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Race (aka Heelbeck), Ernest - 4201326 - Cudworth
Race, Harold - 3248601 - Cudworth
Ramsden, William - 961321 - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Randle, James - 4689394 - Cudworth
Rawlinson, John Alfred - 4541633 - Darfield
Rayner, Sidney Francis - 147053 - Thurnscoe
Raynor, Geoffrey - Barnsley Grammar School
Raynor, Thomas - 4539566 - Monk Bretton
Redmile, William - 4690158 - Grimethorpe
Reed, E - Ardsley
Regan, Walter Thomas Andrew - 174080 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Regan, William Patrick Michael - 1686198 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Reynolds, John - 88766 - Barnsley Grammar School
Richards, John - 7911392 - Barnsley Grammar School
Richards, John - 7911392 - Cudworth
Richardson, Desmond - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Richardson, Francis Joseph - 4695665 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Richardson, William Terence - 7601718 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Ridge, Arthur - 1056063 - Barnsley Grammar School
Ridge, Frank - 657328 - Barnsley Grammar School
Riding, Herbert - 1096579 - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Riding, Herbert - 1096579 - Barnsley Grammar School
Riding, Herbert - 1096579 - Dodworth
Roberts, Reginald - 1118109 - Brierley
Robinson, Arthur - P/JX 191809 - Wombwell
Robinson, Arthur - P/JX 191809 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Robinson, Frank - 7522046 - Jump
Robinson, Frank - 7522046 - Wombwell
Robinson, Frank - 7522046 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Robinson, Frank - 7522046 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Robinson, G - Barnsley Grammar School
Robinson, H - Barnsley Main Post Office
Robinson, Harold - 4347168 - Gawber
Robinson, Horace - 4686624 - Carlton
Robinson, John Addison - 4538474 - Thurnscoe
Robinson, Kenneth W - Wombwell
Robinson, Kenneth W - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Robinson, Thomas Herbert - 2663336 - Wombwell
Robinson, Thomas Herbert - 2663336 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Robinson, Tom - 2658016 - Hoyland
Rock, George Arthur - 320375 - Goldthorpe
Rock, George Arthur - 320375 - proposed Dearne Towns
Rockliff, John - C/JX 354227 - Ardsley
Rodgers, Ernest - 1763763 - proposed Dearne Towns
Rodgers, Robert Steward - D/SSX 27365 - Thurnscoe
Rodwell, John William - 2618229 - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Roebuck, Amos - 2058870 - Penistone
Roebuck, Donald Vivian - Penistone
Roebuck, Donald Vivian - Penistone Grammar School
Roebuck, Ernest - 295263 - Ingbirchworth
Roebuck, Ernest - 295263 - Penistone Grammar School
Roebuck, Richard Eric - 4541243 - Goldthorpe
Roebuck, Richard Eric - 4541243 - proposed Dearne Towns
Rogerson, Charles - 14727464 - Grimethorpe
Rowell, Arnold William - 1149033 - Barnsley Grammar School
Rushforth, George - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Race, Harold - 3248601 - Cudworth
Ramsden, William - 961321 - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Randle, James - 4689394 - Cudworth
Rawlinson, John Alfred - 4541633 - Darfield
Rayner, Sidney Francis - 147053 - Thurnscoe
Raynor, Geoffrey - Barnsley Grammar School
Raynor, Thomas - 4539566 - Monk Bretton
Redmile, William - 4690158 - Grimethorpe
Reed, E - Ardsley
Regan, Walter Thomas Andrew - 174080 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Regan, William Patrick Michael - 1686198 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Reynolds, John - 88766 - Barnsley Grammar School
Richards, John - 7911392 - Barnsley Grammar School
Richards, John - 7911392 - Cudworth
Richardson, Desmond - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Richardson, Francis Joseph - 4695665 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Richardson, William Terence - 7601718 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Ridge, Arthur - 1056063 - Barnsley Grammar School
Ridge, Frank - 657328 - Barnsley Grammar School
Riding, Herbert - 1096579 - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Riding, Herbert - 1096579 - Barnsley Grammar School
Riding, Herbert - 1096579 - Dodworth
Roberts, Reginald - 1118109 - Brierley
Robinson, Arthur - P/JX 191809 - Wombwell
Robinson, Arthur - P/JX 191809 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Robinson, Frank - 7522046 - Jump
Robinson, Frank - 7522046 - Wombwell
Robinson, Frank - 7522046 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Robinson, Frank - 7522046 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Robinson, G - Barnsley Grammar School
Robinson, H - Barnsley Main Post Office
Robinson, Harold - 4347168 - Gawber
Robinson, Horace - 4686624 - Carlton
Robinson, John Addison - 4538474 - Thurnscoe
Robinson, Kenneth W - Wombwell
Robinson, Kenneth W - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Robinson, Thomas Herbert - 2663336 - Wombwell
Robinson, Thomas Herbert - 2663336 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Robinson, Tom - 2658016 - Hoyland
Rock, George Arthur - 320375 - Goldthorpe
Rock, George Arthur - 320375 - proposed Dearne Towns
Rockliff, John - C/JX 354227 - Ardsley
Rodgers, Ernest - 1763763 - proposed Dearne Towns
Rodgers, Robert Steward - D/SSX 27365 - Thurnscoe
Rodwell, John William - 2618229 - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Roebuck, Amos - 2058870 - Penistone
Roebuck, Donald Vivian - Penistone
Roebuck, Donald Vivian - Penistone Grammar School
Roebuck, Ernest - 295263 - Ingbirchworth
Roebuck, Ernest - 295263 - Penistone Grammar School
Roebuck, Richard Eric - 4541243 - Goldthorpe
Roebuck, Richard Eric - 4541243 - proposed Dearne Towns
Rogerson, Charles - 14727464 - Grimethorpe
Rowell, Arnold William - 1149033 - Barnsley Grammar School
Rushforth, George - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Additional Casualties not listed on a memorial
Arthur Ramsden (1309876) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 153 MU 18 September 1944, aged 31 Husband of Alice Ramsden, of Boothtown, Halifax. Singapore Memorial Died as a Japanese PoW. Captured at Jogjakarta, Java and died when the 'hellship' Junyo Maru was sunk by the submarine HMS Tradewind. The Junyo Maru left Batavia, Java for Padang, Sumatra on 16 September 1944 with 6,520 prisoners, these included 2,320 Dutch, British, Americans and Australians and 4,200 Javanese slave labourers. There were over 5,500 casualties from the sinking. Lawrence Ramsden (1876381) Royal Engineers - 54 Field Coy. 13 June 1942, aged 29 Son of Mary Ann Ramsden, of Drighlington, Yorkshire. Madras War Cemetery, Chennai Died in India Thomas Austin Rayner (2764179) Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 5th Bn. 24 October 1942, aged 21 Son of Clifford and Florence Rayner; Husband of Elizabeth Rayner, of Kingsthorpe, Northumberland. El Alamein War Cemetery Died in North Africa Dennis Reaney (LT/KX 104376) Royal Naval Patrol Service - HM Trawler Transvaal 18 November 1944, aged 25 Son of Thomas Arthur and Sarah Ann Reaney, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Lowestoft Naval Memorial Lost when vessel foundered in the Channel during a gale Donald Reid (4689810) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn 9 February 1944, aged 33 Son of Albert and Caroline Reid, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Rangoon War Cemetery Died in Burma Harry Richards (4614458) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2nd Bn. 30 March 1942, aged 22 Son of Annie Richards, and Stepson of Patrick Flynn, of Havercroft, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial Died in Burma George Roberts (4619150) East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn 11 September 1944, aged 26 Son of Harry and Mary Ellen Roberts, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; Husband of Mary Elizabeth Roberts, of Barnsley. Geel War Cemetery Died in Belgium Hugh Alan Roberts (620703) Royal Air Force 25 February 1941, aged 22 Son of Enoch R. Roberts and Eva Roberts, of Lund Wood, Barnsley. Barnsley (Monk Bretton) Cemetery DOAS in Grays Hospital, Elgin Harry Robinson (52820) Royal Air Force - 61 Sqdn 18 August 1943, aged 19 Son of Fred and Nora Robinson, of Oxspring, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Lancaster ED661 airborne at 21:12 from Syerston on a mission to Peenemunde. Crashed in the vicinity of Greifswald. |
Ernest Rodgers (1763763)
Royal Artillery 11 February 1942, aged 32 Son of Horace and Sarah Ann Rodgers; Husband of Eveline May Rodgers, of Merstham. Merstham (St Katherine) New Churchyard Died in the UK George Rogerson (D/JX 153640) Royal Navy - HMS Glorious 8 June 1940 Son of John Rogerson, and of Emily Rogerson, of Llay, Denbighshire. Plymouth Naval Memorial Lost when the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was sunk in the Norwegian Sea. During the Norwegian Campaign HMS Glorious was almost fully employed in transporting RAF aircraft to Norway. During the withdrawl from Norway, HMS Glorious and her escorting destroyers were caught by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau with a full deck of Hurricanes and Gladiators, and unable to launch her aircraft she was sunk with great loss of life in position in position 68º30'N, 03º50'E. There were only 43 survivors. Joseph Harold Rooker (818029) Royal Artillery - 12 Bty., 6 H.A.A. Regt. 4 August 1945, aged 31 Son of John and Daisy Rooker; Husband of Susan Rooker, of Portsmouth. Singapore Memorial Died a a PoW, in Sandakan. Japanese recorded death from Malaria. Matthew Rose (2764058) East Yorkshire Regt. - 5th Bn. 9 July 1944, aged 21 Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery Died during the Normandy Campaign Harry Roughley (2720407) Pioneer Corps 10 September 1943, aged 23 Son of Richard and Margaret Roughley, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Bone War Cemetery, Annaba Died in North Africa Harry Rowland (4746976) York and Lancaster Regiment - 1st Bn. 30 April 1940 Saltdal Main Churchyard Died in Norway W Rowlands c 1940 France Eric Royle (2658512) Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn. 29 March 1943, aged 22 Son of Walter and Lillie Mason, of Mount Vernon, Yorkshire. Enfidaville War Cemetery Died in North Africa Thomas Albert Rumble (2069514) Royal Engineers - 148 Field Coy 11 November 1944, aged 24 Son of Thomas George and Maud Florance Rumble, of Camberwell; Husband of Emily Rumble, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Camberwell New Cemetery Ernest Rushforth (4619264) Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn 8 January 1941, aged 24 Son of Tom and Annie Rushforth, of Barnsley. Barnsley Cemetery Died at South County Infirmary, Louth / 32 Summer Lane Harry Rushforth (14566166) Lincolnshire Regiment - 6th Bn 1 September 1944, aged 21 Son of William and Frances Rushforth, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Gradara War Cemetery Died in Italy William Henry Rushforth (4539569) Durham Light Infantry - 9th Bn 12 August 1944, aged 26 Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery Died during the Normandy Campaign. On 12th August 1944 near La Plesses the 9 DLI were ordered to attack Pt. 262 feature. The objective was strongly held and throughout the advance the Company was heavily shelled and mortared. On arrival on the objective, one platoon was cut off, both their officer and Platoon Sergeant killed. The situation was serious as it could be seen that a counter-attack was imminent. When the enemy counter-attacked it was decisively beaten off. |