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Stanley Antcliffe - 1479343
Stanley Antcliffe was born in Southwell, Nottinghamshire in late 1923, first child of Arthur Antcliffe and Annie (nee Eaton). They couple had another child and the family lived at Grange Lane, Maltby and later at 1 Hasland Place, Maltby. Stanley joined the Army and was a Private in The Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, service number 14719343.
Stanley was a Private, service number 14719343, in The Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. The Hallamshire, were part of 146 Infantry Brigade of 49th Infantry Division and were bound for France just after D-Day. At midnight on June 9th, 1944, the battalion embarked in Infantry Landing Craft at Newhaven and in the afternoon of the following day landed on the beach at Ver-sur-Mer, France. Within three days they were in the line, relieving tired troops involved in the landings. A few days later they were involved in the attack on Fontenay-le-Pesnel. The battalion was also involved in the capture of the docks at Le Havre before the Germans could destroy the vital installations. Here they captured 1,005 prisoners, three Dornier flying boats and a submarine! In September, the Hallamshires crossed the Antwerp-Turnhout Canal and during the winter months, the battalion served in the Nijmegen salient, Netherlands, an area colloquially known as “the island” due to the flooding of low lying areas by the Germans to slow the Allied advance. By February 1945 the battalion were back in the line and based around Andelst and Zetten, the area where there had been heavy fighting a fortnight earlier. The snow had now melted and given place to heavy flooding, which was steadily increasing. In the middle of the month the Battalion was ordered to send out men to occupy the farm of De Hoeven, which was in the middle of a veritable sea of water anything up to 4 to 5 ft. deep, approachable only by boat and only then at night.
On 20 February 1945 Private Ancliffe was in a boat on a canal just north of the village of Zetten, he was part of a party of about ten men. Whilst moving off the boat there was an explsion (possibly a mine) Stanley died along with seven other men, and is now buried in Arnhem Oosterbeek WarCemetery, he was 21 years old.
Note
Other casualties that day from The Hallamshire Battalion were:
Fellows, J C - 14785802
Fletcher, N F - 5052517
Hutchinson, C - 14759760
Lea, F - 14787340
Lockett, S N - 4746326
Peters, A W - 14747834
Yorke, G A - 14743765
Stanley was a Private, service number 14719343, in The Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. The Hallamshire, were part of 146 Infantry Brigade of 49th Infantry Division and were bound for France just after D-Day. At midnight on June 9th, 1944, the battalion embarked in Infantry Landing Craft at Newhaven and in the afternoon of the following day landed on the beach at Ver-sur-Mer, France. Within three days they were in the line, relieving tired troops involved in the landings. A few days later they were involved in the attack on Fontenay-le-Pesnel. The battalion was also involved in the capture of the docks at Le Havre before the Germans could destroy the vital installations. Here they captured 1,005 prisoners, three Dornier flying boats and a submarine! In September, the Hallamshires crossed the Antwerp-Turnhout Canal and during the winter months, the battalion served in the Nijmegen salient, Netherlands, an area colloquially known as “the island” due to the flooding of low lying areas by the Germans to slow the Allied advance. By February 1945 the battalion were back in the line and based around Andelst and Zetten, the area where there had been heavy fighting a fortnight earlier. The snow had now melted and given place to heavy flooding, which was steadily increasing. In the middle of the month the Battalion was ordered to send out men to occupy the farm of De Hoeven, which was in the middle of a veritable sea of water anything up to 4 to 5 ft. deep, approachable only by boat and only then at night.
On 20 February 1945 Private Ancliffe was in a boat on a canal just north of the village of Zetten, he was part of a party of about ten men. Whilst moving off the boat there was an explsion (possibly a mine) Stanley died along with seven other men, and is now buried in Arnhem Oosterbeek WarCemetery, he was 21 years old.
Note
Other casualties that day from The Hallamshire Battalion were:
Fellows, J C - 14785802
Fletcher, N F - 5052517
Hutchinson, C - 14759760
Lea, F - 14787340
Lockett, S N - 4746326
Peters, A W - 14747834
Yorke, G A - 14743765
Lawrence Edward Baxter - 4535425
John Stanley Bertenshaw - 5962244
John Stanley Bertenshaw was born in late 1923, his birth being registered in Bedford. He was the second child of Archibald Linford Bertenshaw who was an accountant, originally from Coalville, Leicestershire and was married to Florence (nee Smith) in 1920. His father who became the Clerk of Maltby Urban District Council in the late 1920’s, died in 1940 in the Rother Valley Registration Area.
John enlisted in the Army, originally with Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, service number 5962244, although he later transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. In early 1945 2ndLincs were part of the allied armies pushing towards the Rhine. Operation Veritable was launched on 8 February to occupy the land between the Maas and Rhine rivers. Within this 2nd Lincs were involved in the battle for the German town of Winnekendonk. On 2 March 1945 the offensive began at 17.45 on both sides of the Kervenheim-Winnekendonk road. Fierce hand to hand fighting took place between the Lincolnsand the German parachutists (Para Lehr Regiment) into the evening as darkness fell. At 21.00 the Germans surrendered. Winnekendonk had been held by one battalion of the Para Lehr Regiment with a Fortress Battery in support. In addition to the 4 anti-tank/SP guns knocked out, two more 88mm and six 50mm guns were captured in the town. The 2nd Lincolns lost one officer and 16 men, including Private John Stanley Bertenshaw, aged 21. He is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
John enlisted in the Army, originally with Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, service number 5962244, although he later transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. In early 1945 2ndLincs were part of the allied armies pushing towards the Rhine. Operation Veritable was launched on 8 February to occupy the land between the Maas and Rhine rivers. Within this 2nd Lincs were involved in the battle for the German town of Winnekendonk. On 2 March 1945 the offensive began at 17.45 on both sides of the Kervenheim-Winnekendonk road. Fierce hand to hand fighting took place between the Lincolnsand the German parachutists (Para Lehr Regiment) into the evening as darkness fell. At 21.00 the Germans surrendered. Winnekendonk had been held by one battalion of the Para Lehr Regiment with a Fortress Battery in support. In addition to the 4 anti-tank/SP guns knocked out, two more 88mm and six 50mm guns were captured in the town. The 2nd Lincolns lost one officer and 16 men, including Private John Stanley Bertenshaw, aged 21. He is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
James Burke - 14373877
James Burke was the ninth of ten children born to Rose (nee Dabbs) and Thomas Burke of 82 Whinney Hill, Thrybergh. James was educated at St Gerard’s School, Thrybergh and later employed at Beedon Street as a bricklayer. He was married in 1937 and lived at 45 Norfolk St, Rotherham with his wife and three children.
He joined the Army, service number 14373877 and was a Private in the 11th Battalion, Parachute Regiment. His unit was part of the second lift on Monday 18 September 1944 of Operation Market Garden, the Arnhem battle also known as ‘A Bridge Too Far’. On the next day, the 11th Battalion, which had stayed out of much of the fighting, was now overwhelmed in exposed positions while attempting to capture high ground to the north. James Burke was reported to have died of wounds on 23rd September 1944, aged 29, and is buried in Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery. |