Armthorpe War Memorial
The memorial at the entrance Lychgate of St Leonard and St Mary Church is relatively new. The inscription reads:
THIS LYCHGATE WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO WENT FORTH FROM THIS PARISH AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
1914-1918
(4 NAMES)
1939-1945
(35 NAMES)
THIS LYCHGATE WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO WENT FORTH FROM THIS PARISH AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
1914-1918
(4 NAMES)
1939-1945
(35 NAMES)
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Additional Details
Frank Bowskill (1794659)
Royal Artillery - 241 Bty, 77 HAA Regt
22 August 1943, aged 22
Son of Bernard and Ethel Bowskill, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire.
Chungkai War Cemetery
Royal Artillery - 241 Bty, 77 HAA Regt
22 August 1943, aged 22
Son of Bernard and Ethel Bowskill, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire.
Chungkai War Cemetery
Frank Bowskill - POW Card
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Arthur Evans (4350854)
East Yorkshire Regiment 10 July 1945, aged 27 Son of Arthur and Alice Evans, of Doncaster; husband of Rizpah Evans, of Wheatley, Doncaster. Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery |
Gloucester Citizen - Wednesday, July 11, 1945
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George Edgar King (P/JX 339443)
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious 8 June 1940 Plymouth Naval Memorial |
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Thomas Smith (1547693)
Royal Artillery - 137 Bty, 35 Lt AA Regt 2 May 1941, aged 24 Son of John Thomas Smith and Harriet Smith; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. W. Smith, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Illogan (St Illogan) Churchyard |
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William Wood (D/K 90391)
Leading Stoker - Royal Navy - H.M.S. Prince of Wales 10 December 1941, aged 24 Born in Doncaster in Q2 1917 Had five years' service in the Royal Navy, joined the Navy at 19. Prominent as a former player for Doncaster School boys and Armthorpe Welfare Club, he took part with other men of H.M.S. Orion in several matches with native teams at different ports of call. Lived at 12 Doncaster Road, Armthorpe Plymouth Naval Memorial The battleship was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Kuantan in the South China Sea |
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Douglas Abbiss (EC/4332)
10th Baluch Regiment - 8th Bn. 21 September 1942, aged 23 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Abbiss, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Maynamati War Cemetery Charles Bertram Barber (47734) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 140 Sqdn. 24 April 1942, aged 22 Son of D. George Barber and Edith Barber, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension David Bentley (4617792) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn. 26 April 1944, aged 24 Son of David and Elsie May Bentley; husband of Rose Anne Bentley, of Yeadon, Yorkshire. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio Sydney Brunt (2655010) Coldstream Guards - 1st Bn 19 February 1947,aged 35 Son of Ernest and Sarah Jane Brunt; husband of Winifred Brunt, of Armthorpe. Armthorpe (SS. Leonard and Mary) Churchyard George Stanley Chadbourne (7689897) Corps Of Military Police - 44th Divisional Provost Coy 8 March 1942, aged 33 Son of Oliver and Mary Chadbourne; husband of Evelyn Chadbourne, of Armthorpe. Armthorpe (SS. Leonard and Mary) Churchyard George Henry Dale (645202) Royal Air Force 23 June 1940, aged 21 Son of Thomas and Louisa Dale, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Khartoum War Cemetery Thomas Donnelly (4692816) Durham Light Infantry - 10th Bn 25 May 1940, aged 21 Son of John Donnelly, and of Matilda Donnelly, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Bucquoy War Cemetery, Ficheux Catherine Drabble (W/94114) Auxiliary Territorial Service 8 June 1945, aged 33 Daughter of Walter and Catherine Drabble, of Armthorpe. Armthorpe (SS. Leonard and Mary) Churchyard JR Hardy RA No details known John Harris (1452502) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 115 Sqdn 22 November 1943, aged 22 Son of Fred and Ellen Harris, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Luther Hatfield (13061854) Hampshire Regiment - 1st Bn 6 June 1944, aged 29 Son of Tom and Annie Hatfield; husband of Elizabeth Willis Hatfield, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Bayeux War Cemetery Cecil Hurst (PO/X 106979) Royal Marines 3 June 1944, aged 23 Son of George Thomas Hurst and Annie Elizabeth Hurst, of Gedling, Nottinghamshire. Belgrade War Cemetery Leslie Jackson (10562496) Royal Electrical And Mechanical Engineers - 6 Tank Bde Workshops 24 June 1944, aged 22 Son of William and Emily Jackson; husband of Dorothy Jackson, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Lenham Cemetery James Maddra Clifford Jenkinson (649520) Royal Air Force - 53 Sqdn 22 April 1942, aged 20 Son of James Henry and Edith Jenkinson, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Ian MacAllister Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Gannet 3 August 1945, aged 20 Son of John Gemmell Macallister, and of Florence Annie Macallister, of Armthorpe. Armthorpe (SS. Leonard and Mary) Churchyard |
Frank Markham (161356)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 623 Sqdn 18 November 1943, aged 21 Son of Albert and Louisa Markham, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Rheinberg War Cemetery Edward Mason (P/KX 128923) Royal Navy - HMS Hythe 11 October 1943, aged 31 Son of Edward and Mary Jane Mason; husband of Edith Mason, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial John Raymond Mason (937382) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 12 Sqdn 24 July 1941, aged 19 Son of Edward and Ada Mason, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Samuel McCombe (14743429) Royal Army Medical Corps 3 November 1946 Armthorpe (SS. Leonard and Mary) Churchyard George Parr (1005807) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 19 January 1945, aged 30 Son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Parr, of Doncaster. Armthorpe (SS. Leonard and Mary) Churchyard Charles Alan Pinder (1623092) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 77 Sqdn 21 January 1944, aged 20 Son of Alfred and Edith Emily Pinder, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery JP Potts Royal Navy No Details Known Philip Reeves (1042017) Royal Artillery 16 December 1940, aged 40 Son of Philip and Emily Reeves; husband of Alice May Reeves, of Armthorpe. Armthorpe (SS. Leonard and Mary) Churchyard Henry Riley (1685093) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 30 O.T.U. 28 May 1944, aged 21 Son of Arnold and Doris Vera Riley, of Armthorpe. Hatfield (Woodhouse) Cemetery Killed when Wellington serial number DF641 crashed near Thorpe-le-Fallows north-west of Lincoln whilst on a training exercise killing all the crew. The aircraft was airborne at 22:35 from Hixon, Staffordshire as part of a nine aircraft detail on a Bullseye sortie. At approximately 00:35, the aircraft broke up in the air after the dinghy broke loose from its compartment. Debris fell around 5 miles south-west of Ingham. Frederick Schofield (C/KX 104091) Royal Navy - HMS Veteran 26 September 1942, aged 25 Son of Benjamin and Laura Schofield; husband of Elsie May Schofield, of Doncaster, Yorkshire. Chatham Naval Memorial Herbert Walter Lawrence Smith (941420) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 57 Sqdn 21 April 1944 Clichy Northern Cemetery Alexander Spurgeon Twigg (14732839) East Lancashire Regiment - 1st Bn 13 February 1945, aged 18 Son of Charles Richard and Mary Ballintyne Twigg, of Armthorpe, Yorkshire. Jonkerbos War Cemetery James Wakelam (821355) Royal Artillery - 130 Field Regt. 13 April 1943, aged 30 Son of James and Martha Wakelam, of Kirkgate, Wakefield, Yorkshire; husband of Edith Wakelam, of Kirkgate. Rangoon Memorial Alfred Walstow (4690710) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn 6 May 1940 Lesjaskog Churchyard David Williams (1691202) Royal Artillery - 147 AA "Z" Bty 24 January 1943 Husband of Dorothy May Williams, of Armthorpe Armthorpe (SS. Leonard and Mary) Churchyard |
Charles Alan Pinder - 1623092On the night of 21/22 January 1945 he was Flight Engineer on a Handley Page Halifax II heavy bomber, serial number JD471 coded KN-A which was to take part in the first large scale raid on the German city of Magdeburg. The aircraft of 77 squadron Bomber Command was airborne from its base at Elvington, near York (now home to the Yorkshire Air Museum) at 20:10, part of a 648 plane raid. The weather conditions were far from those of the fog forecasted, and the clear conditions made the targeting of the bomber stream by anti-aircraft flak and night-fighters easier. JD471 was hit on the port wing and the captain gave the order to bail-out. Only one of the crew managed to escape the burning plunging aircraft, and he went on to be a prisoner of war until May 1945. It was sometime later that he heard that his six crew mate had perished when the aircraft crashed near Zeitz, a small village between Schonebeck and Barby, about 15 miles south of Magdeburg.
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Sgt Pinder is believed to be 2nd from the bottom
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