Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

There are now 4, 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.

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Lieutenant Colonel David Arthur Henry SILVERTOP - 51903

14th/20th King's Hussars Royal Armoured Corps

Died 25 September 1944 Age 32

Secondary Unit, Regiment: Cdg. 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

Awards: Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross

Son of Comdr. Arthur Edward Silvertop, R.N. (killed in action at The Battle of Jutland 31st May, 1916), and of Dorothy Silvertop (nee Dalglish).

Personal Inscription: REQUIEM AETERNAM DONA EI, DOMINE; ET LUX PERPETUA LUCEAT EI

(Rest grant unto him, O Lord; And let perpetual light shine upon him)

David Arthur Silvertop, Commander 3rd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment

As a lieutenant colonel he made an impressive advance with his tanks. He arrived on French soil on June 13 and embarked on a long journey. He took Antwerp without the need for heavy fighting. Afterwards he advanced to the Netherlands. In Oploo, Germans, hunted by Silvertop's own regiment, shot Silvertop in the center of the village. He is buried in the local cemetery and a street was named after him there.