Royston
Royston War memorial is located within the grounds of Royston Church on Church Street, and is inscribed:
IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THE VILLAGE OF ROYSTON WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
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1939 - 1945
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IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THE VILLAGE OF ROYSTON WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
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1939 - 1945
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HORACE BROWN
DONALD COOPER GORDON M. R. FAIRWEATHER PHILIP GREVESON RONALD BUXTON TOM BAGSHAW DENNIS LEECH |
GEORGE DARBY
ALBERT BIRKINSHAW ALBERT SEVERN NORMAN YARRINGTON ROBERT MIDDLETON RONALD SEMLEY FRED UTLEY JOSEPH COOKSEY ALAN G. HITCHIN HAROLD CUTTS |
FRANK DEARDEN
HERBERT LITTLEWOOD NORMAN SUTTON JOSEPH H. GREEN WILLIAM BLUCK CLIFFORD SHAW LEWIS GAWTHORPE EDWIN MELLOR ALAN FRANCE |
Additional Details
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Horace Brown (4693722)
Royal Artillery - 3 Maritime Regt 24 June 1944, aged 26 Son of George and Mary Anne Brown; husband of Lucy Brown, of Royston, Yorkshire. Chatham Naval Memorial Donald Cooper (968800) Royal Horse Artillery - 12 (Honourable Artillery Coy.) Regt. 20 January 1943, aged 26 Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery Gordon Melville Ruchet Fairweather (567309) Royal Air Force 29 July 1942, aged 24 Son of Henry Ruchet Fairweather and Rubina Fairweather. Alamein Memorial Philip Greveson (3328674) Highland Light Infantry (City Of Glasgow Regiment) - 2nd Bn. The Glasgow Highlanders. 17 July 1944, aged 21 Son of Harry Allsopp Greveson and Laura Greveson, of Royston. Royston (St. John the Baptist) Detatched Churchyard Ronald Buxton (4538461) The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 8th Bn 24 March 1945, aged 25 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Thomas Bagshaw (4690964) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn 22 January 1944, aged 22 Son of Edward S. and Sarah J. Bagshaw, of Royston, Yorkshire. Minturno War Cemetery Dennis Leech (3328721) Highland Light Infantry (City Of Glasgow Regiment) - 6th Bn 8 October 1944, aged 21 Son of William and Lillie Leech, of Royston, Yorkshire. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery George Darby (4346683) Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 6th Bn 28 June 1944, aged 28 Son of Hezekiah and Alice Darby; husband of Jean Darby, of Hurlford, Ayrshire. Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery Albert Edward Birkinshaw (840346) Royal Artillery - 12 Coast Regt 20 December 1944, aged 29 Son of Arthur Spencer Birkinshaw and Elizabeth Maud Birkinshaw, of Royston, Yorkshire. Yokohama War Cemetery Albert Severn (972918) Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 1st Bn 3 February 1943, aged 27 Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Severn, of Royston, Yorkshire; husband of Mary Severn, of Royston. Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery Norman Cyril Yarrington (14333551) Royal Armoured Corps - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. 18 March 1947, aged 22 Son of William and Hilda L. Yarrington, of Royston, Yorkshire. Munster Heath War Cemetery Robert Middleton (2658429) Coldstream Guards - 5th Bn 3 August 1944, aged 20 Son of Arthur and Lily Middleton, of Old Royston, Yorkshire. St Charles De Percy War Cemetery Ronald Semley (1087497) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 40 Sqdn 3 December 1942, aged 22 Son of Arthur and Edith Annie Semley, of Royston, Yorkshire. Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery |
Fred Utley (1127063)
Pioneer Corps 6 April 1945, aged 26 Son of Edward and Alice Utley, of Royston, Yorkshire Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Joseph Cooksey (1609769) Royal Artillery - 49 Bty., 48 Lt. A.A. Regt. 18 July 1945, aged 24 Son of Samuel and Margaret Cooksey, of Notton, Yorkshire. Labuan War Cemetery Alan Carswell Hitchen (2201414) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 355 Sqdn 14 September 1945, aged 21 Son of Robert Hitchen, and of Ethel Hitchen, of Royston, Yorkshire. Ranchi War Cemetery Harold Cutts (4694367) Essex Regiment - 5th Bn 13 January 1944, aged 29 Son of Harry and Florence Cutts, of Royston, Yorkshire. Sangro River War Cemetery Frank Dearden (T/228544) Royal Army Service Corps 13 December 1940, aged 33 Son of David and Maggie Dearden, of Royston. Royston (St. John the Baptist) Detatched Churchyard Herbert Harry Littlewood (4626671) Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2nd Bn 18 July 1944, aged 32 Son of Robert and Francis Ann Littlewood; husband of Alice Littlewood, of Royston, Yorkshire. Imphal War Cemetery Norman Sutton (4747600) York And Lancaster Regiment - 1st Bn 25 February 1944, aged 25 Son of James and Sarah Sutton; husband of Annie Sutton, of Royston, Yorkshire. Minturno War Cemetery Joseph Harry Green (4346707) East Yorkshire Regiment - 4th Bn 21-22 March 1942, aged 26 Son of Joseph Henry and Phoebe Alice Green; husband of Mary Ann Green, of Royston, Yorkshire. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma William Bluck (568792) Royal Air Force - 201 Sqdn 31 July 1942, aged 23 Son of Arthur and Elizabeth C. Bluck, of Royston, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Clifford Shaw (1674657) DFM Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 635 Sqdn 24 December 1944 Rheinberg War Cemetery Lewis Gawthorpe (T/113054) Royal Army Service Corps 14 June 1942, aged 23 Son of Ben Harold and Helena Gawthorpe, of Cold Hiendley Royston (St. John the Baptist) Detatched Churchyard Edwin Mellor (5773516) Royal Norfolk Regiment - 6th Bn 20 January 1942, aged 20 Son of Joseph H. and Julia Mellor, of Royston, Yorkshire; stepson of Sarah Mellor, of Royston. Singapore Memorial Alan France (P/JX 296185) Royal Navy - HMS Southern Prince 8 May 1942, aged 19 Son of Arthur and Elizabeth France, of Royston, Yorkshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial |