WORLD WAR II

Here is a full list of the brave heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice during World War Two.  Please click over their name to bring up the reports, memorials etc.

(97 soldiers listed)

Altham, Joseph - Gunner - Royal Artillery

Appleton, Irvin - Signalman - Royal Corps of Signals

Ashworth, Richard - Trooper - Royal Tank Regiment

Ashworth, Roland - Flight Sergeant - Royal Air Force

Beverley, William - Flight Sergeant - Royal Air Force

Bordycott, Harold - Lance Corporal - Royal Engineers

Bury, John Richard - Private - Oxf and Bucks Light Infantry

Butler, Joseph - Private - South Staffordshire Regt

Cartin, James - Gunner - Royal Artillery

Clarke, James - Rank Unknown

Coates, Wm Henry Roy Addison - Flying Off Nav - RAFVR

Cockerill, James - Private - The Green Howards

Coxhill, Walter - Sergeant - Border Regiment

Cross, William Godfrey - Private - Pioneer Corps

Cryer, Thomas - Driver - Royal Corps of Signals

Darwen, Harold - Private - Lincolnshire Regiment

Davies, Albert Ernest - Flight Sgt (Pilot) RAFVR

Dickinson, Richard Harland - Staff Quart Sgt - RAOC

Dickinson, John - Private - Northamptonshire Regiment

Duckett, Roland - Inspector - Grimsby Special Constabulary

Emison, Edmund - Leading Sick Berth Attendt - Royal Navy

Entwistle, Leonard Whitworth - 2nd Lieut - Royal Indian Eng

Evans, Alfred Cooper - Private - Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Fenton, Alfred - Private - Pioneer Corps

Ford, Leslie Roy - Private - Queens Royal Regiment

Frohock, John - Air Mechanic 2nd Class - Royal Navy

Gavin, John James - Chief Petty Officer - Royal Naval Reserve

Gill, Christopher - Fusilier - Royal Irish Fusiliers

Greenwood, Edward - Lead Aircraftman - RAFVR

Greenwood, James Hoyle - Lead Motor Mechanic Royal Navy

Greenwood, Ronald - Aircraftman 1st Class - RAFVR

Gudgeon, Benjamin - Private - Duke of Wellingtons Regt

Halstead, Philip Edmundson - Lieutenant - Royal Engineers

Halstead, Wm Derek Taylor - Warrant Officer Pilot RAFVR

Haslam, Walter Philip - Driver - RA Service Corps

Haworth, Herbert Hawkins - Driver - RA Service Corps

Haworth, Robert - Able Seaman - Royal Navy

Haworth, Robert - Gunner - Royal Artillery

Hayhurst, Joseph - Flight Sergeant - RAF Volunteer Reserve

Hoare, William Patrick - Sergeant - RAF Volunteer Reserve

Hobson, Kenneth - Trooper - Royal Armoured Corps

Holden, John - Sergeant - RAF Volunteer Reserve

Holden, Richard - Private - North Staffordshire Regt

Holgate, Deryk - Petty Officer Radio Mechanic - Royal Navy

Holmes, Clifford - Private - Durham Light Infantry

Hopkins, Harold - Private - East Lancashire Regiment

Horrocks, Jack - (Rank not known) - Royal Corps of Signals

Hulme, Herbert Henry - Private - Border Regiment

Illingworth, John - Sergeant - RAF Volunteer Reserve

Ireland, Frank - Bombardier - Royal Artillery

Jump, James Hilton - Pilot Officer - RAF Volunteer Reserve

Kavanagh, Wilfred Henry - Corporal - 5th Lancers

Kerron, John - Private - Manchester Regiment

Lambert, Jack - Lance Corporal - Manchester Regiment

Lane, Wilfred - Battery Quart Sgt - Royal Artillery

Lyons, Austin - Corporal - Parachute Regiment

Maden, Harry - Private - Border Regiment

Marsden, John - Private - Loyal Regiment (North Lancs)

Marsden, John - Sapper - Royal Engineers

Martin, Edward Jones - Fusilier - Lancashire Fusiliers

McWade, Francis - Civilian War Worker

Metcalfe, Walter - Private - No.6 Commando

Mollett, Roger Pridham - Rifleman - Queen Victorias Rifles

Molloy, Thomas - Fusilier - Royal Scots Fusiliers

Monk, Kenneth - Ordinary Seaman - Royal Navy

Nuttall, James Holden - Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force

Padden, Joseph - Stoker 2nd Class - Royal Navy

Parkinson, George Fielding - Captain - East Lancs Regt

Parkinson, John - Ordinary Seaman - Royal Navy

Parkinson, Thomas - Gunner - Royal Artillery

Parlby, Thomas - Private - Manchester Regiment

Patterson, John - Gunner - Royal Artillery

Pilkington, Francis Elliot - Sergeant - RAF Volunteer Res

Pilkington, Matthew - Private - Border Regiment

Pilling, Joseph Brooks - Sub-Lieut (A), Fleet Air Arm

Reid, James - Trooper - Reconnaissance Corps

Riley, Maurice - Ordinary Seaman - Merchant Navy

Riley, William - Private - The Loyal Regiment (North Lancs)

Rodgers, Keith Ashworth - Sub Lieutenant - Fleet Air Arm

Rothwell, Albert - Private - Sherwood Foresters

Rushton, James - Sapper - Royal Engineers

Shackleton, William - Bombardier - Royal Artillery

Stott, William Gordon - Sergeant/Pilot - Royal Air Force Vol

Tapper, Francis - Petty Officer - Royal Navy

Tattersall, Harry - Driver - Royal Engineers

Tomlinson, George Townley - Fusilier - Lancs Fusiliers

Vizzard, John - Lance Corp - Corps of Military Police

Warburton, George Victor Cooper - Corporal - RAF

Whittaker, Alfred - Corporal - West Yorkshire Regt

Whittaker, Jack - Musician - Royal Navy

Whoan, Sydney - Gunner - Royal Artillery

Wilkinson, Eric - Pte - Worcestershire Regt

Wilson, George - Pte - Border Regiment

Wilson, Robert - Lance Corp, Royal Engineers

Wolstenholme, James - Leading Stoker, Royal Navy

Woodhouse, Arthur Sgt, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Yates, James Gunner 13 Anti-Tank Regt Royal Artillery