Central Technical School
The Central Technical School lists 24 names from World War II
Leopold Hotel
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RECTANGULAR METAL PLAQUE WITH INSCRIPTION IN RELIEF IN GOLD PAINTED LETTERING ON A BLACK PAINTED BACKGROUND. COLOURED BADGE OF THE CENTRAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL IS DEPICTED IN RELIEF AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE PLAQUE.
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1939 - 1945/ IN PROUD MEMORY/ (NAMES)
Airey K F
Atkin S S Audoire B T Barron C Bloor A W Cartwright F Charlton B J Fredlieb M |
Greenwood A
Hardy L Holt R Mills J A Murfitt C M Nelson R V Pepper J S Rawson W K |
Rossington J C
Sykes P D Taylor H Tonkin H A Webster K Wilkinson B F Williams L J Wray C G |
Additional details
Kenneth Francis Airey (944787)
Royal Air Force - 15 O.T.U. - Aircraftman 2nd Class
22 November 1940, aged 18
Son of Frank and Ethel Alice Airey, of Sheffield.
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Died on Active Service. Death registered in Grantham. Killed in a car crash. He was fatally injured in a road accident at Great Gonerby 2 miles North of Grantham when a car driven by 94479 AC Gunnery lost control and crashed. A female passenger was also killed.
Samuel Stephen Atkin (172115)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 115 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
20 May 1944, aged 22
Son of George and Catherine Atkin, of Dronfield, Derbyshire.Le Mans West Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number HK547 coded KO-F airborne from Witchford at 22:28 on a mission to Le Mans, crashed in the target area.
Bernard Thomas Audoire (D/MX 122408)
Royal Navy - H.M.L.C.G. (M.) 102. - Wireman
1 November 1944, aged 19
Son of Bernard and Edith Audoire, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Killed when Landing Craft Gun, Medium 102 was lost during the Walcheren landings, operation Infatuate, after being hit by coastal batteries.
Clifford Barron (4752450)
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 2nd Bn. - Lance Corporal
21 April 1945, aged 25
Son of John Thomas Barron and Mary Elisabeth Barron, of Sheffield.
Argenta Gap War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Arthur William Bloor
Civilian War Dead
15 December 1940, aged 18
Of 117 Coleford Road. Died at 117 Coleford Road.
Sheffield, County Borough
Died from air raid.
Frank Cartwright (14727362)
Welch Regiment - 1/5th Bn. - Private
2 March 1945, aged 19
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Killed in action on the borders of Germany near Weeze
Basil John Charlton
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Heron. - Midshipman (A)
19 December 1943, aged 19
Son of John Garrett Charlton and Mary Maria Charlton, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Was pilot of Martlet VI serial number FN142 dived into the ground at Cloford Common near Frome following loss of control during an exercise from Yeovilton, Somerset, possibly CO2 poisoning.
Mark Fredlieb (14444809)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 10th Bn. - Lance Corporal
17 January 1945, aged 18
Son of Ada Fredlieb, of Sheffield.
Ecclesfield Jewish Cemetery
One of 10 men killed during an exercise on the River Coquet in Northumberland. They were practicing a river crossing in a flat bottomed boat which was swept away and over a weir.
Arthur Greenwood (4746684)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Private
29 May 1941, aged 19
Son of Arthur Greenwood, and of Annie Greenwood, of Millhouses, Sheffield.
Athens Memorial
Died during the Greek Campaign on Crete, most probably during the evacuation of Crete
Leonard Hardy
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Ringtail. / 889 Sqdn. - Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Pilot)
9 July 1945, aged 25
Son of William Alfred and Florence Hardy, of Cambridge.
Lee-On-Solent Memorial
Aircraft Hellcat I serial number FN377 crashed into the sea 1 mile north of Bar Lightship during a thunderstorm
Robert Holt (570723)
Royal Air Force - 16 O.T.U. - Leading Aircraftman
22 April 1940, aged 20
Son of Frederick and Grace Lilian Holt, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Tinsley Park) Cemetery
Hampden mk I serial number L4148 took off from Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire on an Air Test, the ailerons proved to be ineffective and failed to respond to the pilot’s inputs. He pilot ordered bale out and moments later, at 16:20 the aircraft crashed between Souldern and Fritwell, two miles north east of the airfield.
John Anderson Mills (935531)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Leading Aircraftman
21 August 1945, aged 25
Son of John Bellerby Mills and Gertrude Mills, of Nether Edge, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Death registered in Sheffield
Cyril Marshall Murfitt (157628)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 76 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
22 October 1943
Hanover War Cemetery
Halifax mk V serial number LK664 coded MPU airborne from Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 17:31 on a mission to Kassel, crashed at Welda.
Roy Vivian Nelson (1109155)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Leading Aircraftman
25 April 1941, aged 18
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Vivian Nelson and Stepson of Mary S. C. Nelson, of Norton, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Nelson was killed in Master N7672 while with 8 FTS. April 25th 1941, “No.110955 LAC Nelson, R.V. (31 Course) killed in N7672. He spun into the ground off a turn and caught fire. Investigation held by Wing Commander Simpson on 29th April.” Died at Kennell Montrose; Buried on April 30, 1941 (Removed from Scotland)
J S Pepper
Not yet identified
William Kenneth Rawson (10694206)
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 8th Bn. - Private
22 November 1943, aged 21
Son of Walter Taylor Rawson and Adeline Rawson, of Sheffield.
Sangro River War Cemetery
Died in Italy
John Charles Rossington (14661117)
Royal Armoured Corps - 12th Royal Lancers - Trooper
21 August 1946, aged 21
Son of John Edward and Frances Gladys Rossington, of Sheffield.
Fayid War Cemetery
Died in Egypt
Paul Derrick Sykes (1216818)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 77 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
24 April 1944
Svino Churchyard
Halifax II LW270 coded KN-P was airborne from Elvington at 21:05 on a Gardening (mine laying) operating over the Baltic Sea off the port of Rostock. When close to the island of Lolland LW270 was attacked by a Bf 110 night fighter belived to be of 8./NJG 3 and piloted by Oberleutnant Fritz Brinkmann. The first attack was not succesfull but during the second attack the left wing of the Halifax started burning. At the same time bullets passed thrugh the fuselage and it was believed by the survivors that Mid upper gunner Sgt William H. Loverock was wounded by those. The evasive action had turned the aircraft out to sea and Pilot F/S Paul D.Sykes turned the aircraft towards land again and ordered the crew to bail out when over land. The aircraft crashed near Hjelm on the island of Lolland 23/4 1944. Pilot F/S Paul D. Sykes landed in the waters of Guldborgsund and freed himself of his parachute. Apparently he then froze to death before he could reach land. His dead body was found kept afloat by his Mae West in Guldborgsund at Hervigen at 19:00 hours on 24/4 and taken to the morgue at the hospital in Nykøbing Falster. He was laid to rest in Svinø cemetery on 30/4 1944. His parachute was found in Guldborgsund near the bridge between Nykøbing Falster and Lolland on 25/4.
H Taylor
Not yet identified
Henry Arnold Tonkin (D/JX 185174)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hasty - Able Seaman
15 June 1942, aged 22
Son of Adolphe Hawton Tonkin and Ethel Tonkin, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
HMS Hasty was torpedoed by the German motor torpedo boat S-55 on 14 June 1942. She was sunk about 90 nautical miles north-west of Derna, Libya by HMS Hotspur the next day in position 34º10'N, 22º00'E.
Kenneth Webster (1455066)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 211 Sqdn. - Warrant Officer
2 July 1945, aged 22
Son of Kate Webster, of Totley, Yorkshire. His Brother Vincent Also Died On Service.
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai
Mosquito FB mk VI serial RF779, airborne from St Thomas Mount, dived into ground during dive bombing practice. Crashed in the course of a formation shallow dive-bombing display on 2 July, 28 miles North of Bangalore. Sadly, the pilot W/O Kenneth Webster misjudged the pullout and the aircraft disintegrated on impact with the ground. Webster and his Nav F/Sgt Hopes both died. They too were accorded full military honours the next day at Bangalore Military Cemetery and rest today in Madras War Cemetery.
Benjamin Foster Wilkinson (FAA/SFX. 918)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Avenger - Leading Air Mechanic
15 November 1942, aged 21
Son of Benjamin Armitage Wilkinson and Annie Marion Wilkinson, of Sheffield.
Lee-On-Solent Memorial
Lost when the Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Avenger (D14) was sunk in the Atlantic. At 04.14 hours on 15 Nov, 1942, U-155 fired a spread of four torpedoes at the convoy MKF-1Y about 120 miles northwest of Gibraltar and heard three detonations, but was not able to made visual observations. HMS Avenger and two other ships were hit. HMS Avenger was hit by one torpedo, which ignited her bomb load and blew out the centre section of the ship, and she sank within two minutes.
Leslie James Williams (14127119)
General Service Corps - Private
7 March 1946, aged 19
Son of James G. Williams and Elsie Williams, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died at Military Sect Victoria Hospital of Meningitis
Colin Godfrey Wray (2615834)
Grenadier Guards - 1st Bn. - Guardsman
30 April 1945, aged 25
Becklingen War Cemetery
Killed in action near Kutenholz, Germany.
Royal Air Force - 15 O.T.U. - Aircraftman 2nd Class
22 November 1940, aged 18
Son of Frank and Ethel Alice Airey, of Sheffield.
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Died on Active Service. Death registered in Grantham. Killed in a car crash. He was fatally injured in a road accident at Great Gonerby 2 miles North of Grantham when a car driven by 94479 AC Gunnery lost control and crashed. A female passenger was also killed.
Samuel Stephen Atkin (172115)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 115 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
20 May 1944, aged 22
Son of George and Catherine Atkin, of Dronfield, Derbyshire.Le Mans West Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number HK547 coded KO-F airborne from Witchford at 22:28 on a mission to Le Mans, crashed in the target area.
Bernard Thomas Audoire (D/MX 122408)
Royal Navy - H.M.L.C.G. (M.) 102. - Wireman
1 November 1944, aged 19
Son of Bernard and Edith Audoire, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Killed when Landing Craft Gun, Medium 102 was lost during the Walcheren landings, operation Infatuate, after being hit by coastal batteries.
Clifford Barron (4752450)
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 2nd Bn. - Lance Corporal
21 April 1945, aged 25
Son of John Thomas Barron and Mary Elisabeth Barron, of Sheffield.
Argenta Gap War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Arthur William Bloor
Civilian War Dead
15 December 1940, aged 18
Of 117 Coleford Road. Died at 117 Coleford Road.
Sheffield, County Borough
Died from air raid.
Frank Cartwright (14727362)
Welch Regiment - 1/5th Bn. - Private
2 March 1945, aged 19
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Killed in action on the borders of Germany near Weeze
Basil John Charlton
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Heron. - Midshipman (A)
19 December 1943, aged 19
Son of John Garrett Charlton and Mary Maria Charlton, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Was pilot of Martlet VI serial number FN142 dived into the ground at Cloford Common near Frome following loss of control during an exercise from Yeovilton, Somerset, possibly CO2 poisoning.
Mark Fredlieb (14444809)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 10th Bn. - Lance Corporal
17 January 1945, aged 18
Son of Ada Fredlieb, of Sheffield.
Ecclesfield Jewish Cemetery
One of 10 men killed during an exercise on the River Coquet in Northumberland. They were practicing a river crossing in a flat bottomed boat which was swept away and over a weir.
Arthur Greenwood (4746684)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Private
29 May 1941, aged 19
Son of Arthur Greenwood, and of Annie Greenwood, of Millhouses, Sheffield.
Athens Memorial
Died during the Greek Campaign on Crete, most probably during the evacuation of Crete
Leonard Hardy
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Ringtail. / 889 Sqdn. - Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Pilot)
9 July 1945, aged 25
Son of William Alfred and Florence Hardy, of Cambridge.
Lee-On-Solent Memorial
Aircraft Hellcat I serial number FN377 crashed into the sea 1 mile north of Bar Lightship during a thunderstorm
Robert Holt (570723)
Royal Air Force - 16 O.T.U. - Leading Aircraftman
22 April 1940, aged 20
Son of Frederick and Grace Lilian Holt, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Tinsley Park) Cemetery
Hampden mk I serial number L4148 took off from Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire on an Air Test, the ailerons proved to be ineffective and failed to respond to the pilot’s inputs. He pilot ordered bale out and moments later, at 16:20 the aircraft crashed between Souldern and Fritwell, two miles north east of the airfield.
John Anderson Mills (935531)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Leading Aircraftman
21 August 1945, aged 25
Son of John Bellerby Mills and Gertrude Mills, of Nether Edge, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Death registered in Sheffield
Cyril Marshall Murfitt (157628)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 76 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
22 October 1943
Hanover War Cemetery
Halifax mk V serial number LK664 coded MPU airborne from Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 17:31 on a mission to Kassel, crashed at Welda.
Roy Vivian Nelson (1109155)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Leading Aircraftman
25 April 1941, aged 18
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Vivian Nelson and Stepson of Mary S. C. Nelson, of Norton, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Nelson was killed in Master N7672 while with 8 FTS. April 25th 1941, “No.110955 LAC Nelson, R.V. (31 Course) killed in N7672. He spun into the ground off a turn and caught fire. Investigation held by Wing Commander Simpson on 29th April.” Died at Kennell Montrose; Buried on April 30, 1941 (Removed from Scotland)
J S Pepper
Not yet identified
William Kenneth Rawson (10694206)
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 8th Bn. - Private
22 November 1943, aged 21
Son of Walter Taylor Rawson and Adeline Rawson, of Sheffield.
Sangro River War Cemetery
Died in Italy
John Charles Rossington (14661117)
Royal Armoured Corps - 12th Royal Lancers - Trooper
21 August 1946, aged 21
Son of John Edward and Frances Gladys Rossington, of Sheffield.
Fayid War Cemetery
Died in Egypt
Paul Derrick Sykes (1216818)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 77 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
24 April 1944
Svino Churchyard
Halifax II LW270 coded KN-P was airborne from Elvington at 21:05 on a Gardening (mine laying) operating over the Baltic Sea off the port of Rostock. When close to the island of Lolland LW270 was attacked by a Bf 110 night fighter belived to be of 8./NJG 3 and piloted by Oberleutnant Fritz Brinkmann. The first attack was not succesfull but during the second attack the left wing of the Halifax started burning. At the same time bullets passed thrugh the fuselage and it was believed by the survivors that Mid upper gunner Sgt William H. Loverock was wounded by those. The evasive action had turned the aircraft out to sea and Pilot F/S Paul D.Sykes turned the aircraft towards land again and ordered the crew to bail out when over land. The aircraft crashed near Hjelm on the island of Lolland 23/4 1944. Pilot F/S Paul D. Sykes landed in the waters of Guldborgsund and freed himself of his parachute. Apparently he then froze to death before he could reach land. His dead body was found kept afloat by his Mae West in Guldborgsund at Hervigen at 19:00 hours on 24/4 and taken to the morgue at the hospital in Nykøbing Falster. He was laid to rest in Svinø cemetery on 30/4 1944. His parachute was found in Guldborgsund near the bridge between Nykøbing Falster and Lolland on 25/4.
H Taylor
Not yet identified
Henry Arnold Tonkin (D/JX 185174)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hasty - Able Seaman
15 June 1942, aged 22
Son of Adolphe Hawton Tonkin and Ethel Tonkin, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
HMS Hasty was torpedoed by the German motor torpedo boat S-55 on 14 June 1942. She was sunk about 90 nautical miles north-west of Derna, Libya by HMS Hotspur the next day in position 34º10'N, 22º00'E.
Kenneth Webster (1455066)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 211 Sqdn. - Warrant Officer
2 July 1945, aged 22
Son of Kate Webster, of Totley, Yorkshire. His Brother Vincent Also Died On Service.
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai
Mosquito FB mk VI serial RF779, airborne from St Thomas Mount, dived into ground during dive bombing practice. Crashed in the course of a formation shallow dive-bombing display on 2 July, 28 miles North of Bangalore. Sadly, the pilot W/O Kenneth Webster misjudged the pullout and the aircraft disintegrated on impact with the ground. Webster and his Nav F/Sgt Hopes both died. They too were accorded full military honours the next day at Bangalore Military Cemetery and rest today in Madras War Cemetery.
Benjamin Foster Wilkinson (FAA/SFX. 918)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Avenger - Leading Air Mechanic
15 November 1942, aged 21
Son of Benjamin Armitage Wilkinson and Annie Marion Wilkinson, of Sheffield.
Lee-On-Solent Memorial
Lost when the Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Avenger (D14) was sunk in the Atlantic. At 04.14 hours on 15 Nov, 1942, U-155 fired a spread of four torpedoes at the convoy MKF-1Y about 120 miles northwest of Gibraltar and heard three detonations, but was not able to made visual observations. HMS Avenger and two other ships were hit. HMS Avenger was hit by one torpedo, which ignited her bomb load and blew out the centre section of the ship, and she sank within two minutes.
Leslie James Williams (14127119)
General Service Corps - Private
7 March 1946, aged 19
Son of James G. Williams and Elsie Williams, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died at Military Sect Victoria Hospital of Meningitis
Colin Godfrey Wray (2615834)
Grenadier Guards - 1st Bn. - Guardsman
30 April 1945, aged 25
Becklingen War Cemetery
Killed in action near Kutenholz, Germany.
Information about the memorial includes that given on the IWM War Memorials Register - © IWM (WMR-51012)