Those who died in World War Two

Eleven ex-pupils from Hemel Hempstead Grammar School were killed during the Second World War. They are listed here.

Others who lived in Hemel Hempstead are listed in the 'Roll of Honour' below. They include Battle of Britain pilot Denys Mileham.

Germans who were originally buried in Heath Lane Cemetery and later moved are listed below.

Second World War Roll of Honour

This list began with 136 individuals who served in the military and whose next-of-kin details in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database contain references to at least one of: ‘Hemel Hempstead’, ‘Boxmoor’ or ‘Apsley End’. As our research progresses, we have added further names and the list is now a cumulative one of all the memorials we have photographed. Note that there is almost certain to be some duplication of names below, but until it can be confirmed that possible duplicates are not different people, that is inevitable.

Further information on some of the men listed whose names appear on the Hemel Hempstead War Memorial near to St John's Church in Boxmoor can be found at Roll-of-Honour.com and on a site run by Stephen Stratford.

If you have any details on any of the men listed, including photographs, please get in touch through the contact page at: Contact Us

Further details, including information such as next-of-kin, home address and place of burial can be obtained on the CWGC website at CWGC Search by entering the surname, first initial and year of death in the appropriate spaces. The CWGC website also allows members of the public to create and print a Memorial Certificate for each person recorded in the database.

Civilian dead

Nine of the individuals are recorded as civilian deaths in Belswains Lane on 10 May 1941. It is possible that they were all killed in the incident which saw houses destroyed close to Nash Mills Primary School. They are: Doris Beevor, William Chennells, Harold Robert Dyer, Albert Fenton, Maria Fenton, Florence Franklin, William Franklin, James Munday and Lilian Sheldrake. We are grateful to Clive Lewis for providing this information.

KEY TO SOURCE COLUMN

‡ Commonwealth War Graves Commission

• Hemel Hempstead War Memorial

a St Mary's, Apsley End, Parish Memorial

c Carey Baptist Church (Marlowes congregation memorial)

e St John the Evangelist, Bourne End, Roll of Honour

f St Francis of Assisi, Hammerfield, Parish Memorial

g St John the Baptist, Great Gaddesden

h Holy Trinity, Potten End, Parish Memorial

i Individual memorial or grave in the area, or other information (details on page for individual)

j John Dickinson Memorial, Apsley (Apsley Mills, Nash Mills and general panels)

k Kent's Memorial

L Leverstock Green Memorial

p St Peter and St Paul's, Little Gaddesden

r Little Gaddesden, Hudnall and Ringshall War Memorial

s Hemel Hempstead Grammar School Memorial

x St Mary's, Hemel Hempstead, Parish Memorial

y CWGC information on Belswains Lane deaths, 10 May 1941

z Lockers Park School Memorial

The Roll was prepared by Prof Richard Grayson of Goldsmiths, University of London.

Source	Name	Rank	Date of death	Regiment	Unit
x	Aird, Ian B.
j	Allison, C.R.J			Royal Navy
‡x	Ambrose, John	Able Seaman	24-May-41	Royal Navy	H.M.S. Hood
g	Arch, James Henry	Sergeant		Royal Air Force
g	Arch, Percy	Sergeant		Royal Air Force
z	Ashburnham, Anchitel F.
‡•	Aylott, Arthur George	Private	17-Dec-45	Beds and Herts	2nd Battalion
i	Badcock, Frederick George	Sapper	17-Sep-44	Royal Engineers	87 Assault Squadron
‡•j Ls	Bagshaw, Henry Arthur	Colour Serjeant	14-Feb-42	Beds and Herts	5th Battalion
z	Bailey, Anthony
‡•ja	Baldwin, Bernard Oliver	Pilot Officer	25-May-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	158 Sqdn.
z	Barker, Hugo J.R.
z	Barnett, David
•	Bass, S.A.
‡•i	Bates, David James	Trooper	14-Mar-41	Royal Armoured Corps
‡	Bayliss, Albert Henry	Pilot Officer	16-Apr-43	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
‡•a	Beales, Ronald	Signalman	17-Aug-43	Royal Corps of Signals	27 Operating Sec.
•f	Beans, George
z	Beaumont-Thomas, Nigel
y	Beevor, Doris Ethel		10-May-41	Civilian
j	Belsham, D.W.			Royal Air Force
‡	Bending, Herbert Arthur	Corporal	04-Dec-42	Royal Engineers	276 Field Coy.
•ji	Bentley, Ronald Arthur	Corporal	28-Nov-44	Royal Marines
‡	Bentley, John Walter	Corporal	24-Mar-45	Parachute , A.A.C.	12th (10th Battalion The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regt.]) Battalion
‡	Berg, Erik Christian	Flight Sergeant	06-Mar-45	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	272 Sqdn.
•jc	Bird, Harold J.			Welsh Guards
‡	Blofield, Bernard Reginald	Flying Officer	30-Dec-47	Royal Air Force
‡	Bone, Frederick Albert	Private	06-Aug-43	Beds and Herts	5th Battalion
•	Bonner, Frank	Sapper	19-Jan-43	Royal Engineers	9 (Airborne) Field Coy.
‡ •	Bourne, John Edward	Serjeant	20-Dec-43	Essex	5th Battalion
•	Bowen, W.G.
z	Boyd, Roland W.
j	Boyd-Smith			Royal Armoured Corps
j	Boyd Thomson			Royal Artillery
j	Brackley, F.R.J.			Beds & Herts
•	Brawn, C.G.
•	Brice, J.R.
j	Bristow, E.B.S.			Sherwood Foresters
•	Brown, F.W.
•	Brown, S.
z	Bucknill, Samuel J.R.
z	Budworth, Charles R.D.
f	Carter, John Compton
z	Cawley, Harold K.J.
‡•ji	Chapman, Stanley Reginald	Driver	14-Jul-42	Royal Army Service Corps
‡•	Chappell, Keith Ernest Ansell	Pilot Officer	03-Oct-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
j	Charge, F.W.			Royal Navy
•jay	Chennells, William George		10-May-41	Civil Defence
z	Chichester, Arthur P.S.
z	Clark, Edward K.U.
z	Clark, James G.C.O.
j	Clarke, J.T.			Northamptonshire
•Li	Clear, Gordon S.	Flying Officer	20-Mar-43	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	139 Squadron
‡•ji	Clement, Cyril	Private	25-Aug-41	The Queen's Royal (West Surrey)	11th Battalion
j	Coker, F.C.			Royal Air Force
‡L i	Coker, Frank Edward	Private	14-Apr-45	Royal Berkshire
‡•	Collier, James	Private	29-Oct-43	Beds and Herts	5th Battalion
‡•L	Collins, Arthur George Frank	Private	24-Aug-40	Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry	1st Bucks. Battalion
i	Collins, Joshua Louis	Private	25-Sep-43	Beds and Herts	5th Battalion
‡•xs	Colyer, John Edward	Flying Officer	03-Oct-43	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
h	Cook, Ronald
z	Cookson, Christopher
‡•x	Cosson or Cossan, Ronald Ingram	Serjeant	16-Jan-43	Royal Army Service Corps
•jL	Cother, Fred			Beds and Herts	1st
•	Coughtry, F.
z	Cowley, John L.
j	Cox, G.			Royal Air Force
j	Crabb, P.H.			Royal Air Force
‡•j	Crawley, Dennis David	Corporal	05-Jun-44	Beds and Herts	1st Battalion
j	Crawley, G.W.			Royal Air Force
‡•j	Crawley, Stanley	Private	14-Jan-45	The Queen's Royal (West Surrey)	1/5th Battalion
h	Cripps, Arthur
‡•ai	Cripps, Arthur Raymond	Rifleman	02-Apr-45	Royal Ulster Rifles
z	Crompton-Roberts, Richard
•	Croxford, D.S.
z	Davies, Harold F.T.
z	Davies, Harry W.
z	Davies, John L.
f	Davies, Thomas
‡•g	Davis, Reginald Walter	Fusilier	18-Feb-44	Royal Fusiliers (City of London)
i	Devonshire, Charles Sidney	Private	30-Jun-1943	Beds and Herts	5th Battalion
hi	Dickens, (Frederick) Donald	Sergeant	29-Sep-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	156 Squadron
‡•	Dilley, Lewis Henry John	Ordinary Telegraphist	25-Jan-43	Royal Navy	H.M.S. Corncrake
•	Doggett, R.H.
‡	Dry, Alfred George	Gunner	05-Mar-43	Royal Artillery	11 Coast Regt.
z	Duff, Charles E.R.
s	Duke, Robert	Lance Corporal	21-Jun-44	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment	6th Battalion
•j	Dungan, S.J.			Army Air Corps
•	Dwyer, R.
jay	Dyer, Harold Robert		10-May-41	Civil Defence
‡	Duke, Robert George	Lance Corporal	21-Jun-44	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)	6th Battalion
‡•j	Edmonds, Gilbert	Bombardier	31-Oct-44	Royal Artillery	26 Medium Regt.
j	Eldridge, P.H.			Royal Air Force
‡•	Emerton, George Alfred	Ordinary Seaman	17-Nov-40	Royal Navy	H.M.S. Illustrious.
‡•ja	Ewer, Derek Ronald James	Flight Sergeant	15-Mar-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	223 Sqdn.
‡•	Farnes, Rowland James	Able Seaman	26-Mar-42	Royal Navy	H.M.S. Jaguar
z	Farrer, George D.
•L	Faulder, Archie F.
‡•L	Faulder, George William	Private	12-Feb-42	Leicestershire	1st Battalion
z	Favell, Edward V.V.
y	Fenton, Albert Edward		10-May-41	Civilian
y	Fenton, Maria		10-May-41	Civilian
•	Fern, P.W.
a	Fern, Thomas
‡	Finch, John Lennard Frearson	Apprentice	16-Jan-41	Merchant Navy	S.S. Essex (London)
‡•f	Fisher, Harry John	Private	29-Nov-43	Beds and Herts	5th Battalion
‡•ja	Fisher, Robert Alfred Henry	Trooper	24-Nov-44	Royal Armoured Corps	142nd (7th Battalion The Suffolk Regt.) Regt.
‡•	Fletcher, Frank	Lieutenant	01-Jun-41	Royal Navy	H.M.S. London.
‡j	Flint, Ronald Bernard	Serjeant	23-Nov-44	Essex	2nd Battalion
‡	Foreman, Clifford Herbert	Private	16-Nov-44	Middlesex	1/7th Battalion
‡•	Fossey, James Indarious	Sapper	23-Aug-45	Royal Engineers	35 Fortress Coy.
•	Fountain, J.W.
y	Franklin, Florence Lily		10-May-41	Civilian
y	Franklin, William Theophilus		10-May-41	Civilian
‡•f	Frazer, William Arthur	Gunner	26-May-44	Royal Artillery	84 H.A.A. Regt.
j	Freemantle, G.V.			Royal Navy
‡•c	Gadsden, Geoffrey George	Gunner	27-Mar-44	Royal Artillery	76 (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regt.
‡e	Gardiner, George	Captain	17-Mar-42	Royal Army Service Corps
‡•j	George, Stanley Henry	Trooper	30-Nov-41	Royal Tank , R.A.C.	4th
•	Ginger, R.A.J.
‡i	Glover, Walter William	Major	17-Jan-46	Royal Marines
z	Goodman, John M.
rp	Gordon, Henry			Gordon Highlanders
•a	Goss, Edward C.
•a	Goss, Frederick H.
j	Graham, A.L.			Irish Guards
z	Graham, Malise A.
rp	Gray, Duncan			Rifle Brigade
‡•j a	Green, Charles	Private	11-Jul-44	Beds and Herts	2nd Battalion
‡•ja	Green, William Frederick	Serjeant	10-Jun-44	Royal Artillery	62 Anti-Tank Regt.
z	Gregson, Charles B.
‡•jai	Gurney, Leonard Ralph	Private	03-Jul-43	Beds and Herts	5th Battalion
j	Gurney, P.W.			Beds and Herts
‡	Gurney, Thomas Ernest	Seaman	11-May-41	Royal Naval Patrol Service
‡	Haigh, James	Electrical Artificer	17-Jul-40	Royal Navy	H.M.S. Calliope.
‡	Hales, Frank Joseph	Flying Officer	04-Apr-45	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	70 Sqdn.
‡i	Hamilton, Goulder George	Leading Signalman	16-Sep-44	Royal Navy
‡	Hammon, Charles James	Leading Aircraftman	19-Aug-45	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
‡•ai	Hammond, Maurice James	Able Seaman	25-Jan-43	Royal Navy	H.M.S. President
•x	Hancock, H.W. or W.H.
‡•x	Hanks, Gerald Austin	Sergeant	14-Nov-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
j	Harman, J.			Beds and Herts	1st
‡•j	Harmsworth, Alfred Frank	Naval Airman 1st Class	10-Nov-39	Royal Navy	H.M.S. St. Vincent.
•a	Harrington, Harold E.
•	Harris, A.E.
‡•a	Harrison, Lawrence Richard or Laurence	Gunner	28-Oct-44	Royal Artillery	88 Field Regt.
h	Harvey, David
h	Harvey, Jeffery
‡	Hathaway, Leonard Charles	Lance Corporal	22-Sep-43	Leicestershire	2/5th Battalion
‡•	Haughton, William George	Major	18-Feb-42	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
g	Hawes, Horace E.	Corporal		Beds and Herts	5th
z	Hawkins, Christopher A.V.
‡•a	Hearn, Frank Walter	Gunner	06-May-43	Royal Artillery	65 Field Regt.
‡•j	Hebbs, Walter John	Private	19-Oct-44	King's Shropshire Light Infantry	4th Battalion
•	Hector, S.F.
•	Hedges, S.W.
z	Henderson, John A.A.
z	Henderson, Roger A.
s	High, Robert Maurice	Sergeant (Pilot)	25-Nov-42	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	202 Squadron
‡	Hills, Herbert Leslie	Gunner	20-Sep-44	Royal Horse Artillery	11 (Honourable Artillery Coy.) Regt.
rpi	Hing, Leonard	Lance Bombardier	23-Sep-44	Royal Artillery	59 (6th Hampshire Regiment)
z	Holdsworth, John
z	Holdsworth, Michael
•ja	Holmes, Gordon F.C.			Beds and Herts
‡•	Hopkins, Aubrey	Private	07-Aug-44	Royal Norfolk	7th Battalion
j	Horne, D.A.			Beds and Herts
‡	Horne, Sidney Frank	Sergeant	15-Aug-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	178 Sqdn.
k	Horton, F.E.			Royal Navy
‡•j	Hosier, Sidney Ernest	Fusilier	05-Sep-44	Royal Fusiliers (City of London )	9th Battalion
j	Hucklesbee, R.R.F.			Beds and Herts
‡•j	Hughes, Wesley Arnold	Staff Serjeant	03-Dec-44	Royal Army Service Corps	18 Div. Troops Coy.
j	Ings, K.S.			Royal Artillery
‡	Ives, Reginald Frank	Corporal	19-Sep-43	The Queen's Royal (West Surrey)	2/5th Battalion
z	Jeffreys, Christopher J.D.
i	Jefferys, George William (external link)	Sergeant	18-Sep-40	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
•	Johnson, R.
‡	Jones, Harry Arthur	Private	09-Dec-41	Essex	1st Battalion
i	Keen, Joseph	Driver	23-Apr-43	Royal Army Service Corps
‡	Kenny, Patrick Joseph	Serjeant	26-Jul-40	Royal Army Medical Corps
j	Kent, D.H.			Royal Air Force
h	Kent, Dennis
‡•ja	King, Frank	Serjeant	14-Sep-44	Leicestershire	2/5th Battalion
‡j	Lamb, John	Gunner	11-Aug-44	Royal Artillery	21 Anti-Tank Regt.
‡•ji	Lane, John Edward	Sergeant	30-Dec-43	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
•j	Lane, R.E.V.			Royal Air Force
z	Lawford, Peter W.P.
z	Laycock, Michael H.
‡•	Lee, Raymond Leslie	Sergeant	19-Jul-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	138 Sqdn.
z	Leslie, John A.
•i	Ling, Alfred Ronald	Trooper	7-Apr-42	Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
•	Ling, T.
‡	Lillico, James Walsh	Captain	18-Oct-42	Indian Medical Service	12 Indian General Hospital
j	Lipscombe, S.W.			Royal Artillery
z	Llewellyn, Rolland M.C.
z	Lloyd, John B.
z	London, Walter R.B.
z	MacDonald, Kenneth F.
‡•x	Malley, William Edward	Sergeant	05-Nov-45	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
‡•	Margrove, Leonard John	Serjeant	26-Feb-45	King's Shropshire Light Infantry	4th Battalion
‡•j	Marhoff, Frank Victor	Leading Aircraftman	13-Nov-41	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
z	Marshall, John W.
i	Mart, William Herbert	Serjeant	17-Jan-44	Home Guard	7th Hertfordshire Battalion
‡•ja	Mason, Richard William	Sergeant	17-Apr-43	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	408 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
‡•	McDonald, Andrew Cairns Bain	Corporal	06-Sep-44	Gordon Highlanders	1st Battalion The London Scottish
s	McGarry, Constantine	Sergeant	30-Aug-44	Royal Air Force	260 Squadron
h	Meager, John
‡•	Mears, Ernest John	Private	14-Apr-45	East Lancashire	1st Battalion
h	Messum, John
‡•	Mileham, Denys Edgar	Flight Lieutenant	15-Apr-42	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	234 Sqdn.
‡•j	Mills, Edward	Stoker 2nd Class	15-Nov-42	Royal Navy	H.M.S. Quebec
‡•	Mills, Joseph Wallace	Lance Serjeant	19-Aug-42	Beds and Herts
‡	Mitchell, Henry Arthur	Assistant Baker	11-Jul-43	Merchant Navy	S.S. California (Glasgow)
z	Mitford, Thomas D.F.
•a	Monaghan, Derek
‡•x	Mounsey, Eric Graham	Pilot Officer	07-Nov-41	Royal Air Force	58 Sqdn.
y	Munday, James Arthur		10-May-41	Civilian
•	Murray, G.A.
•jL	Newland, Jack E.			Dorsetshire
‡rpis	Newman, William Searl	Flight Sergeant	15-Oct-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
z	Newnham, John R.F.
‡•	Newton, Walter	Private	18-Jan-41	Royal Army Ordnance Corps	Base Ordnance Depot
j	Norman, E.J.			Grenadier Guards
z	North, Kenneth F.F.
‡	Northam, Leonard Charles	Able Seaman	24-Jan-43	Royal Navy	H.M.S. President III
•	Notton, L.P.
j	Olney, A.A.			Royal Air Force
i	O'Kelly, William	Major	19-Jun-41	Royal Army Service Corps
‡•	O'Monaghan, Derrick Alexander	Guardsman	15-May-40	Grenadier Guards	1st Battalion
‡•	Owen, Cecil George	Lance Corporal	26-Jan-44	Essex	1/4th Battalion
‡•ka	Palmer, Harold Bernard	Fusilier	05-Nov-44	Royal Scots Fusiliers	6th Battalion
‡•a	Palmer, Jack	Serjeant	14-Feb-42	Cambridgeshire	1st Battalion
j	Palmer, J.R.			Royal Air Force
‡•ji	Parsons, Gilbert Kenneth	Sergeant	10-Apr-43	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
rp	Patterson, Ian			Royal Artillery
h	Pearce, Laurence
•	Pearce, W.H.
‡	Philps, John Albert	Flight Lieutenant	30-Jul-43	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	156 Sqdn.
‡	Pickering, Stanley Neville	Sapper	17-Feb-44	Royal Engineers	23 Field Coy.
•j	Picton, F.H.			Somerset
‡•ai	Picton, Leslie Arthur	Bombardier	29-Nov-44	Royal Artillery	508 Coast Regt.
•	Picton, S.
‡	Piedot, Victor Wilfred	Flight Sergeant	21-Jan-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	76 Sqdn.
•	Plain, E.H.
‡	Plenderleith, Donald Mackay	Lieutenant	28-May-44	1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun )	3rd Battalion
•	Plumb, W.
‡•j	Plummer, Charles James	Marine	01-Jun-41	Royal Marines	R.M. Group, M.N.B.D.O.1.
‡•i	Pratt, Frank William	Sergeant	05-Sep-43	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
‡	Pretlove, Thomas James	Battery Quartermaster Serjeant	12-Sep-44	Royal Artillery
‡	Print, Dennis Charles Ben	Engine Room Artificer 4th Class	24-May-41	Royal Navy	H.M.S. Hood
‡•a	Rance, George Ernest	Trooper	14-Feb-43	Royal Armoured Corps	Staffordshire Yeomanry
•	Rance, S.J.
‡•j	Read, William Harold	Driver	25-Sep-43	Royal Army Service Corps	375 Gen. Transport Coy.
‡•xi	Reid, John	Flight Lieutenant	26-Jun-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	605 Sqdn.
‡	Reynolds, Benjamin Samuel	Flight Sergeant	25-Feb-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	156 Sqdn.
z	Reynolds, Herbert G.
•	Reynolds, L.F.
j	Richardson, E.			Royal Air Force V.R.
‡•j	Richardson, Eric Ryder	Sergeant	26-Jun-43	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	115 Sqdn.
‡•	Richardson, Robert Edwin	Flying Officer	31-Aug-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	103 Sqdn.
‡•j	Richardson, William John	Corporal	12-May-44	Beds and Herts	2/4th Battalion
‡•xi	Riddle, John Henry	Sergeant	15-Mar-44	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	166 Sqdn.
‡	Riley, William G.	Able Seaman	19-May-45	Royal Navy	H.M.M.T.B. 2011
‡	Risbrough, George Samuel	Serjeant	18-Jul-44	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders	5th Battalion
‡•i	Robbins, Ronald Stephen	Lance Corporal	14-Nov-42	Corps of Military Police	3rd Divisional Provost Coy.
‡•j	Robins or Robbins, Harold Alfred	Private	02-Jul-40	Beds and Herts	2nd Battalion
•	Robinson, C.S.
gi	Robinson, Frank T.W.	Private	22-Nov-41	Beds and Herts	71st
rp	Rogers, Edward			Suffolk
L	Rogers, James
j	Ronald, M.			Reconnaissance Corps
j	Rumsey, A.B.R.			Royal Air Force
h	Rumsey, Arthur
k	Rumsey-Williams, F.E.	Flying Officer		Royal Air Force
•	Russell, A.G.
k	Russell, E.M.			By enemy action
‡xs	Saunders, Geoffrey Leonard Phillip	Leading Radio Mechanic	15-Nov-42	Royal Navy	H.M.S. Avenger
•i	Savage, Ronald John	Boy	27-Jan-40	Devonshire Regiment
‡•s	Selden, Kenneth Edmund	Flight Sergeant	10-May-42	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
‡•j	Sells, Harold	Gunner	16-Apr-43	Royal Artillery	70 Field Regt.
‡•	Sells, James	Private	16-Nov-43	The Queen's Royal (West Surrey)	1/7th Battalion
‡•ai	Sharman, Elsie Louisa	Lance Corporal	14-Feb-43	Auxiliary Territorial Service	151 H.A.A. (M) Regt. Royal Artillery
j	Sharp, C.S.			Royal Army Service Corps
y	Sheldrake, Lilian		10-May-41	Civilian
•a	Shepherd, Stephen J.
•x	Sherer, A.J.C.
z	Sheridan [Dufferin and Ava], Basil
‡•x s	Slade, (Ivor Charles) Brian	Flight Lieutenant	24-Aug-43	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	83 Sqdn.
e	Smith, Andrew
•	Smith, C.D.
j	Smith, E.A.			Royal Air Force V.R.
j	Smith, E.J.			Beds and Herts
h	Smith, Norman
g	Smith, William James	Flight Sergeant		Royal Air Force
j	Smith, W.N.			Beds and Herts
h	Snowden, George
h	Snowden, Robert
z	Solomon, Leonard
‡•	Stafford, James Dean	Greaser	10-Dec-40	Merchant Navy	M.V. Dunedin Star (London)
‡•	Stafford, Samuel Dean	Lance Serjeant	03-Jul-40	Beds and Herts	1st Battalion
f	Stoney, Alan
z	Storey, Roy F.
z	Storey, Thomas W.
‡•j	Streete, Douglas	Private	26-Mar-43	Royal Army Service Corps	74 Motor Amb. Coy.
‡•jxs	Stubbington, Lewis William	Lance Corporal	11-Dec-40	Beds and Herts	2nd Battalion The Hertfordshire Regt.
z	Swanwick, Roy N.
z	Tanner, James H.A.
i	Taylor, John Christopher	Leading Aircraftman	18-Jul-41	Royal Air Force
j	Tearle, R.F.			Royal Air Force
‡	Thacker, Roger Ewart	Telegraphist	05-Nov-39	Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve	H.M. Trawler Northern Rover
•j	Thomas, G.			Royal Air Force V.R.
‡	Thwaites, Raymond William	Telegraphist	14-Oct-39	Royal Navy	H.M.S. Royal Oak
‡•j	Tipping, Frederick Thomas	Fusilier	15-Feb-45	Royal Welch Fusiliers	6th Battalion
j	Todd, R.C.			Royal Air Force
•j	Tomlin, R.E.			Royal Air Force
•	Tucker, W.J.H.
z	Turnbull, Graham T.M.
‡	Turner, Herbert Edmund	Coder	31-Jan-42	Royal Navy	H.M.S. Belmont
•	Turner, H.L.
z	Tyser, John W.G.
‡	Wainwright, Charles Harold	Gunner	22-Feb-44	Royal Artillery	136 Field Regt.
‡•x	Walker, Harry	Gunner	18-May-44	Royal Artillery	70 Medium Regt.
•	Walsh, J.
‡•a	Walters, John	Serjeant	25-Sep-44	Glider Pilot , A.A.C.	2nd Wing
‡•j	Walters, Lewis Henry George	Bombardier	29-Oct-44	Royal Artillery	151 (The Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regt.
j	Waterton, H.J.			Herts Yeomanry
h	Weekes, John
j	Welch, A.J.			Royal Army Service Corps
•	Westerman, R.T.
z	Whitcombe, Hugh T.H.
k	White, E.			By enemy action
‡•	White, John Henry	Private	13-Apr-43	Beds and Herts	2nd Battalion The Hertfordshire Regt.
‡•x	Whiteman, John Whitmore	Lieutenant	22-Jan-44	Beds and Herts
jg	Wibling or Wibbling, Charles W.	Gunner		Royal Artillery
‡	Wilkinson, Dennis Wilfrid	Lieutenant	14-Feb-42	Royal Artillery	6 H.A.A. Regt.
z	Williams, Edward J.A.
j	Williams, H.T.			Royal Artillery
z	Windram, Peter
•	Wiseman, W.H.
j	Withers, R.G.			Herts Yeomanry
‡	Wood, George Watson	Marine	28-Oct-44	Royal Marines	H.M.S. Fabius.
‡•j	Woollatt, Horace James	Flight Sergeant	20-Oct-42	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	407 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
•a	Woolley, Edward
h	Young, James

Germans originally buried at Heath Lane Cemetery

Those involved in the Hemel at War project had heard rumours for some time about Germans buried in the Heath Lane Cemetery but had not been able to find anything out. However, Gregg and Theresa Bisgrove were also on the trail and have passed on information they received from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in November 2011 as follows:

Having checked our archival documents for Hemel Hempstead (Heath Lane) Cemetery, I can confirm that four Germans were originally buried in the cemetery, three soldiers and one airman. They were exhumed and reinterred in Cannock Chase German Cemetery in the 1960s.

I should explain that on 16 October 1959, an agreement was concluded by the governments of the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany concerning the future care of the graves of German nationals who lost their lives in the United Kingdom during the two World Wars. The agreement provided for the transfer to a central cemetery in the United Kingdom of all graves which were not situated in cemeteries and plots of Commonwealth war graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in situ.

Following this agreement, the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraberfursorge) made arrangements to transfer the graves of German servicemen and civilian internees of both wars from scattered burial grounds to the new cemetery established at Cannock Chase. The inauguration and dedication of this cemetery, which contains almost 5,000 German and Austrian graves, took place in June 1967.

I list below details of the four Germans who were originally buried in Hemel Hempstead (Heath Lane) Cemetery, along with the details of the location of their present graves:

Rank: Airman

Surname: FRIEDRICH

Forenames: RUDOLF

Regiment: German Air Force

Date of Death: 21 April 1945

Commemoration

CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, Block 1, Grave 139.

Rank: Soldier

Surname: KRAUS

Forenames: ALBERT

Regiment: German Army

Date of Death: 9 February 1945

Commemoration

CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, Block 1, Grave 138.

Rank: Soldier

Surname: KULLMANN

Forenames: VALENTIN

Service No: B148417

Regiment: German Army

Date of Death: 5 December 1946

Commemoration

CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, Block 1, Grave 137.

Rank: Soldier

Surname: RATHJEN

Forenames: RUDOLF

Regiment: German Army

Date of Death: 26 December 1944

Commemoration

CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, Block 1, Grave 140.

Richard Grayson visited Cannock Chase German Military cemetery in July 2017 to photograph the graves:

(Photos: Richard Grayson, 22nd July 2017).

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