WW2 Military Casualties

1047206 Sergeant RONALD ADAMS, RAFVR

Killed when his plane was forced to ditch off Livorno, 17 April 1944

2938773 Private FRANCIS ASHWORTH, Pioneer Corps

Died at home from tuberculosis, 19 June 1944

D/S BRX 7068 Sick Berth Attendant RONALD TURNER ASHWORTH, Royal Navy

Killed 19 June 1944 when HMS Bullen was torpedoed off the north coast of Scotland

3713675 Private JOHN ATHERTON, King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

Killed in France 27 May 1940.  Two cousins with the same name killed in WW2 and an uncle in WW1.

3865873 Private WALTER BALL. Loyal Regiment.

Killed in North Africa, 31 March 1943

1097982 Sergeant JOHN BILLINGTON, Royal Air Force

Killed over Germany, 3 September 1943

569393 Flight Sergeant HERBERT JOSEPH BIRTWISTLE, Royal Air Force.  

Lost aboard M.V. Abosso, 29 October 1942.

T/95773 Driver HERBERT DAVIS. Royal Army Service Corps.

Died 30 May 1940 during the evacuation from Dunkirk.

14657667 Private EDWARD ELLISON, Monmouth Reg.

Killed in the Battle of the Reichswald, 25 February 1945

186288 Flying Officer JAMES FISHWICK, RAFVR

Killed in a flying accident over Germany, 25 May 1945

3972372 Private NORMAN HAMMERSLEY, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry

Killed 24 March 1945, Operation Varsity, crossing the Rhine

1131407 Flight Sergeant JOHN CALLELY HESKETH, RAF VR

Killed when his aircraft crashed in Sicily, 20 June 1943

7646913 Private ROBERT WILLIAM JONES, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Killed on the Burma railway, 2 December 1943

2326356 Signalman JAMES KAY, Royal Corps of Signals

Died in Kranji POW camp, Singapore, 15 August 1942

3859101 Trooper BERT MAYOR, 18th Reconnaissance Corps

Killed at Singapore, 5 February 1942

7617262 Private ARNOLD McCANN, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

Killed at Boulogne, 23 May 1940

1949117 Driver RALPH MOLYNEUX, Royal Engineers

Killed during the Normandy Landings, D-Day, 6 June 1944

P/JX 427228 Ordinary Seaman JOSEPH HAROLD PARKINSON, Royal Navy

Died of lymphoma, Liverpool, 17 October 1944

C/NX 583288 Canteen Manager WILLIAM RIBCHESTER, Royal Navy Catering Service

Lost at sea on HMS Manners, 26 January 1945

1697559 Leading Aircraftman JOHN FREDERICK SEFTON, RAF VR

Served in both World Wars.  Died at home of a heart attack, 2 March 1944

7920514 Trooper JOHN ARTHUR SMELLIE, Royal Armoured Corps

Killed in North Africa, 29 May 1942

7953412 Trooper JACK SUMNER, Royal Armoured Corps

Killed in North Africa, 18 January 1943

13134 Marine ROBERT SUMNER, Royal Marine Engineers

Died at Deal, Kent, 2 March 1943

950721 Lance Sergeant THOMAS CECIL SWIFT, Royal Artillery.

Killed in action in North Africa, 6 June 1942.

2359621 Signalman EDWARD TAYLOR, Royal Corps of Signals

Died in India, 20 April 1942

3857683 Private JAMES EDWARD TURNER, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)

Died at home, 14 January 1946

1425168 Ldg Aircraftman FRED WILSON, RAFVR

Killed in a training accident at Barrow-in-Furness, 31 May 1943

131875 Flying Officer WILLIAM WILSON. RAFVR.

Shot down over the Bay of Biscay, 30 October 1943

D/K 57747 Leading Stoker JOHN YEATMAN, Royal Navy, HMS Cardiff

Died at home from tubeculosis, 4 March 1944