St Andrew's URC
St Andrew's United Reformed Church Second World War Memorial lists 77 names of those that served and returned and 6 names of the dead
ST ANDREWS URC
Upper Hanover St Sheffield Sheffield South Yorkshire England OS Grid Ref.: SK 350 870 |
WOODEN BOARD
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1939 - 1945/ ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ (NAMES)
David Colquhoun
Tom Colquhoun
Sydney Hyde
George MacBeth
Ian Meldrum
Bob Tilsley
Tom Colquhoun
Sydney Hyde
George MacBeth
Ian Meldrum
Bob Tilsley
St Andrew's URC Chapel and School
St Andrew's URC War Memorial lists 12 dead from WW1 and 6 from WW2
ST ANDREWS URC CHURCH
Upper Hanover St Sheffield Sheffield South Yorkshire England OS Grid Ref.: SK 350 870 Denomination: United Reformed |
SQUARE STONE TABLET SET WITHIN A WOOD FRAME. INSCRIPTION IN BLUE LETTERING. CROSS OF ST ANDREW
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN TWO WORLD WARS/ (NAMES)
David Colquhoun
Tom Colquhoun
Sydney Hyde
George MacBeth
Ian Meldrum
Bob Tilsley
Tom Colquhoun
Sydney Hyde
George MacBeth
Ian Meldrum
Bob Tilsley
Additional details
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
Thomas Dickie Colquhoun - 948109
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 17 EFTS - Leading Aircraftman
3 February 1943, aged 23
Son of John Ferguson Colquhoun and Grace Cullen Colquhoun, of Sheffield, England.
Windsor Maplewood Cemetery
Killed on Active Service in Canada in an air crash when Fleet Finch II serial 4415 crashed 10 km NE of Stanley, Nova Scotia.
Sydney Soutter Hyde - 2040815
Royal Artillery - 493 Bty., 147 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Bombardier
1 May 1944, aged 37
Son of Joseph and Betsy Ballardie Hyde, of Sheffield; Husband of Phyllis Hyde, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died at 20 Mansfield Road, Worksop; Buried on May 5, 1944
George Macbeth
Civilian War Dead
20 October 1941, aged 37
2/Lieut., Home Guard; of 7 Southbourne Road. Husband of Amelia Morton Mary Macbeth. Died at 7 Endcliffe Terrace Road.Sheffield, County Borough
Died at 7 Endcliffe Terrace Road on 20 Oct 1941; Buried on October 24, 1941
Ian Cedric Granger Meldrum
Merchant Navy - M.V. Clea (London) - Apprentice
13 February 1941, aged 18
Son of Cedric and Isabelle Meldrum, of Sheffield.
Tower Hill Memorial
At 15.08 hours on 13 February 1941 the unescorted Clea, a straggler from convoy HX-106, was hit on port side amidships by one G7e torpedo from U-96 about 190 miles south of Iceland. The tanker immediately caught fire and completely broke in two. The U-boat surfaced and sank both halves with a total of 83 rounds from the deck gun, the after part sank at 16.59 hours and the fore part sank at 17.31 hours after further holes were fired into the side with the anti-aircraft gun. The Germans had observed how the crew abandoned ship in four lifeboats after the torpedo hit, but no survivors were ever found. The master, 56 crew members and two gunners were lost.
Robert Thomas Crawford Tilsley - 6108351
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) - 1/5th Bn. - Private
9 April 1945, aged 20
Son of George Edwin and Audrey Isobel Tilsley, of Sheffield.
Becklingen War Cemetery
KIA in Germany, originally buried in Sudweyhe.
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
Thomas Dickie Colquhoun - 948109
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 17 EFTS - Leading Aircraftman
3 February 1943, aged 23
Son of John Ferguson Colquhoun and Grace Cullen Colquhoun, of Sheffield, England.
Windsor Maplewood Cemetery
Killed on Active Service in Canada in an air crash when Fleet Finch II serial 4415 crashed 10 km NE of Stanley, Nova Scotia.
Sydney Soutter Hyde - 2040815
Royal Artillery - 493 Bty., 147 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Bombardier
1 May 1944, aged 37
Son of Joseph and Betsy Ballardie Hyde, of Sheffield; Husband of Phyllis Hyde, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Sheffield (Crookes) Cemetery
Died at 20 Mansfield Road, Worksop; Buried on May 5, 1944
George Macbeth
Civilian War Dead
20 October 1941, aged 37
2/Lieut., Home Guard; of 7 Southbourne Road. Husband of Amelia Morton Mary Macbeth. Died at 7 Endcliffe Terrace Road.Sheffield, County Borough
Died at 7 Endcliffe Terrace Road on 20 Oct 1941; Buried on October 24, 1941
Ian Cedric Granger Meldrum
Merchant Navy - M.V. Clea (London) - Apprentice
13 February 1941, aged 18
Son of Cedric and Isabelle Meldrum, of Sheffield.
Tower Hill Memorial
At 15.08 hours on 13 February 1941 the unescorted Clea, a straggler from convoy HX-106, was hit on port side amidships by one G7e torpedo from U-96 about 190 miles south of Iceland. The tanker immediately caught fire and completely broke in two. The U-boat surfaced and sank both halves with a total of 83 rounds from the deck gun, the after part sank at 16.59 hours and the fore part sank at 17.31 hours after further holes were fired into the side with the anti-aircraft gun. The Germans had observed how the crew abandoned ship in four lifeboats after the torpedo hit, but no survivors were ever found. The master, 56 crew members and two gunners were lost.
Robert Thomas Crawford Tilsley - 6108351
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) - 1/5th Bn. - Private
9 April 1945, aged 20
Son of George Edwin and Audrey Isobel Tilsley, of Sheffield.
Becklingen War Cemetery
KIA in Germany, originally buried in Sudweyhe.
Information about the memorial includes that given on the IWM War Memorials Register -
© IWM (WMA-27559) (Wooden Board)
© IWM (WMA-27557) (Stone Tablet)
© IWM (WMA-27559) (Wooden Board)
© IWM (WMA-27557) (Stone Tablet)