Hoylandswaine

Hoylandswaine War Memorial is situated on Barnsley Road, at the junction of Haigh Lane. The inscription is:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 (NAMES) "IS IT NOTHING TO YOU, ALL YE THAT PASS BY"
9 O'CLOCK FACE: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)

S Sgt A L Bashforth
Cpl E Broadhead
Sgt J R N Thorpe

Additional Details

Arthur Lionel Bashforth (4750116)
Staff Sergeant - The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C.
18 September 1944, aged 26
Born in Penistone in Q4 1917
Son of Lionel and Maud Bashforth, of Hoylandswaine, Yorkshire. Groesbeek War Cemetery
Killed during the airborne operation at Arnhem, he had previously taken part in the Glider landings in Normandy on D-Day.
[also listed on Penistone Grammar School memorial]

Edward Broadhead (T/184722)
Lance Corporal - Royal Army Service Corps
17 September 1944, aged 29
Born in Penistone in Q3 1915
Son of Cornelius and Sarah Broadhead, of Hoylandswaine, Yorkshire; Husband of Mildred Broadhead, of Hoylandswaine.
Married in Penistone Q4 1938 - 1 Daughter 1 Son
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
Died during the Italian campaign

John Robert Naylor Thorpe (1014904)
Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 70 Sqdn
22 October 1942, aged 20
Born in Bakewell in Q3 1922
Son of John Robert Naylor Thorpe and Leah Hoyland Thorpe, of Oxspring, Yorkshire.
Alamein Memorial
Wellington IC R1029 S. Target Tobruk. Two crew died in the crash: Sgt D Jackson and Sgt J R N Thorpe, and a third in captivity on 30 October: Sgt J H Bryan. Two were POW: F/Sgt G H Rapson, the pilot, and the rear gunner, Sgt N S Forsythe