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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945



Remembering those who died this day.

  • Balmer James. Sto. (d.18th Nov 1944)
  • Leadbeatter Alfred James. L/Bmbdr. (d.18th November 1944)
  • Pordage Harry. F/Sgt. (d.18th November 1944)
  • Sexton Thomas William. Gnr. (d.18th Nov 1944)
  • Skelton Charles Courtney. Pte. (d.18th Nov 1944)
  • Waddington Alan George Albert. L/Cpl. (d.18th Nov 1944)

The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List



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Want to know more about the 18th of November 1944?


There are:27 items tagged 18th of November 1944 available in our Library

  These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.




Stories from 18th November 1944





Sto. James Balmer. Royal Navy, HMS Amberley Castle. (d.18th Nov 1944)

Stoker 2nd Class James Balmer died at the age of 20 whilst serving with the Royal Navy. He was the son of William and Isabella Balmer (nee Harrison) of Jarrow

James is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Vin Mullen



Gnr. Thomas William Sexton. British Army, 100th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. (d.18th Nov 1944)

Thomas Sexton was from Canning Town, London. He served as a gunner with 100th Anti-Tank Rgt, R.A. 8th Bn. Gordon Highlanders. My Great Uncle, Tommy fought in Kohima and Burma during 1944 whereby he died in service in November 1944 and laid to rest in Kohima. Cause of death was believed to be tropical disease of some sought. He was aged just 24.

I'm desperately trying to find out more information about others he served with, where and at which times. Any information or photographs would be a massive help.

Johnny Blackmore



L/Bmbdr. Alfred James Leadbeatter. British Army, 5th Field Regiment Royal Artillery. (d.18th November 1944)

Alfred Leadbeatter is my uncle who I never got to meet but I am so proud to be his nephew. He will never be forgotten.

Richard Weeks



L/Cpl. Alan George Albert Waddington. British Army, 5th Btn. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry. (d.18th Nov 1944)

Alan Waddington was the uncle I never got to meet. He was my Dad's much loved older brother, some ten years older than Dad. Shortly before the attack in the forest where he was killed in 1944, Alan had received a letter from back home, saying that his wife had given birth to their first baby, a little boy, and he had written back saying how pleased he was to have become a father. He also asked that the baby boy be called David. This was the last letter he would write. Maybe it was just too painful for my heartbroken aunt to use that name, for some reason she decided instead to call the baby Leslie.

My grandmother told the family that my uncle was 'missing, presumed dead,' and my father (for a very long time) clung to the dream that maybe his brother would turn up one day (having been in hiding, or taken prisoner, or lost his memory). As the years went by, this seemed less and less likely.

When my parents had their first child in 1950, they knew straight away that they must call him Alan, after my Dad's brother. It was only after my grandmother died in 1966 that, sorting through her possessions, the family found a much-read crumpled letter addressed to her, and written by a friend of my uncle's in November 1944 sent from the front. The letter said how sorry he was to have to tell her that he had witnessed her son being killed by an exploding shell, and that death would have been instant.

Eileen Trenchard










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