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16th October 1944On this day:
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Remembering those who died this day.
- Alcroft Frederick. Cpl. (d.16th October 1944)
- Denny John. Pte. (d.16th Oct 1944)
- Johnson Edwin George. A/Sgt. (d.16th Oct 1944)
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Stories from 16th October 1944
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Pte. John Denny. British Army, 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry. (d.16th Oct 1944) John Denny met his future wife whilst training in Durham - Margaret (Peggy) Burlinson. They were married in 1941. He died on 16th October 1944 and is buried in Coriano Ridge War Cemetery in Italy. Ann Orrett
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A/Sgt. Edwin George Johnson. British Army, 1st Btn. Royal Norfolk Regiment. (d.16th Oct 1944) I never knew my father, I was only 2 years old when he was killed. I never knew anything about him until I was about 12 years old, when my mother had remarried. It was my father's mother (my grandmother) who contacted my mother with an invitation to visit her. She was a lovely lady and told me a history of my father, Edwin Johnson with a few photographs.
In the years that followed I lost contact with her, and it was not until I was about to get married that I wished for someone on my father's side to be at the wedding. My grandmother had passed away, so I went searching in the area that she lived in, Carshalton Surrey, and by chance noticed some children playing in a small green who I thought looked like the Johnsons. I followed one of the boys to his home and knocked on the door, which was opened by a lady followed by a man (who looked like my father). It was my father's brother! He and his family attended my marriage, and since then I have discovered all about my father. However, they did not know much about his army record, as they were told he was in the S.A.S. We do know he served in India from 1934 until the regiment was recalled in 1939 and was wounded three times. Also, he was demoted to the ranks when he went AWOL because my mother was having a very bad time in giving birth to me.
I have visited his grave at Overloon in the Netherlands and will be going again in September 2019, as this will be the last time due to my age. Terrence Johnson
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Cpl. Frederick Alcroft. British Army, 10th battalion Durham Light Infantry. (d.16th October 1944) I never knew my uncle Freddie Alcroft, only that my father, his brother, and the rest of the family took his death very badly.
We have only just come across some old pictures of him. And had a historic pic from his daughter Morag of Freddie on the deck of a trawler on his rescue from Dunkirk, sadly now lost. We believe he is at rest in the Commonwealth Cemetery Assisi, Umbria, Italy Colin Alcroft
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