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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Roll of Honour

Pte Wayne Smith

7/1/1995

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Private Wayne Gary Smith died as a result of a road traffic accident on 1st  July 1995, while on deployment in Northern Ireland  . 

Service Number: 25029874

He was born on 9th March 1977 and was aged 18.

​He was laid to rest at St Marks Churchyard, Winshill, Burton-upon-Trent. Grave Number 
N Q95.

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Sgt Dean Oliver

5/9/1992

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Sgt Dean Oliver of 1st Battalion, the Staffordshire Regiment, died of a non-terrorist shooting incident on the 9th May 1992.

Service Number: 24523833

He was born on 2nd March 1962 and was aged 30.

He is laid to rest at Municipal Cemetery, Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Grave number 4180.




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Pte Mark Mason

8/15/1989

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Private Mark Anthony Mason of the Staffordshire Regiment, died 15th August 1989.

Service Number: 24815293
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He was attached to the the Royal Hampshire Regiment, in 4th platoon part of B company. He had volunteered for service in Northern Ireland.

Sadly Mark died while on Sanger duty, he sustained a fatal gun shot wound to the body.


He was born on the 28th December 1970 and was aged 18.

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L/Cpl Stephen Anderson

5/29/1984

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L/Cpl Stephen Edward Anderson of 1st Battalion, the Staffordshire Regiment, died on 29th May 1984.

Service Number: 24589020

He was killed by a landmine whilst on foot patrol at Mounthill, near Crossmaglen, in South Armagh. 

He was sadly killed on his second wedding anniversary, aged 22. Stephen was a former pupil of Kingsmead school in Hednesford.

Born on 4 May 1964 he was aged 35.

He is buried in Bedale Cemetery, North Yorkshire, DL8 1XL. Grave Section M, Grave Number
18.
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Pte Carl Baskeyfield

5/12/1984

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Private ​Carl Baskeyfield died on the 12th May 1984 in road traffic accident during the South Armagh. 

​Service Number: 24558650

He sadly died on his first day of R and R.

Born on 21st August 1964 and was aged 19.

He is laid to rest in Biddulph Parish Church cemetery.
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Pte Christopher Shenton

1/20/1981

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Private Christopher Shenton of 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment died on 20th January 1981.

Service Number: 24497200

He died aged 21, after being shot by a sniper at Castle Gate, City Walls, Londonderry, while on foot patrol.

They were closing security gates on the city walls at Castle Gate in Londonderry when the  attack occurred, at around 7:30PM. A number of high velocity shots had been fired from the Waterloo Street area. The bullet that killed Pte Shenton passed through the security gate. He was shot in the back and another soldier was wounded. CHristopher died instantly.

After training at Whittington Barracks (where he won the Medal for best S.L R shot of his platoon), Christopher joined the 1st Battalion at Colchester in February 1977, and immediately went with the Battalion to exercise in Kenya. He subsequently trained at Lydd, Hythe and Stanford, and moved to Londonderry with his company in August 1979. 

At the military funeral at Dresden, near Longdon, Stone-on-Trent, on Wednesday 28th January, there were in congregation (which overflowed the church) a large number of his fellow soldiers, who had arrived on leave the evening before. The funeral was also attended by the Colonel of the regiment, the Commanding officer, of 1st Battalion and numerous civic representatives, as well as the association and wider regimental family. 

He was born on 20th March 1959 and his nickname was Sharky. 
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2LT Michael Simpson

10/23/1974

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Second Lieutenant Michael John Simpson of 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, died on 23rd October 1974.

Service Number: 497510

He was shot by a sniper three weeks previously at the junction of Racecourse Road and Greenhaw Crescent in Londonderry. He was hit in the stomach and the bullet went through his body and hit another soldier in the arm. As Lt. Simpson was lying fatally injured, he managed to report the incident on his radio.

​He was from Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex. 

Born on 25 November 1952 he was aged 21.

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S/Sgt John Morrell

10/24/1972

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S/Sgt ​John Michael Morrell died on 24th October 1972.

​Service Number: 23916709

S/Sgt John Morrell, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, died following fatal injures sustained in a bomb attack in South Armagh on the 15th October. His patrol was searching vacant house near border when an IRA device exploded.

Five soldiers from the Staffordshire Regiment were hurt, one very seriously. They were lured into a booby-trapped house in Armagh. 

A second booby trap, wired to a shotgun, was also found in the house.

The five men who were injured were the Staffords' first casualties since the regiment started its first stint in Ulster. Most seriously hurt was Colour Sergeant John Morrell who had to be airlifted to hospital in Belfast by helicopter

The Colour Sergeant was with a patrol which was alerted after a tip off to Armagh CID that a number of terrorist gunmen were holed up at two houses in the Drumarg Park area of the town.

Regimental Secretary Colonel Hugh Cook said: "The tip off was obviously a trick to lure our men into the terrorists trap."

Born on 27 July 1940 he was aged 32, and married with three children.

He is buried in Macclesfield Borough Cemetery.  Grave Section Y, Grave Number 17449.
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    This roll of honour is to remember those Staffords who died on deployment or operations since the end of WW2. All care has been taken to identify those soldiers using all publicly available information.

    Deployment

    All
    Aden Emergency
    Cyprus
    Cyprus Emergency
    Egypt
    Germany
    Hong Kong
    Kenya
    Korea
    Op Banner
    Op Granby
    Op Herrick
    Op Telic
    Palestine
    Scotland
    Suez Emergency

    Date

    November 2013
    June 2011
    March 2007
    July 2005
    March 2000
    August 1997
    July 1995
    May 1992
    February 1991
    September 1990
    September 1989
    August 1989
    December 1986
    May 1984
    January 1981
    June 1980
    September 1976
    October 1974
    October 1972
    November 1969
    September 1965
    December 1963
    May 1963
    January 1963
    October 1962
    December 1960
    November 1957
    April 1956
    March 1956
    October 1955
    August 1955
    July 1955
    November 1953
    September 1951
    April 1951
    January 1951
    September 1950
    June 1950
    February 1950
    December 1949
    March 1948
    February 1948
    November 1946
    June 1946

    Author

    Maintained by Robert Pritchard

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