Military casualties of the bombing of Torpoint

MILITARY CASUALTIES OF THE BOMBING OF TORPOINT

A. 24 MEN OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS WHO DIED WHEN THEIR AIR RAID SHELTER AT HMS RALEIGH RECEIVED A DIRECT HIT.

The Memorial placed by members of HMS Raleigh to commemorate 24 Royal Engineers and 41 Royal navy sailors who died in the incident of 28 April 1941

Click on the thumbnail for a larger version. Please note that many plants surround these stones and sometimes their foliage obscures the text.
J. BROGDEN	1907866 Sapper Jack Brogden of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Harry and Hannah Brogden (née Threapleton) of Bradford, Yorkshire; husband of Gladys Brogden of Odsal Top, Bradford, Yorkshire. Born in Bradford in the June Quarter of 1919. Died 28 April 1941 aged 21.
J. BRYAN	1940919 Driver Jack Bryan of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of William John and Elizabeth Ann Bryan; husband of Phyllis Evelyn Bryan of Rothwell, Northamptonshire. Born in Orton, Northamptonshire in 1911; twin of Norah Bryan. Died 28 April 1941 aged 30.
G.CARTER	1940915 Driver George Henry Carter of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers.Son of Alfred and Alice Carter of Watford, Herts; husband of Christine Carter. Born in 1910. Died 28 April 1941 aged 31.
D.CHAPMAN	2192787 Sapper Donald McKenzie Chapman of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of William and Mary McKenzie Chapman of Barking, Essex. Born in Rotherham in the June Quarter of 1922. Died 28 April 1941 aged 20.
H.CLARKE	1909513 Sapper Harry Cecil Clarke of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers.Son of Ernest and Mary Clarke of Abercynon, Glamorganshire. Born in Pontypridd in the December Quarter of 1919.
J.COULTER	1896434 Sapper James Lawson Coulter of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers.Son of George Lawson and Mary Coulter of Denny Loanhead, Stirlingshire. Born in 1916. Died 28 April 1941 aged 25.
P.EGAN	2066764 Sapper Patrick James Egan of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Charles and Eva A Egan of Denton, Gravesend, Kent. Born in Kent in the June Quarter of 1918. Died 28 April 1941 aged 22.
S.EMERY	2119112 Driver Stanley Emery of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Mr and Mrs Erenest E. Emery of Kentish Town, London. Born in Pancras in the September Quarter of 1913. Died 28 April 1941 aged 28.
J.GILES	1940995 Driver James Francis Giles of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Cecil Charles and Edith Mary Giles of Retford, Notts. Born in Retford in the June Quarter of 1912. Died 28 April 1941 aged 29.
W.GROTH	2016300 Sapper William Henry Groth of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Albert and Alice Groth. Born in North Allerton in the March Quarter of 1916. Died 28 April 1941 aged 25.
A.GYPPS	2194168 Sapper Albert Edgar Gypps of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Edward and Amy Gypps. Born in Hackney in the December Quarter of 1918. Died 28 April 1941 aged 23.
R.HARVEY	2110327 Lance Corporal Ronald Harvey of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Husband of Enid Harvey of Eastleigh, Hants. Born in 1923. Died 28 April 1941 aged 24.
R.HORNE	2079794 Sapper Ronald Horne of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Alexander and Jean Bertie Horne of Dundee. Born in 1923. Died 28 April 1941 aged 18.
W.HUGHES	1883074 Sapper William Ernest Hughes of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Died 28 April 1941, age not known.
R.LESTER	2016698 Sapper Reginald Frederick Lester of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of George and Jane Lester. Born in Wandsworth in the March Quarter of 1920. Died 28 April 1941 aged 21.
A.MARSHALL	2016702 Sapper Albert Victor Marshall of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Albert Victor and Margaret Florence Marshall of Enfield, Middlesex. Born in St Olave, in the June Quarter of 1920.
E.PARNELL	1940895 Driver Ernest Edgar Parnell of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers.Son of Edward Robert and Emily Eliza Parnell; husband of Ivy Parnell of New Ferry, Cheshire. Born in Reading, Bucks, in 1909. Died 28 April 1941 aged 32.
J.PATERSON	2014466 Lance Corporal James Duncan Paterson of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of James Harrison and Agnes Paterson of Edinburgh; husband of Grace Douglas Paterson of Edinburgh. Born in Scotland in 1915. Died 28 April 1941 aged 26.
W.PINCHIN	1909751 Sapper William Sidney Pinchin of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of William and Lucy Pinchin of Birmingham. Born in bath in the December Quarter of 1919. Died 28 April 1941 aged 21.
R.SHARRATT	2014580 Sapper Robert Thorne Sharratt of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers.Son of Adam and Elsie Sharratt of Edelsborough, Bucks. Born in Leighton Buzzard in the march Quarter of 1920. Died 28 April 1941 aged 21.
K. SHOUBRIDGE	5727484 Sapper Kenneth Ray Shoubridge of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Walter and Dorothy Shoubridge. Born in Brentford in the March Quarter of 1919. Died 28 April 1941 aged 22.
H.THOMAS	2187859 Sapper Howell Thomas of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers.Son of Owen and Jane Ann Thomas of Blaenau Festiniog, Merionethshire; husband of Jane Thomas of Blaenau Festiniog. Died 28 April 1941, age not known.
A.WATSON	1942501 Sapper Albert Watson of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of Olive Mayfield Watson of Hyde, Cheshire. Born in 1921. Died 28 April 1941 aged 20.
R.WEARING	2076488 Sapper Ronald William Wearing of 583 Army Field Company, the Royal Engineers. Son of William and Sarah Wearing. Born in West Derby in the September Quarter of 1920. Died 28 April 1941, aged 20.