Wadsley / Wadsley Bridge
Wadlsey Bridge WMC
Wadsley Bridge War Memorial at the Working Mens Club carries 210 names of those that served and 8 names of the dead from WWII
THE GRANGE
Halifax Rd Wadsley Bridge Sheffield South Yorkshire England OS Grid Ref.: SK 330 910 |
VARNISHED OAK BOARD FLANKED BY TWO PILASTRES AND TOPPED WITH A GABLED PEDIMENT. BASE OF BOARD HAS A CARVED RELIEF OF ENGLAND AND WALES, ALONG WITH THREE SMALL HAND CARVED FREE STANDING FIGURES DEPICTING SOLDIER, SAILOR AND AIRMAN. BIZARRELY THESE ARE IN THE UNIFORMS OF WW1.
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PRO PATRIA/ SERVED WITH HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES/ PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ (NAMES)
B Appleyard
R E Eratt
F France
W Hadfield
E Mathews
R Pearce
J Whitworth
H Willman
R E Eratt
F France
W Hadfield
E Mathews
R Pearce
J Whitworth
H Willman
Wadsley Bridge Methodist
The War memorial lists 5 names of the dead from the Second World War
JOHN FAIREST FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Penistone Rd Sheffield Sheffield South Yorkshire England OS Grid Ref.: SK 350 870 Previously at: METHODIST CHAPEL Wadsley Bridge Sheffield South Yorkshire England |
IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY/ OF ALL THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH/ THIS CHURCH WHO/ SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ AND PARTICULARLY THE FOLLOWING/ WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ (NAMES)/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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Awaiting photo
E Chapman
R Cowley
E A Stanley
E Williams
H Woodfield
R Cowley
E A Stanley
E Williams
H Woodfield
Wadsley Congregational
Location unknown, previously at:
WADSLEY URC (closed) Carlton Rd Wadsley Sheffield |
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1939 - 1945/ SR WJ AT NL (INITIALS OF THE FALLEN)/ NAMES
Stanley Reed
Walter Jackson
Alan Trower
Nowill Lister
Walter Jackson
Alan Trower
Nowill Lister
183 Scout Troop (Wadsley) - WW2 Photos
Set of ten framed photos showing those listed in uniform
Location unknown, previously at:
WADSLEY URC (closed) Carlton Rd Wadsley Sheffield |
183 TP SHEFFIELD CREW ON MILITARY SERVICE/ (NAMES AND PHOTOS)
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Kenneth Higham
Ernest Hird
Stuart Hobson
Walter Jackson
Noel Lister
Stanley Reed
Douglas Smith
Harry Sylvester
Alan Alan
Frank Wilson
Ernest Hird
Stuart Hobson
Walter Jackson
Noel Lister
Stanley Reed
Douglas Smith
Harry Sylvester
Alan Alan
Frank Wilson
Additional details
Bernard Appleyard - 4618813
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2/7th Bn. - Private
11 June 1940, aged 22
Son of John William and Alice Appleyard, of Wadsley, Sheffield.
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
The 2/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington, West Riding Regiment was deployed to France in March 1940 for pioneer duties on a three month tour. They were caught up in the German advance, which began on the 10th of May. By the 7th of June they had withdrawn to Dieppe and saw action at St Valery-en-Caux.
Eric Chapman (1073363)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - HMT Anselm - Corporal
5 July 1941, aged 27
Son of Harry and Beatrice Chapman, of Sheffield; Husband of Ida Chapman.
Runnymede Memorial
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.
Raymond Cowley - 4394047
Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) - 5th Bn. - Private
7 November 1942, aged 26
Son of Thomas Pickering Cowley and Sarah Alice Cowley, of Grenoside, Yorkshire.
Milan War Cemetery
Possibly captured at the Battle of Gazala, died in Italy as a prisoner of war
Robert Edward Eratt - 1622341
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 419 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn - Sergeant
29 December 1944, aged 21
Son of Denis and Edith Ethel Eratt, of Sheffield.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Lancaster Mk X serial KB753 coded VR-L was airborne from Middleton St George at 14:58 on a mission to attack an oil refinery at Scholven-Buer. The aircraft blew up after being hit by flak, with only the rear gunner surviving to become a PoW. This was the crew's sixth operation on Lancaster KB753, and seventeenth operation together. Their first operation with 419 Squadron on October 14/15th had been on KB753. On that sortie a number of bombs became hung up in the bomb racks. They managed to dislodge a few but ended up coming back to base with a large number of incendiaries and four pound bombs stuck in their racks. On this night the report given by the rear gunner, WO Rogers gives the only know details of what happened to the crew and their Lancaster: ‘Everything OK till we were on the bombing run, a flak burst was predicted to happen on the port quarter by one of the crew. The pilot juggled the throttles to avoid the now expected blast of the upcoming flak. At this point Rogers was blown out of his turret, all he could see as he fell was that the Lancaster was a mass of flames. His parachute brought him down near Essen. Landing badly on his right angle he was unable to move. He was picked up by civilians who took him to a nearby air raid shelter. Then as the danger from the raid ended he was taken to the local police station.’
Frederick France - C/JX 265699
Royal Navy - S.S. Skagerak - Able Seaman
24 August 1941, aged 27
Son of Arthur and Annie France; Husband of Hilda France, of Sheffield.
Chatham Naval Memorial
The steamship Skagerak, on a voyage from the Tyne to Ipswich with coke, struck a mine, broke in two and sank. Seventeen of her crew and the pilot were lost.
W Hadfield
Not Yet Identified
Kenneth Higham
Q3 1945, aged 19
Son of Nellie and Edward A Higham of 23 Donovan Road, Sheffield
Abbey Lane Cemetery, Sheffield
Died at Sheffield Royal Infirmary
Ernest Hird
Q1 1943, aged 42
City Road Cemetery, Sheffield
Died at Sheffield City General Hospital
Stuart Melbourne Hobson (49285)
Royal Air Force - 9 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
5 April 1943, aged 22
Son of Arnold Melbourne Hobson and Mabel Hobson (née Heaton), of Walders Avenue, Sheffield.
Hamburg Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial number ED696 coded WS-T. Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Fw. Wilhelm Kurreck, of 8./NJG3 flying a Bf110 and crashed in flames 1km NE of Grossenaspe and 10km South of Neumunster at 23.50hrs.
Walter Chadwick Jackson (P/JX 278283)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hurworth - Leading Seaman
22 October 1943, aged 37
Son of Smith and Rose Jackson; Husband of Edna Jackson, of Sheffield.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when the escort destroyer HMS Hurworth was sunk in the eastern Mediterranean by a German mine off the east coast of the island of Kalymnos in the Dodecanese in position 36º59'N, 27º06'E.
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 a a mission to attack Hamburg
E Mathews
Not Yet Identified
Roland Pearce - 14612434
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry - 1st Bn. - Private
16 July 1944, aged 20
Son of Lorenzo and Edith Pearce, of Sheffield.
Brouay War Cemetery
The 1st Ox and Bucks landed in Normandy in June 1944 with the rest of the 53rd (Welsh) Division. On the 25th of June they were in action during the unsuccessful Operation Epsom to take the town of Caen. When the Germans counter-attacked, the battalion moved to positions around the Odon bridgehead suffering casualties from heavy German artillery fire. The Battalion's first major engagement the successful attack to capture the village of Cahier and a nearby mill during the Second Battle of the Odon. It was during this action that Roland Pearce was killed.
Stanley Reed (4861518)
East Yorkshire Regiment - Private
18 June 1942, aged 22
Son of Mrs. R. A. Reed, of Sheffield.
Delhi War Cemetery
Died in Meerut, India of pneumonia following heatstroke
Douglas Smith
Not yet identified
Eric Arthur Stanley - P/JX 176058
Royal Navy - H.M.L.S.T. 362 - Able Seaman
2 March 1944, aged 24Son of Walter and Ethel Stanley, of Sheffield; Husband of Olive Stanley, of Sheffield.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
At 0250hrs on 2 March 1944 the German U-boat U-744 torpedoes and sinks HMS LST 362 detached from the combined convoy MKS-40/SL-149 in the North Atlantic about 370 nautical miles south-west of Cape Clear in position 48º00'N, 17º23'W.
James Whitworth - 1512505
Lincolnshire Regiment - 6th Bn. - Private
18 September 1944, aged 25
Son of James and Margaret Whitworth, of Sheffield.
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
KIA in Italy, in the area around Gemmano.
Harry Wilman - P/JX 339279
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Raven - Able Seaman
16 October 1946, aged 22
Son of Harry and Edith Wilman, of Sheffield; Husband of Lily Wilman, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (City Road) Cemetery
Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at Crimicar Lane Hospital; Buried on October 21, 1946
E Williams
Not Yet Identified
Frank Wilson
Not Yet Identified
Hugh Woodfield - 1288645
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 103 Sqdn. - Sergeant
26 February 1943, aged 17
Son of Herbert and Annie Woodfield, of Sheffield.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number W4336 coded PM-U airborne from Elsham Wolds at 18:52 on an operation to Cologne, believed to have crashed in the target area, possibly at Kalscheuren - on the south western outskirts of Cologne.
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2/7th Bn. - Private
11 June 1940, aged 22
Son of John William and Alice Appleyard, of Wadsley, Sheffield.
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
The 2/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington, West Riding Regiment was deployed to France in March 1940 for pioneer duties on a three month tour. They were caught up in the German advance, which began on the 10th of May. By the 7th of June they had withdrawn to Dieppe and saw action at St Valery-en-Caux.
Eric Chapman (1073363)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - HMT Anselm - Corporal
5 July 1941, aged 27
Son of Harry and Beatrice Chapman, of Sheffield; Husband of Ida Chapman.
Runnymede Memorial
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.
Raymond Cowley - 4394047
Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) - 5th Bn. - Private
7 November 1942, aged 26
Son of Thomas Pickering Cowley and Sarah Alice Cowley, of Grenoside, Yorkshire.
Milan War Cemetery
Possibly captured at the Battle of Gazala, died in Italy as a prisoner of war
Robert Edward Eratt - 1622341
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 419 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn - Sergeant
29 December 1944, aged 21
Son of Denis and Edith Ethel Eratt, of Sheffield.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Lancaster Mk X serial KB753 coded VR-L was airborne from Middleton St George at 14:58 on a mission to attack an oil refinery at Scholven-Buer. The aircraft blew up after being hit by flak, with only the rear gunner surviving to become a PoW. This was the crew's sixth operation on Lancaster KB753, and seventeenth operation together. Their first operation with 419 Squadron on October 14/15th had been on KB753. On that sortie a number of bombs became hung up in the bomb racks. They managed to dislodge a few but ended up coming back to base with a large number of incendiaries and four pound bombs stuck in their racks. On this night the report given by the rear gunner, WO Rogers gives the only know details of what happened to the crew and their Lancaster: ‘Everything OK till we were on the bombing run, a flak burst was predicted to happen on the port quarter by one of the crew. The pilot juggled the throttles to avoid the now expected blast of the upcoming flak. At this point Rogers was blown out of his turret, all he could see as he fell was that the Lancaster was a mass of flames. His parachute brought him down near Essen. Landing badly on his right angle he was unable to move. He was picked up by civilians who took him to a nearby air raid shelter. Then as the danger from the raid ended he was taken to the local police station.’
Frederick France - C/JX 265699
Royal Navy - S.S. Skagerak - Able Seaman
24 August 1941, aged 27
Son of Arthur and Annie France; Husband of Hilda France, of Sheffield.
Chatham Naval Memorial
The steamship Skagerak, on a voyage from the Tyne to Ipswich with coke, struck a mine, broke in two and sank. Seventeen of her crew and the pilot were lost.
W Hadfield
Not Yet Identified
Kenneth Higham
Q3 1945, aged 19
Son of Nellie and Edward A Higham of 23 Donovan Road, Sheffield
Abbey Lane Cemetery, Sheffield
Died at Sheffield Royal Infirmary
Ernest Hird
Q1 1943, aged 42
City Road Cemetery, Sheffield
Died at Sheffield City General Hospital
Stuart Melbourne Hobson (49285)
Royal Air Force - 9 Sqdn. - Flying Officer
5 April 1943, aged 22
Son of Arnold Melbourne Hobson and Mabel Hobson (née Heaton), of Walders Avenue, Sheffield.
Hamburg Cemetery
Lancaster mk III serial number ED696 coded WS-T. Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Fw. Wilhelm Kurreck, of 8./NJG3 flying a Bf110 and crashed in flames 1km NE of Grossenaspe and 10km South of Neumunster at 23.50hrs.
Walter Chadwick Jackson (P/JX 278283)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hurworth - Leading Seaman
22 October 1943, aged 37
Son of Smith and Rose Jackson; Husband of Edna Jackson, of Sheffield.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when the escort destroyer HMS Hurworth was sunk in the eastern Mediterranean by a German mine off the east coast of the island of Kalymnos in the Dodecanese in position 36º59'N, 27º06'E.
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 a a mission to attack Hamburg
E Mathews
Not Yet Identified
Roland Pearce - 14612434
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry - 1st Bn. - Private
16 July 1944, aged 20
Son of Lorenzo and Edith Pearce, of Sheffield.
Brouay War Cemetery
The 1st Ox and Bucks landed in Normandy in June 1944 with the rest of the 53rd (Welsh) Division. On the 25th of June they were in action during the unsuccessful Operation Epsom to take the town of Caen. When the Germans counter-attacked, the battalion moved to positions around the Odon bridgehead suffering casualties from heavy German artillery fire. The Battalion's first major engagement the successful attack to capture the village of Cahier and a nearby mill during the Second Battle of the Odon. It was during this action that Roland Pearce was killed.
Stanley Reed (4861518)
East Yorkshire Regiment - Private
18 June 1942, aged 22
Son of Mrs. R. A. Reed, of Sheffield.
Delhi War Cemetery
Died in Meerut, India of pneumonia following heatstroke
Douglas Smith
Not yet identified
Eric Arthur Stanley - P/JX 176058
Royal Navy - H.M.L.S.T. 362 - Able Seaman
2 March 1944, aged 24Son of Walter and Ethel Stanley, of Sheffield; Husband of Olive Stanley, of Sheffield.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
At 0250hrs on 2 March 1944 the German U-boat U-744 torpedoes and sinks HMS LST 362 detached from the combined convoy MKS-40/SL-149 in the North Atlantic about 370 nautical miles south-west of Cape Clear in position 48º00'N, 17º23'W.
James Whitworth - 1512505
Lincolnshire Regiment - 6th Bn. - Private
18 September 1944, aged 25
Son of James and Margaret Whitworth, of Sheffield.
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
KIA in Italy, in the area around Gemmano.
Harry Wilman - P/JX 339279
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Raven - Able Seaman
16 October 1946, aged 22
Son of Harry and Edith Wilman, of Sheffield; Husband of Lily Wilman, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (City Road) Cemetery
Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at Crimicar Lane Hospital; Buried on October 21, 1946
E Williams
Not Yet Identified
Frank Wilson
Not Yet Identified
Hugh Woodfield - 1288645
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 103 Sqdn. - Sergeant
26 February 1943, aged 17
Son of Herbert and Annie Woodfield, of Sheffield.
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number W4336 coded PM-U airborne from Elsham Wolds at 18:52 on an operation to Cologne, believed to have crashed in the target area, possibly at Kalscheuren - on the south western outskirts of Cologne.
Information about the memorial includes that given on the IWM War Memorials Register -
© IWM (WMA-27880) (WMC)
© IWM (WMA-27765) (Methodist)
© IWM (WMR-27798) (Congregational)
© IWM (WMR-27799) (183 Scout)
© IWM (WMA-27880) (WMC)
© IWM (WMA-27765) (Methodist)
© IWM (WMR-27798) (Congregational)
© IWM (WMR-27799) (183 Scout)