Specific Details - Officers

Their Names Liveth For Evermore

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Lieutenant Colonel SHANE EDWARD ROBERT O'NEILL,
3rd Baron, Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim
Killed in Action age 37, 24th October 1944, while on reconnaissance near Monte Cavallo, Italy.
Service Number: 36738.
See Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: London.
Son of Captain the Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill, M.P., and Lady Annabel O'Neill, South Kensington, London.
Husband of Lady O'Neill, Shane's Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Buried: Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: XVII.A.1
His name appears on a stained glass memorial window in the Palace of Westminster.

Major JOHN HENRY GEORGE CRICHTON
5th Earl of Erne
Attached 12th Royal Lancers
Killed in Action age 32, 23rd May 1940, near Dunkirk, France.
Service Number: 38699.
Son of Henry William, Viscount Crichton (KIA, 31st October 1914), and Lady Mary Crichton, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England.
Husband of Davina, Countess of Erne, Knebworth.
Buried: Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Grave location: F.13
His name appears on a stained glass memorial window in the Palace of Westminster.

Major WILLIAM MUIR MacKEAN MC
Officer Commanding 'B' Squadron
Posted to the Regiment, 23rd July 1940, from 525 Antrim Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Killed in Action age 26, 7th October 1944, during the attack on Monte Farneto, Italy.
Service Number: 88567.
Award of the Military Cross published in the London Gazette 21st September 1943, Issue 36189, Page 4.
See: Relevant Extracts
Birthplace: Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Son of Charles Louis and Isobel Guthrie MacKean, Dunadry, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Buried: Coriano Ridge Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: XII.D.8

Major JOHN REW
Officer Commanding 'B' Squadron
Posted to the Regiment from the 16/5th Lancers.
Mentioned in Despatches, 14th October 1943
Posted to Regiment: 27th July 1940
Killed in Action age 29, 4th March 1943, near Beja, Tunisia.
Service Number: 62566.
See: Relevant Extracts
Son of John and Gladys Rew, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England.
Husband of Felicity Mary Rew, Aylesbury.
Buried: Beja (now Bäjah) Military Cemetery, Tunisia.
Re-interred: Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave location: 12.H.5


Lieutenant GRAEME CARTHEW BROWN
'B' Squadron
Killed in Action by a sniper's bullet, age 28, 23rd May 1944 in the first hour of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 232536.
See: Relevant Extract from NIH Battle Reports
Son of Clarence and Winifred Brown, Paignton, Devon, England.
Husband of Mary Enid Brown, Paignton.
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.G.4


Lieutenant ANTHONY DANVERS CAVENDISH BUTLER
Posted to Regiment: 17th October 1939
Killed in Action age 27, 14th July 1943, whiile attached 3 Commando.
Service Number: 103008.
See: Relevant Extract
Birthplace: Ipswich, England.
Son of Henry Cavendish & Blanche Cavendish Butler, Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Buried: Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Grave location: I.B.16


Lieutenant RONALD MITCHELL HORSBURGH
'C' Squadron
Killed in Action, age 21, 23rd May 1944 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 261943.
See: Relevant Extract from NIH Battle Reports
Son of George Kerr and Catherine Horsburgh, Edinburgh.
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.H.15


Lieutenant GEOFFREY WILLIAM HUTCHINSON
Posted to Regiment: 12th July 1942
Killed in a road accident age 22, 1st November 1943, while enroute to rejoin the Regiment after being discharged from hospital.
Service Number: 237392.
See: Relevant Extract
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Hutchinson, Leicester, England.
Buried: Constantine Military Cemetery, Algeria.
Re-buried: Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave location: 8.G.7


Lieutenant JOHN JAMES HENRY PYL
'B'' Squadron
Posted to Regiment: 20th December 1941
Killed in Action, age 27, 23rd May 1944 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 220683.
See: Relevant Extract from NIH Battle Reports
Son of John Henry Christian and Beatrice Pyl, Edinburgh .
Husband of Marjorie Pyl, Edinburgh.
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location: III.H.19


Lieutenant THOMAS GODFREY TUCKEY
Killed in Action age 28, 23rd May 1944 the first day of the assault on the Hitler Line.
Service Number: 249311.
See: Relevant Extract from NIH Battle Reports
Son of The Very Reverend Canon John Townsend Tuckey and Jessie Tuckey, Ballylickey, County Cork, Éire
Buried: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Grave location:III.H.20


Second Lieutenant RICHARD PETER MONTAGUE MANN
'C' Squadron
Posted to Regiment: 18th November 1942
Killed in Action, 30th April 1943 near Sidi Ahmed, Tunisia, when his tank fell into a wadi.
Service Number: 251345.
See: Relevant Extracts
Son of Harry Montague and Dorothy Fleming Mann, Dingwall. Highland, Scotland.
Husband of Dorothy Mary Mann, Dingwall.
Buried: Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave location: I.B.5
His name is inscribed on Milverton (St. Michael) Cemetery Memorial, Milverton, Scotland.

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