Conductors who died in World War 2

Extracted from the 'Army Roll of Honour' and the CWGC website

The following were supplied by CWGC with grateful thanks:

Casualties with the rank WARRANT OFFICER Class I
Commonwealth War Dead 1939-1945

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, Bangladesh

FRANCIS, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) HENRY PAUL, 2340175, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 2 October 1945. Age 22. Son of Harry and Eileen Francis, of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Grave Ref. 5. B. 6.

HALIFAX MEMORIAL, Nova Scotia, Canada

CALDWELL, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) WILLIAM, P/34905, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. lost in S.S. Nerissa (Hamilton, Bermuda) 30 April 1941. Age 35. Son of Thomas B. and Isabella Caldwell; husband of Alice Victoria Caldwell, of Kingston, Ontario. Panel 14.

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY, Ontario, Canada

ALLAN, Warrant Officer Class I (Conductor) JOSEPH, P/34392, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. 26 August 1941. Age 59. Husband of Jenny Allan, of Ottawa. Grave Ref. Sec. 17. Lot 71. S.W.

WINNIPEG (ELMWOOD) CEMETERY, Manitoba, Canada

HOLLINGWORTH, Warrant Officer Class I (Conductor) SAMUEL, P/34987, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. 7 September 1945. Age 37. Son of Samuel and Mary Hollingworth, of Winnipeg: husband of Margaret E. G. Hollingworth, of Winnipeg. Grave Ref. Sec. 12A. Grave 1404.

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

ROBB, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) JOHN, 7593838, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 19 June 1943. Age 29. Son of John and Agnes Robb, of New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire. Grave Ref. 14. E. 4.

PHALERON WAR CEMETERY, Greece

BONE, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) LESLIE JOHN, 1718495, Mentioned in Despatches, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. attd. 119 Mobile Workshop Coy, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1 December 1944. Age 33. Son of Cyril and Lilian Teresa Bone; husband of Emily Alice Bone, of Highcliffe-on-Sea, Hampshire. Grave Ref. 21. B. 10.
CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, India

BLANE, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) EDWARD ERNEST, 389599, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 15 October 1946. Grave Ref. Plot O. Row F. Grave 34.

GREENHILL, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) CHARLES W., 3974135, Royal Army Ordnance Corps attd. Indian Army Ordnance Corps 23 February 1946. Age 41. Grave Ref. Plot O. Row H. Grave 6.

DELHI / KARACHI 1939-1945 WAR MEMORIALS, India

DE RAVARA, Warrant Officer Class I (Conductor) R W, 22124, Base Military Hospital, Karachi, Indian Medical Department. 2 January 1940. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. de Ravara, of Lucknow, India.

FIRTH, Warrant Officer Class I (Conductor) HENRY BARCLAY, 22163, Indian Medical Department. 10 October 1939. Age 48. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Edward Firth.

UPSHON, Warrant Officer Class I (Conductor) CYRIL OSCAR, 22447, British Military Hospital. Calcutta, Indian Medical Department. 28 April 1941. Age 49. Husband of Mrs. C. O. Upshon. D.M.C.C. (Calcutta).

DELHI WAR CEMETERY, India

BOWMER, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) JOSEPH VINCENT, 4546798, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 6 June 1945. Age 43. Husband of C. G. Bowmer. Grave Ref. 4. J. 15.

CODD, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) RICHARD, 6137714, East Surrey Regiment attd. Indian Army Ordnance Corps 3 December 1944. Age 36. Son of Richard Henry Codd, and of Edythe Grace Codd, of Landour, Mussoorie, India. Grave Ref. 1. K. 13.

COLLIER, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) THOMAS, 7816957, Royal Armoured Corps attd. Indian Army Corps of Clerks 12 August 1945. Age 44. Grave Ref. 2. H. 8.

MILNE, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) HENRY STEWART, 7625847, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 7 December 1944. Age 30. Nephew of Miss J. Milne, of Aberdeen. Grave Ref. 4. D. 4.

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, India

BOOLDS, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) PETER JAMES EDWIN, 5623194, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 14 February 1945. Age 30. Son of James Edwin Cornelius and Amelia Boolds, of Plymouth. Grave Ref. 6. A. 20.

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY, India

BALMFORTH, Warrant Officer Class I (Conductor) BERNARD FRANK, 1036912, Indian Engineers. 4 October 1943. Age 42. Son of Maj. Jonathan Balmforth, formerly of the I.A.O.C., and of Roslind Balmforth (nee Prowse). Grave Ref. 9. C. 11.

DEANE, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) WALTER GEORGE DOUGLAS, 5670088, Royal Army Service Corps attd. Indian Army Corps of Clerks 17 November 1946. Age 30. Son of George and Nellie Deane; husband of Freda Agnes Deane, of Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. Grave Ref. 3. D. 5.

JOLY, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) DONALD ROBERT FRANCIS, 3975737, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 29 September 1945. Age 42. Son of Frederick and Lilian Joly, of Athens, Greece. Grave Ref. 9. F. 7.

McGREGOR, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) DUNCAN, 10538220, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 29 June 1947. Grave Ref. 10. B. 8.

O'KEEFE, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) JOHN, Indian Army Ordnance Corps. 28 February 1940. Age 47. Grave Ref. 1. K. 16.

PARAMOUR, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) ALBERT DANIEL, 6283754, Royal Army Service Corps attd. Indian Army Corps of Clerks 16 June 1945. Grave Ref. 4. B. 6.

PLATEL, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) VICTOR CHRISTIAN, 27205, Indian Army Medical Corps. 6 March 1946. Age 48. Son of John William and Kathleen Lucille Platel; husband of Gladys Marie Platel, of Byculla, Bombay, India. Grave Ref. 7. C. 14.

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI, India

GREGORY, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) W E, 6845101, Gloucestershire Regiment attd. Indian Army Corps of Clerks 18 June 1946. Grave Ref. 1. D. 5.

HOWARTH, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) HAROLD, 2358719, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 7 March 1945. Age 34. Son of Joe Blease Howarth and Amelia Howarth, of Oldham, Lancashire; husband of Marian Howarth, of Werneth. Oldham. Grave Ref. 8. D. 18.

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY, India

GOOD, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) ERIC NEWTON, 3914896, South Wales Borderers attd. Indian Army Ordnance Corps 3 October 1944. Age 36. Grave Ref. 2. G. 8.

JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY, Indonesia

WHEELER, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) JOHN CARTER, 7634704, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 24 April 1946. Age 27. Son of John Carter Wheeler and May Wheeler, of Newport, Monmouthshire. Grave Ref. 5. L. 13.

TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY, Iran

TIMMINS, Warrant Officer Class I (Conductor) LEONARD MERVYN HAVELOCK, 25031, 13 British Staging Sec, Indian Army Medical Corps. 2 June 1943. Age 46. D.M. and S. (Madras). Grave Ref. 6. D. 8.

BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq

ANGUS, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) J D, 3400924, Indian Army Corps of Clerks. 10 June 1941. Age 37. Grave Ref. 8. D. 1.

FORLI WAR CEMETERY, Italy

ROSE, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) FREDERIC ARTHUR, 1574571, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. attd. 10th Ind. Div. 31 December 1944. Age 27. Son of Mary Ellen Rose, of Wantage, Berkshire. Grave Ref. IV, A, 10.

WILKINSON, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) WALTER JAMES, 7588662, Mentioned in Despatches, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 9 April 1945. Age 44. Son of Arthur William and Beatrice Wilkinson, of Sheffield; husband of Ruth Ellen Wilkinson, of Sheffield. Grave Ref. VI, C, 15.

RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar

ADAM, Warrant Officer Class I (Conductor) EDWARD STANISLAUS, Indian Medical Department. 17 April 1942. Age 42. Son of Numa and Marie Adam; husband of E. S. Adam, of Peckham, London. Face 85.

CHERRYMAN, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr) LAURENCE EDWARD, 6394174, Royal Sussex Regiment attd. Indian Army Corps of Clerks 1 July 1942. Age 38. Face 88.

CLEVERLY, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) FREDERICK CHARLES, 7871838, Royal Armoured Corps attd. Indian Army Corps of Clerks 24 November 1941. Age 40. Face 88.

DAVIES, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) RONALD OWEN, 3975276, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 10 December 1944. Age 30. Face 18.

ECCLESTON, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) ARTHUR, 3443251, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. attd. 17th Indian Lt. Div. (Burma). 22 March 1944. Age 35. Son of William and Clara Eccleston; husband of Kathleen Lily Eccleston, of Holloway, London. Face 18.

EDWARDES, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) WALTER JAMES, Indian Army Corps of Clerks. 3 May 1942. Face 88.

GLANVILLE, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) JOHN, 3447302, Lancashire Fusiliers attd. Indian Army Corps of Clerks 7 March 1942. Age 23. Son of John William Voden Glanville and Alice Glanville. Face 88.

HATTON, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) WILLIAM JAMES, Indian Army Ordnance Corps. 25 May 1942. Son of William Ernest and Emily Hatton, of Harborne, Birmingham. Face 86.

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar

O'BRIEN, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) AUBREY JOHN COLIN, 5349337, Royal Army Service Corps. 9 December 1945. Age 24. Grave Ref. 1. H. 1.

PITT, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) CHARLES BERNARD, 5058391, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 14 December 1946. Age 30. Son of Charles Robert and Edith Maud Pitt, of Howrah, India. Grave Ref. 3. G. 6.

WARDEN, Warrant Officer Class I (Conductor) JACK FRED CHARLES HAROLD E., Indian Army Ordnance Corps. attd. H.Q. Army in Burma. 6 January 1941. Grave Ref. 4. H. 16.

WELFARE, Warrant Officer Class I (Conductor) WALTER, S/3381199, M B E, Royal Army Service Corps. attd. Indian Army Corps of Clerks 9 October 1945. Age 42. Husband of Lucy Mary Welfare, of Taunton, Somerset. Grave Ref. 2. A. 16.

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar

WHITE, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) WILLIAM, 759613, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 23 January 1946. Age 40. Grave Ref. B5. A. 2.

KATMANDU BRITISH CEMETERY, Nepal

DEATKER, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) FRANCIS GILBERT FREDERICK, Indian Medical Department. 28 October 1942. Age 51. Grave Ref. Western end.

RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY, Pakistan

LARKIN, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) SIMON JOSEPH, 5609997, Royal Army Service Corps. attd, Indian Army Corps of Clerks 23 June 1945. Age 52. Grave Ref. 1. C. 7.

BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL, Surrey, United Kingdom

HUTCHISON, Warrant Officer Class I (Conductor) HENRY, Indian Army Ordnance Corps. 1 March 1940. Panel 26. Column 1.

RUDDINGTON (ST. PETER) NEW CHURCHYARD, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

MEADEN, Warrant Officer Class I (Condr.) ARTHUR FREDERICK, 7581328, M B E, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 29 June 1944. Age 49. Son of Thomas and Hannah Meaden husband of Ellen Mabel Grace Meaden, of Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire. Also served in 1914-18 War. Grave Ref. Sec. C. Grave 25.