Colwich War Memorial, Staffordshire

Dedicated to the men who fell in World War Two

Gordon Francis ARKELL, Lance Corporal 5057797, 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers died 1st March 1945. He is at rest in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma

R.D.COOPER.
There are three with a Staffordshire Connection , none with a direct link to Colwich, they are as follows

Reginald Douglas COOPER, Lance Bombardier 49155339, Royal Artillery died 1st June 1942. He is from Walsall and is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt

Richard Denis COOPER, Gunner 1490065, Royal Artillery died 8th September 1947, from Pelsall and is buried in Cheras Road Civil Cemetery, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysi

Ronald David COOPER, Private 14418605, 2nd Border Regiment died 5th June 1944 and from Staffordshire. He is at rest in Imphall War Cemetery, India

This one has an Essex connection. Greaser Richard Daniel COOPER, S.S.Fort Mumford, Merchant Navy died at sea 20th March 1943. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London

Geoffrey Herbert VERNON, Driver T/2387894 Royal Army Service Corps died 15th November 1942 aged 23. He was the son of Benjamin and Mary of Audlem, Cheshire. he is at rest in St Michael and All Angels churchyard, Colwich, Staffordshire

Stephen Garnet Hubert Francis WOLSELEY, Captain 77530, 185th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery died 3rd September 1944 aged 27. He was the son of Sir Edric Charles Joseph Wolseley, 10th Bt., J.P., and of Lady Wolseley (nee de Trafford) and husband of Pamela Violette Wolseley, of Whitchurch, Herefordshire. he is at rest in La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres, Calvados, France