Name: APPLEBY, JOHN EDGAR
Initials: J E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Worcestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 19/11/1944
Service No: 5257881
Additional information: Son of James and Dorothy Annie Appleby, of North Malvern, Worcestershire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. 71.
Cemetery: BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY

 

On the Worcestershire Regiment website you will find a copy of a booklet I wrote about the Battle for Tripsrath, which is where most of the men wher killed and were buried at Brunssum. The booklet can be downloaded in PDF Format by clicking on the link below:

http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/dnld/Battle_for_Tripsrath_Booklet_revised.pdf

Source-Bron: Louis Scully www.worcestershireregiment.com