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(16 officers)
BANGS, Jack Philip Laurence
Lieutenant. Royal Sussex Regiment attached to 2nd Battalion. Killed in action in Belgium on 3rd November 1944. Buried in Geel War Cemetery, Belgium. Aged 20.
BUTTERWORTH, Francis Wyndham Arthur
Lieutenant
Colonel, DSO, MBE. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's
Own) commanding 2nd Battalion.
Died of wounds in Holland on 6th
November 1944. Buried in
Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Holland.
Aged
37.
COTTLE, Harold Edgar
Lieutenant. Wiltshire Regiment attached to 10th Battalion. Died in India on 11th July 1945. Buried in Ranchi War Cemetery, India. Aged 29.
GARDINER, Thomas William
Lieutenant.
King's Own Royal Regiment
(Lancaster) attached to 10th Battalion.
Killed in action in Burma
on 16th December 1944. Buried in
Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.
Aged
30.
GORDON, Henry Langston
Lieutenant. Gordon Highlanders attached to 10th Battalion. Killed in action in Burma on 18th November 1944. Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Burma. Aged ??.
GOULD, Allan Dalgleish
Captain. RAMC attached to 10th Battalion. Killed in action in Burma on 23rd November 1944. Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma. Aged 44.
HOPPER, John Oliver
Makor, MiD. Artist's Rifles attached to 2nd Battalion. Killed in action in France on 30th July 1944. Buried in Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery, France. Aged 32.
LEVINE, John Orrell
Lieutenant. Royal Canadian Infantry Corps attached to 2nd Battalion. Killed in action in France on 2nd July 1944. Buried in Hottet-les-Bagues War Cemetery, France. Aged 23.
MOLYNEUX, Kenneth Edward Alyson
Captain. Dorsetshire Regiment attached to 10th Battalion. Died of wounds in India on 25th May 1945. Buried in Chittagong War Cemetery, now Bangladesh. Aged 32.
NICHOLAS, William Edward
Captain. Royal Canadian Infantry Corps attached to 2nd Battalion. Killed in action in France on 10th December 1944. Buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, France. Aged 29.
RIDDEL, William Lauder
Captain, MiD. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry attached to 10th Battalion. Died of wounds in India on 17th May 1945. Buried in Delhi War Cemetery, India. Aged 24.
ROBERTS, John James
Lieutenant. MiD. King's Own Royal Regiment
(Lancaster) attached to 10th Battalion.
Killed in action in Burma on
15th February 1945. Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.
Aged 23.
SHAW, Jack
Second Lieutenant. Devonshire Regiment attached to
2nd Battalion.
Killed in action in France on 5th October 1944.
Buried in Lier Belgian Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Aged 27.
WALMSLEY, Derek John
Lieutenant. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry attached to 10th Battalion. Killed in action in Burma on 13th February 1945. Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma. Aged 21.
WALTERS, Cyril
Lieutenant.
Devonshire Regiment attached to 2nd
Battalion.
Killed in action in Belgium on 31st October 1944.
Buried in Geel War Cemetery, Belgium.
Aged 28.
WRIGHT, Royce
Lieutenant. Royal Artillery attached to 10th Battalion. Killed in action in Burma on 17th August 1944. Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma. Aged 21.
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