Stainforth War Memorial
The Stainforth War Memorial is located in the cemetery on Church Road. The inscription reads:
1914 - 1918 THE GREAT WAR TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
(27 NAMES)
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
1939 - 1945 THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN MEMORY OF THE RESIDENTS OF STAINFORTH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
(47 NAMES)
1914 - 1918 THE GREAT WAR TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
(27 NAMES)
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
1939 - 1945 THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN MEMORY OF THE RESIDENTS OF STAINFORTH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
(47 NAMES)
J A Alberry RN Oct 12 1939
A E Alberry RAF Mar 6 1944 C L E Allen RAF R Boakes RN D Booth RA E Braithwaite I Corps May 15 1946 J Burburough Life Bgde June 1942 E Bell KOYLI J Cheadle RA A Cockayne 2/4 KOYLI Sep 11 1944 T L Collins DLI May 22 1941 D H Cooper W Yorks Mar 30 1942 J T Davies RA May 31 1940 J Dewsnap 1 W Yorks May 18 1944 H Donkin 4 Commandoes Nov 1 1944 J Elvin RFA June 6 1945 N Elvin 5 Man Regt Sept 17 1944 C Evans 1/7 DWR Sep 25 1945 W J E Gilroy Lanc Fus July 8 1944 R J Greenough RAF C Hanman RFA R Hargreaves RN Nov 3 1947 F Higham RN Nov 10 1942 W O Hughes RA Jan 14 1945 |
I E Kenworthy RN Aug 24 1940
C Liddle 1 W Yorks May 13 1944 G Margison Army R J Marlow RN Jan 16 1942 S Mobberley 2 Glouc Regt T Moores RN Dec 2 1943 W Nutt RN 10 Mar 1943 J Rutherford Q Lancers A Seddon Scots April 20 1944 F W Shields RAF N Smith RAF T Simpson MP Nov 12 1940 J Surtees E Yorks July 31 1943 C Swaby MN May 12 1942 A Swaby MN Dec 3 1942 D Walters RAF Aug 19 1941 R Wigglesworth Cold Gds C Wilson E Yorks May 4 1941 W H Wright Para Reg Sep 20 1944 R Weaver RE June 6 1944 H C Wright RA May 17 1942 R Troops KOYLI Sep 7 1942 J Fletcher RAF Oct 12 1944 |
Additional details
Charles Swaby
Merchant Navy - S.S. Denpark (Greenock)
12 May 1942, aged 23
Tower Hill Memorial
Merchant Navy - S.S. Denpark (Greenock)
12 May 1942, aged 23
Tower Hill Memorial
Jack Alberry (P/KX 83975) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Royal Oak 14 October 1939, aged 28 Husband of Greta R. Alberry, of Reading, Berkshire Portsmouth Naval Memorial Clifford Leslie Eldridge Allen (170941) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 630 Sqdn 25 March 1944, aged 22 Son of Leslie Charles and Amy Allen, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Edward Bell (4692820) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 1st Bn 19 July 1943, aged 24 Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Douglas Booth (4868774) Royal Artillery - 102 (The Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regt. 3 September 1944, aged 20 Son of Luther and Annie Booth, of Holmfirth, Yorkshire. Don Communal Cemetery, Annoeullin Eric Braithwaite (13088796) Intelligence Corps - 318 Field Security Sec 12 May 1946, aged 36 Son of John Martindale Braithwaite and Constance Lena Braithwaite, of Old Stainforth. Stainforth Cemetery John William James Burborough (5681684) Rifle Brigade - 1st Bn. 12 June 1942, aged 31 Son of William and Minnie Harriet Burborough, of Wembley, Middlesex; husband of Nora Burborough, of Alperton, Wembley,. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma 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 Albert Cockayne (4694368) King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 11 September 1944, aged 29 Son of George and Mary Lydia Cockayne. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Thomas Leslie Collins (4692767) Durham Light Infantry - 10th Bn 22 May 1941, aged 22 Son of Walter and Martha Collins, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Durnbach War Cemetery Douglas H Cooper (4537516) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 1st Bn 30 March 1942, aged 23 Rangoon Memorial James Thomas Davies (4689936) Royal Artillery - 158 Bty, 53 Lt Aa Regt Between 31 May 1940 and 4 June 1940, aged 20 Son of Ephraim and Mary Jane Davies, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Dunkirk Memorial James Dewsnap (4346163) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 1st Bn 18 May 1944, aged 29 Husband of Catherine Dewsnap, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Imphal War Cemetery Henry Donkin (3649481) South Lancashire Regiment - And No 4 1 November 1944, aged 40 Son of Henry and Hannah Donkin; Husband of Annie Donkin, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Bergen-Op-Zoom War 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 Clifford Evans (4616999) Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 7th Bn 24 September 1944, aged 26 Son of Enoch and Florence Evans, of Dunscroft, Yorkshire; husband of Iris Evans. Leopoldsburg 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 William Joseph Gilroy (14414040) Lancashire Fusiliers - 2/5th Bn 8 July 1944, aged 19 Son of William and M. E. Gilroy, of Stainforth, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Cambes-En-Plaine War Cemetery 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 Charles Edwin Hanman (4690618) Royal Armoured Corps - 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry 26 June 1944, aged 31 Bayeux Memorial Ronald Hargraves (C/JX 352011) Royal Navy - HMML 557 3 November 1947, aged 24 Son of Albert and Grace Hargraves, of Stainforth; husband of Hilda Hargraves, of Gateshead, Co. Durham. Stainforth Cemetery |
Francis Higham (C/JX 170058)
Royal Navy - H.M.S. Ibis 10 November 1942, aged 23 Son of John Francis and Annie Higham, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Chatham Naval Memorial William Thomas Hughes (1460593) Royal Artillery - 96 HAA Regt 17 January 1945, aged 25 Son of William Owen Hughes, and of Mary Hughes, of Stainforth. 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 Cuthbert Liddle (2764324) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 1st Bn 13 May 1944, aged 22 Son of William and Barbara Liddle, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Rangoon Memorial G Margison No details known Ronald Joseph Marlow (P/JX 311610) Royal Navy - H.M.S. Wellesley 16 January 1942, aged 19 Stainforth Cemetery Sidney Samuel Mobberley (5180060) Gloucestershire Regiment - 2nd Bn 17 January 1942, aged 30 Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Wilfred Nutt (C/KX 93871) Royal Navy - HM Submarine Tigris 10 March 1943, aged 24 Son of Sidney Richard and Mary Nutt, of Stainforth, Doncaster. Yorkshire. Chatham Naval Memorial J Rutherford No details known Albert Seddon (3249424) Royal Scots - 1st Bn 20 April 1944, aged 25 Son of Richard and Catherine Seddon, of Stainforth, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Kohima War Cemetery Frank Wells Shields (1675802) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 7 Sqdn 28 April 1944 Durnbach War Cemetery N Smith No details known James Surtees (4351288) East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn 31 July 1943, aged 21 Son of James and Jessie Surtees, of Stainforth, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Arthur Swaby Merchant Navy - S.S. Empire Dabchick (London) 3 December 1942, aged 23 Tower Hill Memorial 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 Dennis Walters (702105) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 20 August 1941, aged 23 Son of Joseph and Phoebe Walters, of Stainforth. Stainforth Cemetery Reginald Wigglesworth (2664575) Coldstream Guards - 5th Bn 5 March 1945, aged 28 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Cyril Wilson (4538796) East Yorkshire Regiment 3 May 1941, aged 22 Son of William Wilson, and of Florence Mary Wilson, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Brookwood Memorial Horace Charles Wright (1460026) Royal Artillery - 169 Bty, 57 Lt AA Regt 27 May 1942, aged 21 Son of Horace Charles and Sarah Wright, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Alamein Memorial William Henry Wright (4692899) Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 4th Bde Defence Platoon 20 September 1944, aged 25 Son of William Henry and Jane Wright, of Stainforth, Yorkshire. Groesbeek Memorial |