Hackenthorpe
Hackenthorpe War Memorial listed 7 dead from WWI and also 7 dead from WWII
CHRIST CHURCH
Just outside the church. Hackenthorpe Sheffield South Yorkshire S12 England OS Grid Ref.: SK 414 831 Denomination: Church of England |
STONE CROSS SURMOUNTING STONE PLINTH. NAMES IN BLACK INCISED LETTERING. DECORATIVE CARVING ON HEAD AND SHAFT OF CROSS.
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6 O'clock: 1914 THE GREAT WAR 1919/ (NAMES)/ "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE". 9 O'clock: 1939 THE WAR 1945/ (NAMES)
Walter H. Smith 1941
Douglas N. B. Barker 1942
George Lilley 1943
Richard Bristow 1943
William H. Shaw 1944
Arthur Thompson 1944
Gladstone Poyntor 1944
Douglas N. B. Barker 1942
George Lilley 1943
Richard Bristow 1943
William H. Shaw 1944
Arthur Thompson 1944
Gladstone Poyntor 1944
Additional details
Douglas NB Barker
Not Yet Identified
Richard Bristow - 7620246
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Staff Serjeant
17 June 1943, aged 23
Husband of Josephine Bristow, of Hackenthorpe, Derbyshire.
Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial
Died at sea when the SS Yoma was sunk in the Mediterranean by U-81
George Lilley - 2760817
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 1st Bn. - Private
3 November 1942, aged 27
Son of George and Sarah Ann Lilley; Husband of Mary Lilley, of Woodhouse, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
El Alamein War Cemetery
Died during Operation Supercharge, the final phase of the Battle of Alamein
Gladstone Poyntor - 4698529
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Private
5 November 1944, aged 22
Son of Charles and Lydia Poynter; Husband of Eunice Elaine Poynter.
Faenza War Cemetery
Died of wounds in Italy
William Henry Shaw - 4688407
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment - Serjeant
16 January 1945, aged 31
Son of Frederick and Annie Shaw, of Sheffield; Husband of Ethel Shaw, of Sheffield.
Nairobi War Cemetery
Died in Kenya
Walter Harry Smith - P/SSX 24094
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hood - Leading Seaman
24 May 1941, aged 20
Son of Luke Staniforth Smith and Mary Jane Smith, of Hackenthorpe, Sheffield.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when vessel sunk in the Atlantic by Bismarck
Arthur Thompson
Not Yet Identified
Not Yet Identified
Richard Bristow - 7620246
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Staff Serjeant
17 June 1943, aged 23
Husband of Josephine Bristow, of Hackenthorpe, Derbyshire.
Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial
Died at sea when the SS Yoma was sunk in the Mediterranean by U-81
George Lilley - 2760817
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 1st Bn. - Private
3 November 1942, aged 27
Son of George and Sarah Ann Lilley; Husband of Mary Lilley, of Woodhouse, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
El Alamein War Cemetery
Died during Operation Supercharge, the final phase of the Battle of Alamein
Gladstone Poyntor - 4698529
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Private
5 November 1944, aged 22
Son of Charles and Lydia Poynter; Husband of Eunice Elaine Poynter.
Faenza War Cemetery
Died of wounds in Italy
William Henry Shaw - 4688407
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment - Serjeant
16 January 1945, aged 31
Son of Frederick and Annie Shaw, of Sheffield; Husband of Ethel Shaw, of Sheffield.
Nairobi War Cemetery
Died in Kenya
Walter Harry Smith - P/SSX 24094
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hood - Leading Seaman
24 May 1941, aged 20
Son of Luke Staniforth Smith and Mary Jane Smith, of Hackenthorpe, Sheffield.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Lost when vessel sunk in the Atlantic by Bismarck
Arthur Thompson
Not Yet Identified
Information about the memorial includes that given on the IWM War Memorials Register - © IWM (WMA-27879)