Roll of Honour 1939-1947
Surnames starting with J
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 28th SEPTEMBER 2012
Surname |
Forenames |
Number |
Rank |
Location |
DOD |
Battalion |
Age |
Jack |
James |
5252853 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
14/01/1940 |
9th |
?? |
Jackson |
Dennis Alfred |
14529318 |
Pte. |
La Quesnee, France |
12/08/1944 |
1st |
?? |
James Houlton |
117341 |
Lieut. |
Netherlands |
20/11/1944 |
att. 9 Cam |
?? |
|
Jackson |
William Ernest |
3717169 |
Pte. |
Burma |
12/05/1944 |
7th |
29 |
Jacobs |
Thomas William |
5251052 |
Pte. |
Eritrea |
18/03/1941 |
1st |
20 |
Jakeman |
Frank |
5256045 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
14/09/1942 |
9th |
25 |
Jakeway |
William Ernest |
5248276 |
Pte. |
Italy |
06/11/1944 |
1st |
32 |
James |
Arthur Owen |
5254775 |
Cpl. |
Mont Pinçon, France (DoW) |
08/08/1944 |
1st |
27 |
James |
Eric James |
14565712 |
Pte. |
Western Europe (POW) |
08/08/1944 |
1st |
19 |
James |
Edward William |
5252496 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
28/05/1940 |
8th |
20 |
Janes |
Edwin Ivor |
5251033 |
Pte. |
Egypt |
28/11/1941 |
1st |
21 |
Jarvis |
Frederick |
5254284 |
Sergt. |
Burma |
26/02/1945 |
7th |
25 |
Jaynes |
David Henry Thomas |
5247020 |
Sergt. |
At sea (POW) |
14/11/1942 |
1st |
31 |
Jefferies |
Charles David |
5179943 |
Cpl. |
U.K. |
08/03/1945 |
- |
?? |
Jeffery |
Claude Frederick |
5571143 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
21 |
Jelfs |
Louis Albert |
14228154 |
Pte. |
Burma |
19/06/1944 |
7th |
24 |
Jenkins |
Richard |
5258682 |
Pte. |
Berjou, France |
16/08/1944 |
1st |
27 |
Jevons |
Isaac |
4856434 |
L./Cpl. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
30 |
Jew |
Sidney Willis |
5257949 |
Pte. |
Cheux, France |
08/08/1944 |
1st |
33 |
Jewell |
Hubert |
3971291 |
Pte. |
Burma |
20/03/1945 |
2nd |
31 |
Jewkes |
Cyril |
5253181 |
Pte. |
Genval, France |
16/05/1940 |
7th |
21 |
Jewkes |
Francis |
5251579 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
15/05/1940 |
9th |
?? |
Johnson |
Arthur |
5056238 |
Pte. |
Burma |
21/01/1945 |
2nd |
25 |
Johnson |
Derek Cunnington |
189342 |
Captain |
Italy |
17/08/1944 |
att. |
22 |
Johnson |
Leslie Selby |
5259057 |
Pte. |
Burma |
07/01/1945 |
2nd |
38 |
Jones |
Antony Eric Michael |
5252385 |
Pte. |
Dieppe, France |
05/03/1940 |
8th |
19 |
Jones |
Charles |
5257777 |
Pte. |
Cheux, France |
09/08/1944 |
1st |
34 |
Jones |
Douglas |
4193275 |
L./Cpl. |
Burma |
30/11/1944 |
2nd |
23 |
Edward |
5247890 |
Pte. |
La Varinière, France (DoW) |
09/08/1944 |
1st |
35 |
|
Jones |
Ernest |
5258294 |
Pte. |
Route de Magny, France |
26/08/1944 |
1st |
32 |
Jones |
Frederick |
1456597 |
Pte. |
Burma |
21/01/1945 |
2nd |
32 |
Jones |
George |
14596363 |
Pte. |
Burma |
29/12/1944 |
2nd |
36 |
Jones |
Henry |
4913385 |
C.S.M. |
Burma |
20/12/1944 |
2nd |
40 |
Jones |
Jack |
4858995 |
Pte. |
Bruyelle, Belgium |
21/05/1940 |
8th |
20 |
Jones |
Jack Oliver |
14718392 |
Pte. |
Vehlingen, Germany |
27/03/1945 |
1st |
19 |
Jones |
James William |
5126351 |
Pte. |
Burma |
19/12/1944 |
2nd |
21 |
Jones |
Percy Hugh |
5249107 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
24/05/1940 |
8th |
40 |
Jones |
Sydney |
5253009 |
L./Cpl. |
India |
02/08/1944 |
2nd |
22 |
Jones |
Sydney Alma |
14850388 |
Pte. |
Ceylon |
28/08/1946 |
2nd |
30 |
Stanley Norman |
14585240 |
Pte. |
Les Haises, France |
14/08/1944 |
1st |
19 |
|
Jones |
Tegwyn |
4201026 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
05/12/1941 |
- |
21 |
Jones |
Thomas William |
846028 |
L./Cpl. |
Pakistan |
06/07/1940 |
2nd |
24 |
William George Frederick |
14593710 |
L./Cpl. |
Les Haises, France |
14/08/1944 |
1st |
36 |
|
Jones |
William John |
14438903 |
Pte. |
Cheux, France |
07/08/1944 |
1st |
18 |
Jones |
William Noel |
5257956 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
25/09/1943 |
10th |
28 |
Albert Leslie |
5258295 |
L./Sergt. |
Elst, Netherlands |
25/09/1944 |
1st |
32 |
|
Jordon |
Douglas Haig |
5341874 |
Pte. |
Mouen, France |
05/07/1944 |
1st |
25 |
Jordon |
Edward Charles |
5255135 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
06/10/1942 |
8th |
?? |
Juggins |
Leslie Frank |
5252491 |
Pte. |
Bambecque, France (Dunkirk) |
28/05/1940 |
8th |
22 |
Walter Thomas |
5257039 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
03/12/1941 |
- |
28 |
Notes:
Private Dennis Alfred Jackson (14529318) is buried in the U.K. at Guarlford (St. Mary) Churchyard, Worcestershire.
Lieutenant James Houlton Jackson was attached to the 9th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
Sergeant David Henry Thomas Jayes (5247020) was killed on the 14th November 1942 when the Italian transport ship SS Scillin was torpedoed en route from Tripoli to Sicily with about 815 Commonwealth prisoners-of-war on board (including some 20 men of the 1st Battalion Worcestershire men) and some 200 Italian soldiers.