Darfield
Darfield War Memorial is located in Welfare Park on Church Street. The inscription reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN ABIDING REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1914-1918 1939-1945 WARS. A TOKEN OF THANKSGIVING FOR PRESERVATION DURING THE WAR AND A SYMBOL OF HOPE FOR THE NEW WORLD WHEREIN WAR SHALL BE NO MORE. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"
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TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.
1939 - 1945
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LEST WE FORGET
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN ABIDING REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1914-1918 1939-1945 WARS. A TOKEN OF THANKSGIVING FOR PRESERVATION DURING THE WAR AND A SYMBOL OF HOPE FOR THE NEW WORLD WHEREIN WAR SHALL BE NO MORE. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"
(NAMES)
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.
1939 - 1945
(NAMES)
LEST WE FORGET
Barber A FAA
Barnett F RAF Blount J RE Brown G RAF Burrows LT RASC Carr JH RAF Caswell J PnrC Debney T RECCE Dove A RN Dronfield H RN Finney A Gord/H Frudd A RAC Sutcliffe A RAF |
Heeley G RA
Lackey A RAF Markham YJ RAF Nicholls E DLI Pugsley J CG Purple FA RN Rawlinson JA Linc R Schofield C RAF Shaw H CG Sizer EA RAF Webster FR RAF Worrell A Y&L |
Darfield All Saints Church
Barber A
Barnett F Blount J Brown G Burrows L T Carr J H Caswell J Debney T Dove A Dronfield H Finney A Frudd A Heeley G Lackey A Markham Y J Nicholls E Pugsley J Purple F A Rawlinson J A Schofield C Shaw H Sizer E A Webster F R Worrell A |
FAA
RAF RE RAC RASC RAF PNRC RECCE RN RN Gord H RAC RA RAF RAF DLI CG RN Linc R RAF CG RAF RAF Y and L |
Additional Details
Alwyn Barber (FAA/FX. 96751)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Illustrious 29 January 1945, aged 20 Son of Thomas and Louisa Barber, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Lee-On-Solent Memorial Frederick William Barnett (1431543) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 12 Sqdn 23 April 1944, aged 27 Son of Joseph Wilson Barnett and Annie Barnett, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Schoonselhof Cemetery Gordon Brown (7941958) Royal Armoured Corps - 142nd 7th Bn The Suffolk Regt Regt 26 September 1944, aged 23 Son of Wilfred and Mary Elizabeth Brown, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Gradara War Cemetery Jack Caswell (13047159) Pioneer Corps 26 February 1941, aged 25 Son of Joseph and Mary Caswell, of Darfield; husband of Mary Caswell. Wombwell Cemetery Thomas Debney (14661055) Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 3rd 8th Bn The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Regt 24 September 1944, aged 32 Son of James and Eliza Debney, of Darfield Yorkshire. Jonkerbos War Cemetery Albert Dove (D/KX 80472) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Glorious 8 June 1940, aged 28 Son of George Henry and Mary Dove; husband of May Dove, of West Milton, Dorsetshire Plymouth Naval Memorial Harold Dronfield (D/KX 79848) Royal Navy - HMS Adventure 29 January 1941 Darfield Cemetery Alfred Finney (5948609) Gordon Highlanders - 2nd Bn 22 February 1945, aged 30 Husband of Ruth Finney, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Jonkerbos War Cemetery Albert Frudd (2764220) Royal Armoured Corps - 141st 7th Bn The Buffs [Royal East Kent Regt] Regt 15 September 1944, aged 21 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frudd, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Bayeux War Cemetery Arthur Sutcliffe (649134) Royal Air Force - 57 Sqdn 4 September 1943, aged 24 Son of Albert and Clara Sutcliffe, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery |
Gilbert Heeley (1083648)
Royal Artillery - 121 Medium Regt 30 June 1944, aged 38 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Heeley, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Bayeux War Cemetery Arthur Lackey (1595733) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 224 Sqdn 14 November 1944, aged 22 Son of Arthur and Ethel Lackey, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Young John Markham (1109413) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 77 Sqdn 1 June 1942, aged 20 Son of Joe and Mary Ann Markham, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Eric Nicholls (3131528) Durham Light Infantry - 9th Bn 31 May 1940, aged 21 Son of Joseph and Mary Catherine Nicholls, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Wulveringem Churchyard John Pugsley (2663184) Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn 1 July 1944, aged 24 Son of Richard and Millicent Irene Pugsley; husband of Molly Pugsley, of Chelmsford, Essex. Foiano Della Chiana War Cemetery Frank Arthur Purple (P/JX 195639) Royal Navy - HMS Victory 11 March 1941, aged 22 Husband of E. Purple, of Small Heath, Birmingham. Darfeld (All Saints) Churchyard John Alfred Rawlinson (4541633) Lincolnshire Regiment - 1st Bn 16 February 1944, aged 25 Rangoon Memorial Charles Schofield (1590806) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 2 September 1944, aged 19 Son of Ernest and Lydia Schofield, of Darfield. Darfield Cemetery Harold Shaw (2661267) Coldstream Guards - attd. H.Q. 6th Guards Tank Bde 12 October 1944, aged 29 Overloon War Cemetery Edward Augustine Sizer (1357902) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 2802 Sqdn. R.A.F.Regt. 21 February 1945, aged 23 Son of William and Edith Sizer, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Maynamati War Cemetery Frank Russell Webster (1035856) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 149 Sqdn 25 February 1944, aged 21 Son of Frank Willis Webster and Beatrice Webster, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Arnold Worrell (4750424) York And Lancaster Regiment - The Hallamshire Bn 17 October 1944, aged 27 Son of Henry and Margaret Worrell, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Baarle-Nassau Roman Catholic Churchyard |