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Waddington, Ernest - 4349322 - Hoyland
Wainwright, George - 1238479 - Barnsley Grammar School
Wainwright, George Ronald - 4747767 - Barnsley St Paul Church
Wainwright, J - Ardsley
Walker, E - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Walker, Eric - P/KX 115621 - Mapplewell
Walker, Ernest - 4688333 - Silkstone All Saints
Walker, John Arthur - P/KX 94639 - proposed Dearne Towns
Walker, Ronald - 1593535 - Thurnscoe
Walker, Tom Marshall - 4693406 - Hoyland
Walker, Walter - 3131526 - Elsecar RoH
Walker, Walter - 3131526 - Hoyland
Wall, G.E - Goldthorpe
Wall, G.E - Unk - proposed Dearne Towns
Wallace, John Henry - 3247266 - Cudworth
Waller, Dennis - 7938067 - Hoyland
Walsh, George - 3244702 - Tankersley
Walshaw, Fred - 2663654 - Silkstone
Walton, Benjamin - T/71718 - Thurnscoe
Walton, Clifford Horace - 4743811 - Worsbrough
Walton, John Thomas - 4615272 - Monk Bretton
Walton, K - Ardsley
Ward, H - Wombwell
Ward, H. - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Ward, John Herbert - 4746099 - Hoyland
Ward, L - Barnsley Grammar School
Ward, Leslie Bernard - 4868505 - Thurnscoe
Ward, Stenton - 614781 - Mapplewell
Ward, Stenton - 614781 - Wombwell
Ward, W - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Ward, Wilfred - 1063074 - Wombwell
Ward, Wilfred - 1063074 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Wardell, Dorothy Margaret - 6923 - Brierley
Ware, Joseph - 2590733 - Barnsley St Paul Church / Gawber
Warner, H - Goldthorpe
Warner, H - Unk - proposed Dearne Towns
Warttig, George - 14624135 - Thurgoland
Wathey, Colin - 564896 - proposed Dearne Towns
Wathey, Herbert - 47586 - proposed Dearne Towns
Watson, George William - 4747365 - Monk Bretton
Watson, Stanley - 4351035 - Grimethorpe
Watson, William John - 1595208 - Elsecar RoH
Watson, William John - 1595208 - Hoyland
Webb, Cecil George - 4695455 - Silkstone All Saints
Webster, Frank Russell - 1035856 - Darfield
Webster, Kenneth - 1005563 - Goldthorpe
Webster, Kenneth - 1005563 - proposed Dearne Towns
Westhead, Thomas Henry - 650407 - Grimethorpe
Westwood, Bernard - 5835556 - proposed Dearne Towns
Wetton, Edward - 2763941 - Monk Bretton
Whitaker, Gordon - 45055 - Dodworth
Whitehead, Jack - 1802536 - Worsbrough
Whiteley, George Edward - 806952 - Cudworth
Whiteley, Jack - 1591170 - Barnsley Buckley Methodist Church
Whitfield, Joseph James - 526295 - Goldthorpe
Whitfield, Joseph James - 526295 - proposed Dearne Towns
Whitham, Geoffrey - T/113815 - Monk Bretton
Whittlestone, Robert Alan - T/171707 - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Wigglesworth, Bernard - 1606091 - Cudworth
Wilby, George Arthur - 1590994 - Cudworth
Wilby, Jack Madeley - 1595172 - Cudworth
Wilby, Richard Henry - C/JX 357224 - Barnsley Grammar School
Wilby, Richard Henry - C/JX 357224 - Mapplewell
Wilcock, Thomas - C/JX 290035 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Wilcox, William Alfred - 4743394 - Thurnscoe
Wilcox, William Alfred - 4743394 - Thurnscoe Coronation Working Men's Club
Wild, Joseph Henry - 4757736 - Carlton
Wilkinson, Clarence - Grimethorpe
Wilkinson, Harry - 4542384 - Great Houghton
Wilkinson, Jack - 995412 - proposed Dearne Towns
Wilkinson, Jack - 995412 - Thurnscoe
Wilks, Frank - 4617794 - Thurnscoe
Wilks, Frank - 4617794 - Thurnscoe Coronation Working Men's Club
Wilks, Thomas - 1155984 - Thurnscoe
Wilks, Thomas - 1155984 - Thurnscoe Coronation Working Men's Club
Williams, Leonard - C/SSX 29544 - Hoyland
Williamson, Harry - 2721306 - Monk Bretton
Wilmott, Cyril - 4611968 - Great Houghton
Wilson, Henry - P/JX 311648 - Thurnscoe
Wilson, Robert Barker - 191471 - Brierley
Winter, Arthur - 591751 - Thurnscoe
Woffinden, Agnes Ethel - W/270539 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Wood, Norman Charles - 4346814 - Gawber
Wood, Sydney - 4748930 - Monk Bretton
Wood, Wilfred - 3248855 - Penistone
Woodcock, Clifford Vere - 4619200 - Ardsley
Woodfield, James Henry - 305327 - Worsbrough
Wootton, Joseph Henry - C/J 107299 - Barnsley Main Post Office
Wootton, Joseph Henry - C/J 107299 - Cudworth
Wootton, Wilfred - 4612292 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Wootton, Wilfred - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Worrall, Frank - 1138238 - Barnsley Grammar School
Worrall, Frank - 1138238 - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Worrell, Arnold - 4750424 - Darfield
Wray, Irving Hallsworth - 321299 - Hoyland
Wreakes, Jack - 1061805 - Barnsley Grammar School
Wright, Alfred Randolph - 1781386 - Worsbrough
Wright, Clarence L - 2135810 - Hoyland
Wright, Frederick Arthur - 13041245 - Cudworth
Wright, John - Carlton
Wright, Percy - 55459 - Carlton
Wainwright, George - 1238479 - Barnsley Grammar School
Wainwright, George Ronald - 4747767 - Barnsley St Paul Church
Wainwright, J - Ardsley
Walker, E - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Walker, Eric - P/KX 115621 - Mapplewell
Walker, Ernest - 4688333 - Silkstone All Saints
Walker, John Arthur - P/KX 94639 - proposed Dearne Towns
Walker, Ronald - 1593535 - Thurnscoe
Walker, Tom Marshall - 4693406 - Hoyland
Walker, Walter - 3131526 - Elsecar RoH
Walker, Walter - 3131526 - Hoyland
Wall, G.E - Goldthorpe
Wall, G.E - Unk - proposed Dearne Towns
Wallace, John Henry - 3247266 - Cudworth
Waller, Dennis - 7938067 - Hoyland
Walsh, George - 3244702 - Tankersley
Walshaw, Fred - 2663654 - Silkstone
Walton, Benjamin - T/71718 - Thurnscoe
Walton, Clifford Horace - 4743811 - Worsbrough
Walton, John Thomas - 4615272 - Monk Bretton
Walton, K - Ardsley
Ward, H - Wombwell
Ward, H. - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Ward, John Herbert - 4746099 - Hoyland
Ward, L - Barnsley Grammar School
Ward, Leslie Bernard - 4868505 - Thurnscoe
Ward, Stenton - 614781 - Mapplewell
Ward, Stenton - 614781 - Wombwell
Ward, W - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Ward, Wilfred - 1063074 - Wombwell
Ward, Wilfred - 1063074 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Wardell, Dorothy Margaret - 6923 - Brierley
Ware, Joseph - 2590733 - Barnsley St Paul Church / Gawber
Warner, H - Goldthorpe
Warner, H - Unk - proposed Dearne Towns
Warttig, George - 14624135 - Thurgoland
Wathey, Colin - 564896 - proposed Dearne Towns
Wathey, Herbert - 47586 - proposed Dearne Towns
Watson, George William - 4747365 - Monk Bretton
Watson, Stanley - 4351035 - Grimethorpe
Watson, William John - 1595208 - Elsecar RoH
Watson, William John - 1595208 - Hoyland
Webb, Cecil George - 4695455 - Silkstone All Saints
Webster, Frank Russell - 1035856 - Darfield
Webster, Kenneth - 1005563 - Goldthorpe
Webster, Kenneth - 1005563 - proposed Dearne Towns
Westhead, Thomas Henry - 650407 - Grimethorpe
Westwood, Bernard - 5835556 - proposed Dearne Towns
Wetton, Edward - 2763941 - Monk Bretton
Whitaker, Gordon - 45055 - Dodworth
Whitehead, Jack - 1802536 - Worsbrough
Whiteley, George Edward - 806952 - Cudworth
Whiteley, Jack - 1591170 - Barnsley Buckley Methodist Church
Whitfield, Joseph James - 526295 - Goldthorpe
Whitfield, Joseph James - 526295 - proposed Dearne Towns
Whitham, Geoffrey - T/113815 - Monk Bretton
Whittlestone, Robert Alan - T/171707 - Barnsley British Co-operative Society
Wigglesworth, Bernard - 1606091 - Cudworth
Wilby, George Arthur - 1590994 - Cudworth
Wilby, Jack Madeley - 1595172 - Cudworth
Wilby, Richard Henry - C/JX 357224 - Barnsley Grammar School
Wilby, Richard Henry - C/JX 357224 - Mapplewell
Wilcock, Thomas - C/JX 290035 - Barnsley Holy Rood Church
Wilcox, William Alfred - 4743394 - Thurnscoe
Wilcox, William Alfred - 4743394 - Thurnscoe Coronation Working Men's Club
Wild, Joseph Henry - 4757736 - Carlton
Wilkinson, Clarence - Grimethorpe
Wilkinson, Harry - 4542384 - Great Houghton
Wilkinson, Jack - 995412 - proposed Dearne Towns
Wilkinson, Jack - 995412 - Thurnscoe
Wilks, Frank - 4617794 - Thurnscoe
Wilks, Frank - 4617794 - Thurnscoe Coronation Working Men's Club
Wilks, Thomas - 1155984 - Thurnscoe
Wilks, Thomas - 1155984 - Thurnscoe Coronation Working Men's Club
Williams, Leonard - C/SSX 29544 - Hoyland
Williamson, Harry - 2721306 - Monk Bretton
Wilmott, Cyril - 4611968 - Great Houghton
Wilson, Henry - P/JX 311648 - Thurnscoe
Wilson, Robert Barker - 191471 - Brierley
Winter, Arthur - 591751 - Thurnscoe
Woffinden, Agnes Ethel - W/270539 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Wood, Norman Charles - 4346814 - Gawber
Wood, Sydney - 4748930 - Monk Bretton
Wood, Wilfred - 3248855 - Penistone
Woodcock, Clifford Vere - 4619200 - Ardsley
Woodfield, James Henry - 305327 - Worsbrough
Wootton, Joseph Henry - C/J 107299 - Barnsley Main Post Office
Wootton, Joseph Henry - C/J 107299 - Cudworth
Wootton, Wilfred - 4612292 - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Wootton, Wilfred - Wombwell - St. Mary's Church - Roll of Honour Book
Worrall, Frank - 1138238 - Barnsley Grammar School
Worrall, Frank - 1138238 - Kingstone - St Edward the Confessor
Worrell, Arnold - 4750424 - Darfield
Wray, Irving Hallsworth - 321299 - Hoyland
Wreakes, Jack - 1061805 - Barnsley Grammar School
Wright, Alfred Randolph - 1781386 - Worsbrough
Wright, Clarence L - 2135810 - Hoyland
Wright, Frederick Arthur - 13041245 - Cudworth
Wright, John - Carlton
Wright, Percy - 55459 - Carlton
Additional Casualties not listed on a memorial
Thomas Waddington (2187282)
Pioneer Corps 7 May 1941, aged 26 Barnsley Cemetery Died in Belfast Hospital Douglas Arnold Wadsworth (159050) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 619 Sqdn 4 May 1944, aged 23 Son of Maurice Wadsworth, and of Alice Mary Wadsworth, of Parkstone, Dorsetshire. Courboin Communal Cemetery, France Sam Wrigley Wadsworth (4619305) Durham Light Infantry - 16th Bn 4 December 1943, aged 27 Son of James and Florence Gertrude Wadsworth, of East Ardsley, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Minturno War Cemetery Vernon Waites (14781742) Seaforth Highlanders - 5th Bn. 25 March 1945, aged 33 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Victor Wakelin (4342768) East Yorkshire Regiment - 2nd Bn 18 July 1944, aged 29 Son of Sidney and Annie Wakelin; Husband of Joyce Mary Wakelin, of Brockley, London. Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery Harry Walker (2821108) Seaforth Highlanders - 6th Bn 16 August 1942, aged 22 Son of Samuel and Rebecca Walker, of Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery John Walker (3247240) Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - 2nd Bn 26 May 1940 Esquelmes War Cemetery John Arthur Walker (P/KX 94639) Royal Navy - HMS Jersey 23 October 1939, aged 19 Son of Arthur and Sarah May Walker, of Bolton-On-Dearne, Yorkshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Lost overboard from the destroyer HMS Jersey in heavy weather in the North-West Approaches Richard Allen Walker (14413034) Durham Light Infantry - 10th Bn. 29 June 1944, aged 20 Son of Richard Hector Mcdonald Walker and Annie Walker, of Low Moor, Yorkshire. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux Died in France on D-Day+23 Arnold Walton (3131815) Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 1st Bn 18 February 1943, aged 24 Rangoon Memorial Walter Frederick Walton (957673) Royal Horse Artillery - 11 Honourable Artillery Coy Regt 3 November 1942, aged 23 Son of Ethel Jane Walton, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. El Alamein War Cemetery Leonard Edwin Ward (967351) Royal Artillery - 112 (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regt. 26 June 1944, aged 24 Son of Henry Edwin and Nancy Ward; Husband of Winifred Alice Ward, of Bradford, Yorkshire. Bayeux War Cemetery Leslie Ward (1625186) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 15 April 1945, aged 21 Son of Wilfred H. Ward and Edith Ward, of Barnsley. Barnsley Cemetery William Ward (4541628) Lincolnshire Regiment - 2nd Bn 7 August 1944, aged 25 Son of Herbert and Hannah Merinda Ward, of Bingley, Yorkshire. St Charles De Percy War Cemetery Robert Henry Wardell (901320) Royal Artillery - 118 Field Regt 31 July 1943, aged 24 Son of Frances Jentian Wardell, and Stepson of George Bennet Turner, of Darton, Yorkshire. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Captured when Singapore surrendered, died as a Japanese PoW during the construction of the Burma-Siam railway Thomas Wesley Waring (2195748) Royal Engineers - 580 Army Troops Coy. Between 24 and 25 April 1941, aged 30 Son of Thomas (Joseph) Waring and Helena Waring; Husband of Kathleen Waring, of Kendal, Westmorland. Phaleron War Cemetery Died in Greece Colin Wathey (564896) Royal Air Force - 207 Sqdn. 4 June 1942, aged 27 Westerbork General Cemetery Lancaster aircraft R5847 lost on an operation to Bremen, Germany from Bottesford airfield Herbert Wathey (47586) DFM Royal Air Force - 144 Sqdn. 12 February 1942, aged 29 Runnymede Memorial Killed when Hampden aircraft AT175 lost in mission against German warships on the 'Channel Dash' John Thomas Watkin (C/MX 65799) Royal Navy - HMS Welshman 1 February 1943, aged 25 Son of Allan and Annie Watkin, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; Husband of Doris Watkin, of Barnsley. El Alamein War Cemetery Lost when ship was sunk by U-617 in the Mediterranean when 35 miles east-northeast of Tobruk Alan Birtley Watson (915159) Royal Artillery Regt 17 May 1945, aged 25 Son of George and Hilda Watson, of Fulwell, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Died whilst a Japanese PoW William John Watson (1595208) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 514 Sqdn 6 March 1945, aged 20 Son of William John and Cicie Watson, of Pennycomequick, Plymouth. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Lancaster aircraft ME365 lost on an operation to Salzbergen, Germany from Waterbeach airfield Ronald Weaver (1749569) Royal Artillery - 3 Bty. 6 H.A.A. Regt. 13 October 1943, aged 37 Chungkai War Cemetery Frederick Seager Webster (1000903) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 9 August 1941, aged 21 Foster-Son of Harry Phillips, of Wilthorpe. Barnsley Cemetery Died in Ely Hospital Norman Webster (4396068) Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) - 7th Bn 27 July 1944, aged 29 Son of Wilson and Maud Mary Webster, of Oakworth, Yorkshire. Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery Died during the Normandy Campaign Ernest Weldon (T/4698154) Royal Army Service Corps - 398 (Airborne) Comp. Coy. 10 April 1946, aged 22 Son of Frank and Margaret Weldon; Husband of Lily Weldon, of Birdwell, Yorkshire. Ramleh War Cemetery Ernest Wesley (4697827) Royal Artillery - 324 Bty, 94 Lt AA Regt 19 March 1946, aged 35 Husband of Ellen Wesley, of Worsborough Dale. Worsborough Dale (St Thomas) Church Cemetery William West (4863486) Leicestershire Regiment - 1st Bn 5 August 1943 Son of J. West and Bertha West; Husband of Hilda West, of Thurcroft, Yorkshire. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Lawrence Edward Westcott (175159) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 103 Sqdn 26 August 1944, aged 22 Husband of Irene Westcott, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Littlehampton Cemetery Bernard Westwood (5835556) Suffolk Regt. - 4th Bn. 27 December 1944, aged 28 Son of John William and Annie Westwood, of Goldthorpe, Yorkshire; Husband of Edith Westwood, of Peterborough, Northamptonshire. Yokohama War Cemetery Illness as a Japanese PoW George Henry Westwood (1886709) Royal Engineers - 59 Field Coy. 11 May 1944, aged 28 Son of Ben and Nancy Westwood, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; Husband of Irene Westwood, of Barnsley. Cassino War Cemetery Albert Wharam (4538569) East Yorkshire Regiment - 4th Bn 31 May 1940, aged 21 Dunkirk Memorial Graham White (1773015) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. 23 November 1943, aged 21 Son of Elvin and Rose White, of Milnsbridge, Huddersfield. Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Lost in Lancaster mk 1 W4162 coded AR-J2, which was well above the average expectancy as when lost this aircraft had a total of 399 hours on the airframe. Airborne at 17:11 on 23 Nov 43 from Binbrook. Attacked by a night-fighter and exploded near Lubben. Harry White (1532714) Royal Artillery - 174 Bty., 85 H.A.A. Regt. 27 December 1941, aged 22 Son of Tom and Frances Annie White, of Barnsley. Barnsley Cemetery John White (4747156) York and Lancaster Regiment - 1st Bn 17 June 1940, aged 21 Dunkirk Memorial John C White (T/242621) Royal Army Service Corps - 30 Res. M.T. Coy. 3 December 1941, aged 21 Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Robert White (4544373) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn 9 June 1942 Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery Samuel White (137584) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 28 February 1943 Netherfield Congregational Chapelyard George Whitehouse (1609984) Royal Artillery - 51 Bty., 38 Lt. A.A. Regt. 22 December 1945, aged 30 Son of Joseph and Charlotte Whitehouse; Husband of Nellie Whitehouse, of Albrighton, Shifnal, Shropshire. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Jack Whiteley (1591170)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 101 Sqdn 23 September 1944, aged 19 Son of Wilfred and Mary Ellen Whiteley, of Barnsley. Barnsley Cemetery Part of the crew of Lancaster NF982 SR-B which was ABC equipped. This aircraft was lost on its first operation, it was airborne at 18:56 from Ludford Magna and was believed to have been lost near the briefed concentration point at 20:09, following a midair collision. Albert Whitford (943495) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 14 February 1942, aged 20 Son of Annie Lockwood, of Worsborough Dale, Yorkshire Singapore Memorial Died on the day Singapore fell to the Japanese William Whitmore (4464877) Durham Light Infantry - 16th Bn 8 December 1943, aged 29 Son of Wilfred and S. Anne Whitmore; Husband of Dorothy Whitmore, of Thongsbridge, Yorkshire. Ancona War Cemetery Clifford Whittaker (4617730) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn 26 February 1944, aged 25 Son of Edgar and Millicent Whittaker; Husband of Molly Whittaker, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Reginald Kellaway Whittle (2317436) Royal Corps Of Signals - Singapore Fortress Sigs. 13 February 1942, aged 34 Son of George and Ethel Margaret Whittle; Husband of Elizabeth Whittle, of Southall, Middlesex. Singapore Memorial Robert Whittle (4698229) The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 2nd Bn 14 July 1943, aged 20 Son of John and Annie Whittle, of Skellow, Yorkshire. Catania War Cemetery Robert Alan Whittlestone (T/171707) Royal Army Service Corps - 308 Res Mt Coy 27 April 1941, aged 25 Son of Charles and Myra Whittlestone, of Jump, Yorkshire; Husband of Gladys Whittlestone, of Havercroft, Yorkshire. Athens Memorial Reginald Wigglesworth (2664575) Coldstream Guards - 5th Bn. 5 March 1945, aged 28 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery David Wike (4612109) Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn 30 May 1940, aged 32 Son of Ernest and Alice Wike, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; Husband of Emily Wike, of Stairfoot, Barnsley. Hondschoote Communal Cemetery Albert Wilcock (4750855) York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn. 25 June 1943 Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery Irvin Hodgson Wild (4602347) Army Catering Corps - formerly 1st Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 7 February 1946, aged 44 Son of John Thomas Wild and Alice Wild; Husband of Kathleen Elizabeth Wild, of Darton. Darton (All Saints) Churchyard Horace Wildblood (551772) Royal Armoured Corps - Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) 2 October 1943, aged 32 Husband of Winifred May Wildblood, of Colchester, Essex. Massicault War Cemetery Alfred Wilkinson (4687660) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn 12 August 1943, aged 31 Son of Alfred and Annie Wilkinson; Husband of Phyllis Wilkinson, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Catania War Cemetery George Williams (3459894) Royal Armoured Corps - Staffordshire Yeomanry 26 March 1943, aged 31 Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Williams, of Ardwick, Manchester; Husband of Elizabeth Williams, of Moston, Manchester. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial John Andrew Williams (962877) Dorsetshire Regiment - 5th Bn 30 July 1944, aged 28 Husband of D. Williams, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Bayeux War Cemetery Robert Hugh David Williams (D/JX 196505) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Fearless 24 July 1941 Son of Robert Edward and Mary Mildred Williams, of Sheffield. Plymouth Naval Memorial Died of wounds the day after HMS Fearless was sunk in the Mediterranean Trevor Williams (4625423) Royal Armoured Corps - 145TH (8th Bn The Duke of Wellington's Regt) Regt 17 September 1944, aged 33 Son of William and Barbara Williams, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; Husband of Alice May Williams, of Barnsley. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Henry Wilson (2664459) Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn. 17 March 1943, aged 22 Son of William and Ann Wilson, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Albert Edward Winder (1087080) Gunner - Royal Artillery - 21 Anti-Tank Regt. 2 December 1941, aged 22 Born in approx 1919 Son of Albert E. Winder and Doris H. Winder, of Barnsley; Husband of Gladys Winder, of Barnsley. Lived at 16 Snowdrop Terrace Barnsley Cemetery Died in a Military Hospital, Shaftsbury, Dorset Eric Winder (7905689) Lance Corporal - The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 12th (10th Bn The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regt.]) Bn 10 June 1944 , aged 26 Born in approx 1918 Son of Ernest Bright Winder and Isobel Rose Winder, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; Husband of Jean Winder, of Barnsley. Ranville War Cemetery Died in D-Day+4 after being dropped into Normandy on 6 June 1944, possibly after two companies of the battalion were ordered to support the Royal Ulster Rifles in their assault on Honorine la Chardonnerette on 9 June. Henry Winder (181113) Flying Officer (Pilot) - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 5 (Middle East) Aircrew Reception Centre (Heliopolis) 26 January 1945 Nicosia War Cemetery Killed on Active Service, Cyprus Roy Winder (814127) Leading Aircraftman - Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) - 616 Sqdn 2 December 1940 , aged 23 Born in approx 1917 Baptised - Son of John and Martha Ann Winder, of Worsborough Dale, Barnsley. Barnsley (Ardsley) Cemetery Died on Active Service John Winter (2129384) Driver - Royal Engineers - 143 Field Park Sqn. 7 March 1943 , aged 22 Born in approx 1921 Son of Edgar and Edith Winter, of Chapeltown, Sheffield. Sfax War Cemetery Died in North Africa Thomas Wiper (956138) Leading Aircraftman - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 28 April 1945 , aged 27 Born in approx 1918 Son of Albert and Annie Wiper, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. - Commemorated on a family grave in Gawber Churchyard. Labuan War Cemetery Died as a PoW of the Japanese at Sandakan. Sandakan death marches from 1945/01/29, to Paginatan and Ranau. Out of the 2434 Sandakan prisoners, 1787 Australians and 641 British died, only 6 Australians survived by escaping. Charles Wood (P/KX 116407) Stoker 2nd Class - Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hollyhock 9 April 1942, aged 29 Born in approx 1913 Son of William and Jeanette Wood, of Barnsley, Yorkshire; Husband of Nancy Wood, of Barnsley. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Lost when the corvette was bombed and sunk by Japanese carrier aircraft east of Ceylon Fred Wood (4748223) Private - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2/4th Bn 23 September 1943 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood; Husband of Dorothy May Wood, of New Malden, Surrey. Salerno War Cemetery Died in Italy Ronald George Wood (4690556) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn 15 February 1942, aged 28 Son of James Benjamin Wood and of Annie Wood (Nee Wilkes), of Upton, Pontefract, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial Thomas Wood (13012908) Pioneer Corps 27 December 1940, aged 36 Husband of Violet Wood, of Cundy Cross, Barnsley. Barnsley Cemetery William Wood (4696232) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2/4th Bn 9 September 1943, aged 30 Son of William and Charlotte Wood, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Salerno War Cemetery James Woods (1749571) Pioneer Corps 14 February 1942, aged 35 Son of James and Alice Woods, of Leeds; Husband of Elizabeth Woods, of Bramley, Leeds. Bramley Baptist Churchyard Charles Woodward (993498) Royal Artillery - 521 Coast Regt. 30 March 1943, aged 22 Son of Charles and Eliza Woodward, of Barnsley. Barnsley (Monk Bretton) Cemetery Wilfred Wootton (4612292) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 7th Bn 25 June 1944, aged 30 Son of George and Mary Hariet Wootton; Husband of Nellie Wootton, of New Bank, Halifax, Yorkshire. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux John Horton Worrall (4120523) Lancashire Fusiliers - 10th Bn 12 January 1943, aged 36 Son of James and Dorothy Worrall; Husband of Ivy Worrall, of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial Edwin Worthy (1110921) Royal Artillery - 160 Field Regt. 21 January 1945, aged 32 Taukkyan War Cemetery Sydney Wraith (1466564) Royal Artillery - 11 Field Regt. 1 December 1944, aged 37 Son of Beatrice Wraith; Husband of Kathleen Wraith, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire. Athens Memorial |
Jack Whitehead (1234338)
Pilot - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 51 O.T.U. 6 July 1942, aged 20 Born in Wakefield in Q1 1922 Son of Charles Frederick and Sylvia Whitehead, of Harrogate. Previously lived at 79 Maltby St, Conisborough Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery Havoc I - AX914 - 51 OTU - crashed on approach Cranfield village, Bedfordshire. |
Frank Williams (987784) Leading Aircraftman - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 200 Sqdn
16 August 1942 , aged 22 Born in Barnsley in Q3 1920 Son of Henry T and Maud M Williams; husband of Brenda Williams - - Lived at Wombwell Road, Stairfoot, Barnsley Married in Barnsley Q3 1941 Faraja War Cemetery Died of Blackwater Fever in a hospital in Gambia, West Africa |
Herbert Wilson (R/JX 436822)
Royal Navy - HMS Minster 8 June 1944, aged 20 Son of John and Mary Ellen Wilson, of Hoyle Mill, Yorkshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial HMS Minster left Torquay on the evening of 5th June 1944. In command of the ship was Lieutenant Commander Jackson. On the 8th June she was acting as escort for the Mulberry units heading for Omaha beach. At about mid-day she was in the Seine Bay near the Cardonnet Bank when she struck a mine. As most of the crew were below decks at mess the majority of the crew were lost |