14-Apr-2026
The 99 Lost Names
Ninety nine “lost” names from the British Roll of Honour for the Battle of Normandy are being engraved on the British Normandy Memorial to join those of the 22,442 names already inscribed there. The total of number of names on the Roll of Honour now stands at 22, 541.
Record keeping during the Second World War was at times incomplete or contradictory. Some of the names of those who lost their lives in Normandy were incorrectly recorded on military casualty lists. In some cases this was because individuals were wounded in Normandy and brought back to the United Kingdom for treatment.In other cases their names weren’t included on the lists passed to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) by the military authorities.
Careful research by the Normandy Memorial Trust has now brought together these “lost” names. They include a Belgian army officer serving with the British 29th Armoured Brigade and a pilot with the United States Naval Reserve who was assigned to a special squadron operating under British command.
The names will be engraved on a special “Addenda” panel on the west wall of ‘Memorial Court’ where they will be dedicated as part of the D-Day 82 commemorations in June.
Below is a list of the 99 names ordered by military service (Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force and Merchant Navy) with date of death and age. Each name is linked to their Roll of Honour record:
ROYAL NAVY
BENNETT, ROBERT WOODFORD – 11-June 1944, aged 19
BERRY, NORMAN – 13 June 1944, aged 39
BICKNELL, LESLIE THOMAS – 31 July 1944, aged 19
BROOKS, HENRY WILLIAM DREW – 13 August 1944, aged 28
CROSSON, JOHN – 30 July 1944, aged 37
DAYNES, RONALD GEORGE RANDALL – 13 June 1944, aged 41
FITCH, GEORGE THOMAS – 21 August 1944, aged 19
IRONS, ROBERT WELSH – 7 June 1944, aged 21
IRONSIDE, HENRY C – 4 August 1944, aged 21
MCGARVIE ANDREW – 21 August 1944, aged 19
MERCER, GEOFFREY – 23 July 1944, aged 20
NIXON, JOSEPH JOHN – 28 July 1944, aged 28
PURTON, ALBERT EDWARD ALFRED – 23 August 1944, aged 19
RANDLES, SAMUEL – 21 August 1944, aged 37
RILEY, GEORGE CLEMENT – 31 July 1944, aged 18
TROOPS, ARTHUR ERIC – 13 June 1944, aged 39
WHITE, JOSEPH EDWARD – 20 July 1944, aged 19
ARMY
ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM – 4 July 1944, aged 18
BARNES, WILLIAM CHARLES – 21 July 1944, aged 30
BATTY, JOHN DODGSON – 31 August 1944, aged 22
BECK, NOEL DOUGLAS – 24 June 1944, aged 27
BELL, JOHN LAWRENCE – 19 June 1944, aged 25
BIRCH, BERNARD – 18 August 1944, aged 29
BLAKESTON, MATTHEW SEMPLE – 24 June 1944, aged 24
BRIGGS, ERNEST – 12 July 1944, aged 30
BROWN, HORACE – 24 June 1944, aged 26
BROWN, WILLIAM SUTTON STEWART – 28 July 1944, aged 44
CAIRNS, ANDREW WALDIE – 8 June 1944, aged 23
CARTER, WILLIAM CHARLES – 18 June 1944, aged 33
COLESHILL, GEORGE ALBERT – 13 August 1944, aged 38
COUNSELL, ARTHUR SIDNEY – 19 June 1944, age unknown
COYLE, CHARLES ANDREW – 24 August 1944, aged 25
CROWTHER, GEORGE – 26 August 1944, aged 32
DACE, SAMUEL – 12 July 1944, aged 26
EBARHART, ROBERT ALFRED – 30 July 1944, aged 20
EDWARDS, DENIS ASHLEY – 11 August 1944, aged 27
ELLIOTT, ROBERT WILLIAM – 29 July 1944, age unknown
ELLIOTT, ALAN ERNEST – 24 June 1944, aged 25
GRAY, MAXWELL ALBERT – 24 June 1944, aged 18
GREEN, CECIL WILLIAM – 4 August 1944, aged 32
HANNAY, FREDERICK J – 24 June 1944, aged 23
HARBINSON, HUGH PATRICK – 28 July 1944, aged 38
HEALD, ALBERT EDWARD – 7 July 1944, aged 32
HIBBERD, LAWRENCE – 24 June 1944, aged 23
HORN, GEORGE – 14 August 1944, aged 48
IRVING, FREDERICK – 5 August 1944, age unknown
JEANPIERRE, ROBERT JAMES – 21 June 1944, aged 27
JONES, EDWARD JOHN – 13 July 1944, aged 28
LEGRAND, HENRI LOUIS – 27 June 1944, age unknown
MAY, ALBERT ABEL – 30 July 1944, aged 33
MCGILLVERAY, ALEXANDER MITCHEL – 27 July 1944, age unknown
MOULD, IAN LENNARD – 17 August 1944, aged 19
MUNDY, ERNEST HERBERT – 13 June 1944, aged 24
MUSGROVE, FRANK – 31 August 1944, age unknown
NORRIS, LEONARD ROY – 28 August 1944, aged 20
OATS, FREDERICK CHARLES – 18 July 1944, aged 27
O’KELLY, THOMAS GEORGE RICHARDS – 23 August 1944, aged 19
ORMISTON, JAMES – 8 August 1944, aged 39
ORPE, JOSEPH – 24 August 1944, aged 25
PARKER, JOHN HENDERSON – 12 June 1944, aged 20
PHILPS, RONALD PETER – 13 August 1944, aged 25
PRATT, LESLIE JOHN – 14 June 1944, aged 31
PUGH, MALDWYN CARRADOC – 24 August 1944, aged 31
PURLING, JOHN EDWARD – 11 June 1944, aged 27
ROBERTS, DAVID RICHARD – 16 July 1944, aged 32
RUSSELL, WILLIAM – 22 August 1944, age unknown
SETTI, ALBERT – 7 August 1944, aged 21
STRACHAN, WILLIAM JAMES BRUCE – 6 July 1944, aged 21
STUMP, THOMAS HENRY – 30 June 1944, age unknown
THOMPSON, WILLIAM BLAYCOCK – 30 July 1944, aged 39
TOPLEY, LESLIE HENRY PATRICK – 10 June 1944, age unknown
TREMBATH, FRANCIS – 9 June 1944, aged 31
TURNER, KENNETH – 9 August 1944, age unknown
WANNELL, HARRY VICTOR – 13 July 1944, age 24
WEBSTER, ALBERT – 5 August 1944, aged 30
WEIGHT, MONS FREDERICK WILLIAM – 13 August 1944, aged 29
WIGHTMAN, JOHN MEINS – 16 July 1944, aged 26
WILLIAMS, ERNEST EDWARD – 9 June 1944, age unknown
WOOD, ROBERT – 24 July 1944, aged 34
WOODWARD, WALTER – 16 July 1944, aged 29
WRIGHT, WILLIAM – 10 August 1944, age unknown
YOUNG, ROBERT – 31 August 1944, aged 35
YOUNG, HENRY JOHN SCOLIER – 25 June 1944, age unknown
ROYAL NAVY
BARCLAY, RICHARD MILLAR – 6 June 1944, aged 25
BLEWETT, ALWYN – 26 August 1944, aged 19
BOYCE, FRANCIS ALLAN – 7 June 1944, aged 24
DODD, MAURICE LESLIE – 21 July 1944, age unknown
EVANS, DAVID DOUGLAS – 26 August 1944, age unknown
HANKIN, WILLIAM ERNEST – 26 August 1944, age unknown
HARRIS, RICHARD JAMES – 7 July 1944, aged 35
HINTEN, LACHLAN DOUGLAS – 1 August 1944, aged 21
JASINSKI, ZYGMUNT – 16 August 1944, aged 27
MARTIN, FRANK SAMUEL – 26 August 1944, aged 28
MORRISON, FRANK MCKENZIE – 21 July 1944, aged 23
NUSSLE, MORGAN ALBERT – 23 June 1944, aged 27
PAINE, KEITH – 19 July 1944, age unknown
TRZANDEL, JAN JOZEF – 16 August 1944, aged 25
MERCHANT NAVY
SCOTT, JAMES LEITCH – 14 June 1944, aged 17
WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM JAMES – 14 June 1944, aged 26
