Ash Second World War Roll of Honour

Alexander, Alfred Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 35222 Royal Air Force Died 09/04/1940 aged 26 Boraman, Arthur Albert Serjeant 5495770 2/4th Bn., Hampshire Regiment Died 04/08/1944 aged 29 Braime, Thomas Bombadier 4688048 2 Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Died 03/07/1942 Coles, Leslie Albert Ordinary Seaman P/JX 428132 HMS Hythe Royal Navy Died 11/10/1943 aged 18 Colwill, Malcolm Charles Serjeant 1183362 (Navigator / Bomber) 115 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Died 06/12/1942 aged 20 Cook, Cecil Winchester Private 5500552 2nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment Died 03/12/1942 aged 23 Crowther, Gurney Reginald Private 6096376 1/7th Bn., The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Died 13/10/1943 aged 28 Deacon, Kenneth Victor John Gunner T/61595 6/3 Maritime Regiment Royal Artillery Died 28/12/1942 aged 22 Esdaile, Edwin Harry Corporal 6090375 1/5th Bn.,The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Died 30/09/1942 aged 27 Flynn, Leslie George Flying Officer 128613 (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) 218 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Died 25/06/1943 aged 35 Friday, Reginald Henry Able Seaman P/JX298307 HMS Polyanthus Royal Navy Died 20/09/1943 aged 19 Friday, Wilfred J. Died 24/08/1940 aged 19 Gear, Harry Trooper 7904636 42nd Royal Tank Regiment RAC (23rd Bn., The London Regiment) Died 22/11/1941 aged 23 Gough, Frederick Serjeant 1872635 Royal Engineers Died 11/08/1944 aged 29 Gregory, Bruce Alexander Private 54967 2/4th Bn., Hampshire Regiment Died 06/03/1944 aged 31 Hayde, Joseph Anthony Leading Seaman P/JX 144009 HMS Hood Royal Navy Died 24/05/1941 aged 21 Hearne, Leonard Private 5507223 2/4th Bn., Hampshire Regiment Died 22/04/1943 aged 27 Ives, William Ernest Leading Seaman P/JX 175207 HMS Gloucester Royal Navy Died 24/05/1941 aged 23 Lake, Reginald Wilfred Private 5770550 2nd Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment Died between 20-23 May 1940 aged 25 Lowdon, Frederick Gunner 802561 5 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Died 20/06/1943 aged 36 Manfield, Constance Dorothy Sister 208821 Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Died 27/10/1942 aged 33 McDonnell, Joe Leading Aircraftman 538044 15 Squadron Royal Air Force Died 12/05/1940 aged 23 Moore, Alan John Serjeant 1869940 Flight Engineer 57 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Died 25/07/1944 aged 23 Murphy, Andrew Jeffery (Jeff) Stoker 1st Class D/KX 101352 HMS Gloucester Royal Navy Died 22/05/1941 aged 19 Murray, Walter Edward Leading Airman FA/SFX 3445 HMS Landrail Royal Navy (Fleet Air Arm) Died 17/11/1943 aged 20 Paige, Dennis George Stoker C/KX94289 HMS Glorious Royal Navy Died 09/06/1940 aged 22 Puttick, Walter Samuel Private 14534802 7th Bn., Hampshire Regiment Died 22/07/1944 aged 19 Robinson, John Arthur Sutton Stoker 2nd Class P/KX 137253 HMS Dorsetshire Royal Navy Died 05/04/1942 aged 18 Smith, Maurice Trooper 7912331 1st King's Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps Died 25/11/1941 aged 26 Stacey, Victor Herbert Private 144022160 2nd Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment Died 28/08/1944 aged 20 Standley, William Arthur George Serjeant 27146 2/5th Bn., The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Died 21/05/1940 aged 50 Voice, George William BEM Flight Serjeant 505110 Royal Air Force Died 15/10/1945 aged 39 Wall, Herbert Edwin Gunner 1072323 76 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Died between 31 May and 2 June 1940 aged 31 West, Jack Driver T/44054 Royal Army Service Corps Died 16/04/1940 aged 33 Wignell, Arthur James Serjeant 7259463 2 Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Died 12/06/1940 aged 31 Williams, Alfred Ernest Leading Seaman P/JX 135507 HMS Barham Royal Navy Died 25/11/1941 aged 27 Wort, Ernest Alfred Henry Private 5501538 7th Bn., Hampshire Regiment Died 06/11/1944 aged 30 Wort, Frederick Lance Corporal 5499874 2nd Bn., Worcestershire Regiment Died 08/02/1945 aged 24 Five servicemen buried in Ash Cemetery are included in this Roll of Honour although their names are not on the Ash War Memorial Sidney George Heard Serjeant T/33876 Royal Army Service Corps Died 2 December 1946 aged 46 William Leonard Jeffery Gunner 6088230 318 Battery, 30 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Atrillery Died 10 April 1941 aged 34 William Gordon Read Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve HMS Borde Royal Navy Died 20 May 1945 aged 41 Edward Charles Sherrin Aircraftman 1st Class 1392287 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Died 20 March 1942 aged 21 William George Sperring Lance Corporal 2653876 Coldstream Guards Died 28 Jan 1943 aged 31 Four servicemen remembered on the Memorial to the Men of Ash Vale at St Mary's Church are included in this Roll of Honour although their names are not on the Ash War Memorial Reginald Stanley David Franks Lance Serjeant 1867339, 9 Field Coy., Royal Engineers Died 9 July 1943 aged 33 Cyril Arthur Hankins Stoker 1st Class P/KX 116480 Royal Navy HMS Gossamer Died 24 June 1942 aged 29 William Harrison Leading Seaman P/JX 131559 Royal Navy H.M.S. Barham Died 25 November 1941 aged 29 Stanley Thomas Meares DFC Squadron Leader (Pilot) Royal Air Force Died 15 November 1941 aged 25