Roll of Honour 1939-1947
Surnames starting with B
The list below show all ranks of the Worcestershire Regiment who lost their lives in the Second World War of 1939-1945 (plus 1946-47).
LIST WAS LAST UPDATED ON THE 10th SEPTEMBER 2012
Surname |
Forenames |
Number |
Rank |
Location |
DOD |
Battalion |
Age |
Bache |
Frederick George |
5258149 |
Pte. |
La Variniere, France |
09/08/1944 |
1st |
32 |
Baker |
Frederick Edward |
171970 |
Captain |
Eritrea |
05/05/1941 |
1st |
34 |
Frederick George Samuel |
6146801 |
L./Cpl. |
Cheux, France |
28/06/1944 |
1st |
28 |
|
Balcombe |
Harry |
14695420 |
Pte. |
Cleve, Germany |
27/03/1945 |
1st |
23 |
Baldwin |
Martin William |
5257676 |
L./Cpl. |
France |
07/07/1944 |
1st |
31 |
Balkwill |
George W. |
14417805 |
Pte. |
Pola, Yugoslavia |
18/02/1947 |
1st |
21 |
Ball |
Raymond |
4197129 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
25/05/1940 |
8th |
20 |
Samuel Leonard |
5249944 |
Pte. |
Mouen, France |
01/07/1944 |
1st |
29 |
|
Ballard |
Leslie Albert |
5251531 |
Pte. |
Burma |
17/06/1944 |
7th |
24 |
Band |
Arthur Ernest |
5249109 |
Pte. |
Tobruk |
14/06/1942 |
1st |
29 |
Banner |
Edward James |
253353 |
Captain |
York, U.K. |
23/08/1945 |
- |
38 |
Banninge |
George Edward |
5255459 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
09/10/1940 |
8th |
25 |
Frank Harold |
5258141 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
34 |
|
Barley |
Stanley John |
5253122 |
Pte. |
Burma |
26/02/1945 |
7th |
26 |
Barnes |
Lester Harrison |
5253691 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
21 |
John Frederick |
3784226 |
Pte. |
Mouen, France |
05/07/1944 |
1st |
20 |
|
Barrett |
John Thomas |
5117771 |
Pte. |
Sudan |
31/03/1941 |
1st |
27 |
Bartley |
Albert |
14730479 |
Pte. |
Burma |
16/03/1945 |
2nd |
22 |
Bassett |
Reggie |
1617993 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
14/09/1945 |
- |
25 |
Bastock |
Bertram Norman |
5254067 |
Cpl/ |
France |
13/07/1944 |
1st |
25 |
Batchelor |
Albert Edward |
849944 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
28/04/1944 |
- |
27 |
Bateman |
Frank |
5251664 |
Pte. |
Egypt |
07/06/1942 |
1st |
21 |
Bath |
John Donald |
5498968 |
L./Cpl. |
Burma |
22/01/1945 |
2nd |
31 |
Batty |
John Edward |
5252856 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
28/05/1940 |
7th |
20 |
Baylis |
Forbes Warren |
70621 |
Captain |
Bersee, France |
23/05/1940 |
8th |
23 |
Beasant |
Richard |
5571079 |
Cpl. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
21 |
Beddoes |
George Daniel |
5260638 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
09/06/1942 |
- |
19 |
Bedwell |
Cedric Charles |
6084622 |
Cpl. |
Italy |
19/12/1942 |
1st |
29 |
Beecham |
Harold Leslie |
4039668 |
Pte. |
Burma |
08/02/1945 |
2nd |
31 |
Belcher |
Alfred Louis |
5250093 |
Sergt. |
Alexandria, Egypt |
30/06/1942 |
Attd |
27 |
Bellamy |
Gerald Walter |
5248096 |
L./Cpl. |
Burma |
21/12/1944 |
2nd |
32 |
Anthony Alistair |
44813 |
Major |
Route de Tilly, France |
27/08/1944 |
1st |
31 |
|
Bennett |
Frederick |
5248016 |
Sergt. |
Burma |
12/02/1945 |
2nd |
32 |
Bennett |
John |
4197351 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
28/05/1940 |
8th |
?? |
Biddle |
Frank Joseph |
5341920 |
Cpl. |
India |
23/05/1944 |
2nd |
27 |
Bigrigg |
Thomas |
3596534 |
Sergt. |
Egypt |
14/06/1942 |
1st |
28 |
Bisbey |
Arthur |
14699990 |
Pte. |
Burma |
13/02/1945 |
2nd |
20 |
William Edward |
5248236 |
Pte. |
Austria (Prisoner of War) |
04/07/1944 |
1st |
32 |
|
Bishop |
William Haig |
5254136 |
Cpl. |
Burma |
11/04/1944 |
7th |
24 |
Bishton |
Basil |
2077577 |
Pte. |
India |
07/06/1944 |
2nd |
25 |
Blount |
George Edward |
4914624 |
Pte. |
France |
22/05/1940 |
7th |
19 |
Bodycote |
Caleb |
5118007 |
Pte. |
Eritrea |
26/01/1941 |
1st |
20 |
Bolton |
John James |
5117591 |
Pte. |
Burma |
23/01/1945 |
2nd |
35 |
Bonsall |
George Edward |
4918824 |
Pte. |
Burma |
21/01/1945 |
2nd |
26 |
Boodle |
Horace James |
5384569 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
24/05/1940 |
7th |
20 |
Arthur Jack |
300349 |
Lieut. |
Mount Pinçon, France |
07/08/1944 |
1st |
28 |
|
Bostock |
John Leslie |
5247818 |
Sergt. |
Eritrea |
17/03/1941 |
1st |
31 |
Bott |
Alfred Alexander |
5243761 |
C.S.M. |
Dunkirk, France |
21/05/1940 |
8th |
34 |
Bottrill |
Henry Charles |
14572612 |
Pte. |
Cheux, France |
29/06/1944 |
1st |
19 |
Boucher |
John Joseph |
5251646 |
Pte. |
Eritrea |
24/09/1939 |
1st |
18 |
Boughton |
Ernest Charles |
14553303 |
Pte. |
India |
10/06/1944 |
2nd |
28 |
Boulton |
Arthur |
5258117 |
Cpl. |
U.K. |
04/07/1945 |
- |
?? |
James Henry |
4918236 |
Pte. |
Cleve, Germany |
12/02/1945 |
1st |
25 |
|
Boundy |
Dennis James |
3964417 |
Pte. |
Burma |
07/01/1945 |
2nd |
25 |
Bourne |
Frederick Henry |
5252993 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
28/05/1940 |
8th |
23 |
Frank |
5247561 |
L./Cpl. |
Berjou, France |
18/08/1944 |
1st |
37 |
|
Bowden |
Ronald Frederick |
1437277 |
L./Cpl. |
Cleve, Germany |
27/03/1945 |
1st |
29 |
Bowen |
George Albert |
14745158 |
Pte. |
Burma |
26/02/1945 |
2nd |
19 |
Bowkett |
Leslie Thomas |
5052474 |
Pte. |
Netherlands |
09/02/1945 |
1st |
28 |
Box |
Leslie |
5259546 |
Pte. |
Chateau de Fontaine, France |
10/07/1944 |
1st |
33 |
Boxley |
David |
5248349 |
Pte. |
India |
02/09/1942 |
2nd |
31 |
Boyden |
William Bernard |
5255098 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
03/11/1941 |
7th |
25 |
Boyt |
John Sherren |
31784 |
Major |
Burma |
20/03/1945 |
7th |
38 |
Bradford |
George |
14751296 |
Pte. |
Burma |
19/02/1945 |
2nd |
30 |
Bradley |
Richard |
14654219 |
Pte. |
Bas de Mouen, France |
21/07/1944 |
1st |
19 |
Bradley |
Victor John |
5258125 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
01/05/1941 |
11th |
29 |
Bradley |
William |
14771755 |
Pte. |
Burma |
08/06/1946 |
2nd |
20 |
William Donald |
14654228 |
Pte. |
La Variniere, France |
09/08/1944 |
1st |
19 |
|
William |
5250218 |
Cpl. |
Vernonnet, France |
28/08/1944 |
1st |
27 |
|
Bratton |
Aubrey Arthur |
5255428 |
Pte. |
Cheux, France |
28/06/1944 |
1st |
27 |
Brazier |
Edward Sydney John |
201440 |
Captain |
Burma |
01/05/1944 |
7th |
27 |
Brennan |
John |
3651648 |
Cpl. |
Eritrea |
17/03/1941 |
1st |
30 |
Brewer |
Douglas Herbert |
5253614 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
26/05/1940 |
7th |
21 |
Brewer |
George Eric Rayner |
226582 |
Lieut. |
Greece |
15/11/1943 |
- |
28 |
Brickles |
Frederick William Ernest |
5109902 |
Pte. |
Cheux, France |
27/06/1944 |
1st |
29 |
Brighton |
Wilfred James |
5251506 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
28/08/1946 |
- |
31 |
Britt |
Raymond Alfred |
5251532 |
Cpl/ |
Eritrea |
27/05/1941 |
1st |
20 |
Brittain |
Frederick |
5435383 |
Pte. |
Alexandria, Egypt |
09/09/1941 |
1st |
?? |
Brittain |
Vincent Neville |
5253891 |
Pte. |
Burma |
04/04/1945 |
7th |
26 |
Britton |
Joseph |
5181475 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
30/09/1945 |
- |
?? |
Broad |
Frederick William |
5506473 |
Pte. |
Burma |
08/02/1945 |
2nd |
30 |
Brookes |
Alfred Henry |
5248103 |
Sergt. |
U.K. |
16/05/1941 |
8th |
?? |
Brookes |
Frank |
5253731 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
07/08/1940 |
- |
21 |
Brookes |
Leonard Francis |
14577361 |
Pte. |
India |
21/11/1944 |
2nd |
37 |
Brookes |
Thomas |
4197391 |
Sergt. |
Burma |
13/04/1944 |
7th |
26 |
Brooks |
Arthur |
14730539 |
Pte. |
Germany |
03/05/1945 |
1st |
19 |
Brooks |
Edward David Ernest |
5249294 |
Pte. |
Eritrea |
04/06/1941 |
1st |
27 |
Brooks |
George Francis |
5252118 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
28/05/1940 |
8th |
20 |
Brooks |
Horace |
4918443 |
Pte. |
Burma |
22/01/1945 |
2nd |
25 |
Broome |
William Harry |
240413 |
Major |
Randwijk, Netherlands |
30/09/1944 |
1st |
30 |
Thomas |
5258120 |
L./Sergt. |
Mouen, France |
04/07/1944 |
1st |
38 |
|
Roland George |
14718206 |
Pte. |
Elst, Netherlands |
25/09/1944 |
1st |
18 |
|
Brown |
Albert |
5257895 |
Pte. |
Cheux, France |
27/06/1944 |
1st |
34 |
Brown |
Cyril |
5256893 |
Pte. |
Cahagnes, France |
01/08/1944 |
1st |
30 |
Brown |
Ernest Leonard |
5045927 |
Pte. |
Tobruk |
08/06/1942 |
1st |
?? |
Brown |
George |
4197222 |
Pte. |
France |
26/05/1940 |
7th |
20 |
Brown |
Harry |
5253630 |
Pte. |
Pas de Calais, France |
21/03/1940 |
7th |
21 |
Brown |
Horace James |
14753553 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
09/08/1947 |
- |
34 |
Brown |
Herbert Walter |
5255458 |
Pte. |
Burma |
08/02/1945 |
7th |
29 |
Brown |
John William |
1690428 |
Pte. |
Burma |
20/01/1945 |
2nd |
34 |
Brown |
William |
14699570 |
Pte. |
Burma |
28/02/1945 |
2nd |
29 |
Arthur James |
14416719 |
Pte. |
Berjou, France |
16/08/1944 |
1st |
19 |
|
Buckley |
Kenneth |
14735752 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
11/11/1946 |
- |
20 |
Burman |
Clifford Thomas |
14718362 |
Pte. |
Burma |
04/06/1945 |
2nd |
23 |
Burn |
James |
4460028 |
Cpl. |
Burma |
23/02/1945 |
2nd |
28 |
Burnham |
Alfred Sidney |
6150565 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
02/04/1947 |
- |
41 |
Henry George Thomas |
5249755 |
C.S.M. |
U.K. |
06/05/1944 |
1st |
27 |
|
Busby |
Harry |
5252048 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
13/05/1944 |
1st |
21 |
Bush |
Bertram John |
6029690 |
Pte. |
Burma |
23/11/1945 |
2nd |
24 |
Butland |
Leslie Thomas |
14551686 |
Pte. |
Cheux, France |
08/08/1944 |
1st |
19 |
Butler |
William Edward |
5247661 |
Pte. |
Atsea |
17/06/1940 |
8th |
32 |
Notes:
Major Anthony Alastair Benn (44813) of the Yorkshire Regiment was attached to the 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment as 2nd-in-Command