LOSTOCK HALL ROLL OF HONOUR
WW2 Military Casualties
Adams, Ronald
1047206 Sergeant RONALD ADAMS, RAFVR
Killed when his plane was forced to ditch off Livorno, 17 April 1944
Ashworth, Francis
2938773 Private FRANCIS ASHWORTH, Pioneer Corps
Died at home from tuberculosis, 19 June 1944
Ashworth, Ronald Taylor
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
Atherton, John
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.
Billington, John
1097982 Sergeant JOHN BILLINGTON, Royal Air Force
Killed over Germany, 3 September 1943
Birtwistle, Herbert Joseph
569393 Flight Sergeant HERBERT JOSEPH BIRTWISTLE, Royal Air Force.
Lost aboard M.V. Abosso, 29 October 1942.
Davis, Herbert
T/95773 Driver HERBERT DAVIS. Royal Army Service Corps.
Died 30 May 1940 during the evacuation from Dunkirk.
Ellison, Edward
14657667 Private EDWARD ELLISON, Monmouth Reg.
Killed in the Battle of the Reichswald, 25 February 1945
Fishwick, James
186288 Flying Officer JAMES FISHWICK, RAFVR
Killed in a flying accident over Germany, 25 May 1945
Hammersley, Norman
3972372 Private NORMAN HAMMERSLEY, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
Killed 24 March 1945, Operation Varsity, crossing the Rhine
Hesketh, John Callely
1131407 Flight Sergeant JOHN CALLELY HESKETH, RAF VR
Killed when his aircraft crashed in Sicily, 20 June 1943
Jones, Robert William
7646913 Private ROBERT WILLIAM JONES, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Killed on the Burma railway, 2 December 1943
Kay, James
2326356 Signalman JAMES KAY, Royal Corps of Signals
Died in Kranji POW camp, Singapore, 15 August 1942
Mayor, Bert
3859101 Trooper BERT MAYOR, 18th Reconnaissance Corps
Killed at Singapore, 5 February 1942
McCann, Arnold
7617262 Private ARNOLD McCANN, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Killed at Boulogne, 23 May 1940
Molyneux, Ralph
1949117 Driver RALPH MOLYNEUX, Royal Engineers
Killed during the Normandy Landings, D-Day, 6 June 1944
Parkinson, Joseph Harold
P/JX 427228 Ordinary Seaman JOSEPH HAROLD PARKINSON, Royal Navy
Died of lymphoma, Liverpool, 17 October 1944
Ribchester, William
C/NX 583288 Canteen Manager WILLIAM RIBCHESTER, Royal Navy Catering Service
Lost at sea on HMS Manners, 26 January 1945
Sefton, John Frederick
1697559 Leading Aircraftman JOHN FREDERICK SEFTON, RAF VR
Served in both World Wars. Died at home of a heart attack, 2 March 1944
Smellie, John Arthur
7920514 Trooper JOHN ARTHUR SMELLIE, Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in North Africa, 29 May 1942
Sumner, Jack
7953412 Trooper JACK SUMNER, Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in North Africa, 18 January 1943
Sumner, Robert
13134 Marine ROBERT SUMNER, Royal Marine Engineers
Died at Deal, Kent, 2 March 1943
Swift, Thomas Cecil
950721 Lance Sergeant THOMAS CECIL SWIFT, Royal Artillery.
Killed in action in North Africa, 6 June 1942.
Taylor, Edward
2359621 Signalman EDWARD TAYLOR, Royal Corps of Signals
Died in India, 20 April 1942
Turner, James Edward
3857683 Private JAMES EDWARD TURNER, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
Died at home, 14 January 1946
Wilson, Fred
1425168 Ldg Aircraftman FRED WILSON, RAFVR
Killed in a training accident at Barrow-in-Furness, 31 May 1943
Wilson, William
131875 Flying Officer WILLIAM WILSON. RAFVR.
Shot down over the Bay of Biscay, 30 October 1943
Yeatman, John
D/K 57747 Leading Stoker JOHN YEATMAN, Royal Navy, HMS Cardiff
Died at home from tubeculosis, 4 March 1944