North Irish Horse Casualties in World War Two

Specific Details - Non-Commissioned Officers

World War Two

"Their Names Liveth For Evermore"

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Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant ALEXANDER SCOTT BROWN
'C' Squadron
Killed age 27, 21st March 1943, from mortar fire that hit the Bedford 3-tonner, in which he was travelling, near Beja, Tunisia.
Service Number: 7897764.
See: War Diaries Extract
Birthplace: Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Son of Alexander and Mary Brown, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
As he was buried in "Unknown Grave" his name is inscribed on the Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia, on Face 4.
Also inscribed on Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.


Sergeant WALTER JOHN BEST
'A' Squadron
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in Action age 32, 23rd May 1944, during the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 7904280.
See: Extracts from North Irish Horse Battle Reports
Birthplace: Northern Ireland.
Son of David and Rebecca Jane Best, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.H.9


Sergeant RONALD EDWARD BONE
Died at the age of 24, 15th August 1944 in a British General Hospital, Naples, from wounds received during the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 7920875.
See: Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: London SE.
Son of Robert William and Lily Bone, Plumstead, London.
Buried: Naples War Cemetery Italy. Grave location: I.E.1


Sergeant HUGH McILROY BURNS
'B' Squadron
Killed in Action age 23, 2nd December 1944, while in support of 1st Canadian Division near Prada, Italy.
Service Number: 7902977.
See: Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: Belfast.
Son of James and Anna Ferris Burns, Belfast.
Buried: Forli War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: I.D.5


Sergeant JAMES ERNEST IVOR CLULOW
Regimental HQ
Killed in Action age 28, 4th August 1944, from shellfire near Antella, Italy.
Service Number: 7902378.
War Diaries Extract
Birthplace: Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Son of Pte. Joseph (Royal Irish Fusiliers KIA, Belgium, 16th August, 1917) and Eleanor Clulow, Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
‡ Buried: Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: I.D.12
Recorded: Portadown War Memorial, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.


Sergeant ALBERT GEORGE ELLIOTT
'C' Squadron
Killed in Action age 23, 23rd May 1944 on the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 7903226.
See: Extracts from North Irish Horse Battle Reports
Birthplace: Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Son of William George and Margaret Anne Elliott, Tullyhommon, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.H.21


Sergeant NORMAN HEWITT
'C' Squadron
Killed in Action age 26, 9th March 1943, near Sedjenane, Tunisia.
Service Number: 7897725.
See: Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: Belfast.
Buried: Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave location: 4.B.12


Sergeant JAMES McLAUGHLIN
'C' Squadron
Killed in Action age 32, 23rd May 1944 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 7903208.
See: Extracts from North Irish Horse Battle Reports
Birthplace: Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth McLaughlin, Dervock, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Husband of Mary McLaughlin, Dervock, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.H.4


Sergeant TERENCE JOHN McQUEEN
'C' Squadron
Killed in Action age 30, 22nd July 1944, when supporting 2/4th Hants to Meleto, Italy.
Number: 7897810.
See: Battle Report Extract
Birthplace: Down, Northern Ireland.
Son of John and Mary McQueen Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
‡ Buried: Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: II.B.3
His name is inscribed on Bangor Cemetery Memorial, Bangor, Northern Ireland..


Sergeant LESLIE NORRIS REEVE
Posted to the NIH from the Hampshire Regiment
Killed in Action age 23, 23rd May 1944 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 5509100
See: Extracts from North Irish Horse Battle Reports
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.G.8


Sergeant PATRICK JOSEPH WALTERS
'A' Squadron
Killed in Action age 33, 28th February 1943, near Beja, Tunisia.
Service Number: 7897655.
See: Relevant Extracts
Son of James A. and Ellen Walters, Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Husband of Lyndsay Walters and father of Michael.
Buried: Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave location: 12.H.1
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Corporal PETER ASPREY
'A' Squadron
Died from Wounds age 22, 18th September 1944, sustained during the assault on Cerasola Ridge, Italy.
Service Number: 7951967.
See: Relevant Extract
Birthplace: Rickmansworth, England.
Son of Ernest and Edith Asprey, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.
Buried: Gradara War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: II.A.22
His name is inscribed on the Croxley Green Memorial,Bedfordshire.


Corporal ROBERT DICKSON
'C' Squadron
Killed in Action age 35, 30th April 1943, near Sidi Ahmed, Tunisia.
Service Number: 7897546.
See: Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: Belfast.
Son of Thomas and Agnes Dickson, Sion Mills, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Buried: Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave location: I.B.3


Corporal EDWARD ARCHER HARRISON
Died age 43, 5th October 1943, killed in a road accident.
Service Number: 7897583.
See: Narrative Extract
Birthplace, Cardiff, Wales.
Son of William Arnold and Alice Harrison, Dunmore East, County Waterford, Éire.
Husband of Elizabeth Jane Harrison, Dunmore East.
Buried: Bône War Cemetery, Annaba, Algeria. Grave location: I.C.3


Corporal HUGH KENNEDY
Killed in a motor accident, age 31,16th December 1940.
Service Number: 7902429.
Son of John and Martha Kennedy, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Husband of Margaret Kennedy, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Buried: Bangor Cemetery, County Down, Northern Ireland. Grave location: E.D.2
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Lance Corporal WILLIAMSON J. BENSON
Killed in Action, 23rd May 1944 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service number: 7902796.
See: Extracts from North Irish Horse Battle Reports
Birthplace: Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Son of Joseph and Isabella Benson, Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Husband of Margaret Benson, Portrush.
Buried: CassinoWar Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.H.17


Lance Corporal ALFRED JOHNSTON CANTWELL
Killed in Action. Age 21, 23rd May 1944 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 7938735.
See: Extracts from North Irish Horse Battle Reports
Birthplace: Éire.
Son of Jacob and Edith Cantwell, Portarlington, County Laoighis, Éire.
Buried: CassinoWar Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.H.3


Lance Corporal THOMAS SAMUEL CHAMBERS
Killed in Action, 23rd May 1944 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 7903468.
See: Extracts from North Irish Horse Battle Reports
Birthplace: Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.H.11


Lance Corporal SYDNEY COX
'A' Squadron
Killed in Action age 32, 23rd May 194 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 7948861.
See: Extracts from North Irish Horse Battle Reports
Birthplace: Wigan, Lancashire, England.
Son of Ernest Walter and Ann Cox, Wigan, Lancashire, England.
Husband of Annie Cox, Wigan, Lancashire.
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.G.1


Lance Corporal ROBERT SINCLAIR MILNE HAZELDINE
'C' Squadron
Killed in Action age 32, 4th March 1943 near Sedjenane, Tunisia, when his tank was hit by A/T fire.
Service Number: 7944088.
See: Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: Bolton, Lancashire, England.
Buried: Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave location: 2.C.13


Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHN HILL
'A' Squadron
Killed in Action age 36, 19th June 1944, during an attack on Ripa in support of 6th Indian Lancers.
Service Number: 7903005.
See: Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Son of George and Catherine Hill, Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Husband of Mary Samuelina Hill, Portrush.
Buried: Assisi War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: VII.F.11



Lance Corporal HENRY HUTCHINSON
Killed in Action age 26, 9th March 1943, near Sedjenane, Tunisia.
Service Number: 7902402.
See: War Diaries Extract
Birthplace: Belfast.
Son of Henry and Rachel Hutchinson, Belfast.
Buried: Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave location: 3.D.21


Lance Corporal ARCHIBALD JACKSON
'A' Squadron
Killed in Action age 35, 19th June 1944, near Ripa while in support of 6th Indian Lancers.
Service Number: 7897752.
See: Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Husband of Rebecca Jackson, Waterside, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Buried: Assisi War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: VII.F.12


Lance Corporal WILLIAM CARNACHAN JAMIESON
Posted to the NIH from the Lancers
Killed in Action age 27, 26th April 1943 the final day of the battle for "Longstop Hill", Tunisia,when his tank was struck by lightning. Two other crew members were hurt.
Service Number: 3321962.
See: Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland.
Son of John and Jean Jamieson, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland.
Buried: Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave location: 10.A.18


Lance Corporal HENRY JENKINS
'B' Squadron
Killed in Action age 26, 23rd May 1944 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 7904543.
See: Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: Éire.
Son of Edward Henry and Norah Jenkins, Glenageary, County Dublin, Éire.
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.H.2


Lance Corporal ROBERT MILLIKEN
'A' Squadron
Killed in Action age 24, 23rd May 1944 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 7903287.
See: Extracts from North Irish Horse Battle Reports
Birthplace: Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Son of John and Annie Milliken, Mosside, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Husband of Agnes Milliken, Mosside.
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.H.7


Lance Corporal DENIS O'FARRELL
'C' Squadron
Killed in Action age 20, 4th March 1943 near Sedjenane, Tunisia, when his tank was hit by A/T fire.
Service Number: 7904968.
See: Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: Éire.
Son of Augustine J. and Mab O'Farrell, Birr, County Offaly, Éire.
Buried: Tabarka Ras Rejal War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave location: 2.E.10


Lance Corporal JAMES HOWARD MOORE PRYDE
'B' Squadron Killed in Action age 26, 23rd May 1944 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 7903481.
See: Extracts from North Irish Horse Battle Reports
Birthplace: Antrim.
Son of Arthur R. M. and Lucie S. Pryde, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.H.10


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