Rossington War Memorial
The memorial is situated outside St Michaels Church, Sheep Bridge Lane. The cross is inscribed:
TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" A TRIBUTE FROM THE ROSSINGTON BRITISH LEGION WOMEN'S SECTION 1944
The plaque is inscribed :
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR US AND THE COUNTRY. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE
1914 - 1918 (25 NAMES)
1939 - 1945 (43 NAMES)
POST 1945 (6 NAMES)
TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" A TRIBUTE FROM THE ROSSINGTON BRITISH LEGION WOMEN'S SECTION 1944
The plaque is inscribed :
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR US AND THE COUNTRY. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE
1914 - 1918 (25 NAMES)
1939 - 1945 (43 NAMES)
POST 1945 (6 NAMES)
Asquith Dennis
Attewell Leonard William Ball Irene Barrow Bruce Benson Reginald Bell Douglas Bell Joseph Beresford Alfred Brown George Caller Vernon Cross Walter Curry Arthur Curry Thomas |
Dakin John
Davison Joseph Dowling Gilbert Dutton Jack Espin Brian Evans Harold Fail Frederick A Haig Stanley Henderson Wright Hopson Joseph Jackson Edward Jameson Sidney Jones Sidney Martin Leslie Morris David Mugglestone Hilda Palmer Robert Potts William Henry Punt Benjamin Righton Arthur Reynolds Jack Savage Norman |
Shaw Wilfred
Seymour Ernest Smith Walter Spencer Albert Talbot Ernest Turner Jack Watson Thomas William Wright Bernard |
Additional details
Joseph Bell (4680391)
Corps Of Military Police
14 June 1945, aged 28
Son of Elsie Tonge, of New Rossington, Yorkshire.
Labuan War Cemetery
Corps Of Military Police
14 June 1945, aged 28
Son of Elsie Tonge, of New Rossington, Yorkshire.
Labuan War Cemetery
Dennis Askwith (1682446)
Sergeant - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 578 Sqdn. 13 June 1944, aged 24 Born in Sheffield in Q1 1921 Son of Owen and Lydia Askwith; Husband of Iris May Askwith, of New Rossington, Yorkshire. Father died 1938 and is buried in Rossington Married in Don Valley in Q4 1942 - 2 Daughters Runnymede Memorial Halifax MZ592 coded LK-G, airborne 23:38 on 12 June 44 from Burn to bomb rail communications at Amiens. Shot down by Flak, crashing at Mailly-Raineval (Somme), 5 km SW of Moreuil. Leonard William Attewell (1473891) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 644 Sqdn 24 March 1945, aged 22 Son of Leonard Arthur and Gertrude Mary Attewell, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Irene Ball (W/73331) Auxiliary Territorial Service 7 October 1943, aged 19 Daughter of William Arthur and Gladys Ball, of Rossington Rossington (St Michael) Churchyard Bruce Barrow (14416426) Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - 9th Bn 15 February 1945, aged 19 Son of William Thomas Barrow and Nellie Barrow, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Douglas Bell (1432116) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 24 O.T.U. 3 January 1943, aged 20 Son of John William and Maggie Bell, of Rossington. Rossington (St Michael) Churchyard Reginald Benson (572958) Royal Air Force - 267 Sqdn 22 October 1942, aged 21 Son of Percy and Clara Benson, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Heliopolis War Cemetery Alfred Berrisford (843418) Royal Artillery - 1 Field Regt 25 November 1941, aged 25 Son of Alfred Berrisford, Formerly Driver, R.F.A., and of Mrs. Beresford, of Doncaster, Yorkshire. Alamein Memorial George Brown (1531444) Royal Artillery - 287 Bty, 128 HAA Regt 25 December 1947, aged 31 Son of John and Jessie Brown, of Rossington. Rossington (St Michael) Churchyard Vernon George Caller (1457564) Royal Artillery - 157 Bty, 53 Lt AA Regt 6 April 1943, aged 23 Son of Arthur and Alice Caller, of New Rossington, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Suez War Memorial Cemetery Walter Cross (993388) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 144 Sqdn 3 July 1941, aged 21 Son of Joseph Durnal Cross and Gwladys Cross, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Runnymede Memorial Arthur Curry No details known Thomas Curry (842973) Royal Artillery - 28 Field Regt 26 January 1941, aged 27 Son of Ralph and Elizabeth Curry, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Keren War Cemetery John Dakin (1103287) Royal Artillery - 76 Anti-Tank Regt. 24 October 1942, aged 28 Alamein Memorial Joseph Davison (1015616) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 158 Sqdn 9 May 1942, aged 21 Son of Luke A. Davison and Maud M. Davison, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Gilbert Dowling (4279143) King's Royal Rifle Corps - 1st Bn 11 July 1944, aged 28 Son of Thomas and Emily Dowling; Husband of Evelyn Dowling, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Arezzo War Cemetery John Dutton (4617793) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 1st Bn 4 February 1944, aged 26 Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dutton; Husband of Emma Dutton, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Anzio War Cemetery Brian Espin-Hempsall (1593823) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 625 Sqdn 9 November 1944, aged 19 Son of Fred and Ada Espin, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Harold Evans (D/SSX 28689) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Kenya 15 August 1942, aged 23 Son of Harold and Lucy Evans, of Doncaster, Yorkshire. Plymouth Naval Memorial Frederick Amos Fail (3056351) Royal Scots - 1st Bn 21 May 1940, aged 20 Son of Robert Fail, and of Jane Annie Fail, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Dunkirk Memorial Wright Henderson (1779904) Royal Artillery - 221 Bty, 91 HAA Regt 13 September 1944, aged 33 Son of John and Elizabeth Henderson; Husband of Annie Henderson, of New Rossington. Rossington Cemetery |
Joseph Hopson (4616860)
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 6th Bn 17 June 1944, aged 26 Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Hopson, of Rossington, Yorkshire; Husband of Mary Hopson, of Rossington. Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery Edward Jackson No details known Sidney Jameson No details known Leslie Martin (1609661) Royal Artillery - 170 Bty, 57 Lt AA Regt 21 March 1942, aged 21 Son of Frank and Lily Martin, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Alamein Memorial David Morris No details known Hilda Mugglestone (461931) Women's Auxiliary Air Force 9 November 1943, aged 25 Rossington (St Michael) Churchyard Robert Palmer (951869) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 466 Sqdn 25 July 1944, aged 24 Son of John and Nora Palmer; Husband of Elsie May Palmer, of Launcells, Cornwall. Runnymede Memorial William Henry Potts (14448165) Royal Scots - 8th Bn 23 February 1945, aged 20 Grandson of Mary Ann Hart, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Benjamin Punt (14354902) Royal Army Ordnance Corps 7 June 1946, aged 35 Rossington (St Michael) Churchyard John Reynolds (7610895) Royal Army Ordnance Corps Between 21 and 22 December 1941, aged 24 Son of Samuel and Eva Reynolds; Husband of Edna C. Reynolds, of Wheatley Hills, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. Sai Wan Memorial Arthur Righton (4616819) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 6th Bn 18 June 1944, aged 25 Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery Norman Savage (4692763) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn 4 August 1943 Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily Ernest A Seymour (1609660) Royal Artillery - 170 Bty, 57 Lt AA Regt 3 March 1944 Son of Mr. and Mrs. George William Seymour, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Prague War Cemetery Wilfred Shaw (4697323) Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders - 2nd Bn 20 February 1945, aged 32 Son of George Edward and Annie Shaw; Husband of Gladys Shaw, of Doncaster, Yorkshire. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Walter Smith No details known Albert Spencer (4695740) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2nd Bn 7 January 1943, aged 27 Son of Alvin W. H. Spencer and Lucy Spencer, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Rangoon War Cemetery Ernest Victor Talbot (4619195) Royal Pioneer Corps 20 December 1946, aged 29 Rossington (St Michael) Churchyard Jack Turner (1127989) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 149 Sqdn 11 April 1944, aged 23 Son of George Norman and Edith Turner, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles Thomas William Watson (940152) Royal Artillery - 58 Anti Tank Regt 31 March 1943, aged 24 Son of Benjamin and Florence May Watson, of Rossington, Yorkshire; Husband of Florence Ellan Watson, of Rossington. Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery Bernard Wright (2656846) Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn 27 May 1941, aged 24 Alamein Memorial |
Sidney Charles Rupert Jones (1877652)
Lance Serjeant - Royal Engineers - 89 Special M Field Coy 9 June 1944, aged 22 Born in Hawarden, Flintshire in Q4 1921 Son of Lloyd and Elizabeth Jones, of Rossington, Yorkshire. Attended Rossington School and then worked at Rossington Colliery before joining up in 1939. Had previously served in Libya and Iraq, and was wounded at Alamein. Lived at 34 Oxford Street, Rossington Gauhati War Cemetery The gravestone carries the inscription - Sleep on, gallant son, till the day breaks And Shadows flee. Peace be thine Died of wounds in hospital in India whilst serving with the Chindits on the second expedition. |