The Slopes War Memorial, Buxton – World War 2 Names (Army Surnames N to Z)
The following men, with surnames beginning N to Z, were killed in action during World War 2 whilst serving with the Army and are named on the Buxton Slopes Memorial, as well as other Memorials around the town.
each of those named below by CLICKING the name in Column 1 – which takes you to CWGC entry.
| Name | Rank | Regiment / Unit |
| PEARCE, Allan Sidney Robert | Sergeant | Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion |
| PENNEYSTON, George William | Fusilier | Lancashire Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion |
| PORTER, Albert Ernest [KITCHEN] *** | Warrant Officer III | Manchester Regiment, 7th Battalion |
| PORTER, Frank Dennis | Corporal | Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 1/5th Battalion |
| PORTER, Roy *** | Private | Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 2/5th Battalion |
| PURCHASE, Ronald Arthur ¤¤¤ | Lance Corporal | Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 2/5th Battalion |
| REDFERN, Harold Edward | Sergeant | Royal Marines, HMS Sheba |
| RICHARDSON, Geoffrey | Sapper | Royal Engineers, 663 Artisan Works Company |
| RICHARDSON, J. | Not found | |
| RILEY, Robert | Private | West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales’s Own) Regiment, 1st Battalion |
| ROBINSON, Vernon Charles | 2nd Lieutenant | The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) |
| ROCKACH, Allan Henry | Driver | Royal Corps of Signals, 56 Division Signals |
| SIDDALL, Arthur | Private | R.E.M.E. (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) |
| SLACK, Frederick James William | Private | Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 2nd Battalion |
| SMITH, John Clifford | Private | Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 2nd Battalion |
| SMITH, T(homas) | n/k | Not found |
| SUTTON, John | Private | Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 2/5th Battalion |
| TEBB, Arthur Louis | Private | The Parachute Regiment, (Army Air Corps), 5th (Scottish) Battalion |
| THOMPSON, George Arthur | Gunner | Royal Artillery, 5 Searchlight Regiment |
| THOMSON, Bruce | Trooper | Royal Armoured Corps, 4th Queen’s Own Hussars |
| TUNNICLIFFE, William Jesse | Fusilier | Lancashire Fusiliers, 10th Battalion |
| UPTON, William Harry | Bombardier | Royal Artillery, 58 Field Regiment, |
| WALKER, Thomas William | Colour Sergeant | Leicestershire Regiment, (Attached.: 12th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment) |
| WILBOURN, Cyril Lomas | Private | Sherwood Foresters Regiment, 1/5th Battalion |
| WRIGHT, Sydney Charles | Guardsman | Welsh Guards, 3rd Battalion |
N.B. Those marked “Not found” either have no obvious CWGC Record or the name has a number of possible origins and the actual Buxton man cannot be identified.
N.B. ¤¤¤ Pte. Ronald Arthur PURCHASE’s name is not found on any of Buxton’s Memorials, but has been included for reasons explained on his page.
N.B. *** Pte. Roy PORTER has no CWGC entry. Roy returned home after a long period in German p.o.w. camps and, after discharge from the Army, died of ‘Addison’s disease‘ on 17th November 1946 and was buried in Fairfield Churchyard.
His brother, named as “Sgt. Albert Ernest PORTER”, was in fact “W.O. III Albert Ernest KITCHEN, i.e. Roy’s half-brother, born before their mother’s marriage.
