Oughtibridge Parish
Oughtibridge War Memorial lists 34 names of First World War dead and 28 names from WWII
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
Oughtibridge Sheffield South Yorkshire England OS Grid Ref.: SK 300 930 Denomination: Church of England |
NOWY HEADED BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED WITHIN AN ORNATE WOODEN FRAME WITH SHELF WITHIN AN ARCHED EMBRASURE AT THE BASE. INSCRIPTION IN RELIEF.
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GOD IS OUR REFUGE/ IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH/ WHO IN TWO WORLD WARS GAVE/ THEIR LIVES THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ THE WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ THE WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
Walter Ashton
Clarence B Barrott F Birks Cedric W Broad E Brook Arthur Bush Frederic Chapman Eric Charlesworth Ronald Collier |
Leonard Couldwell
Henry Cunningham George Evans Maurice Howard William Howson Hedley Lees Stanley Parkin Wilfred Revitt Vincent Rodgers John W Shaw |
Peter Steel
Nelson D Webster Eustace Wilson Rex Wilson Ronald D Wood Edwin Wood Gladys Woodhouse Herbert Woodhouse Thomas Woodhouse |
Zion URC
3 names for WWII
Zion URC
Langsett Road North
Oughtibridge
Sheffield
OS Grid Ref: SK 30727 93283
Denomination: United Reformed
Langsett Road North
Oughtibridge
Sheffield
OS Grid Ref: SK 30727 93283
Denomination: United Reformed
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E Challis
A Rodgers
J A Sellars
A Rodgers
J A Sellars
Additional details
Walter Ashton - 4626899
Durham Light Infantry - 16th Bn. - Private
1 August 1946, aged 29
Son of George and Ellen Ashton, of Worrall; Husband of Caroline Ashton.
Birtin (Oughtibridge) Cemetery
Death registered in Wortley, Yorks
Clarence Bertram Barrott - 1027587
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 90 Sqdn. - Sergeant
21 April 1943, aged 31
Son of Walter Bertram and Jane Ann Barrott, of Oughtibridge, Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Stirling mk I serial BF442 coded WP-K airborne from Ridgewell at 21:28 on a mission to Rostock. Presumed to have been lost over the Baltic.
F Birks
Not Yet Identified
Cedric W Broad
Not Yet Identified
Eric Brook - 658265
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Sergeant
15 February 1943, aged 26
Son of Charles Victor and Ethel Brook, of Oughtibridge; Husband of Selina Kathleen Brook, of Wombwell.
Birtin (Oughtibridge) Cemetery
Wellington N2809 crashed during a training flight killing all five crew. Took off from Castle Donington at 1130 for a cross country. Returning to base around 1630, encountered a heavy snowstorm and crashed at Hermitage Farm, 2 miles North East of Coalville, Leics.
Arthur Bush - 633380
Royal Air Force - Flight Sergeant
26 June 1941, aged 21
Son of Arthur and Annie Louisa Bush, of Sheffield.
Stratford-On-Avon Cemetery
Wellington mk IC serial number R1586 airborne from Wellesbourne Mountford for night circuit practice. Lost power and it is believed the bomber stall while trying to avoid trees, crashing at 02:10 near Loxley, 4 miles east-south-east from Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
Edward Challis (140914)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 214 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
27 March 1943, aged 22
Son of Vincent and Clara Challis, of Stocksbridge, Yorkshire.
Hanover War Cemetery
Stirling BF453 was airborne 19:40 on 27 Mar 1943 from Chedburgh to bomb a target in Berlin. The aircraft was shot down by flak and, at 22:22 on 27 Mar 1943, was seen to crash vertically near Finkenwerder into the bank of the Alte Südelbe, a small tidal creek of the Elbe river. Finkenwerder is situated 8 km SW of Hamburg and 4 km from the Hamburg docks. A German Luftwaffe unit was unable to recover the bodies from the mud, due to water and black oozing mud, so the hole was filled in. Map reference of crash site: Finkenwerder L.54/S. 4450. After the war, in March 1949, an MREU unit engaged a German scrap metal firm to recover the wreck and the identity tags of Sergeant Rae were found. Then, with the use of a mechanical floating grab, all the bodies of this crew were recovered for proper burial.
Charles Frederick Chapman (P/KX 99207)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Barham - Stoker 1st Class
25 November 1941, aged 23
Son of Charles Edward and Edith Chapman; Husband of Doreen Chapman, of Sheffield.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when HMS Barham was sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean. On 25 November 1941, while steaming to cover an attack on Italian convoys, HMS Barham was hit at 16:29 hours north of Sidi Barrani, in position 32º34'N, 26º24'E by three torpedoes from the German submarine U-331. As she rolled over to port, her after magazines exploded and the ship quickly sank with the loss 862 members of her crew. There were 449 survivors.
Eric Charlesworth - P/JX 380303
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Penelope. - Able Seaman
18 February 1944, aged 20
Son of Ernest and Lilian Charlesworth, of Wharncliffe Side, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when ship was sunk in the Mediterranean by U-410 whilst on passage to Naples. Passage to Naples. U-411
Ronald Collier - 1119025
Royal Artillery - 8 Survey Regt. - Gunner
18 September 1943, aged 30
Son of George William and Helena Collier; Husband of Kathleen Alice Collier, of Wharncliffe Side, Yorkshire.
Salerno War Cemetery
Died of wounds in Italy, nine days after the Salerno landings
Leonard Gurshone Couldwell - 1782176
Royal Artillery - 78 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Gunner
19 August 1945, aged 26
Son of John and Violet Elizabeth Couldwell, of Worrall, Yorkshire.
Labuan War Cemetery
Died of Tropical Ulcers at Kuching, Sarawak whilst a Japanese PoW
Harry Cunningham - 14819636
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn. - Private
15 May 1945, aged 19
Son of Bernard George Espin Cunningham and Ida Susan Cunningham, of Oughtibridge, Yorkshire.
Rangoon War Cemetery
Died in Burma
George Evans - T/155797
Royal Army Service Corps - Driver
21 January 1943, aged 23
Son of Amy Evans, and Stepson of Mr. P. Coldwell, of Oughtbridge, Yorkshire.
Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Maurice Howard - 2663359
Coldstream Guards - 5th Bn. - Guardsman
23 June 1942, aged 33
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Howard, of Oughtibridge, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Heytesbury (Ss. Peter And Paul) Churchyard
Death registered in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Reported to have drowned in an accident (possibly on manoeuvres) along with another soldier (Lance Sergeant John Porter) in the river near Staverton.
William Plant Howson (D/KX 82020)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Sultan - Petty Officer Stoker
16 February 1942, aged 28
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Died during the Singapore evacuation
Douglas Hedley Lees - 1015482
Royal Air Force - Aircraftman 2nd Class
28 January 1941
Son of Douglas and Hannah Lees, of Oughtibridge, Yorkshire.
Alamein Memorial
Died in an ammunition explosion at Headquarters No. 202 Group, Sidi Mahmoud near Tobruk along with 9 other airmen.
Stanley Parkin - 4750268
York and Lancaster Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Private
5 August 1944, aged 27
Son of W. H. Parkin and Kate Parkin, of Oughtibridge, Yorkshire.
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Died in Burma with the 2nd Chindit Expedition
Wilfred Revitt - 2654814
Border Regiment - 1st (Airborne) Bn. - Corporal
22 March 1945, aged 34
Son of George Henry and Mary Revitt; Husband of Anne Jardine Revitt.
Durnbach War Cemetery
Became a prisoner at Operation Market Garden and first held in Stalag XIIA but died as a prisoner of Stalag VIIIC near Sagan suffering from dysentry. As VIIIC was over-run by the Russian forces at this stage and may have died on the march of PoWs westwards.
Aubrey Rodgers (4351165)
East Yorkshire Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Private
6 June 1944, aged 21
Son of Henry and Edith Rodgers, of Sheffield.
Hermanville War Cemetery
Killed on D-Day. His battalion were landed on the eastern most beach, Sword and came ashore in Queen Red sector. Believe to have been badly wounded by machine gun fire whilst disembarking from the landing craft, and died soon afterwards.
Charles Vincent Rodgers - 2655395
Coldstream Guards - 2nd Bn. - Serjeant
4 January 1943, aged 37
Son of John and Mary Rodgers; of Sheffield; Husband of Emily Trotter Rodgers, of Sheffield.
Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery
Died in North Africa probably of wounds after the Longstop Hill action
John Albert Sellars (1000577)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 148 Sqdn. - Sergeant
19 January 1942, aged 24
Son of John Samuel and Alice Maud Sellars, of Stocksbridge, Yorkshire.
Alamein Memorial
Lost when Vickers Wellington mk II W5584 was lost on a mission to bomb Salamis, Greece. Believed to have been shot down and crashed into the sea 2 miles off Elevsis.
John William Shaw
Civilian War Dead
13 December 1940, aged 29
Air Raid Warden; Fire Fighter. Son of Mr. H. Shaw, of 60 Leader Road, Hillsborough; Husband of Marjorie Shaw, of Top House, Mawson Lane, Worrall. Died at Sheaf Street.
Sheffield, County Borough
Died during the Sheffield Blitz
Henry Peter Steel - 122247
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 26 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
7 February 1943, aged 20
Son of Gerald and Ruth Steel, of Wharncliffe Side. Yorkshire, England.
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-Sur-Mer
Mustang serial number AP236 believed shot down by flak whilst flying a Rhubarb in the St Valery - St Victor - Dieppe area, the pilot Henry Peter Steel died the following day due to his wounds.
Nelson Donald Webster - 1621346
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 195 Sqdn. - Sergeant
4 November 1944, aged 21
Son of Nelson Rollin Webster and Florence Webster, of Sheffield; Husband of Kathleen Webster, of Oughtbridge, Sheffield.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial HK658 coded A4-C airborne from Witchford at 11:42 on a mission to Solingen, exploded in the target area.
Cyril Eustace Wilson - 70213
Royal Artillery - 71 Field Regt. - Major
19 February 1944, aged 29
Son of Cyril Raynold Wilson and Clara Wilson, of Middlewood, Cheshire.
Minturno War Cemetery
Died of wounds in Italy
Rex Wilson
Not Yet Identified
Edwin Wood - 989818
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 51 Sqdn. - Sergeant
5 July 1941, aged 25
Son of Edwin and Clara Wood, of Oughtibridge, Yorkshire.
Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley mk V Z6741 which was airborne at 23:10 on 4 Jul 41 from Dishforth on a mission to Brest, and crash near the target area.
Ronald D Wood
Not Yet Identified
Gladys Woodhouse
Civilian War Dead
14 March 1941, aged 36
Of 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road, Oughtibridge, Bradfield. Wife of Herbert Woodhouse. at 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road.
Wortley, Rural District
Died in an air raid when 117 aircraft dropped 83 tons of high explosives and 328 incendiary canisters.
Herbert Woodhouse
Civilian War Dead
14 March 1941, aged 39
Of 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road, Oughtibridge, Bradfield. Son of Tom Woodhouse; Husband of Gladys Woodhouse. Died at 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road.
Wortley, Rural District
Died in an air raid when 117 aircraft dropped 83 tons of high explosives and 328 incendiary canisters.
Tom Woodhouse
Civilian War Dead
14 March 1941, aged 72
Of 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road, Oughtibridge Bradfield. Died at 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road.
Wortley, Rural District
Died in an air raid when 117 aircraft dropped 83 tons of high explosives and 328 incendiary canisters.
Durham Light Infantry - 16th Bn. - Private
1 August 1946, aged 29
Son of George and Ellen Ashton, of Worrall; Husband of Caroline Ashton.
Birtin (Oughtibridge) Cemetery
Death registered in Wortley, Yorks
Clarence Bertram Barrott - 1027587
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 90 Sqdn. - Sergeant
21 April 1943, aged 31
Son of Walter Bertram and Jane Ann Barrott, of Oughtibridge, Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Stirling mk I serial BF442 coded WP-K airborne from Ridgewell at 21:28 on a mission to Rostock. Presumed to have been lost over the Baltic.
F Birks
Not Yet Identified
Cedric W Broad
Not Yet Identified
Eric Brook - 658265
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Sergeant
15 February 1943, aged 26
Son of Charles Victor and Ethel Brook, of Oughtibridge; Husband of Selina Kathleen Brook, of Wombwell.
Birtin (Oughtibridge) Cemetery
Wellington N2809 crashed during a training flight killing all five crew. Took off from Castle Donington at 1130 for a cross country. Returning to base around 1630, encountered a heavy snowstorm and crashed at Hermitage Farm, 2 miles North East of Coalville, Leics.
Arthur Bush - 633380
Royal Air Force - Flight Sergeant
26 June 1941, aged 21
Son of Arthur and Annie Louisa Bush, of Sheffield.
Stratford-On-Avon Cemetery
Wellington mk IC serial number R1586 airborne from Wellesbourne Mountford for night circuit practice. Lost power and it is believed the bomber stall while trying to avoid trees, crashing at 02:10 near Loxley, 4 miles east-south-east from Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
Edward Challis (140914)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 214 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
27 March 1943, aged 22
Son of Vincent and Clara Challis, of Stocksbridge, Yorkshire.
Hanover War Cemetery
Stirling BF453 was airborne 19:40 on 27 Mar 1943 from Chedburgh to bomb a target in Berlin. The aircraft was shot down by flak and, at 22:22 on 27 Mar 1943, was seen to crash vertically near Finkenwerder into the bank of the Alte Südelbe, a small tidal creek of the Elbe river. Finkenwerder is situated 8 km SW of Hamburg and 4 km from the Hamburg docks. A German Luftwaffe unit was unable to recover the bodies from the mud, due to water and black oozing mud, so the hole was filled in. Map reference of crash site: Finkenwerder L.54/S. 4450. After the war, in March 1949, an MREU unit engaged a German scrap metal firm to recover the wreck and the identity tags of Sergeant Rae were found. Then, with the use of a mechanical floating grab, all the bodies of this crew were recovered for proper burial.
Charles Frederick Chapman (P/KX 99207)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Barham - Stoker 1st Class
25 November 1941, aged 23
Son of Charles Edward and Edith Chapman; Husband of Doreen Chapman, of Sheffield.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when HMS Barham was sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean. On 25 November 1941, while steaming to cover an attack on Italian convoys, HMS Barham was hit at 16:29 hours north of Sidi Barrani, in position 32º34'N, 26º24'E by three torpedoes from the German submarine U-331. As she rolled over to port, her after magazines exploded and the ship quickly sank with the loss 862 members of her crew. There were 449 survivors.
Eric Charlesworth - P/JX 380303
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Penelope. - Able Seaman
18 February 1944, aged 20
Son of Ernest and Lilian Charlesworth, of Wharncliffe Side, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when ship was sunk in the Mediterranean by U-410 whilst on passage to Naples. Passage to Naples. U-411
Ronald Collier - 1119025
Royal Artillery - 8 Survey Regt. - Gunner
18 September 1943, aged 30
Son of George William and Helena Collier; Husband of Kathleen Alice Collier, of Wharncliffe Side, Yorkshire.
Salerno War Cemetery
Died of wounds in Italy, nine days after the Salerno landings
Leonard Gurshone Couldwell - 1782176
Royal Artillery - 78 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Gunner
19 August 1945, aged 26
Son of John and Violet Elizabeth Couldwell, of Worrall, Yorkshire.
Labuan War Cemetery
Died of Tropical Ulcers at Kuching, Sarawak whilst a Japanese PoW
Harry Cunningham - 14819636
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn. - Private
15 May 1945, aged 19
Son of Bernard George Espin Cunningham and Ida Susan Cunningham, of Oughtibridge, Yorkshire.
Rangoon War Cemetery
Died in Burma
George Evans - T/155797
Royal Army Service Corps - Driver
21 January 1943, aged 23
Son of Amy Evans, and Stepson of Mr. P. Coldwell, of Oughtbridge, Yorkshire.
Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Maurice Howard - 2663359
Coldstream Guards - 5th Bn. - Guardsman
23 June 1942, aged 33
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Howard, of Oughtibridge, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Heytesbury (Ss. Peter And Paul) Churchyard
Death registered in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Reported to have drowned in an accident (possibly on manoeuvres) along with another soldier (Lance Sergeant John Porter) in the river near Staverton.
William Plant Howson (D/KX 82020)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Sultan - Petty Officer Stoker
16 February 1942, aged 28
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Died during the Singapore evacuation
Douglas Hedley Lees - 1015482
Royal Air Force - Aircraftman 2nd Class
28 January 1941
Son of Douglas and Hannah Lees, of Oughtibridge, Yorkshire.
Alamein Memorial
Died in an ammunition explosion at Headquarters No. 202 Group, Sidi Mahmoud near Tobruk along with 9 other airmen.
Stanley Parkin - 4750268
York and Lancaster Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Private
5 August 1944, aged 27
Son of W. H. Parkin and Kate Parkin, of Oughtibridge, Yorkshire.
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Died in Burma with the 2nd Chindit Expedition
Wilfred Revitt - 2654814
Border Regiment - 1st (Airborne) Bn. - Corporal
22 March 1945, aged 34
Son of George Henry and Mary Revitt; Husband of Anne Jardine Revitt.
Durnbach War Cemetery
Became a prisoner at Operation Market Garden and first held in Stalag XIIA but died as a prisoner of Stalag VIIIC near Sagan suffering from dysentry. As VIIIC was over-run by the Russian forces at this stage and may have died on the march of PoWs westwards.
Aubrey Rodgers (4351165)
East Yorkshire Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Private
6 June 1944, aged 21
Son of Henry and Edith Rodgers, of Sheffield.
Hermanville War Cemetery
Killed on D-Day. His battalion were landed on the eastern most beach, Sword and came ashore in Queen Red sector. Believe to have been badly wounded by machine gun fire whilst disembarking from the landing craft, and died soon afterwards.
Charles Vincent Rodgers - 2655395
Coldstream Guards - 2nd Bn. - Serjeant
4 January 1943, aged 37
Son of John and Mary Rodgers; of Sheffield; Husband of Emily Trotter Rodgers, of Sheffield.
Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery
Died in North Africa probably of wounds after the Longstop Hill action
John Albert Sellars (1000577)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 148 Sqdn. - Sergeant
19 January 1942, aged 24
Son of John Samuel and Alice Maud Sellars, of Stocksbridge, Yorkshire.
Alamein Memorial
Lost when Vickers Wellington mk II W5584 was lost on a mission to bomb Salamis, Greece. Believed to have been shot down and crashed into the sea 2 miles off Elevsis.
John William Shaw
Civilian War Dead
13 December 1940, aged 29
Air Raid Warden; Fire Fighter. Son of Mr. H. Shaw, of 60 Leader Road, Hillsborough; Husband of Marjorie Shaw, of Top House, Mawson Lane, Worrall. Died at Sheaf Street.
Sheffield, County Borough
Died during the Sheffield Blitz
Henry Peter Steel - 122247
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 26 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
7 February 1943, aged 20
Son of Gerald and Ruth Steel, of Wharncliffe Side. Yorkshire, England.
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Hautot-Sur-Mer
Mustang serial number AP236 believed shot down by flak whilst flying a Rhubarb in the St Valery - St Victor - Dieppe area, the pilot Henry Peter Steel died the following day due to his wounds.
Nelson Donald Webster - 1621346
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 195 Sqdn. - Sergeant
4 November 1944, aged 21
Son of Nelson Rollin Webster and Florence Webster, of Sheffield; Husband of Kathleen Webster, of Oughtbridge, Sheffield.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial HK658 coded A4-C airborne from Witchford at 11:42 on a mission to Solingen, exploded in the target area.
Cyril Eustace Wilson - 70213
Royal Artillery - 71 Field Regt. - Major
19 February 1944, aged 29
Son of Cyril Raynold Wilson and Clara Wilson, of Middlewood, Cheshire.
Minturno War Cemetery
Died of wounds in Italy
Rex Wilson
Not Yet Identified
Edwin Wood - 989818
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 51 Sqdn. - Sergeant
5 July 1941, aged 25
Son of Edwin and Clara Wood, of Oughtibridge, Yorkshire.
Brest (Kerfautras) Cemetery
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley mk V Z6741 which was airborne at 23:10 on 4 Jul 41 from Dishforth on a mission to Brest, and crash near the target area.
Ronald D Wood
Not Yet Identified
Gladys Woodhouse
Civilian War Dead
14 March 1941, aged 36
Of 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road, Oughtibridge, Bradfield. Wife of Herbert Woodhouse. at 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road.
Wortley, Rural District
Died in an air raid when 117 aircraft dropped 83 tons of high explosives and 328 incendiary canisters.
Herbert Woodhouse
Civilian War Dead
14 March 1941, aged 39
Of 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road, Oughtibridge, Bradfield. Son of Tom Woodhouse; Husband of Gladys Woodhouse. Died at 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road.
Wortley, Rural District
Died in an air raid when 117 aircraft dropped 83 tons of high explosives and 328 incendiary canisters.
Tom Woodhouse
Civilian War Dead
14 March 1941, aged 72
Of 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road, Oughtibridge Bradfield. Died at 66 Bland Houses, Middlewood Road.
Wortley, Rural District
Died in an air raid when 117 aircraft dropped 83 tons of high explosives and 328 incendiary canisters.
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