In Memory of those Men of Long Eaton Who made The Supreme Sacrifice During World War Two
From the Memorial Plaque in the Long Eaton Town Hall which was complied by Members of the Branch.
"They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old
age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
at the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We Will Remember Them"
| Adcock |
A |
Steward |
Royal Navy |
1941 |
| Adkin |
S |
Marine |
Royal Marines |
1941 |
| Allsop |
WH |
Gnr |
Royal Artillery |
1942 |
| Alvey |
RH |
Sgt |
Royal Air Force |
1942 |
| Anthony |
SM |
Pte |
Army |
1944 |
| Archer |
E |
Pte |
Sherwood Foresters |
1943 |
| Astill |
LF |
Gnr |
Royal Artillery |
1943 |
| Astle |
FV |
Gnr |
Royal Artillery |
1944 |
| Atkin |
A |
F/Sgt |
Royal Air Force |
1944 |
| |
| Baguley |
P |
not available |
Royal Air Force |
1944 |
| Baker |
WH |
Pte |
Monmouthshire Regiment |
1945 |
| Baker |
D |
Pte |
Royal West Kent Regiment |
1944 |
| Bamford |
J |
Sgt Observer |
Royal Air Force |
1944 |
| Beardsley |
S |
Pte |
Army |
1945 |
| Beardsley |
G |
Pte |
Army |
1941 |
| Beck |
F |
Pte |
Sherwood Foresters |
1944 |
| Bennett |
WH |
Pte |
Sherwood Foresters |
1942 |
| Bennett |
W |
Cpl |
Royal Engineers |
1943 |
| Bentley |
F |
not available |
not available |
1944 |
| Bestwick |
B |
L/Cpl |
Royal Fusiliers |
1944 |
| Bestwick |
J |
Gnr |
Royal Artillery |
1942 |
| Bestwick |
RB |
F/O |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1944 |
| Bestwick |
H |
Cpl |
Sherwood Foresters |
1943 |
| Bexton |
DR |
Pte |
Royal Corps of Signals |
1943 |
| Bird |
CA |
not available |
not available |
1944 |
| Bloor |
F |
Sgt |
Royal Air Force |
1944 |
| Booth man |
J |
Pte |
Sherwood Foresters |
1944 |
| Bowmer |
G |
Pte |
Leicestershire Regiment |
1944 |
| Brackenbury |
D |
Pte |
Army |
1944 |
| Bradbury |
FR |
Sgt |
Army |
1943 |
| Bradley |
W |
A/Seaman |
Royal Navy |
1942 |
| Bramley |
A |
Cpl |
Royal Army Service Corps |
1940 |
| Bramley |
T |
Sgt Observer |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1944 |
| Brand |
FH |
L/Sgt |
Army |
1944 |
| Brown |
CV |
W O |
Royal Artillery |
1944 |
| Browning |
JE |
Sgt |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1942 |
| Buchanan |
J |
Sgt Pilot |
Royal Air Force |
1945 |
| Buckley |
J |
Gnr |
Royal Artillery |
1944 |
| Burnham |
A |
Cpl |
Royal Air Force |
1945 |
| Burns |
AD |
Gnr |
Royal Artillery |
1943 |
| Burton |
WE |
N/A |
Fleet Air Arm |
n/a |
| Buttler |
A |
A M |
Fleet Air Arm |
1945 |
| Button |
DG |
Sgt |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1944 |
| Buxton |
T |
Fusilier |
Army |
1944 |
| |
| Campbell |
H |
Pte |
Army |
1944 |
| Carrington |
GG |
Gnr |
Royal Artillery |
1945 |
| Carver |
JM |
Cpl |
Green Howards |
1943 |
| Chamberlain |
AH |
Pte |
Army |
1941 |
| Chamberlain |
H |
Pte |
Sherwood Foresters |
1944 |
| Chapman |
JR |
Gnr |
Royal Artillery |
1945 |
| Cherry |
AH |
Pte |
Army |
1944 |
| Clayton |
GW |
Pte |
Army |
1944 |
| Cleaver |
A |
Cpl |
Army |
1944 |
| Comery |
CF |
Cpl |
6th Bn Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt) |
1940 |
| Cook |
JE |
CPO |
Royal Navy |
1941 |
| Cooper |
D |
Cpl |
Royal Air Force |
1945 |
| Cooper |
WA |
Pte |
Army |
1945 |
| Cox |
BL |
Pte |
Royal Army Service Corps |
1944 |
| Crew |
WA |
Trooper |
Derbyshire Yeomanry |
1944 |
| |
| Daft |
HW |
Cpl |
Reconnaissance Corps |
1944 |
| Dakin |
SC |
A/Seaman |
Royal Navy |
1944 |
| Dale |
F |
Sgt |
Sherwood Foresters |
1944 |
| Deighton |
B |
Cpl |
Army |
1940 |
| Derrick |
R |
Pte |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
1943 |
| Disney |
TW |
Sgt |
Army |
1941 |
| Dobson |
L |
Pilot Officer |
Royal Air Force |
1942 |
| Dobson |
E |
Pte |
Army |
1944 |
| Domleo |
SV |
Sgt |
Royal Air Force |
1944 |
| Doncaster |
K |
not available |
Royal Air Force |
1943 |
| Dorkes |
T |
Pte |
Army |
1943 |
| Downes |
W |
L/Cpl |
Airborne |
1945 |
| Draycott |
N |
not available |
Royal Air Force |
1942 |
| Dumelow |
K |
Fusilier |
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
1943 |
| Dunbar |
GP |
Stoker |
Royal Navy |
1944 |
| Duncan |
N |
Pte |
York and Lancaster Regiment |
1944 |
| |
| Earl |
GD |
O/Seaman |
Royal Navy |
1940 |
| Eite |
SA |
L/Cpl |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
1941 |
| Elliott |
GA |
Pte |
Army |
1943 |
| Elvin |
S |
Pte |
Sherwood Foresters |
1944 |
| Evans |
L |
Sgt Pilot |
Royal Air Force |
1940 |
| |
| Fairweather |
JC |
Pte |
Army |
1942 |
| Fellows |
CE |
Pte |
South Staffordshire Regiment |
1944 |
| Foden |
K |
Gdsm |
Grenadier Guards |
n/a |
| Foster |
HJ |
Pte |
Sherwood Foresters |
1944 |
| Foster |
T |
Pte |
Sherwood Foresters |
1941 |
| Freeman |
DT |
Pte |
Army |
1943 |
| |
| Gavagan |
JA |
Pte |
Lancashire Fusiliers |
1943 |
| Gilleland |
H |
F/O |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1943 |
| Graham |
E |
Sgt |
Royal Air Force |
1943 |
| Green |
RL |
A/Seaman |
Royal Navy |
1942 |
| Grocock |
A |
Spr |
Royal Engineers |
1940 |
| Grooms |
AW |
Pte |
West Yorkshire Regiment |
1945 |
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say
For your tomorrow
We gave our today"
