Darrell Barry Stables was a Flight Sergeant, Air Gunner, in 106 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. He was the son of Charles and Francis Stables and the husband of Kathleen Mary Stables. Flight Sergeant Stables died on the 27thg November 1941 aged 24. This must have been during the 'Battle of Britain'. At some time during the war he was awarded the distinguished Flying Medal. This Award is awarded for an act or acts of bravery. His parents and wife must have been very proud of him, as we all should be. It seems that he only way he could have been buried in Brigg was if his plane was shot down over England, or crashed on landing, or he was wounded in battle, and later died of his wounds in England.

Jack Hirst was a Sergeant in the 2nd Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was the son of Thomas Henry and Alice Hirst, and the husband of Blance Hirst. He died in Burma on the 16th May 1943 aged 29. Like many others he has no known grave, but is remembered on the 'Rangoon Memorial' Taukkyan War Cemetery near Yangon (formerly Rangoon). The Memorial has 27,000 names of men of the Commonwealth Land Forces who died in the campaign in Burma.

James Alfred Sewell was a Corporal who enlisted in the 16th/5th Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps, but was later transferred to the 5th Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Sewell. He died in the Western Desert, which covered an area from Alexandria in Egypt to Bengazi in Lybia, on the 25th November aged 23. He has no known grave, but is remembered on the 'Alamein Memorial', which forms the entrance to El Alamein War Cemetery. The Alamein Memorial contains 8,500 names of Commonwealth soldiers who died in the campaign in Egypt and Lybia.

Louis Walsh was a Trooper in the Life Guards. He was the son of Stephen and Maggie May Walsh, and the husband of Elizabeth Walsh. Trooper Walsh dies on the 4th January 1943 aged 27, and is buried in Barnburgh Cemetery, on Church Lane. Thee headstone on his grave bears the regimental Badge of the 'Life Guards', then the following inscription …
295490 TROOPER L. WALSH
THE LIFE GUARDS 4TH JANUARY 1943 AGED 47
IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR SON, HUSBAND & DADDY
ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

The records only show that Trooper Walsh was buried in Barnburgh and that his Theatre of War was the United Kingdom, but not how he died. Nevertheless, he was killed on active service and should be remembered for that, just the same as everyone else killed on active service.