IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France
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HOTTON War Cemetery (Luxembourg Belgium)
Page 1 The Pictures
Page 2 List of Casualties
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| Photo courtesy Jean-Michel Dominique (Bel) |
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| Pte Lawrence Frederick Beach 05/01/1945 aged 18 | |
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| Sgt William James Ormshaw 02/03/1945
aged 23 for Martin K. Stevens and family |
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| Sgt Basil Orrick 13/08/1944 aged 19 for his sister Patricia Orrick |
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| Pte Daniel Regan 03/01/1945 aged 19 He was killed in the battle for Bure in Belgium, a part of the Ardennes offensive. He was with Alpha Company 13th Parachute regiment. for his great nephew Paul Morley and family |
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| Polish Airman Wladyslaw Wyganowski
(300 Sqn) 02/03/1945 aged 31 http://www.niebieskaeskadra.pl/ |
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| Pte William Jackson 17/08/1917 - 11/01/1945 William was born in Walsall to John and Sarah Ann Jackson of 35, Bagnall Street, Leamore. Serving initially with the 1st Bn, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he landed in France on D Day, 06/06/1944 and took part in actions at Caen and Falaise. He was transferred to the Seaforth Highlanders on 27/08/1944. William was mortally wounded during an attack to take the high ground south of the main Marche-Hotton road. It is believed that William was sheltering in a barn when struck by a shell. His parents are buried in Ryecroft Cemetery, Walsall and he is commemorated on their headstone. for Graeme Clarke and the people of Walsall |
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| F/Lt Lawrence David Hillier 03/09/1942
aged 24 MWO (ret'd RCAF) Jeffrey Lawrence Smith (Wakefield QC, Can.) |
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| W/O Alwyn Terence Till 21/08/1944 aged
23 for Pippa Ettore and the Official Battle of Britain Historical Society |
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| F/Sgt John Henry Charles Ross 13/08/1944
aged 21 for the Shoreham Aircraft Museum |
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| Tpr Herbert Arthur Flowerdew 04/01/1945
aged 37 for his daughter Frances E. Hancock (Nee Flowerdew) |
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| F/O Devoe Woolf 26/12/1944 for his nephew Kevin Woolf |
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| Andrew Woolf had five sons who served
during the war. Fortunately, four of them survived. |
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| Capt John Patrick Milner 07/01/1945
aged 25 for his nephew George Latham |
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645 casualties
IF You have a casualty picture, please send me a copy, I'll be glad to show it on this page.
IF You want a king size copy of this picture (300/900 ko - 2592/1944 pixels) please e-mail me.
IF You want picture of a particular grave, in this cemetery, please e-mail me.
Casualties informations come usualy from Commonwealth War Graves Commission, see links for more informations
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