Kimberworth, St Thomas Church - Church Street
Philip Elkington
Ernest Tompkin Ronald Walter Duke Harry Bell Arthur Priddon Geoffrey Abson Frank Churchill Jack Rixon Stanley Cookson Geoffrey Copson John Herod Joseph England Samuel Rigby Sidney Keyworth Jack H Horspool John Hawkridge |
Harry Attwood
Victor Ronald Sutton Ambrose Laurence Johnson Joseph Frederick Hutton Ronald Haycock Jack Foster Walter C Grant John Robert Elliott Walter Stanley Walker Frederick A Oxley John Jospeh Evans George Peter Barber Alan Ashby Applegate John Henry Richmond George F Johnson Frederick Walter Gent |
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Philip Elkington (7600954)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps 7 October 1940, aged 25 Died in Cambridge Kimberworth (St Thomas) Churchyard Ernest Tompkin (C/JX 133894) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Franklin 28 November 1940, aged 28 Accidently drowned in England Rotherham (Masbrough) Cemetery Ronald Walter Duke (1015615) Royal Air Force - 115 Sqdn. 15 August 1941, aged 21 Wellington Mk.1C aircraft lost on a mission to Germany Sage War Cemetery Harry Bell (D/KX 81274) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Lively 11 May 1942, aged 33 Lost when vessel sunk in the Mediterranean Plymouth Naval Memorial Arthur Priddon (2006172) Royal Engineers - 602 Rly. Constr. Coy. 14 July 1942, aged 23 Accidentally drowned whilst on manoeuvres. Milton Ernest (All Saints) Churchyard Geoffrey Abson (7935170) Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. - 10th 14 September 1942, aged 21 Accidentally killed on manoeuvres in the County Durham Kimberworth (St Thomas) Churchyard Frank Churchill (7598032) Royal Army Ordnance Corps - 4 Base Ordnance Workshop 25 October 1941, aged 21 Lost when HMS Lotona was sunk in the Mediterranean Alamein Memorial Jack Rixon (4748753) Royal Corps Of Signals - 50th Div. Sigs. 15 July 1943, aged 24 KIA in the Sicily Campaign Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily Stanley Cookson (1542878) Royal Air Force - 29 O.T.U. 15 January 1943, aged 31 Wellington aircraft lost on a leaflet drop mission to France St. Remy-Boscrocourt Churchyard Geoffrey Copson (14405006) Parachute Regiment, A A C - 7th Bn. 6 June 1944, aged 19 KIA when aircraft was shot down on D-Day Ranville War Cemetery John Herrod (5891237) York and Lancaster Regiment - The Hallamshire Bn 26 June 1944, aged 20 Died of wounds in a British hospital in Normandy Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville Joseph England (1568681) Royal Artillery - 166 (Newfoundland) Field Regt. 30 September 1944, aged 30 Died of wounds in Italy Castiglione South African Cemetery Samuel Rigby (4616920) East Yorkshire Regiment - 2nd Bn. 23 October 1944, aged 26 KIA in Holland Venray War Cemetery Sidney Keyworth (14569510) Royal Engineers - 591 Parachute Sqn. 24 March 1945, aged 21 KIA at the Rhine Crossing action Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Jack Higginson Horspool (177911) Royal Air Force - 50 Sqdn. 29 August 1944, aged 22 Lancaster aircraft lost on a mission to Germany Runnymede Memorial John Hawkridge (1473344) Royal Air Force - 114 Sqdn. 24 February 1945, aged 21 Aircraft lost on a mission in Italy Udine War Cemetery |
Harry Attwood (7677985)
Royal Army Pay Corps 19 November 1940, aged 24 Killed in an air raid on Leicester Kimberworth (St Thomas) Churchyard Victor Ronald Sutton (528254) Royal Air Force - 142 Sqdn. 31 July 1941, aged 23 Wellington aircraft lost on a mission to Germany Deptford (Brockley) Cemetery Ambrose Lawrence Johnson (FAA/FX. 82042) Royal Navy - 825 Sqdn. H.M.S. Daedalus. 12 February 1942, aged 22 Killed by anti-aircraft fire whilst in Fairey Swordfish aircraft during attack on German warships in the Channel Lee-On-Solent Memorial Distinguished Service Medal Joseph Frederick Hutton (7371270) Royal Army Medical Corps 27 May 1942, aged 24 Died in Burma Imphal War Cemetery Ronald Haycock (2594782) Royal Corps Of Signals - First Army Signals 23 February 1943, aged 28 Died in North Africa Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery Jack Foster (4758356) York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn. 30 March 1943, aged 26 KIA in the North African Campaign Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery Walter Clarence Grant (4346297) East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn. 29/30 June 1942, aged 25 KIA in the North African Campaign El Alamein War Cemetery John Robert Elliott (14229153) Durham Light Infantry - 8th Bn. 17 July 1943, aged 19 KIA in the Sicily Campaign Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Walter Stanley Walker (14261987) The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) - 2/7th Bn. 12 September 1944, aged 23 Died of wounds in Italy Bari War Cemetery Frederick Arthur Oxley (1107527) Royal Scots - 8th Bn. 29 June 1944, aged 37 KIA during the Normandy Campaign St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux John Joseph Evans (2116526) Royal Engineers - 591 Parachute Sqn. 6 June 1944, aged 24 KIA when aircraft was shot down on D-Day Ranville War Cemetery George Peter Barber (1455924) Royal Air Force - 1654 HCU 27 September 1944, aged 22 Stirling III aircraft crashed on a training flight Rotherham (Masbrough) Cemetery Alan Ashby Applegate (1425580) Royal Air Force - 153 Sqdn. 8 March 1944, aged 20 Beaufighter aircraft lost on a mission in the Mediterranean Malta Memorial John Henry Richmond (2132985) Royal Engineers - 13 Field Sqdn. 6 April 1945, aged 31 KIA in Germany Hanover War Cemetery George Francis Johnson (P/MX 124965) Royal Navy - MTB 5001 7 April 1945, aged 23 Lost when vessel sunk in the North Sea Portsmouth Naval Memorial Frederick Walter Gent (14394238) Royal Corps Of Signals 22 November 1945, aged 33 Air crash just after take off in Somerset, en-route to India Kimberworth (St Thomas) Churchyard |