7th Battalion Roll of Honour for 7/8 April 1945

During the advance eastwards following Operation Varsity, the 7th Battalion suffered heavy losses on 7 April as a result of a road mine detonation;the battle to secure Wunstorf airfield, in which leading elements of B Coy were initially ambushed; and the German garrison detonating the bridge at Neustadt while B Coy advanced across it on the night of 7/8 April 1945.   

The battalion war diary recorded total casualties for the day of 27 killed, 33 wounded and 6 missing.Some of those injured also died as a result of their wounds.

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Name Service Nu Unit Comments Pte AD Aitken 14563473 B Coy HQ Killed on bridge Pte RW Bradley 14985032 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte T Cairns 14709464 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte HW Corbett 14582262 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Sgt S Cornell DCM 14635496 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte SP Davies 14727137 B Coy HQ Killed on bridge Pte GS Dodd 14414128 4 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte J Gallagher 14984894 B Coy HQ Killed on bridge Cpl A Gray 14408913 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte JW Green 14984695 5 Platoon B Coy Believed to have been killed at Wunstorf Pte WJ Hogg 14814541 5 Platoon B Coy Died of wounds from bridge explosion Pte JW Hudspeth 14838716 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte GM Jamieson 97000993 RAMC att B Coy Killed at Wunstorf Pte PR Jefferson 14789487 West Yorks att B Coy Killed on bridge Pte JG Jones 4036611 5 Platoon B Coy Believed to have died from wounds sustained at Wunstorf Pte LEW Kewley 6923704 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte EW Lakin 14747245 4 Platoon B Coy Believed to have been killed at Wunstorf Pte W McDonald 3250231 4 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Sgt SG McIvor 1429741 4 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte A Millar 14349277 4 Platoon B Coy Believed to have died from wounds sustained at Wunstorf Lt JC Pape CDN/487 4 Platoon B Coy Killed at Wunstorf Pte SG Parkin 4470425 4 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte GW Pitts 1528579 B Coy HQ Killed on bridge Pte CR Plant 14216536 4 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte W Powlesland 14665013 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte WT Rhodes 14230897 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte JM Saunders 1138228 6 Platoon B Coy Killed at Wunstorf Cpl HJ Skelton 14402023 2 Platoon A Coy Died of wounds, possibly sustained at Wunstorf Pte H Smollan 14820558 A Coy Killed by road mine at Moordorf Pte S Sproston 5251503 5 Platoon B Coy Died of wounds from bridge explosion Pte G Stansfield 14774598 Believed to have been killed at Wunstorf, or died of wounds from earlier contact Pte E Wagstaff 14408807 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte AG Watkins 14326025 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge Pte A Wilkins 5732775 5 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge L/Cpl J Wilmott 14408807 4 Platoon B Coy Killed on bridge

To view the war diary extract on these two incidents please click here.

 See also

Name Service Nu Unit Comments Pte WCJ Elvin 14404094 4 Platoon B Coy Made it across Neustadt bridge Lt R Hinman 324284 6 Platoon B Coy Wounded in action Wunstorf Pte F Hoyle 14403489 Died of wounds, possibly from Wunstorf or Neustadt L/Sgt JW Humphreys 5384450 9 Platoon C Coy Died of wounds, possibly from Wunstorf Pte GW Mitchell 14414232 5 Platoon B Coy Wounded at Neustadt bridge Major DR Reid 129933 OC B Coy Awarded Military Cross Pte RS Stone 5682626 Died of wounds, possibly from Wunstorf or Neustadt Pte WW Tanner 14268087 6 Platoon B Coy Wounded in action Wunstorf Capt EG Woodman 182357 2ic B Coy Awarded Military Cross