United Kingdom

List updated June 24, 2010

Country Total = 2314

1414 names on 11 memorials; 891 graves in 360+ cemeteries

Completed 2300 (or 99.39%)

***Note check the listing of post 1947 deaths for further details of Post War deaths

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To Be Completed

NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY PERSSE C D B G CECIL DE BURGH GORDON Lieutenant 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) attd. 1st Bn. Irish Guards 19-Jul-15 0 Officers'. 1710. On KOKSTAD, War memorial KZN

Devon PAIGNTON CEMETERY BROOKE-SMITH E C EDWARD CHARLES Private 16753 Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) 7th Bn. 9-Dec-16 0 2483 Died on active service Next of kin A.W.Brooke-Smith, Mt Claire, Paignton, Devonshire, England. Previous service O.T.C.

Edinburgh EDINBURGH (MORNINGSIDE) CEMETERY WILSON N G NORMAN GLADSWOOD Flight Lieutenant Air Gnr. 77694 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 18-Apr-42 30 Sec. E. Grave 707. Died at Charlton, Wiltshire. Possibly in A&AEE Lancaster R5539 crash, 2 miles NE of Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Born in South Africa and became well-known in Europe in motor racing circles prior to the war. London Gazette #2816 dated 16th May 1941 advises that he was promoted to the war substantive rank of Flying Officer with effect 6th April 1941. He is commemorated on the East London Golf Club Roll of Honour.

Suffolk IPSWICH OLD CEMETERY BLAIN C W CECIL WILLIAM Lieutenant Royal Air Force 22-Jan-19 0 BA. I. 79. On Stutterheim War Memorial, Eastern Cape A F C LG 12 December 1919 - "Mentioned in Reports for valuable services whilst in captivity, and noted accordingly in the Official.Records of the Air Ministry"

Graves that are not known:

WW1
Norman Vivian De Beer – 25 June 1916 (Died London in motorcycle accident)
William Carey Hobson – 29 January 1917
Percy Athelstan Nightingale – 17 October 1918

Lancashire UNKNOWN CEMETERY PHARO A J ASAM JOSEPH Fireman Merchant Navy S.S. Empire Success 25-Dec-41 26 Accidental death, at Liverpool Of 22 Ross St, Kimberly, South Africa. ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

CLYDEBANK, BURGH OF, SCOTLAND STEVENS C CECIL Civilian Civilian War Dead 13-Mar-41 41 Of 159 Second Avenue. Son of Frederick and Katherine Fynn Stevens, of Cape Town, South Africa; husband of Christina Stevens. Died at 159 Second Avenue.

CLYDEBANK, BURGH OF, SCOTLAND TILL A T ALBERT THOMAS Civilian Civilian War Dead 12-Nov-40 40 M.D., D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health; of 31 Mitcham Park. Son of A. E. Till, of 12 Somerset Road, Kensington, Johannesburg, South Africa, and of the late Hannah Till, husband of Annice Till. Injured at 31 Mitcham Park; died same day at Wilson Hospital.

GLASGOW CITY, SCOTLAND SIMPSON R A REGINALD ARTHUR Civilian Civilian War Dead 14-Mar-41 28 Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Simpson, of 427 Jules Avenue, Malvern, Johannesburg, South Africa; husband of Charlotte Simpson, of 167 Archerhill Road, Knightswood. At Yarrow's Shipyard.

AXBRIDGE, RURAL DISTRICT SHUTE H E HILDA ETHEL Civilian Civilian War Dead 28-Mar-44 35 Of Oldmixon Road, Hutton. Daughter of James and Ada Elizabeth Cart, of South Africa; wife of William Allan Player Shute. Died at The Wayside, Oldmixon Road.

CAMBERWELL, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH BURRELL G H GEORGE HENRY Civilian Civilian War Dead 20-Oct-40 65 Of 4 Hindmans Road. Son of George Henry and Amy Joyce Burrell, of 35/37 Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey; husband of Mary Ann Burrell, of Sunnyside, Krugersdorp, Pretoria, South Africa. Died at 4 Hindman's Road.

CHELSEA, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH GIRARDOT A I AIMEE ISOBEL Civilian Civilian War Dead 18-Apr-41 48 Daughter of Herman and Charlotte Dax, of Umbumbulu, Natal, South Africa; wife of Edmund David Girardot, of 38 Cranmer Court. Injured at 74 Ebury Street; died same day at Royal Cancer Hospital.

CHELSEA, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH STRANACK V I VIVIAN IRENE Civilian Civilian War Dead 23-Aug-44 52 Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bracey, of Durban, Natal, South Africa; wife of Col. Harrington R. Stranack, of Crag House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Injured 22 August 1944, at Harrington Road; died at Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest.

EAST HAM, COUNTY BOROUGH DAWSON-BEST V C VICTOR CHANDLER . Merchant Navy M.V. Nyanza 20-Mar-41 25 Died of injuries, received 19 March 1941, at Church Hall, Manor Park; died at East Ham Memorial Hospital. Son of Mrs. L. Buffter (formerly Dawson-Best) of Pretoria, South Africa; husband of A.C.W.2 A. Dawson-Best, W.A.A.F.

KENSINGTON, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH BISHOP J M H JOHN MAITLAND HOLMAN Civilian Civilian War Dead 13-Sep-40 45 of 30 Coleherne Mews. Son of Arthur William and Ida Bishop, of Bloemfontein, South Africa. Died at 30 Coleherne Mews.

KENSINGTON, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH BURNESS R RONA Civilian Civilian War Dead 24-Sep-40 40 Of 12 Trebovir Road. Daughter of Mrs. C. E. Burness, of South Africa, and of the late G. Burness. Died at 12 Trebovir Road.

LEWISHAM, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH LOVETT F E FLORENCE EDITH Civilian Civilian War Dead 7-Sep-40 31 Of 15 Walerand Road. Daughter of Mr. J. W. Tankard, of Simonstown, South Africa; wife of Herbert Alfred Lovett. Died at 15 Walerand Road.

LIVERPOOL, COUNTY BOROUGH ALKANA A ALEXANDER Fireman Merchant Navy S.S. Gloucester Castle (London) 11-Jan-42 29 Died in Liverpool after the house he was at was bombed during an air raid. His last place of abode was listed as 115 Stanhope St., Liverpool Of 33 Great George Square, at Smithdown Road Hospital. ref. Ancestry24.co.za & ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945

ST. PANCRAS, METROPOLITAN BOROUGH DADABHAY M E MAHOMED ESSOP Civilian Civilian War Dead 13-Oct-40 50 Son of Essop Ebrahim Dadabhay, of 24 Market Street, Johannesburg, South Africa. Died at 13 Maple Street.

UCKFIELD, RURAL DISTRICT TULLOCH K KATHLEEN Civilian Civilian War Dead 22-Jul-44 55 W.V.S. Daughter of Hugh and Rosalinda St. Clair Tulloch, of Umtali, Southern Rhodesia, South Africa. Died at Twitten Cottage, Crowborough.

WESTMINSTER CITY HARGROVE M M A S MEG MABEL AGNES STRICKLAND Civilian Civilian War Dead 8-Mar-41 33 A.F.S. W.V.S. Daughter of Lt. Col. Bryan Cole Bartley, C.B.E., and Mrs. Bartley, of Monterey, P.O. Sandown, Johannesburg, S. Africa; wife of Frank Hargrove, of Kiama, Little Marlow Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Injured at Cafe de Paris, Coventry Street; died same day at Charing Cross Hospital.

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