Roll of Honour – 8th Hussars
To honour the memory of all those 8th Hussars who have died in the service of their country since 1939.
‘These intolerably nameless names’, as Siegfried Sassoon referred to them, should never be forgotten or ignored, and yet they cascade so relentlessly that they are often difficult to grapple with; within a very short space of time we are inclined to switch off; we soon start to lose our awareness of individual names as we become overwhelmed by the sheer torrent of them; our senses simply become overloaded to the point where we are only aware of the enormity of what stands before us.
We can no more get to know the men behind the names than we can get to know people by reading their names in a telephone directory, and yet it is possible to breathe life into ‘these intolerably nameless names’ by uncovering and telling their stories.
Pristinae virtutis memores
Name | Number | Theatre | Date |
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Adams, C | 7890600 | Far East | 2 July 1951 |
Aldridge, Ithel | 4076271 | Middle East | 19 November 1941 |
Alexander, C | 379167 | Far East | 3 January |
Allen, Frederick | 558658 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 12 June 1944 |
Alloway, K | 7941159 | Western Europe | 30 May 1946 |
Amos, John | 408439 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Anderson, Alan | 7943421 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 18 August 1944 |
Andrews, James | 4926547 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Angel, Winfred | 7907853 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Arrowsmith, R | 22937719 | Western Europe | 14 July 1955 |
Arthur, Robert | 7943722 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 2 September 1944 |
Astley-Cooper, Donald | 128778 | Far East | 3 January 1951 |
Attwood, George | 14537463 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 13 June 1944 |
Austing, Norman | 7937872 | Middle East | 1 December 1941 |
Avery, Frederick | 55482 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Balcombe, Victor | 7940920 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 24 June 1944 |
Baldwin, John | 71084 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Ballantyne, Eric | 7941129 | Middle East | 25 October 1942 |
Barrass, John | 7939977 | Middle East | 19 October 1942 |
Barter, Alec | 7943351 | Middle East | 28 June 1942 |
Bartley, Hugh | 558436 | Middle East | 28 September 1941 |
Bell, Gurney | 5884718 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Bergin, John | 6896134 | Middle East | 29 August 1941 |
Bishop, William | 555775 | Middle East | 10 December 1940 |
Blackmur, Leonard | 5054180 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 22 July 1944 |
Bodle, Walter | 13020041 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 17 April 1945 |
Boyett, Walter | 7919183 | Middle East | 26 June 1942 |
Brogden, Arthur | 7940369 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 17 April 1945 |
Bunn, Frank | 14219642 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 17 April 1945 |
Burbidge, William | 7907775 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Burke, P | 22201058 | Western Europe | 19 February 1954 |
Burns, James | 320367 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Calvert, Alfred | 7944151 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 12 June 1944 |
Cameron, F | 19045288 | Far East | 3 July 1951 |
Cameron, George | 14350729 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 1 July 1944 |
Carpenter, Charles | 556916 | Middle East | 20 August 1941 |
Carter, Louis | 179600 | Middle East | 2 June 1942 |
Cashmore, Harry | 7913016 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Chapman, Charles | 5109138 | Middle East | 19 November 1941 |
Charles, Francis | 95219 | Middle East | 19 November 1941 |
Clark, Bryan | 14399243 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 17 August 1944 |
Clarke, L | 19045909 | Western Europe | 31 May 1958 |
Clay, Kenneth | 7674812 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 19 August 1944 |
Clethro, A | 23181199 | Western Europe | 12 April 1956 |
Clifton, George | 14522544 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 21 January 1945 |
Clough, John | 7928362 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 13 June 1944 |
Coates, Francis | 7907841 | Middle East | 19 November 1941 |
Coleman, Francis | 180456 | Middle East | June 1942 |
Collings, E | 7942522 | Far East | 3 January 1951 |
Collins, John | 7892305 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 8 August 1944 |
Collinson, Walter | 14524689 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 30 March 1945 |
Collison, J | 22249526 | Far East | 4 January 1951 |
Colman, John | 7915813 | Middle East | 22 October 1942 |
Commerford, Thomas | 7927353 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 19 August 1944 |
Connor, Arthur | 7925645 | Middle East | 28 June 1942 |
Cook, Edwin | 7893173 | Middle East | 1942 |
Coppin, Bernard | 7943284 | Italy | 18 December 1942 |
Costello, G | 22276150 | Far East | 23 March 1951 |
Cox, Clifford | 555136 | Middle East | 12 July 1942 |
Crawley, Albert | 554610 | Middle East | 26 September 1941 |
Crossley, Jack | 7934592 | Middle East | 1 December 1941 |
Davies, Harold | 7908121 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 27 July 1944 |
Desalvo, George | 553228 | Middle East | 21 November 1941 |
Dixon, Leonard | 7915394 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Donnelly, Walter | 7939988 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 27 August 1944 |
Drakeford, Arthur | 555656 | Middle East | 19 November 1941 |
Duff, Charles | 38696 | Middle East | 24 November 1941 |
Edwards, Evan | 320856 | Middle East | 3 February 1941 |
Edwards, Harold | 555827 | Middle East | 14 June 1942 |
Edwards, Norman | 5502455 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 19 April 1945 |
Eeles, Edwin | 14222632 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 20 January 1945 |
Elliott, John | 198604 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Emblem, Charles | 7940771 | Middle East | 31 August 1942 |
Esdale, Francis | 410432 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Esdale, William | 410440 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Fairless, John | 554659 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Flatt, William | 5779429 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 20 January 1945 |
Fleming, Ralph | 7894009 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 2 September 1944 |
Forrister, James | 1868248 | Middle East | 26 June 1942 |
French, John | 4745026 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 15 June 1944 |
Gardner, John | 7943302 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 26 September 1944 |
George, Joseph | 14341464 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 8 August 1944 |
Gibbes, Nigel | 130881 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Gibbin, Frank | 7943431 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 2 September 1944 |
Gitsham, George | 3055228 | Middle East | November 1942 |
Goodyear, Frank | 555977 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Halford, Thomas | 13117478 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 8 August 1944 |
Hampson, Norman | 7909324 | Middle East | November 1941 |
Harbord, James | 44089 | Middle East | 17 November 1942 |
Harley, Leonard | 556694 | Middle East | 23 February 1943 |
Haylock, Herbert | 319572 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 12 June 1944 |
Heath, Arthur | 408742 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Heath, Donald | 320922 | Middle East | November 1942 |
Hector, Eric | 158903 | Middle East | 20 August 1941 |
Hewlett, Oliver | 557129 | Middle East | 22 April 1945 |
Hibbart, Frederick | 14318824 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 8 April 1945 |
Hicks, Anthony | 3960626 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Hoare, Stephen | 4041085 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Holland, John | 7941655 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Hope, Alfred | 14544396 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 18 August 1944 |
How, Sidney | 7949549 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 13 June 1944 |
Howard, Herbert | 319350 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Howard, William | 7942866 | Middle East | 26 August 1942 |
Howe, Walter | 556922 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Howlett, Henry | 14498743 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 8 August 1944 |
Hunter, Walter | 555812 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 15 June 1944 |
Hutchings, Walter | 7919805 | Middle East | 12 May 1944 |
Inness, Leonard | 5379837 | At Sea | 1942 |
Jacoby, Ernest | 13116283 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 2 September 1944 |
Janny, Percy | 1562318 | Middle East | 1 September 1942 |
Jones, Edward | 14529180 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 17 April 1945 |
Jones, E | 3717892 | United Kingdom | 14 July 1957 |
Jones, Frederick | 550684 | Middle East | 1 December 1941 |
Jones, Herbert | 14295497 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 17 August 1944 |
Jones, Robert | 14374235 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 19 August 1944 |
Jordan, Denwood | 544862 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Kilkelly, Gerald | 6770 | Middle East | 24 August 1944 |
King, Aubrey | 330125 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 12 June 1944 |
Kirkham, George | 7941832 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 12 June 1944 |
Kyle, Edward | 410564 | Middle East | 16 August 1943 |
Lancaster, Charles | 7926943 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Lawrie, John | 13046506 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 30 March 1945 |
Lawson, William | 5726454 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 25 July 1944 |
Lee, James | 2573246 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 14 August 1945 |
Livett, J | 22247826 | Far East | 18 August 1951 |
Low, James | 7918146 | Middle East | 16 August 1943 |
Lowe, Hobson | 7938199 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 18 August 1944 |
Lyne, Charles | 7915417 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Lyne, D | 22078019 | United Kingdom | 6 September 1949 |
Mackay, Alastair | 7943315 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 12 June 1944 |
Maddocks, Fred | 4133178 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Manning, John | 7894947 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 5 April 1945 |
Marks, R | 7955455 | United Kingdom | 7 July 1946 |
Mason, Leslie | 4543486 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 10 April 1945 |
McDonnell, Robert | 64564 | Middle East | 16 February 1941 |
Meadows, Kenneth | 14320134 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 17 April 1945 |
Melville, Frederick | 13046578 | United Kingdom | 14 August 1944 |
Metcalfe, A | 2626443 | Western Europe | 10 May 1954 |
Mitchell, David | 14522631 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 17 August 1944 |
Moffat, James | 3715524 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 19 August 1944 |
Morfin, George | 14391224 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 27 October 1944 |
Morton, Derek | 14495580 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 30 March 1945 |
Newbold, A | 22998211 | Western Europe | 24 March 1956 |
O’Connor, S | 21127247 | Far East | 11 October 1951 |
Offley, George | 2571176 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Organ, T | 22579614 | Western Europe | 21 September 1952 |
Packer, Ronald | 556244 | Middle East | 19 November 1941 |
Painter, Robert | 4133750 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 12 June 1944 |
Parfitt, Albert | 14387701 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 26 September 1944 |
Partoon, John | 14302016 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 20 January 1945 |
Perry, Alan | 7894671 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 21 July 1944 |
Pickering, Harry | 823176 | Middle East | 19 November 1941 |
Pickin, Ronald | 320015 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 13 December 1944 |
Porter, George | 3521002 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 18 August 1944 |
Powell, Thomas | 555789 | Middle East | 10 December 1940 |
Powick, James | 7931796 | Middle East | 21 November 1941 |
Prescott, John | 554780 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Probyn, D | 373167 | Far East | 8 February 1951 |
Quick, James | 7907688 | Middle East | November 1942 |
Rainbow, Montague | 7897831 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 12 June 1944 |
Redfern, Harry | 3460097 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 25 September 1944 |
Rees, John | 558379 | Middle East | 25 January 1941 |
Richards, William | 7939529 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 26 September 1944 |
Russell, Albert | 4130927 | United Kingdom | 5 April 1944 |
Ryde, Walter | 276071 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 20 April 1945 |
Sadler, C | 7893677 | Far East | 8 April 1951 |
Sandbach, Peter | 38531 | Middle East | 9 December 1941 |
Saunders, Lawrence | 7961525 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 30 March 1945 |
Scott, David | 214847 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 21 July 1944 |
Scott, Huntley, R | 7949722 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 30 March 1945 |
Sharp, Frederick | 14280868 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 25 September 1944 |
Shaw, Denis | 401740 | Middle East | 27 June 1942 |
Shaw, John | 7915962 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Sidwell, Ronald | 555515 | Middle East | November 1942 |
Sisman, Anthony | 14437185 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 2 September 1944 |
Smith, A | 22288264 | Far East | 25 April 1951 |
Smith, C | 843890 | Western Europe | 5 April 1945 |
Smith, Fred | 317734 | Middle East | 27 May 1942 |
Smitherham, Edward | 555793 | Middle East | 27 January 1941 |
Sowray, Jack | 7944430 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 8 August 1944 |
Sparey, Walter | 557132 | Middle East | 21 November 1941 |
Spibey, Charles | 7947734 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 12 June 1944 |
Spiller, Leonard | 4080533 | Middle East | 20 August 1944 |
Stark, Walter | 4201540 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 16 June 1944 |
Stewart, Herbert | 555665 | Middle East | 19 November 1941 |
Stone, E | 5735032 | Far East | 12 August 1951 |
Sutherland, John | 410669 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 26 September 1944 |
Talbot, Harvey | 240858 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 12 June 1944 |
Taylor, Christopher | 7924657 | Middle East | 21 July 1943 |
Templeman, H | 23221263 | United Kingdom | 16 November 1955 |
Thomas, W | 22206657 | Far East | 2 September 1951 |
Thompson, W | 557043 | Middle East | 19 November 1941 |
Thorne, Christopher | 5012151 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Threlfall, Guy | 53935 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 25 July 1944 |
Tout, Alfred | 557142 | Middle East | 5 December 1940 |
Varney, George | 556476 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 2 August 1944 |
Vinicombe, Albert | 7911853 | Middle East | 19 November 1941 |
Wakefield, Ernest | 7889877 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 9 April 1945 |
Walker, John | 390158 | Far East | 6 October 1951 |
Walton, Arthur | 7924611 | Middle East | 9 December 1941 |
Walton, M | 22275554 | Far East | 25 April 1951 |
Webber, Hubert | 7891890 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 8 August 1944 |
Welch, James | 555953 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 13 June 1944 |
Westcott, Ernest | 554391 | Middle East | 11 December 1940 |
Whitehouse, Albert | 556735 | South Africa | 12 February 1941 |
Whitfield, G | 268986 | United Kingdom | 4 November 1951 |
Williams, Frank | 556677 | Middle East | 20 November 1941 |
Williams, Ralph | 7932776 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 14 June 1944 |
Willmott, A | 22206791 | Far East | 23 March 1951 |
Wyatt, Hugh | 7917738 | Western Europe Campaign 44/45 | 10 August 1944 |
Wylie, James | 408891 | Middle East | 1942 |