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The information here displays the name, service number and memorial page they are listed on, which can be accessed via the home page.
Oldale, Douglas Archibald - 3320079 - Maltby
Osborne, Douglas - 7615856 - Aston, All Saints Church
Oxley, Frederick Arthur - 1107527 - Kimberworth, St Thomas Church
Osborne, Douglas - 7615856 - Aston, All Saints Church
Oxley, Frederick Arthur - 1107527 - Kimberworth, St Thomas Church
Additional Casualties not listed on a memorial
John Desmond O'Connor (997604)
Flight Sergeant - Royal Air Force - 602 Sqdn. 9 March 1942, aged 22 Born on 21 September 1919 Birth reg'd in Rotherham in Q4 1919 Son of John and Elizabeth O'Connor, of Rotherham, Yorkshire Enlisted 15/5/40 Lived at 57 Wickersley Road, Rotherham Runnymede Memorial Lost when Spitfire Vb serial number W3382 was believed shot down by FW190 whilst on a mission from Kenley to escort Boston's bombers on operation Circus 113 to a power station at Mazingarbe, northern France |
Horace Oldfield (2354843)
Driver - Royal Corps Of Signals - 77 H.A.A. Regt., R.A. Sig. Sec. 29 November 1943, aged 37 Birth reg'd in Rotherham in Q2 1906 Husband of Catherine Oldfield Lived at 19 South St, Thurcroft/ 26 Oates St, Rotherham Married in Rotherham - Q3 1926 - 5 Sons 3 Daughters Singapore Memorial Suez Maru was a 4,645-ton freighter with passenger accommodation. She sailed on 25 November 1943 with 548 POW (415 British and 133 Dutch) from Ambon bound for Surabaya. The POWs were all sick men from the work-camps on the Moluccas and Ambon. Twenty were stretcher cases. On 29 November 1943 the ship was torpedoed by USS Bonefish near Kangean Island east of Madoera Island. Most of the POWs drowned in the holds of the ship. Those who escaped from the holds and left the ship were shot by the Japanese. There were no survivors. Died in the same incident as Walter Burt (958014) Doncaster 'B' / George Harold Burton (814176) Doncaster 'B' / Harold Creighton Clegg (1011674) Barnsley Grammar School / John Wilfred Flavell (1090680) Rotherham 'F' / William Hedgecox (156510) Barnsley 'H' / George Dawson (1794622) Brinsworth & Canklow |
James Samuel Oliver (790336)
Warrant Officer Class II (B.S.M.) - Royal Artillery - 18 Field Regt.
8 April 1945, aged 34
Birth reg'd in Doncaster in Q4 1910
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Oliver; husband of Phyllis Maud Oliver, of Chulmleigh, Devon.
Enlisted 12/1/1929. To Army Reserve 11/1/1935.
Lived at Rotherham
Married in Newton Abbot - Q2 1941 - 1 Daughter
Taukkyan War Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - In ever loving memory of Vic. Loved husband of Phil, daddy of Geraldine
Originally buried at Meitkila War Cemetery before being reburied in present location in the 1950's
Taukkyan War Cemetery is the largest of the three war cemeteries in Burma (now Myanmar). It was begun in 1951 for the reception of graves from four battlefield cemeteries at Akyab, Mandalay, Meiktila and Sahmaw which were difficult to access and could not be maintained
KIA in Burma
(Listed on Mexborough War Memorial)
Warrant Officer Class II (B.S.M.) - Royal Artillery - 18 Field Regt.
8 April 1945, aged 34
Birth reg'd in Doncaster in Q4 1910
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Oliver; husband of Phyllis Maud Oliver, of Chulmleigh, Devon.
Enlisted 12/1/1929. To Army Reserve 11/1/1935.
Lived at Rotherham
Married in Newton Abbot - Q2 1941 - 1 Daughter
Taukkyan War Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - In ever loving memory of Vic. Loved husband of Phil, daddy of Geraldine
Originally buried at Meitkila War Cemetery before being reburied in present location in the 1950's
Taukkyan War Cemetery is the largest of the three war cemeteries in Burma (now Myanmar). It was begun in 1951 for the reception of graves from four battlefield cemeteries at Akyab, Mandalay, Meiktila and Sahmaw which were difficult to access and could not be maintained
KIA in Burma
(Listed on Mexborough War Memorial)
Albert Edward Osguthorpe (1239576)
Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 27 Sqdn.
21 February 1943, aged 21
Birth reg'd in Doncaster in Q4 1921
Son of Albert Edward and Gladys Mary Osguthorpe, of Bolton-On-Dearne, Yorkshire.
Given regn of birth and date of death must have been 21 not 20 shown on CWGC
Lived at 36 Thurnscoe Rd, Bolton on Dearne
Singapore Memorial
Lost when a Beaufighter aircraft went missing.
[also listed on Bolton Upon Dearne, St Andrew / Dearne memorials]
(CWGC shows age as 20)
Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 27 Sqdn.
21 February 1943, aged 21
Birth reg'd in Doncaster in Q4 1921
Son of Albert Edward and Gladys Mary Osguthorpe, of Bolton-On-Dearne, Yorkshire.
Given regn of birth and date of death must have been 21 not 20 shown on CWGC
Lived at 36 Thurnscoe Rd, Bolton on Dearne
Singapore Memorial
Lost when a Beaufighter aircraft went missing.
[also listed on Bolton Upon Dearne, St Andrew / Dearne memorials]
(CWGC shows age as 20)
Lawrence William Overland (4692500)
Private - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn.
16 June 1944, aged 25
Birth reg'd in Rotherham in Q4 1918
Son of Frederick and Mary Maud Overland; husband of Gladys Amy Overland, of Hay, Herefordshire.
Lived at 40 Wentworth St, Rotherham/ 4 Newport St, Hay, Herefordshire
Married in Rotherham - Q2 1943 - 1 Daughter
Bayeux War Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - There's some corner, Of a foreign field That is forever England
Originally buried at Cristot Map Ref 7F/1 1/50,000 885696 before being reburied in present location on 30 December 1944
KIA during the Normandy Campaign, at the battle for Cristot
Private - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn.
16 June 1944, aged 25
Birth reg'd in Rotherham in Q4 1918
Son of Frederick and Mary Maud Overland; husband of Gladys Amy Overland, of Hay, Herefordshire.
Lived at 40 Wentworth St, Rotherham/ 4 Newport St, Hay, Herefordshire
Married in Rotherham - Q2 1943 - 1 Daughter
Bayeux War Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - There's some corner, Of a foreign field That is forever England
Originally buried at Cristot Map Ref 7F/1 1/50,000 885696 before being reburied in present location on 30 December 1944
KIA during the Normandy Campaign, at the battle for Cristot
George Thomas Oxley (D/SSX 20625)
Able Seaman - Royal Navy - H.M.S. Glorious
9 June 1940, aged 21
Born in Doncaster in Q2 1919 (5 May 1919)
Son of Mrs. E. Oxley, of Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire.
Lived at Wath-on-Dearne
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Lost when the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was sunk in the Norwegian Sea. During the Norwegian Campaign HMS Glorious was almost fully employed in transporting RAF aircraft to Norway. During the withdrawl from Norway, HMS Glorious and her escorting destroyers were caught by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau with a full deck of Hurricanes and Gladiators, and unable to launch her aircraft she was sunk with great loss of life in position in position 68º30'N, 03º50'E. There were only 43 survivors.
[also listed on - memorial]
Died on the same date/ unit as Eric Lyons Moorhouse (D/KX 97528) Doncaster 'M'
Able Seaman - Royal Navy - H.M.S. Glorious
9 June 1940, aged 21
Born in Doncaster in Q2 1919 (5 May 1919)
Son of Mrs. E. Oxley, of Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire.
Lived at Wath-on-Dearne
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Lost when the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was sunk in the Norwegian Sea. During the Norwegian Campaign HMS Glorious was almost fully employed in transporting RAF aircraft to Norway. During the withdrawl from Norway, HMS Glorious and her escorting destroyers were caught by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau with a full deck of Hurricanes and Gladiators, and unable to launch her aircraft she was sunk with great loss of life in position in position 68º30'N, 03º50'E. There were only 43 survivors.
[also listed on - memorial]
Died on the same date/ unit as Eric Lyons Moorhouse (D/KX 97528) Doncaster 'M'
William Rolfe Oxspring (1155950)
Gunner - Royal Artillery - 68 Anti-Tank Regt.
8 July 1944, aged 20
Born in Rotherham in Q4 1924
Son of Joseph Henry Oxspring, and of Florence Oxspring, of Hoyland Common, Yorkshire.
Brother of Henry Utley Oxspring Hoyland memorial). Enlisted 1942
1911 Census parents lived at 5 Harley, the home of his mother's father. Father was a house painter. Father died in 1929
Lived at 3 Short St, Hoyland Common
Hermanville War Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - Dear is your name. Deep in our hearts, You will always remain, Loving mother and family
Originally buried at Galmanche before being reburied in present location on 20 June 1945
KIA during the Normandy Campaign, during Operation Charnwood at Galmanche. The 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Army unit of the British Army under the command of Major-General L. O. Lyne. On June 25th the division, numbering 1,147 officers, 21,575 enlisted men, arrived in Normandy via JUNO Beach and assembled in the Bayeux-Creully area. By July 7th Monty had thrown it into the thick of the fighting of Operation CHARNWOOD where it was placed in the center of the line between 3rd Canadian Division and 3rd British Division during the frontal assault on Caen. This assault saw the first use of carpet bombing in France which, despite being a morale booster, had virtually no impact on the German troop positions north and west of the city. As a result 59th Division walked into a baptism of fire, facing fanatical defenders from 12th SS Hitlerjügend Division, who had occupied the area for a month and had been given plenty of time to prepare strong defenses. 59th Division suffered horrendously in the fields surrounding Galmanche and La Bijude and, despite some initial success, a counter attack soon pushed the 6th North
Staffordshires back past the Chateau de la Londe.
[also listed on Hoyland memorial]
Died on the same date/ unit as Frank Ashurst (1493609) Barnsley 'A' / James Albert Marsh (1155940) Tankersley / Harry Pattison (1493895) Rotherham Grammer School, Moorgate / Lawrence Towriss (1155967) Rotherham 'T'
Gunner - Royal Artillery - 68 Anti-Tank Regt.
8 July 1944, aged 20
Born in Rotherham in Q4 1924
Son of Joseph Henry Oxspring, and of Florence Oxspring, of Hoyland Common, Yorkshire.
Brother of Henry Utley Oxspring Hoyland memorial). Enlisted 1942
1911 Census parents lived at 5 Harley, the home of his mother's father. Father was a house painter. Father died in 1929
Lived at 3 Short St, Hoyland Common
Hermanville War Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - Dear is your name. Deep in our hearts, You will always remain, Loving mother and family
Originally buried at Galmanche before being reburied in present location on 20 June 1945
KIA during the Normandy Campaign, during Operation Charnwood at Galmanche. The 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Army unit of the British Army under the command of Major-General L. O. Lyne. On June 25th the division, numbering 1,147 officers, 21,575 enlisted men, arrived in Normandy via JUNO Beach and assembled in the Bayeux-Creully area. By July 7th Monty had thrown it into the thick of the fighting of Operation CHARNWOOD where it was placed in the center of the line between 3rd Canadian Division and 3rd British Division during the frontal assault on Caen. This assault saw the first use of carpet bombing in France which, despite being a morale booster, had virtually no impact on the German troop positions north and west of the city. As a result 59th Division walked into a baptism of fire, facing fanatical defenders from 12th SS Hitlerjügend Division, who had occupied the area for a month and had been given plenty of time to prepare strong defenses. 59th Division suffered horrendously in the fields surrounding Galmanche and La Bijude and, despite some initial success, a counter attack soon pushed the 6th North
Staffordshires back past the Chateau de la Londe.
[also listed on Hoyland memorial]
Died on the same date/ unit as Frank Ashurst (1493609) Barnsley 'A' / James Albert Marsh (1155940) Tankersley / Harry Pattison (1493895) Rotherham Grammer School, Moorgate / Lawrence Towriss (1155967) Rotherham 'T'