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Graves and Memorials
Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya, Second World War
Grave of Lance Corporal Douglas Gordon Blake, number 3714582, 2nd
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Died of Wounds 22nd November 1941,
age 24. Son of Mr and Mrs. George William Blake, husband of Eva Blake,
of Didsbury, Manchester. Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2392/01
Grave of Lance Corporal Douglas Gordon Blake, number 3714582, 2nd
Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Died of Wounds 22nd November 1941,
age 24. Son of Mr and Mrs. George William Blake, husband of Eva Blake,
of Didsbury, Manchester. Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/631
Grave of Private Fred Whiteside, number 3712572, 2nd Battalion, King's Own
Royal Regiment. Died of wounds 22nd November 1943. Age 29. Son of
Mr and Mrs. R Whiteside of Pressal, Lancashire. Buried in Tobruk War
Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO1121/117
Grave of Colonel Cyprian Francis Thurlow Baker OBE, King's Own Royal
Regiment, died 5th February 1943, age 46. Son of Reginald
Thurlow Baker and Alice Auga Baker; husband of Clare Roche Baker of
Notting Hill, London. Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/627
Grave of Colonel Cyprian Francis Thurlow Baker OBE, King's Own Royal
Regiment, died 5th February 1943, age 46. Son of Reginald
Thurlow Baker and Alice Auga Baker; husband of Clare Roche Baker of
Notting Hill, London. Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/628
Grave of Private Douglas Pocock, number 3711616, 2nd Battalion, King's
Own Royal Regiment, killed in action on21st November 1941. Buried
in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/629
Grave of Lance Corporal Thomas Cooke, number 4975427, 2nd Battalion,
King's Own Royal Regiment. Died of wounds 22nd November 1941.
Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/630
Grave of Lance Corporal Leonard Howarth, number 3714201, 2nd Battalion,
King's Own Royal Regiment. Died of wounds 24th November 1941 Age
24. Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya. Husband of Ethel Howarth of
Pendlebury, Lancashire.
Accession Number: KO2461/632
Grave of Private Fred Howarth, number 3780919, 1st Battalion, King's Own
Royal Regiment. Killed in action 21st July 1942. Buried in
Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/633
Grave of Lance Corporal Thomas Francis Towers, number 3714644, 2nd
Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment. Died of wounds 23rd November
1941. Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/634
Grave of Private Alfred Henry Smith, number 3714057, 2nd Battalion,
King's Own Royal Regiment. Died of wounds 23rd November 1941. Age
24. Son of Albert Edward and Emma Rachel Smith, husband of Dorothy Smith
of Waterloo, Liverpool. Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/635
Grave of Private Thomas Sandiford, number 3714010, 2nd Battalion, King's
Own Royal Regiment. Died of wounds 21st November 1941 age 24. Son
of Margaret Atherton of Preston, Lancashire. Buried in Tobruk War
Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/637
Grave of Private Thomas Sandiford, number 3714010, 2nd Battalion, King's
Own Royal Regiment. Died of wounds 21st November 1941 age 24. Son
of Margaret Atherton of Preston, Lancashire. Buried in Tobruk War
Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/641
Grave of Private James Edward Thornley, number 3710960, 2nd Battalion,
King's Own Royal Regiment. Died of wounds 21st November 1941, age
28. Son of James William and Patience Thornley of Farnworth, Lancashire.
Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/638
Grave of Private James Edward Thornley, number 3710960, 2nd Battalion,
King's Own Royal Regiment. Died of wounds 21st November 1941, age
28. Son of James William and Patience Thornley of Farnworth, Lancashire.
Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.
Accession Number: KO2461/640
Grave of Lance Corporal William Henry Weaver, number 3714523, 2nd
Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment. Died of wounds 2nd November
1941. Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Weaver; husband of Ellen Weaver, of
Garston Liverpool. Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya
Accession Number: KO2461/639
Grave of Lance Corporal William Henry Weaver, number 3714523, 2nd
Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment. Died of wounds 2nd November
1941. Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Weaver; husband of Ellen Weaver, of
Garston Liverpool. Buried in Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya
Accession Number: KO2461/636
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