Sheffield Scout Roll of Honour
The Roll of Honour is in the Rover Room at Sheffield Scout Headquarters
Awaiting photo
Captain Ralph Allison
REME 167th (King Edward's School) Killed in Action - Burma 6th February 1944 Sub Lieutenant Peter Armstrong Royal Navy 191st (Beauchief) Died as a result of an accident aboard ship December 1944 Flying Officer Robert Carter Booth RAF 20th (Ecclesall Church) Killed in Air Operations over Holland 21st September 1944 Vernon Chittenden RAF 147th (St Mary's Walkley) Contracted Pneumonia and Died 23rd January 1945 Warrant Officer Reginald Crofts RAF 74th (Oak Street) Killed in Action over Germany 9th October 1943 Flying Officer Henry Oxley Dransfield RAF 218th (Millhouses Methodists) Killed on Active Service December 1943 Sub Lieutenant Observer Donald Evans Fleet Air Arm 143rd (St Aidan's) Killed in Action off East Africa May 1943 Douglas Gale Royal Army Service Corps 59th (St Augustine's) Died in the Middle East 25th September 1941 Sergeant Air Gunner Arthur W Jones RAF 74th (Oak Street) Killed in Action over Bremen September 1942 Joseph Ligden - Royal Navy 6th (St Luke's) Killed by Enemy Action - Liverpool 1941 Arthur Leslie Mayers Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Died in Malta 5th October 1944 Sergeant Observer Percy Dryden Nixon RAF 167th (King Edward VII School) Killed in Action 20th July 1940 Pilot Officer Jack (Jason) Hartley Rodgers RAF 16th Westbourne Killed in Air Operations over Germany September 1941 Marine James Shaw - Royal Marines 1st (Croft House) Died from Wounds Sustained in Action in Normandy June 1944 Fusilier William Neal Statham 191st (Beauchief) Killed in Accident in India 19th September 1945 Trooper George Sherwin 199th (Meersbrook Congregational) Killed on Duty January 1941 Private Alan Edwin Trower - East Yorkshire Regiment 183rd (Hillsborough Congregational) Died of Wounds received in Action in the Middle East March 1942 Leading Aircraftsman Tom Wilson RAF 20th (Ecclesall Church) Killed serving with the British Liberation Forces - Ghent, Belgium January 1945 |
Sub Lieutenant George Henry Ambler
Fleet Air Arm 228th (Langsett Road Methodist) Killed in Flying Accident 29th July 1945 Flight Sergeant Douglas A Arthur RAF 79th (St Timothy's) Killed in Air Operations January 1944 Sgt Observer Henry Alexander Bowmer RAF 167th (King Edward's School) Killed in Flying Accident, Scampton, Lincs 2nd August 1940 Signaller David Colquhoun Airborne Division 150th (Wadsley Church) Killed in Action in France Sgt Air Gunner Vincent Crookes RAF 46th (St Paul's Norton Lees) Killed in Action over Germany October 1943 Captain Arnold Edeson 16th Westbourne Died on Active service 17th November 1939 Sergeant John Michael Fulford RAF 167th (King Edward's School) Killed in Action over France May 1941 Sgt Wireless Operator Air Gunner George Hewitt RAF 20th (Ecclesall Church) Killed in Action over NW Europe Jack Lacey 79th (St Timothy's) Killed whilst working on Air Ministry Work of a Dangerous Character 19th May 1944 Sergeant Wireless Operator Air Gunner J Noel Lister - RAF 183rd (Hillsborough Congregational) Killed in Action in Raid on Hamburg 29th/30th June 1941 Sergeant Observer Craig Middlemass - RAF 59th (St Augustine's) Killed in Air Operations May 1940 Sergeant Pilot Alec Webster Oates RAF 36th (St John's Ranmoor) Killed in Flying Accident Overseas June 1941 Sergeant Wireless Operator Air Gunner Tom Rutter - RAF 140th (St Cuthbert's) Killed in Air Operation in the Far East April 1944 Howard F Siddall 79th (St Timothy's) Returned to Civilian Life after suffering from wounds received on Active Service in Italy and within a short time died of double pneumonia 9th February 1946 Sapper Leslie Stubbins Royal Engineers 46th (St Paul's Norton Lees) Killed Moving Delayed Action Bomb - London September 1940 Flight Sergeant Paul Derrick Sykes RAF 16th (St John's Ranmoor) Killed in Action over Germany 23rd/24th April 1944 Lance Sergeant John Philip Wilde Anti-Aircraft Regiment - RAF 29th (Montgomery) Killed in Action in the Middle East May 1941 Squadron Leader J Philip Winfield RAF Rover Scout Leader 29th (Montgomery) Killed by Enemy Action in England after being wounded over Malta October 1942 |
Gunner Edgar Norman Armstead
RA 20th (Ecclesall Church) Killed in Action - Middle East 1941 Sergeant Navigator Henry Biggin RAF 180th (Holy Trinity Millhouses) Killed in Action over Holland June 1943 Sgt Wireless Operator Eric K Cartledge RAF 191st (Beauchief) Killed over Berlin 7th/8th September 1941 Pilot Officer Brian Critchison RAF 143rd (St Aidan's) Killed in Minelaying Operations off the Frisian Islands 7th July 1942 Leading Aircraftsman Alan Dawson RAF 16th (Westbourne) Died of Illness - Cochin, India 6th September 1944 Corporal J Ronald Elwis RAF 162nd (Burngreave Road Methodist) Died from Peritonitis in Siam 27th November 1945 Petty Officer Ronald Griffin Royal Navy 6th (St Luke's) Killed by Enemy Action - Plymouth 1941 Sergeant Pilot Geoffrey Hood RAF 20th Ecclesall Church Kissed in Action over Kasser, Germany 23rd October 1943 George Lee 113th (Burngreave Congregational) Killed in Action in NW Europe 17th June 1944 Cadet Robert Anthony Marshall Merchant Navy 167th (King Edward VII School) Killed in Accident at Sea 30th June 1943 C Ramon Murphy Royal Navy 85th (St John's Abbeydale) Killed by Enemy Action over North Africa David Alan Pettigrew RAF 146th (Old Norton) Killed in Flying Accident in Canada February 1943 Aircraftsman Maurice Scott - RAF 16th (Westbourne) Died from Septicaemia December 1940 Sergeant Pilot Stephen Rivington Skerritt RAF 36th (St John's Ranmoor) Killed in a Flying Accident May-41 Pilot Officer Stanley Walker Shepherd RAF 20th (Ecclesall Church) Killed in Flying Accident 1943 Lance Corporal Norman Taylor Reconnaissance Corps 145th (St Silas) Died of Wounds sustained in Action 1st December 1944 Private Leslie James Williams General Service Corps 16th (Westbourne) Died of Meningitis 7th March 1946 Sgt Pilot Officer Maurice Woods RAF Founder and Member of 193rd Woodseats Methodists Killed in Action over Germany |
Additional details
Ralph Allison - 160680
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Captain
6 February 1944, aged 26
Son of Archibald and Charlotte Helen Allison, of Sheffield. B.Eng. (Sheffield).
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Killed in Action - Burma
George Henry Ambler
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Merlin. - Sub-Lieutenant (A)
29 July 1945
Son of George Henry and Olive Maxwell Ambler, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Wisewood) Cemetery
Killed in Flying Accident
Edgar Norman Armstead - 1433457
Royal Artillery - 37 Bty., 13 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Gunner
29 April 1941, aged 21
Son of John and Gertrude Ellen Armstead, of Ecclesall, Sheffield.
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery
Killed in Action - Middle East
Peter Alan Armstrong
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.M.T.B. 48. - Sub-Lieutenant
25 December 1941, aged 23
Son of Charles Alan and Gladys Noelle Armstrong, of Fernhurst.
Fernhurst Burial Ground
Died as a result of an accident aboard ship
Douglas Alexander Arthur - 1425524
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 10 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
20 January 1944, aged 21
Son of John A. Arthur, and of Edith Arthur, of Liversedge, Yorkshire.
Runnymede Memorial
Halifax mk II serial JD470 coded ZA-S airborne from Melbourne at 16:16, lost on a mission to Berlin
Henry Biggin - 14743302
Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) - 5th Bn. - Private
4 April 1945, aged 21
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
KIA in action in Germany, originally buried at Neuenkirchen, 20 km northwest of Osnabrück.
Robert Carter Booth - 144583
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 570 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
23 September 1944, aged 22
Son of Wilfred and Mary L. Booth, of Sheffield.
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
Stirling mk IV serial number EF298 coded V8-T, on re-supply mission to Arnhem one of at least four squadron aircraft were shot down in the Drop Zone that afternoon. EF298 was hit by flak during the dropping sequence and the aircraft turned away from the DZ but crashed very shortly afterward in the woods near Panoramahoeve near Wolfheze / Renkum with loss of all 6 crew & 2 RASC despatchers.
Harry Alexander Bowmer - 580692
Royal Air Force - 83 Sqdn. - Sergeant
2 August 1940, aged 21
Son of Matthew Noel Bowmer and of Winifred Ethel Bowmer (Nee Lunn), of Liverpool.
Scampton (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
Died in a fall whilst climbing a drain pipe outside a hotel in Lincoln
Eric Kenneth Cartledge - 942764
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 58 Sqdn. - Sergeant
7 September 1941
Kiel War Cemetery
Whitley mk V serial number Z6836 coded GE-J airborne from Linton-on-Ouse at 20:14 on a mission to Berlin.
Vernon Stanley Chittenden - 14844120
Intelligence Corps - Private
23 January 1945, aged 19
Son of Stanley and Ellen Prewey Chittenden, of Crookes, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Contracted pneumonia and died
David Colquhoun - 3248522
Royal Corps of Signals - 6th Airborne Div. Sigs. - Signalman
6 June 1944, aged 25
Son of Thomas and Isabella Gardiner Colquhoun, of Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire.
Ranville Churchyard
Died on D-Day
Stanley Bryan Critchison - 100549
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 142 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
10 July 1942, aged 21
Son of Stanley Lascelles Critchison and Mary Elizabeth Critchison, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Wellington mk IV serial Z1324 coded QT-A airborne from Grimsby at 23:37. Aircraft lost on a Gardeneing Sortie (minelaying) off the Frisian Islands, crashing NE of Terschelling.
Reginald Crofts - 1231276
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - (51 Sqdn.) - Sergeant
9 October 1943, aged 23
Son of James and Mary Jane Crofts; husband of Mildred Millicent Crofts, of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Halifax II serial JN885 coded MH-A, took-off 22:42 from Snaith on an operation to Hannover. Crashed 01:10 between the communities of Kieselhorst and Beckeln, 12 km W and 9 km WNW respectively of Bassum.
Vincent Crookes - 1677821
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 619 Sqdn. - Sergeant
18 October 1943, aged 19
Son of William H. and Mable Maud Crookes, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Lancaster mk III serial number EE109 coded PG-F airborne from Woodall Spa at 17:50, on a mission to Hannover. The aircraft crashed in the middle of Hannover.
Allan Dawson - 1765065
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Leading Aircraftman
6 September 1944, aged 21
Son of Frank and Lilian Dawson, of Sheffield.
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai
Died of Illness - Cochin, India
Harry Oxley Dransfield - 132785
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Flying Officer
2 December 1943, aged 21
Son of Fred and Hilda Mary Dransfield, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Died at Scotland; Buried on December 10, 1943 (removed from Argyll parish)
Arnold Edeson - 102450
Intelligence Corps - Captain
17 November 1939, aged 53
Son of Dawson and Emma Edeson, of Sheffield; Husband of Isabel Edeson, of Sheffield. B.Sc. Econ. (Lond.). B. Comm. (Lond.). Also Served In The 1914-18 War.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died on Active service. Died at 38 Roslin Road
James Ronald Elwis - 987209
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Corporal
27 November 1945, aged 25
Son of James Rupert Leslie and Lily Elwis, of Sheffield; Husband of Dorothy Elwis (Nee Kershaw), of Sheffield.
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Died from Peritonitis in Siam
Donald Wilkinson Evans
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Kilele. - Sub-Lieutenant (A)
5 May 1943, aged 20
Son of Albert and Florence Evans, of Sheffield.
Tanga European Cemetery
Killed in Action off East Africa
John Michael Fulford - 969220
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 150 Sqdn. - Sergeant
8 May 1941, aged 22
Son of Horace Frederick and Edith Mary Fulford, of Dinnington, Yorkshire. His Brother David Fulford Also Fell.
Nantes (Pont-Du-Cens) Communal Cemetery
Wellington mk Ic serial R1374 coded JN-G airborne from Newton at 22:30 on an operation to St Nazaire, France.
Douglas Gale - T/64438
Royal Army Service Corps - (16 Ind Bde Gr Coy) - Driver
25 September 1941, aged 24
Son of Herbert A. Gale and Elizabeth Gale, of Sheffield.
Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery
Died in Damascus, Syria
Ronald Griffin - D/MX 78171
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Drake - Motor Mechanic
21 April 1941
Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery
Killed in an air raid on Plymouth
George Walter Hewitt - 955034
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 7 Sqdn. - Sergeant
4 December 1943, aged 23
Son of Willie and May Hewitt, of Nether Green, Sheffield.
Gramsbergen General Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial JA685 coded MG-Z airborne from Oakington at 00:14 on a mission to Liepzig. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at 04:05 on the east bank of the River Vecht, a few kilometres from the Dutch/German border.
Geoffrey Hood - 1431222
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 12 Sqdn. - Sergeant
22 October 1943, aged 22
Son of Sam and Beatrice E. Hood, of Sheffield.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial JB287 coded PH-F, airborne from Wickenby at 18:00 on a mission to Kassel, crashed near Bielefeld at 24:00. Geoffrey Hood was shown as 2nd pilot to a new crew who had arrived from 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit just two days previously. The crash site is shown as Schildesche 54.04N/08.33E approximately 65 miles NW of the target Kassel. The crash site is 15 miles west of track on the first outward leg to the target, and the aircraft may have strayed off course over the defences of Bielefeld.
Arthur Whiteley Jones - 1218575
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 78 Sqdn. - Sergeant
24 September 1942, aged 20
Son of Whiteley and Kate Emily Jones, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Halifax mk II serial R9447 coded EY- airborne from Linton-on-Ouse at 00:25, lost on a mission to Flensburg.
Jack Lacey
19 May 1944
Killed whilst working on Air Ministry Work of a Dangerous Character
George William Lee - 14677099
Durham Light Infantry - 6th Bn. - Private
17 June 1944, aged 18
Son of Annie Lee, of Sheffield; Grandson of Alice Lee, of Sheffield.
Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery
Killed in Action in NW Europe
Joseph Nowill Lister - 628033
Royal Air Force - 40 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
30 June 1941, aged 21
Son of Joseph Nowill Lister and Alice Lister, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Wellington mk II serial W5456 coded BL-P airborne from Alconbury at 22:45 lost on a mission to attack Hamburg
Robert Anthony Marshall
Merchant Navy - Cadet
30 June 1945
Died as the result of an accident at sea, when he suffered fatal injuries from a fall from the Third Tweet Deck of his ship TSS City of Exeter to the floor of the Bottom Hold. He remained unconscious until he died on the third day after the accident, three hours out of Karachi, where he is buried. He was 19 years of age
Arthur Leslie Mayers - 185925
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 40 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
5 October 1944
Malta Memorial
On the night of the 4th/5th October 1944, RAF Wellington bomber MF 845-‘A’ was shot down by a German ship on the banks of the Danube three miles south of Bratislava. The bomber plane, which had been based in Italy but given the task of laying mines in the river Danube to impede German shipping, fell partially into the river and partially onto the banks of the Danube. All six members of the Wellington bomber were killed.
Neville Craig Middlemass - 580461
Royal Air Force - 15 Sqdn. - Sergeant
12 May 1940, aged 26
Son of John and Doris Middlemass, of Sheffield.
Maastricht General Cemetery
Blenheim mk IV serial L8847 airborne at 07:50 from Alconbury to destroy the strategic bridges on the Albert Kanaal. Damaged by flak at 09:16 and crashed at 09:50 at Borgharen (Limburg) between the River Maas and the Juliana Kanaal, 3 km N of Maastricht. It was one of seven aircraft lost from the squadron on this day.
Percy Dryden Nixon - 580671
Royal Air Force - 44 Sqdn. - Sergeant
20 July 1940, aged --Skagen Cemetery
Hampden I serial L4087 coded KM-C took-off from Waddington for a minelaying operation off Frederikshaven, hit by flak and crashed into the sea at Tannis Bay off Kandestedern, the rear gunner P/O B. Green together with the pilot Sgt. E.L.Farrands swam to shore, both becoming prisoners of war. On the 21st July the body of W/Op/Air/Gnr. Sgt Reginald T.Miller was found on the beach with the body of Observer Sgt Percy D. Nixon being discovered on the 24th July, both were laid to rest in Skagen cemetery.
Alec Webster Oates - 1059616
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Sergeant
13 June 1941, aged 20
Son of Edgar L. and Nellie Oates, of Sheffield.
Harare (Pioneer) Cemetery
Died in a flying accident during his final operational training in South Africa, within a week of receiving his wings.
David Alan Pettigrew - 1621351
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Leading Aircraftman
2 February 1943, aged 21
Son of Robert Watson Pettigrew and Julia Pettigrew, of Sheffield, England.
Swift Current (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery
KOAS. Killed in Flying Accident in Canada
Jack Hartley Rodgers - 67593
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 18 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
16 September 1941, aged 25
Son of John W. and Ada E. Rodgers, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Blenheim mk IV serial V6339 coded WV-C airborne at 12:30 from Horsham St faiths with two other aircraft to patrol Squealer Beat B (a Squealer beat was against German trawlers which were equipped with intelligence-gathering equipment, listening to radio frequencies, etc....these "spying trawlers" were called "squealers"). No enemy ships were seen during this beat by any of the patrol but one of the other aircraft saw V6339 hit the sea and disappear. A note was made of the position and radioed it to base. Air Sea Rescue Service sent out aircraft and launches but nothing was seen. Another 18 Squadron aircraft took off at 5.15pm to also search the area but found no trace of the aircraft or crew. All three crew of V6339 were killed, the body of one of the airmen was later recovered, the other two crew members bodies were not located.
Maurice Allen Scott - 1112023
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Aircraftman 2nd Class
23 December 1940, aged 19
Son of John Edgar and Emily Scott, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died of Septicaemia at Kirkham Hospital, Blackpool; Buried on December 27, 1940.
James Shaw - CH/X 113111
Royal Marines - H.M.L.C.A. 556. - Marine
7 June 1944, aged 23
Son of George Frederick and Edith Mabel Shaw, of Hollis Croft, Yorkshire.
Bayeux War Cemetery
Died from Wounds sustained in action on D-day. 556 Landing Craft Assault Flotilla, on with 557 LCA used there combined force of 24 landing craft, which had been ferried across the channel by SS Monowai to assault Juno beach at Bernieres-sur-Mer. The loss of landing craft was heavy with 16 of the force of 24 being quickly becoming unusable.
Stanley Walker Shepherd - 130259
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 12 O.T.U. - Pilot Officer
3 March 1943, aged 22
Son of Beatrice Alice Shepherd; Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Walker Shepherd, of Eastbourne, Sussex.
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Vickers Wellington BK400 from 12 Operational Training Unit took off from RAF Chipping Warden at 1040 for a cross-country training flight. At 12:55 the pilot lost control in cloud and crashed just under 2 miles south-west of Little Tew, 3 miles east-south-east of Chipping Norton with the loss of 6 aircrew
George Sherwin - 7901706
Royal Armoured Corps - 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) - Trooper
7 January 1941, aged 21
Husband of Joyce O. Sherwin, of Woodseats, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Died at Warren Road Hospital, Guildford; Buried on January 13, 1941
Howard Frederick Siddall - 1433960
Royal Artillery - 37 A.A. Bty. - Battery Quartermaster Serjeant
9 February 1946, aged 29
Son of Frederick and Mabel Siddall, of Crookes, Sheffield; Husband of Doreen Siddall.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died at 295 Springvale Road; Buried on February 12, 1946. Returned to Civilian Life after suffering from wounds received on Active Service in Italy and within a short time died of double pneumonia
Stephen Rivington Skerritt - 1106001
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 53 O.T.U. - Sergeant
12 May 1941, aged 20
Son of Stephen H. Skerritt and Sallie Skerritt, of Sheffield.
Bradfield (St. Nicholas) Churchyard
53 OTU ORB, May 12th 1941, “Pupil Sergeants A.E. Couper and S.R. Skerritt killed in flying accident.” Master N7451 at Hurstborne Manor, Whitchurch, Hants is the 53 OTU. Skerritt is registered at Kingsclere, Hampshire. KOAS.
William Neal Statham - 14844325
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 1st Bn. - Fusilier
19 September 1945, aged 21
Son of Walter and Edith Statham, of Sheffield.
Delhi War Cemetery
Killed in Accident in India
James Leslie Stubbings - 2072971
Royal Engineers - 5 Bomb Disposal Sec. - Sapper
23 September 1940, aged 19
Son of J. C. Stubbings, and of Marion Stubbings, of Sheffield.
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Killed Moving Delayed Action Bomb - London. Also killed James Horne 2020872, Thomas Stock 1991094, Cecil Ronald Taylor 1991097, Samuel Vare Wadsworth 2005809. Death regd in Hackney
Paul Derrick Sykes - 1216818
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 77 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
24 April 1944
Svino Churchyard
Halifax II LW270 coded KN-P was airborne from Elvington at 21:05 on a Gardening (mine laying) operating over the Baltic Sea off the port of Rostock. When close to the island of Lolland LW270 was attacked by a Bf 110 night fighter belived to be of 8./NJG 3 and piloted by Oberleutnant Fritz Brinkmann. The first attack was not succesfull but during the second attack the left wing of the Halifax started burning. At the same time bullets passed thrugh the fuselage and it was believed by the survivors that Mid upper gunner Sgt William H. Loverock was wounded by those. The evasive action had turned the aircraft out to sea and Pilot F/S Paul D.Sykes turned the aircraft towards land again and ordered the crew to bail out when over land. The aircraft crashed near Hjelm on the island of Lolland 23/4 1944. Pilot F/S Paul D. Sykes landed in the waters of Guldborgsund and freed himself of his parachute. Apparently he then froze to death before he could reach land. His dead body was found kept afloat by his Mae West in Guldborgsund at Hervigen at 19:00 hours on 24/4 and taken to the morgue at the hospital in Nykøbing Falster. He was laid to rest in Svinø cemetery on 30/4 1944. His parachute was found in Guldborgsund near the bridge between Nykøbing Falster and Lolland on 25/4.
Norman Taylor - 10601055
Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 43rd (2/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt.) Regt. - Lance Corporal
1 December 1944, aged 27
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Taylor, of Sheffield; Husband of Olive Margaret Taylor, of Sheffield.
Venray War Cemetery
Died of wounds sustained in Action in the Roer Triangle area
Alan Edwin Trower - 4346546
East Yorkshire Regiment - 4th Bn. - Private
21 March 1942, aged 25
Alamein Memorial
Died of Wounds received in Action in the Middle East
John Philip Wilde - 1433215
Royal Artillery - 37 Bty., 13 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Lance Serjeant
29 April 1941, aged 27
Son of William Henry Edward and Ethel May Wilde, of Sheffield; Husband of Joan Mary Wilde, of Sheffield.
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery
KIA in North Africa as Rommel's Afrika Corps pushed the Allied forces back to the Egyptian frontier
Leslie James Williams - 14127119
General Service Corps - Private
7 March 1946, aged 19
Son of James G. Williams and Elsie Williams, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died of Meningitis at Military Sect Victoria Hospital, Worksop; Buried on March 12, 1946
Tom Wilson - 1672471
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 5406 'G' MSU - Leading Aircraftman
1 January 1945, aged 22
Son of Thomas Edward and Gertrude Wilson, of Sheffield.
Gent City Cemetery
Probably died during Luftwaffe attacks on Allied airfields in Operation 'Bodenplatte'. Killed serving with the British Liberation Forces - Ghent, Belgium
John Philip Winfield - 114161
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 151 Sqdn. - Squadron Leader
25 October 1942, aged 27
Son of Edmund and Mabel Winfield, of Sheffield. H.M. Inspector of Weights and Measures.
Sheffield Crematorium
Killed by Enemy Action in England after being wounded over Malta. Death registered in Newton Abbott, Devon
Maurice Ernest Langton Wood - 754548
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 99 Sqdn. - Sergeant
18 September 1940, aged 23
Son of Ernest Richard and Dorothy Mabel Wood, of Sheffield.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Wellington mk IC serial P9242 coded LN-B airborne from Newmarket to bomb rail targets in Germany. Thought to have been brought down by flak and crashed at 22:55 at Stahlwerkplatz, Osnabruck, Germany killing all the six man crew.
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Captain
6 February 1944, aged 26
Son of Archibald and Charlotte Helen Allison, of Sheffield. B.Eng. (Sheffield).
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Killed in Action - Burma
George Henry Ambler
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Merlin. - Sub-Lieutenant (A)
29 July 1945
Son of George Henry and Olive Maxwell Ambler, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Wisewood) Cemetery
Killed in Flying Accident
Edgar Norman Armstead - 1433457
Royal Artillery - 37 Bty., 13 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Gunner
29 April 1941, aged 21
Son of John and Gertrude Ellen Armstead, of Ecclesall, Sheffield.
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery
Killed in Action - Middle East
Peter Alan Armstrong
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.M.T.B. 48. - Sub-Lieutenant
25 December 1941, aged 23
Son of Charles Alan and Gladys Noelle Armstrong, of Fernhurst.
Fernhurst Burial Ground
Died as a result of an accident aboard ship
Douglas Alexander Arthur - 1425524
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 10 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
20 January 1944, aged 21
Son of John A. Arthur, and of Edith Arthur, of Liversedge, Yorkshire.
Runnymede Memorial
Halifax mk II serial JD470 coded ZA-S airborne from Melbourne at 16:16, lost on a mission to Berlin
Henry Biggin - 14743302
Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) - 5th Bn. - Private
4 April 1945, aged 21
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
KIA in action in Germany, originally buried at Neuenkirchen, 20 km northwest of Osnabrück.
Robert Carter Booth - 144583
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 570 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
23 September 1944, aged 22
Son of Wilfred and Mary L. Booth, of Sheffield.
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
Stirling mk IV serial number EF298 coded V8-T, on re-supply mission to Arnhem one of at least four squadron aircraft were shot down in the Drop Zone that afternoon. EF298 was hit by flak during the dropping sequence and the aircraft turned away from the DZ but crashed very shortly afterward in the woods near Panoramahoeve near Wolfheze / Renkum with loss of all 6 crew & 2 RASC despatchers.
Harry Alexander Bowmer - 580692
Royal Air Force - 83 Sqdn. - Sergeant
2 August 1940, aged 21
Son of Matthew Noel Bowmer and of Winifred Ethel Bowmer (Nee Lunn), of Liverpool.
Scampton (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard
Died in a fall whilst climbing a drain pipe outside a hotel in Lincoln
Eric Kenneth Cartledge - 942764
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 58 Sqdn. - Sergeant
7 September 1941
Kiel War Cemetery
Whitley mk V serial number Z6836 coded GE-J airborne from Linton-on-Ouse at 20:14 on a mission to Berlin.
Vernon Stanley Chittenden - 14844120
Intelligence Corps - Private
23 January 1945, aged 19
Son of Stanley and Ellen Prewey Chittenden, of Crookes, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Contracted pneumonia and died
David Colquhoun - 3248522
Royal Corps of Signals - 6th Airborne Div. Sigs. - Signalman
6 June 1944, aged 25
Son of Thomas and Isabella Gardiner Colquhoun, of Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire.
Ranville Churchyard
Died on D-Day
Stanley Bryan Critchison - 100549
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 142 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
10 July 1942, aged 21
Son of Stanley Lascelles Critchison and Mary Elizabeth Critchison, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Wellington mk IV serial Z1324 coded QT-A airborne from Grimsby at 23:37. Aircraft lost on a Gardeneing Sortie (minelaying) off the Frisian Islands, crashing NE of Terschelling.
Reginald Crofts - 1231276
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - (51 Sqdn.) - Sergeant
9 October 1943, aged 23
Son of James and Mary Jane Crofts; husband of Mildred Millicent Crofts, of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Halifax II serial JN885 coded MH-A, took-off 22:42 from Snaith on an operation to Hannover. Crashed 01:10 between the communities of Kieselhorst and Beckeln, 12 km W and 9 km WNW respectively of Bassum.
Vincent Crookes - 1677821
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 619 Sqdn. - Sergeant
18 October 1943, aged 19
Son of William H. and Mable Maud Crookes, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Lancaster mk III serial number EE109 coded PG-F airborne from Woodall Spa at 17:50, on a mission to Hannover. The aircraft crashed in the middle of Hannover.
Allan Dawson - 1765065
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Leading Aircraftman
6 September 1944, aged 21
Son of Frank and Lilian Dawson, of Sheffield.
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai
Died of Illness - Cochin, India
Harry Oxley Dransfield - 132785
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Flying Officer
2 December 1943, aged 21
Son of Fred and Hilda Mary Dransfield, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Died at Scotland; Buried on December 10, 1943 (removed from Argyll parish)
Arnold Edeson - 102450
Intelligence Corps - Captain
17 November 1939, aged 53
Son of Dawson and Emma Edeson, of Sheffield; Husband of Isabel Edeson, of Sheffield. B.Sc. Econ. (Lond.). B. Comm. (Lond.). Also Served In The 1914-18 War.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died on Active service. Died at 38 Roslin Road
James Ronald Elwis - 987209
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Corporal
27 November 1945, aged 25
Son of James Rupert Leslie and Lily Elwis, of Sheffield; Husband of Dorothy Elwis (Nee Kershaw), of Sheffield.
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Died from Peritonitis in Siam
Donald Wilkinson Evans
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Kilele. - Sub-Lieutenant (A)
5 May 1943, aged 20
Son of Albert and Florence Evans, of Sheffield.
Tanga European Cemetery
Killed in Action off East Africa
John Michael Fulford - 969220
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 150 Sqdn. - Sergeant
8 May 1941, aged 22
Son of Horace Frederick and Edith Mary Fulford, of Dinnington, Yorkshire. His Brother David Fulford Also Fell.
Nantes (Pont-Du-Cens) Communal Cemetery
Wellington mk Ic serial R1374 coded JN-G airborne from Newton at 22:30 on an operation to St Nazaire, France.
Douglas Gale - T/64438
Royal Army Service Corps - (16 Ind Bde Gr Coy) - Driver
25 September 1941, aged 24
Son of Herbert A. Gale and Elizabeth Gale, of Sheffield.
Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery
Died in Damascus, Syria
Ronald Griffin - D/MX 78171
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Drake - Motor Mechanic
21 April 1941
Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery
Killed in an air raid on Plymouth
George Walter Hewitt - 955034
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 7 Sqdn. - Sergeant
4 December 1943, aged 23
Son of Willie and May Hewitt, of Nether Green, Sheffield.
Gramsbergen General Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial JA685 coded MG-Z airborne from Oakington at 00:14 on a mission to Liepzig. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at 04:05 on the east bank of the River Vecht, a few kilometres from the Dutch/German border.
Geoffrey Hood - 1431222
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 12 Sqdn. - Sergeant
22 October 1943, aged 22
Son of Sam and Beatrice E. Hood, of Sheffield.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial JB287 coded PH-F, airborne from Wickenby at 18:00 on a mission to Kassel, crashed near Bielefeld at 24:00. Geoffrey Hood was shown as 2nd pilot to a new crew who had arrived from 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit just two days previously. The crash site is shown as Schildesche 54.04N/08.33E approximately 65 miles NW of the target Kassel. The crash site is 15 miles west of track on the first outward leg to the target, and the aircraft may have strayed off course over the defences of Bielefeld.
Arthur Whiteley Jones - 1218575
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 78 Sqdn. - Sergeant
24 September 1942, aged 20
Son of Whiteley and Kate Emily Jones, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Halifax mk II serial R9447 coded EY- airborne from Linton-on-Ouse at 00:25, lost on a mission to Flensburg.
Jack Lacey
19 May 1944
Killed whilst working on Air Ministry Work of a Dangerous Character
George William Lee - 14677099
Durham Light Infantry - 6th Bn. - Private
17 June 1944, aged 18
Son of Annie Lee, of Sheffield; Grandson of Alice Lee, of Sheffield.
Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery
Killed in Action in NW Europe
Joseph Nowill Lister - 628033
Royal Air Force - 40 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
30 June 1941, aged 21
Son of Joseph Nowill Lister and Alice Lister, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Wellington mk II serial W5456 coded BL-P airborne from Alconbury at 22:45 lost on a mission to attack Hamburg
Robert Anthony Marshall
Merchant Navy - Cadet
30 June 1945
Died as the result of an accident at sea, when he suffered fatal injuries from a fall from the Third Tweet Deck of his ship TSS City of Exeter to the floor of the Bottom Hold. He remained unconscious until he died on the third day after the accident, three hours out of Karachi, where he is buried. He was 19 years of age
Arthur Leslie Mayers - 185925
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 40 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
5 October 1944
Malta Memorial
On the night of the 4th/5th October 1944, RAF Wellington bomber MF 845-‘A’ was shot down by a German ship on the banks of the Danube three miles south of Bratislava. The bomber plane, which had been based in Italy but given the task of laying mines in the river Danube to impede German shipping, fell partially into the river and partially onto the banks of the Danube. All six members of the Wellington bomber were killed.
Neville Craig Middlemass - 580461
Royal Air Force - 15 Sqdn. - Sergeant
12 May 1940, aged 26
Son of John and Doris Middlemass, of Sheffield.
Maastricht General Cemetery
Blenheim mk IV serial L8847 airborne at 07:50 from Alconbury to destroy the strategic bridges on the Albert Kanaal. Damaged by flak at 09:16 and crashed at 09:50 at Borgharen (Limburg) between the River Maas and the Juliana Kanaal, 3 km N of Maastricht. It was one of seven aircraft lost from the squadron on this day.
Percy Dryden Nixon - 580671
Royal Air Force - 44 Sqdn. - Sergeant
20 July 1940, aged --Skagen Cemetery
Hampden I serial L4087 coded KM-C took-off from Waddington for a minelaying operation off Frederikshaven, hit by flak and crashed into the sea at Tannis Bay off Kandestedern, the rear gunner P/O B. Green together with the pilot Sgt. E.L.Farrands swam to shore, both becoming prisoners of war. On the 21st July the body of W/Op/Air/Gnr. Sgt Reginald T.Miller was found on the beach with the body of Observer Sgt Percy D. Nixon being discovered on the 24th July, both were laid to rest in Skagen cemetery.
Alec Webster Oates - 1059616
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Sergeant
13 June 1941, aged 20
Son of Edgar L. and Nellie Oates, of Sheffield.
Harare (Pioneer) Cemetery
Died in a flying accident during his final operational training in South Africa, within a week of receiving his wings.
David Alan Pettigrew - 1621351
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Leading Aircraftman
2 February 1943, aged 21
Son of Robert Watson Pettigrew and Julia Pettigrew, of Sheffield, England.
Swift Current (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery
KOAS. Killed in Flying Accident in Canada
Jack Hartley Rodgers - 67593
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 18 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
16 September 1941, aged 25
Son of John W. and Ada E. Rodgers, of Sheffield.
Runnymede Memorial
Blenheim mk IV serial V6339 coded WV-C airborne at 12:30 from Horsham St faiths with two other aircraft to patrol Squealer Beat B (a Squealer beat was against German trawlers which were equipped with intelligence-gathering equipment, listening to radio frequencies, etc....these "spying trawlers" were called "squealers"). No enemy ships were seen during this beat by any of the patrol but one of the other aircraft saw V6339 hit the sea and disappear. A note was made of the position and radioed it to base. Air Sea Rescue Service sent out aircraft and launches but nothing was seen. Another 18 Squadron aircraft took off at 5.15pm to also search the area but found no trace of the aircraft or crew. All three crew of V6339 were killed, the body of one of the airmen was later recovered, the other two crew members bodies were not located.
Maurice Allen Scott - 1112023
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Aircraftman 2nd Class
23 December 1940, aged 19
Son of John Edgar and Emily Scott, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died of Septicaemia at Kirkham Hospital, Blackpool; Buried on December 27, 1940.
James Shaw - CH/X 113111
Royal Marines - H.M.L.C.A. 556. - Marine
7 June 1944, aged 23
Son of George Frederick and Edith Mabel Shaw, of Hollis Croft, Yorkshire.
Bayeux War Cemetery
Died from Wounds sustained in action on D-day. 556 Landing Craft Assault Flotilla, on with 557 LCA used there combined force of 24 landing craft, which had been ferried across the channel by SS Monowai to assault Juno beach at Bernieres-sur-Mer. The loss of landing craft was heavy with 16 of the force of 24 being quickly becoming unusable.
Stanley Walker Shepherd - 130259
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 12 O.T.U. - Pilot Officer
3 March 1943, aged 22
Son of Beatrice Alice Shepherd; Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Walker Shepherd, of Eastbourne, Sussex.
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Vickers Wellington BK400 from 12 Operational Training Unit took off from RAF Chipping Warden at 1040 for a cross-country training flight. At 12:55 the pilot lost control in cloud and crashed just under 2 miles south-west of Little Tew, 3 miles east-south-east of Chipping Norton with the loss of 6 aircrew
George Sherwin - 7901706
Royal Armoured Corps - 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) - Trooper
7 January 1941, aged 21
Husband of Joyce O. Sherwin, of Woodseats, Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Died at Warren Road Hospital, Guildford; Buried on January 13, 1941
Howard Frederick Siddall - 1433960
Royal Artillery - 37 A.A. Bty. - Battery Quartermaster Serjeant
9 February 1946, aged 29
Son of Frederick and Mabel Siddall, of Crookes, Sheffield; Husband of Doreen Siddall.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died at 295 Springvale Road; Buried on February 12, 1946. Returned to Civilian Life after suffering from wounds received on Active Service in Italy and within a short time died of double pneumonia
Stephen Rivington Skerritt - 1106001
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 53 O.T.U. - Sergeant
12 May 1941, aged 20
Son of Stephen H. Skerritt and Sallie Skerritt, of Sheffield.
Bradfield (St. Nicholas) Churchyard
53 OTU ORB, May 12th 1941, “Pupil Sergeants A.E. Couper and S.R. Skerritt killed in flying accident.” Master N7451 at Hurstborne Manor, Whitchurch, Hants is the 53 OTU. Skerritt is registered at Kingsclere, Hampshire. KOAS.
William Neal Statham - 14844325
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 1st Bn. - Fusilier
19 September 1945, aged 21
Son of Walter and Edith Statham, of Sheffield.
Delhi War Cemetery
Killed in Accident in India
James Leslie Stubbings - 2072971
Royal Engineers - 5 Bomb Disposal Sec. - Sapper
23 September 1940, aged 19
Son of J. C. Stubbings, and of Marion Stubbings, of Sheffield.
Ecclesall (All Saints) Churchyard
Killed Moving Delayed Action Bomb - London. Also killed James Horne 2020872, Thomas Stock 1991094, Cecil Ronald Taylor 1991097, Samuel Vare Wadsworth 2005809. Death regd in Hackney
Paul Derrick Sykes - 1216818
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 77 Sqdn. - Flight Sergeant
24 April 1944
Svino Churchyard
Halifax II LW270 coded KN-P was airborne from Elvington at 21:05 on a Gardening (mine laying) operating over the Baltic Sea off the port of Rostock. When close to the island of Lolland LW270 was attacked by a Bf 110 night fighter belived to be of 8./NJG 3 and piloted by Oberleutnant Fritz Brinkmann. The first attack was not succesfull but during the second attack the left wing of the Halifax started burning. At the same time bullets passed thrugh the fuselage and it was believed by the survivors that Mid upper gunner Sgt William H. Loverock was wounded by those. The evasive action had turned the aircraft out to sea and Pilot F/S Paul D.Sykes turned the aircraft towards land again and ordered the crew to bail out when over land. The aircraft crashed near Hjelm on the island of Lolland 23/4 1944. Pilot F/S Paul D. Sykes landed in the waters of Guldborgsund and freed himself of his parachute. Apparently he then froze to death before he could reach land. His dead body was found kept afloat by his Mae West in Guldborgsund at Hervigen at 19:00 hours on 24/4 and taken to the morgue at the hospital in Nykøbing Falster. He was laid to rest in Svinø cemetery on 30/4 1944. His parachute was found in Guldborgsund near the bridge between Nykøbing Falster and Lolland on 25/4.
Norman Taylor - 10601055
Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 43rd (2/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt.) Regt. - Lance Corporal
1 December 1944, aged 27
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Taylor, of Sheffield; Husband of Olive Margaret Taylor, of Sheffield.
Venray War Cemetery
Died of wounds sustained in Action in the Roer Triangle area
Alan Edwin Trower - 4346546
East Yorkshire Regiment - 4th Bn. - Private
21 March 1942, aged 25
Alamein Memorial
Died of Wounds received in Action in the Middle East
John Philip Wilde - 1433215
Royal Artillery - 37 Bty., 13 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Lance Serjeant
29 April 1941, aged 27
Son of William Henry Edward and Ethel May Wilde, of Sheffield; Husband of Joan Mary Wilde, of Sheffield.
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery
KIA in North Africa as Rommel's Afrika Corps pushed the Allied forces back to the Egyptian frontier
Leslie James Williams - 14127119
General Service Corps - Private
7 March 1946, aged 19
Son of James G. Williams and Elsie Williams, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died of Meningitis at Military Sect Victoria Hospital, Worksop; Buried on March 12, 1946
Tom Wilson - 1672471
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 5406 'G' MSU - Leading Aircraftman
1 January 1945, aged 22
Son of Thomas Edward and Gertrude Wilson, of Sheffield.
Gent City Cemetery
Probably died during Luftwaffe attacks on Allied airfields in Operation 'Bodenplatte'. Killed serving with the British Liberation Forces - Ghent, Belgium
John Philip Winfield - 114161
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 151 Sqdn. - Squadron Leader
25 October 1942, aged 27
Son of Edmund and Mabel Winfield, of Sheffield. H.M. Inspector of Weights and Measures.
Sheffield Crematorium
Killed by Enemy Action in England after being wounded over Malta. Death registered in Newton Abbott, Devon
Maurice Ernest Langton Wood - 754548
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 99 Sqdn. - Sergeant
18 September 1940, aged 23
Son of Ernest Richard and Dorothy Mabel Wood, of Sheffield.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Wellington mk IC serial P9242 coded LN-B airborne from Newmarket to bomb rail targets in Germany. Thought to have been brought down by flak and crashed at 22:55 at Stahlwerkplatz, Osnabruck, Germany killing all the six man crew.
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