World War II

Even though the government moved the May Day Bank Holiday away from the usual Monday so we could commemorate VE75 on 8 May, all public commemorations are now impossible.

THS, however, wishes to remember all those from Tewkesbury who lost their lives in this war but, the ‘silver lining’ may be that we can split the Victory Commemorations in two parts and give more prominence to VJ Day on 15 August 2020 when the public might themselves have been “liberated”.  Thus, VJ Day has always been of secondary importance to the public: this is partly why those who continued after May to fight the Japanese dubbed it the “Forgotten War”.

Roll of Honour for World War II

The names of in the Tewkesbury district those who fought and died in World War II and honoured at the Cross Memorial.

History of the European War

"Never has so much been owed..." - A commemoration of those from Tewkesbury and district who lost their lives during the Second World War, 1939-1945, by John Dixon.  Some paper copies are still available for purchase in our shop or click on the PDF symbol to read it here.

Biographies of the Fallen

Name	Rank	Service	Place	Date
Allen, Robert Edward	Sergeant	RAF	Twyning	12-May-1943
Allen, Alfred Henry	Trooper	Army	Tewkesbury	30-Jun-1944
Andrews, Adolphus H.*	Private	Army	Apperley	15-Feb-1942
Ashton, Francis H. J.	Petty Officer	RAF(VR)	Tewkesbury	31-May-1942
Banfield, Edgar	C.P.O.	Navy	Apperley	22-Apr-1940
Barrett, Leslie P.	Private	Army	Tewkesbury	28-Jun-1944
Bartlett, Ronald W. E.*	Gunner	Army	Tewkesbury	01-Jan-1942
Bassett, Jack*	Sapper	Army	Tewkesbury	27-Sep-1943
Beale, Donald	Sergeant	RAF(VR)	Tewkesbury	13-Oct-1941
Bernard, Ronald P. St. V.	Colonel	Army	Twyning	25-Jan-1943
Bishop, Alfred John	Driver	Army	Tewkesbury	17-Aug-1944
Booth, William	Gunner	Army	Tewkesbury	29-Oct-1942
Bostok, John Leslie	Sergeant	Army	Tewkesbury	17-Mar-1941
Bowers, Reginald H.	Sergeant	RAF(VR)	Twyning	11-Aug-1943
Brierley, Dora Elsie	A.C.W.2	WAAF	Forthampton	26-Feb-1942
Cash, John Charles*	Private	army	Tewkesbury	24-Oct-1942
Clapham, Walter George	Sapper	Army	Tewkesbury	30-May-1940
Clifford, William Henry	L.A.C.	RAF(VR)	Apperley	03-Aug-1943
Collett, Ronald Ernest*	Private	Army	Tewkesbury	01-Mar-1941
Davis, Edwin John	Lance Corporal	Army	Twyning	01-Jul-1944
Davis, Florence*	Mrs.	Civilian	Tewkesbury	05-Aug-1944
Dee, Barbara Mary	A.C.W.2	WAAF	Tewkesbury	03-Aug-1942
Dickenson , Reginald G.	A.B.	Navy	Tewkesbury	07-May-1944
Dudley, Hubert	Mr.	Civilian	Tewkesbury	18-Jun-1944
Ellis, Frank Henry	Petty Officer	RAF(VR)	Tewkesbury	18-Sep-1942
Gough, C. H. C.	Lieutenant	Navy	Tewkesbury	28-Mar-1942
Gregson, George W.	A.C.1	RAF(VR)	Tewkesbury	28-Nov-1942
Gyngell, Herbert F. E.	Petty Officer	Navy	Tewkesbury	17-Jan-1942
Halling, Arthur Samuel	Sergeant	army	Tewkesbury	31-Aug-1940
Hanlon, Arthur*	Sergeant	Army	Tewkesbury	21-Nov-1942
Hannis, Albert Henry	Petty Officer	Navy	Apperley	23-May-1941
Hannis, Albert Henry	Petty Officer	Navy	Twyning	23-May-1941
Hargraves, Harold Leslie	Trooper	Army	Tredington	28-Oct-1942
Hawker, Arthur William*	L/Cpl.	Army	Apperley	05-May-1944
Haynes, Reginald R. T.	Private	Army	Tewkesbury	29-May-1940
Hemming, Charles Donald*	Private	Army	Forthampton	20-Dec-1943
Hopton, John Edward	Gunner	Army	Twyning	14-Nov-1942
Howes, Alec Jack	A.B.	Navy	Tewkesbury	03-Mar-1943
Hunt, Edward Samuel	Sergeant	RAF	Tewkesbury	14-Jul-1942
Hyett, Edward	F/O	RAF(VR)	Tewkesbury	28-Aug-1943
Jenkins, Francis John	Corporal	Army	Tewkesbury	04-Jul-1945
Key, Clarence F.	Private	Army	Tewkesbury	02-Jul-1944
Key, Frederick L.*	Bombadier	Army	Tewkesbury	03-Jun-1943
Long, Donald G.	Squadron Leader	RAF(VR)	Twyning	31-Jan-1943
Longueville, Reginald F.	Lieutenant	Army	Forthampton	12-Oct-1944
Mackie, Ian*	Sub-Lt.	Navy	Tewkesbury	17-Feb-1945
Martin, Alexander G.*	Private	Army	Tewkesbury	29-Nov-1943
Moore, Lewis Daniel	A.C.1	RAF(VR)	Tewkesbury	02-Jul-1943
Morris, Edward Henry*	Lieutenant	Army	Twyning	09-Apr-1946
Nash, Kenneth S.	A.B.	Navy	Tewkesbury	22-May-1941
Osborne, Lionel H. J.*	Private	Army	Tewkesbury	19-Mar-1942
Page, Edward William	Sergeant	RAF(VR)	Tewkesbury	18-Dec-1944
Parker, Alfred John	Trooper	Army	Tewkesbury	13-Dec-1940
Portlock, Walter E.*	Sapper	Army	Tewkesbury	15-Nov-1941
Ricketts, Harry O. D.	Captain	Army	Tewkesbury	22-Dec-1943
Ryland, Cecil*	Private	Army	Tewkesbury	03-Jul-1943
Salmon, Hugh T. B.	Mshman	Navy	Apperley	25-Nov-1941
Savins, George Albert	Private	Army	Apperley	19-Jul-1944
Shephard, William J. H.*	Captain Major	Army	Tewkesbury	17-Jan-1944
Strickland, Algernon Guy	Sergeant	RAF(VR)	Apperley	09-May-1942
Turberville, Victor George	L/Sgt.	Army	Tewkesbury	14-Mar-1945
Walker, Cyril Thomas	Sapper	Army	Tewkesbury	14-Sep-1942
Watson, Edgar	L/Sgt.	Army	Forthampton	18-Jun-1944
Wigan, Christopher F.	Captain	Army	Twyning	15-Jul-1943

Bulletin articles filed under War-1939-45
Polish Refugees in Tewkesbury	Debbie Dean	Bulletin No 1 (1992)
The Americans at Ashchurch	Bill Rennison	Bulletin No 2 (1993)
Reminiscences of an Evacuee during the Second World War	Anita Redman	Bulletin No 2 (1993)
Tewkesbury in the Second World War	John Dixon	Bulletin No 3 (1994)
Beloved Mother : An Airman Writes Home	John Moore	Bulletin No 4 (1995)
Somewhere in England	John Dixon	Bulletin No 4 (1995)
D-Day Four Years After	John Moore	Bulletin No 5 (1996)
Somewhere in England, Part 2	John Dixon	Bulletin No 5 (1996)
Escape to Freedom	Kostek Michaluk	Bulletin No 5 (1996)
Three War Poems	John Moore	Bulletin No 6 (1997)
Fortress Tewkesbury	Bryan Linnell	Bulletin No 7 (1998)
The P.R.A. Ladies	Kathleen Hall	Bulletin No 8 (1999)
Parkfield School at Twyning Manor during World War II	Janet Devereux	Bulletin No 11 (2002)
Tewkesbury’s Own D-Day Hero	John Dixon	Bulletin No 14 (2005)
The Unfought Battle of Tewkesbury	Mick Wilks (JS)	Bulletin No 19 (2010)
The Evacuee - Becoming a Tewkesburian - via Cheltenham	Gordon H. Baker	Bulletin No 19 (2010)
Home Guard (Part 1: 1940-1941)	Mick Wilks (W)	Bulletin No 20 (2011)
T’bury Home Guard (Part 2: 1941-44)	Mick Wilks (W)	Bulletin No 21 (2012)
Memories of a German Prisoner of War at Tewkesbury	Joachim Schulze	Bulletin No 21 (2012)
SS Tewkesbury	Kevin Willis	Bulletin No 22 (2013)
Pawlo Kostiuk’s Story	Alan Snarey	Bulletin No 22 (2013)
I.. Hollingsbee - ‘Inside the Wire’	THS Review	Bulletin No 24 (2015)
My Father - Warrior’s Return	Mike Kean-Price	Bulletin No 25 (2016)
Gordon Baker’s 2nd Evacuation, 1940-1942	John Dixon	Bulletin No 26 (2017)
Memories of an Evacuee ‘s Childhood in Tewkesbury	Anita Redman	Bulletin No 26 (2017)
"Art For Life's Sake"	Liz O'Sullivan	Bulletin No 28 (2019)