06/06/2026
June 6th 1944, D-Day, today we remember the fallen Hull men who went to foreign shores and paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. At the going down of the sun, we will remember them:
PRIVATE HARRY MERRIKIN, Service Number: 4350053, 5th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 33 years old
LANCE CORPORAL WALTER EDWARD CLARK, Service Number: 4345871, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 24 years old
LANCE CORPORAL ALFRED JONES, Service Number: 4342522, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 32 years old
SERGEANT ERIC IBBETSON, Service Number: 4342710, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 29 years old
SERGEANT JAMES THOMAS JENSON, Service Number: 4534313, 1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 32 years old
SAPPER ALBERT LOWSON, Service Number: 2132817, 223 Field Coy. Royal Engineers, Died 06 June 1944, 28 years old
PRIVATE DONALD La BASSE MARS, Service Number: 4344357, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 28 years old
PRIVATE ERIC JOHNSON, Service Number: 4344551, 5th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 23 years old
PRIVATE SAMUEL HARRY HUTCHINSON, Service Number: 4347304, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 28 years old
PRIVATE GEOFFREY EDWARD WRIGHTSON, Service Number: 14660634, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, United Kingdom, Died Between 06 June 1944 and 07 June 1944, 18 years old
PRIVATE ERIC JOHNSON, Service Number: 4344551, 5th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 23 years old
PRIVATE DONALD La BASSE MARS, Service Number: 4344357, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 28 years old
PRIVATE ANDREW CLUBLEY, Service Number: 4344217, 9th Bn. Border Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 21 years old
PRIVATE ARTHUR PLUMMER, Service Number: 4547339, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 20 years old
PRIVATE THOMAS GORDON LONSDALE, Service Number: 4347814, 12th (10th Bn. The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regt.]) Bn., The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Died 06 June 1944, 22 years old
PRIVATE JAMES CLIFFORD QUANTOCK, Service Number: 14275327, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 20 years old
ABLE SEAMAN DENNIS BURROWS, Service Number: P/JX 388145, H.M.S. Victory IV. Royal Navy, Died 06 June 1944, 20 years old
CORPORAL GEORGE POUNDER WILSON, Service Number: 4345058, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 25 years old
SERGEANT FREDERICK SAMUEL RAWLINGS, Service Number: 4344491, 5th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, United Kingdom, Died 06 June 1944, 25 years old
FLYING OFFICER JAMES BROOKS HORNBY, Service Number: 152049, 149 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Died 06 June 1944, 21 years old
LANCE CORPORAL GEORGE HALL, Service Number: 4351089, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 28 years old
CORPORAL LEONARD WILLIAM GREEN, Service Number: 7684823, 50 Divisional Provost Coy., Corps of Military Police, Died 06 June 1944, 27 years old
PRIVATE ALBERT EDWARD REDHEAD, Service Number: 421339, 1st Bn. ,Hampshire Regiment, Died 06 June 1944, 24 years old
