1942-04-08 - The Royal Lancers

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This Day in History: 1942-04-08

SHELLSHEAR. EWART WILLIAM Age: 34 Trooper 12th Royal Lancers Libya ‘7942917’

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Battle Honours: 1794 Beaumont - 16LD
Deaths - We will remember them: 1916 HUNTER. GODFREY JACKSON 26 Second Lieutenant 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers Ireland, Republic of; 1918 BOWYER. EDWIN JAMES 48 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers United Kingdom 'GS/11566'; 1940 SULLIVAN. ADAM BURNS Captain 16th/5th Lancers UK '22271'; 1943 RYAN. WILLIAM Age: 32 Trooper 12th Royal Lancers Tunisia '7914534'; 1943 WILKINSON. FRANCIS DAVID Age: 23 Trooper 12th Royal Lancers Tunisia '329784'; 1943 DAWSON. DENNIS TREVOR Age: 22 Trooper 9th Queen's Royal Lancers Tunisia '7914320'; 1943 GRAY. WILLIAM CHARLES Age: 23 Lance Corporal 9th Queen's Royal Lancers Tunisia '320746'; 1943 HAYMAN. CHRISTOPHER HARTLEY Age: 24 Captain 9th Queen's Royal Lancers Tunisia '105651'; 1943 LOWRIE. JAMES Age: 25 Corporal 9th Queen's Royal Lancers Tunisia '317742'; 1943 NELSON. JOHN COCHRANE Age: 24 Trooper 9th Queen's Royal Lancers Tunisia '7901174'; 1943 SMITH. JOHN Age: 36 Sergeant 9th Queen's Royal Lancers Tunisia '7923001'; 1943 SMITH. NORMAN EDWARD A. Age: 27 Sergeant 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '316722'; 1943 HOLMES. FRANK Age: 27 Trooper 16th/5th Lancers Tunisia '319239'

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Major P A Watson
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