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  • 27 November 2023 at 11:00 pm #10045
    Dave Pattern
    Keymaster

      Notes:

      1939

      Huddersfield Examiner 23 September 1939:

      Huddersfield Examiner 30 September 1939:

      Huddersfield Examiner 21 October 1939:

      Huddersfield Examiner 23 December 1939:

      27 November 2023 at 11:36 pm #10048
      Dave Pattern
      Keymaster

        Notes:

        • names with ticks (✓) have been added to Huddersfield Exposed
        • names prefixed CWGC died but haven’t been researched yet

        1940

        Huddersfield Examiner 13 January 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 2 March 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 9 March 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 16 March 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 13 April 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 20 April 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 27 April 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 4 May 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 11 May 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 18 May 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 27 May 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 1 June 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 8 June 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 15 June 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 22 June 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 29 June 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 6 July 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 13 July 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 20 July 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 27 July 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 3 August 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 10 August 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 17 August 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 24 August 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 31 August 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 7 September 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 14 September 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 21 September 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 28 September 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 5 October 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 12 October 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 19 October 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 26 October 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 2 November 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 9 November 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 16 November 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 23 November 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 30 November 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 7 December 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 14 December 1940:

        Huddersfield Examiner 21 December 1940:

        Huddersfield Daily Examiner 30 December 1940:

        • H. F. Smith (of Greenfield) [Sergeant-Major, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Hunneybell (of Huddersfield) [Company Sergeant Major, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • ✓ Fred Hirst (1900-1940) [3300461, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • ✓ Terence Ambler Shaw (1914-1940) [4615946, Serjeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • CWGC Herbert Edward Gawthorpe (of Halifax) [4616271, Serjeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • ✓ Gwyn Wood Davies (1915-1940) [4615594, Sergeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Douglas Arnold Harpin (1917-1998) [4616484, Platoon Sergeant Major, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Jack Marsland [Company Quartermaster Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Douglas Beverley (1918-1969) [4616375, Sergeant (later Lance-Sergeant), 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Ernie Buckingham [Lance-Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Leslie Crowther (1904-1986) [4608004, Sergeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • William Ernest Doyle (1908-1986) [796470, Bandmaster, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Thomas “Tom” Briggs (1908-2000) [4617601, Second-Lieutenant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Vic. Wightman [Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • “Tug” Wilson [Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Lunn (of Marsden) [Company Quartermaster Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • MacDonald [Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Sutcliffe [Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Hardcastle [Lance-Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Lees (“Sammy of the Carriers”) [Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Lees (from Halifax) [Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Forbes (of Cleckheaton) [Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        • Cavendish (“armourer sergeant”) [Sergeant, (2/7th Battalion?), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
        27 November 2023 at 11:39 pm #10057
        Dave Pattern
        Keymaster

          Notes:

          • named marked † have CWGC records
          • names with ticks (✓) have been added to Huddersfield Exposed
          • names prefixed CWGC died but haven’t been researched yet

          1941

          Huddersfield Examiner 18 January 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 25 January 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 15 February 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 22 February 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 1 March 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 22 March 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 29 March 1941:

          • Geoffrey Butterworth (1915-?) [Aircraftman, Royal Air Force] (1921, 1939 father, possibly moved to Canada in 1950, Ancestry)
          • Thomas Borwell (1896-1960) [Lieutenant, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
          • James Bernard Mullarkey (5 Jan 1917-7 Nov 1945) [Gunner] (married to Hilda, died HRI after being shot by U.S. soldier Leon de la Garza in Huddersfield)
          • †✓ Ernest Beaumont (1919-1941) [T/161599, Private, Royal Army Service Corps] – died in an air raid alongside his wife and son
            • Dorothy Beaumont (14 Mar 1921-21 Mar 1941) née Stevens, wife of above
            • Ernest Colin Beaumont (1940-21 Mar 1941) son of above
          • †✓ Norman Ramsden (1921-1941) [1876005, Sapper, 54 Field Company, Royal Engineers]
          • Arthur Parfitt (1916-2000) [942754, Sergeant, Wireless Operator, 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force]

          Huddersfield Examiner 5 April 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 12 April 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 19 April 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 26 April 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 3 May 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 10 May 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 17 May 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 24 May 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 31 May 1941: (see also this article)

          Huddersfield Examiner 7 June 1941:

          • ^ John Dyson Eastwood (1913-1983) [Radio Officer, Merchant Navy]
          • ^†✓ Owen Ellis Hulme (1915-1941) [P/JX 172637, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy]
          • † Cyril Leslie Sturgess (26 Jul 1912-24 May 1941) [P/JX 132426, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy] (CWGC)
          • Lawrence Howarth (23 Nov 1919-15 May 2009) [7905230, Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps] (née Garbutt, 1921, 1939, PoW, FindAGrave)
            • Ronald Howarth (1918-?) [Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force] (older brother of above)

          Huddersfield Examiner 14 June 1941:

          • Percy Wright Brierley (24 Feb 1895-1961) [Captain, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (PoW)
          • †✓ John Cunningham Macaskie (1915-1940) [936778, Sergeant, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
          • ^ Lawrence Howarth (1919-2009) [7905230, Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps]
            • Ronald Howarth (1918-?) [Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force] (older brother of above)
          • Albert Edward Senior (16 Feb 1920-1997) [149916, Private, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW)
          • Clifford Knight (14 Sep 1912-1993) [Signalman, Royal Navy] (1939)
          • †✓ Ronald Oldroyd (1920-1941) [937503, Sergeant, 235 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]

          Huddersfield Examiner 21 June 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 28 June 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 5 July 1941:

          • Lawrence Howarth (23 Nov 1919-15 May 2009) [7905230, Trooper, 2nd Armoured Division, Royal Armoured Corps] (photo, PoW, son of John Howarth of Knowle Road, Kirkburton, Ancestry, PoW Q)
          • Ernest Midwood (29 Aug 1917-9 Mar 1993) [155988, Corporal, 13th Reserve Motor Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo, PoW, son of Ernest Midwood of 3 Brook Street, Moldgreen, Ancestry, PoW Q)
          • ^†✓ Jack Woodhead (1920-1941) [949901, Aircraftsman 2nd Class, 220 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
          • John Dawson (25 Jan 1918-2003?) [155960, Driver, 13th Reserve Motor Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo, missing, son of Nelson Dawson of 52 Corby Street, Fartown, Ancestry, PoW Q)
          • Kenneth Dixon Ellam (23 Jan 1918-1981) [1882900, Sapper, Royal Engineers] (PoW, husband of Gwen Ellam of Northope Lane, Mirfield, Ancestry, PoW Q)
          • ^†✓ Edgar Samuel Fry (1912-1941) [P/KX 81989, Petty Officer Stoker, H.M.S. Vanessa, Royal Navy]

          Huddersfield Examiner 12 July 1941:

          • Luther Armitage (28 Jan 1917-11 Jan 2005) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo, missing, son of Frank Armitage of Sunny Bank Farm, Cowcliffe, husband of ??? of 4 Longwood Road, Ancestry)
          • Herbert Martin (6 Sep 1921-2004) [CHX2726, Marine, Royal Marines] (missing, son of Harry Martin of 24 Church Street, Longwood, Ancestry, PoW Q)
          • William Thomas “Billy” Dignan (9 Mar 1924-27 Oct 2014) [Cadet, Merchant Navy] (photo, PoW, née Cruickshank, son of Newman Dignan formerly of Marsh, home 3 Knowle Avenue, Moldgreen)
          • Stanley Haley (22 Mar 1917-14 Sep 1999) [T/156008, Driver, 13th Reserve Motor Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW, son of Robert Henry Haley of 16 Malvern Road, Huddersfield, husband of Margaret née Dawson of 233 Long Lane, Dalton, Ancestry, PoW Q)
          • ^ John Dawson (1918-2003?) [155960, Driver, 13th Reserve Motor Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW)
          • Jesse Alfred Joffe Collins (18 Mar 1917-1984) [Sapper] (marriage to Kathleen Haigh daughter of William Haigh of 35 Quarmby Fold, Quarmby)
          • †✓ Arthur Reginald Bull (1913-1941) [1257333, Aircraftsman 1st Class, Royal Air Force]

          Huddersfield Examiner 19 July 1941:

          • ^ James William Byram (1916-2002) [2661871, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards] (photo, PoW, son of Stanley Bryam of 6 Church Street, Longwood)
          • George Kenneth Chadwick (26 Apr 1920-2003) [P.OX.101062, Marine, Royal Marines] (photo, missing, son of J. Chadwick, 70 Ridings Lane, Golcar, Ancestry, PoW Q)
          • ^ Herbert Martin (1921-2004) [CHX2726, Marine, Royal Marines] (photo, missing)
          • †✓ Thomas Chapman (1915-1941) [1076944, Gunner, 7 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery]
          • George Henry Howard (25 May 1917-1999) [PO.X.100213, Marine, Royal Marines] (photo, missing, son of Robert Howard, 1 Thorpe Avenue, Fieldhouse, Cinderhills, Holmfirth, Ancestry, PoW Q)
          • Frank Douglas Hirst (20 May 1920-9 Oct 2005) [Marine, Royal Marines] (photo, missing, son of Percy Hirst, 2 Damhouse, Holmfirth, Ancestry)
          • †✓ Clarence Arthur Jessop (1918-1941) [FAA/FX 76218, Air Mechanic 1st Class, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy]

          Huddersfield Examiner 26 July 1941:

          • †✓ Roy Secker (1922-1941) [1108746, Aircraftsman 2nd Class, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
          • Wilfred Yeoman (17 Apr 1917-1997) [S/175423, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo, missing, PoW?, brother of Florence Yeoman of 47 Beech Street, Paddock, Ancestry)
          • Rev. William John Terence Oakley (1 Jan 1908-17 Apr 1984) [WX310, Corporal, Australian Imperial Forces] (PoW, curate of Woodhouse from 1934-36, son of Rev. G. R. Oakley, Ancestry)
          • Edward Cooper (18 May 1919-1976?) [Ex 868, Corporal, 23rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Marines] (photo, missing, son of James Walter Cooper of 6 St. Alban’s Avenue, Fixby, 1921, 1939, PoW Q)
          • Gordon Alexander George (28 Feb 1918-1982) [2979997, Corporal, 1st Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders] (photo, missing, son of George & Ellen George of 51 Bracken Hall Road, Sheepridge, PoW Q, service record)
          • Stanley Hallas (4 or 8 Aug 1914-1992?) [2113695, Sapper, Royal Engineers] (photo, PoW, son of James Edward Hallas of 49 Sunny Mead, Waterloo, 1939, PoW Q)
          • John Baines (1 Mar 1920-1988) M.M. [Sergeant, ?] (photo, military medal, son of Edward Baines of 33 Spark Street, Longwood, 1939, lived 102 Longwood Gate, worked as a bus driver for Joseph Hanson & Son Ltd)
          • Eric Wentworth Fisher (1914-4 May 1985) [Flight-Sergeant, R.A.F.) (mentioned in dispatches, son of Wilfred & Ethel May Fisher of 32 Townend, Almondbury, 1921, 1939 parents)
          • †✓ John Howard Wilford (1922-1941) [2598007, Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals]

          Huddersfield Examiner 2 August 1941:

          • ^ William Eastwood (1908-1988) [403855, Staff-Sergeant, 9th (Yorkshire Dragoons) Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
          • ^ Wilfred Yeoman (17 Apr 1917-1997) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW)
          • Leslie Rowsell (1913-1993) [2615719, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]
          • Stanley Sidney Dracup (1918-1993) [Able Seaman, Royal Navy] (“safe and well”, son of Mrs. Ivy Dracup of 14 Thackery Grove, Crosland Moor, brother of Alfred Dracup)
          • Watson Coupland (7 May 1900-3 Aug 1958) [WW1: J87850, Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Powerful, Royal Navy / WW2: H.M.S. Fearless?]
          • Norris Harold Varley (1918-1982) [Trooper, Scottish Commandos]
            • Leonard Varley (14 Aug 1911-1981) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (brother)
            • Hilda Mabel Varley (23 Aug 1915-?) [W.A.A.F.] (sister)
          • William “Willie” Sykes (1903-1978) [Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps]
          • Bertram Walker (9 Dec 1920-5 Apr 1987) [Private, K.O.Y.L.I. > Cameron Highlanders] (missing, home 56 Commercial Street, Huddersfield, son of W. Walker, Ancestry)
          • †✓ Garnett Carter (1919-1941) [3320125, Private, 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders]
          • †✓ Eric Radley Senior (1912-1941) [4746193, Private, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment]
          • ^ Frederick Rice (1918-1998) [T/157583, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps]

          Huddersfield Examiner 9 August 1941:

          • †✓ David Marcus Batley (1913-1941) [88671, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
          • †✓ Niel Brook (1922-1941) [1062111, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
          • Leslie Birt (1 Jan 1919-1975) [Ex/842, Marine, Royal Marines] (PoW in Germany, son of Arthur Birt of 6 Croft Street, Paddock, 1939, PoW Q)
          • ^ Herbert Martin (19) [Marine, Royal Marines] (photo, PoW in Germany)
          • ^ Roy Kilner (1921-?) [7890509, Trooper, 3rd The King’s Own Hussars] (PoW in Germany)
          • ^ Leslie Wright (1916-2004) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW, married Lily Howarth, home 95 Northgate, Almondbury)
          • Wilson Garside (1912-1986) [T/162156, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo, PoW in Greece)
          • ^ George Henry Howard (1917-1999) [PO.X.100213, Marine, Royal Marines] (PoW, 3rd son of R. Howard of Thorp Avenue, Fieldhouse, Cinderhills)
          • ^ Frank Douglas Hirst (1920-2005) [Marine, Royal Marines] (PoW, son of Percy Hirst of 2 Damhouse, Holmfirth)
          • Denis Greswolde Cook (24 Sep 1921-1994) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (missing, son of Ernest Cook of 3 Smith’s Avenue, Marsh)
          • ^ George Kenneth Chadwick (1920-2003) [P.OX.101062, Marine, Royal Marines] (PoW)
          • ^ Luther Armitage (1917-2005) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW in Germany, married, home 42 Longwood Road, Paddock)
          • ^ Edward Cooper (1919-1976?) [Ex 868, Corporal, 23rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Marines] (photo, PoW in Germany)

          Huddersfield Examiner 16 August 1941:

          • †✓ James Edward Donnelly (1909-1941) [1027604, Aircraftman 2nd Class, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
          • ^†✓ Eric Radley Senior (1912-1941) [4746193, Private, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment]
          • ^†✓ David Marcus Batley (1913-1941) [88671, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
          • Leslie Shadwick (22 May 1905-19 Oct 1982) [Petty Officer, Navy] (home Crimble Clough, Slaithwaite, rescued at sea after sinking of HMS Fiji, son of Samuel King Shadwick, marriage, Ancestry)
          • John Houlbrook (16) [Ordinary Seaman, Navy] (safe after 3 sinkings, home 22 Cecil Street, Huddersfield)

          Huddersfield Examiner 23 August 1941:

          Huddersfield Examiner 30 August 1941:

          • †✓ Harry Morrison Foden (1919-1941) [7371979, Private, Royal Army Medical Corps]
          • George Arthur Tolson (14 Jun 1920-10 Sep 1981) [Trooper] (missing, son of Henry Kershaw, 2 Armitage Road, Big Valley, Berry Brow / married Margaret O’Shea in 1965 / died Australia / Ancestry)
          • ^ Denis Greswolde Cook (24 Sep 1921-1994) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW)
          • Reggie Brook Dyson (7 Jan 1917-7 Jan 1954) [Private, “Scottish Regiment”] (photo, PoW, son of Edna Dyson of 93 Beech Street, Paddock / Ancestry)
          • Arthur Perier Holdsworth (20 Sep 1921-8 Jan 1995) [Sergeant-Pilot, Royal Air Force] (wounded PoW, son of Arthur Holdsworth of The Cedars, 50 Gledholt Road, Huddersfield / Ancestry)
          • ^ John Hepworth (1917-1992) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW)
          • Jack Eric Siswick (1913-2001) [2347779, Signalman/Lance Corporal, 11 Ind Div Sigs, Royal Corps of Signals] (PoW / Ancestry)
          • Philip John Lancaster Crook (1920-1943) [177283, Lieutenant, ‘A’ Sqn. 50th, Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.] (father came from Huddersfield / Ancestry / CWGC)

          Huddersfield Examiner 6 September 1941

          • †✓ George Henry Brook (1912-1941) [Sergeant, R.A.F.] (photo, missing, son of F. Brook of 35 Silver Street, Moldgreen)
          • †✓ William Durrans Day (1918-1941) [7617832, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
          • ^ Arthur Perier Holdsworth (1921-1995) [Sergeant-Pilot, Royal Air Force] (photo)
          • †✓ Thomas Parkinson (1916-1941) [955962, Sergeant-Observer, 21 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]

          Huddersfield Examiner 13 September 1941

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          Huddersfield Examiner 20 September 1941

          Huddersfield Examiner 27 September 1941

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          Huddersfield Examiner 4 October 1941

          • † Edward Julian Ainslie Williams (28 Jul 1918-15 Jan 1942) D.F.C. [Flying Officer, R.A.F.V.R.] (photo, awarded DFC, born London, son of F. Ainslie Williams, grandson of late E. J. Bruce of The Gables, Edgerton)
          • Jack Seed (3 Mar 1920-2006) [Lance-Corporal, Royal Engineers] (photo, PoW, son of Robert Seed of 11 Newsome Road / Ancestry)
          • ^ Leslie Rowsell (1913-1993) [2615719, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]
          • †✓ George Thomas Dodson (1915-1940) [T/154445, Driver, 4 M.T. Workshop Company, Royal Army Service Corps]
          • Harry Verdun Mallinson (24 Feb 1917-1998) [Able Seaman, Navy] (injured abroad, son of J. H. Mallinson of 276 Scar Lane, Golcar)

          Huddersfield Examiner 11 October 1941

          • Robert Sydney Thomson Hirst (34) [201528, Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery] (photo, died, road accident, son of Florence E. Hirst of 26 Rumbold Road, Huddersfield)
          • Douglas William Fisher (?) [Lance Corporal, ?] (marriage to Lilian Henson at Kirkheaton Parish Church, son of Randall Fisher of 96 Bentley Street, Lockwood)
          • H. Digby Maltby (?) [Second-Lieutenant, Royal Artillery] (marriage to Sheila May Sugden, son of R. H. Maltby of Gray Gables, Gledholt Road, Huddersfield)
          • Ralph Wade (?) [Private, ?] (marriage to Gladys Vickerman, son of late Matthew Wade of Rastrick)
          • Leslie Shobbrook (?) [Aircraftsman / Wireless Operator, R.A.F.] (marriage to Mary Adamson)

          Huddersfield Examiner 18 October 1941

          • …

          Huddersfield Examiner 25 October 1941

          • †✓ Frederick Lounds (1918-1940) [D/KX 97587, Stoker 2nd Class, H.M.S. Ardent, Royal Navy]
          • Alfred Joseph Sykes (1914-1958) M.M. [7885472, Sergeant, Royal Armoured Corps, 4th Royal Tank Regiment] (awarded Military Medal, son of Joseph Sykes of 1 Brunton’s Yard, Trinity Street, née Hogg, 1921, PoW Q, probate)
          • Peter Goldthorpe Sugden (1913-16 May 1943) D.S.C. [Lieutenant, Royal Navy] (awarded DSC, son of Brigadier-General R. E. Sugden of Brighouse, CWGC)
          • John James Copley (28 Aug 1912-1987) [521256, Flight-Sergeant / Warrant Officer, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force] (PoW, son of Herbert Copley of Lynton House, Halifax Old Road, Huddersfield, 1921, PoW Q)

          Huddersfield Examiner 1 November 1941

          • ^ Alfred Joseph Sykes (1914-1958) M.M. [7885472, Sergeant, Royal Armoured Corps, 4th Royal Tank Regiment] (photo)
          • ^ John James Copley (1912-1987) [521256, Flight-Sergeant / Warrant Officer, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force] (photo)
          • John R. Fowler (?) [Leading-Aircraftsman, R.A.F.] (photo, son of John Fowler, uncle William Fowler of 14 Ashbrow Road, Sheepridge, previously lived at Celandine Avenue, Salendine Nook, married Eileen Haigh in 1944)
          • †✓ Walter John Lee (1920-1941) [545781, Leading Aircraftman, 138 Squadron, Royal Air Force]

          Huddersfield Examiner 8 November 1941

          Huddersfield Examiner 15 November 1941

          Huddersfield Examiner 22 November 1941

          • †✓ Sidney Clarke (1911-1941) [P/JX 273545, Able Seaman, H.M.S. President III, Royal Navy]
          • ^ Leslie Crowther (1904-1986) [4608004, Sergeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (photo, PoW in Stalag IX, married, home 41 Thornhill Road, Longwood)
          • Thomas Haran (12 Oct 1918-1989) [4617561, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (photo, PoW in Stalag IX, of Wakefield, 1939)
          • Edgar Taylor (4 Feb 1915-18 Aug 1981?) [Stoker, H.M.S. Ark Royal, Royal Navy] (reported safe, son of J. H. Taylor of 19 Grove Street, Slaithwaite, 1921, 1939, death?)
          • Douglas Redding (1920-?) [Air Mechanic 1st Class, H.M.S. Ark Royal, Royal Navy] (reported safe, son of William Henry Redding & Maud Johnson of 6 Pighill Top, Slaithwaite, 1921, parents 1939, CVG)
          • ^ Bernard Edward Hepworth (34) [Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Ark Royal, Royal Navy] (reported safe)
          • †✓ Ernest Rex Butterworth (1920-1942) [149856, Flying Officer, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force]
            • Martin Joseph French (1916-22 Mar 1943) [149854, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force] (not local, CWGC)

          Huddersfield Examiner 29 November 1941

          Huddersfield Examiner 20 December 1941

          • †✓ John Burke (1916-1941) [6093072, Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]
          • †✓ Ronald Hall (1918-1941) [LT/KX 104368, Stoker, H.M. Yacht Rosabelle, Royal Naval Patrol Service]
          • William Franklin “Billy” Shaw (30 Jun 1919-?) [Private, New Zealand Fighting Forces?] (wounded, born Honley moved to New Zealand, son of William Edgar Shaw of Cheltenham, aunt lived Netherton, brother of Edgar Grenville Shaw (1921-1942), née Minnie Mowatt?, parents’ marriage? baptism)
          • Thomas Jarvis Cawley (17 Sep 1912-31 Mar 1979) [Seaman-Torpedoman, H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Royal Navy] (safe, married, home 142 Yew Tree Road, Birchencliffe, worked as an insurance agent 1950, death)
          • Desmond Ulrick (1920-c1994) [105132, Stoker 1st Class, H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Royal Navy]
          • Frank Daniel (31 May 1914-15 Feb 2015?) [Seaman, H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Royal Navy] (safe, son of Thomas Daniel of Bunkers Hill, Holmfirth, née Read, baptism, 1921, 1939 parents, probate?)

          Huddersfield Examiner 27 December 1941

           

          27 November 2023 at 11:39 pm #10060
          Dave Pattern
          Keymaster

            1942

            Huddersfield Examiner 3 January 1942:

            • H. Jowett (?-?) [Sapper, ?] (photo in Middle East)
            • Kenneth Trevor Golding (28 Mar 1920-13 Jan 1986) [Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force] (photo in South Africa)
            • †✓ Harry Hector Wood (10 June 1900-10 Dec 1941) [D/M 18331, Chief Engine Room Artificer, H.M.S. Repulse, Royal Navy]
            • †✓ John Burke (1916-1941) [6093072, Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey)] (photo)
            • William “Bill” Lawson (27 Nov 1917-3 Dec 1999) [Bombardier, ?] (son of Police Sergeant Henry Lawson & Margaret (née Watson), lived Malkin House in Holmfirth, 1921, 1939, death)
            • Ernest Fisher (Mar 1920-?) [542533, Pilot-Officer (later Flight Lieutenant), 51 & 138 Squadrons, Royal Air Force] D.F.M. (photo, son of smith Septimus Fisher & Ann (née Broadbent), 1921, by 1970s was living Vancouver Island in Canada)

            Huddersfield Examiner 10 January 1942:

            • CWGC † Peter Mowat Hall (12 Jul 1913-29 Dec 1941) [172623, Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery] (“elder son of Mr. Norman Hall, of Cold Ash, Newbury, and Mrs. Dorothy Hall, Ashfield Road, Huddersfield”)
            • †✓ James Cuniffe (1920-1941) [3314817, Private, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)]
            • †✓ George Ainley (1903-1940) [865449, Staff Serjeant, 63 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery]
            • †✓ William Stewart Leitch (1916-1941) [D/JX 247057, Ordinary Telegraphist, H.M.S. Stanley, Royal Navy]
            • Jack Haynes (25?) [Leading-Aircraftman, Royal Air Force] (of Brighouse)
            • †✓ Charles Reginald John Taylor (1916-1941) [D/JX 214651, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Drake, Royal Navy]
            • Horace William Carter (5 Nov 1900-17 Mar 1979) [157038, Flight-Sergeant or Warrant Officer, 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force] (taken PoW in Crete / PoW)
            • †✓ Bernard Wood (1919-1942) [7906463, Trooper, 51st (The Leeds Rifles), Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps]

            Huddersfield Examiner 17 January 1942:

            • Arthur Rogers (22 Mar 1913-1979) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (missing / son of George Albany Rogers (d.1931) & Elizabeth Ann (née Fretwell) of 21 Eleanor Street, Fartown / 1921 / 1939 / death)
            • †✓ Ernest Hepworth (1916-1941) [D/KX 84655, Leading Stoker, H.M. Submarine Tetrarch, Royal Navy]
            • ^†✓ Edward Haigh (1919-1940) [7600257, Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps]
            • †✓ Patrick Francis Caffery (2 Jan 1913-29 Nov 1941) [7911345, Trooper, Royal Tank Regiment] (of Elland / killed in Middle East / 1939)
            • William Lawson (27 Nov 1917-1999) [853390, Lance Bombardier, 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery] (of Malkin House, Holmfirth / PoW in Italy / 1921 / 1939)

            Huddersfield Examiner 24 January 1942:

            • †✓ Edward Julian Ainsile Williams (1918-1942) [74346, Flight Lieutenant, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (photo / 1939 / FindGrave)
            • Douglas Horsley (23 May 1920-1985) [Guardsman, Coldstream Guards] (photo / son of William Horsley of 109 Propsect Road, Longwood / 1939 / PoW)

            Huddersfield Examiner 31 January 1942:

            • James Whiteley Battye (17 Nov 1902-?) [Sergeant, Home Guard?] (photo / of Avondale, Manchester Road, Linthwaite / 1911 / 1921 / 1939)
            • ^✓ Harry Richardson (1900-1940) [7597866, Warrant Officer Class II, 4 Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps]
            • †✓ Francis Haydn Brooke (1920-1942) [942640, Sergeant, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
            • †✓ John Carter (1917-1941) [C/JX 240159, Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Barham, Royal Navy]
            • Harold James Dugdale (13 Apr 1916-2003) [?] (son of Frank A. Dugdale & Emily D. (née Collier) / of 86 Syringa Street, Marsh / 1921 / 1939 / survived sinking of liner Lady Hawkins / died Taunton)

            Huddersfield Examiner 7 February 1942:

            • Mollie Blanche Shaw (26 Jul 1920-1994) [Leading-Aircraftswoman, W.A.A.F.] (marriage to Ralph / daughter of Oswin Shaw of 36 Knowl Road, Golcar / remarried in 1894 to Ainley Wood)
            • Ralph Wyndham Davies (30 Jul 1920-1979) [Leading-Aircraftsman, ?] (marriage to Mollie / son of Robert Davies of The Cottage, Golcar / 1921)
            • Joseph Leonard Fisher (?) [Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (marriage to Joan Irene Gibbons / son of Walter Fisher of 133 Sunnyside, Bradford Road)
            • Douglas Fielding (?) [Chief Petty Officer, ?] (marriage to Marie Kirkham of 276 Alder Street, Fartown)
            • Alec David Francis Buckle (30 May 1916-1998) [Lance-Corporal, ?] (marriage to Kathleen “Kitty” Brook at New Mill)
            • ^✓ Douglas Alfred Hall Leece (1918-1942) [7600983, Lance Corporal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (photo / PoW)
            • ^ Harold James Dugdale (1916-2003) [?] (photo)
            • Harold Hodgson (17 May 1917-1994) [Corporal, York & Lancaster Regiment] (photo / PoW / son of Mrs. Lovick & late Mr. Hodgson of 122 Longwood Road / 1939)

            Huddersfield Examiner 14 February 1942:

            • ^✓ Harry Haigh (1919-1940) [4614047, Trooper, 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps] (photo)
            • †✓ Fred Clayton (1922-1942) [Ordinary Telegraphist, Royal Navy] (photo missing / son of William Clayton & Martha (née Sugden) / lived 15 Klondyke Place, Leeches Hill, Outland / 1939)
            • ^ Douglas Horsley (1920-1985) [Guardsman, Coldstream Guards] (photo / PoW in Italy)

            Huddersfield Examiner 21 February 1942:

            • Douglas Sykes (27 Jan 1920-16 Jan 1985) [955319, Sergeant or Warrant Officer, Royal Air Force] (photo / PoW / son of Frank Sykes of 68 Close Hill Lane, Newsome / 1921, 1939 / death)
            • ^ William Franklin “Billy” Shaw (1919-?) [Private, New Zealand Fighting Forces?] (recovering from wounds)
            • †✓ Ernest Taylor (1912-1942) [1829847, Gunner, 288 Battery, 87 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery] (killed in road traffic accident)

            Huddersfield Examiner 28 February 1942:

            • George Bamford Hirst (1907-1967) [107876, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo)
            • Michael Patrick Walsh (11 May 1914-28 Feb 1990) [Private, ?] (photo / PoW / born Redcar, lived with wife at 30 Armitage Road, Milnsbridge / probate)
            • Charles Eric Earnshaw (30 Apr 1906-2 Apr 1952) [Lance Corporal, Army Pay Corps] (missing / lived London / (step?)brother of Princes Picture House manager Arthur Earnshaw / 1911 / death)
            • Thomas Roebuck (?) [Government Pharmacist, Singapore] (late of Park Gate, Skelmanthorpe / evacuated with family to South Perth, Western Australia)

            Huddersfield Examiner 7 March 1942:

            • ^ Douglas Arnold Harpin (1917-1998) [4616484, Platoon Sergeant Major, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (group PoW photo)
              • J. Kay(e) [4618808, Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (group PoW photo)
              • William Betts (8 Jan-1919-1974) [4617806, Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (group PoW photo / of Doncaster)
              • J. Hill [461882(?), Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (group PoW photo)
              • Ernest Brewer (3 Mar 1919-1989?) [4617687, Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (group PoW photo / born Walsden)
              • Kenneth Morris Armitage (22 Nov 1919-1994) [4619021, Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (group PoW photo / born Dewsbury)
            • ^ Jack Storey (1919-1999) [2328912, Driver, Royal Corps of Signals] (photo)
            • George Pickles (31 Mar 1911-1989) [Corporal, Royal Army Medical Corps] (PoW in Italy / son of J. T. Pickles of 36 Virginia Road, Marsh / 1911? / Ancestry / died Haifax)
            • Fred Hirst (?) [Lance-Corporal, Royal Army Pay Corps] (of 44 Handel Street, Golcar / evacuated from Singapore to Australia)

            Huddersfield Examiner 14 March 1942:

            • ^†✓ Thomas Parkinson (1916-1941) [955962, Sergeant-Observer, 21 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (photo)
            • CWGC † Norman Butterworth (29 Oct 1919-20 Jun 1943) [Private, 196 Field Ambumlance, Royal Army Medical Corps] (photo / missing in Malaya / of 49 Maypole Road, Bracken Hall, Sheepridge)
            • Douglas Brown (18 Feb 1922-26 May 2021) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (safe in Australia / son of George William Brown & Rose Hannah (née Valerio) of 265 Bradford Road)
              • Rose had 7 sons serving  in March 1921…
                • Frederick Brown (c1896-?) [Stevedore (dock worker), Pioneer Corps] (served RASC in WW1 / son Edward in Royal Navy)
                • Arthur Brown (8 Jul 1902-1990) [Royal Artillery] (of 44 South Avenue, Linthwaite)
                • Ernest Brown (11 Apr 1912-?) [Leading Aircraftsman, Royal Air Force] (of 20 William Street, Huddersfield)
                • Norman Brown (27 Oct 1913-1998) [Leading Aircraftsman, Royal Air Force] (lived Slaithwaite)
                • Arnold Brown (3 Aug 1915-?) [Sergeant, “Paratroops”] (professional solider)
                • George William Brown (20 Apr 1917-2006) [Sergeant, Physical Training Corps, Royal Artillery] (serving in Ireland)
                • …also Frank Brown (24 Aug 1908-1982) [?] (considering enlisting in 1942)
            • Frank Booth (27 Jun 1916-1982) [Corporal, Gordon Highlanders (previously Highland Light Infranty)] (photo / missing in Malaya / wife Margaret Booth of 4 Hanson Lane, Lockwood / 1939)
            • ^†✓ John Henry Brook (1917-1942) [Fourth Engineer Officer, Merchant Navy]
            • †✓ Edgar Grenville Shaw (1921-1942) [1188484, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
            • Harry Brook (31 Jan 1911-?) [Physical Training Instructor, Royal Air Force] (well-known local wrestler, served in Singapore / lived in Beckenham, London in 1960s)

            Huddersfield Examiner 21 March 1942:

            • Tom Leslie Harrison (19 Feb 1920-?) [Driver, Royal Corps of Signals] (photo / son of Allen Harrison of Park View, Slack, Outlane / married Ruby C. Hopkins in 1947 / 1921, 1939)
            • CWGC † Harry Rothery (1912-1944) [Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals] (photo / son of late Percy Rothery of Milnsbridge / wife at 26 Hollin Terrace, Marsh / wife 1939 / died PoW in Taiwan)
            • Herbert Elsey (24) [Lance-Corporal, Gordon Highlanders] (photo / music hall artist of 30a Market Street, Milnsbridge)
            • CWGC † Norman Kaye (34) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo / married / of 71 Woodhead Road, Lockwood / died 1945 in PoW camp)
            • CWGC † Harold “Bill” Holdsworth (5 Jan 1916-21 Aug 1943) [2344553, Signalman, 18th Div. Sigs., Royal Corps of Signals] (photo / well-known local cricketer / son of Thomas H. & Annie / married 13 Storthes Road, Birkby)
            • †✓ Wilfred Arthur Day (1912-1942) [1114611, Aircraftman 2nd Class, 232 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
            • ^†✓ John Lemuel Holloway (1919-1941) [947424, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
            • Dennis Butterfield (9 Nov 1918-1988) [Leading Cook, H.M.S Exeter, Royal Navy] (photo / son of Ezra Butterfield of Meltham / missing but survived the sinking of Exeter / 1939)
            • Laurence Farrier (1920-11 Jan 1974?) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo / son of Charles Farrier of 26 Fox Hollies Road, Sheepridge / 1921)
            • Walter Ellis Hanson (4 Jan 1917-2002) [Aircraftsman 1st Class, Royal Air Force] (photo / mother née Pollitt / wife Nora Kellett at 13 Lea Street, Lindley 1939 / 1939)
            • CWGC † Leslie Norman (1916-1945) [7374029, Private, 196 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps]
            • Albert Edward Knight (25) [Private, Royal Corps of Signals] (missing in Malaya / native of Ilford, London / wife at 16 Ottiwell’s Terrace, Marsden)
            • John Oswin Wrigley (20 Nov 1911-1970) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (wife Mabel Wrigley of 3 Charles Street, Crosland Moor / 1921, 1939)
            • CWGC † James Dolan (?-2 Feb 1944) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (son of John Dolan of 20 Ruskin Grove, Sheepridge)
            • CWGC † Herbert Brook (1916-18 Oct 1943) [2344248, Signalman, 155 Field Regt., R.A. Sig. Sec, Royal Corps of Signals] (photo / son of Walter Brook & Frances (née Sykes) of 6 Knowle Avenue, Moldgreen / 1921, 1939)
            • †✓ Edgar Grenville Shaw (1921-1942) [1188484, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (photo / funeral)
            • Douglas Wilkinson (18 Feb 1920-20 Nov 2009) [T/194238, Driver, 18 Div., Royal Army Service Corps] (photo / son of John Wilkinson & Clara (née Eastwood) / of 13 Crescent Road, Birkby / married Winifred Thirkill on 3 Feb 1940 / she lived at 1 Fitton’s Yard, Halifax Old Road then 59 Laburnum Terrace, Calton Street / 1921, 1939 / wife 1939 / PoW Q)

            Huddersfield Examiner 28 March 1942:

            • † Michael Edward Shrimpton (6 Apr 1925-Mar 1942) [Air Training Corps, Huddersfield] (photo / funeral / of 29 Somerset Road / son of E. P. J. Shrimpton)
            • Stanley Sykes (?) [Gunner, ?] (photo / missing Malaya / of 106 Cliff End Road, Longwood / son of Fred & Marion / parents 1939)
            • Sam Pegg (9 Apr 1915-2003) [Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals] (missing Malaya / of 20 Bronte Close, Dryclough / 1939)
            • Hubert Dyson (?) [Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (photo / missing Malaya / son of late Alfred Dyson of 144 Blackhouse Road, Fartown / married 1940 wife Joan Dawson 233 Long Lane, Dalton 1939 who died 23 Oct 1948 / after war lived at 10 Benomley Crescent, Almondbury / son George Howard Dyson born 22 Apr 1948)
            • Jack Eric Siswick (17 Jul 1913-2001) [2347779, Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals] (missing Malay / married / of 23 Barcroft Road, Newsome / 1939)
            • Maurice Milnes (5 Nov 1917-1972) [Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals] (missing Singapore / son of George Milnes of 26 Church Street, Honley / 1939 / died Bolton, Lancs)
            • Alex Rippon (9 Aug 1904-1988) [188458, Second-Lieutenant, Ordnance Services, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (missing / married / of Arden, Cedar Mount, Huddersfield / 1939 / died Sheffield)
            • Lewis Stocks (23 May 1914-1990) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo / missing Malaya / of 4 St. Paul’s Street, Huddersfield / 1939)
            • Frank Sandford (29 May 1915-1990) [Private, Royal Corps of Signals] (missing Malaya / of Bank End, Underbank / son of George & Minnie / 1921)
            • Stanley Wagstaff (9 Feb 1912-1994) [Private, Royal Corps of Signals] (missing Malaya / of Greetland / formerly 33 Dunford Road, Holmfirth / 1939)
            • †✓ Eric Thorpe (1901-1942) [4605255, Serjeant, 2/1 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery] (missing)
            • Edgar Chamberlain (21 Jan 1920-1967) [Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (photo / missing presumed PoW / son of E. J. Chamberlain of 5 Hanson Lane, Lockwood / 1939 / died Leeds)
            • Frank Haigh (1 Feb 1910-1991) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo / missing Malaya / son of H. Haigh of 30 Penistone Road, Newmill / 1939)
            • Leonard Gunn (24 Dec 1911-1985) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo / missing Malaya / parents 50 Albert Street, Lockwood / 1921)
            • CWGC Clement Buckley (1916-12 Sep 1944) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo / missing Malaya / brother of Mrs. Horner of 39 Hawes Avenue, Quarmby)
            • Ronald Scott (6 Jan 1919-?) [L/A.C., Royal Air Force] (son of Mrs. Scott of 19 Firth Street, Huddersfield / 1939 / possibly died 2006)
            • Frank Lee (30 Apr 1915-1999?) [Private, ?] (married / of 21 Station Road, Brockholes / 1939)
            • George Makin (14 Jul 1918-?) [L/A.C., Royal Air Force] (son of Frank Makin of 90 St. Thomas’s Road / 1939)
            • Malcolm Hirst (15 Feb 1920-?) [Leading Aircraftsman, Royal Air Force] (of 19 Spark Street, Longwood / 1939)
            • †✓ John Turton Blacker (1906-1942) [2368227, Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals]
            • ^ Frank Booth (1918-?) [4617482, Private, 2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (photo)
            • CWGC † Stanley Menton (1920-22 May 1944) [1874099, Sapper, 41 Fortress Coy., Royal Engineers] (photo / missing Malaya / son of Thomas Menton of Zetland Arms, Queen Street South / 1939 parents)
            • James Albert Drinkwater (8 Jan 1910-28 Dec 1965) [Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals] (photo / married of 13 High Lane, Newsome / 1939)
            • Fred Moorhouse (23) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo / of 172 Wakefield Road, Moldgreen)
            • wife of Richard Walker (daughter of J. W. Roberts of Lyndene, Slaithwaite / returned home from Singapore / husband left behind)

            Huddersfield Examiner 4 April 1942:

            • ^†✓ George Henry Brook (1912-1941) [Sergeant, R.A.F.] (photo)
            • CWGC † Harry Sutcliffe (5 Nov 1906-7 Jan 1944) [62014, Gunner, 80 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery] (missing in Malaya / son of J. Sutcliffe of 70 Cardinal Square, Leeds / married to Amy (Moorhouse?) / 177 Acre Street, Lindley / died a PoW)
            • Brian Stocks (24 Mar 1917-?) [Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (photo / son of Charles E. Stocks of 12 Abbot Street, Marsh / married Muriel Taylor in 1946 / 1921, 1939)
            • CWGC † Joe North (28) [4612434, Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (photo / son of Henry North of 218 Rashcliffe Hill, Lockwood)
            • Frank Townend (22 Nov 1914-?) [Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (photo / missing in Malaya / son of Walter / brother of Fred of 42 Branch Street, Paddock / 1921, 1939)
            • Jack Pearson (8 May 1912-26 Sep 1987) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (married / 133 Royd Street, Slaithwaite / son of Henry Pearson of Mona Terrace, Slaithwaite / 1921, 1939 / death)
            • John Bernard Beaumont (31 Jul 1910-1972) [Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps] (photo / PoW in Italy / of 25 Crosland Road, Thornton Lodge / 1911?, 1921?, 1939)
            • ^ Herbert Flatt (1914-1972) [13012386, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps] (photo / PoW in Germany)
            • CWGC † Joseph “Danny” Simpson (c.1914-8 Nov 1943) [Sergeant, Royal Artillery] (photo / widower / lived with his married sister Mrs. Bridget Connelly of 60 Fartown Road, Almondbury)
            • Reginald “Reggie” Schofield Dyson (11 Jan 1915-14 Jul 1992) [Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (brother of below / missing in Malaya / son of Frank Dyson & Lillie Schofield of Heathhouse Green, Golcar / 1921)
            • Hildred Dyson (21 Mar 1922-15 Jan 1982) [Aircraftman 1st Class, Royal Air Force] (brother of above / missing in Malaya / 1939)
            • ^ Alfred Joseph Sykes (1914-1958) M.M. [7885472, Sergeant, Royal Armoured Corps, 4th Royal Tank Regiment] (photo / awarded Bar to M.M.)

            Huddersfield Examiner 11 April 1942:

            • Donald Thomas Noon (10 Nov 1920-21 Mar 1991) [Drummer, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (missing / son of John Noon & Ernestine (née Smith) of 59 Whitehouse Lane, Hillhouse / 1921 / death / Ancestry)
              • Mrs. Noon had 7 other sons who served and were known as the “Noon Platoon”!
                • William Edward Noon (7 Dec 1904-24 Jul 1952) [Sergeant, Royal Artillery]
                • Samuel Noon (18 Aug 1907-1966)
                • Bernard Noon (25 Oct 1909-19 Mar 1991)
                • Frank Noon (27 Nov 1911-1987)
                • John/Jack Noon (11 Jan 1914-10 Jan 1982)
                • twins Brian Desmond Noon (6 Jun 1914-1995) and Dennis Terence Noon (6 Jun 1914-16 Mar 2012)
            • †✓ George Herbert North (1911-1942) [2356708, Signalman, 17th Indian Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals] (photo)
            • †✓ Kenneth Robinson (c.1922-1942) [1109280, Sergeant, 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (photo)
            • †✓ David Morton Steele (1917-1942) [C/JX 251459, Telegraphist, Motor Launch 267, Royal Navy] (photo)
            • CWGC † Frank Keir Alderson (1911-1942) [7691389, Lance Corporal, 38 Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police]
            • ^ Reginald “Reggie” Schofield Dyson (1915-1992) [Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (photo)
            • ^† Harry Sutcliffe (1906-1944) [62014, Gunner, 80 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery] (photo)
            • Jack Taylor (25 Dec 1916-28 May 1999) [Sub-Lieutenant, Fleet Air Arm] (photo / previously Ordinary Seaman in Royal Navy / son of Fred Taylor of Crimble, Slaithwaite / 1921, 1939 / Ancestry)
            • CWGC † Henry Rowan (13 Apr 1914-1942) [PO/X 108048, Corporal, Royal Marines] (photo / married / 6 Castle, Slaithwaite / previously lived Longwood Gate)
            • CWGC † Arthur Naylor (1920-1942) [631267, Sergeant, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force] (son of R. Natlor of 27 Woods Avenue, Marsden)
            • Stanley Carter (28 Jul 1915-1981) [Ordinary Telegraphist, Royal Navy] (safe / son of R. Carter of 4 Victoria Street, Marsden / 1939)
            • George Arthur Singleton (24 Feb 1916-31 Aug 1958) [T/232508, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo / missing / son of W. Singleton of Choppards, Holmfirth / PoW / Ancestry)
            • Rev. Donald Moxon (26 Jun 1905-20 May 1988) [Padre/Chaplain, West Yorkshire Regiment] (serving in Burma / resigned as the vicar of Brighouse 1953 after being found guilty of indecent assault against a boy / Ancestry)
            • CWGC † Thomas Henry Tompkins (? Mar 1904-6 Apr 1942) [Aircraftman 1st Class, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (committed suicide at home)

            Huddersfield Examiner 18 April 1942:

            • ^ Arthur Parfitt (1916-2000) [942754, Sergeant, Wireless Operator, 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force]
            • Rupert Harry Greenhalgh (10 Oct 1909-1977) [Sergeant, ?] (son of John Rowland Greenhalgh, studied Almondbury Grammar School / 1921 / died Exeter)
            • CWGC † Tom Duncan Bower (1922-1942) [1219441, Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (photo / son of Ivor & Ivy Bower of 101 Longley Road)
            • CWGC † Cyril Rhodes (1911-1942) [7925518, Trooper, 7th Queen’s Own Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps] (photo / son of Oswin Rhodes of 33 Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor)
            • CWGC † Kenneth Gelder (1920-1942) [C/MX 68445, Leading Supply Assistant, H.M.S. Cornwall, Royal Navy] (photo| / son of Smith Gelder of 62 Woodhead Road, Lockwood)
            • ^✓† Alfred Dracup (1919-1940) [4619016, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
            • Douglas Arthur Whiteley (28 Jul 1920-2003) [Driver, Royal Engineers] (photo / missing / son of Harold Whiteley of 8 Berry’s Row, Berry Brow / 1921 / Ancestry)
            • Harry Robinson (21) [Able Seaman, Royal Navy] (survived H.M.S. Barham / son of H. A. Robinson of Riddings Road, Sheepridge)
            • CWGC † Edward Roebuck (1912-1943) [181444, Lieutenant, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers] (missing / son of Edgar William Roebuck of Holme Dene, Holmfirth / 1939)
            • ^ Donald Thomas Noon (1920-1991) [Drummer, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (photo / missing)
            • ^ Desmond Ulrick (1920-c1994) [105132, Stoker 1st Class, H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Royal Navy] (missing)
            • Robert William Thompson (8 Jan 1904-1982) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (married Muriel Brook / 27 Fletcher Crescent, Rastrick)
            • Peter Robinson (?) [Imperial Air Training Scheme] (of Dalton, formerly of Deadmanstone, Berry Brow / Examiner employee)

            Huddersfield Examiner 25 April 1942:

            • ✓† Lewis Brook (1918-1942) [P/LX 28958, Steward, H.M.S. Arbutus, Royal Navy] (photo)
            • ✓† Edmund Vernon Lowe (1920-1942) [2039986, Driver, 3 Company, 8 Corps Sigs., Royal Corps of Signals] (photo)
            • Ronald Lorriman (20 Aug 1908-1983) [Private, ?] (photo / missing in Malaya / married / Wood Top, Kirkheaton / 1939)
            • ^ Robert William Thompson (1904-1982) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo)
            • ✓† John Charles Geoffrey Cranston (1920-1942) [Sub-Lieutenant, H.M.S. Hermes, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve] (photo)
            • ^ Percy John Proud (1910-1965) [2024903, Lance-Corporal, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (prison camp photo)
            • Jack Dennis (?) [Lance-Sergeant, Coldstream Guards] (of Huddersfield / awarded M.M.)

            Huddersfield Examiner 2 May 1942:

            • ✓† Arnold Edward Frame (1920-1940) [4615194, Private, 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (photo)
            • Harold Beaumont (14 Oct 1916-15 Nov 2003) [4394080, Lance Corporal, Green Howards] (missing in Middle East / son of Tom Beaumont of Beech Avenue, Woodlands, Thongsbridge / 1939 / Ancestry)
            • ^ Kenneth Gelder (1920-1942) [C/MX 68445, Leading Supply Assistant, H.M.S. Cornwall, Royal Navy] (photo)
            • CWGC † Anthony Cunningham (1917-1942) [1532087, Gunner, 7 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery] (son of Jas. Cunningham of Hill Top, Shelley)
            • ^†✓ William Edgar Wood (1916-1940) [T/167601, Driver, 13 Troop Carrying Coy., Royal Army Service Corps] (photo)
            • Rev. Francis X. Singleton (3 Dec 1899-8 Nov 1897) [Chaplain, U.S. Army] (photo / formerly of St. Patrick’s, Huddersfield)

            Huddersfield Examiner 9 May 1942:

            • ^ Anthony Cunningham (1917-1942) [1532087, Gunner, 7 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery] (photo)
            • CWGC † Douglas Littlewood (1915-1942) [FAA/FX. 77365, Leading Air Fitter, H.M.S. Hermes, Royal Navy] (photo / son of Garfield Littlewood of 86 Scar Lane, Milnsbridge)
            • ^ Arthur Naylor (1920-1942) [631267, Sergeant, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force]
            • Harry Handy (22 Sep 1917-1981) [Aircraftsman 1st Class, Royal Air Force] (photo / wounded / 1939 / married Susanna Mary Hopkins A.T.S. on 9 July 1945 at Ramsgate / died Kent)
            • ^ Harold Beaumont (1916-2003) [4394080, Lance Corporal, Green Howards] (PoW)
            • ^ Jack Taylor (1916-1999) [Sub-Lieutenant, Fleet Air Arm] (PoW)
            • ^ Stanley Carter (1915-1981) [Ordinary Telegraphist, Royal Navy] (PoW)

            Huddersfield Examiner 16 May 1942:

            • CWGC † Vincent Dyer (9 Jun 1913-29 Apr 1942) [883231, Signalman, XXVI. Corps Sigs., Royal Corps of Signals] (photo / born Sheffield / married / 74 Lawrence Road, Marsh / 1921 / Ancestry)
            • CWGC † David Wilson (?-5 Apr 1942) [Lieutenant, H.M.S. Dorsetshire, Royal Navy] (worked as a surgeon on New North Road)
            • Frank Hinchliffe (24) [Signaller, Royal Navy] (photo / 34 Holly Road, Thornton Lodge / step brother Ronnie Beckingham R.A.M.C.)
            • CWGC † Jim Hewitt (34) [D/JX311582, H.M.S. President III (S.S. Cape Corso), Royal Navy] (married / 29 Newsome Road South, Berry Brow)

            Huddersfield Examiner 23 May 1942:

            • CWGC † George Henry Fisher (1919-1942) [PLY/X 1888, Marine, H.M.S. Hermes, Royal Marines] (photo / of Nottingham, formerly of Bracken Hall, Sheepridge)
            • Peter Lee (20) [Private, Royal Army Medical Corps] (photo / missing in Middle East / son of Mr Lee of 51 Wood Street, Longwood)
            • ^ Ernest Fisher (1920-?) [542533, Pilot-Officer (later Flight Lieutenant), 51 & 138 Squadrons, Royal Air Force] D.F.M.

            Huddersfield Examiner 30 May 1942:

            • †✓ Rupert Stanley Wilson (1920-1941) [D/MX 60732, Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, H.M.S. Kandahar, Royal Navy] (presumed dead)

            Huddersfield Examiner 6 June 1942:

            • ^ Eric Marshall (c1918-?) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (prison camp photo)
            • †✓ Owen Gallagher (1912-1942) [1618171, Gunner, 268 Battery, 64th (Northumbrian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery] (photo)
            • ^†✓ Eric Thorpe (1901-1942) [4605255, Serjeant, 2/1 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery] (photo)
            • ^†✓ Rupert Stanley Wilson (1920-1941) [D/MX 60732, Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, H.M.S. Kandahar, Royal Navy] (photo)
            • CWGC † Harold Sykes (11 Jan 1914-9 Oct 1942) [4695752, Private, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] (photo / missing in Far East / son of Dan Sykes of 22 Ballroyd, Longwood / married / of 34 Rock Fold, Golcar)

            Huddersfield Examiner 13 June 1942:

            • CWGC † Geoffrey Denham (23) [Second Lieutenant, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (from Elland / son of Joe Denham / died East Africa)
            • Roy Kilner (?) [Trooper, ?] (photo / PoW in Germany / son of G Kilner of 5 Lowergate, Longwood)
            • CWGC † Albert Wheeler (1917-1942) [656880, Sergeant, Royal Air Force] (funeral at Edgerton / son of Walter Wheeler of 93a Wakefield Road, Moldgreen)
            • CWGC † Irwin Shaw (1920-1942) [987871, Aircraftman 1st Class, 161 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (road traffic accident in Bedfordshire)
            • CWGC † Cameron Stapp (21) [FX86434, Leading Airman, H.M.S. Landrail, Royal Navy] (photo / funeral at Rastrick / son of Frank Stapp of Elland)
            • ^†✓ Frank Bywater (c1899-1940) [2088918, Private, 6th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)] (presumed dead)
            • ^†✓ Llewellyn Beaumont Pickup (1918-1940) [3314547, Private, 6th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)] (reported killed)
            • Harry Lawless (8 Jan 1913-1982) [Gunner, 3 Maritime Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery] (of 33 Dean Street, Oakes / gunner on Baron Newlands / commended for bravery in action, likely when the ship was attacked by a uboat on 16 Mar 1942 / 1939)

            Huddersfield Examiner 20 June 1942:

            • CWGC † Jack Vince (1912-1942) [4622489 Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (photo / married / 150 Leeds Road)
            • ^† Irwin Shaw (1920-1942) [987871, Aircraftman 1st Class, 161 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (photo)
            • CWGC † Charles Edward North (1914-1942) [4756708, Private, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo / married / 107 Barcroft Road, Newsome)
            • Harold Sydney Moorhouse (7 Apr 1920-2003) [2342402, Sergeant Major, Royal Corps Of Signals] (PoW / lived Kirkburton or Shelley / 1939 / died Dewsbury)
            • Kenneth Vernon Garside (13 Aug 1913-1986) [Wing-Commander] (awarded DFC / son of Dyson Garside formerly of Golcar / grandson of W. H. Garside of Westwood Farm, Golcar)

            Huddersfield Examiner 27 June 1942:

            • ^ John Charles Fisher (1920-1990) [4620238, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (photo in PoW camp)
            • ^ George Kenneth Chadwick (26 Apr 1920-2003) [P.OX.101062, Marine, Royal Marines] (photo in PoW camp)
            • Norman Henry Sheridan Wood (23 Nov 1911-25 Jun 1997) [7916760, Corporal, Royal Armoured Corps] (PoW / son of H. V. Wood of Ridgeley, Sharp Lane, Almondbury / married to Marjorie / death)
            • Harry Dickinson (1 Dec 1919-?) [4390466, Private, 4th Battalion, Green Howards] (photo / “Dickenson” in war records / lived Kirkgate Tenements / mother 3 Gelder Terrace, Moldgreen / son of Joe Dickinson & widow Sarah Shutt (née Monsheimer) (married 1899) / baptism / mother 1939 / PoW Q)
            • ^†✓ John Bateson (1915-1942) [4615832, Corporal, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)] (photo)
            • Charles Bentley (11 Jan 1916-2006) [Lieutenant, Royal Artillery] (photo / missing in Middle East / son of Frank Bentley of Mountjoy Road, Huddersfield / married Betty Harker of Newsome June 1941 / daughter / 1921)
            • CWGC † Harry North (1915-1942) [7601024, Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (photo) (son of William Henry North of 9 Roger Lane, Newsome / married / of 64 Hammond Street, Fartown)
            • Gerald Dean Tiffany (2 Mar 1914-27 Jun 1983) [7940547, Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps] (photo / Examiner employee / missing / married / of 60 Trinity Street, Huddersfield)
            • John William Aldous (13 Nov 1914-1989?) [L.A.C.] (son of Reginald Tracy Aldous of 571 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich / married on 25 Dec 1940 to Lilian Adelaide Clarkson, daughter of Fred Clarkson of 135 Trinity Street, Huddersfield)
            • †✓ Arthur Buckley <aka Arthur B. Evans> (1918-1942) [614046, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force] (photo)
            • Leonard James Algar (19 Jan 1914-14 Nov 1987) [Corporal, Royal Air Force] (photo / mentioned in dispatches / of The Laurels, Tanyard Road, Milnsbridge / 1939)

            Huddersfield Examiner 4 July 1942:

            • CWGC † Myles Patrick McCarthy (1918-1942) [1514915, Gunner, 95 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery] (photo)
            • †✓ Arthur Taylor (1922-1942) [1042357, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (photo)
            • Hilton Wray (12 Nov 1914-2 Aug 1980) [4396073, Private, 5th Battalion, Green Howards] (photo / missing / of 8 Royd Street, Hill Top, Slaithwaite / 1939 / PoW Q / death)
            • Norman Hayhurst (1 Mar 1920-20 Jan 1981) [Trooper, Royal Tank Regiment] (photo / wounded / stepson of J. Wimpenny of 55 Moorside Avenue, Crosland Moor / Ancestry / death)
            • Lister Peace (22 Feb 1917-5 Apr 1992) [Signaller, Royal Artillery] (PoW / wife & daughter living at Stocksbridge / parents at Highcroft Crescent, Almondbury / 1939 / Ancestry / death)
            • John Walter “Sonny” Thorpe (20) [Royal Tank Corps] (photo / PoW / son of W. Thorpe, Millbrook, Denby Dale)
            • Leslie Welford Booth (17 Mar 1917-4 May 1981) [2000201, Driver, 232 Field Company, Royal Engineers] (PoW in Italy / son of Norman Booth of 45 West Avenue, Honley / 1939 / PoW Q / Ancestry / death)
            • ^ Norman Henry Sheridan Wood (23 Nov 1911-25 Jun 1997) [7916760, Corporal, Royal Armoured Corps]
            • ^ Harry Dickinson (1919-?) [4390466, Private, 4th Battalion, Green Howards]
            • Percival Robert Nye (2 Nov 1912-2 Oct 1955) [2119794, Sapper, Royal Engineers] (photo / missing / born London / married / 7 Blake Stones, Slaithwaite)
            • CWGC † Eric Booth (25) [115858, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (photo / missing / wife 55 Arkenley Lane, Almondbury / son of C. H. Booth of 16 Hall Cross Grove, Lowerhouses)
            • Douglas Butterworth (8 Mar 1914-12 Jun 1991) [Lance-Bombardier, ?] (photo / wounded / son of James & Florence Butterworth of 823 Manchester Road, Milnsbridge / 1921, 1939 / death)
            • ^ Arthur Rogers (1913-1979) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo / PoW)
            • Jack Gladwin Spencer (23 Jul 1910-1975) [Signalman, ?] (photo / missing in Middle East / of 69 Radcliffe Road, Hill Top, Golcar)
            • Len Brown (?) [Captain, South African Artillery (transferred to an anti-tank corps)] (former Huddersfield Town player, returned to South Africa before the war)
            • Denis Greenold Cook (24 Nov 1921-7 Jul 1994) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo in PoW camp / son of Ernest & Mary Cook of 3 Smiths Avenue, Marsh / 1939 mother / death)

            Huddersfield Examiner 11 July 1942:

            • CWGC † Lionel Derrick Rymer (21) [Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force] (photo / son of J. Rymer of Oakgates, Smith House Lane, Lightcliffe, Brighouse)
            • ^ Lister Peace (1917-1992) [Signaller, Royal Artillery] (photo)
            • Ernest Haigh (22) [Lance-Corporal, East Yorkshire Regiment] (wounded in Middle East / married / 1 Stockerhead Lane, Slaithwaite / 1939?)
            • Joah Kaye (11 Mar 1903-7 May 1982) [13010430, Private, Royal Pioneer Corps] (photo / PoW / captured 25 May 1940 at Boulogne / also known as “John” / married / 122 Longroyd Gate, Longwood / Ancestry)
              • Cyril Kaye (15 Jun 1921-1972) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (son of Joah / Ancestry)
            • Joe Edwin Dyson (1920-Jul 1942) [Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (funeral at Linthwaite, invalided home from Iceland / no war grave / son of Ralph Dyson of 22 Main Avenue, Cowlersley / 1921)
            • CWGC † Clifford Tinker (8 Dec 1914-1942) [4396061, Private, 5th Battalion, Green Howards] (son of David Tinker of Saville Street, Scissett / Ancestry)
            • CWGC † John William “Jack” Crompton (1919-1942) [1460598, Gunner, 171 Battery, 57 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery] (photo)
            • ^†✓ Jack Woodhead (1920-1941) [949901, Aircraftsman 2nd Class, 220 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (photo)
            • ^ Jack Gladwin Spencer (1910-1975) [Signalman, ?] (PoW in Italy)
            • CWGC † Norman Jackson (1913-1942) [7920355, Lance Serjeant, 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps] (photo / married / Throstle Nest, Magdale, Honley)
            • Albert Roy Blakemore (10 Jul 1917-?) [Private, East Yorkshire Regiment] (photo / missing / son of E. B. Blakemoor of Fleece Hotel, Kirkgate / married Betty Nutton in 1945 / 1921, 1939)
            • Leslie Chatterton (9 Jan 1913-2001) [Sergeant, Royal Air Force] (photo / son of Mrs. Creaser of Market Weighton / lived in Huddersfield before joining RAF / 1939)
            • ^ Charles Eric Earnshaw (1906-1952) [Lance Corporal, Army Pay Corps] (PoW)
            • Norman Hatch (9 Jan 1914-2005) [Private, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW in Italy / son of Francis G. Hatch of 66 Broomfield Road, Fixby / 1939)

            Huddersfield Examiner 18 July 1942:

            • William Rex Thomson Hirst (9 Jan 1903-1982) [Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery] (missing / son of Florence E. Hirst of 26 Rumbold Road, Huddersfield / 1911)
            • Gerald David Morton (22 Nov 1920-2004) [Sergeant, Royal Air Force] (photo / PoW / of Woodhouse Road Hall / 1939)
            • F. Senior (25 Oct 1917-2002) [Private, East Yorkshire Regiment] (missing in Middle East / of 53 Thickhollins, Meltham / 1939)
            • ^ Fred Chadwick (1916-1984) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo / missing in Middle East)
            • Cyril Hardman (1919-?) [Trooper, Royal Tank Regiment] (photo / missing in Middle East / son of Mrs. Hardman (née Charnley) of 52 Victoria Road, Lockwood / previously 39 St. Stephen’s Terrace, Lockwood / ? married Joan Bower in 1944)
            • CWGC † Thomas Bailey (1922-1942) [R/JX 244051, Ordinary Seaman, H.M. Boom Defence Vessel Tunisian, Royal Navy] (photo / son of Thomas Bailey of 27 Longhill Road, Brackenhall Estate, Sheepridge)
            • ^ Norman Hatch (1914-2005) [Private, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo)
            • James Henry Percy (1 Apr 1911-2003) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (missing in Middle East / son of James Percy of 79 Wood Street, Longwood / 1939)
            • Leslie Evans (21 Jan 1920-1984) [Trooper, Tank Corps] (missing in Middle East / son of John W. Evans & Edith A. (née Hoole) of 9 Long Lane, Dalton / 1939)
            • Albert Edward Whitwam (22 Nov 1918-2002) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo / PoW / son of Dyson Whitwam & Daisy (née Dunford) of 1012 Manchester Road, Holyehouse, Linthwaite / 1921)
              • CWGC † Joel Whitwam (1920-1944) [4615776, Lance Corporal, 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps] (brother of above / 1921)
            • Walter Ellam (8 Feb 1920-1990) [Lance-Corporal, Green Howards] (photo / PoW in Italy / son of Walter Ellam of 42 Council Houses, Emley / 1921 / Ancestry)
            • Allan Haigh (24 Sep 1915-1990) [Lance-Corporal, West Yorkshire Regiment] (photo / PoW in Italy / son of Ernest & Edith Ellen Haigh of 21 Thorpe Avenue, Fieldhouse, Holmfirth / 1939)
            • Stanley Rowbottom (c1913-) [Bombardier, Royal Artillery] (photo / missing in Middle East / born Q1 1913 Huddersfield / son of Joseph Rowbottom & Ann (née Briggs) of 11 Slack, Outlane / 1921, mother 1939 / return home April 1945)
            • CWGC † Peter Bedford [2657865, Lance Serjeant, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards] (photo / born at the School House, High Hoyland in April 1921 / son of F. Bedford from Clayton West)
            • CWGC † Alec Kaye (1917-1942) [4750007, Private, 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment] (photo / son of Mrs. Kaye of 14 Broadlands, Meltham)
            • James Lynch (13 Apr 1911-28 Mar 1980) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo / missing in Middle East / son of Michael Lynch of 11 Whitacre Street, Deighton / death)
            • Norman Greenwood (5 Mar 1917-1997) [Bombardier, Northumberland Hussars] (son of F Greenwood of 1 Providence Place, New Hey Road, Rastrick / 1939)
            • Wilfred Armitage (30 Aug 1914-1975) [Sergeant, Royal Artillery] (of 5 Providence Place, Rastrick / son of Harry Armitage / 1939)
            • Arthur Chambers (21 Oct 1917-26 Aug 1974) [Private, ?] (PoW in Italy / son of William Chambers of 3 Stoney Bank, Newmill / 1939 / death)

            Huddersfield Examiner 25 July 1942:

            • ^ Albert Roy Blakemore (10 Jul 1917-?) [Private, East Yorkshire Regiment] (photo / PoW)
            • Ralph Dickinson (7 Aug 1920-1992) [Lance-Corporal, Coldstream Guards] (photo / missing / son of Joshua & Miine Dickinson of 10 Bull Green Road, Longwood / 1939)
            • ^ Leslie Chatterton (1913-2001) [Sergeant, Royal Air Force] (photo / PoW)
            • Norman Lee (23 Jul 1915-?) [Private, Green Howards] (photo / missing in Middle East / son of N. Lee of 328 Bradford Road, formerly of 3 Canal Street, Leeds Road / 1939)
            • John “Jack” Campbell Emerson (26 Oct 1919-1990) [Driver, ?] (photo / missing in Middle East / son of Albert C. Emerson of 29 William Street, Huddersfield)
            • Irvin James Denny (17 Nov 1919-30 Dec 1981) [Lance-Corporal, Cameron Highlanders] (photo / missing in Middle East / son of William H. Denny of 15 Carr Street, Marsden / 1939)
            • George William Mallinson (21 Oct 1910-?) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo / missing in Middle East / son of John H. Mallinson of 276 Scar Lane, Golcar / married wife of 27 Ballroyd, Longwood / 1921, 1939)
            • ^ Douglas Sykes (1920-1985) [955319, Sergeant or Warrant Officer, Royal Air Force] (photo)
            • ^ William Rex Thomson Hirst (1903-1982) [Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery] (PoW)
            • Stanley Roberts (26 Sep 1915-1995) [Trooper, Royal Tank Regiment] (missing in Middle East / son of Frank Roberts of 27 Orchard Terrace, Primrose Hill / 1921, 1939)
            • Albert Fox (26) [Guardsman, ?] (missing in Middle East / son of Mrs Lily Fox of 22 Fellgreave Crescent, Bracken Hall, Sheepridge / mother 1939)
            • Geoffrey Hinchcliffe (8 Feb 1914-16 Oct 1988) [Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps] (PoW / son of Albion David Hinchcliffe of 16 Elm Street, Newsome Road / 1921 / Ancestry)
            • CWGC † Cyril Roebuck (1919-1942) [2006167, Sapper, Royal Engineers] (son of George William and Jenny Roebuck of 6 Inner Hey, Marsden)
            • George Pursglove (15 Feb 1914-2006) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (married Ada Nutton / of 1 Rock Road, Birchencliffe / 1939)
            • Jim Rowe (8 Nov 1911-7 Feb 1963) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (missing in Middle East / son of Mrs. S. J. Rowe of 18 Highcroft Crescent, Almondbury / Ancestry)
            • CWGC † Gerald Franklyn Horsfall (16 May 1923-1942) [P/JX323760, Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Kipanga, Royal Navy] (accidentally killed in a motoring accident / son of Fred Horsfall of Tunbridge Wells, formerly of Birkby, Huddersfield / 1939)
            • John Henry Roelants (18 Dec 1917-1982) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (missing in Middle East / son of John Roelants of 133 Lockwood Scar, Newsome / 1921)
            • Harry Edward Hanson (29 Aug 1915-19 Mar 1993) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (missing in Middle East / son of Frank Hanson of 60 Penistone Road, Waterloo / married wife of 65 Church Lane, Moldgreen / 1939)
            • ^ Charles Bentley (1916-2006) [Lieutenant, Royal Artillery] (PoW)
            • Percy Bradley (28 Feb 1917-1995) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (photo / PoW / of 44 Towngate, Newsome / 1939)
            • George Francis Upson (20 Dec 1917-1982) [Private, Cameron Highlanders] (son of Mr. & Mrs. Upson of 16 Towngate, Newsome)
            • Arthur Killarney (26 Feb 1921-2011?) [7600270, Private, Royal Artillery] (photo / missing in Middle East / son of George Killarney of 18 Water Street, Huddersfield)
            • ^†✓ Garnett Carter (1919-1941) [3320125, Private, 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders] (photo)
            • Thomas Nicholls (25) [Private, Royal Army Medical Corps] (photo / missing in Middle East / son of Thomas G. Nicholls of 61a Ramsden Street, Huddersfield / 1939 parents)
            • ^ Leslie Evans (1920-1984) [Trooper, Tank Corps] (photo / missing in Middle East)
            • ^ Alfred Joseph Sykes (1914-1958) M.M. [7885472, Sergeant, Royal Armoured Corps, 4th Royal Tank Regiment] (photo / missing)
            • Fred Winfield (8 Sep 1918-?) [Sergeant, Coldstream Guards] (photo / missing in Middle East / son of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Winfield of 104 South Street, Huddersfield / 1939)
            • ^ Albert Edward Whitwam (1918-2002) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (PoW)
            • William Ernest Booth (7 Feb 1911-1986) [Trooper, ?] (wounded / married Mabel Hollingworth / of Hillcrest, Cowcliffe / son of Arthur Newsome Booth of Woodlands, Fixby / director of drapers A. N. Booth of Byram Street / 1939 / possibly service #7916262)
            • ^ Percival Robert Nye (1912-1955) [2119794, Sapper, Royal Engineers] (PoW)
            • Dennis Wolstenholme (21) [Guardsman, Coldstream Guards] (missing / son of Mrs. Wolstenholme of 48 Rufford Road, Milnsbridge / mother 1939)
            • ^†✓ Fred Clayton (1922-1942) [Ordinary Telegraphist, Royal Navy] (tribute)
            27 November 2023 at 11:39 pm #10063
            Dave Pattern
            Keymaster

              1943

              Huddersfield Examiner 18 December 1943 (fireworks manufacturer Henry Shaw & Sons explosion at Lepton on 10 December):

               

              27 November 2023 at 11:39 pm #10064
              Dave Pattern
              Keymaster

                1944

                Huddersfield Examiner 26 February 1944 (Lion Fireworks factory fire at Lepton):

                27 November 2023 at 11:39 pm #10067
                Dave Pattern
                Keymaster

                  1945

                  Huddersfield Examiner 1 May 1945:

                  • Fred Rangeley (1910-1979) [803534, Private, Seaforth Highlanders]
                  • Arthur Mitchell (1918-1978) [Bandsman, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
                  • Philip John Dearlove (17 or 18 Feb 1920-8 Jul 2007) [4695883, Private, King’s Own Royal Regiment] (1921, 1939, married Rene Carter)
                  • Frank Beaumont (c1911-?) [Private] (“of 8 Fartown Green Road”, probably the son of William Henry & Ada 1911)
                  • Peter Wilks (1920-1982) [2658925, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards]
                  • Douglas France (10 Jul 1925-1959?) [Private] (1939, PoW roll, possibly died Leeds 1959)
                  • Ernest Brook (12 Feb 1926-?) [Lance-Corporal] (1939)
                  • Frank Priestley (30 Jul 1923-1977) [14546128, Private, 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (1939, PoW, some records say Essex Regiment?)
                  • ^ Leslie Rowsell (1913-1993) [2615719, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]
                  • Leslie Marsden (31 May 1920-1989) [1227629, Flight-Sergeant Engineer (or Flight-Lieutenant?), 77th Squadron, Royal Air Force] (married, 34 Rufford Road, Longwood, 1921, 1939, PoW, 1949 article, died Lancs, Ancestry)
                  • Stanley Korbal (c1921-2010) [Private] (of Walkerton, Indiana)
                  • “Bob” Woods (c1900-?) [Corporal] (from Paddock Head)
                  • Victor Milnes (4 Jan 1913-22 Nov 1983) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (1921, Ancestry)
                  • †✓ Clifford Mazey (1926-1945) [14445867, Private, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry]
                  • Ralph Hardcastle (14 Feb 1913-13 Feb 1959) [?] (“of Springdale Street, Thornton Lodge”, Ancestry)

                  Huddersfield Examiner 3 May 1945:

                  Huddersfield Examiner 5 May 1945:

                  • ^ Leslie Marsden (31 May 1920-1989) [1227629, Flight-Sergeant Engineer, 77th Squadron, Royal Air Force]
                  • Arthur Mitchell (1918-1978) [Bandsman, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
                  • ^ Frank Priestley (1923-1977) [14546128, Private, 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
                  • Peter Wilks (1920-1982) [2658925, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards]
                  • ^ Harold Cartwright (1906-?) [Lance-Corporal]
                  • Fred Chadwick (29 Apr 1916-1984) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (of 25 Canby Grove, Waterloo, son of J W Chadwick, 1921, 1939, death)
                  • Alexander Edwin Reay (1918-1982) [1520856, Gunner, Royal Artillery]
                  • ^ Ernest Brook (1926-?) [Lance-Corporal]
                  • Herbert Flatt (1914-1972) [13012386, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
                  • ^ Douglas France (1925-1959?) [Private]
                  • Willie Shaw (?) [Private] (of 5 Grange Terrace, Marsden)
                  • Harry Leonard Bateson (1914-1984) [4619629, Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
                  • Lewis Bamforth (?) [Lance-Bombardier] (son of Willie Bamforth of 18 Slant Gate, Linthwaite)
                  • F. V. Robshaw (?) [Private] (son of John Robshaw of Wellhouse, Golcar)
                  • ^ Jack Mallinson (1916-1988) [Private, 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment]
                  • Harold Horsfall (28) [Sergeant, Royal Artillery] (of 149 Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor, Ancestry?)
                  • Herbert Flatt (1914-1972) [13012386, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
                  • Donald Heaton (29 Apr 1924-2008) [Lance-Corporal, Airborne Forces] (son of Herbert Heaton of 94 Walpole Road, Crosland Moor, 1939, Ancestry)
                  • Alec Dyson (1918-1995) [2361115, Private, Royal Army Service Corps]
                  • ^ Clifford Balmforth (1922-1991) [Gunner, Royal Artillery]
                  • ^ Philip John Dearlove (1920-2007) [4695883, Private, King’s Own Royal Regiment]
                  • Harry Netherwood Davis (9 Feb 1911-1971) [Private, Royal Signals] (son of F. Davis 56 Lawton Street, Primrose Hill, 1939)
                  • Donald F. Bates (22) [Able-Seaman, Royal Navy] (nephew of A. G. Brooke 15 Woodend Road, Armitage Bridge and of Harold Firth of Newsome)
                  • ^ Frank Beaumont (c1911-?) [Private]
                  • ^ Leslie Rowsell (1913-1993) [2615719, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]
                  • ^ George William Cowley (1905-?) [Company Sergeant Major, Queens Own Yorkshire Dragoons]
                  • ^ Tom Brook (1923-2003) [Private, Durham Light Infantry]
                  • John James Copley (28 Aug 1912-9 Dec 1987) D.F.M. [Warrant-Officer, Royal Air Force] (son of Herbert Copley, Lynton, Halifax Old Road, parents, 1921, Ancestry)
                  • Frank Dobson Hatfield (24 Mar 1918-1980) [Sapper, Royal Engineers] (of Stocksbank Road, Battyeford, Mirfield, 1939, death)
                  • Clifford Pryce (1 Feb 1914-2002) [Private] (of Greenside Estate, Mirfield, 1921, Ancestry)
                  • Douglas Beverley (1918-1969) [4616375, Sergeant (later Lance-Sergeant), 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
                  • William Rex Thomson Hirst (9 Nov 1903-1982) [165234, Lieutenant, Royal Artillery]

                  Huddersfield Examiner 12 May 1945:

                  • M. Mallinson (?-?) [Sapper] (36 Park Side, Flockton, family 1939)
                  • Lawrence Brooke (21 Apr 1920-?) [Sapper] (son of James Edward & Annie, 125 Barcroft Road, Close Hill, Newsome, 1921, 1939)
                  • C. Scargill (?-?) [Sapper] (4 Slades Road, Golcar, possibly Clifford Scargill born 11 Jan 1922 son of Willie & Louise)
                  • Margaret Atkins (5 Jul 1923-2021?) [Private, N.A.A.F.I./E.F.I.) (daughter of Harry & Doris, 29 Garden Street, Lockwood, 1939, Ancestry)
                  • Leonard Hill (4 Oct 1919-1990) [Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps] (“youngest son of late Frank Hill, Bank Field, Kirkheaton”, “wife lives at Riley, Kirkburton”, 1921, Ancestry)
                  • Lawrence Henry Haigh (14 Aug 1913-1976) [Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force] (“only son of Allen Haigh, Fenay Bridge Road, Fenay Bridge”, “wife and little daughter live at New Road, Kirkheaton”, 1921, 1939, died Leeds)

                  Huddersfield Examiner 19 May 1945:

                  • Harry Adcock (1918-2003) [1886402, Sapper, Royal Engineers]
                  • Arnold Lodge (1919-2019) [1520797, Gunner, 2/1 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery]
                  • John Ronald “Ronnie” Lindley (1916-1996) [13022170, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
                  • Cyril Taylor (17 Sep 1916-?) [4396108, Corporal, 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry] (son of Florence Taylor, 1921, 1939, PoW captured 15 Jun 1944 Caen)
                  • Kenneth Lockwood (7 Jan 1917-?) [4346437, Lance-Corporal, East Yorkshire Regiment] (PoW captured 27 Jul 1942 El Alamein)
                  • Ernest Lucks (9 Feb 1916-2 Aug 2011) [4393885, Private, 5th Battalion, Green Howards] (son of Ernest Joseph & Catharine, 1921, married Nellie Brook 1938, PoW captured 1 Jun 1942 Libya, Ancestry, photo, photo)
                  27 November 2023 at 11:40 pm #10068
                  Dave Pattern
                  Keymaster

                    1946 onwards

                    Huddersfield Daily Examiner 27 February 1946:

                    Huddersfield Examiner 17 May 1947 – “Italian Battlefront to the Peace of Hade Edge”:

                    • Jack Stacey (24 Feb 1920-22 Dec 2010) [Sergeant, Royal Corps of Signals] (photo, son of George H & Annie Stacey, worked for Holmfirth Council Electricity Department, lived Woodhead Road, 1939, death)
                    • Stanley Walton (9 Apr 1923-2005) D.C.M. [Warrant Officer, Royal Air Force] (photo, lived Meltham, worked for David Browns Ltd, death)
                    • Henry Haigh Maude (13 May 1923-13 Feb 2018) M.M. [Gunner, ?] (photo, lived 101 Lightcliffe Road, 1939, son of John & Dorothy, Ancestry)
                    • Ernest Roberts (?-?) B.E.M. [Warrant Officer, Royal Air Force] (photo, lived Low Town, Kirkburton, worked as a builder)
                    • ^ John Baines (1920-1988) M.M. [Sergeant, ?]
                    • Harold Charlesworth (12 Jun 1912-3 Apr 1987) [Petty Officer / Motor Mechanic, Royal Navy] (photo, lived 633 Leeds Road, 1939, worked Zetland Mills for Walter Sykes Ltd, Ancestry)
                    • Percy William Hillary Whiteley (13 Jan 1913-26 Nov 1991) O.B.E. [Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers] (photo, son of J. W. Whiteley of Lowerhouses, apprenticed David Browns & Sons Ltd)
                    • John James Young (?-?) [Sergeant, ?] (photo, lived 35 Robin Hood Road, Sheepridge)

                    Huddersfield Examiner 4 March 1950:

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