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Post by shred on Jan 27, 2012 22:15:51 GMT
 Name: JENKINS, NORMAN GEORGE Initials: N G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sub-Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Reserve Unit Text: H.M. Yacht Zaza Age: 24 Date of Death: 04/12/1939 Additional information: Son of Arthur Henry and Elizabeth Jenkins, of Folkestone. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 647. Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD |
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Post by shred on Jan 27, 2012 22:20:17 GMT
 Name: ALLEN, JAMES ERIC Initials: J E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot) Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age: 28 Date of Death: 07/12/1941 Service No: 106109 Additional information: Son of William Henry and Sarah Agnes Allen; husband of Vera Margaret Allen, of Monton Green, Eccles. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 554. Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD |
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Post by shred on Jan 27, 2012 22:29:36 GMT
 Name: GORICK, NORMAN Initials: N Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot) Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 428 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 21 Date of Death: 31/01/1943 Service No: 124505 Additional information: Son of William and Edith Rachel Gorick, of Eccles. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 666. Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD Norman was flying a Wellington X on a training exercise, about a minute after take off the plane caught fire and crashed one mile North West of Dishforth airfield. |
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Post by shred on Jan 27, 2012 23:06:38 GMT
 Name: HOWELL, JAMES Initials: J 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 |
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Post by shred on Jan 27, 2012 23:09:31 GMT
 Name: McDOUGALL, JOHN PAUL Initials: J P Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Flight Sergeant (Nav.) Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Age: 20 Date of Death: 30/05/1944 Service No: 1795225 Additional information: Son of John Paul and Ethel May McDougall, of Monton Green, Eccles. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 176. Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD  |
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Post by shred on Jan 27, 2012 23:21:04 GMT
 Name: FILES, KEITH BARNET Initials: K B 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) CHURCHYARD "The winter of 1940-41 was a very severe winter in the North of England. This Hudson took off from Leuchars, Scotland at 01.17hrs and flew in an Easterly direction out to sea. The precise details of the flight are not fully known as the RAF's crash card for the incident refers to the operation as being a "special task". The crew were believed to have flown fifty miles out into the North Sea from Leuchars, then south following the coast for fifty miles looking for small vessels trying to cut the minefields. During the flight the wireless equipment and direction finding equipment failed and the crew flew too far south. At the time of the accident they were flying blind in poor visibility which was shrouding the North Yorkshire Moors as they flew in from the sea presumably to make a landing at Thornaby. The aircraft struck the top of an area of high ground on Warren Moor, above Kildale, on the night of 11th January 1941. All four of the crew survived the crash and although injured they managed to scramble clear of the plane but before they could be rescued all sadly died of their injuries and exposure before being found at 16.30hrs on 12th January 1941. Their bodies were found under a wing of the Hudson huddled together and covered in snow. Local recollection recounts that the owners of nearby Park Farm thought that they heard voices on that night but as the weather was so bad they did not venture out to investigate. I have been contacted by a gentleman, a Mr Bell, whos father was farm manager at Baysdale Abbey, he recalls his father telling him of seeing something odd on the moor the next morning which was noticed whilst he was tending to sheep in the valley bottom. Upon exploring it became clear that it was an aircraft on the moor but covered in snow. He recalls his father being one of the first to the crash site or him visiting it soon after and that a good clean up job was done by the RAF in the weeks after the accident" www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/41/n7298.html |
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Post by shred on Jan 27, 2012 23:44:53 GMT
 Name: FRITH, JOHN DOUGLAS Initials: J D Nationality: Australian Rank: Corporal Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit Text: 4th Bn Date of Death: 05/05/1917 Service No: 3096 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Memorial: VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL Son of Edward and Marion Helen Frith of Boundary Cottage, Worsley. John had worked as a stone cutter before he attested on the 20th September 1915 aged 30. A brief synopsis of John's service is attached.  Part of an e-mail sent to us by the niece of (John) Douglas Frith: I was surprised to see so many references to my uncle on the internet - not all of them accurate - not even his military record. John Douglas Frith was my mother's eldest brother. He was always known as Doug - never John. He was born December 1884 at his father's farm, the Hollins, Antrobus, Cheshire. His parents were Edward Frith and Marion Helen Frith (nee Douglas). He attended school in Worsley near Manchester. He served with the Anzacs in the Great War and was killed in battle at Bullecourt, France - May 5, 1917. Three of his brothers also served in the war and survived. They were Joseph, Edward and Robert. |
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Post by shred on Jan 28, 2012 11:21:47 GMT
 Name: ATHERTON, WILLIAM TEMPERLEY Initials: W T Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Marine Regiment/Service: Royal Marines Unit Text: No. 46 R.M. Commando. Age: 19 Date of Death: 30/06/1944 Service No: PLY/X111533 Additional information: Son of Samuel and Lydia Dorothy Atherton, of Radcliffe, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IIIA. G. 7. Cemetery: RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY William attended Bury Grammar School their website contains the following information: Marine William Temperley Atherton, 46 Royal Marine Commando. Billy Atherton was the son of the Chairman of the Radcliffe branch of the Royal British Legion and chief warden of Radcliffe. 46 Royal Marine Commando landed at ‘Juno' beach on D-Day.They suffered heavy casualties in fighting on the eastern end of the allied beachhead, particularly when they liberated the villages of Rots and Le Hamel from SS troops on 11 th June 1944. Billy Atherton was sent to France in late June as one of the replacements for these losses. On his first patrol near the village of Sallanelles on 2nd July, the Germans spotted the commandos and opened fire with mortars. Billy was killed and three other marines were wounded. He was 19 years old. He is buried at Ranville Cemetery, Normandy, IIIA.G.7. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has his date of death incorrectly recorded as 30th June. School wreaths were laid on his grave during our 1995 and 2001 Normandy battlefield tours. On the latter occasion a special service was held involving members of the CCF, two Deputy Mayors of Ranville and local veterans. (Thanks to John Swain and former comrades of Billy in 46 RMC for providing additional information correcting my original entry) www.bgsalumni.com/roll-of-honour-second-world-war/ |
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Post by shred on Jan 28, 2012 12:01:03 GMT
 Name: SMITH, WILLIAM BRIMELOW Initials: W B 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 William was flying in a Blenheim BA445 which had taken off from Portreath heading for Gibraltar unfortunately the plane failed to arrive there. |
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Post by shred on Jan 28, 2012 12:06:52 GMT
 Name: JOHNSON, STANLEY Initials: S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps Unit Text: 11 Field Amb Age: 21 Date of Death: 20/05/1940 Service No: 7266190 Additional information: Son of Edward Arthur and Sarah Johnson, of Salford, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 10. Cemetery: ZWEVEGEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY |
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Post by shred on Jan 28, 2012 12:11:58 GMT
 Name: HARDMAN, LEONARD Initials: L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sapper Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers Age: 28 Date of Death: 13/05/1945 Service No: 1649041 Additional information: Son of Richard and Ethel Hardman; husband of Bertha Hardman, of Boothstown, Manchester. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 978. Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD |
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Post by shred on Jan 28, 2012 12:19:37 GMT
 Name: FROST, ALBERT EDWARD Initials: A E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Officer Cadet Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps Age: 26 Date of Death: 14/05/1943 Service No: S/151416 Additional information: Son of Elijah and Isabella Frost; husband of Irene Frost, of Worsley. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 928. Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD Attachments:
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Post by shred on Jan 28, 2012 12:45:29 GMT
 Name: FAULKNER, THOMAS Initials: T Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Captain Regiment/Service: East Lancashire Regiment Age: 50 Date of Death: 08/10/1943 Service No: 92661 Additional information: Son of John and Priscilla Faulkner; husband of Marjorie Faulkner, of Worsley. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 1040. Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD Birth Place: Salford Residence: Lancashire Regiment at Enlistment: Manchester Regiment RA Regiment at Death: East Lancashire Regiment |
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Post by shred on Jan 28, 2012 12:49:58 GMT
 Name: PLOWRIGHT, PETER Initials: P Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 100 Sqdn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 11/04/1943 Service No: 1101161 Additional information: Son of Arthur and Edith Mary Plowright, of Worsley, Lancashire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 8. H. 18. Cemetery: RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY |
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Post by shred on Jan 28, 2012 13:39:30 GMT
 Name: KEE, JAMES Initials: J 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 and Janet Kee, of Bothstown, Manchester. B.A.Hons. (Cantab.). Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 847. Cemetery: WORSLEY (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD His Beaufighter on a dusk patrol crashed four miles west of Merston soon after take-off in the evening. Both F/O J. Kee and Sgt. T.G.F. Dixon were killed.  A Beaufighter |
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