Conisbrough War Memorial
The memorial is located in Coronation Park on Low Road, it is inscribed:
THE GREAT WAR 1914 1918
(176 NAMES)
ERECTED IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE SUPREME SACRIFICE MADE BY THE ABOVE NAMES MEN OF THIS PARISH "LEST WE FORGET"
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
1939-1945 (56 NAMES)
THE GREAT WAR 1914 1918
(176 NAMES)
ERECTED IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE SUPREME SACRIFICE MADE BY THE ABOVE NAMES MEN OF THIS PARISH "LEST WE FORGET"
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
1939-1945 (56 NAMES)
Ackroyd William
Appleyard Ernest Ashurst George Ashurst William Barber Alan Frederick Bashforth Alan Peyman Beckett H. Boulton James Breach Reginald George Andrew Cooper Bernard Cooper Eric Franklin Day Joseph Dryden Harry Dunstan Edward Fox John Garner John Garner Tom Garner Walter Ernest Goodlad Alan Goulding H.R. Grimes John Jenkinson Arthur Eric Jones W. Kelly Thomas Killick Harold Godfrey Lawcock Colin Edward Logan George Madden Fred |
Marklew Arthur
McGrath Ronald Moody Douglas Kenneth Moore Kenneth Newsome Fred Newsome Harry Peters Leslie Phillips Edward Walter Randal Thomas Ridgeway F. Roberts George Neri Roberts Leslie Robinson Thomas Kenneth Rumble Albert Somme Sargan Arthur Sellars George Leslie Sharp Andrew Sharp John F. Southwell Alfred Wilfred Steele Alan Stephenson T. Taylor Alfred Wallis Thomas Ralph White Joseph Wood Eric Wood Horace Woodley Leslie Wyatt James |
Additional details
William Ackroyd (3060746)
Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 52nd Regt. 24 April 1945, aged 28 Son of William Ackroyd and Edith Ackroyd (Formerly Milnes) of Conisbrough,Doncaster. Becklingen War Cemetery Ernest Appleyard (7955294) Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. - 43rd 2/5th Bn Gloucestershire Regt Regt 24 June 1944, aged 20 Son of Henry Appleyard, and of Lillian Appleyard, of Doncaster, Yorkshire. Bayeux Memorial George Ashurst (187809) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 5 January 1945, aged 30 Son of William and Margaret Ashurst, of Thornhill, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England. Richmond War Cemetery William Ashurst (1439160) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 625 Sqdn. 15 February 1944, aged 21 Son of William and Margaret Ashurst, of Thornhill, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Aabenraa Cemetery Alan Frederick Barber (LT/JX 532273) Royal Naval Patrol Service - HM Trawler Birdlip 13 June 1944, aged 19 Son of Mr. and Mrs. John William Barber, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire. Lowestoft Naval Memorial Alan Peyman Bashforth (1578122) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 8 February 1944, aged 22 Son of Laurence and Sarah Ethel Bashforth; Husband of Marguerite Lesley Hallam Bashforth, of Gravesend, Kent. Holyhead (Maeshyfryd) Burial Board Cemetery Herbert Beckett (4688997) Royal Artillery - HQ 53 LAA Regt Between 29 and 30 May 1940, aged 30 Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Beckett; Husband of Maud Beckett, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire. Dunkirk Memorial James Boulton (2694384) Scots Guards 7 September 1940, aged 26 Conisbrough Cemetery Reginald George Andrew Breach (1324079) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 207 Sqdn 15 March 1945, aged 33 Husband of Florence May Breach, of Twickenham, Middlesex. Conisbrough Cemetery Kenneth Admiral Brown (FAA/FX. 77401) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Glorious 22 April 1940 Lee-On-Solent Memorial possibly Bernard Coope (2659090) Coldstream Guards - 2nd Bn. 21 May 1940, aged 19 Enlisted July 1939 Dunkirk Memorial Died during the retreat to Dunkirk Eric Franklin Cooper (1686028) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 30 August 1944, aged 22 Son of James Henry and Doris Annie Cooper, of Conisbrough. Conisbrough Cemetery Joseph Day (853718) Royal Artillery - 31 Field Regt 15 February 1941, aged 22 Son of Herbert and Sarah Ellen Day, of Conisborough, Yorkshire. Keren War Cemetery 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 Dunstan (14719409) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn 1 October 1944, aged 20 Son of Robert Edward and Marion Jane Dunstan, of Conisborough, Yorkshire. Leopoldsburg War Cemetery John Fox (845171) Royal Artillery - 82 Bty. 13 A.T. Regt. 27 May 1940, aged 24 Vieille-Chapelle Communal Cemetery J Garner (14407777) Northamptonshire Regiment 18 November 1947, aged 22 Son of Thomas and Alice Evelyn Garner, of Conanby, Conisbrough. Denaby Main (St. Alban's) Roman Catholic Burial Ground Thomas Garner (14446029) King's Own Scottish Borderers - 5th Bn 16 February 1945, aged 18 Milsbeek War Cemetery Walter Ernest Garner (D/KX 82865) Royal Navy - HMS Prince of Wales 10 December 1941, aged 27 Son of Fred and Bridget Garner; Husband of Phyllis Mary Garner, of Conistone, Yorkshire. Plymouth Naval Memorial Allan Goodlad (14663783) Gordon Highlanders - 2nd Bn 28 July 1944, aged 19 Son of Janet Goodlad; Grandson of Mr. J. Goodlad, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire. Bayeux War Cemetery Harry Ronald Goulding (1765073) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 7 October 1945, aged 21 Son of Wilfred and Emily Goulding, of Conisborough, Yorkshire. Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery John Grimes No details known Arthur Eric Jenkinson (4687667) Royal Artillery - 7/4 Maritime Regt. 13 September 1942, aged 30 Son of Arthur and Mildred Jenkinson; Husband of Eileen Jenkinson, of Dartford, Kent. Plymouth Naval Memorial Walter Jones (1459867) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 199 Sqdn 5 November 1943, aged 20 Son of Ernest and Mabel Teresa Jones, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Thomas Kelly (4692958) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn 11 July 1943, aged 23 Son of Francis William and Margaret Kelly, of Conisborough, Yorkshire. Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily Harold Godfrey Killick (7931181) Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. - 9th 26 June 1944, aged 23 Son of George Killick, and of Arabella E. Killick, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire. St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux George Logan No details known Frederick Madden (1216741) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 78 Sqdn 9 October 1943, aged 31 Son of Alan and Elizabeth Madden, of Denaby Main, Yorkshire; Husband of Irene Madden, of Denaby Main. Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Arthur Marklew (C/JX 246844)
Royal Navy - HMML 311 15 February 1942, aged 19 Son of Arthur and Mary Marklew. Chatham Naval Memorial Ronald McGrath (14418365) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1/4th Bn 26 June 1944, aged 17 Son of William and Winifred McGrath. of Conisborough, Yorkshire. Fontenay-Le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel Douglas Kenneth Moody (1471753) Royal Artillery - 171 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt. 8 March 1943, aged 24 Son of Harold and Emmeline Moody, of Conanby, Yorkshire. Tripoli War Cemetery Kenneth Moore (1215410) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 192 Sqdn 24 June 1943, aged 22 Son of Arthur Hewitt Moore, and of Ethel Moore, of Conisborough, Yorkshire. Noordwijk General Cemetery Fred Newsome (4685806) Coldstream Guards - 2nd Bn 1 February 1943, aged 34 Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery Died in North Africa Harry Newsome (4688976) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn 27 May 1942, aged 29 Son of Harry and Alice Newsome, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial Leslie Peters (1466554) Royal Artillery - 171 Bty, 57 Lt AA Regt 21 March 1942, aged 22 Son of Joseph and Louisa Peters, of Conanly, Conisborough, Yorkshire. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Edward Walter Phillips (1059982) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 49 Sqdn 12 February 1942, aged 21 Son of Edward A. and Mary E. Phillips, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Frank Ridgeway (1986241) Royal Engineers - 26 Field Coy. 22 May 1943, aged 37 Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery George Neri Roberts (4755091) York and Lancaster Regiment 1 August 1945, aged 30 Son of Neri and Edith Roberts, of Conisbrough; Husband of Constance Mary Roberts, of Handsworth, Sheffield. Conisbrough Cemetery Leslie Roberts (2154423) Royal Engineers - 553 Field Coy 22 March 1945, aged 21 Son of Joseph and Annie Roberts, of Conisborough, Yorkshire. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Thomas Kenneth Robinson (568717) Royal Air Force - 102 Sqdn 28 April 1942 Son of Ernest and Caroline Ellen Robinson, of Conisborough, Yorkshire. Heverlee War Cemetery S A Rumble (14743692) Royal Engineers - 588 Army Troops Coy 12 October 1946 Son of George Frederick and Lucy Rumble; Husband of Edith Rumble, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire. Udine War Cemetery George Arthur Sargan (569773) Royal Air Force - 10 Sqdn 21 June 1942, aged 22 Son of Henry Alwyn Sargan and Mary Ann Sargan, of Clifton, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial George Leslie Sellars (122241) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 466 RAAF Sqdn 22 December 1942, aged 32 Son of Joseph and Cecile Briar Sellers, of Conisborough, Yorkshire; Husband of Doris Sellars, of Conisborough. Runnymede Memorial Andrew Fanshawe Sharp (88396) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 206 Sqdn. 12 June 1941, aged 20 Son of Harold Henry Sharpe, and of Margaret Isabel Sharpe, of Filey, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial John Francis Sharp (40025) Royal Air Force - 106 Sqdn 3 July 1941, aged 26 Son of Harold Henry and Margaret Isabel Sharp, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire; Husband of Dinah Gwenedd Sharp, of Porlock, Somerset. Rheinberg War Cemetery Alfred Wilfred Southwell (D/MX 48279) Royal Navy - HM Submarine Thames 3 August 1940, aged 29 Son of James and Sarah Southwell; Husband of Rose Southwell, of Conisborough, Yorkshire. Plymouth Naval Memorial Alan Steel (550484) Royal Air Force - 102 Sqdn 29 August 1940 Mexborough Cemetery Thomas Stephenson (4684641) Royal Artillery - 171 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt. Between 27 February 1942 and 5 March 1942, aged 40 Alamein Memorial Alfred Taylor (4538117) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn 5 June 1942, aged 21 Son of Alfred Taylor, and of Phoebe Taylor, of Doncaster, Yorkshire. Alamein Memorial Thomas Ralph Wallis (n/s) Merchant Navy - SS Ashworth Newcastle On Tyne 13 October 1942, aged 17 Son of Thomas J. S. and Emily Martha Wallis, of Conisbrough, Yorkshire. Tower Hill Memorial Joseph White (4538473) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd 5 June 1942, aged 22 Alamein Memorial Eric Purdy Wood (755876) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 12 O.T.U. 24 July 1940, aged 20 Son of Fred and Rose Wood, of Conisbrough. Conisbrough Cemetery Horace Wood (4399756) Royal Army Ordnance Corps Between 06/12/1942 and 07/12/1942, aged 37 Brookwood Memorial Alfred Leslie Woodley (C/JX 125146) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Hurricane 24 December 1943, aged 33 Son of George and Lillian Woodley; husband of G. E. Woodley, of Canterbury, Kent. Chatham Naval Memorial James William Walter Wyatt (964080) Royal Artillery - 53 Heavy Regt 25 March 1946, aged 26 Son of William and Mary E. C. Wyatt, of Conisborough, Yorkshire. Hamburg Cemetery |
Colin Edwin Lawcock (153993)
Royal Corps Of Signals - 9th Indian Div. Sigs.
23 February 1945, aged 28
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Royal Corps Of Signals - 9th Indian Div. Sigs.
23 February 1945, aged 28
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