SUCH Joseph Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Joseph 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    SUCH
  • Service Number:
    4919339
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Monmouthshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    3rd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    30th November 1944
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave XII. H. 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Joseph John and Mary Ann Such; husband of Winnifred May Such, 5 Townsend Cottages, Fladbury, Worcestershire, England

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SUCH Joseph Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Bengeworth St Peter’s Church
Evesham War Memorial
Fladbury War Memorial

Further Information About SUCH Joseph Henry

Appears on the army casualties list for Worcestershire.

A letter from the Reverend H.C. Vial, Weston House, Fladbury, Pershore dated 19th May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Joseph Such be added to the county roll of honour.

The following information has been researched by John Barry:
Joseph Such is mentioned in a report in the Evesham Standard, 11th March 1944 alongside his three brothers:
Sergeant Joseph Henry Such, the second serving son, is serving with the South Staffordshire Regiment, which he joined in January 1940. Aged 26 he was made a Sergeant last October. Sergeant Such was last home on leave at the beginning of the year.
Educated at Bengeworth School he was a keen footballer, having played for the school on many occasions, he was a popular member of the Old Evesham Boys’ Club, and was formerly employed by Wheeler and Mansell of Lime Street, Evesham, as a painter.
He married Miss Winifred Cowley of Fladbury, in December 1939.
The report includes a photograph of all 4 Such brothers.

Evesham Standard, 16th December 1944:
Killed on Active service
The wife of Sergt. Joseph H. Such, formerly Miss Cowley, of Fladbury, was informed on Tuesday by his Commanding Officer that her husband had been killed on active service in France.
The third son of Mrs and the late Mr J.J. Such, 14 Kings Road, Evesham, Sergt. Such was previously employed by Messrs. Wheeler and Mansell, builders. He had been in the Army for over 5 years, going to France just after D-Day. He had only been married a short while when he went abroad.

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