Killed in the Line of Duty Sapper George Lucas Service Number 7895135………. The final part in the story of the six brave men that died near Nantwich in Cheshire, trying to defuse a bomb that was dropped during WW2. This brings to a conclusion, eight months of research and many visits to the surrounding areas … Continue reading Sapper George Lucas
Month: July 2024
Sapper John Perrins
Killed in the Line of Duty Sapper John Perrins Service Number 1895467........... John Perrins was born on 16 June 1916 in Bolton, one of seven children born to parents, John Thomas Perrins and Sarah Ann Hurst. The Perrins family had spent many years living in the Little Lever area of Bolton and came from a … Continue reading Sapper John Perrins
Sergeant Edward Joseph Greengrass
Killed in the Line of Duty Sergeant Edward Joseph Greengrass Service Number 2210433........... Edward Joseph Greengrass was born on 15 April 1907 in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, the eldest of two children born to Edward William Greengrass and Elizabeth Augusta Jones. Edward and Elizabeth also had a daughter, Rose Elizabeth Greengrass who was born on … Continue reading Sergeant Edward Joseph Greengrass


