Hatfield - Dunscroft British Legion War Memorial
The memorial was originally located in the British Legion Working Mens Club but is now located in St Edwin Church on Abbey Road. It is inscribed:
1939 1945
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF ALL THOSE CONNECTED WITH THIS CLUB AND ALSO OF THIS PARISH/ WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO FELL ARE ENGRAVED BELOW
(35 NAMES)
"THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
1939 1945
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF ALL THOSE CONNECTED WITH THIS CLUB AND ALSO OF THIS PARISH/ WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO FELL ARE ENGRAVED BELOW
(35 NAMES)
"THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
Awaiting Photograph
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Cpl. J. Diamond. K.Y.O.L.I.
Sgt. J. Fletcher. R.A.R. Sgt. R.A. Greenough. R.A.F. Stk. E. Kenworthy. R.N. Pte. W. Luke. K.Y.O.L.I. Gnr. G. Pearson. R.A. Par. W.H. Wright. A.B.D. Pte. W. Hepworth. K.Y.O.L.I. |
Sgt. G. Brown. R.A.
Par. A. Brough. A.B.D. Spr. R.C. Bradbury. R.E. Sgt. S. Bolton. R.A.F. Pte. I. Beaver. R.P.C. Gnr. J.A. Chadwick. R.A. Par. W. Cheesmond. A.B.D. Sgt. J. Cheadle. R.A. Pte. T. Deakes. K.Y.O.L.I. |
Pte. N.Elvin. 5/M/CH.
Gnr. J. Elvin. H.A.C. Gnr. E. Gordon. R.A. Drv. H. Green. Y.D. Pte. J. Thickman. B.L.I. Pte. A. Jackson. W.Y. Cpl. E. Judge. G.G. 2cl/Stk. L. Jones. R.N. Pte. T. Kennett. R.P.C. |
Pte. A.T. Lippeatt. E.Y.
A.S. T.E. Needham. R.N. Lac. M. Ogilvie. R.A.F. Pte. E. Ryall. D.W. Sgt. H. Riley. R.A.F. Sgt. F. Shields. R.A.F. Cpl. R. Troops. K.Y.O.L.I. Gnr. T. Turnbull. R.A. Gnr. O. Young. R.A. |
Additional details
I Beaver
No details known Sidney Boulton (636888) Royal Air Force - 17 O.T.U. 12 June 1940, aged 20 Son of Joseph A. Boulton and Elizabeth Ann Boulton, of Dunsville, Doncaster. Hatfield (Woodhouse) Cemetery Rowland Cecil Bradbury (4689746) Royal Engineers - 35 Fortress Coy. 26 February 1942, aged 22 Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradbury. Army Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Singapore Memorial Alex Brough (2764356) The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 2nd Bn 15 December 1942, aged 20 Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery G Brown No details known John Alfred Chadwick (1483767) Royal Artillery - 171 Bty, 57 Lt AA Regt 28 April 1940, aged 29 Son of Rosina Chadwick and stepson of Nathaniel Anderton; husband of Norah Chadwick, of Dunscroft. Stainforth Cemetery Jack Cheadle (802228) Royal Artillery - 24 Field Regt 4 December 1944, aged 35 Son of Richard and Nellie Cheadle; Husband of Rosalind Cheadle, of Stainforth, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Cesena War Cemetery William Charles Cheesmond (14421255) Parachute Regiment, A A C - 12th 10th Bn The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regt] Bn 24 March 1945, aged 20 Son of William Charles and Lucy Hannah Cheesmond, of Dunscroft, Yorkshire. Groesbeek Memorial Thomas Deakes (4693717) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2/4th Bn 25 September 1943, aged 31 Son of Edward and Elizebeth Ann Deakes; Husband of Dora Deakes. of Doncaster, Yorkshire. Salerno War Cemetery James Diamond (D/16721) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 6th Bn 1 March 1941 Husband of Susannah Diamond, of Dunscroft. Hatfield (Woodhouse) Cemetery John Thomas Elvin (1074914) Royal Artillery - 86 (Honourable Artillery Coy.) H.A.A. Regt. 6 June 1945, aged 30 Son of Thomas and Beatrice Elvin, Husband of Edith Elvin, of Putney. Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium Norman Elvin (4866531) Manchester Regiment - 8th Bn 17 September 1944, aged 21 Son of Frank and Beatrice Elvin, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Arezzo War Cemetery John Fletcher (1593916) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 166 Sqdn 12 October 1944, aged 19 Son of John Henry and Martha Fletcher, of Dunscroft. Stainforth Cemetery Eric Gordon (1606733) Royal Artillery - 85 Anti Tank Regt 6 August 1943, aged 23 Son of John Ramsay Gordon and Daisy Gordon, of Dunscroft, Yorkshire. Singapore Memorial H Green No details known Reginald James Greenough (1053685) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 82 Sqdn 26 August 1941, aged 19 Son of Thomas Ernest and Jessie Greenough, of Stainforth, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial William Henry Hepworth (4692828) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn 15 February 1942, aged 22 Son of Arthur and Emily Hepworth, of Dunscroft, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial John Hickman (4452899) Durham Light Infantry - 8th Bn 2 November 1942, aged 23 Son of Edward David and Sarah Bunce, of Dunscroft, Yorkshire. El Alamein War Cemetery |
Albert Jackson (4690369)
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn 30 October 1941, aged 22 Son of Albert H. and Jean Jackson, of Dunscroft, Yorkshire. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery Lawrence Jones (P/KX 101094) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Esk 1 September 1940, aged 21 Son of John William Jones, and of Amy Jones, of Dunscroft, Yorkshire. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Edward Judge (2621627) Grenadier Guards - 6th Bn 22 January 1944, aged 28 Minturno War Cemetery Thomas Kennett (14265009) Pioneer Corps 11 November 1942, aged 42 Son of Charles and Mary Kennett; husband of Florrie Kennett, of Dunscroft. Stainforth Cemetery Ernest Kenworthy (C/KX 92533) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Penzance 24 August 1940, aged 20 Son of Alfred and Lily Kenworthy, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Chatham Naval Memorial Aaron Walter Thompson Lippeatt (4351517) East Yorkshire Regiment - 2nd Bn 27 February 1945 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery William Luke (D/30658) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 6th HD Bn 31 August 1940, aged 57 Son of Robert and Elizabeth Luke; husband of Margaret Jane Luke, of Dunscroft. Stainforth Cemetery Robert Frederick Charles Needham (T/10703179) Royal Army Service Corps - 18 Water Tank Coy 7 January 1943, aged 20 Son of George Robert Rowland Needham and Gertrude Rose Needham, of Balby, Yorkshire. Brookwood Memorial Matthew Ogilvie (1595990) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 462 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn 24 February 1945 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery G Pearson No details known 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 Ernest Ryall (4614055) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 2nd Bn 8 November 1942, aged 33 Kirkee War Cemetery Frank Wells Shields (1675802) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 7 Sqdn 28 April 1944 Durnbach War Cemetery Roy Troops (4690103) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn 7 September 1942, aged 24 Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Ann Troops, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Gauhati War Cemetery Thomas Turnbull (1609665) Royal Artillery - 171 Bty., 57 Lt. A.A. Regt. 9 December 1941 Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery Walter Paul Wright (4346818) Northamptonshire Regiment - 1st Bn 18 January 1944, aged 25 Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wright, of Woodlands, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Groesbeek Memorial Oswald Young (1461295) Royal Artillery - 170/57 Lt AA Regt 12 September 1944, aged 24 Son of William and Margaret Young, of Dunscroft, Yorkshire. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery |