1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment - North West Europe 1944

VERNON - The River Seine Crossing (25th to 28th August 1944) - Part 12

Roll of Honour of Worcestershire Regiment Men

Surname	Forename/s	Rank	Died	Age	Location	Unit	Grave at
Benn	Anthony Alistair	Maj.	27/08/1944		Route de Tilly	Battalion 2 i/c	Vernonnet
Miller	Roger Arthur William	Capt.	28/08/1944	23	Route de Tilly	‘C’ Coy 2 i/c	Evreux
Hockley	William Henry	Sergt.	27/08/1944	21	Route de Tilly	Carrier Pl.	Vernonnet
Kerrigan	David Hugh	Sergt.	26/08/1944	31	Route de Magny	12 pl. ‘B’ Coy	Bayeux
Bratt	William	Cpl.	28/08/1944	27	Route de Tilly	Anti-Tank Pl.	St. Desir
Priest	Douglas William	Cpl.	27/08/1944	19	Rue Dr Chanoine	13 Pl. ‘C’ Coy	Vernonnet
Cartwright	Joseph	Pte.	26/08/1944	20	Route de Magny	12 Pl. ‘B’ Coy	Bayeux
Cooke	Arthur George	Pte.	28/08/1944	29	Route de Tilly	-	St. Desir
Cox	George Henry	Pte.	27/08/1944	19	Route de Tilly	7 Pl. ‘A’ Coy	Vernonnet
Drinkwater	Walter John	Pte.	27/08/1944	33	Route de Tilly	HQ Coy	Vernonnet
Edgington	Wilfred John	Pte.	27/08/1944	23	Route de Tilly	7 Pl. ‘A’ Coy	Vernonnet
Everfield	Albert Douglas Edwin	Pte.	27/08/1944	18	Route de Tilly	7 Pl. ‘A’ Coy	Vernonnet
Footman	Frederick Benjamin	Pte.	27/08/1944	32	Route de Magny	12 Pl. ‘B’ Coy	Bayeux
Golding	Bernard	Pte.	27/08/1944	24	Route de Tilly	-	Vernonnet
Grainger	William	Pte.	27/08/1944	31	Route de Tilly	Sp Coy	Vernonnet
Heaton	Gordon Albert James	Pte.	27/08/1944	21	Route de Tilly	-	Vernonnet
Jones	Ernest	Pte.	26/08/1944	32	Route de Magny	12 Pl. ‘B’ Coy	Bayeux
Long	Charles Walter	Pte.	29/08/1944	32	Route de Tilly	Benn's Batman	Evreux
Oakley	Dennis John	Pte.	27/08/1944	19	Route de Tilly	-	Vernonnet
Roper	Ernest	Pte.	27/08/1944	24	Route de Tilly	-	Vernonnet
Salisbury	Ronald	Pte.	27/08/1944	19	Route de Tilly	-	St. Desir
Shepherd	William George	Pte.	27/08/1944	18	Route de Tilly	-	St. Desir
Smith	Bert	Pte.	27/08/1944	34	Route de Magny	12 Pl. ‘B’ Coy	Bayeux
Smith	George Allen	Pte.	27/08/1944	32	Route de Tilly	-	Vernonnet
Treadgold	Leonard Horace	Pte.	27/08/1944	19	Pont de Vernon	9 Pl. ‘A’ Coy	Vernon
Webb	Ernest	Pte.	27/08/1944	31	Route de Tilly	7 Pl. ‘A’ Coy	Vernonnet
Williams	James Henry	Gnr.	27/08/1944	32	Route de Tilly	-	Vernonnet

Original Graves of those killed at Vernon (September 1944)

Worcestershire Regiment war graves at Vernon (August 1992)
Vernon (Vernonnet) Communal Cemetery, Eure, France

The grave with the poppy wreath is Major A. A. Benn. On the right is Pte. E. Roper
On the left is the grave of Ida Winifred Benn (mother of Major Benn) the inscription on her grave stone reads:
"Ida Winifred Benn dearly loved wife of Gilbert and mother of Major Anthony A. Benn buried here - God Bless, you baby and make you happy, 1884-1948"

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1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment - North West Europe 1944

VERNON - The River Seine Crossing (25th to 28th August 1944) - Part 12

Roll of Honour of Worcestershire Regiment Men

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