1945-03-02 - The Royal Lancers

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This Day in History: 1945-03-02

WATKINSON. CHARLES HENRY Age: 27 Corporal 16th/5th Lancers Italy ‘317427’

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Deaths - We will remember them: 1918 ALLEN. FRANK Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers France '11486'; 1918 HILL. CHARLES ROBERT Age: 42 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers France '10014'; 1918 HOWARD. W F Age: 28 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers France '5833'; 1918 SECONDE. AUBREY HERBERT Lance Corporal 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers 12th Lancers. France '5208'; 1918 SPENCER. JOSEPH Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers France '8195'; 1918 CRIBBES. JOHN 37 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '10230'; 1918 FORDHAM. ALFRED Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '10638'; 1918 HANGER. HARRY Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '90'; 1918 HEARD. RICHARD 36 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '1079'; 1918 KENNY. HUGH 36 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '10446'; 1918 KENT. FREDERICK JOHN 29 Corporal 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '12641'; 1918 MISKIMMIN. HUGH VICTOR Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '4765'; 1918 PERRYMAN. CLIFFORD Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '4275'; 1918 PETERS. RICHARD GEORGE 36 Lance Serjeant 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '12656'; 1918 PITTAWAY. ARTHUR Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '6013'; 1918 RICHARDS. EDWARD GEORGE 29 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '2050'; 1918 MOORE. ALBERT JAMES Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '4127'; 1918 ROYAL. JAMES ARTHUR 21 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '7635'; 1918 SHORT. JAMES WELLS Lance Corporal 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '4844'; 1918 HARLAND. G 31 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France 'L/10583'; 1918 WHITE. EDMUND JESSE Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '6580'; 1918 WOOLMER. ARTHUR 25 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '10575'; 1918 BAILEY. LESLIE FRED Serjeant 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '3600'; 1918 BEARDWELL. ALBERT FREDERICK Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '7470'; 1918 BISHOP. WILLIAM JAMES GILBERT Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers France '10056'; 1918 BROWN. JOSEPH 18 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '11845'; 1918 CHANNINGS. CHARLES 22 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '10141'; 1918 CHICK. FREDERICK CHARLES 33 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '13198'; 1918 CLARK. GEORGE LAWRENCE Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '5068'; 1918 FEWSTER. EDGAR 32 Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '9942'; 1918 FLANAGAN. WILLIAM Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '4635'; 1918 GALVIN. JOHN WILLIAM 22 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '5040'; 1918 GARBUTT. CYRIL MAURICE Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '4917'; 1918 GARN. THOMAS 24 Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '4843'; 1918 GIBBONS. STEPHEN 40 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '10976'; 1918 GOUGH. CLAUDE BERTRAND Serjeant 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '689'; 1918 HALE. THOMAS JAMES 23 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '5281'; 1918 HALLS. ALBERT Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '4733'; 1918 HOBBS. ALFRED Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '6692'; 1918 KENNEDY. JOHN FRANCIS 23 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '4668'; 1918 LUTON. ARTHUR JOHN 40 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '13210'; 1918 McDONALD. JOHN Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '13071'; 1918 ROBERT Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '6867'; 1918 McNAB. ROBERT Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '6867'; 1918 MANTON. ROBERT HENRY Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '5014'; 1918 MOUNTNEY. WILLIAM CHARLES Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '7463'; 1918 PANTER. GEORGE HENRY 23 Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '6563'; 1918 POBGEE. SIDNEY GEORGE Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '333'; 1918 READ. SIDNEY HERBERT Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '5965'; 1918 RUSSELL. HERBERT WILLIAM 24 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '6461'; 1918 SHIPP. THOMAS JAMES WESLEY Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '4835'; 1918 SHOESMITH. FRED Serjeant 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '2156'; 1918 SIMMONS. HENRY GEORGE 27 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '11613'; 1918 STEPHEN. JOHN STEPHEN Lieutenant 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France; 1918 TILLMAN. FREDERICK THOMAS 27 Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '2801'; 1918 LEWIS. SYDNEY THOMAS 24 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '11619'; 1918 BLISSITT. ALBERT SAMUEL 25 Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France 'L/5187'; 1918 VALDER. ERIC WILLIAM 21 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '10938'; 1918 WATSON. Sir JOHN 20 Second Lieutenant 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France; 1918 WEBB. ROBERT JAMES Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '12523'; 1918 WOODS. PERCY WILLIAM 25 Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '10904'; 1918 ANDREW. HAYDN 34 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '13090'; 1918 BARRETT. LOUIS Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '8579'; 1918 CLOUGH. WILLIAM Private 17th Lancers France '11847'; 1919 McFARLANE. W Age: 34 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers United Kingdom '4937'; 1921 PEEK. ROGER GRENVILLE Captain 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers United Kingdom; 1921 TENNANT. JOHN HAROLD ANTHONY Age: 21 Lieutenant 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers United Kingdom; 1945 DYSON. REGGIE Age: 25 Trooper 12th Royal Lancers Italy '322965'

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