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Haigh, Ronald Charles - 1587219 - Barnsley Grammar School
Haigh, William - 878433 - Mapplewell
Hall, S - Barnsley Grammar School
Haller, Sydney - D/JX 151027 - Wombwell
Haller, Sydney - D/JX 151027 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hallows, George - 151077 - Goldthorpe
Hallows, George - 151077 - proposed Dearne Towns
Halpin, John Laurence - 177923 - Hoyland
Hames, Charles Kenneth - 535711 - Wombwell
Hames, Charles Kenneth - 535711 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hamilton, David Victor - 2821114 - Goldthorpe
Hamilton, David Victor - 2821114 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hammond, John - 1439398 - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Hand, George - 863337 - Thurnscoe
Handley, Albert - 4745742 - Goldthorpe
Handley, Albert - 4745742 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hansom, Joseph Aloysius - - - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Hanson, Walter - D/KX 93319 - Carlton
Harber, Sidney - 4753150 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hardman, Charles Norton - 1019013 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hardware, Leslie Gordon - P/SSX 25801 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Hardwick, George W - 554730 - Elsecar RoH
Hardwick, George W - 554730 - Hoyland
Harper, Robert Ypres - 2009656 - Wombwell
Harper, Robert Ypres - 2009656 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Harper, Robert Ypres - 2009656 - Wombwell Working Men's Club
Harris, Philip Reginald - 1520280 - Barnsley Grammar School
Harrison, George Henry - 1611886 - Thurnscoe
Harrison, John - 1569468 - Barnsley Buckley Methodist Church
Harrison, John - 1569468 - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Harrison, Thomas - 4397260 - Grimethorpe
Harrison, William - Gawber
Harrold, Donald - 14544263 - Elsecar RoH
Hart, Harry - Mapplewell
Hart, John Thomas - 4691822 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hartley, Albert - 4399761 - Wombwell
Hartley, Albert - 4399761 - Wombwell Working Men's Club
Hartley, Donald - 4620349 - Dodworth
Haskey, Leslie - D/KX 80856 - Cudworth
Hateley, Thomas Bernard - 4748004 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hawke, Geoffrey Oswald - Barnsley Grammar School
Hawke, Geoffrey Oswald - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Hayes, Frank - P/JX 312050 - Goldthorpe
Hayes, Frank - P/JX 312050 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hayes, John Desmond - 1507661 - Goldthorpe
Hayes, John Desmond - 1507661 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hayes, Stanley - 2208054 - Wombwell
Haywood, Arthur - 320787 - Wombwell
Haywood, Arthur - 320787 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Heath, Herbert - 4607368 - Cudworth
Heaton, John - 815605 - Cudworth
Heelbeck, Ernest - 4201326 - Cudworth
Heeley, Gilbert - 1083648 - Darfield
Heighway, Jack - PLY/X 4065 - Gawber
Heppenstall, William - 1142478 - Monk Bretton
Hepworth, Frank - 1306813 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hepworth, Joseph - 868202 - Dodworth
Hewetson, Harold - 1112158 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hewetson, Harold - 1112158 - Barnsley Main Post Office
Hewitt, Emily - W/137171 - Thurnscoe
Heys, Harry - 2049957 - Penistone
Hibberd, Lawrence - 11423802 - Wombwell
Hibberd, Lawrence - 11423802 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hickman, Edward - D/MX 55343 - Hoyland
Higgins A, - Great Houghton
Higgins, Raymond Tom - 568305 - Great Houghton
Higgins, Raymond Tom - 568305 - Thurnscoe
Higginson, Douglas Somerfield - D/JX 273875 - Penistone
Hill, Derrick - 1115276 - Thurnscoe
Hill, Norman - 2328593 - Jump
Hill, Norman - 2328593 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hinchliffe, Ernest - 4750504 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hinchliffe, Ernest - 4750504 - Wombwell
Hinchliffe, Ernest - 4750504 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hine, William - 1078909 - Mapplewell
Hirst, B - Barnsley Grammar School
Hirst, Dorothy - Cudworth
Hirst, Frederick - 2114991 - Thurnscoe
Hirst, TW - Ardsley
Hirst, TW - Barnsley Grammar School
Hitchen, Alan Carswell - 2201414 - Royston
Hitchen, George Major - 4746299 - Wombwell
Hitchen, George Major - 4746299 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hobson, Arthur - 1510732 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hobson, George - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Hobson, Harry - C/SSX25740 - Tankersley
Hodgkiss, Joseph - 4610121 - Gawber
Hodgson, Herbert - 4540110 - Dodworth
Holdsworth, Robert Whitaker - 134384 - Barnsley Grammar School
Holland, Robert Lamb - P/SR16428 - Thurnscoe
Hollingworth, James - 4693248 - Goldthorpe
Hollingworth, James - 4693248 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hollis, Thomas - 7590776 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hooley, F. - Wombwell
Hooley, F. - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hooley, Jack - 4861802 - Thurnscoe
Hooley, L. - Wombwell
Hooley, L. - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hoop, Thomas - 4621472 - Grimethorpe
Hooper, Godfrey Coulman - 4758071 - Thurnscoe
Hopson, Leslie - 4692581 - Grimethorpe
Horsfall, Alan Albert - 580957 - Barnsley Grammar School
Horsfall, David Taylor - 568924 - Barnsley Grammar School
Horsman, Eric Bernard - 1004766 - Great Houghton
Houghton, Richard - 4748068 - Ardsley
Howard, Frederick Playfair - 4392753 - Gawber
Howard, Herbert Reginald - Mapplewell
Howard, Leslie Harrison - 2660862 - Mapplewell
Howard, Thomas Joseph - T/4698538 - proposed Dearne Towns
Howcroft, Bernard Walter - 1238940 - Barnsley Grammar School / Barnsley St Paul Church
Howe, Amos - 1430996 - Barnsley Grammar School
Howe, Amos - 1430996 - Monk Bretton
Howe, Amos - 1430996 - Monk Bretton WMC
Howe, Thomas Arthur - 2689010 - Hoyland
Howson, Ronald - D/MX 53857 - Grimethorpe
Hudson, Harold - D/SSX 29385 - Thurnscoe
Hudston, Maurice Gregory - 1540155 - Cudworth
Hume, Colin - 850970 - Gawber
Humphreys, Gordon - 1592990 - Tankersley
Hunter, George - FX606399 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hutchinson, William - C/JX 239926 - Ardsley
Hyde, B - Barnsley Grammar School
Hyde, Joseph Edward - 1863568 - Cudworth
Hyde, Norbron Basil - 1088309 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hyde, Norbron Basil - 1088309 - Wombwell
Hyde, Walter - 884804 - Goldthorpe
Hyde, Walter - 884804 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hyde, Walter - 884804 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hyman, William - 798730 - Cudworth
Hynes, John - 4547712 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Hynes, John - 4547712 - Carlton
Hyslop, William Johnston - 4694790 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Haigh, William - 878433 - Mapplewell
Hall, S - Barnsley Grammar School
Haller, Sydney - D/JX 151027 - Wombwell
Haller, Sydney - D/JX 151027 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hallows, George - 151077 - Goldthorpe
Hallows, George - 151077 - proposed Dearne Towns
Halpin, John Laurence - 177923 - Hoyland
Hames, Charles Kenneth - 535711 - Wombwell
Hames, Charles Kenneth - 535711 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hamilton, David Victor - 2821114 - Goldthorpe
Hamilton, David Victor - 2821114 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hammond, John - 1439398 - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Hand, George - 863337 - Thurnscoe
Handley, Albert - 4745742 - Goldthorpe
Handley, Albert - 4745742 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hansom, Joseph Aloysius - - - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Hanson, Walter - D/KX 93319 - Carlton
Harber, Sidney - 4753150 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hardman, Charles Norton - 1019013 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hardware, Leslie Gordon - P/SSX 25801 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Hardwick, George W - 554730 - Elsecar RoH
Hardwick, George W - 554730 - Hoyland
Harper, Robert Ypres - 2009656 - Wombwell
Harper, Robert Ypres - 2009656 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Harper, Robert Ypres - 2009656 - Wombwell Working Men's Club
Harris, Philip Reginald - 1520280 - Barnsley Grammar School
Harrison, George Henry - 1611886 - Thurnscoe
Harrison, John - 1569468 - Barnsley Buckley Methodist Church
Harrison, John - 1569468 - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Harrison, Thomas - 4397260 - Grimethorpe
Harrison, William - Gawber
Harrold, Donald - 14544263 - Elsecar RoH
Hart, Harry - Mapplewell
Hart, John Thomas - 4691822 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hartley, Albert - 4399761 - Wombwell
Hartley, Albert - 4399761 - Wombwell Working Men's Club
Hartley, Donald - 4620349 - Dodworth
Haskey, Leslie - D/KX 80856 - Cudworth
Hateley, Thomas Bernard - 4748004 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hawke, Geoffrey Oswald - Barnsley Grammar School
Hawke, Geoffrey Oswald - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Hayes, Frank - P/JX 312050 - Goldthorpe
Hayes, Frank - P/JX 312050 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hayes, John Desmond - 1507661 - Goldthorpe
Hayes, John Desmond - 1507661 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hayes, Stanley - 2208054 - Wombwell
Haywood, Arthur - 320787 - Wombwell
Haywood, Arthur - 320787 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Heath, Herbert - 4607368 - Cudworth
Heaton, John - 815605 - Cudworth
Heelbeck, Ernest - 4201326 - Cudworth
Heeley, Gilbert - 1083648 - Darfield
Heighway, Jack - PLY/X 4065 - Gawber
Heppenstall, William - 1142478 - Monk Bretton
Hepworth, Frank - 1306813 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hepworth, Joseph - 868202 - Dodworth
Hewetson, Harold - 1112158 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hewetson, Harold - 1112158 - Barnsley Main Post Office
Hewitt, Emily - W/137171 - Thurnscoe
Heys, Harry - 2049957 - Penistone
Hibberd, Lawrence - 11423802 - Wombwell
Hibberd, Lawrence - 11423802 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hickman, Edward - D/MX 55343 - Hoyland
Higgins A, - Great Houghton
Higgins, Raymond Tom - 568305 - Great Houghton
Higgins, Raymond Tom - 568305 - Thurnscoe
Higginson, Douglas Somerfield - D/JX 273875 - Penistone
Hill, Derrick - 1115276 - Thurnscoe
Hill, Norman - 2328593 - Jump
Hill, Norman - 2328593 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hinchliffe, Ernest - 4750504 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hinchliffe, Ernest - 4750504 - Wombwell
Hinchliffe, Ernest - 4750504 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hine, William - 1078909 - Mapplewell
Hirst, B - Barnsley Grammar School
Hirst, Dorothy - Cudworth
Hirst, Frederick - 2114991 - Thurnscoe
Hirst, TW - Ardsley
Hirst, TW - Barnsley Grammar School
Hitchen, Alan Carswell - 2201414 - Royston
Hitchen, George Major - 4746299 - Wombwell
Hitchen, George Major - 4746299 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hobson, Arthur - 1510732 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hobson, George - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Hobson, Harry - C/SSX25740 - Tankersley
Hodgkiss, Joseph - 4610121 - Gawber
Hodgson, Herbert - 4540110 - Dodworth
Holdsworth, Robert Whitaker - 134384 - Barnsley Grammar School
Holland, Robert Lamb - P/SR16428 - Thurnscoe
Hollingworth, James - 4693248 - Goldthorpe
Hollingworth, James - 4693248 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hollis, Thomas - 7590776 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hooley, F. - Wombwell
Hooley, F. - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hooley, Jack - 4861802 - Thurnscoe
Hooley, L. - Wombwell
Hooley, L. - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hoop, Thomas - 4621472 - Grimethorpe
Hooper, Godfrey Coulman - 4758071 - Thurnscoe
Hopson, Leslie - 4692581 - Grimethorpe
Horsfall, Alan Albert - 580957 - Barnsley Grammar School
Horsfall, David Taylor - 568924 - Barnsley Grammar School
Horsman, Eric Bernard - 1004766 - Great Houghton
Houghton, Richard - 4748068 - Ardsley
Howard, Frederick Playfair - 4392753 - Gawber
Howard, Herbert Reginald - Mapplewell
Howard, Leslie Harrison - 2660862 - Mapplewell
Howard, Thomas Joseph - T/4698538 - proposed Dearne Towns
Howcroft, Bernard Walter - 1238940 - Barnsley Grammar School / Barnsley St Paul Church
Howe, Amos - 1430996 - Barnsley Grammar School
Howe, Amos - 1430996 - Monk Bretton
Howe, Amos - 1430996 - Monk Bretton WMC
Howe, Thomas Arthur - 2689010 - Hoyland
Howson, Ronald - D/MX 53857 - Grimethorpe
Hudson, Harold - D/SSX 29385 - Thurnscoe
Hudston, Maurice Gregory - 1540155 - Cudworth
Hume, Colin - 850970 - Gawber
Humphreys, Gordon - 1592990 - Tankersley
Hunter, George - FX606399 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hutchinson, William - C/JX 239926 - Ardsley
Hyde, B - Barnsley Grammar School
Hyde, Joseph Edward - 1863568 - Cudworth
Hyde, Norbron Basil - 1088309 - Barnsley Grammar School
Hyde, Norbron Basil - 1088309 - Wombwell
Hyde, Walter - 884804 - Goldthorpe
Hyde, Walter - 884804 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Hyde, Walter - 884804 - proposed Dearne Towns
Hyman, William - 798730 - Cudworth
Hynes, John - 4547712 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Hynes, John - 4547712 - Carlton
Hyslop, William Johnston - 4694790 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Additional Casualties not listed on a memorial
Sydney Hague (953419)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 14 June 1940, aged 18 Son of Arthur and Fanny Hague, of Hoyland. Hoyland Nether Cemetery Died in the Royal Naval Hospital Gosport John Haigh (2664152) Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn. 23 July 1944, aged 27 Son of Norris and Nellie Haigh, of Oulton With Woodlesford, Yorkshire. Florence War Cemetery Died in Italy Peter John Hale (T/141583) Royal Army Service Corps - 9 Res. M.T. Coy. 8 March 1940, aged 22 Son of John and Alice Hale, of Barnsley; Husband of Henrietta Litchfield Hale. Barnsley Cemetery Died in Ashford, Kent Herbert Hall (964784) Royal Artillery - 137 Field Regt. 7 January 1942, aged 24 Son of Mary Edith Hall; husband of Renee Hall, of Chertsey, Surrey. Singapore Memorial Died in Singapore Thomas Halligan (14837591) Parachute Regiment, A A C - 13th (2/4th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Bn. 24 March 1945, aged 19 Son of Edna Halligan of Wombwell, Yorkshire Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Died in the North West Europe Campaign Lot Hallworth (102146) Royal Engineers 4 February 1946, aged 40 Son of David and Edith E. Hallworth, of Barnsley; Husband of Edith Hallworth, of Moorends, Doncaster. Barnsley Cemetery Died in Barnsley Lawrence Halpin (4613890) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2nd Bn 30 March 1942, aged 24 Son of Richard and Catherine Halpin, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial Died in Burma John William Hammond (944304) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 9 Sqdn 11 March 1941 Son of William and Minnie Hammond, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Vickers Wellington N2744 coded WS-U was airborne at 19:36 from Honington on a mission to Bremen. Last heard on W/T at 23:29 it crashed at Versen, 5 km NW of Meppen, Germany. James Bernard Hanley (1594882) Royal Artillery - 242 Bty., 48 Lt. A.A. Regt. 31 March 1945 Labuan War Cemetery Captured Java arrive at Sandakan Number 2 Camp from 8th to 18th April 1943. Japanese recorded death from Malaria Sidney Harber (4753150) York and Lancaster Regiment - 7th Bn. 12 April 1945, aged 31 Son of John George and Elizabeth Ann Harber, of Bolton upon Dearne, Yorkshire. Taukkyan War Cemetery Died in Burma William Hardcastle (4739968) Army Catering Corps 1 December 1944, aged 48 Son of Thomas and Martha Hardcastle, of Worsborough Bridge; husband of Emily Hardcastle, of Worsborough Bridge. Worsborough Dale (St Thomas) Church Cemetery Died in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Ivor Vernon Hardee (7946164) Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. - B Sqn, 12th 29 April 1943, aged 22 Son of Fred and Hilda Hardee; Husband of Annie Hardee, of Royston, Yorkshire. Massicault War Cemetery Died in North Africa Victor Hardy (4613822) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn. 2 November 1944, aged 25 Son of Samuel and Agnes Hardy; husband of Florence Hardy. Faenza War Cemetery Died in Italy George Herbert Hargate (C/KX 108920) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Niger 6 July 1942, aged 31 Son of Herbert and Mary J. Hargate; husband of Gwynneth Hargate, of Baldock, Hertfordshire. Chatham Naval Memorial During the return to Britain of convoy QP 13, HMS Niger led a column of merchantmen in bad weather with visibility reduced to one mile. HMS Niger had been unable to take bearings due to the weather but made a sighting of land, which was in fact an iceberg. She had unfortunately led the convoy into a British minefield off Iceland. She was mined at 22.40 hours in position 66º35'N, 23º14'W as were six of the merchants she was escorting, all but one also sank. Harry Hargate (4757944) York and Lancaster Regiment - 9th Bn. 11 May 1944, aged 24 Taukkyan War Cemetery Died in Burma Bernard James Hargreaves (1222132) Royal Air Force 14 July 1942, aged 29 Son of Albert and Ida Hargreaves; husband of Margaret Hargreaves, of Thurnscoe. Wath-Upon-Dearne Cemetery Motor accident at Catterick, North Yorkshire Thomas Edward Harris (4395971) Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) - 6th Bn. 8 September 1944, aged 24 Son of William and Alice Harris; Husband of Alice Harris (Nee Wilks), of Stanley, Yorkshire. Geel War Cemetery Died in Belgium Harold Harrison (1829) Palestine Police Force 25 October 1941, aged 36 Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison, of Tynygongl, Anglesey; Husband of Eileen Harrison, of Wombwell. Yorkshire. Jerusalem Protestant Cemetery Harold Harrison was severely wounded in action by gunfire on 24 October 1941 and died of his wounds the following day. John Edward Harrison (402396) Coldstream Guards - 1st Bn. 1 June 1940, aged 32 Son of Harry and Alice Harrison, of Maltby, Yorkshire; husband of Ethel Harrison, of Maltby Marquise Communal Cemetery Died in France John Thomas Hart (4691822) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn. 10 July 1943, aged 22 Son of Arthur and Mary Jane Hart, of Bolton-On-Dearne, Yorkshire. Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily KIA on Sicily Douglas Allenby Hartley (1534117) Royal Artillery - 319 Bty., 97 (3rd Bn The London Scottish) H.A.A. Regt 4 September 1943, aged 23 Son of Willie and Mary Jane Hartley. Salerno War Cemetery Died in Italy William Harvey (1596012) Royal Air Force - 514 Sqdn. 2 February 1945, aged 21 Son of Joshua and Constance Harvey; Husband of Florence May Harvey, of Cudworth, Yorkshire. Durnbach War Cemetery Lancaster aircraft NN772 lost on an operation to Wiesbaden, Germany from Waterbeach airfield George Henry Haswell Civilian War Dead 16 May 1943, aged 36 Fireman, N.F.S.; of 1 Parkside Terrace, Roker. Son of George and Elizabeth Haswell, of 95 The Crescent, Bolton-Upon-Dearne, Yorkshire; Husband of Gladys Hunt Haswell. Sunderland, County Borough Died At 1 Parkside Terrace, Roker Thomas Bernard Hateley (4748004) York and Lancaster Regiment - The Hallamshire Bn 26 January 1942, aged 22 Grandson of Isaiah and Sarah H. Hateley, of Bolton-On-Dearne, Yorkshire. Akureyri Cemetery Died in a road traffic accident in Iceland Arthur Douglas Hatfield (258858) Royal Engineers - 294 Field Coy. 17 June 1944, aged 28 Son of Arthur Thomas Hatfield and Clara Hatfield; Husband of Margaret Hatfield, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Bayeux War Cemetery Died in Normandy on D-Day+11 Edgar Wilfred Hatfield (4621259) Royal Artillery 26 December 1944, aged 29 Son of Oliver and Rose Hatfield; Husband of Constance Hatfield, of Cudworth, Yorkshire. Schoonselhof Cemetery Died in Belgium Robert Haunch (4545317) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn. 16 July 1944, aged 32 Son of Robert and Martha Haunch, of Bradford, Yorkshire. St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux Died in the Normandy Campaign Ronald Hawkes (4694413) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn. 1 May 1945, aged 28 Hamburg Cemetery Died in Germany John Desmond Hayes (1507661) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 28 O.T.U. 2 August 1943, aged 20 Son of John and Ethel Hayes, of Little Houghton. Darfield Cemetery Part of the crew of Wellinton Z1107 which was airborne from Castle Donnington at 16:03 on a cross-country training flight. The starboard engine burst into flames and whilst trying to extinguish it, the aircraft stalled and plunged to the ground near Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire. James Haywood (3131829) Royal Scots Fusiliers - 6th Bn. 6 June 1940, aged 21 Son of Alfred and Lucy Jane Haywood, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Grandcourt War Cemetery Died in France Joseph William Helliwell (4756847) Royal Armoured Corps - 150th (10th Bn. The York and Lancaster Regt.) Regt. 12 February 1945, aged 24 Son of Joseph and Edith Helliwell; Husband of Joyce Helliwell, of Thurlstone. Penistone (Stottercliffe) Cemetery Died in the UK William Henry Hepworth (4692828) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn. 15 February 1942, aged 22 Son of Arthur and Emily Hepworth, of Dunscroft, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial Died in Burma Robert Hewitt (11423355) Royal Artillery - 3/2 Maritime Regt. 25 October 1942, aged 30 Son of John Henry and Elizabeth Ann Hewitt; husband of Elsie Hewitt, of Oldham, Lancashire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Killed in an accident whilst on board SS Castilian whilst en-route Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool as part of convoy SC105 carrying a general cargo Ronald Hewitt (14609682) King's Shropshire Light Infantry - 4th Bn. 23 November 1944, aged 19 Son of John and Cissie Hewitt, of Wath-on-Dearne, Yorkshire. Mierlo War Cemetery DoW in Holland Arthur Hey (4755876) York And Lancaster Regiment - 1st Bn 21 July 1943, aged 23 Son of Oliver and Edith Hey, of Thurlstone, Yorkshire. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Died on Sicily Arthur Higgins (3133210) The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C. - 1st 27 June 1943, aged 26 Enfidaville War Cemetery Killed on Operation Turkey Buzzard (Delivery of Gliders for Operation Husky - The invasion of Sicily) Charles J Hill (1419111) Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. - 9th 2 January 1941, aged 37 Son of Mrs. A. Chalk, of Rhodes, Lancashire. Newcatle-Upon-Tyne (West Road) Cemetery Died in the UK Roy Hill (D/SSX 35787) Royal Navy - HMS Galatea 15 December 1941, aged 19 Son of Ernest and Vera Lily Hill, of Thurnscoe, Yorkshire. Plymouth Naval Memorial Lost when the light cruiser HMS Galatea was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-557 about 35 nautical miles west of Alexandria, Egypt in position 31º17'N, 29º13'E. The captain, 22 officers and 447 ratings were killed. 144 survivors were picked up by the British destroyers. Arthur Heeley (157528) Flying Officer - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 4 March 1945, aged 22 Born in Barnsley in Q4 1922S Son of Fred and Gladys Heeley, of Shelley. Promoted from Sergeant (service number 1092785) to Pilot Officer on 9 November 1943, and then promoted to Flying Officer on 9 May 1944 Lived at Rossville, Far Bank, Shelley New Silkstone (All Saints) Churchyard Died of injuries or wounds received on active service. Death registered in Sleaford, Lincolnshire |
Sidney Hillier (T/10665631)
Royal Army Service Corps 5 October 1945, aged 41 Son of Sidney and Elizabeth Ellen Hillier; Husband of Grace Margaret Hillier, of East Tytherton, Wiltshire. Barnsley Cemetery Died Kendray Hospital William Henry Hinks (13005751) Royal Pioneer Corps 9 February 1947, aged 50 Brierley (Grimethorpe) Cemetery Death registered in Hemsworth William Dearnley Hirst (1518651) Royal Artillery - 169 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt. 20 June 1942, aged 23 Son of Lily Hirst, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Died in North Africa James Hodges (1675389) Royal Air Force - 227 Sqdn. 18 December 1944, aged 20 Son of George Henry and Martha Arm Hodges, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery Lancaster aircraft PB723 lost on an operation to Gdynia, Germany from Balderton airfield Joseph Hodgson (2664759) Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn. 28 November 1943, aged 21 Son of John William and Hannah Kay Hodgson, of Wyke, Bradford, Yorkshire. Bari War Cemetery Died in Italy Will Hodgson (4745737) Royal Corps Of Signals - 11th Indian Div Sigs 15 February 1942, aged 26 Son of Harland and Sarah Jane Hodgson, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Singapore Memorial Died on the day that Singapore fell to the Japanese James Hodnett (4397461) Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) - 6th Bn 28 June 1944, aged 25 Son of James and Victoria May Hodnett, of Kendray, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery Died during the Normandy Campaign Frederick William Hogg (943243) Royal Horse Artillery - 3 Regt. 8 December 1943, aged 24 Son of John and Annie Vera Hogg, of Finsbury Park, Middlesex. Ancona War Cemetery Died during the Italian Campaign George Holder (2660639) Coldstream Guards - 2nd Bn. 7 March 1944, aged 27 Son of Fredrick and Annie Holder, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; Husband of Eveline Alice Holder, of Barnsley. Naples War Cemetery Died in Italy Bernard Holland (D/MX 75245) Royal Navy - HM Submarine Stonehenge 20 March 1944, aged 22 Son of Henry and Lucy Holland, of Worsborough Dale, Yorkshire. Plymouth Naval Memorial Lost when the submarine went missing after it left Trincomalee, Ceylon on 25 February 1944, and was reported missing after failing to arrive back in Ceylon on 20 March as expected. It has never been trace and therefore the cause of her loss it not known, but a mine was considered to be the most likely explanation Stanley Holling (2764303) Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 5th Bn 24 March 1943, aged 21 Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Died in North Africa John William Hollingsworth (4800333) Leicestershire Regiment - 1st Bn. 13 September 1943, aged 33 Son of John William Marshall Hollingsworth and Frances Hollingsworth, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Taken prisoner during the Malaya Campaign and the fall of Singapore, died on the Burma-Siam railway of tropical ulcers. Thomas Hollis (7590776) Royal Army Ordnance Corps 29 August 1940, aged 30 Son of William and Sarah Ann Hollis; Husband of Elizabeth Hollis, of Goldthorpe, Yorkshire. Leicester (Gilroes) Cemetery Died in the UK Reuben Holmes Home Guard - C Coy 24 November 1942, aged 47 Carlton Died at Royal Hospital Annexe, Fulwood, Sheffield George Hopkin (1009537) Royal Artillery - 126 Bty., 38 Lt. A.A. Regt. 5 May 1940, aged 46 Doncaster (Hyde Park) Cemetery Died in the UK Harry Hopkinson (7901505) Royal Armoured Corps - 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 19 February 1943, aged 23 Son of George and Annie Louisa Hopkinson, of Shafton; husband of Lois Hopkinson, of Ash Lea, Shafton. Felkirk (St Peter) Churchyard Died in the UK Harold Dexter Horbury (2659850) Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn. 27 May 1941, aged 31 Son of Albert and Sarah Jane Horbury. Alamein Memorial Died in North Africa Stanley Horbury (2928294) Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - 2nd Bn. 31 January 1941, aged 27 Son of William and Elizabeth Horbury Keren War Cemetery Died in Eritrea Ernest Horne (14785943) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince Of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn. 6 December 1945, aged 31 Son of Joseph and Louisa Horne; husband of N. Horne, of Chalk, Gravesend, Kent. Singapore Memorial Died in the Far East Fred Horne (2323776) Royal Corps of Signals - 1. H.Q. Signals. 28 May 1940, aged 24 Son of George and Sarah Ann Horne; Husband of Sarah Horne, of Skeeby, Yorkshire. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Died in France Horace Horsfall (399022) Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 43rd (2/5th Bn. The Gloucestershire Regt.) Regt. 15 February 1945, aged 37 Son of Ernest and Eliza Horsfall; husband of Elizabeth Minnette Horsfall, of Hove, Sussex. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Died on the borders of Germany Alfred Horton (4753212) Lincolnshire Regiment - 1st Bn. 5 February 1945, aged 30 Taukkyan War Cemetery Died in Burma Kenneth Howard (1655959) Royal Artillery - 148 Z Bty, 43 5th Bn The Duke Of Wellington's Regt [West Riding] Searchlight Regt 1 May 1944, aged 28 Husband of Nellie Howard, of Kexbrough, Darton. Darton (All Saints) Churchyard Death registered in Penistone Thomas Joseph Howard (T/4698538) Royal Army Service Corps - 19 May 1944, aged 21 Son of Thomas and Florence Howard, of Bolton-On-Dearne, Yorkshire. Cassino War Cemetery Died in Italy John Thomas Howe (1110914) Royal Artillery - 5 Field Regt 29 August 1945, aged 33 Sai Wan War Cemetery Died in Hong Kong Thomas Howley (791620) Royal Artillery - 18 Field Regt 24 April 1941, aged 34 Son of James and Elizabeth Howley, of Monk Bretton, Barnsley. Barnsley (Monk Bretton) Cemetery Death registered in Uckfield, Sussex Harold Hoyle (244980) Royal Army Service Corps 20 February 1944, aged 35 Son of Albert and Clara Hoyle, of Barnsley. Barnsley Cemetery Died in Port Talbot, Wales Oswald Hughes (4684369) Royal Artillery 9 September 1939, aged 33 Wales Church Cemetery Motor accident near Reading. Early casualty of the blackout. George Hulme (3247242) Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - And No 2 19 October 1944, aged 28 Son of Mrs. B. Hulme, of Worsborough Bridge, Yorkshire. Bari War Cemetery Died in Italy George Ernest Hulse (D/SSX 20659) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Blackmore 13 March 1943, aged 23 Son of Hannah Elizabeth Hulse, and stepson of George Hodson, of Denaby Main, Yorkshire, England. Simon's Town (Dido Valley) Cemetery Drowned in South Africa Arnold Hunt (P/JX 391855) Royal Navy - HMLST 422 26 January 1944, aged 19 Son of John and Martha Hunt, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Lost when the ship was sunk in a storm off Anzio, Italy when the vessel was blown into an mine field. Joseph Hunt (19168716) Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 1st Bn 20 December 1947, aged 18 Son of Edward and Annie Hunt, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Hanover War Cemetery Died in Germany Kenneth Hunt (339259) Royal Armoured Corps - The Nottinghamshire Yeomanry 11 April 1945, aged 24 Son of Harry Etheridge Hunt and Edith Hunt; Husband of Jean Hunt, of Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. Holten Canadian War Cemetery Died in Holland George Hunter (FX606399) Royal Navy - HMS Seaborn 7 February 1945, aged 19 Son of Elijah and Jane Hunter, of Bolton-Upon-Dearne, Yorkshire, England. Vankleek Hill (Greenwood) Cemetery Aircraft crashed in Canada Robert Cousin Hunter (2043868) Royal Engineers - 43 A.A. Bn. 8 December 1939, aged 19 Barnsley Cemetery Killed by a mortar in Hull Sidney Hunter (1872779) Royal Engineers - 34 Fortress Coy 12 September 1944, aged 27 Son of Percy and Esther Amanda Hunter, of New Lodge, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Singapore Memorial Died as a PoW when the Japanese ship Kachidoki Maru received hits from the submarine USS Pampanito Robert Hurd (2002148) Royal Engineers - 270 Field Coy. 31 March 1943, aged 26 Son of James Robert and Harriet Hurd, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; Husband of Dorothy Hurd, of Barnsley. Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery Died in North Africa Richard Hurry (4545339) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn. 16 July 1944, aged 33 Son of Richard and Maria Hurry, of Bradford, Yorkshire. St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux Died in the Normandy Campaign Arnold Beever Hustler (2656700) Coldstream Guards 21 May 1941, aged 24 Son of John and Hannah Hustler, of Grenoside; Husband of Lily Hustler, of Grenoside. Penistone (Stottercliffe) Cemetery Death registered in Eton, Buckinghamshire Arthur Hyde (206706) Royal Army Service Corps 11 July 1941, aged 29 Son of Walter and Ada Hyde; husband of Charlotte Jane Hyde, of Standon, Hertfordshire. Suda Bay War Cemetery Died on Crete Francis Jardene Hyslop (13027649) Army Catering Corps - - 2 January 1943, aged 51 Husband of Gertrude Hyslop, of Barnsley. Barnsley Cemetery Died in Forfar Infirmary, Scotland |
Bernard Hawcroft (1035660)
Aircraftman 1st Class - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 29 April 1942, aged 20 Born in Barnsley in Q3 1921 Son of Walter and Elizabeth Mary Hawcroft, of Barnsley. Barnsley Chronicle records "AC1 Hawcroft enlisted in the RAF in August 1941. In civil life he was employed by Jubbs fishmongers of Church St and later in Sheffield. A keen cyclist Aircraftman Hawcroft was a member of the Loncar Wheelers cycle club. The funeral of AC1 Hawcroft took place at Barnsley Cemetery on Tuesday 5th May. A party of cadets from Barnsley ATC and sounded the Reveille and the Last Post at the graveside. The service was conducted by Rev Tudor Phillips (St Peters)" Lived at 45 King Street, Barnsley Barnsley Cemetery The gravestone carries the inscription - Not just today But every day In silence we remember. Mum, dad and Len Killed on Active Service - injuries due to a bomb explosion - RAF Clifton Without - Died at Clifton, York Military Hospital |
William Hedgecox (156510)
Royal Air Force
29 November 1943, aged 43
Husband of Florence Hedgecox, of Old Town, Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Singapore Memorial
Died as a Japanese PoW when the 'hell ship' Suez Maru was sunk by a US submarine
Royal Air Force
29 November 1943, aged 43
Husband of Florence Hedgecox, of Old Town, Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Singapore Memorial
Died as a Japanese PoW when the 'hell ship' Suez Maru was sunk by a US submarine
George Walshaw Hydes (4693859)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn.
19 January 1944, aged 27
Son of George William Walshaw Hydes and Florrie Hydes, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Minturno War Cemetery
Died in Italy
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn.
19 January 1944, aged 27
Son of George William Walshaw Hydes and Florrie Hydes, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Minturno War Cemetery
Died in Italy