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)
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)
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
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 |