Mexborough War Memorial
The memorial is situated in the Castle Hill Grounds on Doncaster Road. It list 250 casualties from World War One and 99 from World War Two.
T A Andrews
R Atkins D B Barnett A Batty G H Beevers H Biggins R Biggins B Bisby A Blakemoor P Boyes S Bradshaw |
S Bramhill
J Brayshaw E Breeze S Briggs H W Callerdine J Casey H Chappell H Charlesworth P Clarkson W Clemitshaw E Cliff |
H E Clothier
W A Cusa W J Cutts A Daines C W Darwin E E Dorman H Dryden A J Eastwick D J Fallon D Fletcher |
G G Flinders
H H C Flinders G T Ford J Goddard L R Goff A Griffin W H Grint P Hammond F Harrison E Hibbert E Earnshaw |
S Hodgkinson
J Houlbrook J Howson J Hulse A Jackson A Jones T E Jordan F W Kirby W E Lake H S Lambert G W Briggs |
W Llewellyn
J A Lynch R MacDermott J W Mawby J S Morley A H Morris H Moxon J Oliver J Overend W Perkins |
D Phillips
H Platt C K Popple S Prince A C Rhodes G F Richardson T Ridley L Sale C Seagrave J Severn |
H Shaw
W Slater H Spencer W A Stapley J Sudworth B Swann F Swindells D S Swingler E Sylvester C Thompson R Tune |
E Unwin
F Waddington J Watson S Webb K Whaley J Wheeler C G W Whitehead W Whitman R Wilby W Wraith P Yardy |
Chambers C H
Ball L Grice E
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Additional details
Trevor Aubrey Andrews (135275)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 84 Sqdn 1 December 1945, aged 22 Son of Edward and Olga Marie Andrews, of Skegness, Lincolnshire. Jakarta War Cemetery Ronald Atkins (14590726) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 14th Bn 15 June 1944, aged 19 Son of John Edward and Clara Atkins, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Bayeux War Cemetery Louis Ball (815664) Royal Artillery - 19 Field Regt. 9 February 1944, aged 32 Anzio War Cemetery David Beresford Barnett (D/KX 90734) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Rapid 19 March 1945, aged 28 Son of Samuel and Rebecca Barnett, of Mexborough, Yorkshire; Husband of Doris Barnett, of Swinton, Mexborough. Plymouth Naval Memorial A Batty No details known George Henry Beevers (1595071) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 12 Sqdn 29 June 1944, aged 24 Son of Harry and Julia Ann Beevers, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Troisvaux Communal Cemetery H Biggins No details known R Biggins No details known Bernard Bisby (P/JX 264850) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Neptune 19 December 1941, aged 29 Son of George and Lily Bisby; Husband of Hilda Bisby, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Arthur Blakemore (942480) Royal Artillery - 75 Field Regt 2 February 1944, aged 26 Son of Ernest Edward and Harriet Blakemore, of Mexborough, Yorkshire; Husband of Nellie Blakemore, of Mexborough. Naples War Cemetery Frank Boyes (D/JX 188941) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Sultan 26 June 1944, aged 25 Son of Arthur Edwin and Laura Boyes; Husband of Marian Boyes, of Parkgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Plymouth Naval Memorial S Bradshaw No details known Stanley Bramhill (10601677) Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 1st Recce Regt 20 February 1944, aged 21 Son of Frederick Wilson Bramhill and Doris Ina Bramhill, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Naples War Cemetery John Charles Brayshaw (526610) Royal Air Force - 4 BAD 23 June 1940, aged 24 Son of Charles W. Brayshaw and Kate Brayshaw, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery Edward Breeze (P/JX 183949) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Victory 26 September 1941, aged 22 Son of Walter Joseph John and Annie Breeze, of Mexborough. Mexborough Cemetery George William Briggs (842016) Royal Artillery - 178 Field Regt. 15 February 1945, aged 36 Husband of Ivy Briggs, of Sheffield. Taukkyan War Cemetery Stanley Briggs (957756) Royal Artillery - 1 Airlanding Light Regt 7 October 1943, aged 24 Son of Walter E. and Mary Briggs, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Bari War Cemetery Horace Walter Calladine (4692860) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn 23 February 1942, aged 23 Son of John and Elizebeth Annie Calladine; Husband of Minni. Ella Calladine, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial George Henry Chambers (1059768) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 24 December 1943, aged 23 Son of Grace Chambers, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Yokohama War Cemetery Harry Chappell (2662354) Coldstream Guards - 2nd Bn 26 April 1943, aged 31 Son of Thomas Wall Chappell and Maria Chappell; Husband of Gladys Doreen Chappell, of Doncaster, Yorkshire. Massicault War Cemetery Henry Charlesworth (4693263) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn 1 April 1943, aged 25 Husband of Ann Charlesworth, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Fayid War Cemetery Pinder Clarkson (2596572) Royal Corps of Signals 19 July 1944, aged 33 Son of Pinder and Ellen Clarkson; Husband of Kathleen M. Clarkson, of Maidenhead, Berkshire. Chittagong War Cemetery Ernest Oliver Cliff (2132786) Royal Engineers - 13 Field Sqn 26 October 1944, aged 30 Venray War Cemetery Harry Eli Clothier (955781) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 1 SAAF Sqdn 1 February 1942, aged 25 Son of William and Lucy Jane Clothier, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Tobruk War Cemetery Wilson Jesse Cutts (11408335) Royal Artillery - 392 Bty, 119 Lt AA Regt 30 September 1944, aged 32 Son of Arthur W. and Gertrude Cutts, of Mexborough, Yorkshire; Husband of Elsie Cutts, of Mexborough. Mierlo War Cemetery Arthur Henry Daines (1591465) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 576 Sqdn 24 March 1944 Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Charles William Darwin (994385) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 500 Sqdn 7 January 1943, aged 22 Son of John William and Emily Winifred Darwin, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery Edward Eric Dorman (D/SSX 30780) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Calypso 13 June 1940, aged 20 Son of Bertie and Florence Cooper Dorman, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Plymouth Naval Memorial Harry Dryden (1132721) Royal Artillery - 57 Field Regt 26 March 1943, aged 25 Husband of May Dryden, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire. Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery Edward Earnshaw (14507133) Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 4th Regt 30 June 1944, aged 20 Son of John and Ethel Earnshaw, of Old Denaby, Yorkshire. Assisi War Cemetery Arthur Joseph Eastwick (FX/85615) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Sparrowhawk 13 July 1942, aged 21 Son of Joseph Oliver Eastwick and Bertha Eastwick, of Mexborough, Yorkshire; Husband of Freda Eastwick, of Mexborough. Kirkwall (St. Olaf's) Cemetery Dominick Fallon (1724932) Royal Artillery - 108 Bty, 29 Lt AA Regt 11 March 1944, aged 35 Son of Charles J. and Eliza A. Fallon, of Mexborough, Yorkshire; Husband of Doris Fallon, of Mexborough. Massicault War Cemetery Derrick Fletcher (179580) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 28 December 1944 Mexborough Cemetery Granville George Flinders (1947121) Royal Engineers 1 February 1942, aged 24 Son of Herbert and Agnes Flinders, of Mexborough; husband of Kathleen Flinders, of Mexborough. Mexborough Cemetery Herbert Flinders (4626645) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 1st Bn 13 May 1944, aged 29 Husband of Eileen Flinders, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial George Tom Ford (T/114084) Royal Army Service Corps Between 27 May and 1 June 1942, aged 23 Son of Elizabeth Hatfield, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma John Goddard (14751890) King's Own Scottish Borderers - 5th Bn 19 April 1945, aged 19 Son of Percy and May Goddard, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Becklingen War Cemetery Leslie Ronald Goff (951766) Royal Artillery - 53 Field Regt. 18 December 1943, aged 25 Sangro River War Cemetery E Grice No details known Albert Griffin (4346531) East Yorkshire Regiment - 4th Bn 1 June 1942, aged 25 Son of Harry and Matilda Griffin; Husband of Annie Griffin, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Alamein Memorial P Hammond No details known Farewell Harrison (1516172) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. 7 June 1944, aged 23 Son of Farewell and Agnes Elsie Harrison, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Bayeux War Cemetery Edward Hibbert (564863) Royal Air Force - 88 Sqdn. 23 May 1940 Durnbach War Cemetery Sidney Hodgkinson (1104619) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 49 Sqdn 6 October 1944, aged 36 Son of Sidney Thomas Hodgkinson and Mary Ann Hodgkinson, of Mexborough, Yorkshire; Husband of Mary Hodgkinson, of Swinton, Mexborough. Runnymede Memorial Joseph Houlbrook (4692821) Pioneer Corps 3 April 1944, aged 25 Son of Ernest and Margaret Houlbrook, of Mexborough. Mexborough Cemetery Joseph Howson (4756859) York and Lancaster Regiment 22 April 1944, aged 28 Husband of Blanche Sayles Howson, of Barmborough, Yorkshire. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio |
Jack Hulse (2654856)
Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn 21 September 1943, aged 32 Son of William and Roseina Hulse, of Mexborough, Yorkshire; Husband of Ivy Hulse, of Mexborough. Salerno War Cemetery Died in Italy Arthur Jackson (1050666) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 29 Sqdn 13 October 1940, aged 29 Son of Arthur and Rose Hannah Jackson, of Mexborough. Mexborough Cemetery A Jones Thomas Edward Jordan (568237) Royal Air Force - 149 Sqdn 10 March 1942 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Frederick William Kirby (1921706) Royal Engineers - 807 Road Constr Coy 5 April 1945, aged 37 Son of William Frederick and Alice Kirby; Husband of Frances Harriet Kirby, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Ancona War Cemetery Died in Italy William Ellis Lake (2655188) Coldstream Guards - 1st Bn 4 June 1942, aged 28 Mexborough Cemetery Died in UK Howard Slater Lambert (2593018) Royal Corps of Signals 12 October 1940, aged 27 Son of Joseph and Harriet Lambert, of Wath-On-Dearne. Mexborough Cemetery Died in Surrey Walter Llewellyn (26050) Royal Artillery - 156 The Lanarkshire Yeomanry Field Regt 22 August 1942, aged 36 Husband of Edith Llewellyn, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Basra War Cemetery J A Lynch Joseph Walter Mawbey (4747732) York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn 23 September 1943, aged 22 Son of George and Beatrice Annie Mawbey, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Salerno War Cemetery Richard McDermot (4692953) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn 13 July 1943, aged 23 Son of Patrick and Ethel McDermot, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily John Samuel Morley (302882) York and Lancaster Regiment 13 October 1944, aged 21 Son of George Henry and Lucy Morley, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Assisi War Cemetery Alfred Henry Morris (4687111) King's Shropshire Light Infantry - 30th Bn 24 November 1943, aged 31 Son of Miles and Martha Morris, of Mexborough; husband of Margaretta Morris, of Mexborough. Mexborough Cemetery Harold Moxon (2825659) Seaforth Highlanders - 2nd Bn 25 October 1942, aged 27 Son of Fred and Ann Moxon, of Mexborough, Yorkshire; Husband of Mary Moxon, of Mexborough. El Alamein War Cemetery Joseph Overend (4436767) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 15 November 1939, aged 40 Son of George and Jetty Overend; Husband of Ivy Overend, of Mexborough Mexborough Cemetery William Perkins (LT/KX 104844) Royal Naval Patrol Service - H.M. Trawler Edwardian 11 August 1940, aged 39 Mexborough Cemetery Ship attacked by German aircraft off Kent D Phillips No details known Harold Platt (171557) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 4 July 1945, aged 33 Son of Albert and Florence Platt; Husband of Gwenyth Brenda Platt, of Stoke-On-Trent. Tveit Churchyard Samuel Prince (5572693) Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment - 4th Bn 27 October 1942, aged 25 El Alamein War Cemetery KIA in North Africa Arthur Cecil Rhodes (7611557) Royal Army Ordnance Corps - 4 Base Ammunition Depot 17 June 1940, aged 21 Son of John William and Eva Blanche Rhodes, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Dunkirk Memorial George Frederick Richardson (2363238) Royal Corps of Signals - 15th (S) Div. Sigs. 22 December 1939 Mexborough Cemetery Thomas Ridley (1676721) Royal Artillery - 323 Bty, 30 Surrey Searchlight Regt 6 November 1944, aged 33 Son of Thomas and Alice Ridley; Husband of Gladys May Ridley, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Cesena War Cemetery Cheveral Seagrave (3320134) Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - 2nd Bn 27 January 1941, aged 21 Son of Cheveral and Laura Winifred Seagrave, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Keren War Cemetery John Severn (C/JX 262484) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Harvester 11 March 1943, aged 28 Son of John Charles and Elizabeth Severn, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Chatham Naval Memorial Harry Shaw (987857) Royal Air Force - 2 (C.) O.T.U. 11 April 1942, aged 20 Mexborough Cemetery Blenheim aircraft crashed on a training flight Harry Spencer (P/JX 158255) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Royal Oak 14 October 1939, aged 17 Son of George and Emma Spencer, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Lost when vessel sunk in Scapa Flow Walter Alfred Stapley (567829) Royal Air Force 24 November 1941, aged 23 Son of Walter Alfred and Addeliza Iolanthy Stapley; husband of Cissie Stapley, of Mexborough, S. Yorks, England. Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery Died in a flying accident in South Africa James Sudworth (C/JX 170081) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Argus 10 November 1942, aged 23 Son of Frederick and Alice Sudworth; Husband of Kathleen Margaret Patricia Sudworth, of Meir, Staffordshire. Chatham Naval Memorial Bertie Swann (4748946) York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn 15 May 1940, aged 21 Son of Bert and Elsie Swann, of Mexborough, Yorkshire; Husband of Irene Mary Swann, of Mexborough. Oignies Communal Cemetery Fred Swindells (1086987) Royal Artillery - 3 Medium Regt 16 September 1944, aged 29 Son of John Martin Swindells and Mary Ann Swindells, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Derrick Swingler (1623219) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 50 Sqdn 21 March 1945, aged 21 Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Swingler, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Hotton War Cemetery Edward Sylvester (5344712) Royal Berkshire Regiment - 1st Bn 18 March 1943, aged 28 Son of Joseph Edward and Lily Sylvester, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Taukkyan War Cemetery Ronald Tune (942942) Royal Artillery - 5 Field Regt. 24 August 1943, aged 24 Husband of Nancy Tune, of Llanharan, Glamorgan. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Ernest Unwin (4616824) Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment - 5th Bn 28 July 1944, aged 26 Son of Leonard and Ellen Unwin, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Florence War Cemetery Frank Waddington (10603617) Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 4th Regt 30 April 1944, aged 20 Son of Edwin and Gertrude Waddington, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Cassino War Cemetery James Watson (4690518) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn 14 April 1942, aged 24 Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Watson, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial Sidney Webb (14612965) Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 5th Bn 12 June 1944, aged 19 Son of John W. and Ellen Webb, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Ranville War Cemetery John Wheeler (2664144) Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn 25 September 1943, aged 27 Son of John and Annice Wheeler, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Salerno War Cemetery Colin George William Whitehead (55845) Royal Air Force - 578 Sqdn. 21 July 1944 Runnymede Memorial Wilfred Whitham (5891134) Lincolnshire Regiment - 2nd Bn 9 June 1944, aged 21 Foster-Son of Joe W. and Florence A. Clemitshaw, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres R Wilby No details known William Wraith (1103888) Royal Artillery - 113 Field Regt 18 December 1944, aged 22 Son of William and Annie Wraith, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Bari War Cemetery Percy Yardy (P/JX 236572) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Barham 25 November 1941, aged 24 Son of Fred and Elizabeth Yardy, of Mexborough, Yorkshire; Husband of Charlotte Yardy, of Mexborough, Yorkshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial |
William Henry Grint (4532721)
Royal Artillery - 7 Bty, 5 HAA Regt
8 February 1943, aged 41
Son of Fredrick and Elizabeth Grint; Husband of Florence Grint, of Swinton, Mexborough, Yorkshire.
Yokohama War Cemetery
Royal Artillery - 7 Bty, 5 HAA Regt
8 February 1943, aged 41
Son of Fredrick and Elizabeth Grint; Husband of Florence Grint, of Swinton, Mexborough, Yorkshire.
Yokohama War Cemetery
Charles Kenneth Popple (1622319)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
16 June 1943, aged 20
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Popple, of Mexborough, Yorkshire, England.
Assinboia (Mount Hope) Cemetery
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
16 June 1943, aged 20
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Popple, of Mexborough, Yorkshire, England.
Assinboia (Mount Hope) Cemetery