Lazonby, Cumberland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

474 William Martin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7043713<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 25   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Jane Martin, of Tyldesley, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

475 Albert Hamlett<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14234751<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 26   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Sarah Hamlett, of Warrington, Lancashire; husband of Gladys Hamlett, of Warrington.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read about Albert Hamlett<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

476 Reginald Holmes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7022697<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 22   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Emily Holmes, of Belvedere, Kent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

477 Arthur Edwards<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 14218960<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 19   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Arthur Ernest Edwards, and of Elsie May Edwards, of Copperhall, Cheshire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

478 Henry Dixon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7045780<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 32   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Thomas and Elsie Dixon, of Walsall, Staffordshire; husband of Ellen Florence Dixon, of Delves, Walsall.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

479 John Williams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lance Corporal     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044976<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Ernest and Lucy Williams, of Birmingham; husband of Beatrice May Williams, of Birmingham.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about John Williams<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

480 Philip Lloyd<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 4193474<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 12.08.1943     Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

481 Edward Graham<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 4451503<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.08.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Sarah Ann Graham; husband of Eveline Graham, of Acomb, Northumberland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Edward Graham<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

482 William Bolton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 255824<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.08.1943   Age: 20   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt Bolton was killed in the pursuit towards Randazzo. He joined the Faughs in December 1942 after being commissioned. Bolton was posted temporarily to The Sherwood Foresters but rejoined the Faughs at the end of the Tunisian campaign. He was initially a platoon commander in A Company but was transferred to B Company when it lost most of its officers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Samuel and Sadie Bolton, of Belfast,.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

483 Thomas Baybutt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3860405<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 13.08.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Baybutt, of Orrell, Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

484 George Roby<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 3858876<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 14.08.1943      Age:   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husband of Agnes Roby, of Orrell, Lancashire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

484a George Curphey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Lieutenant.   Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attached from Canadian Intelligence Corps    Service number:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 14.08.1943.   Age: 31.   Place of burial:  Milan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lieutenant Curphey, who was from Nova Scotia in Canada, was captured in February 1943 and died in Italy while a POW. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William Frederick and Violet Emmeline Curphey, of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

485 James Murtagh MM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Rifleman     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7018170<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 15.08.1943   Age: 31   Place of burial:  Tripoli<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rifleman Murtagh was a bren gunner in the London Irish attack on Monte Sperina in the final Irish Brigade battle in Sicily. He was hit by shrapnel and died of gangrene infection three days<\/em> later.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about James Murtagh<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

486 William Cooper<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Fusilier     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 7044559<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.08.1943   Age: 23   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of William and Sarah Cooper, of Meir Heath, Stoke-on-Trent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

486a Henry George Cashel Garratt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: Major     Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers   Service number: 27238<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 18.08.1943   Age: 40   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major Garratt, commander of B Company of the Faughs, was wounded in the pursuit towards Randazzo. Garratt had been commissioned into the Royal Ulster Rifles on 30 August 1923. He became a reservist in 1926. He was in the US when the war began and returned to serve with the RUR in France. After staff appointments. Garratt returned to the RUR and spent seven months with the London Irish Rifles. He volunteered for service and was attached to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Garratt joined the Faughs on 26 April and was made commander of B Company. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of George and Alice Garratt; husband of Cynthia E. Garratt, of Newport, Essex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

487 John McKee<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank: CSM     Unit: London Irish Rifles   Service number: 7011969<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: 20.08.1943   Age: 28   Place of burial:  Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of John James Hill McKee and of Sarah McKee (nee McFarland); husband of Jane Winifred McKee, of Armagh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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