Abbeydale St Peters
Abbeydale War Memorial lists 274 names of those that served and returned and 23 names of the dead from WWII
St Peter and St Oswald Church
Junction Of Abbeydale Rd And Bannerdale Rd Abbeydale Sheffield South Yorkshire S7 2DE England OS Grid Ref.: SK 341 839 previously located at: St Peters Church Abbeydale Rd Abbeydale Sheffield South Yorkshire England OS Grid Ref.: SK 350 870 |
Framed and glazed Roll of Honour. Dedication is top centre, illustrated with vine leaves around the dates. Names are listed in five columns, and the central column is dedicated to those who lost their lives. This central column is illustrated with a golden cross emanating green bursts of light, and is surrounded by an additional border.
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St Peter's Abbeydale/ 1939-1945/ Roll of Honour/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES-/ LET US REMEMBER THEM
G H H Adams
J Allen P Baldwin A Brookes G A Cannon S L Clarke A G Cutts G F Dixon A A Elmer L Ford J Gibson F Green |
Army
RAF " " Army " " Navy Army RAF Army RM |
A Harrison
A E Holland G Jenkinson J G Jennings H F Longley E Miller H L Oldfied G L Parish George Cross A Richardson W Waring A Wood |
Army
Army " " " " RAF " Army RAF |
Abbeydale St Peter and St Oswalds
The St Peter and St Oswalds Church Rood Screen lists 93 dead from WWI and 7 names from WWII
St Peter and St Oswalds Church
The nearby St Peter's Church was demolished and the congregation joined St Oswlad's Church. Junction Of Abbeydale Rd And Bannerdale Rd Abbeydale Sheffield South Yorkshire S7 2DE England OS Grid Ref.: SK 341 839 Denomination: Church of England |
Oak rood screen with dedicatory inscription carved in relief along the top of the panels and the names painted below onto the panels in gold lettering with black outline. WW2 names painted onto the side panels bordering the aisle.
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Awaiting photo
Awaiting photo
Front panels: ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THIER LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (Names) Side panels: (WW2 Names)
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Additional details
George Harry Adams - 866466
Royal Artillery - 71 Field Regt. - Serjeant
18 September 1943, aged 25
Son of David and Nellie Adams; Husband of Diana Adams, of Mundford, Norfolk.
Salerno War Cemetery
KIA in Italy p Salerno landings +9 days
John Allen - 971456
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 429 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn - Warrant Officer
23 June 1943, aged 28
Son of Lionel and Jessie Allen, of Sheffield. M.C.R.A.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Wellington mk X serial number HZ-312 coded AL-F, airborne from East Moor at 23:28 on 22 June 1943on an operation to Mulheim, believed to have been shot down by a night fighter near Rees/Neiderrhein at 0135 hours by Oberleutnant August ‘Gustel’ Geiger.
Peter Charles Baldwin - 574459
Royal Air Force - 135 Sqdn. - Corporal
26 December 1941, aged 19
Son of Charles John Baldwin, and of Edith Baldwin, of Sheffield.
Singapore Memorial
Duchess of Bedford reported the loss of an RAF fitter overboard in the early hours of Boxing Day 1941 when the convoy was abreast of Inhambane in Southern Mozambique. A search conducted by 3 other vessels in the convoy proved unsuccessful. Convoy WS 12Z sailing from Liverpool. They arrived in Durban on 19.12.41 then left on 24.12.41 to become convoy WS 12ZB arriving in Bombay on 6.1.42.
A Brookes
RAF
Not Yet Identified
George Albert Cannon - 11275078
Wiltshire Regiment - 4th Bn. - Private
5 August 1944, aged 22
Son of George and Grace Cannon, of Sheffield.
Bayeux Memorial
Died during Operation Bluecoat, the offensive in the Battle of Normandy to secure the road junction of Vire and the high ground of Mont Pinçon.
Sidney Leonard Clarke - 4754974
East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn. - Private
5 August 1943, aged 28
Son of Sidney Leonard and Nellie Clarke, of Sheffield; Husband of Vera Clarke, of Sheffield.
Catania War Cemetery, Sicily
Died during the Sicily campaign
Albert Geoffrey Cutts - 72119
Manchester Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Lieutenant
29 May 1940, aged 26
Son of Frederick and Evelyn May Cutts; Husband of Sydney Susanne Cutts, of Norwich. B.Sc., A.M.I.E.T.
Middelkerke Communal Cemetery
Died with the BEF, Middelkerke in about 25 miles along the coast north-east of Dunkirk
Geoffrey Francis Dixon - D/JX 419894
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hussar - Able Seaman
27 August 1944, aged 19
Son of Harold and Renee Nancy Dixon, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Lost when vessel was subject to a friendly fire incident in the Channel by RAF Typhoon
Alfred Alexander Ellmer - 5383220
The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 7th Bn. - Private
6 June 1944, aged 26Son of Alfred and Miriam Ellmer, of Sheffield.
Benouville Churchyard
Died on D-day. The 7th battalion were dropped to reinforce the units that had taken the Orne bridges, but were widely scattered.
Thomas Leslie Ford - 54094
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 24 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
3 December 1943, aged 22
Son of Frank and Ruth Ford, of Sheffield; Husband of Barbara Ford, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Wellington 1A N2906 – the aircraft crashed at Dowsett’s Farm, Hertfordshire at 14:55. There was bad weather that day, which deteriorated during the afternoon. When the plane suffered engine trouble the pilot attempted a forced landing but sadly he clipped the trees in Plashes Wood and crashed. The four aircrew were killed, but the two ground crew on board survived. It was common practice to take ground crew on air tests, usually to help to identify technical faults, but sometimes just for joyrides. Plashes Wood is on a ridge of high ground which runs northwards past the village. The land is the highest point in Hertfordshire and with poor visibility and it was nearly dark, as it would have been at 14:55 in early December, it's very easy to understand the pilot misjudged his height.
J Gibson
Army
Not Yet Identified
Frank Green - PLY/X 1531
Royal Marines - H.M.S. Neptune. - Marine
19 December 1941, aged 24
Son of William Eason Green and Alice Green, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval MemorialOn 19 December 1941, following the First Battle if the Syrte, Force "K", consisting of light cruisers HMS Neptune, Aurora, Penelope with destroyers Kandahar, Havock, Lance and Lively, sortied from Malta in the hope of intercepting the Italian convoy known to be heading for Tripoli. At a point 20 nautical miles E of Tripoli, Force "K" entered an Italian minefield, laid by Italian cruiser force in June 1941. At 0106 hrs Neptune, leading the British column, hit a mine and backed her engines but at 0116 another mine detonated under the stern, losing propellers and rudder and going dead in the water. This left the cruiser at the mercy of wind and water in sea state 5 (heavy whitecaps), Neptune hit another mine. A 4th mine detonated under the bridge of Neptune, 5 minutes later she capsized and sank in position 33º15'N, 13º30'E.
A Harrison
Army
Not Yet Identified
A E Holland
Not Yet Identified
G Jenkinson
Army
Not Yet Identified
John Gordon Jennings - T/257781
Royal Army Service Corps - 508 Inf. Bde. Group - Driver
13 July 1943, aged 27
Son of Arthur Stanley Jennings and Ellen Jennings; Husband of Mary Jennings, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Cassino Memorial
Reported to have died at Sea, during the Sicily Campaign
Herbert Fitzpatrick Longley
Army
Not Yet Identified
Ernest Miller - 894096
Royal Artillery - 71 Field Regt. - Bombardier
17 June 1940, aged 37
Denneville Churchyard
KIA with the British forces still in France after the Dunkirk evacuation
Harry Leslie Oldfield - 4755075
East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn. - Private
6 June 1944, aged 30
Son of William Henry and Mary Elizabeth Oldfield, of Sheffield; Husband of Ethel Oldfield, of Millhouses, Sheffield.
Bayeux War Cemetery
Reported died of wounds on D-Day, when the 5th battalion were one of the assault battalions on the eastern side of Gold Beach. Initially buried at Ver Sur Mer
Graham Leslie Parish - 1115314
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 1443 Flt/ 2 FC (Ferry Control) - Sergeant
16 September 1942, aged 30
Son of Stephen Owbridge and Ethel May Parish, of Broomhill, Sheffield. A.L.A.
Khartoum War Cemetery
Wellington IC HD976 1443 Flt/ 2 FC (Ferry Control) Engine cut on take off, hit building in forced landing, El Fasher 16.9.42
Arthur Richardson - 7356291
Royal Army Medical Corps - 168 Lt. Field Amb - Private
26 October 1944, aged 24
Son of Fred and Gertrude Richardson, of Crookes, Sheffield.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Died of wounds in Holland
Will Waring - 885817
Royal Artillery - 71 Field Regt. - Gunner
21 February 1943, aged 23
Son of Will and Elizabeth Waring, of Sheffield; Husband of Vera Waring, of Sheffield.
Enfidaville War Cemetery
Died in Tunisia in the final push to defeat the Axis forces in North Africa. KIA, Thala, Tunisia
A Wood
RAF
Not Yet Identified
Royal Artillery - 71 Field Regt. - Serjeant
18 September 1943, aged 25
Son of David and Nellie Adams; Husband of Diana Adams, of Mundford, Norfolk.
Salerno War Cemetery
KIA in Italy p Salerno landings +9 days
John Allen - 971456
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 429 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn - Warrant Officer
23 June 1943, aged 28
Son of Lionel and Jessie Allen, of Sheffield. M.C.R.A.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Wellington mk X serial number HZ-312 coded AL-F, airborne from East Moor at 23:28 on 22 June 1943on an operation to Mulheim, believed to have been shot down by a night fighter near Rees/Neiderrhein at 0135 hours by Oberleutnant August ‘Gustel’ Geiger.
Peter Charles Baldwin - 574459
Royal Air Force - 135 Sqdn. - Corporal
26 December 1941, aged 19
Son of Charles John Baldwin, and of Edith Baldwin, of Sheffield.
Singapore Memorial
Duchess of Bedford reported the loss of an RAF fitter overboard in the early hours of Boxing Day 1941 when the convoy was abreast of Inhambane in Southern Mozambique. A search conducted by 3 other vessels in the convoy proved unsuccessful. Convoy WS 12Z sailing from Liverpool. They arrived in Durban on 19.12.41 then left on 24.12.41 to become convoy WS 12ZB arriving in Bombay on 6.1.42.
A Brookes
RAF
Not Yet Identified
George Albert Cannon - 11275078
Wiltshire Regiment - 4th Bn. - Private
5 August 1944, aged 22
Son of George and Grace Cannon, of Sheffield.
Bayeux Memorial
Died during Operation Bluecoat, the offensive in the Battle of Normandy to secure the road junction of Vire and the high ground of Mont Pinçon.
Sidney Leonard Clarke - 4754974
East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn. - Private
5 August 1943, aged 28
Son of Sidney Leonard and Nellie Clarke, of Sheffield; Husband of Vera Clarke, of Sheffield.
Catania War Cemetery, Sicily
Died during the Sicily campaign
Albert Geoffrey Cutts - 72119
Manchester Regiment - 2nd Bn. - Lieutenant
29 May 1940, aged 26
Son of Frederick and Evelyn May Cutts; Husband of Sydney Susanne Cutts, of Norwich. B.Sc., A.M.I.E.T.
Middelkerke Communal Cemetery
Died with the BEF, Middelkerke in about 25 miles along the coast north-east of Dunkirk
Geoffrey Francis Dixon - D/JX 419894
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hussar - Able Seaman
27 August 1944, aged 19
Son of Harold and Renee Nancy Dixon, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Lost when vessel was subject to a friendly fire incident in the Channel by RAF Typhoon
Alfred Alexander Ellmer - 5383220
The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 7th Bn. - Private
6 June 1944, aged 26Son of Alfred and Miriam Ellmer, of Sheffield.
Benouville Churchyard
Died on D-day. The 7th battalion were dropped to reinforce the units that had taken the Orne bridges, but were widely scattered.
Thomas Leslie Ford - 54094
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 24 Sqdn. - Pilot Officer
3 December 1943, aged 22
Son of Frank and Ruth Ford, of Sheffield; Husband of Barbara Ford, of Sheffield.
Sheffield (Abbey Lane) Cemetery
Wellington 1A N2906 – the aircraft crashed at Dowsett’s Farm, Hertfordshire at 14:55. There was bad weather that day, which deteriorated during the afternoon. When the plane suffered engine trouble the pilot attempted a forced landing but sadly he clipped the trees in Plashes Wood and crashed. The four aircrew were killed, but the two ground crew on board survived. It was common practice to take ground crew on air tests, usually to help to identify technical faults, but sometimes just for joyrides. Plashes Wood is on a ridge of high ground which runs northwards past the village. The land is the highest point in Hertfordshire and with poor visibility and it was nearly dark, as it would have been at 14:55 in early December, it's very easy to understand the pilot misjudged his height.
J Gibson
Army
Not Yet Identified
Frank Green - PLY/X 1531
Royal Marines - H.M.S. Neptune. - Marine
19 December 1941, aged 24
Son of William Eason Green and Alice Green, of Sheffield.
Plymouth Naval MemorialOn 19 December 1941, following the First Battle if the Syrte, Force "K", consisting of light cruisers HMS Neptune, Aurora, Penelope with destroyers Kandahar, Havock, Lance and Lively, sortied from Malta in the hope of intercepting the Italian convoy known to be heading for Tripoli. At a point 20 nautical miles E of Tripoli, Force "K" entered an Italian minefield, laid by Italian cruiser force in June 1941. At 0106 hrs Neptune, leading the British column, hit a mine and backed her engines but at 0116 another mine detonated under the stern, losing propellers and rudder and going dead in the water. This left the cruiser at the mercy of wind and water in sea state 5 (heavy whitecaps), Neptune hit another mine. A 4th mine detonated under the bridge of Neptune, 5 minutes later she capsized and sank in position 33º15'N, 13º30'E.
A Harrison
Army
Not Yet Identified
A E Holland
Not Yet Identified
G Jenkinson
Army
Not Yet Identified
John Gordon Jennings - T/257781
Royal Army Service Corps - 508 Inf. Bde. Group - Driver
13 July 1943, aged 27
Son of Arthur Stanley Jennings and Ellen Jennings; Husband of Mary Jennings, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Cassino Memorial
Reported to have died at Sea, during the Sicily Campaign
Herbert Fitzpatrick Longley
Army
Not Yet Identified
Ernest Miller - 894096
Royal Artillery - 71 Field Regt. - Bombardier
17 June 1940, aged 37
Denneville Churchyard
KIA with the British forces still in France after the Dunkirk evacuation
Harry Leslie Oldfield - 4755075
East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn. - Private
6 June 1944, aged 30
Son of William Henry and Mary Elizabeth Oldfield, of Sheffield; Husband of Ethel Oldfield, of Millhouses, Sheffield.
Bayeux War Cemetery
Reported died of wounds on D-Day, when the 5th battalion were one of the assault battalions on the eastern side of Gold Beach. Initially buried at Ver Sur Mer
Graham Leslie Parish - 1115314
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 1443 Flt/ 2 FC (Ferry Control) - Sergeant
16 September 1942, aged 30
Son of Stephen Owbridge and Ethel May Parish, of Broomhill, Sheffield. A.L.A.
Khartoum War Cemetery
Wellington IC HD976 1443 Flt/ 2 FC (Ferry Control) Engine cut on take off, hit building in forced landing, El Fasher 16.9.42
Arthur Richardson - 7356291
Royal Army Medical Corps - 168 Lt. Field Amb - Private
26 October 1944, aged 24
Son of Fred and Gertrude Richardson, of Crookes, Sheffield.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Died of wounds in Holland
Will Waring - 885817
Royal Artillery - 71 Field Regt. - Gunner
21 February 1943, aged 23
Son of Will and Elizabeth Waring, of Sheffield; Husband of Vera Waring, of Sheffield.
Enfidaville War Cemetery
Died in Tunisia in the final push to defeat the Axis forces in North Africa. KIA, Thala, Tunisia
A Wood
RAF
Not Yet Identified
Information about the memorial includes that given on the IWM War Memorials Register -
© IWM (WMA-27934) (Roll of Honour)
© IWM (WMA-27927) (Rood Screen)
© IWM (WMA-27934) (Roll of Honour)
© IWM (WMA-27927) (Rood Screen)