Barnsley St Paul Church
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In honoured Memory
Of the men from this Church who fell in the Second World War 1939-45 Fallen Ralph Dickinson Army Roger Dickinson R.N. Bernard Walter Hawcroft R.A.F. Edward Morrey R.A.F. Walter Rawlin Newton R.N. George Ronald Wainwright Yorks & Lancs Regt. Joseph Ware Royal Signals |
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Additional details
Ralph Dickinson
30 June 1945, aged 19
Born in Barnsley in Q1 1926
Son of James Addison Dickinson and Martha Dickinson
Brother of Roger Addison Dickinson
Father was a Railway Clerk
Lived at 23 Rowland Road, Barnsley
(Not listed on CWGC website)
Died Mount Vernon Sanitorium
[also listed on Barnsley Grammar School memorial]
30 June 1945, aged 19
Born in Barnsley in Q1 1926
Son of James Addison Dickinson and Martha Dickinson
Brother of Roger Addison Dickinson
Father was a Railway Clerk
Lived at 23 Rowland Road, Barnsley
(Not listed on CWGC website)
Died Mount Vernon Sanitorium
[also listed on Barnsley Grammar School memorial]
Roger Addison Dickinson (P/JX 167962)
Able Seaman - Royal Navy - H.M.S. Egret
27 August 1943, aged 24
Born in Doncaster in Q2 1919
Son of James Addison Dickinson and Martha Dickinson; Husband of Rhoda Sheila Dickinson, of Jump, Yorkshire.
Brother of Ralph Dickinson
Father was a Railway Clerk
Married in Staincross - Q1 1940 - 1 Son
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when the sloop HMS Egret was sunk off the Atlantic coast of Spain. HMS Egret was the first Allied warship to be sunk by a guided missile. 30 nautical miles west of Vigo, Spain she was attacked by a squadron of Dornier aircraft, one of which carried and launched the Henschel Hs-293A guided bomb which hit sank Egret in position 42º10'N, 09º22'W, killing 194 of its crew.
[also listed on Jump / Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book / Barnsley Grammar School memorial]
Able Seaman - Royal Navy - H.M.S. Egret
27 August 1943, aged 24
Born in Doncaster in Q2 1919
Son of James Addison Dickinson and Martha Dickinson; Husband of Rhoda Sheila Dickinson, of Jump, Yorkshire.
Brother of Ralph Dickinson
Father was a Railway Clerk
Married in Staincross - Q1 1940 - 1 Son
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when the sloop HMS Egret was sunk off the Atlantic coast of Spain. HMS Egret was the first Allied warship to be sunk by a guided missile. 30 nautical miles west of Vigo, Spain she was attacked by a squadron of Dornier aircraft, one of which carried and launched the Henschel Hs-293A guided bomb which hit sank Egret in position 42º10'N, 09º22'W, killing 194 of its crew.
[also listed on Jump / Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book / Barnsley Grammar School memorial]
© IWM (FL 22644) HMS EGRET, September 1942.
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Henschel Hs293 Glide Bomb
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Cessna AT-17
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Bernard Walter Howcroft (1238940)
Leading Aircraftman - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 31 PD ATT 14 July 1942, aged 22 Born in Barnsley in Q4 1919 Son of George Wilfred and Nellie Howcroft, of Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. Montgomery (Oakwood) Cemetery Annexe Killed in the US when a flight of 39 trainer aircraft took off from Moody Field, Georgia for a night exercise to Mariana, Florida and back. Four of the aircraft crashed whilst trying to fly under thunderstorms in the area, resulting in the deaths of 7 RAF trainee aircrew and an American instructor. Howcroft was in a Cessna AT-17 with serial number 42-138. [also listed on Barnsley Grammar School memorial] |
Charles Edward Morrey (1061512)
Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 12 Sqdn.
9 January 1942, aged 20
Born in Barnsley in Q3 1921
Son of John Henry and Emily Morrey, of Barnsley.
Father was an Insurance Agent, of 195 Park Road, Barnsley in 1933
Lived at 10 Walton Street, Barnsley
Barnsley Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - To know him Was to love him
Wellington W5356 airborne 04:38 from Binbrook 9 Jan 42 to Cherbourg. Crashed 09:25 while trying to make an emergency landing to the NW of Wythall, 5 miles NNE of Redditch, Worcestershire. The Wellington caught fire on impact. P/O Burnham RNZAF was critically injured and he died 11 Jan 42 while being treated in Hollymoor Hospital. He is buried in Ryhope Road Cemetery, Sunderland. Cause of the crash not established. Sgt D.Butterworth KIA Sgt H.B.Cable Inj P/O A.N.Breck Inj P/OW.H.Burnham RNZAF Inj Sgt C.E.Morrey KIA Sgt B.Franklin KIA
Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 12 Sqdn.
9 January 1942, aged 20
Born in Barnsley in Q3 1921
Son of John Henry and Emily Morrey, of Barnsley.
Father was an Insurance Agent, of 195 Park Road, Barnsley in 1933
Lived at 10 Walton Street, Barnsley
Barnsley Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - To know him Was to love him
Wellington W5356 airborne 04:38 from Binbrook 9 Jan 42 to Cherbourg. Crashed 09:25 while trying to make an emergency landing to the NW of Wythall, 5 miles NNE of Redditch, Worcestershire. The Wellington caught fire on impact. P/O Burnham RNZAF was critically injured and he died 11 Jan 42 while being treated in Hollymoor Hospital. He is buried in Ryhope Road Cemetery, Sunderland. Cause of the crash not established. Sgt D.Butterworth KIA Sgt H.B.Cable Inj P/O A.N.Breck Inj P/OW.H.Burnham RNZAF Inj Sgt C.E.Morrey KIA Sgt B.Franklin KIA
© IWM (CH 3027) A Vickers Wellington - this one is W5379, in flight from Aldergrove, County Antrim, prior to delivery to No. 12 Squadron RAF at Binbrook, Lincolnshire. It was lost over Cologne on 11 October 1941.
Walter Rawlin Newton (P/JX 572255)
Telegraphist - Royal Navy - H.M.S. Lapwing
20 March 1945, aged 19
Born in Barnsley in Q3 1925
Son of Norman and Irene Newton, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when vessel sunk by U-968 in the Barents Sea whilst part of the escort of convoy JW 65 (Arctic Convoy - departed Clyde 11 March 1945, for Kola Inlet)
Telegraphist - Royal Navy - H.M.S. Lapwing
20 March 1945, aged 19
Born in Barnsley in Q3 1925
Son of Norman and Irene Newton, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when vessel sunk by U-968 in the Barents Sea whilst part of the escort of convoy JW 65 (Arctic Convoy - departed Clyde 11 March 1945, for Kola Inlet)
© IWM (FL 9971) HMS Lapwing
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George Ronald Wainwright (4747767)
Lance Serjeant - York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn. 29 May 1940, aged 21 Born in Barnsley in Q2 1919 Son of Harry and Susie Smart Wainwright, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Lived at Northgate, Queen's Drive, Barnsley Dunkirk Town Cemetery The gravestone carries the inscription - He gave his life That we might live Died with the BEF during the France/Belgium 1939/40 Campaign |
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Joseph Ware (2590733)
Signalman - Royal Corps of Signals - 2nd Sig. Security Sec.
8 November 1945, aged 29
Born in Barnsley in Q2 1916
Son of James and Laura Ware; Husband of Joan M. D. Ware.
Lived at 9 Queens Gardens, Barnsley
Married in Barnsley - Q3 1939 - 1 Daughter
Hamburg Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - Years may go, time may fly But thoughts of you Will never die. Joan and Sandra
Originally buried at Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery before being reburied in present location on 25 June 1946
Died in Hamburg six months after V.E. Day
[also listed on Gawber memorial]
Signalman - Royal Corps of Signals - 2nd Sig. Security Sec.
8 November 1945, aged 29
Born in Barnsley in Q2 1916
Son of James and Laura Ware; Husband of Joan M. D. Ware.
Lived at 9 Queens Gardens, Barnsley
Married in Barnsley - Q3 1939 - 1 Daughter
Hamburg Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - Years may go, time may fly But thoughts of you Will never die. Joan and Sandra
Originally buried at Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery before being reburied in present location on 25 June 1946
Died in Hamburg six months after V.E. Day
[also listed on Gawber memorial]