A wide variety of sources were used in creating this Roll of Honour, and they are gratefully acknowledged below. This was definitely a case of ‘standing on the shoulders of giants’ and I have benefited from a huge amount of work that many other people have already done. While I may sometimes have been able to make corrections or add information to what other sources provide, that is not meant as a criticism of others – particularly not of the national organisations responsible for war graves and memorials, who do valuable work.
The Roll of Honour has been created by combining information from multiple sources, often cross-checking between several, for example where there have been mistakes in the spellings of surnames. In some cases, conclusions have been made on the balance of probabilities, and any uncertainties or deductions are mentioned under each entry.
Primary sources
The National Archives, UK: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Particularly Royal Navy documents in the ADM series. Many naval after-action reports mention casualties amongst landing craft crew, either by name or giving the number of casualties lost by a particular unit.
US National Archives documents, available on Fold3.com.
These include many naval after-action reports giving information on casualties.
Secondary sources
Necrology Project, US National D-Day Memorial: dday.org/learn/necrology-project/
A unique record of the 4,415 Allied personnel who died on D-Day.
Honor States: honorstates.org
Citizen historian project that gathers information on US war dead from a variety of sources.
Find a Grave: findagrave.com
Excellent website with details of individual graves and memorials throughout the world. Family or researchers have added extra information to some entries. This website is particularly useful for tracing US war dead who (at the family’s choice) were repatriated and buried in family cemeteries across the USA.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission: cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/
Records the burial and commemoration of British and Commonwealth personnel from WW2 (and other conflicts).
American Battle Monuments Commission: abmc.gov/database-search
Records the burial and commemoration of US personnel from WW2 (and other conflicts). ABMC do not hold information in cases where families chose to repatriate the body of the deceased for burial in a cemetery in the USA.
WWII Memorial Registry: wwiiregistry.abmc.gov
Associated with the US National WWII Memorial, this is a register of US personnel killed in the Second World War, sometimes with public contributions.
Naval-history.net: naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNBPbyDate1944.htm
That and other pages on this detailed website include listings of US Navy war dead, compiled from various sources.