Dinnington
The Dinnington War Memorial is situated in Coronation Park and was unveiled on Sunday 12th November 1922.
The First World War lists 109 names and the inscrpition:
1914-1918 Lest we forget. To the undying memory of the brave men of Dinnington. They were a wall unto us both by night and by day.
There are 37 names from the Second World War and the inscription:
1939-1945
The First World War lists 109 names and the inscrpition:
1914-1918 Lest we forget. To the undying memory of the brave men of Dinnington. They were a wall unto us both by night and by day.
There are 37 names from the Second World War and the inscription:
1939-1945
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Additional Details
Malcolm Kenneth Adcock (PLY/X 110602)
Royal Marines - LCS(L) 258 1 November 1944, aged 20 Loss of vessel in landings in Holland Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery Edwin Adshead (5051902) South Staffordshire Regiment - 5th Bn. 25 September 1941, aged 21 Died in Derbyshire Dinnington Church Cemetery Bertram Ash (944309) Royal Air Force - 102 Sqdn. 15 August 1940, aged 22 Died in an air raid on RAF Driffield Dinnington Church Cemetery Fred Beesley (14647614) South Staffordshire Regiment - 1st Bn. 7 June 1944, aged 23 Killed in action in the Burma Campaign Rangoon Memorial Tom Booth (4535416) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 1st Bn. 27 April 1942, aged 28 Died in Burma Taukkyan War Cemetery John Cousins (872033) Royal Artillery - 3 H.A.A. Regiment 14 February 1942, aged 24 Died in Singapore Kranji War Cemetery Norman Bradshaw (4747863) York and Lancaster Regiment - The Hallamshire Bn 10 August 1944, aged 23 Died in the Normandy Campaign Banneville-Le-Campagne War Cemetery Harry Brown (4747864) York and Lancaster Regiment - 1st Bn. 15 April 1944, aged 22 Died in the Italian Campaign Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio William Burdett (4912358) South Staffordshire Regiment - 1st Bn. 8 June 1940, aged 27 Motor accident in Egypt Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Reginald Cleary (4964987) Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) - 8th Bn. 23 April - 2 May 1940, aged 38 Died in the Norwegian Campaign Venabygd Cemetery Joseph Henry Dowley (626734) Royal Air Force - 1CACF (Coastal Artillery Co-operation Flight) 23 September 1940, aged 24 Aircraft attacked by German fighter aircraft over the channel Dinnington Church Cemetery Albert Colin Dalton (636611) Royal Air Force - 156 Sqdn. 7 September 1943, aged 21 Lancaster aircraft lost on a mission to Germany Durnbach War Cemetery William Gee (4747976) Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) - 1/5th Bn. 12 February 1942, aged 23 Died of wounds in the Far East Campaign Singapore Memorial Roland William Hall (1126572) Royal Air Force 19 July 1945, aged 24 Killed on flying duties in the Middle East Habbaniya War Cemetery Also listed on Maltby GS John Hancox (4978519) Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) - 2/5th Bn. 27 May 1940, aged 21 Died whilst serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France & Belgium Oignies Communal Cemetery Henry John Hartshorn (407715) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 9th Bn. 29 May 1944, aged 35 Died in the Italian Campaign Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Harold Hayes (572871) Royal Air Force - 1660 HCU 25 February 1945, aged 23 Lancaster aircraft crashed on a training flight Dinnington Church Cemetery Robert Denver Haynes (4748067) York and Lancaster Regiment - The Hallamshire Bn 1 July 1944, aged 24 Killed in action during the Normandy Campaign St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux Edmond Leslie Kenneth Hill (981840) Royal Horse Artillery - 11 (Honourable Artillery Coy.) Regiment 21 January 1942, aged 28 Killed in Middle East Alamein Memorial |
James Hoyle (4747736)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn. 22 April 1943, aged 25 Died during the North African Campaign Massicault War Cemetery Wilfred Marriott (1527053) Royal Horse Artillery - 3 Regiment 23 November 1941, aged 24 Killed in action in the Middle East Alamein Memorial Jack Milner (4747989) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 1st Bn. 9 May 1944, aged 22 Died during the Burma Campaign Rangoon Memorial Joseph Newman (4747883) York and Lancaster Regiment - The Hallamshire Bn 22 February 1945, aged 37 Died in Holland Jonkerbos War Cemetery Ronald Norbury (2665944) Coldstream Guards - 2nd Bn. 22 October 1944, aged 21 Killed in action during the Italy Campaign Faenza War Cemetery John Henry Norbury (4626668) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2nd Bn. 31 March 1942, aged 26 Died in Burma Rangoon Memorial Colin Quinton (4747992) York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn. 1 June 1940, aged 22 Died of wounds during the Dunkirk evacuation Dunkirk Memorial Sam Quinton (4747889) York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn. 13 September 1944, aged 23 Killed in action during the Italy Campaign Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Herbert Richardson (54244) Royal Air Force - 53 Sqdn. 7 June 1944, aged 26 Liberator aircraft lost on a U-Boat patrol mission from Cornwall Runnymede Memorial Distinguished Flying Medal Ernest Smedley (4978595) Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 17 June 1940, aged 21 Died in France Noirmoutier-En-L'ile Communal Cemetery Frederick Ivan Spencer (1593463) Royal Air Force - 166 Sqdn. 13 June 1944, aged 19 Lancaster aircraft lost on a mission to Germany Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General Cemetery Harry Ethelbert Turner (653544) Royal Air Force - 114 Sqdn. 12 September 1944, aged 23 Boston aircraft lost on a mission in Italy Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Distinguished Flying Medal Frederick Arthur Turner (4971156) York and Lancaster Regiment - 1st Bn. 23 May 1942, aged 31 Died in hospital in India Kirkee War Cemetery Frank Wardle (999638) Devonshire Regiment - 12th (Airborne) Bn. 24 March 1945, aged 28 Killed in action at the Rhine Crossing action Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Fred Watkinson (14555652) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 6th Bn. 17 June 1944, aged 19 Killed in action during the Normandy Campaign Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery William West (4863486) Leicestershire Regiment - 1st Bn. 5 August 1943, aged 30 Died as a Japanese PoW in Thailand Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Vernon Williams (2759500) Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 7th Bn. 24 October 1942, aged 25 Died in Middle East Alamein Memorial George Carr Wood (4744824) Royal Armoured Corps - 'A' Sqn. 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) 13 July 1943, aged 30 Died during the Sicily Campaign Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily |