Wentworth
The memorial is situated at the junction of Main Street Lane and Hague Lane.
There are 26 names listed in respect of the First World War and 5 of the Second World War.
The inscription reads:
To the Glorious Dead who gave their lives for King and Country 1914-1919, 1939-1945
There are 26 names listed in respect of the First World War and 5 of the Second World War.
The inscription reads:
To the Glorious Dead who gave their lives for King and Country 1914-1919, 1939-1945
Additional Information
Roy William Chinery (568065)
Royal Air Force - 100 Sqdn. 2 January 1944, aged 23 Lancaster aircraft lost on a mission to Germany Hanover War Cemetery Harry Gill (141800) Army Dental Corps 27 August 1941, aged 36 Died in Sheffield Wentworth (Holy Trinity) Churchyard Ernest Needham (4751557) York and Lancaster Regiment - 2nd Bn. 25 September 1942, aged 21 Illness in India Delhi War Cemetery |
Frank Robinson (2661467)
Coldstream Guards - 5th Bn. 8 September 1944, aged 24 Killed in action in Belgium Heverlee War Cemetery Herbert Law (2132866) Royal Engineers - 147 Field Park Sqdn. 11 September 1942, aged 31 Accidentally killed in Cambridgeshire Wentworth (Holy Trinity) Churchyard |
Roy William Chinery - 568065
Roy William Chinery was born in 1920 to William Anthony Chinery and Nellie May (nee Rogers) in London. He lived at Clayfields, Wentworth, with his wife Edith Vera (nee Edmonds), who he married in 1941.
Roy enlisted in the Royal Air Force, service number 568065, and was a Flight Sergeant piloting Avro Lancaster heavy bombers with 100 Squadron from RAF Waltham, near Grimsby. On the night of 1/2 January 1944 Roy took off in Lancaster Mk III serial number JB740 with squadron marking of HW-R. Airborne at 00:15 he was flying to Berlin as part of a 421 all Lancaster bombing mission. The aircraft was lost outbound at Rottorf, Germany one of 28 Lancasters that did not return. Roy William Chinery was killed in the crash on 2 January 1944, aged 23 years old along with the rest of the seven man crew and is buried in Hanover War Cemetery. Note Other casualties in JB740 were: Sgt Dudley Sydney Fawcett – 1485213 (Flight Engineer) F/S John Aldridge Dwelly – 1324551 (Navigator) Sgt David Richard Jessop - 1390320 (Air Bomber) Sgt Glyn John– 1316412 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) Sgt Jack Bernard Gooravitch – 1894978 (Air Gunner) Sgt Guy Monk –749827 (Air Gunner) |
Harry Gill - 141800
Harry Gill was born in Barnsley in 1904, the second child of Edwin Gill and his wife of wife of three years, Mary Emma (nee Fearnley). In 1911 Edwin was a stone miner and lived with his family at 17 Middlesex Street, Barnsley. Harry followed his father into the pits but was invalided out with tuberculosis of the hip and ankle and became a dental technician, where he met his wife to be. He was married in Barnsley to Ivy Mabel Ellis on 18th August 1928, and a son was born in 1937. After a few years he went to Sheffield University and qualified as a Dental Surgeon (LDS RCS Eng) in London on 6th July 1934 going on to practice at the Sheffield Royal Hospital for about 12 months. At this time Ivy continued working as a dental technician to pay the bills - being joined by Harry's younger brother Frank. Harry’s older brother Ernest went off to South America and returned some time later seriously ill and dying shortly after coming back. Around 1935 Harry set up his own practice at 12 York Street, Barnsley and worked there building up a successful practice, at the same time he was also one of the Honorary Dental Surgeons at the Barnsley’s Beckett Hospital. He was living with his wife and young son at “Burncross”, Thorpe Lane, Chapeltown.
When the Second World War started he joined the Army, service number 141800 and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Army Dental Corps on 12 August 1940. He later became a Captain and was based at Crieff, Scotland where he was taken ill and died around eleven weeks later on the 27th August 1941, being registered in Sheffield. Harry Gill was 36 years old and now lies in Wentworth Holy Trinity Churchyard.
When the Second World War started he joined the Army, service number 141800 and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Army Dental Corps on 12 August 1940. He later became a Captain and was based at Crieff, Scotland where he was taken ill and died around eleven weeks later on the 27th August 1941, being registered in Sheffield. Harry Gill was 36 years old and now lies in Wentworth Holy Trinity Churchyard.
Ernest Needham - 471557
Ernest Needham was the son of colliery worker George Needham and Elizabeth (nee Crabtree) of 33 Harley, Yorkshire. Ernest’s birth was registered in Rotherham in
the first quarter of 1920.
Ernest enlisted in the army, service number 4751557 in March 1940. He was a Private in the 2nd battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment. He soon went to France and Belgium and was evacuated from Dunkirk. After that he went to Crete, from where the battalion had to be evacuated following the German landings. The battalion then went to North Africa and as part of the 70th Division was involved in the battle of Tobruk. The 2nd Battalion, however, did not remain in North Africa, on 28 February 1942 the 70th Division was put aboard ships headed for India to help stop the rapid advance of the Japanese Army in Burma.
Ernest Needham contracted malaria and tragically died of it on 25 September 1942 at the age of 21. He is buried in Delhi War Cemetery.
the first quarter of 1920.
Ernest enlisted in the army, service number 4751557 in March 1940. He was a Private in the 2nd battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment. He soon went to France and Belgium and was evacuated from Dunkirk. After that he went to Crete, from where the battalion had to be evacuated following the German landings. The battalion then went to North Africa and as part of the 70th Division was involved in the battle of Tobruk. The 2nd Battalion, however, did not remain in North Africa, on 28 February 1942 the 70th Division was put aboard ships headed for India to help stop the rapid advance of the Japanese Army in Burma.
Ernest Needham contracted malaria and tragically died of it on 25 September 1942 at the age of 21. He is buried in Delhi War Cemetery.
Frank Robinson - 2661467
Frank Robinson was born on 10 May 1920, to John William
Robinson and Edith Ellen (nee Hobson) who had married in Rotherham
in 1903. The couple had 11 children and John William was a woodman who lived
with his family on Cortworth Lane,
Wentworth in 1911, later moving to Lea Cottage, Linthwaite Lane. Frank was married in Hendon
in the last quarter of 1942, the couple had a daughter born in London the following year and another
daughter was born in late 1944 after Frank had died.
Frank enlisted in the Army, service number 2661467, and became a Lance Serjeant in the 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards. The 5th arrived in Normandy with the Guards Armoured Division’s 32nd Guards Brigade on the 26 June 1944, landing on Gold Beach as part of VIII Corps. The division’s first major engagement was Operation Goodwood, the attack by three armoured divisions towards Bourguebus Ridge in an attempt to break out of the Normandy beachhead. That was followed by Operation Bluecoat, the advance east of Caen as the Falaise pocket formed. It moved across France as the German forces moved back and then rapidly advanced into Belgium. On 8 September 1944, the 5th Coldstream Guards supported by tanks of the 1st (Armoured) Battalion, were ordered to attempt the capture of Bourg Leopold. The attack was planned in four phases, and owing to very strong enemy resistance it was nearly dark before the third phase, the capture of Heppen, could be undertaken.
It was of 8th September that Frank Robinson, who was part of Number 2 Company was killed in action. He was 24 years old and now lies in Heverlee War Cemetery, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant which is about 20 miles from Brussels.
Frank enlisted in the Army, service number 2661467, and became a Lance Serjeant in the 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards. The 5th arrived in Normandy with the Guards Armoured Division’s 32nd Guards Brigade on the 26 June 1944, landing on Gold Beach as part of VIII Corps. The division’s first major engagement was Operation Goodwood, the attack by three armoured divisions towards Bourguebus Ridge in an attempt to break out of the Normandy beachhead. That was followed by Operation Bluecoat, the advance east of Caen as the Falaise pocket formed. It moved across France as the German forces moved back and then rapidly advanced into Belgium. On 8 September 1944, the 5th Coldstream Guards supported by tanks of the 1st (Armoured) Battalion, were ordered to attempt the capture of Bourg Leopold. The attack was planned in four phases, and owing to very strong enemy resistance it was nearly dark before the third phase, the capture of Heppen, could be undertaken.
It was of 8th September that Frank Robinson, who was part of Number 2 Company was killed in action. He was 24 years old and now lies in Heverlee War Cemetery, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant which is about 20 miles from Brussels.
Herbert Law - 2132866
Herbert Law was born in 1911 in Stannington, Sheffield, the son of Herbert & Florence Law. The family lived at Woodland Cottage, Little Matlock, Stannington. He worked for steel company Firth Brown. In 1940 he was married to Esme Irene Chinery, older sister of Roy W Chinery (also inscribed on the Wentworth memorial), in the Rother Valley Registration District, they went on to love at Clayfields, Wentworth.
Herbert Law was a Sapper, with 147 Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers and was accidentally killed on 11 September 1942 in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, aged of 31. He is buried Wentworth (Holy Trinity) Churchyard.
Herbert Law was a Sapper, with 147 Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers and was accidentally killed on 11 September 1942 in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, aged of 31. He is buried Wentworth (Holy Trinity) Churchyard.