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Graves and Memorials
Leros War Cemetery, Greece
Some of the men of the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, who
were killed on the Greek island of Leros in November 1943, are buried in
the Leros War Cemetery. This pages includes photographs of some of
the graves and then at the bottom a full list of all the King's Own
soldiers who are buried in the cemetery. Men with no known grave
are record on the Athens Memorial.
Leros War Cemetery
Accession Number: KO1227/01
Leros War Cemetery
Accession Number: KO1227/02
Leros War Cemetery
Accession Number: KO1227/03
Leros War Cemetery
Accession Number: KO1802/01
Leros War Cemetery
Accession Number: KO1918/02
Grave of Private Henry Joseph Hall, number 3712867, 1st Battalion,
King's Own Royal Regiment, killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros between 16th November and 22nd November 1943. Age 26 years,
son of Joseph and Edith Hall of Wallasey, Cheshire. Buried in
Leros War Cemetery.
Accession Number: KO1918/01
Grave of Sergeant Daniel Joy, number 3712858, 1st Battalion, King’s Own
Royal Regiment killed on 15th November, 1943. Age 25, son of
Daniel and Hannah Teresa Joy of Wallasey, Cheshire. Buried in
Leros War Cemetery.
Accession Number: KO1918/04
Grave of Lance Corporal John Senneck, number 3712949, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment, killed between 12th and 16th November 1943 on
the Greek island of Leros. Age 25 years, son of James and Eliza
Sennek, Liverpool and husband of Muriel Senneck. Buried in Leros War
Cemetery.
Accession Number: KO1918/05
Grave of Private Arthur Stretch, number 3716938, 1st Battalion, King’s
Own Royal Regiment, killed on the Greek island of Leros between 16th and
27th November 1943. Age 31 years, son of William and Ada Stretch
from Morecambe; husband of Emily Stretch of Morecambe. Buried in Leros
War Cemetery.
Accession Number: KO1918/07
Grave of Private John Woodward, number 3781131, 1st Battalion, King’s
Own Royal Regiment, killed on the Greek island of Leros on 13th November
1943. Age 34 years, son of John Isaac and Ellen Woodward of
Salford, husband of Lily Woodward of Salford. Buried Leros War Cemetery.
Accession Number: KO1918/06
Leros War Cemetery - King's Own Royal Regiment
Burials
 | Lance Sergeant Edward Henry Aspinall, number 3713000, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Died on the Greek island of
Leros 24th November 1943. From Bootle, Lancashire. Buried Leros War
Cemetery. |
| Private Creswell Bishop, number 5442465, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros 16th November 1943. Son of Arthur and Evelyn Bishop of Penryn,
Cornwall. Buried in Leros War Cemetery. |
| Captain Cecil John Blyth, number 95579, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros, 16th November 1943. Age 23 years, son of Charles Wood Blyth
and Dorothy Blyth of Charleswood, Umtali, Southern Rhodesia. Buried
Leros War Cemetery. |
| Lieutenant G E R Brewer King's Own Royal Regiment, From
Worcester Regiment, Killed in Action on the Greek island of Leros,
14th November, 1943. Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Private Douglas De Saulles, number 2181400, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek
island of Leros, 14th November 1943. Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Private Isaac Dixon, number 3913783, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros, between the 12th and 16th November 1943. Buried Leros War
Cemetery. |
| Major Gordon Hinshelwood Duxbury, number 76561, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek
island of Leros on 14th November, 1943. An Officer of the Battalion
states “Major Duxbury had gone forward alone and personally grenaded
two enemy machine gun posts, but was mortally wounded when going
onto deal with a third post.” Son of Percival and Florence Annie
Duxbury, of Headington, Oxford. Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Private Herbert James Giblett, number 4076179, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek
island of Leros between the 12th and 16th November 1943. Age 32, son
of Frederick James and Annie Lydia Giblett. Born at Llanhilleth,
Monmouthshire. Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Lieutenant Desmond Patrick Roper Ginn, number 130069,
Attached to the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, from the
Loyal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of Leros, 12th
November 1943. Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Lance Sergeant Stanley Edward Greenland, number 5438065,
1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the
Greek island of Leros, between 14th and 16th November 1943. Age 25
years, son of Edward John and Mary Charlotte Greenland of Grampound
Road, Cornwall. Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Lieutenant Gordon Cardo Guest, number 1741567, King’s Own
Royal Regiment attached to the East Kent Regiment. Killed in action
on the Greek island of Leros on 14th November 1943 Buried Leros War
Cemetery. |
| Private Henry Joseph Hall, number 3712867, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros between 16th November and 22nd November 1943. Age 26 son of
Joseph and Edith Hall of Wallasey, Cheshire. Buried Leros War
Cemetery. |
| Lance Corporal Norman William Hardy, number 3909148, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Died on the Greek island of
Leros, 16th December 1943. Age 22 years, from Canvey Island. Buried
Leros War Cemetery |
| Private Stanley French Hines, number 5442618, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Died of Wounds received in
action on the Greek island of Leros on 15th November 1943. Buried
Leros War Cemetery. |
| Corporal David William Ireland, number 3961554, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek
island of Leros, 13th November 1943. Age 27, husband of Dinah
Ireland of Abermon, Glamogan. Buried in Leros War Cemetery. |
| Lieutenant John McCarthy Johnson, number 179743, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in a night action on
the Greek island of Leros between 12th November and 16th November
1943. Age 22 years, son of John and Mary Johnson of Sedbergh,
Yorkshire. Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Sergeant Daniel Joy, number 3712858, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros, 15th November 1943. Age 25 son of Daniel and Hannah Teresa
Joy of Wallasey, Cheshire. Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Captain Robert Leighton Potter Maxwell, number 103030
Wiltshire Regiment, attached to the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal
Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of Leros whilst
leading an attack on 14th November 1943. Buried Leros War Cemetery |
| Private Frederick William Morgan, number 3914718, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek
island of Leros, 17th November 1943. Buried Leros War Cemetery |
| Lance Sergeant Joseph Edward Pape, number 3853855, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek
island of Leros on 18th November, 1943. Age 31, son of Thomas and
Mary E Curwen of Kirkham, Lancashire. Buried Leros War Cemetery |
| Lance Corporal Albert Henry Probert Price, number
3909234, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action
on the Greek island of Leros between the 16th and 25th November,
1943. Age 25 years, son of Alfred George and Emma Jane Price of
Evanstown, Glamorgan. Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Private Herbert James Joe Prynne, number 5442368, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek
island of Leros on 16th November 1943. From Truro, Cornwall. Buried
Leros War Cemetery |
| Private Henry John Redman, number 3910341, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros, between 12th and 16th November 1943. Age 29 years, son of Mr
and Mrs Henry John Redman, husband of Lucy Amelie Redman of
Rotherhithe London. Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Lance Corporal John Senneck, number 3712949, 1st
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek
island of Leros between the 12th and 16th November 1943. Age 25
years, son of James and Eliza Senneck, Liverpool and husband of
Muriel Senneck. Buried Leros War Cemetery |
| Corporal Osborne Sexton, number 3913030, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros between 16th and 27th November, 1943 Son of Jeremiah and
Gwenllian Sexton of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire. Buried Leros War
Cemetery. |
| Private John Roy Shiells, number 3779836, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros between 14th and 16th November 1943. Son of John and Ann H
Shiells of Kendal, Westmorland. Buried Leros War Cemetery |
| Private John Streetly, number 2935025, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros on 16th November 1943. Son of Charles E Streetly and Fanny P
Streetly of Mosspark Glasgow, Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Private Arthur Stretch, number 3716938, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros between 16t and 27th November 1943. Age 31 years, son of
William and Ada Stretch from Morecambe; husband of Emily Stretch of
Morecambe. Buried Leros War Cemetery. |
| Private John Wafer, number 3913396, 1st Battalion, King’s
Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of Leros,
between the 16th and 27th November 1943. Age 31 years, son of Mr and
Mrs Aidan Wafer of Enniscorthy Co Wexford, Irish Republic. Buried
Leros War Cemetery. |
| Private John Woodward, number 3781131, 1st Battalion,
King’s Own Royal Regiment. Killed in action on the Greek island of
Leros, 13th November 1943. Age 34, son of John Isaac and Ellen
Woodward of Salford, husband of Lily Woodward of Salford. Buried
Leros War Cemetery. |
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