Roll Of Honour
9th. (Territorial) Battalion, The Durham Light
Infantry.
67184 Lieutenant Colonel Humphrey Reginald
Woods, D.S.O, M.C & Bar.
The King's Royal Rifle Corps
Commanding Officer of the 9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 28.
Son of Colonel Reginald Herbert Woods, O.B.E.,M.C., and Ivy Oswald Woods, of
Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
He is buried in Plot XV.F.26 Bayeux War Cemetery.
Sgt.Charles Eagles, who was feet away from him when he was wounded by mortar fire,
remembers his last words being, "surely they haven't hit me?"
14416985 Private Derek
Patrick Billett, 9th.Bn.Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 19
He was the son of Leonard Ernest and Olga Billett, of
Brighton, Sussex.
He is buried in Plot XI.L.21. Bayeux War Cemetery
3389792 Private Joseph
Bratherton, 9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 28.
He was the son of Jack and Mary Bratherton; Nephew of Walter Boardman, of
Warrington, Lancashire
He is buried in Plot XV.H.2 Bayeux War Cemetery.
5732827 Private Arthur
William Brown, 9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 22
He was the son of Arthur and Annie Brown ,of Nechells, Birmingham.
He is buried in Plot XV.F.22 Bayeux War Cemetery
4470151 Private Charles
Alfred Coldicott, 9th. Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 21
Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Coldicott, of Durham
He is buried in Plot XV.J.1 Bayeux War Cemetery
41297909 Private James
Conlon, 9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 23
son of Michael Conlon, and of Mary Helen Conlon, of
Broughton, Cheshire.
He is buried in plot XV.J.6 Bayeux War Cemetery
3717334 Corporal Peter Evens,
9th. Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 24.
He was the son of James and Florence Evans; Husband of Florance Evans, of
Kensington, Liverpool.
He is buried in Plot XIV.H.23 Bayeux War Cemetery
3911431 Sergeant William
Henry James Gwilliam, 9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 27
Son of Thomas Rees Gwilliam and Mary Gwilliam; Husband of Georgina Gwilliam
of Bootle, Lancashire.
He is buried in Plot XV.H.11 Bayeux War Cemetery
4917336 Private Arthur Samuel Horton, 9th.Bn.
Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 23
Son of Arthur Enock and Annie Alice Horton.
He is buried in Plot XIV.J.20 Bayeux War Cemetery.
14590933 Private Stanley Illingsworth, 9th.Bn.
Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 20.
Son of Mary Myers, of Oxspring, Yorkshire
He is buried in Plot XIV.G.5 Bayeux War Cemetery
14285195 Private Elmer Alwyne Jones, 9th.Bn.
Durham L.I
Killed on the 14th.June 1944, aged 20
Son of Margaret Jones, of Bromley, Kent
He is buried in Plot XI.M.3 Bayeux War Cemetery
14202619 Private Albert Kitchen, 9th.Bn.
Durham L.I
Killed on the 14th.June 1944, aged 22
Son of Albert and Grace Mabel Kitchen, of Leeds, Yorkshire
He is buried in Plot XV.J.7 Bayeux War Cemetery
3453199 Lance Corporal William Knox, 9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 26
Son of Roger and Esther Knox, of Pelton Fell, Co. Durham.
He is buried in Plot XI.L. 22 Bayeux War Cemetery
4202646 Private William Hugh Lewis, 9th.Bn.
Durham L.I
Killed on the 14th.June 1944, aged 29
Son of John and Jane Ann Lewis, of Holyhead, Anglesey
He is buried in Plot XV.J.9 Bayeux War Cemetery
4040010 Private Jack Lynch, 9th.
Bn Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 26
son of James and Mary Lynch, of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan
He is buried in Plot XIV.G.4 Bayeux War Cemetery
4468585 Private John Robert Mahan, 9th.Bn.
Durham L.I
Killed on the 14th.June 1944, aged 19
Son of Jane Mahan, and Stepson of Benjamin Chicken, of Ushaw Moor, Co. Durham
He is buried in Plot XV.H.23 Bayeux War Cemetery
5344659 Private William Thomas Medhurst,
9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed on the 14th.June 1944, aged 30
Son of Michael Frank and Edith Medhurst; Husband of Gwendoline Edith Lilian Mrdhurst,
of Dartford, Kent.
He is buried in Plot XI.M.7 Bayeux War Cemetery
5443374 Private William Henry Melhuish,
9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed on the 14th.June 1944, aged 29
Son of William and Lilian Melhuish, of Exeter
He is buried in Plot XV.H.19 Bayeux War Cemetery
6208208 Private Arthur
Mortimer, 'S' Coy. 9th. Bn. Durham L.I.
Killed in action on 14th June 1944, Aged 28
He was the son of George Thomas Mortimer and Sophie Mortimer,of
Edgware, Middlesex.
He is buried in plot XV.H.10 Bayeux War Cemetery
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Pte A. Mortimer served at Dunkirk, battle of El Alamain and the invasion of
Sicily, before landing in
Normandy. He was a trained LMG [Bren] gunner and a Carrier driver. Sgt. Charles Eagles
believes that Arthur was his carrier driver when the Battalion advanced across the
cornfield
to the north of Lingevres.
6285811 Private James
Henry Fredrick Nicholls, 9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 27
Husband of Rosetta Elizebeth Nicholls, of Highbury, London
He is buried in Plot XI.M.6 Bayeux War Cemetery.
5046309 Private Edward Quigley, 9th.Bn. Durham
L.I
Killed on the 14th.June 1944, aged 31
Son of John Quigley, and of Emma Quigley, of Newbold, Northamptonshire
He is buried in Plot XV.J.2 Bayeux War Cemetery
5387111 Private William Ernest Roff, 9th.Bn.
Durham L.I
Killed on the 14th.June 1944, aged 26
Son of Albert and Amy Elizabeth Roff; Husband of Celestine Betsy Ellen Roff, of
Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire
He is buried in Plot XV.G.17 Bayeux War Cemetery
14569673 Private Alfred Cyril Rolfe, 9th.Bn.
Durham L.I
Killed on the 14th.June 1944, aged 21
Son of Alfred Cyril and Elizabeth Rolfe, of Bledlow, Bucks.
He is buried in Plot XIV.H.23 Bayeux War Cemetery
4460695 Corporal Charles
Beresford Simpson, M.M , 9th Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 28
Son of Charles and Lucy Simpson, of Washington Station, Co. Durham,
Husband of Gladys Simpson, of Kimblesworth, Co. Durham.
He is buried in Plot XI.L.25 Bayeux War Cemetery
14647308 Private George
William Smith, 9th. Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on the 14th.June 1944, aged 20
He was the son of James and Dorothy Smith; Husband of Winifred Smith, of
Holloway, London
He is buried in Plot XV.H.12 Bayeux War Cemetery.
14397769 Private Charles Henry Swann, 9th.Bn.
Durham L.I
Killed in action on the 14th.June 1944, aged 35
Son of Richard and Florence Swann; Husband of Florence May Swann, of
West Walsall, Staffordshire.
He is Buried in Plot XV.J.8 Bayeux War Cemetery
3717032 Lance Corporal Thomas Tedford,
9th.Bn.Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 24
Son of George Tedford, and Annie Tedford, of Liverpool
He is buried in Plot XV.J.4 Bayeux War Cemetery
14247218 Corporal John
Thomas Tranter, 9th.Bn. Durham L.I
killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 20
Son of William and Fanny Tranter; Husband of Miriam Tranter, of
Wolverhampton.
He is buried in Plot XV.H.20 Bayeux War Cemetery
5837178 Private Lewis Albert
Turner, 9th. Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 21
He was the son of Arthur & Rose Minnie Turner, of Fordham, Cambridgeshire.
He is buried in Plot XV.J.3 Bayeux War Cemetery.
'Lew' served in 'S' Coy and is remembered by Sgt. Charles Eagles.
4463337 Lance Corporal George Watson, 9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 31
son of Robert and Jane Watson, of Wrekenton, Co. Durham
He is buried in Plot XV.H.25 Bayeux War Cemetery
4464185 Sergeant Joseph
William Young, M.M, 9th.Bn.Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 24
Son of John and Florence Clara Young, of Forest Hall, Northumberland.
He is buried in Plot XI.L.26 Bayeux War Cemetery
14340664 Private Thomas James William Wrighton,
9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed on the 14th.June 1944, aged 33
Son of Thomas and Louisa Wrighton; Husband of Vera Regina Wrighton
He is buried in Plot XV.G.2 Bayeux War Cemetery
4455464 Private Joseph Sands Vernon,
9th.Bn. Durham L.I
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 23
son of James and Evelyn Vernon, Houghton-Le-Spring, Co. Durham
He is buried in Plot XI.M.5 Bayeux War Cemetery
86th. (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment., Royal
Regiment of Artillery
212862 Captain Edwin
William Cyril Hall
F.O.O., 341 Battery,[Hertfordshire Yeo] R.A
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, aged 24
Son of Edwin Benjamin Holmes Hall, and of Lilian Hall, of Mapperley Park
Nottingham.
He is buried in Plot XV.C.12 Bayeux War Cemetery.
He was originally buried in Lingevres, but was moved after the war.
75730 Major Kenneth Geoffrey Swann,
M.C
Forward Observation Officer [FOO], 342 Battery [Hertfordshire Yeo] R.A
Killed in action 20th.June 1944, aged 28
Son of Geoffrey and Florence Mildred Swann; Husband of Delmira Marion Swann, of
Standon, Hertfordshire.
He is buried in Plot IV.J.11 Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery
Major Swann was FOO to his Battery during the Battle for Lingevres. Captain A.
Morrison,M.C, 4/7th RDG's,
met him in the village square during the hight of the action.
A Squadron, 4/7th. Royal Dragoon Guards
14344367 Trooper Reginald
Dagley, 'A' Sqn., 4/7 RDG.
Killed in action on 14th.June 1944, Aged 33
Son of Arthur and Annie Sofia Dagley; husband of Ellen Kate Dagley, of
Watford, Hertfordshire.
He is buried in Plot Row C. 1. Jerusalem War Cemetery, Chouain.
3910476 Corporal Clifford
Johnson, 'A' Sqn., 4/7 RDG.
Died on 15th.June 1944, from wounds received on the 14th.June 1944 at Lingevres.
Aged 26
Son of George and Jane Johnson, of Cwmllynfell, Glamorgan.
He is buried in Plot XIV.H.2. Bayeux War Cemetery
130 Panzer~Lehr~Division & 901 Panzer~Grenadier Regiment.
So far no German Casualties have been traced.
The War Cemetery for the Germans who fell during the campaign is at La Cambe. It contains
20,507 graves.
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