Samuel Phillips’ name on the Wall of Remembrance at Kirkee Cemetery

Kirkee Cemetery in India with the Walls of Remembrance in the background

Ware, Frederick

No information is held on this man

Ware, James Henry

Age 23
Son of Alfred Ware, 6 Bathwell Road, Totterdown
Private, 201105, “D” Company, 2nd/4th (City of Bristol) Btn (Territorial) Gloucestershire Regiment
Died France & Flanders 3 December 1917
Remembered – Cambrai Memorial, Louveral

World War 2

Bellamy, Dudley William

Age n/k
Son of Frederick and Ellen Bellamy, Knowle
Flt Sergeant, 903979, 115 Sqn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 3 August 1943
Remembered – Sage War Cemetery

Bennett, Kenneth

No information is held on this man
Believed to have been killed in 1943

Bradbury, Horace

Age n/k
Able Seaman, D/JX 152703, Royal Navy
Killed in action 26 November 1940 whilst on board the ship “SS Medoc”
Remembered – Plymouth Naval Memorial

SS Medoc - Commissioned 30 May 1930
Transferred to French Navy, became patrol ship. Transferred to Polish Navy in 1940 along with her sister vessel POMEROL, also built by Hendersons. Sunk by enemy aircraft in the English Channel.

Brimble, John Joseph

Age 23
Son of William Henry and Emily Annie Brimble, Knowle
Sergeant (Pilot), 741563, 73 Sqn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Killed in action 14 September 1940 during the Battle of Britain

Remembered – Sittingbourne & Milton Cemetery
AND
Brookwood Military Cemetery

Partial remains of this casualty were recovered on two separate occasions.

Those recovered first in 1940 were buried as an unidentified airman in Sittingbourne Cemetery.
The second set recovered and identified in 1980 were buried in a named grave in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. The discovery was made during the excavation of the crash site by aircraft archaeologists and they identified the aircraft that, in turn, lead to the pilot's identification.
In 1998 the error was discovered but the two graves have been left undisturbed at the request of the next-of-kin. Therefore, this airman has two graves each now with a named headstone. He is the only person with two official war graves.

Extract from Squadron diary - 1605hrs: Tonbridge. Hurricane P2542. 73 Squadron from Debden.Sgt J.J.Brimble killed. (Shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed at Parkhurst Farm, Chart Sutton)

Brook, Cyril William Hugh

Age 32
Son of William and Ellen Brook of Bristol and husband of Dorothy Hilda Brook of Clifton
Leading Aircraftsman, 11993941, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 26 March 1944
Buried – Arnos Vale Cemetery

Burt, George Donald

Age 39
Husband of Ruth Evelyn Burt of 293 Wells Road, Knowle
Air Raid Warden
Killed whilst on duty during the Blitz, 25 November 1940
Burial place currently not known

Coles, Victor Stanley

Age 39
Parents/spouse not known
Driver, T/14656349, 716 Airborne Light Company, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 27 March 1945
Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

Gilbert, Kenneth

No information is held on this man.

The following family were killed during the Blitz raid of 12 June 1941.

Glendinning
Harry (61)
Florence (58)
Kathleen Joyce (19)
Harry Edwin (18)
Doris Nellie (16)

Harry & Harry Edwin were both on duty as Fire Guards but at home at the time. All five were killed in their home at 15 Almorah Road.
Burial place currently not known

Haseldine, John Edward

Age 23
Son of John and Elizabeth Ann Haseldine of Totterdown
Electrical Articifer 4th Class, D/MX 66246, HMS Defiance, Royal Navy
Killed in a train accident in Taunton, 4 November 1940
Cremated and remembered in Arnos Vale Cemetery

Hearn, Leslie Wilfred

Age 39
Son of Benjamin and Amelia Mary Hearn, husband of Edna Mary Phyllis Hearn of Camborne, Cornwall
Petty Officer Sick Berth, D/MX 82454, HMS Charybdis, Royal Navy
Killed in action 23 October 1943
Remembered – Plymouth Naval Memorial

HMS Charybdis – commissioned November 1941
Dido Class Anti Aircraft light cruiser.
In October 1943 the German blockade runner Münsterland had succesfully escaped the American and English Navies in both the Pacific and Atlantic. It approached Brest, France, intact with the full cargo, enough goods to supply 20 divisions for 2 years. The RAF immediately launched an air strike trying to sink the convoy, but failed. Then, on 23 October 1943, the cruiser HMS Charybdis and the destroyer HMS Limbourne arrived at the scene (Operation Tunnel), but the 4th German E-Boat flotilla was guarding, and in two minutes both British ships were sunk by torpedoes. 460 men on the Charybdis were killed, 107 were saved. The Charybdis was located in 1993 on 83m depth off the Sept Isles, Brittany.

Heaven, Sydney Francis

Age 39
Son of Frank and Emily Alice Heaven of 4 Lilymead Avenue.
Husband of Bertha Maud Heaven. (Bertha died of her injuries at the Homeopathic Hospital on 22 April 1941 from the air raid of 12 April 1941).
Air Raid Warden, Killed during air raid of 12 April 1941
Burial place currently not known

Johnson, Roy Henry

Age 21
Son of Henry Isaac and Mabel Johnson of 4 Hawthorne Street, Totterdown
Flying Officer, 151035, 236 Sqn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Killed in action off of the coast of Just Island, 29 March 1944
Remembered - Runnymead Memorial

In the afternoon of 29 March 1944, the North Coast Strike Wing attacked a convoy north-east of Borkum. The force consisted of nine Beaufighters of 254 Squadron, ten from 236 Squadron and ten from 143 Squadron. They were escorted by two squadrons of Mustangs for fighter escort. The enemy convoy was made up of sixteen merchant vessels, three minesweeper and one heavily armed ”Sperrbrecher” – blockade breaker. The aircraft attacked all ships and sank two merchant ships. All enemy aircraft were racked with cannon fire and rockets. One Beaufighter never returned. This was the plane on which Roy Johnson was aboard.

Jones, Cecil John Trevelyan

Age n/k
Lived at 37 Belluton Road, Knowle
Pilot Officer, 70805, 58 Sqn Royal Air Force
Killed in action 2 July 1940
Buried at Kiel War Cemetery

Kay, Peter Frederick

Age 20
Son of Frederick and Mabel Kay of Knowle
Sergeant (Pilot), 742168, 214 Sqn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 8 June 1940
Buried at Hengeod (St Barnabas) Churchyard

Lyle, Raymond Francis

Age 21
Son of Frederick F and Mabel Lyle of Knowle
Sergeant (Wireless Operator), 901268, 55 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Killed in action 27 May 1941
Buried at El Alamein War Cemetery

Newbury, Margaret Rosa

Age 40
Wife of Reginald Newbury of 4 Bangor Grove, St Annes. Daughter of Laura Louisa Rudd, 4 Wellgarth Walk, Knowle.
Air Raid Warden
Killed 6 December 1940, during an air raid whilst on Air Raid duty at 4 Bangor Grove.
Burial place currently not known

Newman, Frederick

Age 21
Son of Ralph Edmund and Ada Newman of Totterdown
Lance Corporal, 5185954, 5th Btn Gloucestershire Regiment
Killed in action during the withdrawl from Dunkirk, 23 May 1940
Buried at Bruyelle Military Cemetery

Parsons, Raymond George

Age 20
Son of Reginald Victor George and Gladys Emma Parsons of Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey
Lieutenant, 299280, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Killed in action in Burma, 12 February 1945
Remembered - Rangoon Memorial

Pearce, William Edward

Age 30
Son of Sydney and Alice Pearce. Husband of Margaret Elizabeth Pearce of Kingswood, Wotton-Under-edge, Glos.
Petty Officer Stoker, D/KX 81083, HMS Bonaventure, Royal Navy
Killed in action 31 March 1941
Remembered - Plymouth Naval Memorial

HMS Bonaventure Launched 19 April 1939
Dido Class Light Cruiser.
Bonaventure served initially with the Home Fleet on completion, and escorted convoys. While on such duty with convoy WS5a on 25 December 1940, the convoy was attacked by the Admiral Hipper, although no damage was incurred or inflicted. Almost immediately afterwards the ship was ordered to the Mediterranean, when, as part of Force F during Operation Excess to Malta in January, she was attacked by the Italian torpedo boats Circe and Vega south of Pantelleria, but sank Vega on 10 January 1941. In March she escorted a convoy to Malta and was damaged by near misses while at Malta on 22 March. She then participated in the Greek campaign, but on 31 March, while escorting a convoy from Greece to Alexandria, she was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Ambra south of Crete.

Rice, Frederick Edwin

Age 27
Son of Montague John and May Rice of Bristol. Husband of Joan Evelyn Rice of Knowle
Captain, Royal Berkshire Regiment attached to 4th Bombay Grenadiers
Died 15 November 1942
Buried at Delhi War Cemetery

Ricketts, Maurice Herbert

Age 26
Son of Herbert Edward and Carrie Matilda Ricketts. Husband of Eileen Marjorie Ricketts of Rowberrow, Somerset
Captain, “B” Sqn 44th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action 24 November 1941 during the North Africa campaign
Buried at Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery

Searle, Charles John

Age 27
Son of Alfred G and Hannah Searle. Husband of Freda Searle of Dunham Massey, Cheshire
Signalman, 2590282, Royal Corps of Signals
Killed in action 8 July 1940 Buried at Dunham Massey Burial Ground, Cheshire

Shepherd DFM Norman

Age 28
Son of Samuel Henry and Ada May Shepherd of Knowle
Flight Lieutenant, 48980, 107 Sqn Royal Air Force
Killed in action 6 December 1942
Remembered - Runnymede Memorial

On June 3 Flt Lt Sydney Smith and his navigator/bomb aimer Sgt Norman Shepherd attacked five merchant ships escorted by four destroyers and four Ju88 aircraft, hitting one ship. Smith was awarded the DFC and Shepherd a DFM.

No 107 Squadron, flying Blenheims, then Bostons and, finally, Mosquitos, subsequently took part in scores of raids, including such other notable ones as the mass low-level daylight raid on the Knapsack and Quadrath power stations near Cologne, on 12th August 1941; the great combined raid on Dieppe on 19th August 1942 (its task on this occasion was to bomb hostile shore batteries and thus reduce enemy opposition to the landing force); and the low-level daylight raid on the Philips radio and valve factory at Eindhoven on 6th December 1942. This was a mission from which he never returned.

Synnuck, Roy John

Age 20
Son of William John and Ellen Elizabeth Synnuck
Stoker 2nd Class, D/KX 134357, HMS Cotswold, Royal Navy
Killed in action 21 April 1942
Buried at Arnos Vale Cemetery

the headstone of Roy Synnuck at Arnos Vale Cemetery

Tomkins, Maurice Ernest

Age 22
Flight Sergeant (Pilot), 1169709, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Killed in action 25 June 1942
Buried at Malta (Cappucini) Naval Cemetery (Protestant Section)

Tottle, Reginald

Age 25
Son of Claude Goodrich and Sarah Tottle. Husband of Ivy Tottle of Totterdown
Serjeant, 5680212, 2nd Battalion Welch Regiment
Killed in action 30 January 1945
Buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery (Burma now Myanmar)

Walters, William Victor

Age n/k
Sergeant, 1154688, 144 Sqn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Killed in action 12 February 1942
Remembered - Runnymede Memorial

Ware, Stuart

Age 28
Son of the late Pte Sydney Stuart Ware, 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers, (killed in Action at Gallipoli, 13th August, 1915), and Henrietta Ware; stepson of Edwin Blinman, of Ogmore Vale, Glamorgan
Flying Officer, 151075, 142 Sqn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Killed in action 14 July 1944
Buried in Milan War Cemetery

Webber, Hubert

Age 24
Son of Joseph Marshall Webber and Gertrude Maud Webber, of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
Serjeant, 7891890, 'A' Sqn., 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action 8 August 1944
Buried in Bayeux War Cemetery

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Where "Burial place currently not known" is indicated, this person is buried in one of several cemeteries under the care of Bristol City Council.

CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) are under instruction from the British MoD and the New Zealand military authorities to spell 'Serjeant' with a 'J' for army casualties from WW1 and WW2 plus RFC/RAF for WW1. According to the information supplied to the CWGC by the MoD, the British Army still officially spelt it with a 'J' until November 1953 - regardless of how it was spelt in real life.
All Australian, Canadian and South African troops are spelt as 'Sergeant'.

If you can help with information on any of these men and women, please let me know – I’ll gladly update this page.