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27 November 2023 at 11:39 pm #10057
Dave Pattern
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    Notes:

    • 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:

    • Thomas Flanagan (9 Nov 1907-?) [5th Engineer, Nalgora] (Ancestry)
    • Lewis Hartwell Lewis (1905-1940) [791157, Gunner, 19 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery] ✓
    • William Benjamin Aston Gaze (17 Oct 1902-1996) [Private, R.O.A.C.?] (Ancestry, son-in-law of Rev. W. H. Potter of Milnsbridge Baptist Church)

    Huddersfield Examiner 15 February 1941:

    Huddersfield Examiner 22 February 1941:

    Huddersfield Examiner 1 March 1941:

    • Robert Clelland (24 Nov 1918-26 Jun 1993) [Private] (1939, married Catherine Fleming 1941, death, Ancestry)
    • Donald McInnes (c1917-1948) [Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy] (born Scotland, 1921, died Huddersfield)
    • Bill Ellis (of Waterloo Road, Huddersfield) [Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy] (1939?)
    • Alfred Ernest Peacock (16 Apr 1908-1974) [4608720, Fusilier, 7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers > later Sergeant, Pioneer Corps] (born Dover, 1911, 1921, service record)
    • Reginald Hodgson Chester (1911-1941) [2350572, Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals] ✓

    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 (11 May 1896-23 Dec 1960) [Lieutenant, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] (Ancestry)
    • 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 (16 Aug 1916-2000) [942754, Sergeant, Wireless Operator, 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force] (1921, 1939, PoW, died York, Ancestry)

    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:

    • Walter John Schofield (26 Mar 1895-14 Oct 1952) [Commander, Royal Navy] (Ancestry)
    • Brian Mitchell Schofield (6 May 1903-18 Feb 1971) [Captain] (brother of the above)
    • Colin Gladstone Schofield (12 May 1898-16 Dec 1977) [Lieutenant, Royal Artillery] (brother of the above)
    • John Dyson Eastwood (5 May 1913-1983) [Radio Officer, Merchant Navy] (1921, died Lancashire)

    Huddersfield Examiner 10 May 1941:

    Huddersfield Examiner 17 May 1941:

    • ^ James Henry McNamara (1917-1985) [Stoker, Royal Navy]
    • CWGC John “Jack” Armitage (27 Jun 1914-13 May 1941) [2020831, Driver, 10 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers] (son of J. F. Armitage of  6 Ruskin Grove, Sheepridge, 1921, 1939 parents, Ancestry)
    • CWGC or CWGC ? Leonard Smith (1916-1941) [Private or Trooper?] (of Marsden, parents Harry & Edith Ann (née Schofield), mother died 1925 and Harry remarried, father 1939)

    Huddersfield Examiner 24 May 1941:

    • CWGC James Alexander McMenemy (19 Nov 1917-4 Apr 1941) [1907684, Driver, 4 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers] (1921, 1939)
    • CWGC Norman Douglas Dunn (29 Oct 1918-16/17 May 1941) [1512349, Gunner, 52 Battery, 65 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery] (nee Cronk, 1921, 1939)

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

    • CWGC Owen Ellis Hulme (31 May 1915-24 May 1941) [P/JX 172637, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy] (born Lincs néé White, Ancestry)
    • CWGC Martin Dempsey (27 Jun 1916-24 May 1941) [P/JX 172622, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy] (born Hudd née Thornton, Ancestry)
    • CWGC David “Dai” Morgan Evans (21 Apr 1911-24 May 1941) [P/KX 108911, Stoker 2nd Class, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy]
    • CWGC Kenneth Abbott (12 Apr 1913-24 May 1941) [P/JX 251542, Ordinary Coder, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy]
    • CWGC George Oswald Campbell (17 Jun 1920-22 May 1941) [D/SSX 25776, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Gloucester, Royal Navy] (born Leeds)
    • Thomas William Smailes (16 Dec 1908-2 Apr 1971) [Surgeon-Lieutenant] (of Honley, son of Dr. W. H. Smailes, Ancestry)
    • William Eastwood (3 Nov 1908-1988) [403855, Staff-Sergeant, 9th (Yorkshire Dragoons) Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] (of 18 Fanny Moor Lane, Lowerhouses, PoW)
    • William “Willie” Sykes (13 Oct 1903-1978) [Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (son of Harry & Sarah Hannah Sykes of Beech House, Slaithwaite, 1921, Ancestry, death)

    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]
    • CWGC Cyril Leslie Sturgess (26 Jul 1912-24 May 1941) [P/JX 132426, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy]
    • 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)
    • CWGC John Cunningham Macaskie (1915-1940) [936778, Sergeant, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
    • ^ Lawrence Howarth (1919-2009) [7905230, Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps]
    • Albert Edward Senior (16 Feb 1920-1997) [149916, Private, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW)
    • Clifford Knight (14 Sep 1912-1993) [Signalman, Royal Navy] (1939)
    • CWGC Ronald Oldroyd (1920-1941) [937503, Sergeant, 235 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]

    Huddersfield Examiner 21 June 1941:

    • Lionel Richard Willis (1916-2004) M.M. [742172, Sergeant Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
    • Wilson Garside (1912-1986) [T/162156, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps]
    • Arthur Waites (1919-2002) [Driver, Royal Artillery] (1921, Ancestry)
    • Frederick Rice (6 Jan 1918-1998) [T/157583, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (1921, 1939, PoW, death)
    • CWGC John Harold Goldthorpe (11 Oct 1919-20 Dec 1943) [T/119369, Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps] (1921, 1939)
    • Roy Kilner (6 Feb 1921-?) [7890509, Trooper, 3rd The King’s Own Hussars] (née Bottomley, 1921, PoW, Ancestry)
    • James William Byram (6 Jun 1916-2002) [2661871, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards] (1939, PoW)

    Huddersfield Examiner 28 June 1941:

    • ^ James William Byram (1916-2002) [2661871, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards]
    • Leslie Wright (1916-2004) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (Ancestry)
    • John Hepworth (1917-1992) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (Ancestry)
    • CWGC Stanley Oldfield (11 Feb 1912-21 Jun 1941) [1002067, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (1939)
    • CWGC Edgar Samuel Fry (1912-19 Jun 1941) [P/KX 81989, Petty Officer Stoker, H.M.S. Vanessa, Royal Navy]
    • CWGC John “Jack” Desmond Schofield (12 Jul 1917-20 Jun 1941) [P/JX 201963, Ordinary Telegraphist, H.M.S. Vanessa, Royal Navy] (1939)
    • CWGC Jack Woodhead (11 Jun 1920-31 May 1941) [949901, Aircraftsman 2nd Class, 220 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (1939)
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