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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
(NAMES)
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

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
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