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Pembroke Memorial Malta 1939 - 1945 (Cross of Sacrifice)

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PEMBROKE MEMORIAL
Inscribed on the
Cross of Sacrifice Pembroke Military Cemetery, Malta
1939 1945

THE SAILOR, SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN WHOSE NAME ARE HONOURED HERE
DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
AND LIE BURIED ELSEWHERE IN MALTA.

Anthony ABELA Private 50900 3rd King’s Own Malta Regiment. Husband of F. Abela, of Zabbar. Died 16th January 1945

Joseph ATTARD. Gunner 10690 Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Mr and Mrs A. Attard, of Luqa, Malta . Died 9th April 1942

Paul ATTARD. Private 6430, King’s Own Malta Regiment. The son of Mrs C. Attard, of Qormi. Died 16th April 1942

Carmel AZZOPARDI. Gunner 4065, Royal Malta Artillery. Husband of Mrs A. Azzopardi, of Rabat. Died 11th December 1947

Joseph AZZOPARDI. Private 7853 King’s Own Malta Regiment. Son of Mr and Mrs S. Azzopardi, of Rabat. Died 2nd April 1941

Lewis AZZOPARDI. Private 4235 3rd Light Inti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Mr and Mrs J. Azzopardi, of Attard. Died 13th March 1943

Edgar BAJONA. Lance Corporal 6137 King’s Own Malta Regiment. Son of Mrs M. Bajona, of Sliema. Died 4th February 1940

Carol BIANCHI. Private 93269 Army Pay Corps, Malta Territorial Force. Son of Mrs. L. Bianchi, of Balzan. Died 27th January 1945

Saviour BONELLO, 51359, Private, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Malta Regiment. The son of Mrs V. Bonello, of Sliema. Died 4th May 1942

Joseph H.N.G. BONNICI. Petty Officer E/JX.132594 Royal Navy, HMS Ploughboy, Minesweeper. The ship was severely damaged when three mines exploded close to the vessel on the 1st March 1941. The drifter was engaged in a sweep and operating a Kango hammer at the entrance to Grand Harbour when the mines detonated. The ship was beached to stop her sinking. Son of Francis and Esther Bonnici, and husband of Grace Mary Bonnici, of Zejtun. Died 10th March 1941 aged 49

Lawrence BORG. Gunner 40450, 11th Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Mr and Mrs P. Borg, of Lija. Died 11th October 1942

Paul BUSUTTIL. Gunner 4355,2nd Heavy Ant Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Carmel and Assumpta Busuttil, husband of Helen Busuttil (nee Fenech), of Birkirkara. Died 20th October 1942 aged 28

Loreto CACHIA. Gunner 8269, Royal Malta Artillery. The son of Mr and Mrs R. Cachia, of Zebbug. Died 15th June 1942

John CALLEJA. Corporal 30392 Royal Engineers, Malta Territorial Force. Son of Angelo and Helen Calleja, of Birkirkara, and husband of Catherine Calleja, of Birkirkara. Died 17th April 1943 aged 50.

Joseph CALLEJA. Gunner 40067 Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Carmel and Maria Stella Calleja (nee Taliana), of Marsa. Died 30th April 1941 aged 20

Emmanuel CALLUS. Gunner 20304, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Mr and Mrs S. Callus, of Zebbug. Died 24th October 1940

Joseph CAMILLERI. Gunner 41573 2nd Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. The son of Mr and Mrs G. Camilleri, of Zurrieq. Died 25th March 1942

Loreto CAMILLERI. Private 51323 2nd King’s Own Malta Regiment. Died 24th February 1943

Carmelo CARUANA. Leading Steward E/L.12305 Royal Navy, HMS St.Angelo. Son of Joseph and Filomena Caruana, of Zejtun, husband of Maria Caruana, of Zejtun. Died 23rd September 1946 aged 58

Joseph CHIRCOP. Sapper 30272 Royal Engineers, Malta Territorial Force. Husband of Mrs F. Chircop, of Qormi. Died 27th May 1941

Peter DARMANIN. Gunner 4036 11th Heavy Ant Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. Husband of Mrs I. Darmanin, of Rabat. Died 7th April 1942

Saviour DEBONO. Private 7793 King’s Own Malta Regiment. Son of Mrs P. Debono, of Floriana. Died 1st March 1942

Consiglio ELLUL. Gunner 2029 3rd Light Ant Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Mrs J. Ellul, of Zejtun. Died 26th April 1942

Joseph FALZON. Gunner 40458, 11th Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Angelo and Marianna Falzon, of Hamrun. Died 9th May 1942 aged 24.

Carmelo FENECH. Stoker 1st Class E/KX.98133, Royal Navy, HMS St.Angelo. Husband of Mrs T. Fenech, of Zejtun. Died 30th March 1941

Emanuele FRIGGIERI, Able Seamant E/J.78211, Royal Navy, aged 53 years. Son of Vincent and Rosina Friggieri, husband of Mary Concetta Friggieri, of Marsa. Died 5th February 1947 aged 53

Joseph GALEA. Gunner 4053 11th Heavy Ant Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. Husband of Mrs J. Galea, of Imtarfa. Died 18th April 1942

Carmel GRECH. Gunner 40017, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Mr and Mrs J. Grech, of Birkirkara. Died 15th August 1942

Francis GRECH. Sapper 579, Royal Engineers, Malta Territorial Force. Son of Mr and Mrs J. Grech, of Zebbug. Died 10th May 1942

Francis GRECH. Gunner 41229, 8th Searchlight Battery, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Mr and Mrs V. Grech, of Naxxar. Died 9th March 1945

Emmanuel GRIMA. Private 7885, 2nd King’s Own Malta Regiment. Son of Mr and Mrs J. Grima, of Xewkija, Gozo. Died 27th December 1943

Joseph MALLIA. Gunner 40925, 11th Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Mrs T. Mallia, of Birkirkara. Died 8th April 1942

Gerald MAMO. Lance Corporal 30380, Royal Engineers, Malta Territorial F. Son of Carmel and Helen Mamo (nee Borg), of Birkirkara, husband of Maria Stella Mamo (nee Borg). Grandson of Mr and Mrs C. Mamo, of Birkirkara. Died 10th July 1942 aged 34.

J. PORTELLI. Leading Aircraftman 776772, Royal Air Force. Son of Mr and Mrs J. Portelli, of Victoria, Gozo. Died 2nd July 1942

Paul Saviour Michael RAPA, Donkeyman, Merchant Navy, SS Paraguay (London). Died 25th April 1947

Joseph REFALO. Corporal 6452, 3rd King’s Own Malta Regiment. The husband of Mrs J. Refalo, of Zebbug. Died 5th March 1942

Giuseppe SALIBA. WOI (RSM), 3721 Royal Malta Artillery. Husband of Mrs T. Saliba, of Zurrieq. Died 11th October 1946

Michael Angelo SALIBA. Gunner 3084,1st Heavy Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. The son of Vincenzo and Carmela Saliba, of Zurrieq. Died 11th June 1940 aged 46.

Paul SALIBA, Able Seaman, Merchant Navy, SS Boxol (London), Son of Francis and Concetta Saliba, and the husband of Anna Saliba, of Marsa. Died 12th February 1943 aged 60

Philip SAMMUT. Gunner 40248, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Mrs M. Sammut, of Imtarfa. Died 20th January 1942

John SPITERI. Private 51163 King’s Own Malta Regiment. Husband of Mrs H. Spiteri, of Birkirkara. Died 19th January 1942

Salvatore TABONE, Chief Petty Officer C/NX.1816, Canteen Manager, HMS St.Angelo. The son of Carlo and Carmela Tabone, and the husband of Cettina Tabone, of Pawla. Died 30th July 1946 aged 42

Francis William TALBOT. Private 5728944, 1st Dorsetshire Regiment. Son of William Francis and Ethel Beatrice Clara Talbot nee Barker, and the nephew of Miss A. Barker, of Fulham, London. Died 21st November 1941 aged 24.
(Wills and Admin Ancestry.co.uk) Francis William Talbot of 49 Harwood Road Fulham London died 21st November 1941 on war service. Probate Llandudno 25th September to Desmond Neal fusilier H.M.army and Harold Edward Thompson private H.M.army. Effects £129.8s.8d

Carmel TANTI, 40282, Gunner, 11th Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Mr and Mrs P. Tanti, of Zebbug. Died 7th April 1942

Emmanuel TANTI. Private 6783,King’s Own Malta Regiment. Husband of Mrs V. Tanti, of Pawla. Died 6th July 1941

Anthony VELLA. Aircraftsman 776680. 1st Class, Royal Air Force (VR). Son of Carmel and Rosina Vella, and the husband of Lorenzo Vella, of Zejtun. Died 23rd June 1942

Vincent VELLA. Private 50305, King’s Own Malta Regiment. Son of Mrs A. Vella, of Floriana. Died 15th February 1942

John Stanley WICKER, 6010595, Private, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment, aged 31 years. The son of John and Dora Wicker, and the husband of Eines Wicker, of Floriana. Died 7th August 1946 aged 31

Publius XUEREB. Lance Corporal 1372, 1st King’s Own Malta Regiment, aged 34 years. The son of Henry and Antonia Abela Xuereb, of Floriana. Died 28th April 1942

Carmelo ZAHRA, 3860, , 2nd HAA Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. The husband of Mrs C. Zahra, of Rabat. Died 23rd May 1942

Saviour ZAMMIT. WOII (Battery Sergeant Major) 20252, 3rd Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery. Son of Mr and Mrs P. Zammit, of Mosta. Died 16th May 1941

Fidele ZARB. (Military Medal) Sergeant 4371, 3rd Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery, aged 30 years. Son of Joseph and Grace Zarb, of Gharghur, and husband of Josephine Zarb (nee Fenech), of Gharghur. Died 20th July 1942 aged 30.
London Gazette dated 14th July 1942. The Military Medal.
No. 4371 Bombardier (acting Sergeant) Fidele Zarb, Royal Malta Artillery
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