BLOOR John Cpl 23445081
his death Vic was still County Poppy Appeal Co-ordinator and also the County Vice- Chairman.
BURGESS Alan
and served with the 1st Battalion in Malaya. After discharge from the Army, he became a pipe fitter and welder. He was the Standard Bearer for the Dudley Branch of WFRA.
BREEZE Andrew LCpl 25049671
Of Dover on 13th December 2009. Alan served with 1st Battalion The Staffordshire Regiment in the 1970s and 1980s. He was an active member of Dover Branch of the Staffordshire Regimental Association.
COCHRAN Alan “Cockers” LCpl 25225791
Of Glentham, Lincolnshire, on 15 February 2010 aged 71. John served with A Coy 1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters as a National Serviceman from 1958 until 1960 having transferred from The Worcestershire Regiment. He saw service in Malaya.
BOKENHAM Clifton Thomas Maj
Of Warlingham, Surrey, on 10 May 2010 aged 93. He was commissioned on 4 July 1940 having served in the ranks for 302 days with 70th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters. He was promoted WS Lt in 1942 and Capt in March 1943 and posted to the 1st/8th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters. He served, also, with 2/5th Royal Scots in 1944. He attended Staff College and was posted to HQ Land Forces Hong Kong in 1946 as DAQMG HQ and, in 1949, he was posted to the 1st Battalion in Goslar. Awarded the MBE in 1949, he left the Army in June 1963. Between 1963 and 1981, he held the position of Director and Member of the Board of Management to Groups of Housing Associations and Housing Companies and then General Manager, later Director, of a company providing professional services in the building industry. In 1981, he became a consultant to a consortium of companies working in Saudi Arabia.
BOYCE-GRINES Clifford
Of Kidderminster on 7th June 2010 aged 89. He served with The Worcestershire Regiment in Burma.
BRADLEY David Pte 22673908
Of Dudley on 8 August 2010 aged 78. He enlisted into The Worcestershire Regiment
The Mercian Eagle
Of Gorton, Manchester, on 12 June 2010 aged 31. He enlisted into the Army in February 1996 and joined 1st Battalion The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment in Ballykelly following completion of basic training. He served in the United Kingdom and Cyprus and on operations three times in Northern Ireland and twice in Iraq as well as in Afghanistan. He completed successfully a Junior Non-Commissioned Officers’ cadre and was duly promoted to Lance Corporal in December 2002. He deployed to Patrol Base 1 in the Babaji area of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan in March 2010 with B (Malta) Company, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment as part of the 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles Battle Group which formed Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South). The Company has been providing stability and security for the local population whilst promoting Afghan governance and economic growth. B Company had improved the quality of life of hundreds of local Afghans around the villages of Enezai and Char Coucha by providing much needed security and reassurance. LCpl Breeze was killed when he was caught in an explosion during an operation to clear an area near to Check Point Kingshill in order to increase security.
BUNYAN Victor Frederick Cpl 23660404
On Mansfield on 23 April 2010 aged 70. He enlisted on 20 June 1958 into the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters and served in Malaya with Support Company (Machine Gun Platoon), completed two tours in Borneo and was also a member of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus 63/64. He was discharged from the Army in June 1970 and took up the occupation as a lorry driver for 30 years. Between 1997/98 Vic served as a committee member of the RBL Wollaton Branch and in 2001 became Branch President. In 2003 he accepted the position of County Co-ordinator and also served on the National Poppy Appeal Steering Group Committee between 2004-05. At the time of
Of St Asaph, North Wales, on 4 June 2010 aged 23. LCpl Alan Cochran enlisted into the Army in 2006, was trained at the Infantry Training Centre, Catterick, and was posted to 1st Battalion The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment in 2007. He had previously served in Northern Ireland and on operations in Iraq. Known to his friends in the battalion as “The Colonel”, he quickly established a reputation as a strong and committed infantry soldier. It is no surprise to anyone who knew him that he was to the front when his patrol came into contact and, as was always his way, he was committed to the safety of others to the end. A committed career soldier, Alan loved the Army and his friends within it and was probably the most selfless of men, always looking out for others and helping them to give their best. His friends described him as having a heart of gold, being totally unselfish and having the worst dress sense in the Battalion. He had recently been promoted to LCpl following completion of a demanding cadre conducted in a harsh British winter. When his Commanding Officer gave him his chevron and asked him if he was ready to take responsibility for the lives of his fellow men, he looked him straight in the eye and answered “yes” - and he did, right up until the very last. LCpl Cochran deployed in March 2010 to Afghanistan with B (Malta) Company, part of the 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles Battle Group which formed the Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South) in Helmand province. B Company had been providing much needed security and stability to the local population in the area through a mixture of joint patrols and operations with the Afghan National Security Forces. It was during a foot patrol aimed at dominating the ground around a known enemy movement corridor that LCpl Cochran was killed during an exchange of fire with insurgent forces.
COLBURN Harry WO2
Of Northampton in 2010. Harry was a staunch supporter of C Company The Mercian Volunteers at Burton on Trent throughout its existence. He refused the opportunity to be commissioned on a number of occasions and he was ultimately
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