Roll of Honour - Deaths while in Service from 1948 - 1970 - Worcestershire Regiment

Below are details of Worcestershire Regiment officers and men who died whilst on active service between the period 1948 to 1970.

LIST WAS LAST UPDATED ON THE 5th APRIL 2012

Surname
Forename/s
Rank
Number
Battalion
Died
Age
Location
Notes

Balkwill

George W.

Pte.

14417805

1st

18/02/1947

21

Italy

Accident with 3in. Mortar

Willetts

Ronald William

Pte.

14052318

1st

18/02/1947

21

Italy

Accident with 3in. Mortar

Stokes

George F.

Pte.

4196055

1st

29/12/1947

55

U.K.

Died from injuries of road accident Chistmas Eve.

Hemmings

Frank G.

Pte.

5250518

1st

15/01/1948

30

Birmingham U.K.

-

Sharman

Alfred E.

Pte.

-

7th

10/07/1948

22

U.K.

-

Yeomans

Eric

Pte.

19160135

1st

08/01/1949

19

Berlin

-

Gleiwitz

Alfred

Pte.

21128902

1st

03/03/1949

28

U.K.

-

Ahearn

Joseph Reed

C.S.M.

5247795

-

01/05/1950

40

Neinburg, B.A.O.R.

-

Hill

Ronald James

Pte.

22380694

1st.

21/06/1951

19

Malaya

A.C.C. Attached

Moseley

S. A.

Sgt.

-

7th

13/08/1951

-

-

Served with 'C' Company

Webster

Arthur Stanley

Cpl.

5781354

1st

31/05/1952

31

U.K.

Norton Barracks

He had just returned from Malaya

Windsor

K.

Pte.

-

7th

01/07/1953

 

U.K.

-

Jones

J.

Pte.

22190019

7th

01/07/1953

 

U.K.

-

Gillmore

Argyle Henry

Lieut.-Colonel

33689

Worc R.

11/02/1955

49

U.K.

Died suddenly at Norton Barracks, Worcester

Farrington

Michael John

Pte.

23160817

1st

11/11/1955

18

Germany

Accidentally drowned on 29/11/1955

Parker

Bryan Alastair

Capt.

403642

1st

13/11/1956

27

U.K.

Died at Millbank Hospital London

Bramma

Dennis Johnathan

Pte.

23276993

1st

21/01/1958

23

U.K.

-

Simms

Edward

L/Cpl.

23445039

1st

31/07/1958

19

Jamacia

-

Griffin

William Alan

Cfn.

23599847

1st

28/04/1960

23

U.K.

R.E.M.E. attached

Harding

Ronald Michael

Pte.

23768072

1st

19/07/1960

21

U.K. Worcester Royal Infirmary

Road traffic accident on Norton Road 17/07/1960

Smith

Roger Gregory

Pte.

23455746

1st

24/02/1961

22

U.K.

-

Shortman

Stanley Clifford John

Capt.

458078

1st

27/05/1961

26

U.K.

R.A.M.C. Attached

Roose

Peter Fitzroy Robson

Major

70591

1st

01/12/1961

45

U.K.

Died at Military Hospital, Catterick Camp, of a heart attack.

Hopkins

Robert

Pte.

23892289

7th

12/05/1963

19

U.K.

Worcester Royal Infirmary

Result of motor-cycle accident at Tyddesley Wood

Griffiths

Alan Smith

Cpl.

23470994

Worc R.

26/11/1964

27

U.K

Royal Signals

Duncan

A. J.

Major

-

Worc R.

13/03/1965

 

U.K.

-

Jones

Roger

Pte.

24065802

Depot (Mercian)

23/10/1965

17

U.K.

Killed by a civilian car

Sanderson

Michael Barry

Pte.

23867072

1st

05/04/1966

20

Gibratar

-

Harper

Keith Derek

Pte.

23916921

1st

30/07/1966

21

Gibraltar

-

Balchin

Harold George

W.O. 2 (C/Sgt.)

5249373

1st

16/10/1966

52

U.K.

Served with 'D' Company

Chelmick

John Trevor

Pte.

23855882

1st

24/05/1969

23

Cyprus

Accident

Taylor

N.

Pte.

-

7th

-

-

-

-

Sleigh

?

Sgt.

-

1st

-

-

-

R. A. S. C. Attached

Prince

B. M.

Pte.

-

7th

-

-

-

-

Evans

H.

Cpl.

-

7th

-

-

-

-

 

Lieut.-Colonel A. H. Gillmore

Lieut.-Colonel Argyle Henry GILLMORE (33689)

Colonel Gillmore died suddenly at Norton Barracks, Worcester, on the 11th February 1955, aged 49. It is believed that he choked while eating in the Officers Mess at Norton Barracks. At the time he was visiting the Regiment. At the time he was still serving as Provost Marshal, British Army on the Rhine. He had previously commanded the 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment from 1949 to 1951.
He was buried with full military honours at Norton Church on 15th February 1955. Major A. H. Nott and five officers of the Regiment acted as pall bearers. The firing party was by the Depot under command of Sgt. Bell. Bearers were W.O.'s and Sjts. of the Depot under command of R.S.M. Foden. Drummer Green sounded "Last Post and "Reveille." The funeral was attended by a number of past officers of the Regiment, including Brigadier B. C. S. Clarke, D.S.O., who represented the Colonel of the Regiment. Among others present were Brigadier Oulton, the Provost Marshal, and other representatives of the Royal Military Police and S.I.B.

A memorial service was held at Christchurch, Dusseldorf, on 28th February 1955. The A.C.G., B.A.O.R., officiated and the Band of the Regiment played in the Church. The following were among the large numbers who attended: General Sir Richard and Lady Gale, Major-General J. H. O. Wilsey, Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Vaughan, R.S.M. Compton and three W.O.'s and Serjeants and nine Other Ranks of the 1st Battalion who had served with Colonel Gillmore, also detachments from all Royal Military Police units in B.A.O.R.

Captain B. A. Parker

Captain Bryan Alastair PARKER (403642)

Captain Parker died at the Millbank Hospital, London on the 13th November 1956 after being ill for a number of month. It came as a great shock to the Regiment as he was only 27 years of age.

He was commissioned in to the Worcestershire Regiment from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst on the 14th July 1949. He was then posted to the 1st Battalion and served with them in Malaya from 1950 to 1952. He then was posted to the Depot for the next 2 years. In 1955 he rejoined the 1st Battalion in Germany.

He was buried with full military honours at his home, St. Leonard's Church, Bursledon, on the 20th November 1956. The firing party, under command of Sgt. T. Bell, and a bearer party of Sergeants and Corporals, under command of R.S.M. A. Foden, M.S.M., were provided by the Depot. Drummer Smith sounded the "Last Post" and "Reveille".

Colonel S. W. Jones represented the Regiment and the following officers also attended; Major J. D. Ricketts, Major G. C. Peace, Major M. C. Gray, Captain E. D. Wilson (from the 1st Battalion), Captain E. A. J. Parry, Captain T. E. J. Mound, Lieutenant D. J. Bezzant and Lieutenant J. H. Bryant.

 


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