Ellenbrook WWII Roll of Honour
HARRY ALCOCK
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Radio Officer
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: M.V. Empire Light (Liverpool)
Age: 21
Date of Death: 07/03/1943
Additional information: Son of George and Mary Alcock; husband of Florence Alcock, of Walkden, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 43.
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
WILLIAM BROWN
DOB: Circa 1919
Age: 21
Birth Town: Manchester.
Resided Town: Manchester.
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 31/05/1940
Information: Parents: Peter Brown, and of Alice Brown, of Boothstown, Lancashire.
Rank: Fusilier
Service Number: 3451662
EDWARD DYKE
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 11/07/1944
Service No: 4460927
Additional information: Son of Joseph and Alice Dyke, of Boothstown, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 24.
Cemetery: BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
KEITH FILDES
Name: FILES, KEITH BARNET
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 224 Sqdn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 11/01/1941
Service No: 523740
Additional information: Son of James and Ethel Files, of Torquay, Devon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 1265.
Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYAR
RONALD GRIFFITHS
Name: GRIFFITHS, JOHN WALTER RONALD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 102 Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 11/09/1941
Service No: 650725
Additional information: Son of George Griffiths and of Eva Griffiths (nee Upton), of Boothstown, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 846.
Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD
F/Sgt Griffiths was killed on 11th September 1941 in Whitley Z6870 which crashed at Topcliffe on a training flight. The aircraft crashed within Topcliffe airfield boundary after the crew were practicing overshooting during a dual-instruction part of a night flying exercise at 22.50hrs.
LEONARD HARDMAN
Rank: Sapper
Service No: 1649041
Date of Death: 13/05/1945
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Grave Reference Grave 978.
Cemetery WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:
Son of Richard and Ethel Hardman; husband of Bertha Hardman, of Boothstown, Manchester.
WILLIAM HAYES
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Arbiter
Date of Death: 19/03/1944
Service No: D/JX 567879
Additional information: Son of Robert Hayes, and of Martha Hayes, of Boothstown, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 86, Column 2.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
JAMES HOWELL
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit Text: 80 Bty., 21 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 15/12/1940
Service No: 1465093
Additional information: Husband of Edna Howell, of Worsley.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 336.
Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD
JAMES KEE
Name: JAMES KEE, B.A.Hons. (Cantab.).
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 219 Sqdn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 28/10/1941
Service No: 42713
Additional information: Son of Robert ( vicar of St John's, Mosley Common ) and Janet Kee, of Bothstown, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 847.
Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD
FRED MANN
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Galatea
Age: 24
Date of Death: 15/12/1941
Service No: D/JX 203163
Additional information: Son of William and Mary A. Mann, of Boothstown, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 47, Column 3.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
FRED MANSLEY
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 14/02/1942
Service No: 3856190
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 75.
Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
JAMES KENDRICK MANSLEY
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Norfolk Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 04/10/1944
Service No: 3866087
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Mansley, of Astley, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
Memorial: GROESBEEK MEMORIAL
JAMES ROBERT MARKLAND
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 1146271
Date of Death: 07/07/1944
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 166 Sqdn.
Grave Reference II. C. 1.
Cemetery BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Mary Markland, of Walkden, Lancashire.
JOHN MCCARTHY
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pumpman
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: M.V. Empire Light (Liverpool)
Age: 23
Date of Death: 07/03/1943
Additional information: Son of Lawrence McCarthy, and of Rose Hannah McCarthy, of Boothstown, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 43.
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
CHARLES NOLAN
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 23/07/1941
Service No: 3715938
Additional information: Son of Charles and Catherine Nolan; husband of Ruth Nolan, of Tyldesley, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 9. Column 1.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL
JOHN S PAYNE
PAYNE, JOHN STANLEY
Rank: Private
Service No: 6093799
Date of Death: 21/03/1945
Age: 26
Regiment/Service:Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1st Bn.
Branch at Death Infantry
Grave Reference 15. G. 15.
Cemetery HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Son of John Payne & Gertrude Mary, Walkden
JAMES ROWSON
Name: ROWSON, JAMES ROGERS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 29/04/1943
Service No: 3858922
Additional information: Son of Frank and Annie Rowson, of Boothstown, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. M. 16.
Cemetery: MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
WILLIAM B SMITH
Name: SMITH, WILLIAM BRIMELOW
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 21
Date of Death: 18/06/1942
Service No: 1113712
Additional information: Son of Harry and Rachel Smith, of Boothstown, Lancashire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 94.
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
MICHAEL THWAITES
Name: THWAITES, MICHAEL EDWARD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Squadron Leader (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 7 Sqdn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 12/03/1943
Service No: 79550
Awards: D F C
Additional information: Son of Jeffrey Marsland Thwaites and Jessie Lilian Thwaites; husband of Mary Thwaites, of Broadoak Park, Worsley, Lancashire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 1.
Cemetery: MINAUCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
STANLEY H WALKER
Name: WALKER, STANLEY HUBERT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (W. Op. Air)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 463 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 21/03/1945
Service No: 2209766
Additional information: Son of Alfred Ernest and Elizabeth Walker, of Boothstown, Lancashire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 2. L. 5-8.
Cemetery: BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
John Richards & Thomas Costello not yet matched
JOHNSON, JACK
Rank: Stoker 2nd Class
Service No: C/KX100380
Date of Death: 09/05/1940
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
H.M.S. Kelly
Grave Reference Screen Wall. Sec. C. Coll. grave 115-118.
Cemetery HEBBURN CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Samuel and Betsy Johnson
, of Walkden, Lancashire.