Cudworth
The Cudworth War Memorial lies within the grounds of Cudworth Church, and is inscribed:
1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 R.I.P. IN EVER GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF CUDWORTH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR "SEE YE TO IT, THAT THESE SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN" (NAMES)
It carries the names of 64 casualties from the Second World War and plus 1 from 1948
1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 R.I.P. IN EVER GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF CUDWORTH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR "SEE YE TO IT, THAT THESE SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN" (NAMES)
It carries the names of 64 casualties from the Second World War and plus 1 from 1948
L/Cpl W Allsebrook
E C Atter Sgt C Barraclough Cpl I Baugh Cpl A Bradshaw Pte G A Bolton L/Sgt C W Bowen Sgt I J Calverley Pte C E Chamberlain Gnr A Colwood Gnr S Conway Gnr L Cooper L/Cpl L Cottam A Crossland Spr L Day R Dickens L/Cpl C Dunhill Pte C Duckworth A E Edwards Gnr W Everett Spr W Eversedge O.S. K Fenton Bdr O Gaskell A.B. L Gillespie Sgt F Green Pte W H Grocott P.O. L Haskey Pte H Heath Cpl J Heaton Nurse Dorothy Hirst Sgt M G Hudston A.C.1 J E Hyde |
Gnr W Hyman
L/Cpl H Jackson Gnr W Jaques Gnr E Kirk Tpr W Lake Pte E Leadbeater H Mellor M.S. H Midgley A.B. R Midgley Cpl A Millward Dvr F Myatt Pte W E Naylor O.S. J P Noon Pte S Parkinson Gnr J W Peary Pte J Pipe Capt G Platt Gnr W E Pygott E Race L/Cpl H Race Pte J Randle Cpl J Richards Pte D Siddall Grd H Tillotson Rflm J H Wallace Gnr J E Whiteley Bdr B Wigglesworth Fl Sgt G A Wilby Sgt J M Wilby L.S. J H Wootton Pte F Wright L/Bdr D P Cullen 1947 L/Bdr H E James 1948 |
West End Institute and Club
A plaque exists inside the club with 17 names from WWI, 3 names from WWII, 1 from The Falklands and 1 from Afghanistan.
Harold Midgley
Joseph Wootton
Frederick Wright
Harold Midgley
Joseph Wootton
Frederick Wright
Additional Details
John William Allsebrook (2313278)
Royal Corps Of Signals - 23 Line Maint. Sec.
19 June 1941, aged 34
Son of John William and Annie Allsebrook; husband of Ellen Allsebrook, of Normanton, Yorkshire.
Alamein Memorial
Accidently drowned in North Africa
possibly Cyril Ernest Atter (1817884)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 514 Sqdn.
11 December 1944, aged 21
Son of William H. and May Atter, of Grantham, Lincolnshire; husband of Joyce E. Atter, of Grantham.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Killed when Lancaster NG350 crashed on a mission to Osterfeld
Isaiah Baugh (4537893)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn.
24 February 1944, aged 25
Son of Isaiah and Ellen Baugh, of Cudworth, Yorkshire
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Died of wounds in Burma
Arthur Bradshaw (5382370)
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry - 2nd (Airborne) Bn.
27 November 1942, aged 25
Husband of Edith Bradshaw, of Cudworth.
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
Charles William Bowen (4613203)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2nd Bn
30 March 1942, aged 28
Rangoon Memorial
Ivor John Calverley (1814318)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 100 Sqdn
21 May 1945, aged 20
Son of John W. and Lillie Calverly, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Runnymede Memorial
Lost when Lancaster LL952 ditched in the sea 5 miles off Donna Nook, Lincolnshire
Charles Ernest Chamberlain (4748983)
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - 5th Bn
4 October 1944, aged 27
Valkenswaard War Cemetery
Albert Colwood (1838799)
Royal Artillery - 118 H.A.A. Regt.
20 May 1945, aged 25
Son of Herbert and Emma Colwood, of Cudworth, Lancashire.
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery
Stanley Conway (1520665)
Royal Artillery - 1 Bty., 1 Searchlight Regt.
18 January 1944, aged 24
Son of George Patrick Conway, and of Elizabeth Conway, of Cudworth.
Dearne (Thurnscoe) Cemetery
Died in the UK after being repatriated due to ill health from German PoW camp Stalag VIII after being captured at Dunkirk
Lawrence Cooper (870086)
Royal Artillery - 5/3 Maritime Regt.
22 September 1942, aged 22
Chatham Naval Memorial
Ronald Cottam (14449256)
Northamptonshire Regiment - 4th Bn
20 September 1945, aged 19
Son of Thomas and Nellie Cottam, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Alfred Crossland (4699847)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn
10 May 1944, aged 22
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Crossland, of Wyke, Bradford, Yorkshire.
Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio
Fred Dickens (P/KX 111003)
Royal Navy - HMS Janus
23 January 1944, aged 24
Son of Fred and Clara Dickens; husband of Dorothy Dickens, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Clifford Dunhill (4749674)
York And Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn
29 April 1944, aged 25
Minturno War Cemetery
Charles Duckworth (1691341)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn
1 July 1944, aged 23
Son of Charles Wetton Duckworth and Emily Duckworth, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
Fontenay-Le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel
Adam Edwin Edwards (1103251)
Royal Artillery - 4 Field Regt.
25 July 1942, aged 37
Caserta War Cemetery
William Everett (1658664)
Royal Artillery - 148 Bty., 11 A.A. "Z" Regt
17 April 1941, aged 28
Son of Hector Samuel and Celine Lewis Everett, of Barnsley.
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
Harrold Fenton (P/JX 290769)
Royal Navy - HMS President III
24 Hanuary 1942, aged 20
Son of Arthur and Mary Ann Fenton, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Oliver Gaskell (964506)
Royal Artillery
10 August 1945, aged 25
Son of Oliver and Polly Gaskell, of West Derby, Liverpool; husband of Alice M. Gaskell, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Liverpool (West Derby) Cemetery
Leslie Gillespie (P/JX 275191)
Royal Navy - H.M. Submarine Splendid
2 May 1943, aged 23
Son of Joe and Alice Gillespie, of Cudworth, Yorkshire
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
(also known as Leslie Gillispie)
Frank Green (402745)
Royal Armoured Corps - Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
30 July 1944, aged 33
Son of John and Hannah Green, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Ranville War Cemetery
William Henry Grocock (1061174)
Royal Army Service Corps
17 January 1944, aged 41
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
Leslie Haskey (D/KX 80856)
Royal Navy - HMS Hurworth
22 October 1943, aged 31
Son of Harold and Agnes Haskey; husband of Lily Haskey, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Herbert Heath (4607368)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn
31 May 1940, aged 35
Les Moeres Communal Cemetery
John Heaton (815605)
Royal Artillery - 7 Bty, 1 Searchlight Regt
27 February 1945, aged 31
Son of Pte. George Heaton, York and Lancaster Regt., died on active service 10th February, 1915, and Mary Heaton, of Cudworth; husband of Mary Heaton, of Cudworth
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
Dorothy Hirst
Civilian War Dead - S.S. Kuala
14 February 1942, aged 45
Malayan Nursing Service. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Lister Hirst, of 14 Newtown Avenue, Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Joseph Edward Hyde (1863568)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
20 December 1943, aged 42
Husband of Violet Hyde, of Cudworth.
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
William Hyman (798730)
Royal Artillery - 27 Field Regt
7 December 1940, aged 34
Son of Charles and Florence Hyman; husband of Ellen Hyman, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
Horace Edward James (19030208)
Royal Artillery
17 April 1948, aged 24
New War Cemetery, Haifa
William Jaques (1554368)
Royal Artillery - 5 Searchlight Regt.
25 June 1943, aged 26
Son of George & Ada Jaques
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Ernest Kirk (1650465)
Royal Artillery
20 May 1944, aged 31
Son of Fred and Florence Kirk; husband of Phyllis Jemima Kirk, of Barnsley.
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
William Lake (4546462)
Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 52 Regt.
25 September 1944, aged 23
Son of Clifford and Martha Alice Lake, of Ingrow, Keighley, Yorkshire.
Uden War Cemetery
Eric Leadbeater (4397480)
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) - 4th Bn
23-24 October 1943, aged 27
Son of Charles and Annie Leadbeater; husband of Eva Leadbeater, of Grimethorpe, Yorkshire.
Athens Memorial
Ronald Midgley (C/JX 234836)
Royal Navy - HMS President III
25 March 1942, aged 22
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
Albert Millward (4457672)
Highland Light Infantry (City Of Glasgow Regiment) - 5th Bn
9 April 1945, aged 26
Son of Osmond and Eva Millward; husband of Doreen Muriel Millward, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Frank Myatt (14315431)
Royal Corps Of Signals - 1st Div Sigs
29 April 1943, aged 19
Son of Harry and Harriet Myatt, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Medjez-El-Bab Memorial
Stanley Parkinson (4689734)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn
30 March 1942, aged 27
Rangoon Memorial
James William Peary (929657)
Royal Artillery - 13 Bty., 3 Super-Heavy Regt.
2 January 1943, aged 23
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Peary; husband of Margaret Ada Peary, of Elham.
Elham Burial Ground
George Platt
14th Canadian Hussars, RCAC - 8th Reconnaissance Regt
17 June 1945
Holten Canadian War Cemetery
William Edmund Pygott (4695385)
Royal Artillery - 4/2 Maritime Regt.
14 August 1942, aged 27
Son of Roger Gardam Pygott and Frances Pygott; husband of Sarah Emma Pygott, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Harold Race (3248601)
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - 2nd Bn
7 May 1945, aged 25
Son of Fred and Eliza Race, of Cudworth.
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
James Randle (4689394)
The Parachute Regt, A.A.C. - 7th Bn
9 January 1945, aged 32
Rochefort Communal Cemetery
John Richards (7911392)
Royal Armoured Corps
5 August 1942, aged 27
Son of William and Sarah Ellen Richards; husband of Ivy Richards, of Darfield, Yorkshire.
Heliopolis War Cemetery
Dennis Siddall (7521896)
Royal Army Medical Corps - 32 Coy
14-15 February 1942, aged 22
Son of Joseph Siddall, and of Annie Siddall, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Singapore Memorial
Harry Tillotson (2654642)
Coldstream Guards - 2nd Bn
2 June 1940, aged 32
Son of Ben and Mary Ann Tillotson; husband of Elsie Tillotson, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Dunkirk Memorial
John Henry Wallace (3247266)
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - 1st Bn
19 April 1942, aged 21
Son of Harry and Emily Jane Wallace, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Rangoon Memorial
Bernard Wigglesworth (1606091)
Royal Artillery - 171 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt
7 March 1943, aged 32
Tripoli War Cemetery
George Arthur Wilby (1590994)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 156 Sqdn
26 June 1944
Zyuytpeene Churchyard
Jack Madeley Wilby (1595172)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 102 Sqdn
5 November 1944, aged 19
Son of William Henry and Ethel Mary Wilby, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Hotton War Cemetery
Joseph Henry Wootton (C/J 107299)
Royal Navy - H.M. Trawler Stella Sirius
25 September 1940, aged 42
Son of Charles and Lilly Wootton; husband of Edith Wootton, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Chatham Naval Memorial
Frederick Arthur Wright (13041245)
Pioneer Corps - 230 Coy
7 January 1941, aged 48
Husband of Annie Wright, of Lund Wood, Barnsley.
Barnsley (Ardsley) Cemetery
Daniel Patrick Cullen (4533323)
Royal Artillery - 144 (M) H.A.A. Regt.
16 March 1947, aged 42
Son of Michael and Jemima Cullen, of Cudworth.
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
Horace Edward James (19030208)
Royal Artillery
17 April 1948, aged 24
New War Cemetery, Haifa
Royal Artillery - 27 Field Regt
7 December 1940, aged 34
Son of Charles and Florence Hyman; husband of Ellen Hyman, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
Horace Edward James (19030208)
Royal Artillery
17 April 1948, aged 24
New War Cemetery, Haifa
William Jaques (1554368)
Royal Artillery - 5 Searchlight Regt.
25 June 1943, aged 26
Son of George & Ada Jaques
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Ernest Kirk (1650465)
Royal Artillery
20 May 1944, aged 31
Son of Fred and Florence Kirk; husband of Phyllis Jemima Kirk, of Barnsley.
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
William Lake (4546462)
Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 52 Regt.
25 September 1944, aged 23
Son of Clifford and Martha Alice Lake, of Ingrow, Keighley, Yorkshire.
Uden War Cemetery
Eric Leadbeater (4397480)
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) - 4th Bn
23-24 October 1943, aged 27
Son of Charles and Annie Leadbeater; husband of Eva Leadbeater, of Grimethorpe, Yorkshire.
Athens Memorial
Ronald Midgley (C/JX 234836)
Royal Navy - HMS President III
25 March 1942, aged 22
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
Albert Millward (4457672)
Highland Light Infantry (City Of Glasgow Regiment) - 5th Bn
9 April 1945, aged 26
Son of Osmond and Eva Millward; husband of Doreen Muriel Millward, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Frank Myatt (14315431)
Royal Corps Of Signals - 1st Div Sigs
29 April 1943, aged 19
Son of Harry and Harriet Myatt, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Medjez-El-Bab Memorial
Stanley Parkinson (4689734)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn
30 March 1942, aged 27
Rangoon Memorial
James William Peary (929657)
Royal Artillery - 13 Bty., 3 Super-Heavy Regt.
2 January 1943, aged 23
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Peary; husband of Margaret Ada Peary, of Elham.
Elham Burial Ground
George Platt
14th Canadian Hussars, RCAC - 8th Reconnaissance Regt
17 June 1945
Holten Canadian War Cemetery
William Edmund Pygott (4695385)
Royal Artillery - 4/2 Maritime Regt.
14 August 1942, aged 27
Son of Roger Gardam Pygott and Frances Pygott; husband of Sarah Emma Pygott, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Harold Race (3248601)
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - 2nd Bn
7 May 1945, aged 25
Son of Fred and Eliza Race, of Cudworth.
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
James Randle (4689394)
The Parachute Regt, A.A.C. - 7th Bn
9 January 1945, aged 32
Rochefort Communal Cemetery
John Richards (7911392)
Royal Armoured Corps
5 August 1942, aged 27
Son of William and Sarah Ellen Richards; husband of Ivy Richards, of Darfield, Yorkshire.
Heliopolis War Cemetery
Dennis Siddall (7521896)
Royal Army Medical Corps - 32 Coy
14-15 February 1942, aged 22
Son of Joseph Siddall, and of Annie Siddall, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Singapore Memorial
Harry Tillotson (2654642)
Coldstream Guards - 2nd Bn
2 June 1940, aged 32
Son of Ben and Mary Ann Tillotson; husband of Elsie Tillotson, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Dunkirk Memorial
John Henry Wallace (3247266)
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - 1st Bn
19 April 1942, aged 21
Son of Harry and Emily Jane Wallace, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Rangoon Memorial
Bernard Wigglesworth (1606091)
Royal Artillery - 171 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt
7 March 1943, aged 32
Tripoli War Cemetery
George Arthur Wilby (1590994)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 156 Sqdn
26 June 1944
Zyuytpeene Churchyard
Jack Madeley Wilby (1595172)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 102 Sqdn
5 November 1944, aged 19
Son of William Henry and Ethel Mary Wilby, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Hotton War Cemetery
Joseph Henry Wootton (C/J 107299)
Royal Navy - H.M. Trawler Stella Sirius
25 September 1940, aged 42
Son of Charles and Lilly Wootton; husband of Edith Wootton, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Chatham Naval Memorial
Frederick Arthur Wright (13041245)
Pioneer Corps - 230 Coy
7 January 1941, aged 48
Husband of Annie Wright, of Lund Wood, Barnsley.
Barnsley (Ardsley) Cemetery
Daniel Patrick Cullen (4533323)
Royal Artillery - 144 (M) H.A.A. Regt.
16 March 1947, aged 42
Son of Michael and Jemima Cullen, of Cudworth.
Cudworth (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
Horace Edward James (19030208)
Royal Artillery
17 April 1948, aged 24
New War Cemetery, Haifa
Ernest Race (Ernest Heelbeck*) (4201326)
Royal Artillery - 20 Anti-Tank Regiment
27 June 1944, aged 28
Brother of Harold Race
La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres
*Listed on CWGC as Heelbeck - mothers maiden name
Royal Artillery - 20 Anti-Tank Regiment
27 June 1944, aged 28
Brother of Harold Race
La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres
*Listed on CWGC as Heelbeck - mothers maiden name
Harry Mellor (4692669)
Corporal - South Staffordshire Regiment - 1/6th Bn 16 July 1944, aged 34 Born in Barnsley on 25 March 1910 (son of Francis Armitage and Lilian Mellor; husband of Mary Ellen Mellor) In 1911 the family lived at 68 Fitzwilliam St, Hoyland Common Married in Q2 1930 - 1 Son 3 Daughters Fontenay-Le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel Died during the Normandy Campaign. On 16th July Operation Pomegranate, part of the Second Battle of Odon was launched. The 1/6th South Staffords captured Brettevillette in a costly attack by 6:45 a.m. in which many troops lost direction in the thick dawn mist and the British found that the area had been sown thickly with mines. The battalion pressed on and reached Queudeville by 8:45 a.m., despite most of the tanks in support of the battalion having already been knocked out in a British minefield. [also listed on Cudworth memorial] |
Harold Midgley
Merchant Navy - M.V. Abosso (Liverpool)
29 October 1942, aged 37
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Midgley, of Grimethorpe, Yorkshire; husband of Muriel Midgley, of Newtown, Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Tower Hill Memorial
Merchant Navy - M.V. Abosso (Liverpool)
29 October 1942, aged 37
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Midgley, of Grimethorpe, Yorkshire; husband of Muriel Midgley, of Newtown, Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Tower Hill Memorial