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Galley, William - 1136557 - Ardsley
Galloway, John - Wath
Galloway, John - proposed Dearne Towns
Galvin, James Francis - 302964 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Galvin, James Francis - 302964 - Wombwell
Galvin, James Francis - 302964 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Garritty, Eric - 1527530 - Dodworth
Gaskell, Oliver - 964506 - Cudworth
Gawthorpe, Lewis - T/113054 - Royston
Gibson, Bernard - Barnsley Buckley Methodist Church
Gillespie, Leslie - P/JX 275191 - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Gillespie, Leslie - P/JX 275191 - Cudworth
Gillott, Frederick - 850966 - Elsecar RoH
Gillott, Frederick - 850966 - Hoyland
Gillott, Frederick - 850966 - Jump
Gillott, Frederick - 850966 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Glasswell, Frederick Walter - 3325093 - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Glasswell, Frederick Walter - 3325093 - Goldthorpe
Glasswell, Frederick Walter - 3325093 - proposed Dearne Towns
Glover, G - Ardsley
Glover, Joseph - 1437301 - Thurnscoe
Gofton, Harold - 1594942 - Brierley
Goldthorpe, George - 4539353 - Thurnscoe
Goldthorpe, Reginald - 3131847 - Elsecar RoH
Goldthorpe, Reginald - 3131847 - Hoyland
Gooding, Walter - Penistone
Gough, Maurice - 653281 - Barnsley Grammar School
Gough, Maurice - 653281 - Dodworth
Gratton, John George - D/SSX 26667 - Goldthorpe
Gratton, John George - D/SSX 26667 - Great Houghton
Gratton, John George - D/SSX 26667 - proposed Dearne Towns
Gray, Frederick William - 4753118 - Grimethorpe
Gray, Frederick William - 4753118 - Grimethorpe WMC
Green, Frank - 402745 - Cudworth
Green, Frank - 402745 - Mapplewell
Green, George Edward - 1215632 - Barnsley Grammar School
Green, Harry - 4747452 - Dodworth
Green, John Walter - 14984695 - Hoyland
Green, Joseph Harry - 4346707 - Royston
Green, L - Wombwell
Green, L - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Greveson, Philip - 3328674 - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Greveson, Philip - 3328674 - Royston
Griffiths, David - 1620469 - Goldthorpe
Griffiths, David - 1620469 - proposed Dearne Towns
Griffiths, Edwin - 52034 - Wombwell
Griffiths, Edwin - 52034 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Grocock, William Henry - 1061174 - Cudworth
Grove, Wilfred - 4695857 - Carlton
Guest, Henry - D/MX 63036 - Carlton
Guest, Hugh Roland - D/JX 135859 - Wombwell
Guest, Hugh Roland - D/JX 135859 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Guest, Thomas William - 1836815 - Wombwell
Guest, Thomas William - 1836815 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Gundry, Samuel - 2821392 - Goldthorpe
Gundry, Samuel - 2821392 - proposed Dearne Towns
Galloway, John - Wath
Galloway, John - proposed Dearne Towns
Galvin, James Francis - 302964 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Galvin, James Francis - 302964 - Wombwell
Galvin, James Francis - 302964 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Garritty, Eric - 1527530 - Dodworth
Gaskell, Oliver - 964506 - Cudworth
Gawthorpe, Lewis - T/113054 - Royston
Gibson, Bernard - Barnsley Buckley Methodist Church
Gillespie, Leslie - P/JX 275191 - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Gillespie, Leslie - P/JX 275191 - Cudworth
Gillott, Frederick - 850966 - Elsecar RoH
Gillott, Frederick - 850966 - Hoyland
Gillott, Frederick - 850966 - Jump
Gillott, Frederick - 850966 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Glasswell, Frederick Walter - 3325093 - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Glasswell, Frederick Walter - 3325093 - Goldthorpe
Glasswell, Frederick Walter - 3325093 - proposed Dearne Towns
Glover, G - Ardsley
Glover, Joseph - 1437301 - Thurnscoe
Gofton, Harold - 1594942 - Brierley
Goldthorpe, George - 4539353 - Thurnscoe
Goldthorpe, Reginald - 3131847 - Elsecar RoH
Goldthorpe, Reginald - 3131847 - Hoyland
Gooding, Walter - Penistone
Gough, Maurice - 653281 - Barnsley Grammar School
Gough, Maurice - 653281 - Dodworth
Gratton, John George - D/SSX 26667 - Goldthorpe
Gratton, John George - D/SSX 26667 - Great Houghton
Gratton, John George - D/SSX 26667 - proposed Dearne Towns
Gray, Frederick William - 4753118 - Grimethorpe
Gray, Frederick William - 4753118 - Grimethorpe WMC
Green, Frank - 402745 - Cudworth
Green, Frank - 402745 - Mapplewell
Green, George Edward - 1215632 - Barnsley Grammar School
Green, Harry - 4747452 - Dodworth
Green, John Walter - 14984695 - Hoyland
Green, Joseph Harry - 4346707 - Royston
Green, L - Wombwell
Green, L - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Greveson, Philip - 3328674 - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Greveson, Philip - 3328674 - Royston
Griffiths, David - 1620469 - Goldthorpe
Griffiths, David - 1620469 - proposed Dearne Towns
Griffiths, Edwin - 52034 - Wombwell
Griffiths, Edwin - 52034 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Grocock, William Henry - 1061174 - Cudworth
Grove, Wilfred - 4695857 - Carlton
Guest, Henry - D/MX 63036 - Carlton
Guest, Hugh Roland - D/JX 135859 - Wombwell
Guest, Hugh Roland - D/JX 135859 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Guest, Thomas William - 1836815 - Wombwell
Guest, Thomas William - 1836815 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Gundry, Samuel - 2821392 - Goldthorpe
Gundry, Samuel - 2821392 - proposed Dearne Towns
Additional Casualties not listed on a memorial
Victor Ernest Gage (4540502)
Royal Scots - 1st Bn 6 April 1943, aged 23 Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Gage, of Thurnscoe East, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial Died in Burma Ernest Gagg (4537522) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince Of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn 6 June 1942, aged 25 Son of Charles Henry and Charlotte Ann Gagg, of Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Tobruk War Cemetery Died in North Africa James Gallagher (1487715) Royal Artillery 25 January 1947, aged 63 Husband of Beatrice Gallagher, of Barnsley. Barnsley Cemetery Died in Barnsley John Galloway Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Indomitable 13 June 1942, aged 23 Son of George and Sarah Annie Galloway, of Wath-on-Dearne, Yorkshire; husband of Emma Galloway. Lee-On-Solent Memorial Aircraft lost in Indian Ocean Maurice Gamble (7890555) Royal Armoured Corps - 16th/5th Lancers 6 May 1943, aged 28 Son of Harry and Frances Gamble, of South Elmsall, Yorkshire; Husband of E. Gamble, of South Kirkby, Yorkshire. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Died in North Africa Sydney Garner (238113) Royal Army Service Corps 27 December 1942, aged 32 Son of William and Jane Garner, of Wigan. Lancashire; husband of Evelyn Garner, of Wigan. Benghazi War Cemetery Died in North Africa Frank Garton (1439247) Royal Artillery - 56 (4th Bn. The King's Own Royal Regt. [Lancaster]) Anti-tank Regt. 19 May 1945, aged 27 Son of Frank and Elizabeth Garton; husband of Evelyn Lillie May Garton, of Ipswich, Suffolk. Rangoon War Cemetery Died in Burma Donald Gelder (T/123500) Royal Army Service Corps 5 November 1943, aged 24 Son of Arthur and Laura Gelder, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Minturno War Cemetery Died in Italy John Stanton Gethen (14710702) Gordon Highlanders - 2nd Bn. 27 August 1944, aged 18 Son of Horace William and Ethel Gethen, of Thurnscoe, Yorkshire. Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery KIA during the Normandy Campaign Bernard Gibson Civilian War Dead 24 October 1940, aged 31 Of 3 Dalton Road. Son of Edward and Ada Gibson, of 53 Wilthorpe Avenue, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Injured 20 October 1940, At 3 Dalton Road; Died At Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. Coventry, County Borough Ernest Gibson (3248851) Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - 2nd Bn. 31 July 1943, aged 23 Son of Joseph and Mary Isabella Gibson, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Died on Sicily Leslie Gibson (4758459) York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn. 30 March 1943, aged 19 Son of Joseph and Mary Isabella Gibson, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Died in North Africa Arthur Giggal (4614369) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2nd Bn. 30 March 1942, aged 27 Son of Ernest William and Mercy Giggal, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial Died in Burma Herbert Gledhill (D/KX96306) Royal Navy - HMS Badsworth 16 June 1942, aged 22 Son of Herbert and Hannah Gledhill, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery Killed when the ship detonated a mine whilst entering Grand Harbour, Malta. John Glover (4744882) York and Lancaster Regiment 19 January 1944, aged 30 Minturno War Cemetery KIA in Italy |
George William Godridge Civilian 7 March 1941, aged 29 of 28 Lime Grove. Husband of Hannah Godridge. Newark On Trent, Municipal Borough Killed in an air raid on Ransome and Marles Bearing Co Ltd, Beacon Hill, Coddington, Newark Jack Goodall (D/SSX 31268) Royal Navy - HMML 265 17 January 1942, aged 20 Son of William Goodall and Alice Goodall, of Ward Green, Yorkshire. Takoradi European Public Cemetery Died of wounds in West Africa Alfred Goodman (4351057) Royal Scots Fusiliers - 11th Bn. 12 September 1944, aged 24 Son of George and Hannah Goodman; husband of Jessie Hilda Goodman, of Sheffield. Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre Died during the Normandy Campaign Thomas Gordon (7262343) Royal Army Medical Corps - 32 Coy. 14 February 1942, aged 27 Singapore Memorial Died during the battle for Singapore Frederick Goulding (537868) Royal Air Force - 30 Sqdn 30 December 1940, aged 25 Son of Frederick Barnaby Goulding and Grace Goulding, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Phaleron War Cemetery Died of wounds or injuries received in action Walter Graham (4547461) Royal Armoured Corps - 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry 19 July 1944, aged 24 Son of Thomas and Sarah Elizabeth Graham; Husband of Stella Graham, of Driffield, Yorkshire. Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery Died during the Normandy Campaign James I Gray (3308663) Highland Light Infantry (City Of Glasgow Regiment) - 1st Bn. 12 September 1940, aged 36 Son of James and Margaret Gray. Barnsley Cemetery Died at Beckett Hospital Gordon Greaves (2380195) Royal Corps Of Signals 5 April 1945 Son of Albert and Elizabeth Greaves; husband of Kathleen Mary Greaves, of Grange Park, Blackpool. Taukkyan War Cemetery Died in Burma John William Brown Greaves (4748114) York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn. 21 March 1943, aged 21 Son of John and Agnes Greaves, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery Died in North Africa Frank Green (PLY/X 1531) Royal Marines - HMS Neptune 19 December 1941, aged 24 Son of William Eason Green and Alice Green, of Sheffield. Plymouth Naval Memorial On 19 December 1941, following the First Battle if the Syrte, Force "K", consisting of light cruisers HMS Neptune, Aurora, Penelope with destroyers Kandahar, Havock, Lance and Lively, sortied from Malta in the hope of intercepting the Italian convoy known to be heading for Tripoli. At a point 20 nautical miles E of Tripoli, Force "K" entered an Italian minefield, laid by Italian cruiser force in June 1941. At 0106 hrs Neptune, leading the British column, hit a mine and backed her engines but at 0116 another mine detonated under the stern, losing propellers and rudder and going dead in the water. This left the cruiser at the mercy of wind and water in sea state 5 (heavy whitecaps), Neptune hit another mine. A 4th mine detonated under the bridge of Neptune, 5 minutes later she capsized and sank in position 33º15'N, 13º30'E. John Thomas Green (14278152) Royal Armoured Corps - 'A' Sqn. 13th/18th Royal Hussars 6 June 1944, aged 21 Son of Arthur and Elsie Green, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Bayeux Memorial Lost on D-Day when his unit came ashore in their "swimming tanks" on Swrod Beach, Queen White Sector. Possibly died when his tank sank. Robert Green (3318591) Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - 2nd Bn. 31 October 1941, aged 21 Heliopolis War Cemetery Died in Egypt Geoffrey Ellwood Greenaway (7915575) Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. - 40th (7th Bn The Kings Regt [Liverpool]) 24 September 1943, aged 25 Son of James Edwin and Annie Greenaway, of Ferrybridge, Yorkshire. Salerno War Cemetery Died in Italy |
Samuel Green (4742178)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 1st Bn. 26 April 1940, aged 32 Son of Samuel and The Late Ruth Green, of Barnsley, Yorks; Husband of The Late Maud Aileen Green. Kvam Churchyard Died during the Norway Campaign |
Jack Guest (626540) DFM
Royal Air Force - 21 Sqdn 13 June 1940, aged 20 Son of Benjamin and Lilian Guest, of Smithies, Yorkshire. St. Hilliers Communal Cemetery Type: Bristol Type 142L, Blenheim mk. IV Serial number: R3676, YH-? Operation: Forêt de Gaul. Airborne 1505 from Bodney. Cause of loss not established. Crashed at St-Hilliers (Seine-et-Marne), 8 km NW of Provins, France. Only 15 deays earlier on 29/5/1940 on an operation to Dixmunde from Watton. Badly shot about by a Me109 and on return to Watton made a wheels up landing. AC1 Guest claimed the destruction of a Me109. AC1 Guest was to be awarded the DFM and promoted to Sergeant for his actions on this occasion. His medal was recorded as follows - DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL - GUEST, AIRCRAFTMAN 1ST CLASS JACK A/G - Guest was air gunner of an aircraft which carried out bombing operations against enemy columns east of Dixmude. After completing this operation the aircraft was attacked from astern by a Messerschmitt 109. This airman, by his coolness and accurate instructions, enabled his pilot to take avoiding action until an accurate burst of fire from A/C. Guest's gun shot the enemy down. This airman carried out his first operational flight earlier in May, and on that occasion he also shot down a Messerschmitt 109. Since that date he has carried out several operational flights, during which he has displayed exceptional skill and courage. |