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663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers

Roll of Honour

17th June 1940

Of the 242 men of 663 who boarded Lancastria some 92 were killed. Their names are listed below for the first time together.

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The following list of names are commemorated at the Dunkirk memorial.

Name / Age / Rank / Army Number

Alcock, Harold (26) Sapper 1910047

Aldom, Colin Henry James (30) Sapper 1913266

Aplin, Harold Frederick (28) Sapper 1914378

Barnard, Kenneth Lawrence (24) Sapper 1911259

Brind, Lorraine Ernest Walter (23) Sapper 1914330

Brown, Herbert (38) L/Cpl 1917041

Cour, Arthur (24) Sapper 1914323

Farline Francis Robert (31) Sapper 1912306

Fitch, Stanley Lashwood (32) Sapper 4384911

Gray, George Henry (46) L/Sgt. 1904582

Greenhill, Albert (40) L/Cpl. 1904568

Griffin, Montague Raymond (20) Sapper 1911237

Hart, Albert (31) Sapper 1917091

Hay, George Edward (27) Sapper 1912487

Hayward, William Edward (?) 2/Lt. 120577

Hiscock, Norman Harry (25) Sapper 1912462

Horton, John Eden (28) Sapper 1914279

Johnson, Robert (44) Dvr 1913414

Mayer, Harold Samuel (21) Sapper 1913115

Michell, Douglas Herbert (25) Sapper 1912461

Murray, James Strachan (26) Sapper 1913127

Orton, Frank (23) Sapper 4857083

Ramsay, Albert Marshall (38) Sapper 1913181

Rastall, Frederick Charles (20) Sapper 1913102

Sugrue, James (22) Sapper 1911265

Turner, George Frederick (23) Sapper 1914201

The following list is of members of 663 whose marker headstone is found at the cemeteries of Prefailles, Piriac-sur-Mer, Sables, St. Charles de Percy, St. Denis-d`Oleron, St.Georges, St. Marie, Soulac-sur-Mer, St. Palais-sur-Mer and St. Trojan.

Le Moutier memorial
Le Moutier memorial

Adams, William George (23) Pte 1902499

Aldred, Arthur Vernon (?) Sapper 1910525

Baker, Albert Sydney (24) Sapper 5495828

Barton, Frederick William (29) Sapper 1903465

Bean, John Hardy (24) Sapper 1903410

Bird, Charles Edward (40) Sapper 1912389

Bird, Lawrence William (31) Sapper 1913351

Blakely, Robert (?) Sapper 1904631

Chalmers, Charles (32) Sapper 1913126

Duffy, Joseph (28) Sapper 1918081

Duquemin, Cyril (23) Sapper 1903478

Evans, William Henry (33) Sapper 1903432

Filmer, Albert William (20) Sapper 1903520

Flemming, George (23) Sapper 1918047

Gibbs, Leonard (24) Sapper 1904515

Haigh, William Alfred (24) Sapper 1910375

Hamper, Thomas George (35) Sapper 1914224

Hart, Silvester Benjamin (34) L/Cpl 1911276

Hennah, John Charles (41) Sapper 1904268

Heron, Charles (25) Sapper 1913129

Howard, Thomas (29) Sapper 1902521

Hunt, Henry (36) Sapper 1917049

Ireton, Henry Arthur (34) Sapper 1902675

Kingsman, George Richard (20) Sapper 1914308

Lea, Sydney (28) Sapper 1912429

Lewis, Horace (23) Sapper 1913204

McIntyre, Archibald Burgess (23) Sapper 1913130

Orme, Thomas (26) Sapper 1913322

Shannon, William John (36) Sapper 2207307

Silver, Ronald Arthur (24) Sapper 1911263

Silvey, George Albert (?) Sapper 1917064

Towell, Harold (43) Sapper 1007874

Turner, Frank Eardley (40) 2nd/Lt 115439

Unsworth, Walter (45) Sgt. 1902520

Wilkin, Eric Cecil (28) Sapper 1912465

The following list of members of 663 have marker headstones at the war cemeteries of Escoublac-La-Baule and Pornic.

Pornic Cemetery
Pornic Cemetery

Adams, Henry John (31) Sapper 1913367

Barron, William Frederick (23) Sapper 1903464

Cannel, Horace Frederick (40) Sapper 1914062

Colquitt, James Richard (?) Cpl. 1918148

Copsey, Frederick (28) Sapper 1918032

Cowin, Percy (38) Sapper 1904286

Goudy, Francis Gerard (28) L/Cpl. 1881687

Holliday, Albert (?) Sapper 1903357

Hood, John (35) Sapper 1902517

Inkpen, Frederick Ernest (36) Sapper 1911260

Maguire, Thomas (20) Sapper 1903526

Pond, Ralph Frederick (41) Sapper 1041271

Reeve, Charles (33) Cpl. 1904428

Richardson, Geoffrey (24) Sapper 1914381

Rowe, Reginald Clifford (26) L/Cpl. 1902498

Shaw, Victor (21) Sapper 3599756

Smith, Hector Thomas (23) Sapper 1911362

Staniland, Albert Henry (24) Sapper 1918055

Thorpe, Harold (27) Sapper 1902527

Other members of 663 listed below with no known marker headstones but who died as a result of the sinking.

Ingham, Arthur (24) Sapper 1912431

Thomas, Julian (29) Sapper 1914198

Wood, Joseph Richard (25) Sapper 1912468

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