L/Cpl Richard Piper: "A V.C. that never was"

Lance Corporal Richard Piper, D.C.M.

Lance Corporal Richard Piper, D.C.M. 
From Cleator Moor, Cumberland (now Cumbria).
Awarded the D.C.M. for a blazing tank drama.
[Photograph: Courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News'] 
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Captain Jack Ellwood [1923 -1945]

1. Captain Jack Ellwood (1923 - 1945)

2. The former Keswick Station & Station Master's house

Captain John ('Jack') Ellwood (1923 - 1945) 
A WW2 casualty from Keswick, Cumberland
Son of a former Keswick Station Master   
Accidentally killed in Germany (7 July 1945)
Photograph: Courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News'
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Presumed killed during the evacuation from Greece

Photographs:

1. Headstone remembering the Simpson family 
Whitehaven Cemetery, Cumberland (now Cumbria)
[Grave Ref: 5/Q/60]
Courtesy of Mrs Joan Little, Cumbria County Archives volunteer

2. Cleator Moor War Memorial
[Remembrance Sunday, 11 November 2012]

Private William Edward Simpson, R.A.S.C. from Cleator Moor, Cumberland (now Cumbria) was presumed killed in action during the military evacuation from Greece in 1941.
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Former St Begh's Church Choirboy: John Hughes

Pte. John Hughes (K.I.A. 2 August 1944)

Pte. John Hughes, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
From Whitehaven, Cumberland
Killed in action in Normandy, aged 22 (2 August 1944)
Photograph: Courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News' 
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Lt. Patrick McLaughlin, Border Regt. (1901 - 1943)

Lt. Patrick McLaughlin (1901 - 1943)

Lieutenant (Quartermaster) Patrick McLaughlin
From Whitehaven and Carlisle, Cumberland.  
Border Regt. (att. to 5th Bn Northants Regt.) 
Died of wounds in Tunisia (9 April 1943) 
Photograph: Courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News' 
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L/Cpl. Alexander J. McGarry, 1st Bn, Black Watch

L/Cpl Alexander J. McGarry, 1st Bn. The Black Watch

Lance Corporal Alexander James McGarry, 1st Battalion The Black Watch
From Whitehaven, Cumberland
Killed in action in Tunisia, aged 20 (8 March 1943)
Photograph: Courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News' 
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L/Sgt Hugh McCormick, R.A.

L/Sgt Hugh McCormick, R.A. 

Lance Sergeant Hugh McCormick, Royal Artillery 
From Whitehaven, Cumberland
Killed in action at Tobruk aged 31 (10 April 1941)
Photograph: Courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News' 
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Pte. Albert Lowe, Border Regiment (1919 - 1940)

Private Albert Lowe (1919 - 1940)

Private Albert Lowe (1919 - 1940)
5th Battalion, Border Regiment 
From Whitehaven, Cumberland
Killed in France (1 June 1940) 
Photograph: Courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News' 

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Lance Corporal John H. Nicholson (1910 - 1940)

L/Cpl John Henry Nicholson

Lance Corporal John Henry Nicholson
5th Battalion, Border Regiment
From Whitehaven, Cumberland 
Killed in France (1 June 1940) 
Photograph: Courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News' 

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Sergeant William M. Allen, R.A.S.C. (1913 - 1944)

Sergeant William M. Allen, R.A.S.C.

Sergeant William Moore Allen, R.A.S.C. 
From Whitehaven, Cumberland 
Killed in Normandy (June 1944)
Photograph: Courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News' 

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Captain William Walker, L.D.S., R.C.S. (Edin.)

Army Dental Surgeon Captain William Walker
From Cleator Moor, Cumberland.
Killed at Singapore (February 1942) 
Photograph: Courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News'
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Craftsman Roland Fee, REME (1919 - 1945)

Craftsman Roland Fee, REME

Craftsman Roland Fee from Cleator Moor, Cumberland  
Killed in Holland by a 'sneak raider' 
Photograph: Courtesy of 'The Whitehven News' (1945)  
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Sergeant John Branthwaite, M.M.

Sergeant John Branthwaite, MM 
Photograph courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News'.

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Season's Greetings to all

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Silk Escape Maps of WW2

A double-sided silk escape map of WW2
Photographs taken courtesy of: 
Cumbria County Archives & Local History Service 
(Whitehaven Records Office)

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"Trust the German soldier" (France, 1940)

1. The first German propaganda poster, France (1940) 
[Cumbria County Archives & Local Studies Centre]

2. 'Occupied France' (1940) display
[Musée de l'Armée, Invalides (Paris VII)]

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In English: 
"Abandoned populations, trust the German soldier".
In French:
«POPULATIONS abandonnées, 

faites confiance 
AU SOLDAT ALLEMAND!» 

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