GREENEN, Ralph

Cassino War Cemetery, ItalyCredit: Gary Newman

Corporal
5th Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Ralph was born 1920 in Newport the third son of George & Elsie (nee ASH) GREENEN of 37, Holyrood Street in Newport.

Ralph, aged 23, died as a prisoner of war on the 30th of November 1943 & was originally buried at Sora Civilian Cemetery. His body was exhumed, by No.10 Section, Graves Concentration Unit & reburied at the Cassino War Cemetery in Italy on the 21st of March 1946, beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription: “"SURELY, I COME QUICKLY" "THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST" REV.XXII.20 & 1. THES.IV.16”. Ralph rests alongside over 4,000 of his Second World War comrades, with 289 still to be identified.

Ralph is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.