Sheffield and Ecclesall Co-Op
The memorial lists the names of 37 dead from WW2 and includes the branch or department the person worked at.
Hand written roll of honour under glass set in dark stained wooden frame. The title of the society is in red with crest in centre. First letter of each surname in red, remainder of lettering black.
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SHEFFIELD & ECCLESALL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD / TO THE MEMORY OF THE THIRTY SEVEN EMPLOYEES / OF THE SOCIETY WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY / (Names)
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Street Mary's Road Ashforth J W Upper Hanover Street Bestall E S Traffic Bradley F Upper Hanover Street Coward B Barber Road Crookes F Dairy Foster G H Gleadless Road Gale E Oakbrook Road Garforth A Bocking Lane Greenhedge A Vincent Road Gregory W Heavygate Road Hampton G W Dairy Hillings J M Wolsley Road |
Hinchcliffe C
555 Ecclesall Road Hobson A Dairy Jackson E Dairy Jackson L Heavygate Road Kay L Dairy Matthews E L General Office Middleton A Painting Millward W Dairy Moore C Painting Morton W Furnishing Rickaby F Furnishing |
Roberts W
Lees Hall Avenue Roe C General Office Rowland W Dairy Shepherd E Brookland Avenue Simpkin J Dairy Simpson E Lees Hall Avenue Styring T L Abbeydale Road Tootle E Dairy Vardy E Dairy Whitehouse D S Ridgeway Road (Butchery) Williams E Dairy Winterbottom W K Vincent Road Yates J Dairy |
Additional details
William Henry Addis (1146619)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 31 ANS, Port Albert, Quebec - Aircraftman 1st Class
28 November 1942, aged 20
Son of William Henry and Florence Addis, of Sheffield, England.
Ottawa Memorial
Avro Anson Mk. I s/n N9838 of 31 ANS, Port Albert, Quebec involved in a night navigation training exercise. The crew were: Pilot - 1138056 Sergeant L. L. Shaw, Navigator - 30907 Flight Sergeant R. Brown, Air Bomber - 1535161 L.A.C. C. P. James, Wireless Operator - 1146619 AC1 W. H. Addis. The aircraft last reported over the Ripley Bombing Range at 21:45 hours. Apparently they did not carry out any bombing. Searchers found wreckage spread over the foreshore of Lake Huron. It was presumed that the four airmen perished when the aircraft hit the water. The A.I.B. stated that they could not disregard the possibility of icing as a cause for the loss.
Joseph Walter Ashforth (P/JX 273635)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. President III - Able Seaman
10 October 1941, aged 30
Son of George and Edith Ashforth; Husband of Janet Kirkwood Ashforth.
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.
Ernest Stanley Bestall (7635304)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Private
15 February 1942, aged 38
Son of John and Lucy Bestall, of Sheffield; Husband of Emily Bestall, of Sheffield.
Tobruk War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Frederick Bradley (2341294)
Royal Corps of Signals - 11th Indian Div. Sigs. - Signalman
11 October 1944, aged 24
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bradley, of Sheffield.
Sai Wan War Cemetery
Became a PoW at the fall of Singapore, and died of a fractured spine as a result of an accident at Kinkaseki Camp No. 1, Taiwan
Bernard Coward (1622516)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 90 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
28 October 1944, aged 28
Son of Bernard and Mabel Coward, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Lancaster mk I serial number HK602 coded WP-Y airborne from Tuddenham at 08:18 on a mission to Walcheren, crashed in the targer area.
F Crookes
Not yet identified
Gordon Harold Foster (11007006)
The King's Regiment (Liverpool) - 2nd Bn. - Private
15 September 1944, aged 22
Son of Archibald John and Abigail Foster, of Sheffield.
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Edward Gale (D/JX 176933)
Royal Navy - H.M. Submarine Unbeaten - Able Seaman
11 November 1942
Plymouth Naval Memorial
HMS Unbeaten had left Holy Loch on 23 October 1942 for a special operation (landing an intelligence agent near Vigo, Spain) followed by an anti-shipping patrol in the Bay of Biscay. She was ordered to leave patrol after dark on 8 November 1942. She was lost on the return trip from patrol inside a bombing restrictions area. On 11 November 1942 HMS Unbeaten was attacked and sunk in error by an RAF Wellington of No. 172 Squadron, Coastal Command in the Bay of Biscay in position 46º50'N, 06º51'W.
Arthur Garforth (7915484)
Royal Armoured Corps - 'A' Sqn. 12th Royal Lancers - Trooper
22 December 1941, aged 32
Son of Joseph and Emily Garforth; Husband of Constance G. Garforth, of Sheffield.
Alamein Memorial
Died in North Africa
Alfred Greenhedge (D/JX 184216)
Royal Navy - H.M. Trawler Manor - Ordinary Telegraphist
9 July 1942, aged 22
Son of George and Lily Greenhedge, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
HMT Manor was torpedoed and sunk by German motor torpedo boats in the English Channel south of Lyme Bay in position 50º19'N, 03º00'W.
Wilfred Gregory (4693616)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn. - Private
21 January 1942, aged 22
Son of Wilfred and Florence Gregory, of Sheffield; Husband of Georgina Gregory, of Sheffield.
Reydarfjordur Cemetery
He was one of a platoon of men men who died when they were hiking in the mountains around Reydarfjordur and got lost in a sudden winter storm. Forty-eight men survived, but eight men died, these were: 4694120 Pte Harry Moore; 105130 Lt John Edwin Bradbury; 4692072 Sgt Calliss Cooper; 4687015 CSM Ernest Froggatt; 4692423 L/Cpl James Goldsborough; 4693616 Pte Wilfred Gregory; 4693492 Pte John Platt; 4692138 Pte Arthur Rollinson
George William Hampton (2355707)
Royal Corps of Signals - Signalman
18 September 1943, aged 36
Son of Oliver and Harriet Hampton, of Sheffield; Husband of Phyllis Hampton, of Sheffield.
Chungkai War Cemetery
Died as a Japanese POW
Jack Mason Hillings (2078233)
Royal Engineers - 1 Parachute Sqn. - Driver
24 November 1942, aged 23
Son of John Seymour Hillings and Sarah Elizabeth Hillings, of Endcliffe, Sheffield.
Medjez-El-Bab Memorial
Killed in an attack on an Italian position in Tunisia. Shortly after parachuting into Tunisia at Souk-el-Arba, officers of the 1st Parachute Battalion encountered a recently discharged French sailor while visiting French positions at Sidi Nasis. He informed them that an Italian Force comprising 300 men and about 20 tanks, harboured each night about nine miles away from Sidi Nasis towards Mateur. The Battalion’s CO, Lt Col James Hill decided to launch a Battalion attack (less R Coy which was engaged in fighting at Oued Zarga) on the Italian position that night; zero hour was set for 03:00 hours on 25 November. This attack later became known as the Battle of Gue Hill. A detachment from 1st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers was tasked with mining the road to the East of the enemy positions to prevent their escape. The 1st Battalion’s assault groups had moved into their assigned locations when three heavy explosions were heard around 02.45 hours from the Sappers’ forming up position. To save time the Sappers had been carrying their Hawkins mines already fully primed in sandbags; an act which was to have tragic consequences. It is believed that one man slipped into a wadi causing his mines to detonate and triggering further sympathetic detonations of the remaining mines carried by the party. The explosions resulted in the loss of the entire detachment comprising of Captain Geary, Lt Holland, Lt White, L/ Sgt Sayer, L/Sgt Muir, Cpl Mercer, L/Cpl Harris, L/Cpl Hill, L/Cpl Hornsby, L/Cpl Manning, Sapper Calcott, Sapper Elvidge, Driver Hillings, Sapper Moat, Sapper VJ Mitchell, Sapper JW Mitchell, Sapper Rickleton, and Sapper Stanmore.
Colin Hinchliffe (10563971)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - 3 Mobile Laundry - Private
9 September 1942, aged 40
Son of Harry and Lillian Hinchliffe, of Meadow Head, Sheffield.
Midvaag Military Cemetery
Died on the Faroe Islands
Arthur Thomas Hobson (1100711)
Royal Artillery - 95 Anti-Tank Regt. - Gunner
4 December 1942, aged 36
Son of Thomas and Eleanor Hobson, of Sheffield; Husband of Florence Hobson, of Sheffield.
Caserta War Cemetery
Amoebic Dysentry in Caserto as an Italian PoW
Ernest Jackson (2663466)
Coldstream Guards - 5th Bn. - Lance Corporal
24 April 1945, aged 24
Becklingen War Cemetery
Killed in action during the battalion at on Zeven, Germany
Lawrence Jackson (1119546)
Royal Artillery - 20 Anti-Tank Regt. - Lance Bombardier
15 June 1944, aged 39
Son of John W. and Emily A. Jackson, of Crookes, Sheffield.
Hermanville War Cemetery
DoW on D-Day+9 during the breakout from the beaches
Luther Kay (4750138)
York and Lancaster Regiment - Lance Corporal
31 January 1942
Belfast City Cemetery
Died in Northern Ireland
Edgar Leslie Matthews (1457373)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 9 Sqdn. - Sergeant
26 May 1943, aged 20
Son of Edgar and Annie Louise Matthews, of Sheffield.
Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial number ED834 coded WSZ airborne from Bardney at 23:19 for a raid on Dusseldorf, the aircraft was intercepted by a night-fighter piloted by Lt Werner Hopf of II/NJG5. It was shot down from 5,500 m at 03:42 and crashed into the Schelde just south of Vlissingen.
Allen Middleton (1155943)
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) - 1/6th Bn. - Private
30 September 1944, aged 20
Son of Robert Percy Middleton, and of Annie Middleton, of Sheffield.
Veghel Roman Catholic Churchyard
Wilfred Millward (P/JX 264209)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Belmont - Ordinary Seaman
31 January 1942, aged 32
Son of Joseph and Jenny Millward, of Sheffield.
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.
Colin Moore (4627206)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn. - Private
5 February 1944, aged 21
Son of Willie and Elsie Moore, of Sheffield.
Rome War Cemetery
Died in Italy
W Morton
Not yet identified
Percy Rickaby (P/JX262087)
Royal Navy - HMS President III - Able Seaman
28 February 1942, aged 26
Son of William and Elizabeth Ann Rickaby, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
Aberdeen (Grove) Cemetery
Killed serving on the steamship Fernside. Sailed from Hartlepool & presumed sunk by air attack off Banff, on a voyage from Hartlepool to Wick with a cargo of coal.
William Roberts (2206786)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 550 Sqdn. - Sergeant
6 December 1944, aged 20
Son of William and Matilda Roberts, of Sheffield.
Venray War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number NG251 coded BQ-J airborne from North Killingholme at 16:34 on a mission to Leuna, crashed at Dolzig after being hit by flak.
John Cecil Roe (1484154)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Corporal
1 October 1942, aged 38
Son of John and Agnes Roe; Husband of Elsie Roe, of Sheffield.
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Death registered at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. DOAS. He was admitted to RAF hospital Halton on 29 September where he died at 04:00 Hours of a perforated duodenal ulcer
W Rowland
Not yet identified
Edward Shepherd
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). - Lieutenant
7 March 1942, aged 30
Son of Edward J. and Emily Shepherd, of Sheffield; Husband of Beatrice Shepherd, of Woodseats, Derbyshire.
Lowestoft Naval Memorial
On 8 March 1942, HMS Northern Princess (4.06) was torpedoed and sunk by U-587 off the Grand Banks, Newfoundland. The vessel was reported missing after she was seen for the last time at 20.43 hours on 7 March in 45°22N/55°59W. The commander, three officers and 34 ratings were lost.
Jack Simpkin (P/JX 335964)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. President III - Able Seaman
26 November 1942, aged 20
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Simpkin, of Sheffield.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
At 19.17 hours on 26 Nov 1942 the Barberrys, the ship of the convoy commodore in convoy SC-110, was torpedoed and sunk by U-663 northeast of St. John’s. The master, the commodore, 20 crew members, four gunners and five naval staff members were lost. 18 crew members, three gunners and one naval staff member were picked up by USCGC Mohawk (WPG 78) and landed at St. John’s.
Eric Simpson (10547111)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Private
5 July 1941, aged 19
Son of Arthur and Edith Simpson, of Walkley, Sheffield.
Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial
Probably a casualty on SS Anselm. In the morning of 5 July 1941, U-96 was pursuing a convoy contact report from a Condor aircraft through fog about 300 miles north of the Azores when the she came upon a curious formation of six vessels: the British survey vessel HMS Challenger (J 98), leading the troopship Anselm, the armed merchant cruiser HMS Cathay (F 05) and three corvettes, HMS Petunia (K 79), HMS Lavender (K 60) and HMS Starwort (K 20) which were deployed to port, starboard and astern of the troopship. At 08.29 hours, U-96 fired a salvo of four torpedoes and thought that she had scored hits on the AMC and a yacht (the survey ship). However, two torpedoes hit the Anselm, sinking her within 22 minutes, but that was time enough for the crew to launch all but one of the lifeboats. Nonetheless, four crew members and 250 of the service personnel on board were lost.
Thomas Leslie Styring (895124)
Royal Artillery - 7/4 Maritime Regt. - Lance Bombardier
14 August 1942, aged 20
Son of Henry and Elsie Styring, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
KIA at sea. DEMS Gunner on the ship ARABISTAN (Captain E.R. Barrett). On passage from Cape Town to Trinidad and south of St Helena on 14 August, 1942, when shelled at point-blank range by the Hilfskreuzer (raider) Michel (Kapitän zur See Hellmuth von Ruckteschell) and sank within minutes. Fifty-nine died. Mr Edwin Goodridge, her Chief Engineer and sole survivor, spent the night hanging on to an upturned, wrecked, lifeboat and was picked up by the Michel the following morning.
E Tootle
Not yey identified
Eric Vardy (4616926)
Royal Armoured Corps - Staffordshire Yeomanry - Trooper
30 April 1945, aged 26
Son of Charles James Vardy and Esther Vardy; Husband of Mark Vardy, of Sheffield.
Hamburg Cemetery
Killed in action near Lauenburg, Germany
Donald Stuart Whitehouse (2201639)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 57 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
8 March 1945
Son of George Edward and Florence Whitehouse, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Lancaster mk I serial PN852 coded DX-V airborne East Kirkby at 18:25 on a mission to Harburg oil installations, lost without trace.
E Williams
Not yet identified
William Kenneth Winterbottom (755883)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 38 Sqdn. - Sergeant
14 February 1941, aged 25
Son of John William and Minnie Winterbottom, of Sheffield; Husband of Lilian Winterbottom, of Ecclesall, Sheffield.
Rhodes War Cemetery
Taking off at 2355 from Shallufa, their Wellington IC (Reg. T2742 H) was shot down by anti-aircraft fire during an attack on Midi Bay airfield. Operation to Scarpanto. Other casualties: Frederick John Leslie - '82201' Anthony Bromley Loveridge - '85231' Thomas Marshall Moore - '970973' Alastair Ian Grant Mclean - '754363' Ronald Leslie Pattle - '82959'
John Yates (1216687)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 38 Sqdn. - Sergeant
1 March 1944, aged 21
Son of Charley and Beatrice Yates, of Sheffield.
Alamein Memorial
Wellington mk XIII serial number HZ866 missing from mine laying operation at Milos. Other crew - William Henry Cooksey - '1575368' Andrew Murray Irwin - '1315605' Cyril Owen Wing - '1542629'
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 31 ANS, Port Albert, Quebec - Aircraftman 1st Class
28 November 1942, aged 20
Son of William Henry and Florence Addis, of Sheffield, England.
Ottawa Memorial
Avro Anson Mk. I s/n N9838 of 31 ANS, Port Albert, Quebec involved in a night navigation training exercise. The crew were: Pilot - 1138056 Sergeant L. L. Shaw, Navigator - 30907 Flight Sergeant R. Brown, Air Bomber - 1535161 L.A.C. C. P. James, Wireless Operator - 1146619 AC1 W. H. Addis. The aircraft last reported over the Ripley Bombing Range at 21:45 hours. Apparently they did not carry out any bombing. Searchers found wreckage spread over the foreshore of Lake Huron. It was presumed that the four airmen perished when the aircraft hit the water. The A.I.B. stated that they could not disregard the possibility of icing as a cause for the loss.
Joseph Walter Ashforth (P/JX 273635)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. President III - Able Seaman
10 October 1941, aged 30
Son of George and Edith Ashforth; Husband of Janet Kirkwood Ashforth.
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.
Ernest Stanley Bestall (7635304)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Private
15 February 1942, aged 38
Son of John and Lucy Bestall, of Sheffield; Husband of Emily Bestall, of Sheffield.
Tobruk War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Frederick Bradley (2341294)
Royal Corps of Signals - 11th Indian Div. Sigs. - Signalman
11 October 1944, aged 24
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bradley, of Sheffield.
Sai Wan War Cemetery
Became a PoW at the fall of Singapore, and died of a fractured spine as a result of an accident at Kinkaseki Camp No. 1, Taiwan
Bernard Coward (1622516)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 90 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
28 October 1944, aged 28
Son of Bernard and Mabel Coward, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Lancaster mk I serial number HK602 coded WP-Y airborne from Tuddenham at 08:18 on a mission to Walcheren, crashed in the targer area.
F Crookes
Not yet identified
Gordon Harold Foster (11007006)
The King's Regiment (Liverpool) - 2nd Bn. - Private
15 September 1944, aged 22
Son of Archibald John and Abigail Foster, of Sheffield.
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Edward Gale (D/JX 176933)
Royal Navy - H.M. Submarine Unbeaten - Able Seaman
11 November 1942
Plymouth Naval Memorial
HMS Unbeaten had left Holy Loch on 23 October 1942 for a special operation (landing an intelligence agent near Vigo, Spain) followed by an anti-shipping patrol in the Bay of Biscay. She was ordered to leave patrol after dark on 8 November 1942. She was lost on the return trip from patrol inside a bombing restrictions area. On 11 November 1942 HMS Unbeaten was attacked and sunk in error by an RAF Wellington of No. 172 Squadron, Coastal Command in the Bay of Biscay in position 46º50'N, 06º51'W.
Arthur Garforth (7915484)
Royal Armoured Corps - 'A' Sqn. 12th Royal Lancers - Trooper
22 December 1941, aged 32
Son of Joseph and Emily Garforth; Husband of Constance G. Garforth, of Sheffield.
Alamein Memorial
Died in North Africa
Alfred Greenhedge (D/JX 184216)
Royal Navy - H.M. Trawler Manor - Ordinary Telegraphist
9 July 1942, aged 22
Son of George and Lily Greenhedge, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
HMT Manor was torpedoed and sunk by German motor torpedo boats in the English Channel south of Lyme Bay in position 50º19'N, 03º00'W.
Wilfred Gregory (4693616)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn. - Private
21 January 1942, aged 22
Son of Wilfred and Florence Gregory, of Sheffield; Husband of Georgina Gregory, of Sheffield.
Reydarfjordur Cemetery
He was one of a platoon of men men who died when they were hiking in the mountains around Reydarfjordur and got lost in a sudden winter storm. Forty-eight men survived, but eight men died, these were: 4694120 Pte Harry Moore; 105130 Lt John Edwin Bradbury; 4692072 Sgt Calliss Cooper; 4687015 CSM Ernest Froggatt; 4692423 L/Cpl James Goldsborough; 4693616 Pte Wilfred Gregory; 4693492 Pte John Platt; 4692138 Pte Arthur Rollinson
George William Hampton (2355707)
Royal Corps of Signals - Signalman
18 September 1943, aged 36
Son of Oliver and Harriet Hampton, of Sheffield; Husband of Phyllis Hampton, of Sheffield.
Chungkai War Cemetery
Died as a Japanese POW
Jack Mason Hillings (2078233)
Royal Engineers - 1 Parachute Sqn. - Driver
24 November 1942, aged 23
Son of John Seymour Hillings and Sarah Elizabeth Hillings, of Endcliffe, Sheffield.
Medjez-El-Bab Memorial
Killed in an attack on an Italian position in Tunisia. Shortly after parachuting into Tunisia at Souk-el-Arba, officers of the 1st Parachute Battalion encountered a recently discharged French sailor while visiting French positions at Sidi Nasis. He informed them that an Italian Force comprising 300 men and about 20 tanks, harboured each night about nine miles away from Sidi Nasis towards Mateur. The Battalion’s CO, Lt Col James Hill decided to launch a Battalion attack (less R Coy which was engaged in fighting at Oued Zarga) on the Italian position that night; zero hour was set for 03:00 hours on 25 November. This attack later became known as the Battle of Gue Hill. A detachment from 1st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers was tasked with mining the road to the East of the enemy positions to prevent their escape. The 1st Battalion’s assault groups had moved into their assigned locations when three heavy explosions were heard around 02.45 hours from the Sappers’ forming up position. To save time the Sappers had been carrying their Hawkins mines already fully primed in sandbags; an act which was to have tragic consequences. It is believed that one man slipped into a wadi causing his mines to detonate and triggering further sympathetic detonations of the remaining mines carried by the party. The explosions resulted in the loss of the entire detachment comprising of Captain Geary, Lt Holland, Lt White, L/ Sgt Sayer, L/Sgt Muir, Cpl Mercer, L/Cpl Harris, L/Cpl Hill, L/Cpl Hornsby, L/Cpl Manning, Sapper Calcott, Sapper Elvidge, Driver Hillings, Sapper Moat, Sapper VJ Mitchell, Sapper JW Mitchell, Sapper Rickleton, and Sapper Stanmore.
Colin Hinchliffe (10563971)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - 3 Mobile Laundry - Private
9 September 1942, aged 40
Son of Harry and Lillian Hinchliffe, of Meadow Head, Sheffield.
Midvaag Military Cemetery
Died on the Faroe Islands
Arthur Thomas Hobson (1100711)
Royal Artillery - 95 Anti-Tank Regt. - Gunner
4 December 1942, aged 36
Son of Thomas and Eleanor Hobson, of Sheffield; Husband of Florence Hobson, of Sheffield.
Caserta War Cemetery
Amoebic Dysentry in Caserto as an Italian PoW
Ernest Jackson (2663466)
Coldstream Guards - 5th Bn. - Lance Corporal
24 April 1945, aged 24
Becklingen War Cemetery
Killed in action during the battalion at on Zeven, Germany
Lawrence Jackson (1119546)
Royal Artillery - 20 Anti-Tank Regt. - Lance Bombardier
15 June 1944, aged 39
Son of John W. and Emily A. Jackson, of Crookes, Sheffield.
Hermanville War Cemetery
DoW on D-Day+9 during the breakout from the beaches
Luther Kay (4750138)
York and Lancaster Regiment - Lance Corporal
31 January 1942
Belfast City Cemetery
Died in Northern Ireland
Edgar Leslie Matthews (1457373)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 9 Sqdn. - Sergeant
26 May 1943, aged 20
Son of Edgar and Annie Louise Matthews, of Sheffield.
Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial number ED834 coded WSZ airborne from Bardney at 23:19 for a raid on Dusseldorf, the aircraft was intercepted by a night-fighter piloted by Lt Werner Hopf of II/NJG5. It was shot down from 5,500 m at 03:42 and crashed into the Schelde just south of Vlissingen.
Allen Middleton (1155943)
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) - 1/6th Bn. - Private
30 September 1944, aged 20
Son of Robert Percy Middleton, and of Annie Middleton, of Sheffield.
Veghel Roman Catholic Churchyard
Wilfred Millward (P/JX 264209)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Belmont - Ordinary Seaman
31 January 1942, aged 32
Son of Joseph and Jenny Millward, of Sheffield.
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.
Colin Moore (4627206)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn. - Private
5 February 1944, aged 21
Son of Willie and Elsie Moore, of Sheffield.
Rome War Cemetery
Died in Italy
W Morton
Not yet identified
Percy Rickaby (P/JX262087)
Royal Navy - HMS President III - Able Seaman
28 February 1942, aged 26
Son of William and Elizabeth Ann Rickaby, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
Aberdeen (Grove) Cemetery
Killed serving on the steamship Fernside. Sailed from Hartlepool & presumed sunk by air attack off Banff, on a voyage from Hartlepool to Wick with a cargo of coal.
William Roberts (2206786)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 550 Sqdn. - Sergeant
6 December 1944, aged 20
Son of William and Matilda Roberts, of Sheffield.
Venray War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number NG251 coded BQ-J airborne from North Killingholme at 16:34 on a mission to Leuna, crashed at Dolzig after being hit by flak.
John Cecil Roe (1484154)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Corporal
1 October 1942, aged 38
Son of John and Agnes Roe; Husband of Elsie Roe, of Sheffield.
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Death registered at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. DOAS. He was admitted to RAF hospital Halton on 29 September where he died at 04:00 Hours of a perforated duodenal ulcer
W Rowland
Not yet identified
Edward Shepherd
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M. Trawler Northern Princess (on loan to U.S. Navy). - Lieutenant
7 March 1942, aged 30
Son of Edward J. and Emily Shepherd, of Sheffield; Husband of Beatrice Shepherd, of Woodseats, Derbyshire.
Lowestoft Naval Memorial
On 8 March 1942, HMS Northern Princess (4.06) was torpedoed and sunk by U-587 off the Grand Banks, Newfoundland. The vessel was reported missing after she was seen for the last time at 20.43 hours on 7 March in 45°22N/55°59W. The commander, three officers and 34 ratings were lost.
Jack Simpkin (P/JX 335964)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. President III - Able Seaman
26 November 1942, aged 20
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Simpkin, of Sheffield.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
At 19.17 hours on 26 Nov 1942 the Barberrys, the ship of the convoy commodore in convoy SC-110, was torpedoed and sunk by U-663 northeast of St. John’s. The master, the commodore, 20 crew members, four gunners and five naval staff members were lost. 18 crew members, three gunners and one naval staff member were picked up by USCGC Mohawk (WPG 78) and landed at St. John’s.
Eric Simpson (10547111)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Private
5 July 1941, aged 19
Son of Arthur and Edith Simpson, of Walkley, Sheffield.
Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial
Probably a casualty on SS Anselm. In the morning of 5 July 1941, U-96 was pursuing a convoy contact report from a Condor aircraft through fog about 300 miles north of the Azores when the she came upon a curious formation of six vessels: the British survey vessel HMS Challenger (J 98), leading the troopship Anselm, the armed merchant cruiser HMS Cathay (F 05) and three corvettes, HMS Petunia (K 79), HMS Lavender (K 60) and HMS Starwort (K 20) which were deployed to port, starboard and astern of the troopship. At 08.29 hours, U-96 fired a salvo of four torpedoes and thought that she had scored hits on the AMC and a yacht (the survey ship). However, two torpedoes hit the Anselm, sinking her within 22 minutes, but that was time enough for the crew to launch all but one of the lifeboats. Nonetheless, four crew members and 250 of the service personnel on board were lost.
Thomas Leslie Styring (895124)
Royal Artillery - 7/4 Maritime Regt. - Lance Bombardier
14 August 1942, aged 20
Son of Henry and Elsie Styring, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
KIA at sea. DEMS Gunner on the ship ARABISTAN (Captain E.R. Barrett). On passage from Cape Town to Trinidad and south of St Helena on 14 August, 1942, when shelled at point-blank range by the Hilfskreuzer (raider) Michel (Kapitän zur See Hellmuth von Ruckteschell) and sank within minutes. Fifty-nine died. Mr Edwin Goodridge, her Chief Engineer and sole survivor, spent the night hanging on to an upturned, wrecked, lifeboat and was picked up by the Michel the following morning.
E Tootle
Not yey identified
Eric Vardy (4616926)
Royal Armoured Corps - Staffordshire Yeomanry - Trooper
30 April 1945, aged 26
Son of Charles James Vardy and Esther Vardy; Husband of Mark Vardy, of Sheffield.
Hamburg Cemetery
Killed in action near Lauenburg, Germany
Donald Stuart Whitehouse (2201639)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 57 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
8 March 1945
Son of George Edward and Florence Whitehouse, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Lancaster mk I serial PN852 coded DX-V airborne East Kirkby at 18:25 on a mission to Harburg oil installations, lost without trace.
E Williams
Not yet identified
William Kenneth Winterbottom (755883)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 38 Sqdn. - Sergeant
14 February 1941, aged 25
Son of John William and Minnie Winterbottom, of Sheffield; Husband of Lilian Winterbottom, of Ecclesall, Sheffield.
Rhodes War Cemetery
Taking off at 2355 from Shallufa, their Wellington IC (Reg. T2742 H) was shot down by anti-aircraft fire during an attack on Midi Bay airfield. Operation to Scarpanto. Other casualties: Frederick John Leslie - '82201' Anthony Bromley Loveridge - '85231' Thomas Marshall Moore - '970973' Alastair Ian Grant Mclean - '754363' Ronald Leslie Pattle - '82959'
John Yates (1216687)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 38 Sqdn. - Sergeant
1 March 1944, aged 21
Son of Charley and Beatrice Yates, of Sheffield.
Alamein Memorial
Wellington mk XIII serial number HZ866 missing from mine laying operation at Milos. Other crew - William Henry Cooksey - '1575368' Andrew Murray Irwin - '1315605' Cyril Owen Wing - '1542629'
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