Mosborough - St Marks
Mosborough St Marks War Memorial carries 49 names from WWI and 22 names from WWII
St Marks Church
School Street Mosborough Sheffield South Yorkshire England OS Grid Ref: SK 426 810 Denomination: Church of England |
Portland stone Celtic wheel cross surmounting tapering stone plinth. Plinth bears inscription and WW1 names. Plinth stands on three-stepped base. Top step of base bears names of WW2 fallen. Incised black lettering.
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IN/ MEMORY OF/ THE FALLEN/ OF/ MOSBROUGH/ 1914 - 1919/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
Kenneth Baker
Ezra Boulton Fred Bircumshaw Thomas Buxton Albert Clarke George Cooke Haydn Froggatt |
Frank Godfrey
John Grant Leonard Havenhand John C Havenhand Wilfred Hunt Ernest Jones Herbert W Jennings |
Edward Ketnor
John J Knowles Reginald D Schwartz Cyril C Stubbins Alfred Taylor Gerald Wood Arthur Wetton |
New Zealand Luke Barnes
Additional details
Kenneth Baker (6298989)
East Surrey Regiment - 1st Bn. - Private
28 April 1943, aged 24Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Baker; Husband of Margaret Baker, of Killamarsh, Derbyshire.
Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery
From 20th April 1943 1st Surreys were in Tunisis involved in the final push to overcome Axis resistance, when they were tasked with taking a hill called Djebel Djaffa and then involved in the battle for Longstop Hill.
Luke Barnes (422356)
Royal New Zealand Air Force - 74 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
19 April 1945, aged 22
Son of John Taylor Barnes and Catherine Ann Barnes, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Becklingen War Cemetery
Spitfire mk LF XVI serial number TB739 took off from Drope in Germany at 18:15 on a squadron armed reconnaissance over North Western Germany. Encountered light flak and was hit when too low to bale out and attempted to crash land near a wood 3km south west of Hagen.
Fred Bircumshaw (D/JX214712)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Exeter - Able Seaman
10 March 1945, aged 25
Son of Frank and Rosa Bircumshaw, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
Ambon War Cemetery
Died of Pellagra as a Japanese POW after surviving the sinking of HMS Exeter on 1 March 1942 during the Second Battle of the Java Sea.
Ezra Boulton (797441)
Royal Artillery - 11 Bty., 34 A.A. Regt. - Lance Bombardier
7 August 1942, aged 36
Son of William Henry and Clementina Sarah Boulton.
Kranji War Cemetery
Pulmonary Tubercolosis at Roberts Hospital, Malaya as a PoW
Thomas Roose Buxton (1050785)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Corporal
23 December 1941
Singapore Memorial
From the ORB of 221 Group 23/12/41. MINGALADON and RANGOON raided at 1000 hrs L.T. by about 50-60 Japanese bombers escorted by fighters. MINGALADON operations room, two petrol dumps, MT Shed, one hangar destroyed. all communications to aerodrome broken. EA losses 9 bombers and 1 fighters - Alliled (British and American) 2 Tomahawks, 2 pilots. RAF Casualities at MINGALADON 7 killed 15 wounded.
Albert Clarke (5626557)Devonshire Regiment - 12th (Airborne) Bn. - Private16 June 1944, aged 27Son of Alfred Herbert and Sarah Hannah Clarke; Husband of Marjorie Constance Clarke. of Watcombe, Devon.Ranville War CemeteryKilled in action 10 days after D-Day. The Battalion moved to new positions on the 14 June and was subjected to a very heavy concentration of shell & rocket projector fire on 16 June. Later, a determined enemy attack developed from the Escoville area which lasted over three hours before it was finally driven back. Private Clarke is believed to have been killed during this attack.
George Cecil Cooke (944038)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 219 AMES - Aircraftman 1st Class
16 December 1940, aged 21
Son of George and Bertha Cooke, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
El Alamein War Cemetery
Died on active service
Haydn Froggatt (T/1263823)
Royal Army Service Corps - 4th Armd. Bde. Coy. - Lance Corporal
24 June 1943, aged 22
Son of Israel and Ethel Froggatt, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
Bone War Cemetery, Annaba
Accidently drowned in North Africa
Frank Godfrey
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Rajaliya. - Sub-Lieutenant (A)
22 June 1945, aged 22
Son of Willie and Clara Godfrey, of Sheffield.
Lee-On-Solent Memorial
FAA, 757 Sqn, Rajaliya, air crash. HMS Rajaliya was a Royal Navy Air Station in Puttalam, some 50-60 miles north of Colombo, Ceylon.
John Grant (14390421)
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - 1st Bn. - Private
16 March 1945, aged 36
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Died during the battle around Mandalay, Burma
John Cooper Havenhand (1062558)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 50 Sqdn. - Sergeant
11 September 1942, aged 28
Son of Alezander and Amy Havenhand; Husband of Gertrude Mary Havenhand, of Beighton, Derbyshire.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number R5725 coded VN-F airborne from Swinderby at 20:32 on a mission to Dusseldorf, crashed near Bochum
Leonard Havenhand (1459226)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 76 Sqdn. - Sergeant
30 March 1943, aged 20
Son of Alexander and Amy Havenhand, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
Kiel War Cemetery
Halifax mk II serial number DT744 coded DT-K airborne from Linton-on-Ouse at 21:48 on an operation to Berlin, crashed south-west of Tellingstedt
Wilfred Hunt (4980857)
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) - 5th Bn. - Private
13 March 1943, aged 29
Son of George and Mary Jane Hunt, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery
The 5th Sherwood Foresters were involved in the Battle of Sedjenane in March 1943
Herbert William Jennings (411560)
Royal Air Force - 61 Sqdn. - Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
23 September 1944
Venray War Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial number LM718 coded QR-K airborne from Skellingthorpe at 19:17 to attack the Dortmund Ems Canal, the aircraft was attacked by nightfighter and by flak. The aircraft crashed at 09:15 PM at Zandbos along Helmondseweg, Deurne.
Ernest Joseph Barton Jones (6023868)
Leicestershire Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Private
27 May 1941, aged 26
Son of Albert Ernest and Jessica Jones.
Athens Memorial
Died on Crete after the battalion was rushed there from North Africa in an attempt to halt the german invasion
Charles Edward Ketnor (14223826)
Royal Engineers - 278 Field Coy. - Sapper
26 June 1944, aged 33
Son of Robert Edward and May Ketnor; Husband of Ivy Ketnor, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
St. Manvieu War Cemetery, CheuxDied on the first day of Operation Epsom
John James Knowles (7354877)
Royal Army Medical Corps - Private
6 April 1941, aged 26
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Knowles, of Mexborough, Yorkshire.
Eckington Burial Ground
Died in the UK, registered in Aldershot
Donald Reginald Schwartz (14663800)
The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 7th Bn. - Private
6 June 1944, aged 20
Bayeux Memorial
Killed on D-Day
Cyril Cooper Stubbins (14578482)
The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 7th Bn. - Private
6 June 1944, aged 19
La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres
Stirling EF268 “R” took off from RAF Fairford at 23.35 on 5th June, crashed east Dives-sur-Mer, close to the houlgate coastal battery, killing six crew and 20 paratroops.
Alfred Taylor
Not Yet Identified
Arthur Wetton (1126755)
Royal Horse Artillery - 107 (The South Notts. Hussars) Regt. - Gunner
18 January 1943, aged 33
Son of Frederick Arthur and Nellie Wetton; Husband of Mary Wetton, of Eckington, Derbyshire.
Tripoli War Cemetery
Killed in action
Gerald Wood (5887735)
Northamptonshire Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Private
11 July 1943, aged 24
Son of William Joseph and Ruth Wood; husband of Violet Wood, of Killamarsh, Derbyshire.
Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily
Killed on the second day on the Sicily landings.
East Surrey Regiment - 1st Bn. - Private
28 April 1943, aged 24Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Baker; Husband of Margaret Baker, of Killamarsh, Derbyshire.
Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery
From 20th April 1943 1st Surreys were in Tunisis involved in the final push to overcome Axis resistance, when they were tasked with taking a hill called Djebel Djaffa and then involved in the battle for Longstop Hill.
Luke Barnes (422356)
Royal New Zealand Air Force - 74 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
19 April 1945, aged 22
Son of John Taylor Barnes and Catherine Ann Barnes, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Becklingen War Cemetery
Spitfire mk LF XVI serial number TB739 took off from Drope in Germany at 18:15 on a squadron armed reconnaissance over North Western Germany. Encountered light flak and was hit when too low to bale out and attempted to crash land near a wood 3km south west of Hagen.
Fred Bircumshaw (D/JX214712)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Exeter - Able Seaman
10 March 1945, aged 25
Son of Frank and Rosa Bircumshaw, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
Ambon War Cemetery
Died of Pellagra as a Japanese POW after surviving the sinking of HMS Exeter on 1 March 1942 during the Second Battle of the Java Sea.
Ezra Boulton (797441)
Royal Artillery - 11 Bty., 34 A.A. Regt. - Lance Bombardier
7 August 1942, aged 36
Son of William Henry and Clementina Sarah Boulton.
Kranji War Cemetery
Pulmonary Tubercolosis at Roberts Hospital, Malaya as a PoW
Thomas Roose Buxton (1050785)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Corporal
23 December 1941
Singapore Memorial
From the ORB of 221 Group 23/12/41. MINGALADON and RANGOON raided at 1000 hrs L.T. by about 50-60 Japanese bombers escorted by fighters. MINGALADON operations room, two petrol dumps, MT Shed, one hangar destroyed. all communications to aerodrome broken. EA losses 9 bombers and 1 fighters - Alliled (British and American) 2 Tomahawks, 2 pilots. RAF Casualities at MINGALADON 7 killed 15 wounded.
Albert Clarke (5626557)Devonshire Regiment - 12th (Airborne) Bn. - Private16 June 1944, aged 27Son of Alfred Herbert and Sarah Hannah Clarke; Husband of Marjorie Constance Clarke. of Watcombe, Devon.Ranville War CemeteryKilled in action 10 days after D-Day. The Battalion moved to new positions on the 14 June and was subjected to a very heavy concentration of shell & rocket projector fire on 16 June. Later, a determined enemy attack developed from the Escoville area which lasted over three hours before it was finally driven back. Private Clarke is believed to have been killed during this attack.
George Cecil Cooke (944038)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 219 AMES - Aircraftman 1st Class
16 December 1940, aged 21
Son of George and Bertha Cooke, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
El Alamein War Cemetery
Died on active service
Haydn Froggatt (T/1263823)
Royal Army Service Corps - 4th Armd. Bde. Coy. - Lance Corporal
24 June 1943, aged 22
Son of Israel and Ethel Froggatt, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
Bone War Cemetery, Annaba
Accidently drowned in North Africa
Frank Godfrey
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Rajaliya. - Sub-Lieutenant (A)
22 June 1945, aged 22
Son of Willie and Clara Godfrey, of Sheffield.
Lee-On-Solent Memorial
FAA, 757 Sqn, Rajaliya, air crash. HMS Rajaliya was a Royal Navy Air Station in Puttalam, some 50-60 miles north of Colombo, Ceylon.
John Grant (14390421)
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - 1st Bn. - Private
16 March 1945, aged 36
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Died during the battle around Mandalay, Burma
John Cooper Havenhand (1062558)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 50 Sqdn. - Sergeant
11 September 1942, aged 28
Son of Alezander and Amy Havenhand; Husband of Gertrude Mary Havenhand, of Beighton, Derbyshire.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number R5725 coded VN-F airborne from Swinderby at 20:32 on a mission to Dusseldorf, crashed near Bochum
Leonard Havenhand (1459226)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 76 Sqdn. - Sergeant
30 March 1943, aged 20
Son of Alexander and Amy Havenhand, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
Kiel War Cemetery
Halifax mk II serial number DT744 coded DT-K airborne from Linton-on-Ouse at 21:48 on an operation to Berlin, crashed south-west of Tellingstedt
Wilfred Hunt (4980857)
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) - 5th Bn. - Private
13 March 1943, aged 29
Son of George and Mary Jane Hunt, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery
The 5th Sherwood Foresters were involved in the Battle of Sedjenane in March 1943
Herbert William Jennings (411560)
Royal Air Force - 61 Sqdn. - Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
23 September 1944
Venray War Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial number LM718 coded QR-K airborne from Skellingthorpe at 19:17 to attack the Dortmund Ems Canal, the aircraft was attacked by nightfighter and by flak. The aircraft crashed at 09:15 PM at Zandbos along Helmondseweg, Deurne.
Ernest Joseph Barton Jones (6023868)
Leicestershire Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Private
27 May 1941, aged 26
Son of Albert Ernest and Jessica Jones.
Athens Memorial
Died on Crete after the battalion was rushed there from North Africa in an attempt to halt the german invasion
Charles Edward Ketnor (14223826)
Royal Engineers - 278 Field Coy. - Sapper
26 June 1944, aged 33
Son of Robert Edward and May Ketnor; Husband of Ivy Ketnor, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
St. Manvieu War Cemetery, CheuxDied on the first day of Operation Epsom
John James Knowles (7354877)
Royal Army Medical Corps - Private
6 April 1941, aged 26
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Knowles, of Mexborough, Yorkshire.
Eckington Burial Ground
Died in the UK, registered in Aldershot
Donald Reginald Schwartz (14663800)
The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 7th Bn. - Private
6 June 1944, aged 20
Bayeux Memorial
Killed on D-Day
Cyril Cooper Stubbins (14578482)
The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 7th Bn. - Private
6 June 1944, aged 19
La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres
Stirling EF268 “R” took off from RAF Fairford at 23.35 on 5th June, crashed east Dives-sur-Mer, close to the houlgate coastal battery, killing six crew and 20 paratroops.
Alfred Taylor
Not Yet Identified
Arthur Wetton (1126755)
Royal Horse Artillery - 107 (The South Notts. Hussars) Regt. - Gunner
18 January 1943, aged 33
Son of Frederick Arthur and Nellie Wetton; Husband of Mary Wetton, of Eckington, Derbyshire.
Tripoli War Cemetery
Killed in action
Gerald Wood (5887735)
Northamptonshire Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Private
11 July 1943, aged 24
Son of William Joseph and Ruth Wood; husband of Violet Wood, of Killamarsh, Derbyshire.
Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily
Killed on the second day on the Sicily landings.
Information about the memorial includes that given on the IWM War Memorials Register - © IWM (WMR-27517)