WB/Green5/6/3

Colour photograph of bronze plaque commemorating J.W.Green Limited employees who died in World War Two [details from Commonwealth War Graves Commission in square brackets], being: - Gunner Reginald T[homas] Davies, [79th (Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment], Royal Artillery, killed in a gun accident, [20] Jan 1944 [aged 26; son of Thomas A. and Mabel; buried in Luton Church Burial ground]; - Pte.Ralph Holton, [26 Field Butchery], Royal Army Service Corps, died, [16] Jul 1945 [aged 23; son of Elsie Lauretta of Luton; buried Caserta War Cemetery, Italy]; - Pte. James Julius Jones, [2nd/6th] Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, killed in action, [28] Sep 1944 [aged 22; son of Harold Aubrey and Jessie of Luton; buried Cesena War Cemetery, Italy]; - Sick Berth Attendant Percy E[wart] Kilby, [HMS Mentor], Royal Navy, accidentally drowned, [7] Feb 1943 [aged 20; son of Walter and Lily of Luton; commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial]; - Pte.Cyril Medcraft, [1st/4th Battalion] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, killed, [25 Jun - memorial says Nov] 1944 [aged 19; son of Thomas and Amelia of Luton; buried St.Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, Calvados, Normandy]; - Gunner Arthur Shepherd [328 Battery, 32 (7th Battalion, City of London) Searchlight Regiment] Royal Artillery, killed by a mine, [24 Dec 1941 - plaque says Jan 1942] [buried Luton Church Burial Ground]; - Pte.Aubrey John Smith [5th Battalion], Suffolk Regiment, died a PoW, [2] Oct 1943 [aged 31; buried Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand]; - AC1 Charles Henry Snoxell [242 Squadron] Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died a PoW, [23] Nov 1942 [commemorated on Singapore Memorial]; - Gunner Reginald George Toyer [1st Medium Regiment] Royal Artillery, killed, [6] Mar 1944 [aged 26; son of Walter and Kate and husband of Nellie Beatrice, all of Luton; buried Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma]

1941-1945

From: 1941 To: 1945

English

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J.W.Green Limited,
Davies, Reginald Thomas,
Davies, Thomas A.,
Davies, Mabel,
Holton, Ralph,
Holton, Elsie Lauretta,
Jones, James Julius,
Jones, Harold Aubrey,
Jones, Jessie,
Kilby, Percy Ewart,
Kilby, Walter,
Kilby, Lily,
Medcraft, Cyril,
Medcraft, Thomas,
Medcraft, Amelia,
Shepherd, Arthur,
Smith, Aubrey John,
Snoxell, Charles Henry,
Toyer, Reginald George,
Toyer, Walter,
Toyer, Kate,
Toyer, Nellie Beatrice

J.W.Green Limited, cemeteries, burials, deaths, war memorials, prisoners of war, Royal Artillery, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal West Surrey Regiment, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Searchlight Regiment, Suffolk Regiment, Royal Air Force, LUTON, Caserta, Cesena, Chatham, Cheux, Chungkai, Singapore, Taukkyan