LEATHERHEAD WAR MEMORIALS
WORLD WAR II
Town Memorial list, by DATEfor by SERVICE for by NAME
upper case links are for researched names: lower case links are for CWGC database record where available, pending further research
1939
1939 14 Oct BONNER, Walter Clive HMS Royal Oak, Royal Marine Band: East Rudham: age 26
1939 14 Oct KIRBY, Desmond (actually KIRKBY) HMS Royal Oak, Royal Navy: age 17
1939 14 Oct MARTIN, Leonard George HMS Royal Oak, Royal Navy: Leatherhead: age 16
1939 14 Oct POULTER, Richard HMS Royal Oak, Royal Navy: Leatherhead: age ns
1940
1940 29 Apr ALLEN, Clifford G HMS Fleetwood, Royal Navy: Leatherhead: age 28
1940 23 May LEARMOND, Patrick Alexander George (Roll: Patrick AC) 92 Sqdn., Royal Air Force: Leatherhead: age ns, but 20
1940 24 May SNELLING, George Edwin 228 Bty., 57 (1/5th Bn. The East Surrey Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery: Leatherhead: age 18
1940 28 May SYMONS, Humfrey Ewan Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Leatherhead: age 40
1940 29 May LONG, Charles Herbert 228 Bty., 57 (1/5th Bn. The East Surrey Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery: Leatherhead: age 18
1940 30 May KNOWLER, Rupert Alfred 680 Gen. Constr. Coy. Royal Engineers: Leatherhead: age 28
1940 16 Jun WILLIAMS, H 1st Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): age 21
1940 23 Jul STEELE, Reginald Alfred 211 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Leatherhead: age 19
1940 30 Aug HATCHWELL, Frederick Postman: Leatherhead: age 57 [casualty not on memorial]
1941
1941 25 Feb COE, F(rank) E(dward) HMS Exmoor Royal Navy: Leatherhead: age 24
1941 11 Mar RICHARDS, Charles Henry Fireman, Leatherhead Fire Brigade: Leatherhead: age 33
1941 10 Mar ARNOLD, Edward Rolfe 35 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Leatherhead: age 25
1941 1 Jun PIPER, Thomas John Victor 70th Bn. The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regt.): Leatherhead: age 18
1941 3 Jun MESSENGER, (Peter) George James Coldstream Guards: loc ns: age 26
1941 15 Jul PINCHES, Edward Ruxton 210 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Leatherhead: age 25
1941 7 Sep HUTT, Robert Keith 57 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Leatherhead: age 21
1941 26 Sep PETERS, Cyril Harold 7 Field Sqn Royal Engineers: Shoreham-by-Sea: age 24
1941 12 Oct ARCHER, Edmund Hedley HMS Jackdaw: Leatherhead: age 20
1941 14 Oct BRADLEY, George HMS Fleur de Lys Royal Navy: Leatherhead: age 32
1941 24 Oct AXE, Frederick Arthur 152 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Gainsborough: age 21
1942
1942 29 Jan WATKINS, Reginald Spencer 12th Royal Lancers Royal Amoured Corps: Libya: age 26
1942 15 Aug PRENTICE, Harold J civilian: Kidderpore: age 35
1942 17 Sep FLEMINGTON, Charles Henry 1/5th Bn.The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): Leatherhead: age 27
1942 21 Oct DAVIES, Arthur [Clarence] 534 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Leatherhead: age 25
1942 25 Oct BOYLE, Brian John Waldron 142 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Leatherhead: age 28
1942 25 Oct STREET, Eric Charles James 1/5th Bn.The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): Leatherhead: age 27
1942 26 Oct THOMPSON, Frank Richard James 11th (1st Bn. The Queen's Westminsters) Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps: Leatherhead: age 26
1942 3 Nov MILLER, Kenneth MacIver 73 Sqdn. Royal Air Force (RAFO): West Moors: age 28
1942 14 Nov POULTER, Leonard Victor 210 Field Coy. Royal Engineers: Leatherhead: age 23
1942 15 Nov KEBBELL, Donald Frederick HMS Avenger Royal Navy: Leatherhead: age 22
1943
1943 13 Jan GILLETT, David Stapylton 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Leatherhead: age 22
1943 5 Mar MUNDY, George Shaylor 144 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery: loc ns: age 25
1943 5 Mar ROWLAND, James Walter 144 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A Regt. Royal Artillery: Leatherhead: age 30
1943 5 Mar STURT, John Edward Royal Artillery: Epsom: age 33 [casualty not on memorial]
1943 11 Jun STEVENSON, Donald 106 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Guildford: age 21
1943 11 Aug von BERGEN, Mark Allen HM Submarine Parthian: Leatherhead: age 22
1943 3 Sep GRANTHAM, William George Pioneer Corps: Leatherhead: age 38
1943 26 Sep GOODRICH, Douglas The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): Streatham: age 26
1943 17 Oct HUMPHREY, Herbert 18th Divisional Provost Coy, Corps of Military Police: Guildford: age 33
1943 20 Oct MASKELL, Cecil Arthur 166 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Guildford: age 20
1943 26 Oct CLARK, Archibald 88 Field Battery Royal Artillery: Leatherhead: age 43
1943 28 Oct THOMPSON, Frederick Reginald 11th (1st Bn. The Queen's Westminsters) Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps: Leatherhead: age 26
The reason he is listed on the CWGC database as Reginald Frederick Thompson is being investigated
1943 30 Nov RAZZELL, Philip Douglas Royal Air Force: Leatherhead: age 22
1943 30 Nov SONGHURST, Jack Ronald Signal Sqn., 44th Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. Royal Corps of Signals: Wallington: age 29
1944
1944 7 Feb OTWAY, Ernest George 11 Coy. Pioneer Corps: Leatherhead: age 30
1944 18 Feb WILLMER, John Allan David (Roll says John David Allen) HMS Penelope Royal Navy: Leatherhead: age 19
1944 30 Mar HUTT, Thomas Kenneth HMS Laforey Royal Navy: Dronfield: age 31
1944 15 May RACE, Colin Royal Engineers: Fetcham: age 24
1944 11 Jun BELL, John Peter Ogilvie 15 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Leatherhead: age 20
1944 22 Jun MILLWARD, Maxwell Benjamin 207 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Leatherhead: age 33
1944 4 Jul STEER, William Henry Ernest 12th (10th Bn. The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regt.]) Bn.The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.: Leatherhead: age 23
1944 10 Jul KIRKHAM, Charles Daniel also on Fetcham WM 7th Bn. Hampshire Regiment: Fetcham: age 31
1944 14 Jul KENT, John Frederick 4th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment: Leatherhead: age 20
1944 2 Aug NORTH, Richard Charles 1st Bn. Rifle Brigade: Leatherhead: age 22
1944 8 Aug STURT, George Stanford Royal Artillery: Leatherhead: age 32 [casualty not on memorial]
1944 28 Aug JARAMILLO, William Frederick 4th Bn.Dorsetshire Regiment: loc ns: age 20
1944 13 Sep EVANS, Llewellyn Walter Joseph 281/86 Lt. A.A. Regt.Royal Artillery: Leatherhead: age 30
1944 19 Sep FLYNN, Francis Stubbs 2 Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery: Ashtead: age 33
1944 3 Oct PROCTOR, Gordon Hayter 45 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: Fetcham: age 30
1944 11 Oct SMYTH, Ralph Brudenell St George (Roll Ralph H) 28th Armd. Regt. British Columbia Regiment, R.C.A.C.: Leatherhead: age 32
1945
1945 24 Mar ESSEN, Malcolm Frederick Glider Pilot Regiment/RAFVR: South Hackney: age 21
1945 7 Apr CORBETT, Horace William 7 Bn Parachute Regt: Bookham: age 29
1945 22 Apr GANE, John Edwin 1st Bn. The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regt): Leatherhead: age 31
1945 24 Jun FINCH, James William Royal Air Force: Leatherhead: age 20
1945 15 Jul ORCHARD, Donald Royal Navy: Leatherhead: age 20
1946
1946 12 Aug WEST, Arthur Robert (buried Effingham) 689 Constr. Coy. Royal Engineers: Ashtead: age 28
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Harding, J
Williams, William
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