Handsworth
Handsworth War Memorial is in the form of a book of remembrance that lists 36 dead from WWII
ST MARYS CHURCH
Handsworth Sheffield South Yorkshire England OS Grid Ref.: SK 400 860 Denomination: Church of England |
BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
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William Henry Atkins
Austin Ernest Bevan John Irvine Blunt Henry Bramall Mollie Carter John Cooper Thomas Frederick Dean John William Foreman Cedric A Foster David Fulford John Michael Fulford Joseph Douglas Grayson |
Bernard Green
Thomas H Hardisty John Harrington Walter Allwood Hatter Kenneth P Hewitt Clifford Hoole Vincent Lawrence Cyril Lionel Levick John Melling William Melling Douglas John Norcliffe Jack Phipp |
Percy Charles Pickard
Peter Welburn Rawcliffe Harold Norman Rodgers Douglas Rolfe Joyce Sanderson Henry John Shardlow Henry Stone Ronald Towndrow William Howard Turner Ferderick David Webster Stuart Woodhead Hubert Wright |
Additional details
William Henry Atkins (P/JX 262035)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Belmont
31 January 1942, aged 26
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
The HMS Belmont was serving in the 3rd Escort Group when she was torpedoed south of Newfoundland in position 42º02'N, 57º18'W. There were no survivors, all 138 crewmembers perished.
Austin Ernest Bevan (4692517)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn.
12 April 1944, aged 25
Sheffield (Handsworth New) Cemetery
Died at Lowestoft; Buried on April 18, 1944
John Irvin Blunt (D/JX 213708)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Prince of Wales
10 December 1941, aged 26
Plymouth Naval Memorial
The battleship was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Kuantan in the South China Sea
Henry Bramall
not yet identified
Molly Carter (W/118566)
Auxiliary Territorial Service
11 May 1943, aged 21
Sheffield (Handsworth New) Cemetery
Died at Yarmouth; Buried on May 17, 1943
John Cooper
not yet identified
Thomas Frederick Dean (781316)
Royal Artillery - 24 Field Regt.
25 May 1940, aged 31
Dunkirk Town Cemetery
KIA in France at Steevoorde
John William Foreman (6283893)
Royal Artillery - 308 Bty., 89 (11th Bn. The Buffs [Royal East Kent Regt.]) Lt. A.A. Regt.
25 July 1943
Handsworth (St. Joseph) Roman Catholic Churchyard
Died in the UK
Cedric Arthur Foster (944444)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 77 Sqdn.
21 September 1941
Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
Whitley mk V serial number Z6934 coded KN-? Airborne from Leeming at 18:34 on a mission to Berlin, crashed at Werneuchen, 17 miles north east of Berlin.
David Fulford (63787)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 611 Sqdn.
2 November 1942, aged 22
Runnymede Memorial
Rodeo mission over Le Touquet. Spitfire BR622. Base - Biggin Hill
John Michael Fulford (969220)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 150 Sqdn.
8 May 1941, aged 22
Nantes (Pont-Du-Cens) Communal Cemetery
Wellington aircraft R1374 lost on an operation to St Nazaire, France from Newton airfield
Joseph Douglas Grayson (11420482)
Royal Artillery - 171 Field Regt.
27 July 1943, aged 26
Sheffield (Handsworth New) Cemetery
Died at Port Rush; Buried on August 3, 1943
Bernard Green (T/43551)
Royal Army Service Corps - 1 Corps Petrol Park
31 March 1940, aged 40
Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus
Died in France
Thomas Hollas Hardisty (1100069)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 49 Sqdn.
8 December 1941, aged 21
Scampton (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
On 8 Sept 1941 was part of the crew of Hampden mk I serial number AD805 coded EA-R airborne from Scampton at 20:05 on a mission to Kassel. Returned Low on fuel and crash landed at 06:32 at Lenn Farm, North Carlton, 5 miles NNW of Lincoln. Sgt Hardisty died from his injuries 8th Dec 1941.
John Harrington (631373)
Royal Air Force
12 August 1943
Ambon War Cemetery
Died as a Japanese PoW. Originally buried at European Cemetery Kario (Tg. Marakee)
Walter Allwood Hatter (781576)
Royal Artillery - 3 Bty., 6 H.A.A. Regt.
12 September 1944, aged 35
Singapore Memorial
Presumed KIA at Sea
Kenneth Percy Hewitt (885991)
Royal Artillery
12 February 1944, aged 28
East Africa Memorial
Died when troop ship SS Khedive Ismail sunk in the Indian Ocean by the Japanese submarine I-27.
Clifford Hoole (7598753)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - 4 Ordnance Field Park
21 March 1945, aged 26
Dunkirk Memorial
Died as Prisoner of War, Germany.
Vincent Lawrence (1266105)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 44 (Rhodesia) Sqdn.
18 January 1943, aged 21
Runnymede Memorial
Lancaster mk I serial ED318 coded KM-X airborne from Waddington at 17:09 on a mission to Berlin. Lost without trace, probably one of the 13 aircraft lost over the North Sea.
Cyril Lionel Levick (D/MX 52017)
Royal Navy - H.M.C.S. Fraser
25 June 1940, aged 22
Plymouth Naval Memorial
On 25 June 1940, Fraser, her sister HMCS Restigouche, and the cruiser Calcutta were returning from St. Jean de Luz after rescuing refugees trapped by the German Army (Operation Ariel), when Fraser was rammed by Calcutta in the Gironde estuary. Struck forward of the bridge by the cruiser's bow, Fraser was cut in half and sank immediately. All but 45 of the ship's crew were rescued by Restigouche and other nearby ships.
John Melling (301946)
Royal Army Medical Corps
5 July 1945, aged 27
Caserta War Cemetery
Died in Italy after VE Day
William Melling (VX38226)
Australian Infantry - A.I.F. 2/22 Bn.
1 July 1942, aged 31
Rabaul Memorial
Died as a Japanese PoW
Douglas John Norcliffe (7906913)
Royal Armoured Corps - H.Q. Sqn. 16th/5th Lancers
11 April 1943, aged 23
Enfidaville War Cemetery
Died in Tunisia
Jack Phipp (137598)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 83 Sqdn.
20 December 1942, aged 21
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number ED353 coded OL-N airborne from Wyton at 18:24 on a mission to Duisburg, crashed at Duisburg-Wedau.
Percy Charles Pickard (39392)
Royal Air Force - Cdg. 140 Wing.
18 February 1944, aged 28
St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens
Pickard led the February 1944 low-level attack on the Amiens Prison, in the raid known as Operation Jericho. The attack was carried out at the request of the French resistance in order to allow a considerable number of their imprisoned members, who were soon to be executed by the occupying Nazis, the chance to escape. The Resistance stated that the prisoners had said they would rather take the chance of being killed by RAF bombs than be shot by the Nazis. Operation Jericho was a success but Pickard, together with his Navigator, Flight Lieutenant J. A. "Bill" Broadley, were killed when their Mosquito, HX922/"EG-F", was shot down by a Fw 190 flown by Feldwebel Mayer of 7. Jagdgeschwader 26 in the closing stages of the operation.
Peter Welburn Rawcliffe (814238)
Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) - 156 Sqdn.
1 August 1942, aged 24
Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery
Wellington mk III serial number Z1622 coded GT-? airborne from Alconbury at 00:04 on a mission to Dusseldorf, believed crashed in the sea off Holland.
Harold Norman Rodgers (4618827)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2/7th Bn.
11 June 1940, aged 22
Dunkirk Memorial
Died in France
Douglas Rolfe (1469579)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 49 Sqdn.
25 April 1944, aged 21
Durnbach War Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial number ND537 coded EA-S airborne from Fiskerton at 21:03 on a mission to Munich. Shot down by a night fighter of Oblt Heinz Rokker 2/NJG2, the interception happened at 02:05 20-30 km north-north-east of Munich at 5,000 metres and the Lancaster crashed at Pastetten.
Joyce Sanderson (W/301241)
Auxiliary Territorial Service
12 June 1946, aged 20
Sheffield (Handsworth New) Cemetery
Died at 93 Hall Road; Buried on June 17, 1946
Henry John Shardlow (1432095)
Royal Artillery - 38 Bty., 13 Lt. A. A. Regt.
15 May 1941, aged 30
Alamein Memorial
KIA in North Africa
Henry Stone (7590252)
Coldstream Guards - 1st Bn.
28 May 1940, aged 19
Dunkirk Memorial
Died at Dunkirk
Ronald Towndrow (1431592)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 61 Sqdn.
8 July 1944
Moliens Communal Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial ND867 coded QR-V airborne from Skellingthorpe at 22:43 on a mission to St Leu, crashed at Moliens, Oise,
William Howard Turner (1609622)
Royal Artillery - 171 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Between 28 January 1942 and 20 May 1942, aged 22
Alamein Memorial
Died while a POW at Sea
Frederick David Webster (43127)
Royal Air Force - 10 Sqdn.
31 March 1942, aged 29
Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery
Halifax mk II serial W1043 coded ZA-F airborne from Leeming at 18:46 to attack the Tirpitz, crashed in the target area
Stuart Woodhead (1109752)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 49 Sqdn.
10 April 1942, aged 28
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Hampden mk I serial number AT190 coded EA-A airborne from Scampton at 21:22 on a mission to Essen, presumed shot down by flak near the target.
Hubert Wright (FAA/FX. 606704)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Condor
8 November 1944, aged 29
Lee-On-Solent Memorial
Died in an air crash
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Belmont
31 January 1942, aged 26
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
The HMS Belmont was serving in the 3rd Escort Group when she was torpedoed south of Newfoundland in position 42º02'N, 57º18'W. There were no survivors, all 138 crewmembers perished.
Austin Ernest Bevan (4692517)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn.
12 April 1944, aged 25
Sheffield (Handsworth New) Cemetery
Died at Lowestoft; Buried on April 18, 1944
John Irvin Blunt (D/JX 213708)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Prince of Wales
10 December 1941, aged 26
Plymouth Naval Memorial
The battleship was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Kuantan in the South China Sea
Henry Bramall
not yet identified
Molly Carter (W/118566)
Auxiliary Territorial Service
11 May 1943, aged 21
Sheffield (Handsworth New) Cemetery
Died at Yarmouth; Buried on May 17, 1943
John Cooper
not yet identified
Thomas Frederick Dean (781316)
Royal Artillery - 24 Field Regt.
25 May 1940, aged 31
Dunkirk Town Cemetery
KIA in France at Steevoorde
John William Foreman (6283893)
Royal Artillery - 308 Bty., 89 (11th Bn. The Buffs [Royal East Kent Regt.]) Lt. A.A. Regt.
25 July 1943
Handsworth (St. Joseph) Roman Catholic Churchyard
Died in the UK
Cedric Arthur Foster (944444)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 77 Sqdn.
21 September 1941
Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
Whitley mk V serial number Z6934 coded KN-? Airborne from Leeming at 18:34 on a mission to Berlin, crashed at Werneuchen, 17 miles north east of Berlin.
David Fulford (63787)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 611 Sqdn.
2 November 1942, aged 22
Runnymede Memorial
Rodeo mission over Le Touquet. Spitfire BR622. Base - Biggin Hill
John Michael Fulford (969220)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 150 Sqdn.
8 May 1941, aged 22
Nantes (Pont-Du-Cens) Communal Cemetery
Wellington aircraft R1374 lost on an operation to St Nazaire, France from Newton airfield
Joseph Douglas Grayson (11420482)
Royal Artillery - 171 Field Regt.
27 July 1943, aged 26
Sheffield (Handsworth New) Cemetery
Died at Port Rush; Buried on August 3, 1943
Bernard Green (T/43551)
Royal Army Service Corps - 1 Corps Petrol Park
31 March 1940, aged 40
Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus
Died in France
Thomas Hollas Hardisty (1100069)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 49 Sqdn.
8 December 1941, aged 21
Scampton (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
On 8 Sept 1941 was part of the crew of Hampden mk I serial number AD805 coded EA-R airborne from Scampton at 20:05 on a mission to Kassel. Returned Low on fuel and crash landed at 06:32 at Lenn Farm, North Carlton, 5 miles NNW of Lincoln. Sgt Hardisty died from his injuries 8th Dec 1941.
John Harrington (631373)
Royal Air Force
12 August 1943
Ambon War Cemetery
Died as a Japanese PoW. Originally buried at European Cemetery Kario (Tg. Marakee)
Walter Allwood Hatter (781576)
Royal Artillery - 3 Bty., 6 H.A.A. Regt.
12 September 1944, aged 35
Singapore Memorial
Presumed KIA at Sea
Kenneth Percy Hewitt (885991)
Royal Artillery
12 February 1944, aged 28
East Africa Memorial
Died when troop ship SS Khedive Ismail sunk in the Indian Ocean by the Japanese submarine I-27.
Clifford Hoole (7598753)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - 4 Ordnance Field Park
21 March 1945, aged 26
Dunkirk Memorial
Died as Prisoner of War, Germany.
Vincent Lawrence (1266105)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 44 (Rhodesia) Sqdn.
18 January 1943, aged 21
Runnymede Memorial
Lancaster mk I serial ED318 coded KM-X airborne from Waddington at 17:09 on a mission to Berlin. Lost without trace, probably one of the 13 aircraft lost over the North Sea.
Cyril Lionel Levick (D/MX 52017)
Royal Navy - H.M.C.S. Fraser
25 June 1940, aged 22
Plymouth Naval Memorial
On 25 June 1940, Fraser, her sister HMCS Restigouche, and the cruiser Calcutta were returning from St. Jean de Luz after rescuing refugees trapped by the German Army (Operation Ariel), when Fraser was rammed by Calcutta in the Gironde estuary. Struck forward of the bridge by the cruiser's bow, Fraser was cut in half and sank immediately. All but 45 of the ship's crew were rescued by Restigouche and other nearby ships.
John Melling (301946)
Royal Army Medical Corps
5 July 1945, aged 27
Caserta War Cemetery
Died in Italy after VE Day
William Melling (VX38226)
Australian Infantry - A.I.F. 2/22 Bn.
1 July 1942, aged 31
Rabaul Memorial
Died as a Japanese PoW
Douglas John Norcliffe (7906913)
Royal Armoured Corps - H.Q. Sqn. 16th/5th Lancers
11 April 1943, aged 23
Enfidaville War Cemetery
Died in Tunisia
Jack Phipp (137598)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 83 Sqdn.
20 December 1942, aged 21
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number ED353 coded OL-N airborne from Wyton at 18:24 on a mission to Duisburg, crashed at Duisburg-Wedau.
Percy Charles Pickard (39392)
Royal Air Force - Cdg. 140 Wing.
18 February 1944, aged 28
St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens
Pickard led the February 1944 low-level attack on the Amiens Prison, in the raid known as Operation Jericho. The attack was carried out at the request of the French resistance in order to allow a considerable number of their imprisoned members, who were soon to be executed by the occupying Nazis, the chance to escape. The Resistance stated that the prisoners had said they would rather take the chance of being killed by RAF bombs than be shot by the Nazis. Operation Jericho was a success but Pickard, together with his Navigator, Flight Lieutenant J. A. "Bill" Broadley, were killed when their Mosquito, HX922/"EG-F", was shot down by a Fw 190 flown by Feldwebel Mayer of 7. Jagdgeschwader 26 in the closing stages of the operation.
Peter Welburn Rawcliffe (814238)
Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) - 156 Sqdn.
1 August 1942, aged 24
Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery
Wellington mk III serial number Z1622 coded GT-? airborne from Alconbury at 00:04 on a mission to Dusseldorf, believed crashed in the sea off Holland.
Harold Norman Rodgers (4618827)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2/7th Bn.
11 June 1940, aged 22
Dunkirk Memorial
Died in France
Douglas Rolfe (1469579)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 49 Sqdn.
25 April 1944, aged 21
Durnbach War Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial number ND537 coded EA-S airborne from Fiskerton at 21:03 on a mission to Munich. Shot down by a night fighter of Oblt Heinz Rokker 2/NJG2, the interception happened at 02:05 20-30 km north-north-east of Munich at 5,000 metres and the Lancaster crashed at Pastetten.
Joyce Sanderson (W/301241)
Auxiliary Territorial Service
12 June 1946, aged 20
Sheffield (Handsworth New) Cemetery
Died at 93 Hall Road; Buried on June 17, 1946
Henry John Shardlow (1432095)
Royal Artillery - 38 Bty., 13 Lt. A. A. Regt.
15 May 1941, aged 30
Alamein Memorial
KIA in North Africa
Henry Stone (7590252)
Coldstream Guards - 1st Bn.
28 May 1940, aged 19
Dunkirk Memorial
Died at Dunkirk
Ronald Towndrow (1431592)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 61 Sqdn.
8 July 1944
Moliens Communal Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial ND867 coded QR-V airborne from Skellingthorpe at 22:43 on a mission to St Leu, crashed at Moliens, Oise,
William Howard Turner (1609622)
Royal Artillery - 171 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Between 28 January 1942 and 20 May 1942, aged 22
Alamein Memorial
Died while a POW at Sea
Frederick David Webster (43127)
Royal Air Force - 10 Sqdn.
31 March 1942, aged 29
Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery
Halifax mk II serial W1043 coded ZA-F airborne from Leeming at 18:46 to attack the Tirpitz, crashed in the target area
Stuart Woodhead (1109752)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 49 Sqdn.
10 April 1942, aged 28
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Hampden mk I serial number AT190 coded EA-A airborne from Scampton at 21:22 on a mission to Essen, presumed shot down by flak near the target.
Hubert Wright (FAA/FX. 606704)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Condor
8 November 1944, aged 29
Lee-On-Solent Memorial
Died in an air crash
Information about the memorial includes that given on the IWM War Memorials Register - © IWM (WMA-27886)