Frecheville
Frecheville War Memorial lists 19 names from WWII
1939 - 1945/ IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE FOLLOWING MEN FROM THE FRECHEVILLE ESTATE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR/ (NAMES)/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
J Ashforth
D H Beresford R J Booker L A Cook P Cowlishaw C Haynes |
J C Harrold J C
A Harrison G R Hargate S Head R Knott A E Letch A P Manning |
C Pratt
H Rastrick C A Sugden G R Turner E Vickers E S Watson S |
Frecheville Community Centre
Frecheville Community Centre second world War plaque lists 19 names from WWII
FRECHEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE
Heathfield Rd Frecheville Sheffield South Yorkshire S12 England OS Grid Ref.: SK 390 830 |
WREATH IN RELIEF ABOVE INSCRIPTION
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IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE FOLLOWING MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR/ FRECHVILLE ESTATE/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Ashforth J W
Beresford D H Booker R J Cook L A Cowlishaw P Hargate G R Harrison W A Harrold J C Haynes C Head S |
Knott R
Letch A E Manning A P Pratt C Rastrick H Sugden C A Turner G R Vickers E Watson S |
Additional details
Joseph Walter Ashforth (P/JX 273635)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. President III
10 October 1941, aged 30
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when the cargo ship Warkworth which collided with Selvistan in the Atlantic Ocean 500 nautical miles (930 km) south south west of the Vestmann Islands and sank with the loss of 13 crew.
Douglas Harold Beresford (1098060)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 635 Sqdn.
6 July 1944, aged 21
Runnymede Memorial
Lancster mk III serial ME621 coded F2-R airborne from Downham Market 23:10 on a mission to Wizernes to attack a flying bomb site. Lost without trace.
Ronald J Booker
Q2 1942, aged 21
Death registered in Chesterfield
Leslie A Cook (895925)
Royal Artillery - 4 Bty., 1 Lt. A.A/Anti-Tank Regt.
14 November 1944, aged 23
Johannesburg (West Park) Cemetery
Pulmonary Tubercolosis with Hameoplysis
Peter Lawrence Cowlishaw (4748089)
Hampshire Regiment - 2nd Bn.
30 December 1943, aged 22
Cassino War Cemetery
Died in Italy
George Robert Hargate (4694070)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2/4th Bn.
2 February 1944, aged 31
Cassino War Cemetery
Died in Italy
A Harrison
Not yet identified
Joseph Gordon Harrold (2313178)
Royal Corps of Signals - 28 Wing Sec.
21 March 1945, aged 36
Singapore Memorial
Died as a Japanese PoW, captured on Java. Arrive at Sandakan from 8th to 18th April 1943 and believed to have died there. Japanese recorded the death as malaria.
Colin Haynes (152382)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 1330 C.U.
20 September 1944
Suez War Memorial Cemetery
Killed in Beaufighter mk TF.X serial LZ265 of 1330 Conversion Unit
Sidney Head (P/JX 142513)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Greyhound
22 May 1941, aged 21
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
HMS Greyhound was bombed and sunk by bombs from German Stuka (Ju-87) dive bombers in the Kithera Channel about 8 nautical miles north-west of Antikithera island, Greece in position 36º00'N, 23º10'E during the battle for Crete
R Knott
Not yet identified
Alfred Edwin Letch (2208787)
Royal Artillery - 15 Bty., 6 H.A.A. Regt.
1 December 1942, aged 41
Yokohama Cremation Memorial
Acute Colitis as PoW
Arthur Percy Manning (400805)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
17 November 1940, aged 38
Burial record shows Discharged Soldier
Sheffield (Intake Village) Cemetery
Died at 116 Linley Lane, Frecheville; Buried on November 21, 1940 (from Beighton Parish: Officiating Minister: J. W. Martin)
C Pratt
Not yet identified
Harold Rastrick (7594108)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - 7 A.A. Div. Workshops
8 February 1940, aged 38
Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery
Died at Paull Point, Hull
Charles Alfred Sugden (1623853)
Royal Artillery - 198 Bty., 67 H.A.A. Regt.
1 April 1942, aged 31
Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata
Dysentry. Bacillary Flexness
George Robert Turner (1015264)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
4 November 1945, aged 28
Sheffield (Intake Village) Cemetery
Died at Royal Hospital, Sheffield
Edmund Vickers (4347872)
East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn.
24 September 1944, aged 28
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
KIA during Operation Market Garden when 5th East Yorks were part of XXX Corps pushing on Nijmegen
S Watson
Not yet identified
Royal Navy - H.M.S. President III
10 October 1941, aged 30
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when the cargo ship Warkworth which collided with Selvistan in the Atlantic Ocean 500 nautical miles (930 km) south south west of the Vestmann Islands and sank with the loss of 13 crew.
Douglas Harold Beresford (1098060)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 635 Sqdn.
6 July 1944, aged 21
Runnymede Memorial
Lancster mk III serial ME621 coded F2-R airborne from Downham Market 23:10 on a mission to Wizernes to attack a flying bomb site. Lost without trace.
Ronald J Booker
Q2 1942, aged 21
Death registered in Chesterfield
Leslie A Cook (895925)
Royal Artillery - 4 Bty., 1 Lt. A.A/Anti-Tank Regt.
14 November 1944, aged 23
Johannesburg (West Park) Cemetery
Pulmonary Tubercolosis with Hameoplysis
Peter Lawrence Cowlishaw (4748089)
Hampshire Regiment - 2nd Bn.
30 December 1943, aged 22
Cassino War Cemetery
Died in Italy
George Robert Hargate (4694070)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2/4th Bn.
2 February 1944, aged 31
Cassino War Cemetery
Died in Italy
A Harrison
Not yet identified
Joseph Gordon Harrold (2313178)
Royal Corps of Signals - 28 Wing Sec.
21 March 1945, aged 36
Singapore Memorial
Died as a Japanese PoW, captured on Java. Arrive at Sandakan from 8th to 18th April 1943 and believed to have died there. Japanese recorded the death as malaria.
Colin Haynes (152382)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 1330 C.U.
20 September 1944
Suez War Memorial Cemetery
Killed in Beaufighter mk TF.X serial LZ265 of 1330 Conversion Unit
Sidney Head (P/JX 142513)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Greyhound
22 May 1941, aged 21
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
HMS Greyhound was bombed and sunk by bombs from German Stuka (Ju-87) dive bombers in the Kithera Channel about 8 nautical miles north-west of Antikithera island, Greece in position 36º00'N, 23º10'E during the battle for Crete
R Knott
Not yet identified
Alfred Edwin Letch (2208787)
Royal Artillery - 15 Bty., 6 H.A.A. Regt.
1 December 1942, aged 41
Yokohama Cremation Memorial
Acute Colitis as PoW
Arthur Percy Manning (400805)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
17 November 1940, aged 38
Burial record shows Discharged Soldier
Sheffield (Intake Village) Cemetery
Died at 116 Linley Lane, Frecheville; Buried on November 21, 1940 (from Beighton Parish: Officiating Minister: J. W. Martin)
C Pratt
Not yet identified
Harold Rastrick (7594108)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - 7 A.A. Div. Workshops
8 February 1940, aged 38
Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery
Died at Paull Point, Hull
Charles Alfred Sugden (1623853)
Royal Artillery - 198 Bty., 67 H.A.A. Regt.
1 April 1942, aged 31
Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata
Dysentry. Bacillary Flexness
George Robert Turner (1015264)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
4 November 1945, aged 28
Sheffield (Intake Village) Cemetery
Died at Royal Hospital, Sheffield
Edmund Vickers (4347872)
East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn.
24 September 1944, aged 28
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
KIA during Operation Market Garden when 5th East Yorks were part of XXX Corps pushing on Nijmegen
S Watson
Not yet identified
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