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1941 - England

DateNameRankSqrNotes
England, Edward GeorgeTrooper? Officially reported as 'Died'.
Hinson, JosephTrooper? Officially reported as 'Died'.

1942 - England

DateNameRankSqrNotes
Greenway, WilliamTrooperC Officially reported as 'Accidentally Killed'. William was riding on a tank which overturned.
Hird, NelsonTrooperHQ Officially reported as 'Accidentally Killed'. Nelson, a dispatch rider, was killed in a collision with an oncoming lorry.
Drew, John CameronLieut? Killed at El Alamein whilst attached to the 10th Royal Hussars.
Smith, Joseph ArthurTrooper? A bit of a mystery. The CWGC website, though certain that he was with 23H, has him being killed in India. One or other of those assertions may be correct, but not both.

1943 - England

DateNameRankSqrNotes
Watney, Michael GeorgeLieut? Killed in Tunisia whilst attached to the 10th Royal Hussars.
Stephenson, John CoryCaptain? Killed in Greece (air crash) whilst with the 15th/19th Hussars.

1944 - France

DateNameRankSqrNotes
Brown, Eric ErnestCorporal? Killed in Yugoslavia whist attached to the Raiding Support Regiment.

Operation EPSOM

Hogg, Edward CharlesL/CplC Killed on day one of Operation EPSOM, Edward was the Regiment's first death in battle.
Balding, Douglas JamesTrooperHQ  
  Bristoll, Arthur ReginaldTrooperHQ  
  Chestney, Walter ThomasTrooperC  
  Clark, Ronald ATrooperA There is much confusion over this man's identity, not helped by the fact that he was adopted. He is listed in the 23H Story as D. Clark, in the "A" Squadron War Diary as J. Clark, on the "A" Squadron panel in Bridlington Priory as D.J. Clark, on the CWGC website as Ronald A Clark, on the Army Roll of Honour as Donald A Clark and on his headstone as R.A. Clark.
  Eyres, JamesTrooperA  
  Glanville, William LeonardTrooperC  
  Hayes, George DavisonL/CplHQ  
  Hemming, Douglas GeorgeSergeantA  
  Larcombe, Lawrence AlfredTrooperA  
  Parkinson, PeterTrooperA  
  Phillips, Alfred GeoffreyTrooperHQ  
  Pope, William ArthurTrooperHQ/A  
  Redding, Charles HTrooperC  
  Roach, Richard ThomasCorporalA  
  Sacco, Bernard ATrooperA  
  Scott, Leslie LionelSergeantHQ  
  Seasman, WilliamTrooperA  
  Sharpe, Peter BruceTrooperA  
  Sheppard, George David WilliamTrooperHQ  
  Thorpe, Robert John MartinTrooperC  
  Weston Jack LewisTrooperHQ  
  Wheway, Roland EdwardL/CplA  
  Whitaker, Ronald ErnestTrooperHQ  
Ball, Leonard WilliamL/CplB  
  Brown, JosephTrooperB  
  Clark, Robert GordonCaptainB  
  Franklin, CharlesL/CplB  
  Helyar, Peter Gordon2/LieutB  
  Holt, Reginald PercyL/CplB  
  Pearce, George EdwardTrooperB  
  Sawyer, John Ernest CharlesTrooperB  
  Stebbings, Arthur JohnTrooperB He is 'John Arthur' in military records, 'Arthur John' in civilian records.
Pollard, George ThomasTrooperA  
Edwards, EricCorporalHQ  
  Lowis, HaroldSergeantHQ  
  Pollard, George ThomasTrooperHQ/A Died of wounds received the previous day.
  Reekie, George EdwardCorporalHQ  
Hollis, Thomas FrederickTrooperA  

Operation GOODWOOD

Adams, JohnCorporalB Killed by 'friendly fire'.
  Ashley, Stanley CecilTrooperC  
  Bateman, George AlfredSergeantB  
  Blundell, Thomas ArthurTrooperC Listed as H. Blundell in the 23H Story and Thomas Alfred Blundell on the CWGC website.
  Burrows, Ronald HenryTrooperC  
  Callender, Thomas NeilTrooperC  
  Chaney, Kenneth PatrickTrooperB  
  Cutting, Robert EdwardTrooperB  
  Degg, HarryTrooperC  
  Hillier, Bernard EdwinTrooperC  
  Hiscock, Leonard JohnTrooperB  
  Horrobin, BertSergeantC  
  Lane, Kenneth Walter JohnTrooperB  
  Marsden, HarryTrooperC  
  McConnell, Arthur JamesSergeantB  
  McIntosh, Donald StuartSergeantC  
  Pratt, Michael AlanLieutC  
  Roberts, John JosephL/CplC  
  Robinson, Frank LawrenceTrooperB  
  Shebbeare, William Godolphin Conway MajorB/C  
  Slack, GeorgeTrooperA  
  Stevens, William HenryTrooperC  
  Walton, StephenTrooperA  
  Webster, John RossSergeantC  
  Wood, JohnTrooperC  
Tingle, HarryTrooperA  
Robinson, Frank LawrenceTrooperB Died of wounds sustained on 19 Jul.
Walker, Alan MichaelLieutenant? Died of wounds sustained on 19 Jul.

Operation BLUECOAT

Clancy, Patrick ThomasCorporalHQ  
Greenwood, Francis HenryCorporalHQ  
  Richardson, HaroldTrooperA  
Arno, HarryTrooperHQ  
  Clegg, Ronald AlfredCorporalA  
  Moss, FrankL/CplA  
  Richardson, BraithwaiteTrooperB  
Beresford, George HenrySergeantC  
  Cooper, Albert Edward ThomasTrooperC  
  Cull, Stanley MorrisTrooperC  
  Haigh, Harold WilliamTrooperHQ  
  Sives, Robert MarshallTrooperC  
  Slocombe, Robert HenryTrooperA  
Beazley, Stanley PercivalTrooperC  
  Harrison, Allan RobertTrooperC  
  Treanor, Peter MichaelLieutenantC  
Deans, DavidTrooperA Died of wounds sustained on 2 Aug.
  Packman, Alfred PhilipTrooperB  
Moore, CyrilTrooperC  
  Terry, Alan ErnestTrooperC  
Hunter, ThomasL/CplA  
  Oldham, ErnestSergeantA  
  Stock, Joseph GrandisonTrooperA  
  Withers, AllanTrooperA  
Cheshire, Robert JohnTrooperA, B  
  Insley, John HaroldTrooperB  
Cornwall, James BernardLieutenantHQ  
  Epathite, George James HenryTrooperHQ  

1944 - Belgium

DateNameRankSqrNotes
Bushnell, John KennethTrooperHQ  
  Evans, Robert Hugh2/LieutC  
  Watts, Albert ErnestTrooperC  
Collins, Robert JamesTrooperA  
  Cottrell, Raymond Henry2/LieutA  
  Smith, Cecil Frederick ChristopherTrooperA  
  Stenner, Edward JosephTrooperA  
  Williams, Robert Owen LlewelynL/CplA  
Sarson, Charles TerenceTrooperC Died of wounds sustained on 3 Sep.
Drysdale, Bernard VincentSergeantA  
  Jordan, Ronald HenryTrooperA  
  Marwood, John StovesTrooperA  
Henson, Richard LiddonLieutenantA Royal Berkshire Regt, attached 5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Unwin, Richard Geoffrey HaldaneLieutenant?  
Dale, William CharlesL/SergeantHQ  
  Lloyd, Robert HenryTrooperHQ  
Newell, Edward FrankCorporalC  
  Turner, Frank MaconieLieutenantC  
George, Thomas Edward JohnTrooperC  
Newton, Edward GrahamTrooperC Killed in a barn fire.
  Winster, Meinhard RonaldTrooperC Killed in a barn fire. Born Meinhard Weil in Berlin.
Forbes, John McKinnonTrooperB  
  Manders, Dennis GerardTrooperB  
  Raper, JamesL/CplB  
  White, WilliamCorporalB  
Hansom, George DerekTrooperB Killed in the V2 Rocket attack on the Rex Cinema, Antwerp.
  Jolliffe, Charles VictorTrooperlA Killed in the V2 Rocket attack on the Rex Cinema, Antwerp.

1945 - Belgium

DateNameRankSqrNotes
Gearing, John AnthonyL/CplA  
  Mather, Thomas RonaldTrooperA  
  Roberts, Thomas KennethSergeantA  
  Roche, JamesTrooperA  
  Wassall, StanleyTrooperA  
Worsley, ThomasTrooperA  

1945 - Germany

DateNameRankSqrNotes
Edkins, Henry JacksonCorporalB  
  Gibbons, Frederick JamesTrooperB  
  Malbon, Leonard WilliamTrooperB  
  Plant, George WilfredTrooperB  
  Richardson, RaymondTrooperB  
Flynn, Sydney CharlesTrooperA/HQ  
  Rolt, Cecil Francis BurneyCaptain  Attached Brigade Headquarters.
Foulkes, EdwardTrooperHQ  
Goss, Albert EdwardTrooperA  
  Gregory, Thomas Frederick TrooperA  
  LeRoux, John CharlesTrooperA  
  Littlewood, John EdwardSergeantA  
  Randles, Albert EdwardTrooperA  
Hutchinson, ReginaldTrooperA  
Hoggart, George EdwardTrooperA  
  Patrick, Christopher ThomasSergeantA  
  Pugh, George SydneyTrooperA  
  Taylor, BenjaminL/CplA  

1946 - England

DateNameRankSqrNotes
Wood, Anthony EdwardTrooperA Wounded 18 Jul 1944 in Normandy. Evacuated to England and died in Markfield Sanitorium.

1947 - Germany

DateNameRankSqrNotes
Lomas, Denis CharlesL/CplA Died whilst serving with the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.