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Post by shred on Jun 2, 2013 14:15:33 GMT
St Michael and All Angels with St Catherine, Liverpool Road, Peel Green, Eccles The plaque was originally from St Catherine's Church, Barton.   |
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Post by shred on Jun 2, 2013 20:21:59 GMT
WILLIAM RANSOME ARNOLD
Rank: Civilian
Date of Death: 22/12/1940
Age: 42
Regiment/Service: Civilian War Dead
Reporting Authority ECCLES, MUNICIPAL BOROUGH
Additional Information: A.R.P. Ambulance Driver. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Arnold, of 8 Boardman Street, Barton Lane; husband of Elizabeth Ann Arnold, of 20 Boardman Street. Died at 94 Gilda Brook Road.
KENNETH RHODES BALL
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 39925
Date of Death: 12/08/1941
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force (RAFO) 9 Sqdn.
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Grave Reference 20. B. 13.
Cemetery BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Charles Henry and Kate Rhodes Ball, of Manchester.
BENJAMIN BILLS
Rank: Private
Service No: 7266449
Date of Death: 25/02/1945
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Grave Reference Sec. B. Grave 191.
Cemetery BARTON UPON IRWELL (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of Benjamin and Sarah Elizabeth Bills, of Barton-on-Irwell.
ERNEST BROWN - Cannot identify
FRANK CLYNES - No records of anyone called Frank Clynes most probably:
FREDERICK CLYNE
Rank: Private
Service No: 3663586
Date of Death: 10/06/1944
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. 13th (2/4th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Bn.
Grave Reference IA. B. 21.
Cemetery RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Leo and Alice Clyne, of Peel Green, Eccles, Lancashire.
Birth Place: Manchester
Residence: Manchester
Branch at Enlistment: Army Air Corps
Branch at Death: Army Air Corps
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
Ranville was the first village to be liberated in France when the bridge over the Caen Canal was captured intact in the early hours of 6 June by troops of the 6th Airborne Division, who were landed nearby by parachute and glider. Many of the division's casualties are buried in Ranville War Cemetery and the adjoining churchyard
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Post by shred on Jun 2, 2013 20:58:37 GMT
FREDRICK HALFPENNY
Rank: Trooper
Service No: 3534133
Date of Death: Between 14/02/1942 and 15/02/1942
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Reconnaissance Corps 18th (5th Bn. The Loyal Regt.) Regt.
Panel Reference Column 96.
Memorial SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Halfpenny, of Eccles, Lancashire.
Birth Place: Lancashire
Residence: Manchester
Branch at Enlistment: Infantry
Theatre of War: Malaya
JAMES PETER HAYES
Rank: Private
Service No: 14609334
Date of Death: 12/05/1944
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Essex Regiment 1st Bn.
Grave Reference 4. H. 8.
Cemetery KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Aeneas and Ada Hayes, of Trafford Park, Manchester; husband of Joan Lovaine Hayes, of South Wingfield, Derbyshire.
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Post by shred on Jun 3, 2013 19:31:18 GMT
JOHN WILLIAM HOPKINS - Cannot identify
GEORGE EDWARD HULME
Rank: Private
Service No: K/7925
Date of Death: 04/12/1943
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps 122 Field Amb.
Grave Reference Spec. Mem.
Cemetery BARTON UPON IRWELL (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of James A. G. Hulme and Edith Caroline Hulme, of Wynndell, British Columbia, Canada.
NORMAN KIRKMAN
Rank: Signalman
Service No: 2349713
Date of Death: 05/12/1941
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Royal Corps of Signals 7th Armd. Div. Sigs.
Panel Reference Column 52.
Memorial ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Norman was on the SS Chakdina, a vessel commandeered to evacute the wounded from Tobruck, when it was hit by a torpedo delivered by an Italian bomber.
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Post by shred on Jun 3, 2013 20:31:15 GMT
SAMUEL GORDON MUGG
Rank: Leading Writer
Service No: P/MX 93183
Date of Death: 23/01/1944
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. Janus
Panel Reference Panel 87, Column 1.
Memorial PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Agnes Mugg, of Barton-on-Irwell, Lancashire.
On 20 January 1944 Janus was involved in the landings of Anzio. On the 23rd Janus (Lt.Cdr. William Brabazon Robert Morrison, RN) was hit by a glide bomb (HS293) from a Do217 (5.Wing KG100) and sunk in about twenty minutes with heavy loss of life in position 41º26'N, 12º38'E, though more than 80 survivors were rescued by HMS Laforey, HMS Jervis and some smaller craft. The loss of this destroyer was a sad blow. She and Jervis had fired over 500 rounds of 4.7", of the first two days of Anzio, a figure typical of many destroyers which indicated the enormous amount of help given by these ships during those critical days in Italy.
THOMAS ALAN O'NEILL
Rank: Able Seaman
Service No: D/SSX 24189
Date of Death: 05/09/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Grave Reference Sec. B. Grave 180.
Cemetery BARTON UPON IRWELL (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Ethel O'Neill, of Barton-on-Irwell.
JAMES QUINN
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 148704
Date of Death: 05/01/1945
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 165 Sqdn.
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Grave Reference Plot 63. Row 2. Grave 4.
Cemetery BRUGGE GENERAL CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William and Dinah Quinn, of Eccles, Lancashire; husband of Dorothy Quinn, of Monton, Eccles.
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Post by shred on Jun 3, 2013 20:42:15 GMT
CYRIL RAYNER Rank: Captain Service No: 106538 Date of Death: 18/03/1940 Age: 47 Regiment/Service: Royal Army Ordnance Corps Awards: D C M Grave Reference Sec. B. Grave 66. Cemetery BARTON UPON IRWELL (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD Additional Information: Son of George and Alice Rayner; husband of Florence Rayner, of Flixton. Cyril had served with the Manchester Regiment both during and after WW1. His service record is an interesting read as it contains part of a Court of Enquiry regarding the accidental wounding of Cyril. Court of Enquiry:  D.C.M. citation:  |
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Post by shred on Jun 4, 2013 20:13:25 GMT
GEORGE HECTOR RILEY Rank: Sergeant Trade: W.Op./Air Gnr. Service No: 1090148 Date of Death: 09/08/1943 Age: 26 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 149 Sqdn. Grave Reference Sec. G. Grave 17877. Cemetery PEEL GREEN CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Lawrence and Jane Riley, of Barton on Irwell, Eccles. ROBERT ARTHUR ROBERTS Rank: Leading Aircraftman Service No: 540263 Date of Death: 25/04/1940 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force 110 Sqdn. Panel Reference Panel 24. Memorial RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Robert John and May Roberts, of Barton-on-Irwell, Lancashire. Blenheim IV N6214 crashed in the North Sea near Norway on 25/4 1940. The aircraft belonged to RAF 110 Sqn. Bomber Command and was coded VE-?. T/o Lossiemouth OP: Anti shipping to Ulvik in Upper Hardangerfjord. While attacking shipping near Ulvik at Granvins Fjord N6214 crashed into the sea. All onboard died. Pilot Sgt Wilbert Priestley and W/Op-Air Gnr. L.A.C. Robert A.Roberts have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. On 23/8 at 10:00 hours the dead body of Observer Sgt. William T. Howells was found drifted ashore on the beach 1 km south of the Thorsminde lock by Reciever of Wrecks Jens Madsen. On 25/81940 Howells was laid to rest in Søndre Nissum cemetery. Link - www.flensted.eu.com/194006.shtml |
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Post by shred on Jun 4, 2013 21:33:50 GMT
JOHN SEAMAN
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 3450649
Date of Death: 07/10/1944
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference 5. K. 23.
Cemetery TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
HAROLD STUBBS
Rank: Civilian
Date of Death: 22/12/1940
Age: 57
Regiment/Service: Civilian War Dead
Reporting Authority ECCLES, MUNICIPAL BOROUGH
Additional Information: F.A.P. member. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stubbs, of 20 Clarendon Road; husband of Mary A. Stubbs, of 15 Holt Street, Peel Green, Patricroft. Died at 94 Gilda Brook Road.
LEONARD WILSON - Cannot identify
KENNETH WORSLEY
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Nav.
Service No: 1048195
Date of Death: 30/04/1943
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 142 Sqdn.
Grave Reference 12. H. 24.
Cemetery EL ALIA CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James and Miriam Worsley, of Eccles, Lancashire.
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Post by shred on Jun 4, 2013 22:50:27 GMT
From the Bible presented to St Michael and All Angels.
ROBERT WILLIAM JONES
Rank: Boy 1st Class
Service No: P/JX 175970
Date of Death: 24/05/1941
Age: 16
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. Hood
Panel Reference Panel 51, Column 3.
Memorial PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of John and Mary C. Jones, of Patricroft, Lancashire.
FRANK DOWILL SNEYD
Rank: Private
Service No: 3607311
Date of Death: 23/08/1944
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: York and Lancaster Regiment The Hallamshire Bn.
Grave Reference III. F. 8.
Cemetery ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Frank and Margaret Sneyd, of Patricroft, Lancashire.
Birth Place: Carlisle
Residence: Manchester
GEORGE WILLIAM ALFRED TINGLE
Rank: Guardsman
Service No: 2612970
Date of Death: 29/05/1940
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Grenadier Guards 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference Column 33.
Memorial DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Walter and Caroline Tingle; husband of Ethel Tingle, of Southport, Lancashire.
Birth Place: Barnsley
Residence: Manchester
ROY FITTON
Rank: Trooper
Service No: 7926140
Date of Death: 02/11/1942
Age: 35
Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps 'A' Sqn. Warwickshire Yeomanry
Grave Reference VI. F. 9.
Cemetery EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Lydia Fitton; husband of Florence Irene Fitton, of Peel Green, Lancashire.
WILFRED COOPER
Rank: Staff Serjeant
Service No: 7614864
Date of Death: 06/12/1942
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Ordnance Corps 16 Ordnance Store Coy.
Grave Reference Block F. Grave 34.
Cemetery DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James Albert and Annie Cooper; husband of Muriel Cooper, of Peel Green, Eccles, Lancashire, England.
KENNETH JAMES LAMBERT
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Flt Engr.
Service No: 148827
Date of Death: 28/05/1944
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 640 Sqdn.
Awards: D F C
Grave Reference Coll. grave IVa. E. 7.
Cemetery SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James A. and Annie Lambert, of Winton, Eccles, Lancashire.
Kenneth was posted to No.640 Squadron RAF (Leconfield) when on May 28th, 1944 Halifax LK865 was airborne 23:56 hrs 27.04.1944 from Leconfield, tasked to bomb the military camp at Bourg-Leopold. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter, crashing 02:28 hrs near the port of Antwerp.
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Post by shred on Jun 6, 2013 19:31:46 GMT
ERNEST HASLINGDEN
Rank: Fusilier
Service No: 3458318
Date of Death: 11/11/1944
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Bn.
Grave Reference VIII. A. 5.
Cemetery FAENZA WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Benjamin and Alice Haslingden; husband of Agnes Haslingden, of Patricroft, Lancashire.
WILLIAM ROY WORTHINGTON
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 1131967
Date of Death: 07/10/1944
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery 68 Field Regt.
Grave Reference XVI. A. 12.
Cemetery CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of William Walker Worthington, and of Elsie Worthington, of Winton, Lancashire.
NORMAN JAMES WILSON
Rank: Private
Service No: 3663760
Date of Death: 18/09/1945
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: South Lancashire Regiment
Grave Reference Plot Y. Grave 17217.
Cemetery MACCLESFIELD CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James Henry and Sarah Helen Wilson, of Patricroft, Lancashire.
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Post by shred on Jun 15, 2013 11:22:04 GMT
A member of Roy's family has kindly sent the following information and pictures. Roy Fitton, A sqn Warwickshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps was the son of Joseph and Lydia Fitton, husband of Florence Irene Fitton, dad to David (who he never saw). Roy Fitton (on the right)   |
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Post by shred on Dec 14, 2013 18:26:26 GMT
FRANK CLYNES - No records of anyone called Frank Clynes most probably: FREDERICK CLYNE Rank: Private Service No: 3663586 Date of Death: 10/06/1944 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. 13th (2/4th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Bn. Grave Reference IA. B. 21. Cemetery RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Leo and Alice Clyne, of Peel Green, Eccles, Lancashire. Birth Place: Manchester Residence: Manchester Branch at Enlistment: Army Air Corps Branch at Death: Army Air Corps The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Ranville was the first village to be liberated in France when the bridge over the Caen Canal was captured intact in the early hours of 6 June by troops of the 6th Airborne Division, who were landed nearby by parachute and glider. Many of the division's casualties are buried in Ranville War Cemetery and the adjoining churchyard  |
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Post by shred on Dec 22, 2013 19:01:06 GMT
SAMUEL GORDON MUGG Rank: Leading Writer Service No: P/MX 93183 Date of Death: 23/01/1944 Age: 25 Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. Janus Panel Reference Panel 87, Column 1. Memorial PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Agnes Mugg, of Barton-on-Irwell, Lancashire. On 20 January 1944 Janus was involved in the landings of Anzio. On the 23rd Janus (Lt.Cdr. William Brabazon Robert Morrison, RN) was hit by a glide bomb (HS293) from a Do217 (5.Wing KG100) and sunk in about twenty minutes with heavy loss of life in position 41º26'N, 12º38'E, though more than 80 survivors were rescued by HMS Laforey, HMS Jervis and some smaller craft. The loss of this destroyer was a sad blow. She and Jervis had fired over 500 rounds of 4.7", of the first two days of Anzio, a figure typical of many destroyers which indicated the enormous amount of help given by these ships during those critical days in Italy.  |
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Post by shred on Sept 25, 2016 19:08:52 GMT
BENJAMIN BILLS Rank: Private Service No: 7266449 Date of Death: 25/02/1945 Age: 26 Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps Grave Reference Sec. B. Grave 191. Cemetery BARTON UPON IRWELL (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD Additional Information: Son of Benjamin and Sarah Elizabeth Bills, of Barton-on-Irwell.  |
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Post by shred on Sept 25, 2016 20:09:00 GMT
KENNETH JAMES LAMBERT Rank: Flying Officer Trade: Flt Engr. Service No: 148827 Date of Death: 28/05/1944 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 640 Sqdn. Awards: D F C Grave Reference Coll. grave IVa. E. 7. Cemetery SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of James A. and Annie Lambert, of Winton, Eccles, Lancashire. Kenneth was posted to No.640 Squadron RAF (Leconfield) when on May 28th, 1944 Halifax LK865 was airborne 23:56 hrs 27.04.1944 from Leconfield, tasked to bomb the military camp at Bourg-Leopold. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter, crashing 02:28 hrs near the port of Antwerp.  |
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