Swinton - St Margaret Churchyard, Church Street
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Clifford Donald Airey (FAA/FX. 86811)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Shah / FAA 850 14 April 1944, aged 20 Avenger aircraft loss in training off Ceylon Lee-On-Solent Memorial Harry Bailey (D/JX 214930) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hamilcar (base) / LCT 108 27 July 1943, aged 21 Killed in bombing of vessel in Mediterranean Plymouth Naval Memorial George Bambridge (4346320) East Yorkshire Regiment - 4th Bn. 3 August 1944, aged 28 Died in Italy Milan War Cemetery Harry Barnes (6093531) The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) - 1/6th Bn. 25 December 1942 Died in North Africa El Alamein War Cemetery Frank Bee (4692937) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn. 22 January 1944, aged 24 Killed in action during the Italian Campaign Minturno War Cemetery Sydney Bell (4747660) York and Lancaster Regiment - The Hallamshire Bn 3 May 1940, aged 20 Lost when ship transporting the battalion was sunk off Norway Brookwood Memorial Rennie Bradshaw (14667903) Gordon Highlanders - 2nd Bn. 6 August 1944, aged 18 Killed in Normandy St Charles De Percy War Cemetery George Henson Brown (1451031) Royal Air Force - 51 Sqdn. 9 October 1943 Halifax aircraft lost on a mission to Germany Rheinberg War Cemetery Frederick Bullock (1004505) Royal Air Force 22 November 1942, aged 22 Died in England Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard James Calderbank (14589496) Royal Engineers 25 July 1945, aged 34 Died in North Yorkshire Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard Sidney Frederick Callear (4615007) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2nd Bn. 14 October 1943, aged 28 Died as a POW of the Japanese Rangoon Memorial Henry Demaine Claydon (D/SSX 24337) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Wasp (Coastal forces base Dover) / MTB 220 13 May 1942, aged 24 Lost when vessel sunk in the Channel Plymouth Naval Memorial Charles H Cocks (T/174135) Royal Army Service Corps 2 August 1945, aged 33 Died in hospital in Cairo Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery Walter Cowles (874443) Royal Artillery - 188 Bty., 67 H.A.A. Regiment 23 June 1944, aged 28 Died in Burma Taukkyan War Cemetery Wilfred Crummack (4688859) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn. 28 April 1940, aged 23 Killed in action in the Norwegian Campaign Kvam Churchyard Walter Britford Dewe (4616993) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 7th Bn. 17 April 1945, aged 26 Killed in action in Holland Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery Sydney Harold Drakeford (D/JX 211363) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Lapwing 20 March 1945, aged 29 Lost when vessel sunk in the Barents Sea Plymouth Naval Memorial George Draper (3532603) Royal Artillery - 78 Anti-Tank Regiment 15 September 1942, aged 23 Accidentally shot whilst in England Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard Samuel Drower (1534854) Royal Air Force - R.A.F.(VR). 2744 Sqdn. 13 September 1944, aged 21 Died of wounds during the Italian Campaign Gradara War Cemetery George Eagle (555340) Royal Armoured Corps - 1st Lothians and Border Horse 26 November 1941, aged 25 Died in Yorkshire Kilnhurst (St. Thomas) Churchyard Extension J W Elliott No details known Thomas William Ferry (14391432) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 1st Bn. 15 March 1945, aged 21 Killed during the Burma Campaign Taukkyan War Cemetery William Goulder (T/1037349) Royal Army Service Corps - 55 Inf. Bde. Coy. 17 September 1943, aged 43 Died in Burma Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Cyril Haigh (566171) Royal Air Force - 604 Sqdn. 25 August 1940, aged 23 Blenheim aircraft lost on a patrol mission Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard |
Sydney Heald (160862)
Royal Air Force - 61 Sqdn. 26 November 1943, aged 34 Lancaster aircraft lost on a mission to Germany Runnymede Memorial Walter Hibbert (2930883) Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - 1st Bn. 26 May 1940, aged 20 Killed in action in France La Bassee Communal Cemetery Harold Hobson (1506131) Royal Artillery - 176 Bty., 63 H.A.A. Regiment 7 October 1940, aged 22 Died in Wales Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard Sidney Hodgkinson (1104619) Royal Air Force - 49 Sqdn. 6 October 1944, aged 36 Lancaster aircraft lost on a mission to Germany Runnymede Memorial Harry Reginald Hollings (1433950) Royal Air Force 6 March 1945, aged 21 Killed on active service in France Limoges (Louyat) Communal Cemetery George Hollock (3059850) Royal Scots - 1st Bn. 3 - 4 April 1943, aged 24 Died in Burma Rangoon Memorial Frederick William Kirby (1921706) Royal Engineers - 807 Road Constr. Coy. 5 April 1945, aged 37 Died in Italy Ancona War Cemetery Wilfred Lockwood (P/JX 311635) Royal Navy - H.M.S. President III / Empire Light 7 March 1943, aged 20 Lost at sea after abandoning ship which had been hit by torpedoes from a U-Boat Portsmouth Naval Memorial Cecil Machon (893600) Royal Artillery - 11 Field Regiment 11 June 1944, aged 26 Killed in action during the Italian Campaign Sangro River War Cemetery Edward Arthur Makin (2599987) Royal Corps Of Signals 13 August 1944, aged 35 Accidentally killed in Cheshire Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard Joseph Mapplebeck (T/66644) Royal Army Service Corps - Royal Artillery 11 December 1944, aged 24 Died in Borneo Singapore Memorial Frank Mason (946342) Royal Air Force - 207 Sqdn. 14 October 1941, aged 26 Manchester aircraft lost on a mission to Germany Heverlee War Cemetery John Mawer (988997) Royal Air Force - 104 Sqdn. 13 May 1944, aged 23 Wellington aircraft lost on a mission to Italy Malta Memorial Alice Metcalf (W/137255) Auxilliary Territorial Service the Royal Artillery - attd. 537 Bty., 155 (M) H.A.A. Regiment 8 September 1943, aged 20 Illness in Bromley Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard Douglas Parsons (2079434) Royal Engineers - 580 Army Troops Coy. Between 28 April and 16 July 1941, aged 20 KIA in the Greek Campaign Phaleron War Cemetery William Phillips (955477) Royal Artillery - 257 Bty., 65 Field Regiment 5 June 1946, aged 27 Died in hospital after returning home with major injuries Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard Samuel Purcell (2324964) Royal Engineers - 107 Army Field Coy. 29 May 1940, aged 38 Killed at Dunkirk Dunkirk Memorial George Wilfred Pycroft (1919967) Royal Engineers - 686 Gen. Constr. Coy. 6 September 1943, aged 27 Died in North Africa Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery Ronald Pycroft (940529) Royal Air Force 20 September 1940, aged 22 Killed in an air raid on London Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard Stanley Thomas Sands Merchant Navy - SS Reynolds (London) 31 October 1942, aged 30 Lost when vessel sunk in the Indian Ocean Tower Hill Memorial Wilfred James Simms (14680789) Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) - 7th Bn. 7 July 1944, aged 27 Died in Normandy Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery Mentioned In Despatches William Speight (D/JX 565496) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hussar 27 August 1944, aged 26 Lost when vessel was subject to a friendly fire incident in the Channel Plymouth Naval Memorial Wilfrid Trevor Taylor (200654) Royal Corps of Signals - 11 L. of C. Sigs. 12 April 1943, aged 23 Killed in action during the North African Campaign Bone War Cemetery, Annaba Stanley Viccars (D/JX 141371) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Glorious 8 June 1940, aged 22 Lost when vessel sunk in the Norwegian Sea Plymouth Naval Memorial |