Becks war memorial hall

Becks war memorial hall

Becks war memorial hall Becks war memorial hall

Becks war memorial hall. The names of the following men are listed inside the memorial:

First World War

  • Trooper Cecil Walter Alexander 9/473 Died of Pneumonia Wellington NZ 17/10/1914
  • Rifleman Henry Armitage 25/577 KIA The Somme 12/10/1916
  • Private George Colling 15140 KIA Passchendaele 12/10/1917
  • Lance Corporal Samuel Corrigall 39174 DoW Passchendaele 19/10/1917
  • Private William Turner Farquhar 8/2334 DoW received at Gallipoli 14/8/1915
  • Private Herbert Lanham Flint 42492 KIA Passchendaele 12/10/1917
  • Private Roy Johnstone 8/851B DoW Gallipoli 7/8/1915
  • +Private Edwin Eric MacGregor 6/4300 DoW Bailleul, France 3.46am 11/7/1916
  • +Private Scobie McKenzie MacGregor 6/1357 KIA Gallipoli 7/8/1915
  • Corporal George Mee 13401 KIA Flers, The Somme France 25/9/1916
  • Trooper William Rupert Pyle 9/76 KIA Gallipoli 6/8/1915
  • Trooper Douglas Strachan 9/206 KIA The Somme France 29/4/1918
  • Private John Buchanan Strachan 8/3412 KIA The Somme France 26/9/1916
  • Private John Swinney 10061 DoW Number 45 Casualty Clearing Station France 20/9/1916
  • Corporal William Thomas Swinney 36693 KIA The Somme France 7/4/1918
  • 2nd Lieutenant Robert Hunter Wade 45263 DoW Etaples France 26/10/1918
  • Private Thomas Wade 41054 Died war related illness Hamburg 22/11/1918
  • Private Carroll John Wilkinson 13381 KIA Le Cateau France 12/10/1918

+Incorrect spelling of surnames – Shown on memorial as McGregor. Should be spelt as MacGregor. Both men were brothers and the sons of Eliza & Dugald MacGregor of Cambrian, Central Otago.

Second World War

  • Pte Robert Andrews 9266 KIA Western Desert North Africa 26/11/1941
  • Pilot Officer William Stuart Beattie 41301 KIA UK 22/12/1941
  • Driver John Burke 8574 KIA Crete 25/5/1941
  • Flgt Sgt James Alexander Fleming 402454 DoW UK 26/1/1942
  • Pte Thomas Clouston Leith 286143 DoW Italy 25/7/1944
  • Fly Officer John Milward Mee (DFC) 416518 KIA over Germany 25/3/1944
  • Pilot Officer George James Mee 414319 KIA over Germany 27/4/1944
  • Pte Harry Scherp 17273 KIA Western Desert North Africa 30/11/1941
  • Gunner Ernest Whyte 423733 KIA Italy 1/9/1944
  • Pilot Sgt Ralph Edmond William Wilson 404010 KIA UK 21/11/1941

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