Wombwell
Wombwell War Memorial is located within the grounds of the Church of St Mary on High Street. The inscriptions are:
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 1914 - 18 1939 - 45
LEST WE FORGET THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF WOMBWELL, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY TRUTH & JUSTICE IN THE GREAT WARS
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN, AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
O VALIANT HEARTS, WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT AND THROUGH BATTLE FLAME TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED.
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 1914 - 18 1939 - 45
LEST WE FORGET THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF WOMBWELL, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY TRUTH & JUSTICE IN THE GREAT WARS
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN, AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
O VALIANT HEARTS, WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT AND THROUGH BATTLE FLAME TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED.
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To our glorious dead 1939-45
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Allen F
Angel E Bakewell E Batty M Beevers F Belshaw J Booth C Bowley I Bullock D J Burrows L Carr T Causier J Crossley A M Cutler G T Davies W Dennis A Dennis H Dixon J Durham M Ebblewhite G |
Ellis J R
Fallon T Farrimond L Fawcett J Foster A Foster J Galvin J F Green L Griffiths E Guest H R Guest T W Haller S Hames K Harper R Y Hartley A Hayes S Haywood A Hibberd L Hinchcliffe E Hitchen G M |
Hooley F
Hooley L Hyde N B Ivill T Johnson W Johnson G W Johnson J W Kenworthy A Lax W Layhe C Leather A Leather J Ledger G Manley I McQue A Moore A Murfin R Myers D V Newsome G Nunns N |
Parkin H
Peace L Poulter F Pratt D Robinson A Robinson F Robinson K W Robinson T H Saville A R Scargill A E Shaw H Siddons F Simms H Singleton D Swift R Thompson D Turton S Tutill W Ward H Ward W |
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"We will remember them"
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Additional Details
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Edwin Allen (1439167)
Royal Artillery - 93 (6th Bn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regt. 8 November 1944, aged 26 Forli War Cemetery Died in Italy Ernest Angel (2142588) Royal Engineers - 573 Army Field Coy 13 April 1943, aged 22 Son of Ernest and May Angel, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Benghazi War Cemetery Died in North Africa Maurice Batty (4695044) Royal Artillery - 94 Lt AA Regt 22 September 1944, aged 28 Son of Fred Penistone Batty and Jane Hannah Batty, of Wombwell, Yorkshire; husband of Elsie Batty, of Wombwell. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Killed in the area of Grave, Holland during the 'Market' part of the 'Market Garden' operation Frank Beevers (2695097) Scots Guards - 1st Bn 24 April 1943, aged 26 Son of Elijah and Ada Beevers; husband of Marjorie May Beevers, of Welling, Kent. Massicault War Cemetery Killed in Tunisia near Dj Bou Arada James Belshaw (1073264) Royal Artillery - 204 Bty 51 Anti Tank Regt 17 June 1940, aged 33 Son of John T. and Elizabeth Belshaw; husband of Dorothy A. Belshaw, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Dunkirk Memorial Died when the troop ship Lancastria was sunk off the coast of France Colin Booth (1594445) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 9 Sqdn. 1 January 1945, aged 31 Son of William Archibald and Ada Booth; husband of Dora Booth, of Brighouse. Brighouse Cemetery Lancaster NG252 coded WS-R was airborne at 07:47 from Bardney to bomb the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Ladbergen. It dived into the ground shortly after becoming airborne, due to loss of power on one or both port engines, killing six of the seven crew. Irvin Bowley (1592827) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 106 Sqdn 29 July 1944, aged 20 Son of Jarvis and Gertrude Bowley, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Durnbach War Cemetery Killed when Avro Lancaster aircraft crashed on a raid to Stuttgart. Lancaster ME778 with markings of ZN-O was airborne 22:15 on 28 July 1944 from Metheringham. Crashed 01:55 on 29 July 1944 near Durmersheim, a town 9 km NNE of Rastatt and on the ralway leading to Karlsruhe, killing the seven man crew. Douglas James Bullock (149121) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Ferry Command 24 October 1943, aged 22 Son of Charlie and Florence Bullock, of Scunthorpe, Humberside. Port Of Spain (St. James) Military Cemetery Died when ferrying Baltimore V FW472 across the Atlantic. It swung off the runway when taking off at Piarco, Trinidad and was destroyed by fire. Leonard Taylor Burrows (T/44834) Royal Army Service Corps 13 September 1941 Wombwell Cemetery Died in Cheltenham, he fell through an open window to the ground and was found the next morning Trevor Carr (1622921) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 4 Sqdn 1 June 1944, aged 20 Son of Percy and Hilda Carr, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Singapore Memorial Died in the Far East Jack Causier (4693541) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn 19 January 1944, aged 24 Minturno War Cemetery Died in Italy Arthur Morrison Crossley (14589638) Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 49th West Riding Regt 25 September 1944, aged 19 Son of Alfred and Ada Crossley, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Geel War Cemetery Died in Belgium George Thompson Cutler (4745819) Royal Artillery - 189 Bty., 67 A.A. Regt. 22 November 1944, aged 25 Son of George Henry and Rhoda Cutler, of Wombwell, Yorkshire.Imphal War Cemetery Died in India William Davies (4626673) Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn 30 January 1944, aged 28 Son of Arthur and Edith Davies, of Wombwell, Yorkshire; husband of Nellie Davies, of Wombwell. Anzio War Cemetery Died 8 days after the landings at Anzio A Dennis May be either Albert Dennis or Allan Dennis H Dennis No details known Major Durham (14759706) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn 14 April 1945, aged 19 Son of William and Barbara Durham, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Died during the liberation of Arnhem Gordon Ebblewhite (149499) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 13 Sqdn 31 January 1945, aged 33 Son of William and Amelia Ebblewhite; husband of Edith Verna Ebblewhite, of Holyland, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Udine War Cemetery Boston Mk IV (coded S) failed to return from a night intruder operation to Vigodazere, Padua province, Italy John Raymond Ellis (1541618) Royal Artillery - 78 The Duke Of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Medium Regt 10 May 1944, aged 25 Son of George and Gertrude Ellis, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Cassino War Cemetery Died in Italy Timothy Fallon (4615137) Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn Between 30 May - 2 June 1940, aged 28 Son of Timothy and Barbara Fallon, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Hondschoote Communal Cemetery Died with the BEF when 'the Duke's' were part of the rear guard in the fall back to Dunkirk Leslie Farrimond (7382261) Royal Army Medical Corps 12 February 1944, aged 24 Son of Fred and Ena Farrimond; husband of Esther Mary Farrimond, of West Melton, Rotherham, Yorkshire. East Africa Memorial Lost when the troop ship SS Khedive Ismail was sunk in the Indian Ocean by the Japanese submarine I-27 Jack Fawcett (14228503) Royal Corps Of Signals - L Of C Sigs 26 March 1944, aged 21 Son of Horace and Sarah E. Fawcett, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Delhi War Cemetery Died in India Arthur Foster (2664177) Coldstream Guards - 1st Bn 22 April 1945, aged 32 Son of Joseph Henry and Alice Foster; husband of Elsie Foster, of Smithies, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Becklingen War Cemetery Killed in Germany, the battalion were in the area of Rotenburg-am-Wunne Jack Foster (822839) Royal Artillery - 12 Field Regt. 26 April 1941, aged 28 Son of James and Edith Mary Foster, of Thornes, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Imtarfa Military Cemetery Died on Malta James Francis Galvin (302964) Royal Armoured Corps - Nottinghamshire Yeomanry 16 August 1944 Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery Killed in France, around the time that the unit were crossing the River Noireau L Green No details known Edwin Griffiths (52034) Royal Army Service Corps 17 June 1940, aged 38 Son of Albert and Eleanor Griffiths. Dunkirk Memorial Died when the troopship Lancastria was sunk off St Nazaire Hugh Roland Guest (D/JX 135859) Royal Navy - HMS Milford 10 July 1944, aged 29 Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Guest, of Wombwell; husband of Ellen Guest, of Wombwell. Wombwell Cemetery Died on War Service whilst at sea serving on HMS Milford Thomas William Guest (1836815) Royal Artillery - 57 H.A.A. Regt. 18 September 1944, aged 37 Son of Herbert and Florence Guest; husband of Rose Hannah Guest, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Gradara War Cemetery Died in Italy Sydney Haller (D/JX 151027) Royal Navy - HMML 916 8 November 1944, aged 23 Son of Herbert and Alice Haller, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Plymouth Naval Memorial Died when the Motor Launch 916 was mined and sunk off Walsoorden, Netherlands Albert Hartley (4399761) Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) - 7th Bn 6 April 1943, aged 26 Son of Emma Hartley, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial Stanley Hayes (2208054) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 578 Sqdn. 24 February 1944, aged 20 Durnbach War Cemetery Lawrence Hibberd (11423802) Royal Artillery - 3 Maritime Regt. 24 June 1944, aged 23 Son of Ernest and Anise Hibberd; husband of Barbara Hibberd, of Finnieston, Glasgow. Chatham Naval Memorial Ernest Hinchliffe (4750504) York And Lancaster Regiment - The Hallamshire Bn 12 July 1944, aged 27 Son of George and Alice Hinchliffe, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux George Major Hitchen (4746299) Royal Engineers - 35 Fortress Coy 26 February 1942, aged 23 Son of George William and Mary Hitchen, of Wombwell, Yorkshire Singapore Memorial |
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No details known L. Hooley No details known Norbron Basil Hyde (1088309) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 25 O.T.U. 24 July 1942, aged 21 Son of Ernest and Mabel Hyde, of Wombwell. Wombwell Cemetery Thomas Ivill (D/SSX 14361) Royal Navy - HMS Glorious 8 June 1940, aged 40 Son of Richard and Bertha Laura Ivill, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Plymouth Naval Memorial W. Johnson No details known George William Johnson (1018928) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 17 April 1945, aged 33 Husband of Edna Johnson, of Wombwell. Wombwell Cemetery J.W. Johnson No details known Arthur Kenworthy (4538011) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince Of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn 5 June 1942, aged 32 Son of Arthur and Annie Kenworthy, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Died in North Africa William Lax (4694804) Royal Artillery - 73 Anti-Tank Regt. 29 April 1943, aged 28 Son of William and Florence Lax; husband of Winifred Ada Lax, of Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield. Enfidaville War Cemetery Clifford Hinchcliffe Layhe (886524) Royal Artillery - 32 Field Regt. 26 June 1942, aged 29 Alamein Memorial Alwyn Leather (4747761) York And Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn 2 January 1945, aged 23 Son of Clifford and Edith Leather, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. His brother Jack also died on service. Ancona War Cemetery Jack Leather (CH/X 107412) Royal Marines 22 November 1944, aged 22 Son of Clifford and Edith Leather, of Wombwell. His brother Alwyn also died on service. Wombwell Cemetery George Ledger (T/97889) Royal Army Service Corps - 4 Div Petrol Coy 27 May 1940, aged 21 Son of John Alfred and Ada Lena Ledger, of Staincross, Yorkshire. Hondschoote Communal Cemetery Irving Manley (4694111) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2/4th Bn 5 December 1944, aged 28 Son of Joseph and Florence Manley, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Faenza War Cemetery Alfred Moore (1130480) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 20 August 1945, aged 39 Son of John and Ellen Moore, of Bradford, Yorkshire. Jakarta War Cemetery Douglas Vernon Myers (154260) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 218 Sqdn 8 March 1945, aged 23 Son of William Vernon and Sarah Elizabeth Myers, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery George Newsome (4545750) Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 1st Bn 19 July 1943, aged 22 Son of Harold and Mary Ann Newsome, of Wombwell, Yorkshire; husband of Alice Newsome, of Wombwell. Catania War Cemetery Norman Nunns (152240) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 550 Sqdn 15 July 1944, aged 20 Son of John Alfred and Ruth Nunns, of Wombwell Main, Yorkshire. Bussy-La-Cote Churchyard William Hector Parkin (D/MX 56008) Royal Navy - HMS Isis 20 July 1944, aged 30 Son of John and Sarah Parkin, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Plymouth Naval Memorial Leslie Peace (524666) Royal Air Force - 106 Sqdn 29 July 1944, aged 27 Son of George William and Florrie Peace; husband of Ethel Mary Peace, of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Durnbach War Cemetery Fred Poulter (1525727) Royal Air Force 21 October 1941, aged 36 Son of George William and Fanny Poulter; husband of Beatrice Poulter, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Little Rissington (St. Peter) Churchyard Donald Pratt (1078897) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 59 Sqdn 18 August 1944, aged 21 Son of Percy Edgar and Ellen Pratt, of Wombwell, Yorkshire; husband of Eileen Ruby Pratt, of Wombwell. Wick Cemetery Arthur Robinson (P/JX 191809) Royal Navy - HMS Cleveland 8 April 1941 Wombwell Cemetery Frank Robinson (7522046) Royal Army Medical Corps - 44 Field Hygiene Sec 1 July 1943, aged 23 Son of Charles and Hannah Robinson, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Kenneth W Robinson Merchant Navy - MV Darlington Court (London) 20 May 1941, aged 21 King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Son of Alfred Robinson, and of Agnes A. Robinson, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Tower Hill Memorial Thomas Herbert Robinson (2663336) Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn 21 September 1943, aged 31 Son of Thomas Herbert and Annie Robinson of Wombwell. Salerno War Cemetery Alfred Riley Saville (4695400) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 24th Bn 23 September 1943, aged 33 Son of James and Edith Saville, of Wombwell, Yorkshire; husband of Morfudd Saville, of Wombwell. Salerno War Cemetery Albert Edward Scargill (831347) Royal Artillery - 182 Bty., 65 H.A.A. Regt. Between 16 - 17 May 1941, aged 28 Son of William H. Scargill and Mary L. Scargill; husband of Doris G. Scargill, of Amersham. Upton-Cum-Chalvey (St Mary) Churchyard, Slough Harold Shaw (2661267) Coldstream Guards - attd. H.Q. 6th Guards Tank Bde. 12 October 1944, aged 29 Overloon War Cemetery Frank Siddons (S/2131946) Royal Army Service Corps 15 October 1945, aged 32 Leeds (Lawnswood) Crematorium Henry Simms (13022259) Pioneer Corps - 121 Coy 12 April 1945, aged 29 Son of Henry Simms, and of Anne Elizabeth Simms, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Dunkirk Memorial Douglas Singleton (2664244) Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn 9 September 1943, aged 22 Son of Willie and Ellen Singleton, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Salerno War Cemetery Roderick Swift (4346221) East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn 28 June 1942, aged 22 Son of William and May Swift. Alamein Memorial Dennis Thompson (4541618) Lincolnshire Regiment - 2nd Bn. 20 July 1944, aged 25 Son of Samuel and Edith R. Thompson; husband of Hilda Thompson, of Brampton, Yorkshire. Ranville War Cemetery Samuel Turton (P/MX 53240) Royal Navy - HMS Exmouth 21 January 1940 Son of Albert and Emily Elizabeth Turton; husband of Eleanor Turton, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Lost when vessel was sunk in Moray Firth by U-22 H Ward No details known Wilfred Ward (1063074) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 22 October 1943, aged 32 Son of Horace and Maria Ward, of Wombwell; husband of Minnie Ward, of Wombwell. Wombwell Cemetery Died on Active Service in Yorkshire |
Cutting courtesy of Mark Haywood
Arthur Haywood (320787)
Royal Armoured Corps - 4th Queen's Own Hussars
1 April 1941, aged 21
Son of William and Mary Haywood; husband of Winifred June Haywood, of Alderholt, Dorsetshire.
Athens Memorial
Believed to have been aboard the dutch transport ship SS Slamat which was sunk during the evacualtion of Greece.
Royal Armoured Corps - 4th Queen's Own Hussars
1 April 1941, aged 21
Son of William and Mary Haywood; husband of Winifred June Haywood, of Alderholt, Dorsetshire.
Athens Memorial
Believed to have been aboard the dutch transport ship SS Slamat which was sunk during the evacualtion of Greece.
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour
A roll of honour exists in St Mary's Church:
ROLL OF HONOUR FOR THE PARISH OF WOMBWELL
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY, TRUTH AND JUSTICE IN THE GREAT WARS
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
ROLL OF HONOUR FOR THE PARISH OF WOMBWELL
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY, TRUTH AND JUSTICE IN THE GREAT WARS
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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E. Allen
E. Angel E. Bakewell M. Batty F. Beever J. Belshaw C. Booth J. Booth I. Bowley G. Blunt D.J. Bullock L. Burrows T. Carr J. Caswell J. Causier R. Chapman R.D.S. Cook M.S. Crawshaw A.M. Crossley C. Crump C.T. Cutler W. Davies A. Dennis H. Dennis R. Dickinson J. Dixon |
M. Durham
G. Ebblewhite J.R. Ellis T. Fallon L. Farrimond J. Fevers A. Foster J. Foster J.F. Galvin F. Gillott L. Green E. Griffiths H.R. Guest T.W. Guest S. Haller K. Hames R.Y. Harper A. Haywood L. Hibbard N. Hill E. Hinchcliffe G.M. Hitchen F. Hooley L. Hooley N.B. Hyde T. Ivill |
F. Jarvis
G.W. Johnson J.W. Johnson W. Johnson A. Kenworthy H. Lawbridge W. Lax C. Layhe A. Leather J. Leather G. Ledger H. Lee J.D.D. Longden I. Manley P. Marsden A. McCue A. Moore G. Mooreland R. Murfin D.V. Myers G. Newsome N. Nunns J. Oldknow H. Parkin S. Parr L. Peace |
F. Poulter
D. Pratt A. Robinson F. Robinson F. Robinson K.W. Robinson T.H. Robinson T. Sagar J. Salmon A.R. Saville A.E. Scargill A. Scholes H. Shaw A. Short F. Siddons H. Simms D. Singleton R. Swift D. Thompson S. Turton W. Tutill H. Ward W. Ward A.F. Woffinden W. Wootton W. Wootton |
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George Frederick Blunt (4398298)
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) - 4th Bn Between 23/10/1943 - 24/10/1943, aged 25 Son of James Thomas Blunt and of Beatrice Blunt, of Jump, Yorkshire. Athens Memorial Lost when the destroyer HMS Eclipse, which was transporting the battalion to Kos, hit a mine and sank in the Aegean Sea. John William Booth (4698545) Royal Artillery 28 September 1944, aged 22 Son of Mr & Mrs G W Booth; Husband of M Booth, of Wombwell Ath (Lorette) Communal Cemetery Died in Belgium Jack Caswell (13047159) Pioneer Corps 26 February 1941, aged 25 Son of Joseph and Mary Caswell, of Darfield; husband of Mary Caswell. Wombwell Cemetery Maurice Smith Crawshaw (1077115) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 166 Sqdn 29 January 1944 Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Killed with rest of crew of Lancaster NB382, coded AS-Z. Airborne at 00:17 from Kirmington, Lincolnshire on a mission to Berlin. It crashed at Fretzdorf, 11 km SSE of Wittstock where all were initially buried. Cyril Crump (1781642) Rifle Brigade - 2nd Bn 13 December 1944, aged 24 Son of Cyril H. and Jeanie Crump; husband of Irene Crump, of Hoyland Common, Yorkshire Faenza War Cemetery Died in Italy Roger Addison Dickinson (P/JX 167962) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Egret 27 August 1943, aged 24 Son of James Addison Dickinson and Martha Dickinson; husband of Rhoda Sheila Dickinson, of Jump, Yorkshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Lost when the sloop HMS Egret was sunk off the Atlantic coast of Spain. HMS Egret was the first Allied warship to be sunk by a guided missile. 30 nautical miles west of Vigo, Spain she was attacked by a squadron of Dornier aircraft, one of which carried and launched the Henschel Hs-293A guided bomb which hit sank Egret in position 42º10'N, 09º22'W, killing 194 of its crew. Frederick Gillott (850966) Royal Artillery - 26 Bty, 61 Lt AA Regt 26 December 1942, aged 28 Son of William and Louise Gillott; husband of Freda May Gillott, of Hoyland. Hoyland Nether Cemetery Died in the UK Norman Hill (2328593) Royal Corps Of Signals - 1st Div Sigs 1 June 1940, aged 27 Son of William Hill, and of Janet Hill, of Jump, Yorkshire. Dunkirk Town Cemetery Died during the Dunkirk evacuation Walter Hyde (884804) Royal Artillery - 7 Coast Regt 9 April 1945, aged 29 Son of Walter Enos Hyde and Amy Minnie Hyde, of Goldthorpe, Yorkshire. Kranji War Cemetery John Leather (4614485) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2nd Bn 15 April 1942, aged 21 Rangoon Memorial Died in Burma Harry Lee Royal Air Force - 4 Flying Training School 30 August 1939, aged 20 Son of Mr & Mrs Arnold Lee, of 22 Preston Avenue, Jump Killed along with the pilot when control of Hawker Audax serial number K7505 was lost on the circuit and the aircraft dived into the ground at Rutbah, Iraq. |
James Desmond Diggles Longden (572845)
Royal Air Force - 56 O.T.U. 23 June 1943, aged 21 Son of Ernest and Ann Longden, of Brampton Wombwell Cemetery Pilot of Hawker Hurricane L2073 which was on a training flight from Tealing, Scotland when it collided with another aircraft and crashed into the sea. Harold Oxspring Lowbridge DFM (1860066) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 300 (Polish) Sqdn 26 August 1944, aged 20 Son of George Henry and Phillis Lowbridge, of Tingle Bridge, Yorkshire. Rheinberg War Cemetery Avro Lancaster LM172 BH-Q lost on a mission to Russelsheim. The aircraft was airborne 20:23 from Faldingworth. It was shot down at 00:42 crashing in the town of Landau, 50 miles E of Saarbrucken, Germany, 15 miles from the French border. Percy Marsden (Percy Stephenson*) (7908651) Royal Armoured Corps 14 August 1940, aged 24 Son of Mr & Mrs J Marsden, of Jump Wombwell (Hemingfield) Cemetery Died in a military hospital at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire *Listed by CWGC as Stephenson, his mothers maiden name Cyril William Morland (1886122) Royal Engineers - 228 Field Coy 23 May 1940, aged 21 Son of William and Annie Morland; husband of Florence Alice Morland, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Aire Communal Cemetery Died in France with the British Expeditionary Force Sidney Parr (4539578) Royal Armoured Corps - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 27 October 1944, aged 26 Son of John Walter and Mary Parr, of Jump, Yorkshire. Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery Died in Holland Thomas Sagar (2351604) Royal Corps Of Signals 25 November 1941, aged 28 Son of John and Roseanna Sagar; husband of Cicely Sagar, of Darfield, Yorkshire. Alamein Memorial Died during the North African Campaign Jim Salmon (935602) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 2 February 1941, aged 22 Son of John and Sarah Elizabeth Salmon, of Jump. Wombwell (Hemingfield) Cemetery Died on Active Service in Oxford Adela Scholes (W/249501) Auxiliary Territorial Service 5 October 1944, aged 19 Daughter of Thomas John and Catherine Scholes, of Wombwell Wombwell Cemetery Death registered in Knaresborough Arthur Short (1540792) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 102 Sqdn 3 February 1943, aged 21 Son of Samuel and Alice Short, of Jump, Yorkshire. Rheinberg War Cemetery Killed when his aircraft, Halifax W7921 coded DY-M was shot down on a mission to Hamburg. The aircraft was airborne from Pocklington near York at 18:38 on 3 February 1943 and shot down by a night-fighter over Germany, crashing near Quakenbruk, 45km north of Osnabruk at 20:45. Three of the crew survived to become PoW’s and four were killed. Agnes Ethel Woffinden (W/270539) Auxilliary Territorial Service 21 October 1946, aged 21 Daughter of George and Margaret Ethel Woffinden, of Wombwell Wombwell Cemetery Death registered in Ploughley, Oxfordshire Wilfred Wootton (4612292) Duke of Wellington's (West Yorkshire 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 Killed in Normandy on D-Day + 19 W Wootton No details known (if not a repeat of above) |
Wombwell Working Men's Club
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1939 1945
Erected to the glory of God and in undying memory to the following members of this club who gave their lives for freedom Harper R Hartley A Additional DetailsRobert Ypres Harper (2009656)
Royal Engineers - 566 Army Troops Coy 23 April 1941, aged 25 Son of Albert and Annie Harper, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Athens Memorial Killed in Greece Albert Hartley (4399761) Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) - 7th Bn 6 April 1943, aged 26 Son of Emma Hartley, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial |
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Eric Bakewell (7364647)
Royal Army Medical Corps - 183 Field Amb 4 February 1943, aged 24 Son of Ernest and Eliza Bakewell, of Wombwell, Yorkshire; husband of Florence Bakewell, of Wombwell. Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery Died in Tunisia |
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Eric Bakewell (front right)
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Leonard Taylor Burrows
Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucester Graphic, September 20, 1941
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Wilfred (Roger) Chapman (4744411)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 1st Bn 26 April 1940, aged 27 Son of Charles and Amy Chapman Kvam Churchyard Died during the two day battle at Kvam, Norway |
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Robert Dennis Staton Cooke (EC/4103)
Royal Indian Army Service Corps 21 January 1943, aged 23 Son of William Henry and Hannah Cooke, of Hemingfield, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial Died in Burma |
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John James Dixon (13012865)
Pioneer Corps - Aux Mil 6 July 1940, aged 49 Son of John George and Elizabeth Dixon; husband of Doris Dixon, of Wombwell. Wombwell Cemetery Died in hospital in Essex while under an anaesthetic preparatory to an operation for a hernia |
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Charles Kenneth Hames (535711)
Royal Air Force 5 September 1940, aged 22 Son of John and Charlotte Hames, of Pogmoor, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Amesbury Cemetery Killed when the wing of Anson R9815 clipped the ground on final approach. The aircraft was based at Boscombe Down testing facility carrying out a beam approach. |
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Robert Ypres Harper (2009656)
Royal Engineers - 566 Army Troops Coy 23 April 1941, aged 25 Son of Albert and Annie Harper, of Wombwell, Yorkshire. Athens Memorial Killed in Greece |
Cutting courtesy of Mark Haywood
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Frank Jarvis (1910760)
Royal Engineers - 673 Artisan Works Coy 17 September 1941, aged 24 Son of Edwin and Rebecca Jarvis; husband of Helena Winifred Jarvis, of Sheffield. Krakow Racowicki Cemetery Died as a prisoner of war in Poland |
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Allan Hopkins McCue (534167)
Royal Air Force
15 July 1943, aged 24
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James McCue, of Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England.
Calgary (Burnsland) Cemetery
Royal Air Force
15 July 1943, aged 24
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James McCue, of Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England.
Calgary (Burnsland) Cemetery
Death registration
Lethbridge Herald - Thursday 22 July 1943
Ronald Murfin (408524)
Royal Artillery - 9 Coast Regt
8 September 1945, aged 28
Son of William and Caroline Murfin, of Wombwell, Yorkshire.
Singapore Memorial
Royal Artillery - 9 Coast Regt
8 September 1945, aged 28
Son of William and Caroline Murfin, of Wombwell, Yorkshire.
Singapore Memorial
Ronald Murfin - POW Card
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Jack Oldknow (1108940)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 25 March 1942, aged 20 Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Oldknow, of Hemingfield, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Killed with three other member of the crew of Hudson V serial number AM699 which was on a night navigation exercise. Crashed in the sea 3 miles SW of Silloth, 2250 hours. Presumed collided with Hudson N7392 |
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William Tutill (2655290)
Coldstream Guards - 1st Bn 1 June 1940, aged 33 Son of Alfred and Sarah Ann Tutill, of Wombwell, Yorkshire; husband of Hilda Tutill, of Wombwell. Veurne Communal Cemetery Extension |
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