Bolsterstone
Bolsterstone War Memories has 48 names inscribed on it from the First World War, 3 names from WWII and 2 from later conflicts
ST MARYS CHURCH
Bolsterstone Sheffield South Yorkshire England OS Grid Ref.: SK 271 968 Denomination: Church of England |
VERY TALL CELTIC STYLE WHEEL CROSS WITH THREE STEPPED PLINTH
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THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND/ LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD TO US AND WE WERE NOT HURT/ THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY/ 1 SAM XXV V15-16/ (NAMES AROUND PLINTH)
REMEMBER ALL KILLED/ IN LATER CONFLICTS/ AND HERE ESPECIALLY/ (NAMES)
REMEMBER ALL KILLED/ IN LATER CONFLICTS/ AND HERE ESPECIALLY/ (NAMES)
Lt Cdr C H Cobbe
Gnr F S Dawson Pte J Wainwright |
HMS Repulse
13th LAA Regt RA 2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders |
Dec 30, 1941
May 16, 1941 April 6, 1943 |
Bolsterstone Roll of Honour
Bolsterstone Roll of Honour has 84 names of those that served and returned and 3 names on it of the dead of World War Two
ST MARYS CHURCH
Bolsterstone Sheffield South Yorkshire England OS Grid Ref.: SK 271 968 Denomination: Church of England |
FRAMED AND GLAZED
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Awaiting Photo
ROLL OF HONUR/ NAMES OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH ON ACTIVE SERVICE FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ (NAMES) BRETHREN PRAY FOR US
C H Cobbe
F S Dawson
J Wainwright
F S Dawson
J Wainwright
Additional details
Charles Hugh Cobbe
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Repulse - Lieut-Commander
10 December 1941, aged 34
Son of Captain Mervyn Cobbe, R.N., and of Maude Cobbe (nee Arbuthnot); Husband of Enid Margaret Cobbe (nee Wilson), of Bolsterstone, Yorkshire.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
HMS Repulse, along with HMS Prince of Wales, was sunk by Japanese aircraft while on a mission to try to prevent the landings in Malaya
Frank Samuel Dawson - 1432917
Royal Artillery - 28 Bty., 13 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Gunner
16 May 1941, aged 24
Alamein Memorial
Died of wounds due to enemy action. Died at 13 Light Field Ambulance in North Africa
Joseph Wainwright - 2824383
Seaforth Highlanders - 2nd Bn. - Private
6 April 1943, aged 24
Son of Ernest and May Wainwright, of Bolsterstone, Yorkshire.
Sfax War Cemetery
Died in the final weeks of the Tunisia campaign
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Repulse - Lieut-Commander
10 December 1941, aged 34
Son of Captain Mervyn Cobbe, R.N., and of Maude Cobbe (nee Arbuthnot); Husband of Enid Margaret Cobbe (nee Wilson), of Bolsterstone, Yorkshire.
Plymouth Naval Memorial
HMS Repulse, along with HMS Prince of Wales, was sunk by Japanese aircraft while on a mission to try to prevent the landings in Malaya
Frank Samuel Dawson - 1432917
Royal Artillery - 28 Bty., 13 Lt. A.A. Regt. - Gunner
16 May 1941, aged 24
Alamein Memorial
Died of wounds due to enemy action. Died at 13 Light Field Ambulance in North Africa
Joseph Wainwright - 2824383
Seaforth Highlanders - 2nd Bn. - Private
6 April 1943, aged 24
Son of Ernest and May Wainwright, of Bolsterstone, Yorkshire.
Sfax War Cemetery
Died in the final weeks of the Tunisia campaign
Information about the memorial includes that given on the IWM War Memorials Register -
© IWM (WMA-27526) (War Memorial)
© IWM (WMA-27527) (Roll of Honour)
© IWM (WMA-27526) (War Memorial)
© IWM (WMA-27527) (Roll of Honour)