Research on WW2 names

Research on the names on the Merriott World War Two Memorial

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Again, there is missing data in the following table – can anyone help with more detail?   All information taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.


Name Rank, Regiment/Service and Unit Age Date of Death Details Grave/Memorial Ref Additional Information
Archibald Willoughby GWATKIN Lieutenant, 19th King George V’s Own Lancers, I.A.C. 21 14/3/1945 Service No EC/46638. Son of Major General Sir Frederick
Gwatkin, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Lady Gwatkin (nee Stanton) of Wateringbury,
Kent
Taukkyan War Cemetery. (Myanmar, formerly Burma).
20. A. 2.
Served with the Indian Army.
Frederick Charles Nicol GWATKIN Captain, Royal Deccan Horse (9th Horse), I. A. C. 22 14/3/1945 Service No EC/4681. Son of Major General Sir Frederick
Gwatkin, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Lady Gwatkin (nee Stanton) of Wateringbury,
Kent
Taukkyan War Cemetery. (Myanmar, formerly Burma).
20. A. 3.
Served with the Indian Army.
Kenneth LAWRENCE (Kenneth Ostend Lawrence) Lance Corporal, Somerset Light Infantry, 4th Bn. 25 7/7/1944 Service No 5674388.  Son of George & Elizabeth Ann
Lawrence; husband of Hilda Pearl Lawrence, of Crewkerne, Somerset
Bayeux War Cemetery
Calvados, France.
XXVII. C. 12.
 
Jack MITCHELL (Jack Arthur Mitchell) Private, Devonshire Regiment, 8th Bn. 24 11/3/1941 Service No 5618055.  Son of Henry George & Lucy Annette
Mitchell, of Colaton Raleigh, Devon
Colaton Raleigh (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard.
Devon, United Kingdom.
Grave 564.
 
Henry OSBORNE            
William OSBORNE (William George Osborne) Private, Somerset Light Infantry 46 27/12/1941 Service No D/37047.  Son of Henry & Ellen Osborne,
husband of Mabel Osborne, of Merriott
Merriott (All Saints) Churchyard.
Somerset, United Kingdom. Grave 101.
 
Jim PAYNE (J B S PAYNE) Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Artillery.   4/8/1946 Service No 99573 Ramleh War Cemetery.
Israel.
7. K. 10
 
Jack SAMWAYS Blacksmith 4th Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Dunedin. 33 24/11/1941 Service No P/MX 57725.  Son of Arthur & Francis
Samways; husband of Rose Louisa Samways of Merriott, Somerset
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Hampshire, United Kingdom. Panel 56, Column 3.
 
Harry Trevor WEBB Leading Airman, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Shrike 21 7/3/1944 Service No FAA/FX. 86723.  Son of Harry Brian Foster
Webb, and Hilda Gladys Webb, of Merriott, Somerset
Lee-On-Solent Memorial
Hampshire, United Kingdom.
Bay 5, Panel 3.
 
William Robert WARNER Able Seaman, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Sultan 21 14/9/1942 Service No D/JX 152064. Son of William Walter & Kathleen
Ellen Warner, of Colchester.
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
Myanmar (formerly Burma).
B5. B. 6.