Barnburgh War Memorial
Barnburgh War Memorial is a wooden board placed inside St Peter's Church
Additional Details
Jack Hirst (4689084)
Serjeant - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn.
16 May 1943, aged 29
Born in Doncaster in Q1 1914
Son of Thomas Henry Hirst, and of Alice Hirst, of Barnbrough, Yorkshire.
Lived at 16 Green Lane, Barnburgh
Rangoon Memorial
Captured by the Japanese on 10 May 1943 and dying as a prisoner of war on 16 May 1943
Serjeant - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn.
16 May 1943, aged 29
Born in Doncaster in Q1 1914
Son of Thomas Henry Hirst, and of Alice Hirst, of Barnbrough, Yorkshire.
Lived at 16 Green Lane, Barnburgh
Rangoon Memorial
Captured by the Japanese on 10 May 1943 and dying as a prisoner of war on 16 May 1943
James Alfred Sewell (556394)
Corporal - East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn.
25 October 1942, aged 23
Born in Doncaster in Q3 1917
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Sewell.
Alamein Memorial
Killed on the third day of the battle of Alamein
Corporal - East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn.
25 October 1942, aged 23
Born in Doncaster in Q3 1917
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Sewell.
Alamein Memorial
Killed on the third day of the battle of Alamein
Darrell Barry Stables (526438)
Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr) - Royal Air Force - 106 Sqdn.
27 October 1941, aged 24
Born in Doncaster in 5 October 1917
Baptised - 4/11/1917 at Barnburgh St Peter's. Father Charles, colliery operative. Mother Frances.
Son of Charles and Francis Stables; Husband of Kathleen Mary Stables, of Moulton, Northamptonshire.
Lived at Doncaster Road, Barmburgh
Married in Scunthorpe - Q3 1940
Brigg Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - In Memory's garden We meet.
Killed with the other three crew members of Handley Page Hampden AD785. The aircraft took off from Coningsby at 18:10hrs on 26th October 1941, they were one of the 115 aircraft tasked to bomb shipyards in Hamburg, on return they appear to have flown off track, crossing the coast somewhere near Scarborough. The aircraft exploded and broke up in mid-air at 02:15hrs over the eastern side of the North Yorkshire Moors.
Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr) - Royal Air Force - 106 Sqdn.
27 October 1941, aged 24
Born in Doncaster in 5 October 1917
Baptised - 4/11/1917 at Barnburgh St Peter's. Father Charles, colliery operative. Mother Frances.
Son of Charles and Francis Stables; Husband of Kathleen Mary Stables, of Moulton, Northamptonshire.
Lived at Doncaster Road, Barmburgh
Married in Scunthorpe - Q3 1940
Brigg Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - In Memory's garden We meet.
Killed with the other three crew members of Handley Page Hampden AD785. The aircraft took off from Coningsby at 18:10hrs on 26th October 1941, they were one of the 115 aircraft tasked to bomb shipyards in Hamburg, on return they appear to have flown off track, crossing the coast somewhere near Scarborough. The aircraft exploded and broke up in mid-air at 02:15hrs over the eastern side of the North Yorkshire Moors.
Louis Walsh (295490)
Trooper - Life Guards
4 January 1943, aged 27
Born in Rotherham in Q1 1915
Son of Stephen and Maggie May Walsh; Husband of Elizabeth Walsh, of Harlington.
Lived at 3 Mill Lane, Hartington
Married in Eton - Q3 1941 - 1 Son
Barnbrough Church Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - In loving memory of A dear son, husband and daddy Always in our hearts Until we meet again
One of three soldiers killed when an armoured car crashed through a parapet and into a canal in Seend, Wiltshire
Trooper - Life Guards
4 January 1943, aged 27
Born in Rotherham in Q1 1915
Son of Stephen and Maggie May Walsh; Husband of Elizabeth Walsh, of Harlington.
Lived at 3 Mill Lane, Hartington
Married in Eton - Q3 1941 - 1 Son
Barnbrough Church Cemetery
The gravestone carries the inscription - In loving memory of A dear son, husband and daddy Always in our hearts Until we meet again
One of three soldiers killed when an armoured car crashed through a parapet and into a canal in Seend, Wiltshire