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| TAPLEY | Frank Norman | Trooper
7952631, 13th/18th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps. Died of
wounds 28 March 1945. Aged 21. Born and resident Blackpool. Son
of Frank Herbert Reginald and Beatrice Annie Tapley, of New Milton,
Hampshire. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany. Plot 56. Row E. Grave 5. |
| TAPPER | Joseph Romualo | Private
3859156, 5th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). Killed
in action during the evacuation at Dunkirk 28 May 1940. Aged 22.
Born 7 March 1918 in Lancashire and resident Blackpool. Son of Mrs.
E. Tapper, of Blackpool, Lancashire; husband of Mary H (nee Vause)
Tapper, married 1939 in the Haslingden Registration District, Lancashire.
Stores Porter by trade. In 1939 he was resident at 59 Boardman Avenue,
Blackpool C.B., Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on DUNKIRK
MEMORIAL, Nord, France. Column 110. |
| TAYLOR | Harold Armstrong | Ordinary
Seaman D/JX 192957, H.M.S. "Venetia", Royal Navy. Died
when his ship struck a mine off Knob Buoy in the Thames Estuary,
northeast of Margate, Kent, and sank 18 October 1940. Aged 21. Born
3 August 1919 in Blackpool. Son of Harold Taylor, and of Nellie
Taylor, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 39, Column 1.
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| TAYLOR | Joseph | Private
4919788, 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in
action in North West Europe 8 August 1944. Aged 27. Born and resident
Blackpool. Son of John and Anne Taylor; husband of Frances Eveline
Taylor, of Lichfield, Staffordshire. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY,
Calvados, France. Plot XXIII. Row F. Grave 16. |
| TAYLOR | Robert | Gunner
895377, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action during
the Japanese invasion of Malaya 10 January 1942. Aged 20. Born Moville,
County Donegal, Ireland, resident Blackpool. Buried in TAIPING WAR
CEMETERY, Malaysia. Plot 1. Row J. Garve 9.
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| TENNANT | John William | Guardsman
2659963, Coldstream Guards. Died 17 May 1942. Aged 22. Son of Herbert
and Britannia Tennant, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in HALFAYA
SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 5. |
| THOMAS, DFC | Chenery | Flight
Lieutenant 115132, 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 5 September 1942. Aged 22. Son of Llewelyn David and Annie
Dora Thomas, of Blackpool, Lancashire; husband of Joan Gribbon Thomas,
of Blackpool. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C). No
known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 66.
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| THOMPSON | Gerard | Gunner
948099, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died from dysentery
as a Japanese Prisoner of War working on the Thailand-Burma Railroad
5 August 1943. Aged 24. Born Edmonton, London N., resident Blackpool.
Son of William George Thompson, and of Florence Maud Thompson, of
Failsworth, Lancashire. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand.
Plot 4. Row A. Grave 43. |
| THORNLEY | Herbert | Fusilier
3776453, 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died as a Japanese
Prisoner of War 26 July 1944. Aged 30. Born Blackpool, resident
Bolton. Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Thornley; husband of Betty
Thornley, of Bolton, Lancashire. His brothers Walter (below) and
John (below) also died on service. Buried in RANGOON WAR CEMETERY,
Myanmar (Burma). Plot 6. Row C. Grave 4. |
| THORNLEY | John | Sergeant
3780149, 13th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool). Died 13
April 1944. Aged 32. Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Thornley, of Blackpool,
Lancashire; husband of Dorothy Thornley, of North Shore, Blackpool.
His brothers Walter (below) and Herbert (above) also died on service.
Buried in RANGOON WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Plot 6. Row F. Grave 10. |
| THORNLEY | Walter | Flying
Officer (Pilot) 45716, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 31
August 1942. Aged 28. Son of Herbert Thornley and of Elizabeth Thornley
(nee Hayes), of Blackpool. His brothers, John (above) and Herbert
(above), also died on service. Buried in MARTON (ST. PAUL) CHURCH
BURIAL GROUND, Lancashire. Plot 11. Grave 127. |
| TOMMANY | James | Gunner
849754, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of dysentery
as a Japanese Prisoner of War working on the Thailand-Burma Railroad
26 May 1943. Aged 26. Born and resident Blackpool. Buried in KANCHANABURI
WAR CEMETERY,Thailand. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 58. |
| TOPPING | Jack | Stoker
1st Class D/KX 105770, H.M.S. "Orion", Royal Navy. Died
10 November 1941. Aged 27. Son of Daniel and Ann Topping; husband
of Kate Topping, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated
on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 53, Column 3.
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| TOPPING | Thomas | Private
3859124, 5th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). Died
10 July 1940. Aged 22. Son of William and Elizabeth Topping; husband
of Lena Topping, of Blackpool. Buried in BLACKPOOL (LAYTON) CEMETERY,
Lancashire. Section 0.0. Grave 262. |
| TRAUNTER | George Reginald | Sick
Berth Attendant D/MX 64141, H.M.S. "Galatea", Royal Navy.
Died 15 December 1941. Aged 22. Son of Reginald and Emma Traunter;
husband of Stella Mary Traunter, of Plymouth. No known grave. Commemorated
on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 55, Column 1.
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| TRICKETT | William Henry | Guardsman
2720462, 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards. Died 9 April 1945. Aged 29.
Son of William Augustine Trickett and Margaret Trickett, of Blackpool
Lancashire. Buried in BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Plot 4. Row J. Grave 14. |
| TURNBULL | James Terence | Gunner
906312, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 10 June 1943.
Aged 23. Son of Percy Turnbull, and of Annie Russell Turnbull, of
Anchorsholme, Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR
CEMETERY, Thailand. Grave lost. Plot 9. Row M. Special memorial
Grave 4.
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| TYSON | Vincent |
Trooper
7946497, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal
Armoured Corps. Killed in action 8 August 1944. Aged 21. Son of
Catherine Tyson, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE
WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 23. |
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