Index B
The information here displays the name, service number and memorial page they are listed on, which can be accessed via the home page
Bailey, Jack - Owston
Bailey, John Thomas - 4689906 - Owston
Ball, Ernest - 4749940 - Warmsworth
Ball, Irene - W/73331 - Rossington
Ball, Louis - 815664 - Mexborough
Barber, Alan Frederick - LT/JX 532273 - Conisbrough
Barber, Charles Bertram - 47734 - Armthorpe
Barcock, Ernest - LT/JX 302124 - Bentley
Barker, John T - Owston
Barnes, William Henry - 4808280 - Tickhill
Barnett, David Beresford - D/KX 90734 - Mexborough
Barrow, Bruce - 14416426 - Rossington
Bartlett, Jim - 4616965 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Bashforth, Alan Peyman - 1578122 - Conisbrough
Batty, A - Mexborough
Beastall, Thomas Stanley - 312762 - Hexthorpe
Beaver, I - Hatfield Dunscroft British Legion
Beckett, Herbert - 4688997 - Conisbrough
Bedford, Edward James - C/JX 196178 - Thorne
Bedford, Edward James - C/JX 196178 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Bedford, William Robert - P/JX 139404 - Thorne
Bedford, William Robert - P/JX 139404 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Beeby, Samuel - 1807468 - Bentley
Beever, Percy - 13005168 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Beevers, George Henry - 1595071 - Mexborough
Bell, Douglas - 1432116 - Rossington
Bell, Edward - 4692820 - Stainforth
Bell, Joseph - 4680391 - Rossington
Benson, Reginald - 572958 - Rossington
Bentley, David - 4617792 - Armthorpe
Berrisford, Alfred - 843418 - Rossington
Betts, Arthur - 876020 - Askern
Beynon, Fred - 2734301 - Askern
Beynon, Fred - 2734301 - Campsall, Norton & Sutton
Bidmead, Richard Thomas - 1892790 - Owston
Biggins, H - Mexborough
Biggins, R - Mexborough
Bilson, Clarence - 3966005 - Askern
Bingham, Harold - 948181 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Bingham, Harry - 14391590 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Bingham, Ronald Lewis - 101269 - Denaby Main
Bisby, Bernard - P/JX 264850 - Mexborough
Black, Leslie - 1649691 - Owston
Blakemore, Arthur - 942480 - Mexborough
Bland, Reginald Alfred - 1379420 - Warmsworth Special
Boakes, Roland - Stainforth
Boakes, Roland - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Booth, Douglas - 4868774 - Stainforth
Booth, Harold - 1946640 - Owston
Boulton, James - 2694384 - Conisbrough
Boulton, Sidney - 636888 - Hatfield Dunscroft British Legion
Boulton, Sidney - 636888 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Bowskill, Frank - 1794659 - Armthorpe
Box, Ernest - P/JX 140444 - Denaby Main
Boyd, John - 1554749 - Hexthorpe
Boyes, Frank - D/JX 188941 - Mexborough
Bradbury, Rowland Cecil - 4689746 - Hatfield Dunscroft British Legion
Bradshaw, RC - Hatfield Woodhouse
Bradshaw, S - Mexborough
Braithwaite, Eric - 13088796 - Stainforth
Braithwaite, J.C. - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Bramhill, Stanley - 10601677 - Mexborough
Branton, Roy - 1504850 - Hexthorpe
Brayshaw, John Charles - 526610 - Mexborough
Brazier, Everard - 3186285 - Bentley
Brazier, Lawrence - 2663250 - Bentley
Breach, Reginald George Andrew - 1324079 - Conisbrough
Breckon, George William - 327105 - Clayton with Frickley
Breeze, Edward - P/JX 183949 - Mexborough
Brentnall, Ernest - 950100 - Owston
Brewin, Frank - P/JX 141726 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Briggs, George William - 842016 - Mexborough
Briggs, Stanley - 957756 - Mexborough
Bristowe, Cyril - 1534175 - Campsall, Norton & Sutton
Bristowe, Cyril - 1534175 - Owston
Brooks, William Thomas - 1544814 - Owston
Brough, Alex - 2764356 - Hatfield Dunscroft British Legion
Brough, Alex - 2764356 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Broughton, Geoffrey - 4688657 - Thorne
Broughton, Geoffrey - 4688657 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Brown, Cyril - T/179498 - Bentley
Brown, Douglas Roy - R/194139 - Old Edlington
Brown, Frank Ronald - 7939452 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Brown, G - Hatfield Dunscroft British Legion
Brown, G - Hatfield Woodhouse
Brown, George - 1531444 - Rossington
Brown, H - Campsall, Norton & Sutton
Brown, Kenneth Admiral - FAA/FX. 77401 - Conisbrough
Brown, Walter - 154988 - Tickhill
Brunt, Sydney - 2655010 - Armthorpe
Bryan, William - 4209037 - Owston
Buckle, Arnold - 2368536 - Edlington
Buckley, Fred - 1017575 - Denaby Main
Buckley, W.H. - Denaby Main
Bullen, Charles - 14809644 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Bulmer, Arthur Reginald - 2660740 - Sykehouse
Burborough, John William James - 5681684 - Stainforth
Burdett, Frank - 788490 - Denaby Main
Burdett, Kenneth - 4613293 - Denaby Main
Burrows, Cecil - 2663495 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Burton, William Henry - 318491 - Sportborough
Bywater, Maurice - 83243 - Sprotborough
Bailey, John Thomas - 4689906 - Owston
Ball, Ernest - 4749940 - Warmsworth
Ball, Irene - W/73331 - Rossington
Ball, Louis - 815664 - Mexborough
Barber, Alan Frederick - LT/JX 532273 - Conisbrough
Barber, Charles Bertram - 47734 - Armthorpe
Barcock, Ernest - LT/JX 302124 - Bentley
Barker, John T - Owston
Barnes, William Henry - 4808280 - Tickhill
Barnett, David Beresford - D/KX 90734 - Mexborough
Barrow, Bruce - 14416426 - Rossington
Bartlett, Jim - 4616965 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Bashforth, Alan Peyman - 1578122 - Conisbrough
Batty, A - Mexborough
Beastall, Thomas Stanley - 312762 - Hexthorpe
Beaver, I - Hatfield Dunscroft British Legion
Beckett, Herbert - 4688997 - Conisbrough
Bedford, Edward James - C/JX 196178 - Thorne
Bedford, Edward James - C/JX 196178 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Bedford, William Robert - P/JX 139404 - Thorne
Bedford, William Robert - P/JX 139404 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Beeby, Samuel - 1807468 - Bentley
Beever, Percy - 13005168 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Beevers, George Henry - 1595071 - Mexborough
Bell, Douglas - 1432116 - Rossington
Bell, Edward - 4692820 - Stainforth
Bell, Joseph - 4680391 - Rossington
Benson, Reginald - 572958 - Rossington
Bentley, David - 4617792 - Armthorpe
Berrisford, Alfred - 843418 - Rossington
Betts, Arthur - 876020 - Askern
Beynon, Fred - 2734301 - Askern
Beynon, Fred - 2734301 - Campsall, Norton & Sutton
Bidmead, Richard Thomas - 1892790 - Owston
Biggins, H - Mexborough
Biggins, R - Mexborough
Bilson, Clarence - 3966005 - Askern
Bingham, Harold - 948181 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Bingham, Harry - 14391590 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Bingham, Ronald Lewis - 101269 - Denaby Main
Bisby, Bernard - P/JX 264850 - Mexborough
Black, Leslie - 1649691 - Owston
Blakemore, Arthur - 942480 - Mexborough
Bland, Reginald Alfred - 1379420 - Warmsworth Special
Boakes, Roland - Stainforth
Boakes, Roland - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Booth, Douglas - 4868774 - Stainforth
Booth, Harold - 1946640 - Owston
Boulton, James - 2694384 - Conisbrough
Boulton, Sidney - 636888 - Hatfield Dunscroft British Legion
Boulton, Sidney - 636888 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Bowskill, Frank - 1794659 - Armthorpe
Box, Ernest - P/JX 140444 - Denaby Main
Boyd, John - 1554749 - Hexthorpe
Boyes, Frank - D/JX 188941 - Mexborough
Bradbury, Rowland Cecil - 4689746 - Hatfield Dunscroft British Legion
Bradshaw, RC - Hatfield Woodhouse
Bradshaw, S - Mexborough
Braithwaite, Eric - 13088796 - Stainforth
Braithwaite, J.C. - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Bramhill, Stanley - 10601677 - Mexborough
Branton, Roy - 1504850 - Hexthorpe
Brayshaw, John Charles - 526610 - Mexborough
Brazier, Everard - 3186285 - Bentley
Brazier, Lawrence - 2663250 - Bentley
Breach, Reginald George Andrew - 1324079 - Conisbrough
Breckon, George William - 327105 - Clayton with Frickley
Breeze, Edward - P/JX 183949 - Mexborough
Brentnall, Ernest - 950100 - Owston
Brewin, Frank - P/JX 141726 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Briggs, George William - 842016 - Mexborough
Briggs, Stanley - 957756 - Mexborough
Bristowe, Cyril - 1534175 - Campsall, Norton & Sutton
Bristowe, Cyril - 1534175 - Owston
Brooks, William Thomas - 1544814 - Owston
Brough, Alex - 2764356 - Hatfield Dunscroft British Legion
Brough, Alex - 2764356 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Broughton, Geoffrey - 4688657 - Thorne
Broughton, Geoffrey - 4688657 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Brown, Cyril - T/179498 - Bentley
Brown, Douglas Roy - R/194139 - Old Edlington
Brown, Frank Ronald - 7939452 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Brown, G - Hatfield Dunscroft British Legion
Brown, G - Hatfield Woodhouse
Brown, George - 1531444 - Rossington
Brown, H - Campsall, Norton & Sutton
Brown, Kenneth Admiral - FAA/FX. 77401 - Conisbrough
Brown, Walter - 154988 - Tickhill
Brunt, Sydney - 2655010 - Armthorpe
Bryan, William - 4209037 - Owston
Buckle, Arnold - 2368536 - Edlington
Buckley, Fred - 1017575 - Denaby Main
Buckley, W.H. - Denaby Main
Bullen, Charles - 14809644 - Hatfield Woodhouse
Bulmer, Arthur Reginald - 2660740 - Sykehouse
Burborough, John William James - 5681684 - Stainforth
Burdett, Frank - 788490 - Denaby Main
Burdett, Kenneth - 4613293 - Denaby Main
Burrows, Cecil - 2663495 - Thorne St Nicholas Memorial
Burton, William Henry - 318491 - Sportborough
Bywater, Maurice - 83243 - Sprotborough
Additional casualties not listed on a memorial
Alfred George Bake (48692)
Pilot Officer (W.Op./Air Gnr.) - Royal Air Force - 106 Sqdn. 2 June 1942, aged 25 Born in Chorlton, Lancs in Q3 1916 Son of Gilbert Victor and Mary Ann Bake; husband of Mary Agnes Bake, of Burnage, Lancashire Commissioned 1 May 1942, previous service number 525381 Distinguished Flying Medal was gained when he was serving as a Sgt on 50 Sqn and was Gazetted on 22 Nov 1940. Lived at 109 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, Cheshire Married in Stockport - Q2 1940 - 1 Son Reichswald Forest War Cemetery The gravestone carries the inscription - Deep in our hearts Your memory is kept, As long as we live we will never forget Originally buried at Homberg Communal Cemetery, Germany before being reburied in present location on 10 October 1947 Air bomber, part of the crew of Lancaster mk I serial number R5844, airborne from Coningsby at 00:45 to attack Essen. Exact reason for loss not known, although AA fire possible. |
Ernest Reginald Baker (40660) DSO DFC & bar
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 20 FW Wing 16 June 1944, aged 30 Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers Pilot of Typhoon MN754 which was on a tactical bombing and ground attack mission when it was shot down by flak and crashed near Cheux, 12 km SW of Caen, Normandy. |
Frederick Bewley
Merchant Navy - SS Florian Liverpool
20 January 1941, aged 24
Tower Hill Memorial
SS Florian was sunk in the North Atlantic by U-94 which fired one G7a torpedo at the unescorted freighter after chasing the ship for about eight hours. The vessel was hit amidships and sank vertically by the stern after 42 seconds about 140 miles west-southwest of the Faroe Islands. There were no surviors - the master, 41 crew members and two gunners were lost.
Merchant Navy - SS Florian Liverpool
20 January 1941, aged 24
Tower Hill Memorial
SS Florian was sunk in the North Atlantic by U-94 which fired one G7a torpedo at the unescorted freighter after chasing the ship for about eight hours. The vessel was hit amidships and sank vertically by the stern after 42 seconds about 140 miles west-southwest of the Faroe Islands. There were no surviors - the master, 41 crew members and two gunners were lost.
Anthony David Bond (125666)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 47 Sqdn. 16 November 1943, aged 21 Alamein Memorial Pilot of one of seven Beaufighters of 47 Squadron on an attack on a Siebel ferry and two barges near the island of Kalymnos, escorted by seven Ar 196s and four me 109s. They attacked with cannons, in spite of the air cover and intense flak, blowing up the Siebel ferry and damaging the barges. The Me 109s dived on them, and three Beaufighters of 47 Squadron were shot down. Flying Officer Anthony D. Bond lost his life, but the navigator, Sergeant Alfred R. Cottle, was later reported as safe. |
Ernest Boldry (983313)
Royal Artillery - 9 Coast Regt
9 August 1945, aged 25
Labuan War Cemetery
Captured when Singapore fell on 15 February 1942, died as a Japanese PoW
Royal Artillery - 9 Coast Regt
9 August 1945, aged 25
Labuan War Cemetery
Captured when Singapore fell on 15 February 1942, died as a Japanese PoW
Wilfred Brooks (4687248)
Royal Artillery - 11 Coast Regt.
21 August 1943, aged 34
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
Died as Japanese PoW of dysentery
Royal Artillery - 11 Coast Regt.
21 August 1943, aged 34
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
Died as Japanese PoW of dysentery
Haywood Baggaley (805464)
Royal Artillery - 23 Field Regt
28 November 1946, aged 42
Enlisted 1930. To Army Reserve 17/8/1933. Discharged 5/2/1944 Para 390 (XVI) KR
Bramley Burial Ground
Died of wounds in the Rother Valley registration area
Arthur Bailey (4744725)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn.
30 March 1943
Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Eric Edward Bailey
Merchant Navy - SS Cape Corso Glasgow
2 May 1942, aged 17
Tower Hill Memorial
Lost when the ship was attacked, and was later sunk, by German He-111 aircraft in the Norwegian Sea whilst in a convoy to Russia
Fred Bailey (4392701)
Durham Light Infantry - 2nd Bn.
6 May 1944, aged 25
Gauhati War Cemetery
Died in India
Harry Bailey (D/JX 214930)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hamilcar (LCT 108)
27 July 1943, aged 21
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Died when ship was bombed
Harry Bailey (P/JX 265860)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. President III / British Zeal
31 July 1943, aged 19
Basra War Cemetery
Died of illness in the middle east
Walter Hibberd Bailey (1381194)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 54 O.T.U.
29 March 1942, aged 27
Bolton-Upon-Dearne Cemetery
On a training flight from Church Fenton in Blenheim N3561 which crashed near Sherburn in Elmet
Arthur Frank Baker (4690779)
Royal Artillery - 157 Bty, 53 Lt AA Regt
23 March 1943, aged 22
Sfax War Cemetery
Died of wounds in North Africa
Ernest Baker (5567308)
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9 September 1946, aged 40
Barnsley Cemetery
Died in Storthes Hall Hospital, Yorkshire
Joseph Baker (1446738)
Pioneer Corps - Aux. Mil.
17 June 1940, aged 34
Prefailles Communal Cemetery
Died when the ship Lancastrian sank off the coast of France
Sydney Douglas Baldachin (778405)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 25 O.T.U.
16 August 1941, aged 20
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Jewish Cemetery
Hampden X2959 took off from Balderton on a night circuits and landings practice. At 00:25 whilst trying to locate the airfield hit houses. Two of the three man crew were killed. Tragically at 84 London Road, New Balderton six of the seven Brumpton children were killed. Mrs Brumpton and the youngest child survived as did Mr Brumpton who was on duty on the railways.
Kenneth Baldam (1889386)
Royal Engineers - 276 Field Coy.
6 October 1940
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
Died in the UK
Louis Baldwin (4693577)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn.
29 June 1944, aged 24
Fontenay-Le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel
Died in Normandy
Frank Bale (4616957)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 1st Bn.
5 April 1945, aged 26
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Died in Burma
George Henry Ball (T/14589296)
Royal Army Service Corps - 128 Bridge Coy.
4 March 1946, aged 36
Celle War Cemetery
Died in Germany whilst with the army of occupation
Sidney Banks (4746291)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 2nd Bn.
25 May 1941, aged 23
Athens Memorial
Died on Crete whilst the battalion were part of the force defending Heraklion airfield.
Raymond Banton (1459576)
Royal Artillery - 170 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt.
9 April 1942, aged 22
Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma
Died in North Africa, battle casualty
Elliott Frederick Barber (157252)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - RAF Tambaram
18 March 1946, aged 39
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai
Died on Active Service in India
Desmond Wallace Ferguson Barker (70043)
Royal Air Force (RAFO) - 83 Sqdn.
12 February 1941, aged 27
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Hampden AD722 OL-X at Finningley airfield. In the early hours of 12th February 1941 this aircraft was attempting to land at Finningley in poor visibility on return from an operational flight having bombed Bremen. The aircraft took off from Scampton the previous evening at 20.10hrs and had been directed to Finningley to land on the return due to poor weather over its home airfield. The aircraft struck a building on Finningley airfield in the early hours of the morning and crashed. Three of the four crew were sadly killed and one other on the ground also sustained injuries although his name is not yet known
Emma Barker
Civilian War Dead
21 December 1940, aged 65
Bently with Arksey, Urban District
Died At 62 West End Avenue.
Kenneth Dudley Barker (D/JX 270130)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Itchen
23 September 1943, aged 22
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Lost when vessel sunk in the Atlantic
William Barnfield (872542)
Royal Horse Artillery - 'D/D' Bty, 4 Regt
27 May 1940, aged 23
Alamein Memorial
Died in the Middle East
Cyril Barr (1014834)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
13 November 1940, aged 29
North Newbald Cemetery
Body found in a pond on Cliffe Road, Newbald.
Frank Barrett (4546233)
East Yorkshire Regiment - 2nd Bn.
18 July 1944, aged 21
Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery
Died during the Normandy Campaign, during the attack on Bourgebus Ridge
Wilfred Barstow (7922582)
Royal Armoured Corps - H.Q. Sqn., 31st Tank Bde.
13 August 1944, aged 37
Ranville War Cemetery
Died during the Normandy Campaign
George Richard Bass (D/26816)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 10th (H D) Bn.
11 January 1940
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
Death registered in Doncaster
Leonard Bassinder (4389279)
Royal Engineers - 230 Field Coy.
8 August 1943, aged 24
Tripoli War Cemetery
Died in Middle East
William Alfred Bastow (4608267)
Royal Artillery - 231 Bty., 42 Lt. A.A. Regt.
25 April 1942, aged 36
Fayid War Cemetery
Died of wounds at 19 General Hospital, Western Desert
Eric William Hardy Bates (1623026)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 429 Sqdn.
3 November 1943, aged 20
Runnymede Memorial
Halifax mk II serial number JD327 coded AL-P airborne 16:45 on 3 November 1943 from Leeming on a mission to Dusseldorf. Lost without trace.
Edward Hulme Battle (523469)
Royal Air Force - 50 Sqdn.
28 December 1940, aged 23
Lanester Communal Cemetery
Handley Page Hampden airborne 1615 28Dec40 from Lindholme for an op to Lorient. Shot down by Flak and crashed near Lanester (Morbihan), 3 km NE of Lorient, France.
James Batty (1564871)
Royal Artillery - 4 Maritime Regt
4 August 1941, aged 31
Plymouth Naval Memorial
SS Tunisia was bombed by an FW200 Kondor aircraft. She sank in position 53.53N, 18.10W. There were only five survivors from a complement of forty-three.
Lawrence Arthur Batty (97007877)
Non Combatant Corps
4 October 1947
Mexborough Cemetery
Died in the UK
Albert Beal (C/SR 8466)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Campbell
21 November 1940, aged 22
Mexborough Cemetery
Death registered in Medway, Kent
Terence Beasley (558442)
Royal Armoured Corps - 4th Queen's Own Hussars
Between 26 and 27 April 1941, aged 22
Athens Memorial
Died during the fall of Greece, may have been on the Dutch liner Slamat when it was bombed and sunk
Reginald Ernest Beaumont (821637)
Royal Artillery - 4 Medium Regt.
31 January 1940, aged 30
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres
Died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in France, when serving with the BEF before Germany launched it's attack in the west.
Robert Beaver (4538503)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn.
22 February 1942
Tobruk War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Richard Colvin Seddon Beck (402158)
Royal New Zealand Air Force - 25 O.T.U.
24 July 1942, aged 30
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Wellington T2701 near Finningley airfield. On 24th July 1942 this aircraft this aircraft had taken off from Finningley airfield at 03.30hrs with its crew tasked with a night time series of basic training in a circuits and landings exercise. Twenty minutes into the flight this aircraft had just overshot the runway on one of these landings and was beginning to climb away. It had reached a height said to have been between 800 to 1,000 feet about a mile north west of the airfield when it collided with Wellington DV476 which was returning to Finningley from a training exercise. Both aircraft caught fire and crashed with the loss of all eleven airmen who were on board the aircraft.
Harold Beckett (4697169)
Royal Armoured Corps
3 July 1942, aged 27
Khayat Beach War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Frederick Beeby (7908673)
Royal Armoured Corps
22 May 1942, aged 26
Mexborough Cemetery
Died in the UK
Cyril Frederick Beeson (4806139)
Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
31 December 1944, aged 31
Scunthorpe (Brumby and Frodingham) Cemetery
Died in the UK
William Bell (4612985)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn.
11 June 1940, aged 22
Dunkirk Memorial
Died in France and Belgium Campaign with the BEF
Clifford Henry Bellamy (4689768)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn.
26 May 1942, aged 25
Gauhati War Cemetery
Died in India
William Henry Bellhouse (1439058)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 199 Sqdn.
12 June 1943
Runnymede Memorial
Wellington HZ277 coded EX-Q airborne 23:12 on 11 June 43 from Ingham to Dusseldorf. Lost without trace.
William Belton (1459357)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 460 RAAF Sqdn.
26 November 1943, aged 21
Sage War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number ED370 coded AR-B2 airborne at 17:15 on 26 November 1943 from Binbrook to bomb a target in Berlin. Crashed 500 m W of the Grossenkneten railway station, 22 km SSE of Oldenburg, where all were first buried in the Neuer Friedhof. They have been subsequently re-interred in the Sage War Cemetery.
Sydney Benson (800596)
Royal Artillery - 133 Field Regt.
20 June 1945, aged 39
In 1911 family lived at 4 Greenwells Garth Coundon near Bishop Auckland. Enlisted 18/3/1930.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Died in Germany in a road accident about six weeks after VE Day
Maxwell McLean Bentley (3131483)
Durham Light Infantry
4 May 1944, aged 24
Rangoon Memorial
Died in Burma
Eric Dardanelles Bexon (5048176)
North Staffordshire Regiment - 2nd Bn.
23 April 1943, aged 27
Massicault War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
George Kenneth Biggins (550227)
Royal Air Force - 113 Sqdn.
29 June 1940, aged 21
Alamein Memorial
Blenheim L8447 shot down in flames by fighters on an operation to bomb the Italian airport El Gubbi at Tobruk, North Africa
Walter Barron Biggins (1076797)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
7 December 1945, aged 37
Mexborough Cemetery
Died on Active Service. Death registered in Biggleswade
Godfrey Bilsland (14390970)
Durham Light Infantry - 2nd Bn.
28 April 1944, aged 19
Kohima War Cemetery
Died in India
Arthur Bingley (4534899)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn.
10 February 1944, aged 33
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Died in Burma
Walter Charles Stanley Bird (T/155852)
Royal Army Service Corps - 159 Field Amb.
28 June 1943, aged 25
Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
William Richard Bird (14417572)
King's Shropshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn.
6 June 1944, aged 19
Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery
The 2nd Battalion landed on Queen beach near Hermanville-sur-Mer on “D-Day”, 6th June 1944 as part of 185 Brigade of the 79th Armoured Division.
Norman Black (P/JX 324786)
Royal Navy - H.M.M.G.B. 611
28 July 1943, aged 21
Harworth (All Saints) Churchyard
Killed surface action
Jack Blades (1583725)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
27 February 1945, aged 22
Brussels Town Cemetery
Died on Active Service in Belgium
Nellie Blomfield
Civilian War Dead
26 April 1941, aged 26
Smallburgh Rural District
Died at the Ferry Inn, Horning
Joseph Herbert Blundell (1609702)
Royal Artillery - 56 4th Bn. The King's Own Royal Regt [Lancaster] Anti Tank Regt
8 August 1945, aged 31
Enlisted 1940. To Anti-tank (field) 15/9/1944
Ranchi War Cemetery
Died in India of celebral laceration, fracture at base of skull
Dennis Boardman (4749923)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 1st Bn.
21 July 1943, aged 25
Cassino Memorial
Died during the Sicily Campaign
Gilbert John Richard Boddy (7915540)
Royal Armoured Corps - "B" Sqn., The Warwickshire Yeomanry
28 June 1944, aged 33
Orvieto War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Harry Edwin Bonest (126961)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 466 Sqdn.
26 January 1943, aged 30
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Wellington aircraft crashed returning to base from an operation to bomb u-boat pens in France
James Arthur Bonsor (14371337)
Northamptonshire Regiment - 1st Bn.
10 August 1945, aged 29
Kirkee War Cemetery
Died in India
Alfred Booth (1466556)
Royal Artillery - 169 Bty, 57 Lt AA Regt
3 February 1942
Alamein Memorial
Died of wounds in North Africa
John Edward Booth (779384)
Royal Artillery - 109 HAA Regt
17 November 1945, aged 35
Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard
Died in Surrey
Douglas Lindley Bostwick (7899785)
Royal Armoured Corps - 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
18 July 1944, aged 25
Ranville War Cemetery
Died during the Normandy Campaign
Thomas Gerald Boucher (J/4765)
Royal Canadian Air Force - 25 O.T.U.
11 August 1941, aged 25
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Killed on active service 11th August 1941 (age 26). The pilot lost control of Hampden (X2916) during a landing at Finningley
Samuel Bowden (182602)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 57 Sqdn.
11 November 1944, aged 30
Hamburg Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number LL939 coded DX-H, airborne at 16:54 on 11 November 1944 from East Kirkby to attack Rhenania-Ossag oil refinery at Harburg. Hit by Flak and crash- landed at 19:27 near Beckdorf, 8 km SSW from Buxtehude. On the first impact one engine and the rear turret were torn away, the rest of the Lancaster bouncing back into the air and flying on for over a kilometre before smashing back to earth. The two survivors are believed to have baled out after the first bounce.
John Richard Boyd (1984018)
Royal Engineers
3 May 1945, aged 38
Doncaster Hyde Park Cemetery
Died in the UK
Samuel Morrison Boyd (7265269)
Royal Artillery - 12 Field Regt.
1 February 1943, aged 26
Brookwood Memorial
Death in Hospital Ship on way home from Malta
John Hessell Boyer (C/MX 96735)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Assegai
26 January 1943, aged 20
Pietermaritzburg (Fort Napier) Cemetery
Died of illness in South Africa
Arthur Bradley (4612471)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn.
31 May 1940, aged 25
Dunkirk Memorial
Died in France and Belgium Campaign with the BEF during the retreat to Dunkirk
Cyril Fredrick Bradshaw (4745416)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 2nd Bn.
29 May 1941, aged 26
Athens Memorial
Died during the Greek Campaign on Crete, most probably during the evacuation of Crete
Arthur Brady (4688459)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn.
11 March 1944, aged 31
Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio
Died in Italy
Lawrence William Brailsford (14494421)
East Lancashire Regiment - 1st Bn.
10 February 1945, aged 18
Jonkerbos War Cemetery
The Operation Veritable took place between 8 February and 11 March 1945, with the objective to clear German forces from the area between the Rhine and Maas rivers, east of the German/Dutch frontier, in the Rhineland.
Eli Braithwaite (4686895)
Royal Engineers - 1017 Port Operating Coy.
9 April 1945, aged 37
Bari War Cemetery
Died in Italy, probably in one of the General Hospitals that were established in the Bari area
Harold Mettrick Breakwell (S/4691756)
Royal Army Service Corps
25 June 1945, aged 24
Kisumu Cemetery
James Brear (1521636)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 51 Sqdn.
31 March 1944, aged 22
Hanover War Cemetery
Halifax mk III serial number LV857 coded MH-H2 airborne 22:11 on 30 Mar 1944 from Snaith to bomb a target in Nürnberg. Outbound, shot down by a Me110 night-fighter (Oblt Martin Becker, 1/NJG 6) crashing 400 metres S of Rossbach, about 4 km NNE of Hünfeld. All were initialy buried in Schwarzbach, after the war their graves were concentrated in the Hanover War Cemetery.
Reginald Leslie Brett (4690464)
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
26 February 1946, aged 28
Conisbrough Cemetery
Died in the UK
George Alfred Houghton Briggs (1984394)
Royal Engineers - 199 Rly Works Coy.
4 July 1943
Ramleh War Cemetery
Died in the Middle East
Joseph Briggs (1452391)
Pioneer Corps - 73 Coy., Aux. Mil.
17 June 1940, aged 27
Enlisted in RA 1938. Transferred to AMPC 22/2/1940
Pornic War Cemetery
Died when the ship Lancastrian sank off the coast of France
Arthur John Brine (FAA/FX. 88198)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Avenger
15 November 1942, aged 29
Lee-On-Solent Memorial
Lost when the Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Avenger (D14) was sunk in the Atlantic. At 04.14 hours on 15 Nov, 1942, U-155 fired a spread of four torpedoes at the convoy MKF-1Y about 120 miles northwest of Gibraltar and heard three detonations, but was not able to made visual observations. HMS Avenger and two other ships were hit. HMS Avenger was hit by one torpedo, which ignited her bomb load and blew out the centre section of the ship, and she sank within two minutes.
Reginald Brinicombe (909586)
Royal Artillery - 51 The Westmorland And Cumberland Yeomanry Field Regt
6 December 1941, aged 27
Alamein Memorial
KIA during Operation Crusader which was a military operation by the Eighth Army between 18 November–30 December 1941 during the Second World War. 22nd Armoured Brigade were in contact with the enemy at Bir el Haiad, some 12 miles southwest of Sidi Rezegh. The operation was ultimately successfull in relieving the Siege of Tobruk.
William Bristow (P/MX 70724)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Medway
30 June 1942, aged 23
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
At 08.24 hours on 30 June 1942, HMS Medway was torpedoed and sunk by U-372 off Alexandria.
Roland Percival Broadbridge (1184497)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 1651 C.U. C Flt
16 June 1942, aged 20
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Stirling I N6088 - seen at about 1608 in a right hand spiral dive with the port wing on fire. The outer port mainplane broke away, causing N6088 to crash onto the Great North Road, 2½ miles north of East Retford and 9 miles south of Finningley, Nottinghamshire. All eight crew died
Eric Broadhurst (641074)
Royal Air Force
11 March 1940
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
Died on Active Service. Death registered in Surrey Mid Eastern
Ronald Broadley (C/KX 116991)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Achates
31 December 1942, aged 25
Chatham Naval Memorial
HMS Achates was escorting convoy JW-51B in the Barents Sea with 2 light cruisers and 4 O-class destroyers, when the convoy came under attack of a German force comprising heavy cruisers Lützow, Admiral Hipper and 6 Z-class destroyers in position 74N, 28E. Achates was hit between 0930-1130 hrs, then, from 1130, Admiral Hipper landed several salvoes on her. The superstructure and bridge were wrecked, she lost steam and received several more hits, sinking in three minutes taking 113 men to the bottom, about 135 nautical miles east-south-east of Bear Island in position 73º18'N, 30º06'E. 80 survivors were picked up from the freezing water.
Albert Victor Brocklebank (2720901)
Irish Guards - 1st Bn.
28 April 1943, aged 28
Oued Zarga War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Joseph William Brookfield (791919)
Royal Artillery - 2 H.A.A. Regt.
22 November 1945, aged 38
Enlisted 23/5/1929. To Army Reserve 18/12/1935. Rejoined from 11/10/1937.
Ranchi War Cemetery
Died of heart failure in Base General Hospital, India
George William Brooks (14389952)
Rifle Brigade - 2nd Bn.
23 December 1944, aged 20
Padua War Cemetery
Died in Italy
John Brotherton (4695057)
Royal Scots - 8th Bn.
26 December 1944, aged 31
Venray War Cemetery
Died during the Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
James William Brothwell (98471)
Royal Army Service Corps
Between 28 May and 2 June 1940, aged 21
Dunkirk Memorial
Died during the France and Belgium Campaign, 1939/40
Frederick Brough (2658813)
Coldstream Guards - 1st Bn.
8 September 1944, aged 22
Beverlo Communal Cemetery
Died during the Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
Stanley Davis Broughton (2359490)
Royal Corps of Signals - 48 Lt AA Regt, RA, Sig Sec
4 August 1944, aged 39
Labuan War Cemetery
Died as a Japanese PoW at Kuching after being captured on Java
Aaron Brown (2664553)
Coldstream Guards - 2nd Bn.
9 February 1944, aged 24
Minturno War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Arthur Brown (1103521)
Royal Artillery - 73 Anti-Tank Regt.
16 March 1943, aged 27
Medjez-El-Bab Memorial
KIA Southern Tunisia
Carol Herbert Brown (155367)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
14 December 1943, aged 24
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
Killed in an air crash in Ireland
George Pierrepont Brown (1436819)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 27 Sqdn.
14 February 1945, aged 22
Ranchi War Cemetery
Killed on Active Service. Died in a flying accident in India. On February 14 Warrant Officer G. P. Brown struck the ground during the breakaway from firing on Random RP Range. His Beaufighter TF.X NV253 "F" cartwheeled to destruction, killing both himself and his passenger, Warrant Officer J. McCowan
Harold Brown (4528002)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn.
9 June 1942, aged 37
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Harold Brown (4693789)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2/4th Bn.
9 September 1943, aged 25
Salerno War Cemetery
Killed on the first day of the Salerno landings in Italy
John Peter Brown (4350930)
East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn.
6 April 1943, aged 21
Sfax War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Tom Brown (4540612)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
29 October 1943, aged 56
Doncaster Hyde Park Cemetery
Died in the UK
William Brown (2616663)
Grenadier Guards - 2nd Bn.
10 April 1945, aged 30
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Died during the Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
Denis Clifford Brownbridge (11416276)
Royal Scots - 2nd Bn.
30 November 1944, aged 23
Bologna War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Colin Crawford Brownlee (411059)
Royal New Zealand Air Force - 466 Sqdn.
26 January 1943, aged 23
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Wellington aircraft crashed returning to base from an operation to bomb u-boat pens in France
William Peter Bruce
Civilian War Dead
30 December 1944
China
Died at Shanghai General Hospital.
Charles Herbert Brummitt (1051139)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 97 Sqdn.
28 August 1942, aged 28
Gosselies Communal Cemetery
Lancaster R5502 OF-M airborne 2102 28Aug42 from Woodhall Spa on a mission to Nuremburg. Shot down by a night- fighter (Oblt Adolf Brandstutter, 1./NJG4) and crashed 0248 29Aug42 at Maurage (Hainault), 7 km NW of Binche, Belgium.
Leslie Brummitt (T/1468336)
Royal Army Service Corps
1 December 1945
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
Died in the UK
Norman Shaw Brundell (47145)
Royal Armoured Corps - 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
16 May 1944, aged 35
Cassino War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Alexander Gibson Buchanan (R/58102)
Royal Canadian Air Force - 102 Sqdn.
6 January 1942, aged 23
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
On 6 January 1942 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley mk V of 102 Squadron, serial number Z9289 set off from its base at RAF Dalton, North Yorkshire about 10 miles south-west of Thirsk. The aircraft was airborne at 04:24 to attack the mighty German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in Brest harbour. It was part of a force of 154 aircraft, mainly Vickers Wellingtons that were dispatched to attack naval targets in the French port. The two-engine Whitley turned back over Cherbourg after the starboard engine failed. Having made significant progress back to base the aircraft suffered a fire in the unserviceable engine whilst 12 miles south of Sheffield. The pilot, Sgt Hollingworth ordered the crew to bail out and then kept the aircraft as straight as he could to allow this. Although all other four crew members managed to abandon the aircraft Sergeant Buchanan bailed out on the south side of West Road and his parachute failed to deploy correctly and he was killed when it became entangled with the destructor tower on the Corporation tip. The pilot was committed to a forced landing and the aircraft came down in the quarry at 10:10 in the quarry at the rear of Creswell Street, killing Sgt Hollingworth.
Frederick Bullock (1004505)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22 November 1942, aged 22
Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard
Died in England
Joseph Bunting (4802741)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn.
26 July 1944, aged 23
Rangoon Memorial
Killed in action during the Burma Campaign
Albert George Burbridge (951997)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 103 Sqdn.
13 June 1941, aged 21
Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Wellington T2996 PM-C airborne 2300 12Jun41 from Newton on an operation to Osnabruck. Shot down by a night-fighter (Ofw Hans Rasper, 4./MJG1) and crashed 0037 13Jun41 on land owned by Mr Langendijk, Z22A Zwaagdijk Wervershoof (Noor Holland), 10 km W of Enkhuizen.
Charles William Burchell (1460022)
Royal Artillery - 169 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt.
3 February 1942
Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma
KIA in North Africa
Hugh Burke (129140)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 138 Sqdn.
20 September 1943, aged 27
Ameland (Nes) General Cemetery
Halifax DG252 with its 5 man crew was on a special ops mission from Tempsford. DG252 was apparently returning from a Polish mission, named Operation Catarrh 14/Leek 9, and crashed into the sea near Harlingen in the Frisian Islands. No German night fighter claims have been made for this loss but it is believed that they were shot down.
John Burkill (409545)
Royal Armoured Corps - Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons
26 October 1942, aged 28
Alamein Memorial
Died in North Africa
Joseph Burns (3661324)
Durham Light Infantry - 9th Bn.
22 March 1943
Enfidaville War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Robert Burns (14677236)
Welsh Guards - 3rd Bn.
4 May 1945, aged 19
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Joseph Edward Burrell
Merchant Navy - S.S. Widestone (London)
Between 17 and 18 November 1942, aged 42
Tower Hill Memorial
At 23.46 hours on 17 Nov 1942, U-184 fired three single torpedoes at three ships in convoy ONS-144 about 500 miles southeast of Cape Farewell and reported one ship sunk and two probably sunk. However, only Widestone was hit and sank at this time. The master, 34 crew members and seven gunners were lost.
Norman Burrell (T/10689015)
Royal Army Service Corps
7 October 1943, aged 26
Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily
Died on Sicily
Thomas Noel Challenor Burrough (84274)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 61 Sqdn.
31 January 1942, aged 35
Runnymede Memorial
Manchester Mk.I Serial Number:L7396 Identifier:QR-? Airborne 1850 31Jan42 from Woolfox Lodge to Brest. Last heard transmitting distress signals, which were plotted some 50 miles S of Plymouth, Devon. Two RN destroyers on convoy escort duties in the Channel were detached to make a search of the area, but nothing was found. later the body of one of the crew was washed onto the Scillies. The rest of the crew have no known graves. S/L Burrough, a 5 Group Staff Officer, was flying as an official Observer.
Walter Burt (958014)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
29 November 1943, aged 26
Singapore Memorial
Died as a Japanese PoW when Suez Maru sunk
Arthur Blackburn Burton (1047849)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 10 Sqdn.
22 October 1943
Hanover War Cemetery
Halifax mk II serial number HX174 squadron code ZA-H airborne at 17:26 from Melbourne, Yorkshire to Kassel was shot down near Hohenkirchen.
George Harold Burton (814176)
Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) - 211 Sqdn.
29 November 1943, aged 21
Singapore Memorial
Died as a Japanese PoW when Suez Maru sunk
Harold Burton (14636077)
Royal Armoured Corps - 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
16 June 1944, aged 19
Ranville War Cemetery
Died in Normandy
Ivor Wilfred Edward Burton (2356664)
Royal Corps of Signals
21 July 1941, aged 34
Mexborough Cemetery
Died in the UK
Reggie Burton (1094903)
Royal Artillery - 671 Bty. 189 (M) H.A.A. Regt.
5 July 1943, aged 33
Epworth (St. Andrew) Churchyard
Died in the UK
William Henry Butcher (4689987)
Royal Artillery - HQ 53 Lt AA Regt
29 May 1940, aged 22
Ramsgate Cemetery
Died at time of Dunkirk evacuation
Ernest Sidney Butler (10568233)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
3 January 1945, aged 44
Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard
Died in Rother Valley area
James Buxton (4746775)
Royal Armoured Corps - 150th (10th Bn. The York and Lancaster Regt.) Regt.
15 March 1945, aged 24
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Died in Burma
Thomas Byrne (4435981)
Royal Artillery
13 May 1940
Rossington Cemetery
Died in the UK
Royal Artillery - 23 Field Regt
28 November 1946, aged 42
Enlisted 1930. To Army Reserve 17/8/1933. Discharged 5/2/1944 Para 390 (XVI) KR
Bramley Burial Ground
Died of wounds in the Rother Valley registration area
Arthur Bailey (4744725)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 6th Bn.
30 March 1943
Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Eric Edward Bailey
Merchant Navy - SS Cape Corso Glasgow
2 May 1942, aged 17
Tower Hill Memorial
Lost when the ship was attacked, and was later sunk, by German He-111 aircraft in the Norwegian Sea whilst in a convoy to Russia
Fred Bailey (4392701)
Durham Light Infantry - 2nd Bn.
6 May 1944, aged 25
Gauhati War Cemetery
Died in India
Harry Bailey (D/JX 214930)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hamilcar (LCT 108)
27 July 1943, aged 21
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Died when ship was bombed
Harry Bailey (P/JX 265860)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. President III / British Zeal
31 July 1943, aged 19
Basra War Cemetery
Died of illness in the middle east
Walter Hibberd Bailey (1381194)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 54 O.T.U.
29 March 1942, aged 27
Bolton-Upon-Dearne Cemetery
On a training flight from Church Fenton in Blenheim N3561 which crashed near Sherburn in Elmet
Arthur Frank Baker (4690779)
Royal Artillery - 157 Bty, 53 Lt AA Regt
23 March 1943, aged 22
Sfax War Cemetery
Died of wounds in North Africa
Ernest Baker (5567308)
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9 September 1946, aged 40
Barnsley Cemetery
Died in Storthes Hall Hospital, Yorkshire
Joseph Baker (1446738)
Pioneer Corps - Aux. Mil.
17 June 1940, aged 34
Prefailles Communal Cemetery
Died when the ship Lancastrian sank off the coast of France
Sydney Douglas Baldachin (778405)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 25 O.T.U.
16 August 1941, aged 20
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Jewish Cemetery
Hampden X2959 took off from Balderton on a night circuits and landings practice. At 00:25 whilst trying to locate the airfield hit houses. Two of the three man crew were killed. Tragically at 84 London Road, New Balderton six of the seven Brumpton children were killed. Mrs Brumpton and the youngest child survived as did Mr Brumpton who was on duty on the railways.
Kenneth Baldam (1889386)
Royal Engineers - 276 Field Coy.
6 October 1940
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
Died in the UK
Louis Baldwin (4693577)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn.
29 June 1944, aged 24
Fontenay-Le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel
Died in Normandy
Frank Bale (4616957)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 1st Bn.
5 April 1945, aged 26
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Died in Burma
George Henry Ball (T/14589296)
Royal Army Service Corps - 128 Bridge Coy.
4 March 1946, aged 36
Celle War Cemetery
Died in Germany whilst with the army of occupation
Sidney Banks (4746291)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 2nd Bn.
25 May 1941, aged 23
Athens Memorial
Died on Crete whilst the battalion were part of the force defending Heraklion airfield.
Raymond Banton (1459576)
Royal Artillery - 170 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt.
9 April 1942, aged 22
Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma
Died in North Africa, battle casualty
Elliott Frederick Barber (157252)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - RAF Tambaram
18 March 1946, aged 39
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai
Died on Active Service in India
Desmond Wallace Ferguson Barker (70043)
Royal Air Force (RAFO) - 83 Sqdn.
12 February 1941, aged 27
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Hampden AD722 OL-X at Finningley airfield. In the early hours of 12th February 1941 this aircraft was attempting to land at Finningley in poor visibility on return from an operational flight having bombed Bremen. The aircraft took off from Scampton the previous evening at 20.10hrs and had been directed to Finningley to land on the return due to poor weather over its home airfield. The aircraft struck a building on Finningley airfield in the early hours of the morning and crashed. Three of the four crew were sadly killed and one other on the ground also sustained injuries although his name is not yet known
Emma Barker
Civilian War Dead
21 December 1940, aged 65
Bently with Arksey, Urban District
Died At 62 West End Avenue.
Kenneth Dudley Barker (D/JX 270130)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Itchen
23 September 1943, aged 22
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Lost when vessel sunk in the Atlantic
William Barnfield (872542)
Royal Horse Artillery - 'D/D' Bty, 4 Regt
27 May 1940, aged 23
Alamein Memorial
Died in the Middle East
Cyril Barr (1014834)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
13 November 1940, aged 29
North Newbald Cemetery
Body found in a pond on Cliffe Road, Newbald.
Frank Barrett (4546233)
East Yorkshire Regiment - 2nd Bn.
18 July 1944, aged 21
Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery
Died during the Normandy Campaign, during the attack on Bourgebus Ridge
Wilfred Barstow (7922582)
Royal Armoured Corps - H.Q. Sqn., 31st Tank Bde.
13 August 1944, aged 37
Ranville War Cemetery
Died during the Normandy Campaign
George Richard Bass (D/26816)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 10th (H D) Bn.
11 January 1940
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
Death registered in Doncaster
Leonard Bassinder (4389279)
Royal Engineers - 230 Field Coy.
8 August 1943, aged 24
Tripoli War Cemetery
Died in Middle East
William Alfred Bastow (4608267)
Royal Artillery - 231 Bty., 42 Lt. A.A. Regt.
25 April 1942, aged 36
Fayid War Cemetery
Died of wounds at 19 General Hospital, Western Desert
Eric William Hardy Bates (1623026)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 429 Sqdn.
3 November 1943, aged 20
Runnymede Memorial
Halifax mk II serial number JD327 coded AL-P airborne 16:45 on 3 November 1943 from Leeming on a mission to Dusseldorf. Lost without trace.
Edward Hulme Battle (523469)
Royal Air Force - 50 Sqdn.
28 December 1940, aged 23
Lanester Communal Cemetery
Handley Page Hampden airborne 1615 28Dec40 from Lindholme for an op to Lorient. Shot down by Flak and crashed near Lanester (Morbihan), 3 km NE of Lorient, France.
James Batty (1564871)
Royal Artillery - 4 Maritime Regt
4 August 1941, aged 31
Plymouth Naval Memorial
SS Tunisia was bombed by an FW200 Kondor aircraft. She sank in position 53.53N, 18.10W. There were only five survivors from a complement of forty-three.
Lawrence Arthur Batty (97007877)
Non Combatant Corps
4 October 1947
Mexborough Cemetery
Died in the UK
Albert Beal (C/SR 8466)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Campbell
21 November 1940, aged 22
Mexborough Cemetery
Death registered in Medway, Kent
Terence Beasley (558442)
Royal Armoured Corps - 4th Queen's Own Hussars
Between 26 and 27 April 1941, aged 22
Athens Memorial
Died during the fall of Greece, may have been on the Dutch liner Slamat when it was bombed and sunk
Reginald Ernest Beaumont (821637)
Royal Artillery - 4 Medium Regt.
31 January 1940, aged 30
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres
Died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in France, when serving with the BEF before Germany launched it's attack in the west.
Robert Beaver (4538503)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn.
22 February 1942
Tobruk War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Richard Colvin Seddon Beck (402158)
Royal New Zealand Air Force - 25 O.T.U.
24 July 1942, aged 30
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Wellington T2701 near Finningley airfield. On 24th July 1942 this aircraft this aircraft had taken off from Finningley airfield at 03.30hrs with its crew tasked with a night time series of basic training in a circuits and landings exercise. Twenty minutes into the flight this aircraft had just overshot the runway on one of these landings and was beginning to climb away. It had reached a height said to have been between 800 to 1,000 feet about a mile north west of the airfield when it collided with Wellington DV476 which was returning to Finningley from a training exercise. Both aircraft caught fire and crashed with the loss of all eleven airmen who were on board the aircraft.
Harold Beckett (4697169)
Royal Armoured Corps
3 July 1942, aged 27
Khayat Beach War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Frederick Beeby (7908673)
Royal Armoured Corps
22 May 1942, aged 26
Mexborough Cemetery
Died in the UK
Cyril Frederick Beeson (4806139)
Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
31 December 1944, aged 31
Scunthorpe (Brumby and Frodingham) Cemetery
Died in the UK
William Bell (4612985)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn.
11 June 1940, aged 22
Dunkirk Memorial
Died in France and Belgium Campaign with the BEF
Clifford Henry Bellamy (4689768)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn.
26 May 1942, aged 25
Gauhati War Cemetery
Died in India
William Henry Bellhouse (1439058)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 199 Sqdn.
12 June 1943
Runnymede Memorial
Wellington HZ277 coded EX-Q airborne 23:12 on 11 June 43 from Ingham to Dusseldorf. Lost without trace.
William Belton (1459357)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 460 RAAF Sqdn.
26 November 1943, aged 21
Sage War Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number ED370 coded AR-B2 airborne at 17:15 on 26 November 1943 from Binbrook to bomb a target in Berlin. Crashed 500 m W of the Grossenkneten railway station, 22 km SSE of Oldenburg, where all were first buried in the Neuer Friedhof. They have been subsequently re-interred in the Sage War Cemetery.
Sydney Benson (800596)
Royal Artillery - 133 Field Regt.
20 June 1945, aged 39
In 1911 family lived at 4 Greenwells Garth Coundon near Bishop Auckland. Enlisted 18/3/1930.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Died in Germany in a road accident about six weeks after VE Day
Maxwell McLean Bentley (3131483)
Durham Light Infantry
4 May 1944, aged 24
Rangoon Memorial
Died in Burma
Eric Dardanelles Bexon (5048176)
North Staffordshire Regiment - 2nd Bn.
23 April 1943, aged 27
Massicault War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
George Kenneth Biggins (550227)
Royal Air Force - 113 Sqdn.
29 June 1940, aged 21
Alamein Memorial
Blenheim L8447 shot down in flames by fighters on an operation to bomb the Italian airport El Gubbi at Tobruk, North Africa
Walter Barron Biggins (1076797)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
7 December 1945, aged 37
Mexborough Cemetery
Died on Active Service. Death registered in Biggleswade
Godfrey Bilsland (14390970)
Durham Light Infantry - 2nd Bn.
28 April 1944, aged 19
Kohima War Cemetery
Died in India
Arthur Bingley (4534899)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn.
10 February 1944, aged 33
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Died in Burma
Walter Charles Stanley Bird (T/155852)
Royal Army Service Corps - 159 Field Amb.
28 June 1943, aged 25
Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
William Richard Bird (14417572)
King's Shropshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn.
6 June 1944, aged 19
Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery
The 2nd Battalion landed on Queen beach near Hermanville-sur-Mer on “D-Day”, 6th June 1944 as part of 185 Brigade of the 79th Armoured Division.
Norman Black (P/JX 324786)
Royal Navy - H.M.M.G.B. 611
28 July 1943, aged 21
Harworth (All Saints) Churchyard
Killed surface action
Jack Blades (1583725)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
27 February 1945, aged 22
Brussels Town Cemetery
Died on Active Service in Belgium
Nellie Blomfield
Civilian War Dead
26 April 1941, aged 26
Smallburgh Rural District
Died at the Ferry Inn, Horning
Joseph Herbert Blundell (1609702)
Royal Artillery - 56 4th Bn. The King's Own Royal Regt [Lancaster] Anti Tank Regt
8 August 1945, aged 31
Enlisted 1940. To Anti-tank (field) 15/9/1944
Ranchi War Cemetery
Died in India of celebral laceration, fracture at base of skull
Dennis Boardman (4749923)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 1st Bn.
21 July 1943, aged 25
Cassino Memorial
Died during the Sicily Campaign
Gilbert John Richard Boddy (7915540)
Royal Armoured Corps - "B" Sqn., The Warwickshire Yeomanry
28 June 1944, aged 33
Orvieto War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Harry Edwin Bonest (126961)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 466 Sqdn.
26 January 1943, aged 30
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Wellington aircraft crashed returning to base from an operation to bomb u-boat pens in France
James Arthur Bonsor (14371337)
Northamptonshire Regiment - 1st Bn.
10 August 1945, aged 29
Kirkee War Cemetery
Died in India
Alfred Booth (1466556)
Royal Artillery - 169 Bty, 57 Lt AA Regt
3 February 1942
Alamein Memorial
Died of wounds in North Africa
John Edward Booth (779384)
Royal Artillery - 109 HAA Regt
17 November 1945, aged 35
Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard
Died in Surrey
Douglas Lindley Bostwick (7899785)
Royal Armoured Corps - 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
18 July 1944, aged 25
Ranville War Cemetery
Died during the Normandy Campaign
Thomas Gerald Boucher (J/4765)
Royal Canadian Air Force - 25 O.T.U.
11 August 1941, aged 25
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Killed on active service 11th August 1941 (age 26). The pilot lost control of Hampden (X2916) during a landing at Finningley
Samuel Bowden (182602)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 57 Sqdn.
11 November 1944, aged 30
Hamburg Cemetery
Lancaster mk I serial number LL939 coded DX-H, airborne at 16:54 on 11 November 1944 from East Kirkby to attack Rhenania-Ossag oil refinery at Harburg. Hit by Flak and crash- landed at 19:27 near Beckdorf, 8 km SSW from Buxtehude. On the first impact one engine and the rear turret were torn away, the rest of the Lancaster bouncing back into the air and flying on for over a kilometre before smashing back to earth. The two survivors are believed to have baled out after the first bounce.
John Richard Boyd (1984018)
Royal Engineers
3 May 1945, aged 38
Doncaster Hyde Park Cemetery
Died in the UK
Samuel Morrison Boyd (7265269)
Royal Artillery - 12 Field Regt.
1 February 1943, aged 26
Brookwood Memorial
Death in Hospital Ship on way home from Malta
John Hessell Boyer (C/MX 96735)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Assegai
26 January 1943, aged 20
Pietermaritzburg (Fort Napier) Cemetery
Died of illness in South Africa
Arthur Bradley (4612471)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn.
31 May 1940, aged 25
Dunkirk Memorial
Died in France and Belgium Campaign with the BEF during the retreat to Dunkirk
Cyril Fredrick Bradshaw (4745416)
York and Lancaster Regiment - 2nd Bn.
29 May 1941, aged 26
Athens Memorial
Died during the Greek Campaign on Crete, most probably during the evacuation of Crete
Arthur Brady (4688459)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn.
11 March 1944, aged 31
Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio
Died in Italy
Lawrence William Brailsford (14494421)
East Lancashire Regiment - 1st Bn.
10 February 1945, aged 18
Jonkerbos War Cemetery
The Operation Veritable took place between 8 February and 11 March 1945, with the objective to clear German forces from the area between the Rhine and Maas rivers, east of the German/Dutch frontier, in the Rhineland.
Eli Braithwaite (4686895)
Royal Engineers - 1017 Port Operating Coy.
9 April 1945, aged 37
Bari War Cemetery
Died in Italy, probably in one of the General Hospitals that were established in the Bari area
Harold Mettrick Breakwell (S/4691756)
Royal Army Service Corps
25 June 1945, aged 24
Kisumu Cemetery
James Brear (1521636)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 51 Sqdn.
31 March 1944, aged 22
Hanover War Cemetery
Halifax mk III serial number LV857 coded MH-H2 airborne 22:11 on 30 Mar 1944 from Snaith to bomb a target in Nürnberg. Outbound, shot down by a Me110 night-fighter (Oblt Martin Becker, 1/NJG 6) crashing 400 metres S of Rossbach, about 4 km NNE of Hünfeld. All were initialy buried in Schwarzbach, after the war their graves were concentrated in the Hanover War Cemetery.
Reginald Leslie Brett (4690464)
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
26 February 1946, aged 28
Conisbrough Cemetery
Died in the UK
George Alfred Houghton Briggs (1984394)
Royal Engineers - 199 Rly Works Coy.
4 July 1943
Ramleh War Cemetery
Died in the Middle East
Joseph Briggs (1452391)
Pioneer Corps - 73 Coy., Aux. Mil.
17 June 1940, aged 27
Enlisted in RA 1938. Transferred to AMPC 22/2/1940
Pornic War Cemetery
Died when the ship Lancastrian sank off the coast of France
Arthur John Brine (FAA/FX. 88198)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Avenger
15 November 1942, aged 29
Lee-On-Solent Memorial
Lost when the Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Avenger (D14) was sunk in the Atlantic. At 04.14 hours on 15 Nov, 1942, U-155 fired a spread of four torpedoes at the convoy MKF-1Y about 120 miles northwest of Gibraltar and heard three detonations, but was not able to made visual observations. HMS Avenger and two other ships were hit. HMS Avenger was hit by one torpedo, which ignited her bomb load and blew out the centre section of the ship, and she sank within two minutes.
Reginald Brinicombe (909586)
Royal Artillery - 51 The Westmorland And Cumberland Yeomanry Field Regt
6 December 1941, aged 27
Alamein Memorial
KIA during Operation Crusader which was a military operation by the Eighth Army between 18 November–30 December 1941 during the Second World War. 22nd Armoured Brigade were in contact with the enemy at Bir el Haiad, some 12 miles southwest of Sidi Rezegh. The operation was ultimately successfull in relieving the Siege of Tobruk.
William Bristow (P/MX 70724)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Medway
30 June 1942, aged 23
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
At 08.24 hours on 30 June 1942, HMS Medway was torpedoed and sunk by U-372 off Alexandria.
Roland Percival Broadbridge (1184497)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 1651 C.U. C Flt
16 June 1942, aged 20
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Stirling I N6088 - seen at about 1608 in a right hand spiral dive with the port wing on fire. The outer port mainplane broke away, causing N6088 to crash onto the Great North Road, 2½ miles north of East Retford and 9 miles south of Finningley, Nottinghamshire. All eight crew died
Eric Broadhurst (641074)
Royal Air Force
11 March 1940
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
Died on Active Service. Death registered in Surrey Mid Eastern
Ronald Broadley (C/KX 116991)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Achates
31 December 1942, aged 25
Chatham Naval Memorial
HMS Achates was escorting convoy JW-51B in the Barents Sea with 2 light cruisers and 4 O-class destroyers, when the convoy came under attack of a German force comprising heavy cruisers Lützow, Admiral Hipper and 6 Z-class destroyers in position 74N, 28E. Achates was hit between 0930-1130 hrs, then, from 1130, Admiral Hipper landed several salvoes on her. The superstructure and bridge were wrecked, she lost steam and received several more hits, sinking in three minutes taking 113 men to the bottom, about 135 nautical miles east-south-east of Bear Island in position 73º18'N, 30º06'E. 80 survivors were picked up from the freezing water.
Albert Victor Brocklebank (2720901)
Irish Guards - 1st Bn.
28 April 1943, aged 28
Oued Zarga War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Joseph William Brookfield (791919)
Royal Artillery - 2 H.A.A. Regt.
22 November 1945, aged 38
Enlisted 23/5/1929. To Army Reserve 18/12/1935. Rejoined from 11/10/1937.
Ranchi War Cemetery
Died of heart failure in Base General Hospital, India
George William Brooks (14389952)
Rifle Brigade - 2nd Bn.
23 December 1944, aged 20
Padua War Cemetery
Died in Italy
John Brotherton (4695057)
Royal Scots - 8th Bn.
26 December 1944, aged 31
Venray War Cemetery
Died during the Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
James William Brothwell (98471)
Royal Army Service Corps
Between 28 May and 2 June 1940, aged 21
Dunkirk Memorial
Died during the France and Belgium Campaign, 1939/40
Frederick Brough (2658813)
Coldstream Guards - 1st Bn.
8 September 1944, aged 22
Beverlo Communal Cemetery
Died during the Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
Stanley Davis Broughton (2359490)
Royal Corps of Signals - 48 Lt AA Regt, RA, Sig Sec
4 August 1944, aged 39
Labuan War Cemetery
Died as a Japanese PoW at Kuching after being captured on Java
Aaron Brown (2664553)
Coldstream Guards - 2nd Bn.
9 February 1944, aged 24
Minturno War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Arthur Brown (1103521)
Royal Artillery - 73 Anti-Tank Regt.
16 March 1943, aged 27
Medjez-El-Bab Memorial
KIA Southern Tunisia
Carol Herbert Brown (155367)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
14 December 1943, aged 24
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
Killed in an air crash in Ireland
George Pierrepont Brown (1436819)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 27 Sqdn.
14 February 1945, aged 22
Ranchi War Cemetery
Killed on Active Service. Died in a flying accident in India. On February 14 Warrant Officer G. P. Brown struck the ground during the breakaway from firing on Random RP Range. His Beaufighter TF.X NV253 "F" cartwheeled to destruction, killing both himself and his passenger, Warrant Officer J. McCowan
Harold Brown (4528002)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn.
9 June 1942, aged 37
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Harold Brown (4693789)
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2/4th Bn.
9 September 1943, aged 25
Salerno War Cemetery
Killed on the first day of the Salerno landings in Italy
John Peter Brown (4350930)
East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn.
6 April 1943, aged 21
Sfax War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Tom Brown (4540612)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
29 October 1943, aged 56
Doncaster Hyde Park Cemetery
Died in the UK
William Brown (2616663)
Grenadier Guards - 2nd Bn.
10 April 1945, aged 30
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Died during the Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
Denis Clifford Brownbridge (11416276)
Royal Scots - 2nd Bn.
30 November 1944, aged 23
Bologna War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Colin Crawford Brownlee (411059)
Royal New Zealand Air Force - 466 Sqdn.
26 January 1943, aged 23
Finningley (Holy Trinity and St. Oswald) Chyd. Extension
Wellington aircraft crashed returning to base from an operation to bomb u-boat pens in France
William Peter Bruce
Civilian War Dead
30 December 1944
China
Died at Shanghai General Hospital.
Charles Herbert Brummitt (1051139)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 97 Sqdn.
28 August 1942, aged 28
Gosselies Communal Cemetery
Lancaster R5502 OF-M airborne 2102 28Aug42 from Woodhall Spa on a mission to Nuremburg. Shot down by a night- fighter (Oblt Adolf Brandstutter, 1./NJG4) and crashed 0248 29Aug42 at Maurage (Hainault), 7 km NW of Binche, Belgium.
Leslie Brummitt (T/1468336)
Royal Army Service Corps
1 December 1945
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
Died in the UK
Norman Shaw Brundell (47145)
Royal Armoured Corps - 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
16 May 1944, aged 35
Cassino War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Alexander Gibson Buchanan (R/58102)
Royal Canadian Air Force - 102 Sqdn.
6 January 1942, aged 23
Doncaster (Rose Hill) Cemetery
On 6 January 1942 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley mk V of 102 Squadron, serial number Z9289 set off from its base at RAF Dalton, North Yorkshire about 10 miles south-west of Thirsk. The aircraft was airborne at 04:24 to attack the mighty German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in Brest harbour. It was part of a force of 154 aircraft, mainly Vickers Wellingtons that were dispatched to attack naval targets in the French port. The two-engine Whitley turned back over Cherbourg after the starboard engine failed. Having made significant progress back to base the aircraft suffered a fire in the unserviceable engine whilst 12 miles south of Sheffield. The pilot, Sgt Hollingworth ordered the crew to bail out and then kept the aircraft as straight as he could to allow this. Although all other four crew members managed to abandon the aircraft Sergeant Buchanan bailed out on the south side of West Road and his parachute failed to deploy correctly and he was killed when it became entangled with the destructor tower on the Corporation tip. The pilot was committed to a forced landing and the aircraft came down in the quarry at 10:10 in the quarry at the rear of Creswell Street, killing Sgt Hollingworth.
Frederick Bullock (1004505)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22 November 1942, aged 22
Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard
Died in England
Joseph Bunting (4802741)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn.
26 July 1944, aged 23
Rangoon Memorial
Killed in action during the Burma Campaign
Albert George Burbridge (951997)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 103 Sqdn.
13 June 1941, aged 21
Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Wellington T2996 PM-C airborne 2300 12Jun41 from Newton on an operation to Osnabruck. Shot down by a night-fighter (Ofw Hans Rasper, 4./MJG1) and crashed 0037 13Jun41 on land owned by Mr Langendijk, Z22A Zwaagdijk Wervershoof (Noor Holland), 10 km W of Enkhuizen.
Charles William Burchell (1460022)
Royal Artillery - 169 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt.
3 February 1942
Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma
KIA in North Africa
Hugh Burke (129140)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 138 Sqdn.
20 September 1943, aged 27
Ameland (Nes) General Cemetery
Halifax DG252 with its 5 man crew was on a special ops mission from Tempsford. DG252 was apparently returning from a Polish mission, named Operation Catarrh 14/Leek 9, and crashed into the sea near Harlingen in the Frisian Islands. No German night fighter claims have been made for this loss but it is believed that they were shot down.
John Burkill (409545)
Royal Armoured Corps - Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons
26 October 1942, aged 28
Alamein Memorial
Died in North Africa
Joseph Burns (3661324)
Durham Light Infantry - 9th Bn.
22 March 1943
Enfidaville War Cemetery
Died in North Africa
Robert Burns (14677236)
Welsh Guards - 3rd Bn.
4 May 1945, aged 19
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
Died in Italy
Joseph Edward Burrell
Merchant Navy - S.S. Widestone (London)
Between 17 and 18 November 1942, aged 42
Tower Hill Memorial
At 23.46 hours on 17 Nov 1942, U-184 fired three single torpedoes at three ships in convoy ONS-144 about 500 miles southeast of Cape Farewell and reported one ship sunk and two probably sunk. However, only Widestone was hit and sank at this time. The master, 34 crew members and seven gunners were lost.
Norman Burrell (T/10689015)
Royal Army Service Corps
7 October 1943, aged 26
Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily
Died on Sicily
Thomas Noel Challenor Burrough (84274)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 61 Sqdn.
31 January 1942, aged 35
Runnymede Memorial
Manchester Mk.I Serial Number:L7396 Identifier:QR-? Airborne 1850 31Jan42 from Woolfox Lodge to Brest. Last heard transmitting distress signals, which were plotted some 50 miles S of Plymouth, Devon. Two RN destroyers on convoy escort duties in the Channel were detached to make a search of the area, but nothing was found. later the body of one of the crew was washed onto the Scillies. The rest of the crew have no known graves. S/L Burrough, a 5 Group Staff Officer, was flying as an official Observer.
Walter Burt (958014)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
29 November 1943, aged 26
Singapore Memorial
Died as a Japanese PoW when Suez Maru sunk
Arthur Blackburn Burton (1047849)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 10 Sqdn.
22 October 1943
Hanover War Cemetery
Halifax mk II serial number HX174 squadron code ZA-H airborne at 17:26 from Melbourne, Yorkshire to Kassel was shot down near Hohenkirchen.
George Harold Burton (814176)
Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) - 211 Sqdn.
29 November 1943, aged 21
Singapore Memorial
Died as a Japanese PoW when Suez Maru sunk
Harold Burton (14636077)
Royal Armoured Corps - 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
16 June 1944, aged 19
Ranville War Cemetery
Died in Normandy
Ivor Wilfred Edward Burton (2356664)
Royal Corps of Signals
21 July 1941, aged 34
Mexborough Cemetery
Died in the UK
Reggie Burton (1094903)
Royal Artillery - 671 Bty. 189 (M) H.A.A. Regt.
5 July 1943, aged 33
Epworth (St. Andrew) Churchyard
Died in the UK
William Henry Butcher (4689987)
Royal Artillery - HQ 53 Lt AA Regt
29 May 1940, aged 22
Ramsgate Cemetery
Died at time of Dunkirk evacuation
Ernest Sidney Butler (10568233)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
3 January 1945, aged 44
Swinton (St. Margaret) Churchyard
Died in Rother Valley area
James Buxton (4746775)
Royal Armoured Corps - 150th (10th Bn. The York and Lancaster Regt.) Regt.
15 March 1945, aged 24
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Died in Burma
Thomas Byrne (4435981)
Royal Artillery
13 May 1940
Rossington Cemetery
Died in the UK
Royston Henry Bullard-Davies (39372)
Royal Air Force - 144 Squadron 20 March 1940, aged 24 In February 1937 was granted a short service commissions as an Acting Pilot Officer On 4 September 1937 was sent to 76 (Bomber) Squadron based at Finningley. Harpswell (St. Chad) Churchyard Died when Hampden I serial number L4137 crashed at Scotter near Scunthorpe. The aircraft crashed after the pilot lost control and dived into the ground whilst on a night training navex sortie from Hemswell. |