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27 November 2023 at 11:00 pm #10045
Notes:
- names with ticks (✓) have been added to Huddersfield Exposed
1939
Huddersfield Examiner 23 September 1939:
- Frank Charlesworth (c.1907-1939) [4607633, Lance Serjeant, 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Tom Collins (c.1916-1939) [541835, Aircraftman First-Class, Royal Air Force, HMS Courageous] ✓
- Alfred Henry Sturmy (1898-1989) [Bandmaster, Royal Navy] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 30 September 1939:
- Tom Collins (c.1916-1939) [541835, Aircraftman First-Class, Royal Air Force, HMS Courageous] ✓
- Albert Edward Yates (1912-1939) [Stoker, Royal Navy] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 21 October 1939:
- James Gordon Anstruther Smith (1920-?) [Merchant Seaman / later 232221, Cadet, Corps of Royal Engineers]
- Fred B. Senior (1919-1939) [PO/X 2927, Marine, Royal Navy, HMS Royal Oak] ✓
- James Richard Griffiths (1921-1939) [P/JX 158039, Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy, HMS Royal Oak] ✓
- John Henry Brook (1917-1942) [Fourth Engineer Officer, Merchant Navy] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 23 December 1939:
- James Michael Cunningham (1911-1977) [Able Seaman, Royal Navy] ✓
27 November 2023 at 11:36 pm #10048Notes:
- 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:
- Richard Bond (1910-1939) [C/JX 127210, Able Seaman, HMS Duchess, Royal Navy] ✓
- George Edward Tubby (1910-1940) [C/JX 127801, Leading Seaman, HMS Kent, Royal Navy] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 2 March 1940:
- Gerald Vyvian Williamson (1903-1940) [Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 9 March 1940:
- James Michael Cunningham (1911-1977) [Able Seaman, Royal Navy] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 16 March 1940:
- John “Jack” Richardson Ramshaw (1911-1972) D.F.M. [562599, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force]
Huddersfield Examiner 13 April 1940:
- George Edward Crowther (1920-1940) [P/SSX 23201, Able Seaman, Royal Navy, HMS Glowworm] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 20 April 1940:
- Douglas Beaumont Priestley (1919-1940) [7366901, Private, Royal Army Medical Corps] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 27 April 1940:
- Philip Blackburn (1920-1965) [627118?, Aircraftman (later Warrant Officer), Royal Air Force] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 4 May 1940:
- Patrick Conway (c1920-?) [Able Seaman, Royal Navy]
- Philip Blackburn (1920-1965) [627118?, Aircraftman (later Warrant Officer), Royal Air Force] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 11 May 1940:
- William Pollock Barker (1919-1940) [4748873, Private, Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment] ✓
- George Swift [Wireless Operator, Royal Navy] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 18 May 1940:
- Robert Borwell Smailes (1919-1984) [90112, Second-Lieutenant, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] ✓
- Eric Harper (1918-1981) [4692617, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] ✓
- Frank Candler (c.1919-?) [4692631, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
- Charles King (1918-1971) [4692627, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
- Stanley Warner (1918-1992) [4692599, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
- Walter Cartwright (1918-1993) [4692610, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
Huddersfield Examiner 27 May 1940:
- Philip Blackburn (1920-1965) [627118?, Aircraftman (later Warrant Officer), Royal Air Force] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 1 June 1940:
- Robert Borwell Smailes (1919-1984) [90112, Second-Lieutenant, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 8 June 1940:
- Deryck Taverner (1914-1998) [119928, Lieutenant, No.1 Mobile Neuro-Surgical Unit, Royal Army Medical Corps]
- Frank Holland Crosland (1899-1968), [Captain (later Lieutenant-Colonel), Royal Army Ordnance Corps] ✓
- Jack Kenworthy (c1920-1940) [950445, Gunner, Royal Artillery] ✓
- Frank Candler (c.1919-?) [4692631, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
- James North (c1920-1940) [629429, Leading Aircraftman, 235 Squadron, Royal Air Force] ✓
- Charles King (1918-1971) [4692627, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
- Douglas Alfred Hall Leece (1918-1942) [7600983, Lance Corporal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] ✓
- Donald Witts (1920-1999) [2658369, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards]
- Jack Nunns (1920-1944) [4746913, Guardsman, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards] ✓
- Stanley Warner (1918-1992) [4692599, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
- Fred Clay (c1919-1945) [3131786, Fusilier, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 15 June 1940:
- Jack Kenworthy (c1920-1940) [950445, Gunner, Royal Artillery] ✓
- Robert Borwell Smailes (1919-1984) [90112, Second-Lieutenant, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] ✓
- Leslie Frederick Wardle Sykes (1916-1940) [65306, Captain, 2/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment] ✓
- Walter Cartwright (1918-1993) [4692610, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
- John Foster (c1916-?) [Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals]
- Arthur Shaw (c1915-?) [Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy]
- Armitage Firth (1919-2012?) [Sapper]
- James William Oram (c1920-1981) [Lance-Corporal, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
Huddersfield Examiner 22 June 1940:
- Wilfred Morgan Evans (1900-1972?) [41885?, Major, Royal Army Medical Corps]
- Robert Borwell Smailes (1919-1984) [90112, Second-Lieutenant, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] ✓
- Walter Mannion (1909-1940) [4609781, Sergeant, 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Denis Gearey Hounsfield (1914-1987) [5384967, Private, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]
- Henry Robinson (c1919-1940) [548048, Aircraftman First Class, 45 Squadron, Royal Air Force] ✓
- Eric Bumford (1918-1995) [935038, Private, Royal Artillery]
- Kenneth Geoffrey Osterley Whitehead (1916-1973) [200260, Lance-Corporal (later Lieutenant), Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Arthur Sykes (c1918-?) [2658863?, Private, Coldstream Guards]
- Eric Harper (c1919-?) [4692617, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 29 June 1940:
- Fred Dearnley (1915-1969) [Private, Territorials] ✓
- Philip Edward Ainley (1910-1940) [77374, Lieutenant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] ✓
- Frank Athorn (1912-1993) [815297, Gunner, 224th Battery, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery]
- Jack Dyson (1919-?) [2659050, Guardsman, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards]
- Harold Sykes (c1919-?) [Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
Huddersfield Examiner 6 July 1940:
- Arnold Firth (1910-1977) [4610400, Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps] ✓
- Eric Marshall (c1918-?) [Gunner, Royal Artillery]
- Frank Bywater (c1899-1940) [2088918, Private, 6th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)] ✓
- Thomas Frank Hawksworth (1918-1973) [Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- James Francis Laherty (1899-1983) [4610643, Sergeant, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 13 July 1940:
- Gwyn Wood Davies (1915-1940) [4615594, Sergeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Kenneth Brook (1919-2002) [4617773, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Terence Ambler Shaw (1914-1940) [4615946, Serjeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Harold Wright (1921-1940) [4615124, Private, 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]
- Frederick Kitchener Fisher (1915-2009) [4619985, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- John Charles Fisher (1920-1990) [4620238, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Bertie Quinn (1905-1984) [4612675, Corporal, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Jack Watson (1919-2000) [4617599, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Alfred Dracup (1919-1940) [4619016, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Sidney Ellam (1920-1978) [4615836, Lance-Corporal, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Arthur Mitchell (1918-1978) [Bandsman, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- William Greenwood (1917-?) [4615601, Corporal, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Eric Mitchell Farrar (1917-1991) [4616054, Corporal, Medical Orderly, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- William Ernest Doyle (1908-1986) [796470, Bandmaster, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Ronald Joseph Dunford (1921-1963) [2328142, Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals]
- George Edward Shaw (1910-?) [4610469, Sapper, Royal Engineers]
- Thomas Edward Pickles (1915-1940) [4268905, Corporal, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Ben Pearson (1921-1982) [4615611, Lance-Corporal, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Norman Gledhill (1921-1945) [4616503, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- George Thomas Dodson (1915-1940) [T/154445, Driver, 4 M.T. Workshop Company, Royal Army Service Corps] ✓
- Jack Hanson Spence (1920-1940) [4616496, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Jack Blakey (1915-1999) [4612313, Private/Bandsman, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Lawrence Ellis (1918-1993) [4615111, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Arthur Simpson (1917-1940) [4613347, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Lewis Schofield (1916-2005) [4616442, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- John Robert Revel Wilkinson (1920-1940) [4616482, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Ronald “Ronnie” Micklethwaite (1920-1940) [636876, Sergeant, No. 4 (Continental) Ferry Pilot Pool, Royal Air Force] ✓
- Jack Dyson (1919-?) [2659050, Guardsman, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards]
Huddersfield Examiner 20 July 1940:
- Harry Richardson (1900-1940) [7597866, Warrant Officer Class II, 4 Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] ✓
- Ronald Edward Brand (1919-1940) [2658448, Guardsman, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards] ✓
- Llewellyn Beaumont Pickup (1918-1940) [3314547, Private, 6th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)] ✓
- Leslie Crowther (1904-1986) [4608004, Sergeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Norman Dawson (1916-1940) [S/162752, Private, No 2 Field Bakery, Royal Army Service Corps] ✓
- Clifford Heppenstall (1919-2008) [4692638, Private, Durham Light Infantry]
- Fred Rangeley (1910-1979) [803534, Private, Seaforth Highlanders]
- Albert Wood (1914-1940) [1869698, Sapper, 7 Field Company, Royal Artillery] ✓
- Arnold Archer Gelder (1916-2001) [T/150897, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps]
- Ernest Gordon Buckley (1917-1940) [4616060, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Harry Haigh (1919-1940) [4614047, Trooper, 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps] ✓
- Joseph Buckley [4390406, Private, 4th Battalion, Green Howards] (Uppermill, Casualty List No.1746 2 May 1945 no longer a PoW)
- Frank Lees (1896-1941) [P/SSX 31720, Able Seaman, Royal Navy] ✓
- Ronald “Ronnie” Micklethwaite (1920-1940) [636876, Sergeant, No. 4 (Continental) Ferry Pilot Pool, RAF] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 27 July 1940:
- Deryck Taverner (1914-1998) [119928, Lieutenant, No.1 Mobile Neuro-Surgical Unit, Royal Army Medical Corps]
- William Robert Henderson (1904-1975) [122385, Major, Royal Army Medical Corps]
- Leslie Crowther (1904-1986) [4608004, Sergeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Norman Dawson (1916-1940) [S/162752, Private, No 2 Field Bakery, Royal Army Service Corps] ✓
- Clifford Heppenstall (1919-2008) [4692638, Private, Durham Light Infantry]
- Kenneth Earnshaw (1918-1979) [3319069, Private, Highland Light Infantry] ✓
- Albert Gerard Rimmer (1918-1998) [461334, Sergeant, 1st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers] ✓
- Guy Turner (1912-1982) [Flight-Sergeant, Royal Air Force]
- Arnold Archer Gelder (1916-2001) [T/150897, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps]
- Denis Gearey Hounsfield (1914-1987) [5384967, Private, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]
- Herbert Flatt (1914-1972) [13012386, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- Harold Midwood (1920-1940) [3314550, Private, 6th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)] ✓
- Arthur Edward Morrison (1915-1990) [13022200, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- James Edward “Sammy” North (1916-1999) [13022212, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- John Ronald “Ronnie” Lindley (1916-1996) [13022170, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
Huddersfield Examiner 3 August 1940:
- Kenneth Granville Walker (1922-1940) [625837, Sergeant, Royal Air Force] ✓
- William Edgar Wood (1916-1940) [T/167601, Driver, 13 Troop Carrying Coy., Royal Army Service Corps] ✓
- Jack Lindsay (1918-1986) [3319082, Private, Gordon Highlanders]
- Patrick Redican (1917-1979) [13022231, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- Harry Raby (1915-1986) [13022229, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- James Edward “Sammy” North (1916-1999) [13022212, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- John Ronald “Ronnie” Lindley (1916-1996) [13022170, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- Leslie Dearnley (c1920-1993?) [4615955, Lance Corporal, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Stanley Whitehead (1918-1983) [3451873, Fusilier, Lancashire Fusiliers]
- Frank Kenworthy (1919-1968) [3451764, Fusilier, Lancashire Fusiliers]
- Clifford Heppenstall (1919-2008) [4692638, Private, Durham Light Infantry]
Huddersfield Examiner 10 August 1940:
- George Taylor (1900-1983) [2637, Lieutenant-Colonel, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- William “Billy” Tyas Lawton (1920-1999) [75866, Captain, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Henry “Harry” Williamson (1915-1989) [2759600, Private, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)]
- Robert Battye (1920-1979) [T/149131, No.1 Ambulance Car Company, Private, Royal Army Service Corps]
- George Armitage Battye (1916-2007) [518638?, Air Gunner, 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force]
- Jack Myers (1920-1976) [4616433, Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Fred Myers (1918-1990) [Private, ???]
- James Francis Laherty (1899-1983) [4610643, Sergeant, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] ✓
- James Edward “Sammy” North (1916-1999) [13022212, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- Frederick Kitchener Fisher (1915-2009) [4619985, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- John Charles Fisher (1920-1990) [4620238, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Patrick Redican (1917-1979) [13022231, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- Arnold Lodge (1919-2019) [1520797, Gunner, 2/1 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery]
- John William Kaye (1916-1969) [4618910, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Harry Leonard Bateson (1914-1984) [4619629, Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- John Bateson (1915-1942) [4615832, Corporal, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 17 August 1940:
- George Taylor (1900-1983) [2637, Lieutenant-Colonel, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- William “Billy” Tyas Lawton (1920-1999) [75866, Captain, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Deryck Taverner (1914-1998) [119928, Lieutenant, No.1 Mobile Neuro-Surgical Unit, Royal Army Medical Corps]
- Peter Smailes Ingham (1917-2003) [67407, Captain, 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]
- Jack Lindsay (1918-1986) [3319082, Private, Gordon Highlanders]
- Douglas Arnold Harpin (1917-1998) [4616484, Platoon Sergeant Major, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Edward Haigh (1919-1940) [7600257, Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] ✓
- Jack Blakey (1915-1999) [4612313, Private/Bandsman, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Fred Rangeley (1910-1979) [803534, Private, Seaforth Highlanders]
- Alec Dyson (1918-1995) [2361115, Private, Royal Army Service Corps]
- Harry Raby (1915-1986) [13022229, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- George Armitage Battye (1916-2007) [518638?, Air Gunner, 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force]
- Robert Battye (1920-1979) [T/149131, No.1 Ambulance Car Company, Private, Royal Army Service Corps]
- Francis Elliott Macvie (1915-2006) D.S.C. [Lieutenant, Royal Navy]
- John Stanley Booth (1919-1958) D.F.C. [41658, Pilot-Officer, Royal Air Force] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 24 August 1940:
- Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd (1913-1996) V.C. [37860, Flight-Lieutenant (later Squadron Leader then Wing Commander), Royal Air Force]
- Guy Turner (1912-1982) [Flight-Sergeant, Royal Air Force]
- Clifford Taylor (1909-?) [4617520, Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Charles Albert Ellam (1920-1940) [2047103, Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals] ✓
- Eric Mitchell Farrar (1917-1991) [4616054, Corporal, Medical Orderly, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- William Greenwood (1917-?) [4615601, Corporal, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Joseph Ernest Dyer (1906-1998) [883549, Acting-Corporal, Royal Corps of Signals]
- John Arthur Scaife (1917-2009) [Aircraftman, Royal Air Force]
- Norman Scaife (1913-2010) [Royal Air Force]
Huddersfield Examiner 31 August 1940:
- Albert Wood (1914-1940) [1869698, Sapper, 7 Field Company, Royal Artillery] ✓
- John Ronald “Ronnie” Lindley (1916-1996) [13022170, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- Bernard Caufield (1906-?) [4606748, Private, York and Lancaster Regiment]
- Arthur Mitchell (1918-1978) [Bandsman, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Leslie Crowther (1904-1986) [4608004, Sergeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Arthur Edward Morrison (1915-1990) [13022200, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- Robert Percival Wood (1903-1966) [T/73124, Lance-Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps]
- Joseph Storer (1916-1940) [T/103828, Driver-Mechanic, Royal Army Service Corps] ✓
- Ben Pearson (1921-1982) [4615611, Lance-Corporal, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Harry Adcock (1918-2003) [1886402, Sapper, 1st Field Park, Royal Engineers]
- Robert Borwell Smailes (1919-1984) [90112, Second-Lieutenant, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] ✓
- Lawrence Ellis (1918-1993) [4615111, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Norman Gledhill (1921-1945) [4616503, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- George Bamford Hirst (1907-1967) [107876, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps]
- Leslie Archer Bamforth (1917-1976) [954491, Gunner, Royal Artillery]
Huddersfield Examiner 7 September 1940:
- Leonard Firth () [Aircraftman 1st Class] (wedding to Mary Ramsden)
- Fred Barton () [Driver] (awarded M.M.)
- Douglas Beverley (1918-1969) [4616375, Sergeant (later Lance-Sergeant), 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- George Armitage Battye (1916-2007) [518638?, Air Gunner, 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force]
- Robert Battye (1920-1979) [T/149131, Private, No.1 Ambulance Car Company, Royal Army Service Corps]
- Alfred Bailey (1909-1973) [Lance-Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps]
- Albert Gerard Rimmer (1918-1998) [461334, Sergeant, 1st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers] ✓
- Bertie Quinn (1905-1984) [4612675, Corporal, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Sam Hartley (1920-1979) [883771, Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals]
- George Bamford Hirst (1907-1967) [107876, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps]
- Alexander Edwin Reay (1918-1982) [1520856, Gunner, Royal Artillery]
- Clifford Hargreaves (1916-1993) [4619045, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Arnold Firth (1910-1977) [4610400, Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps]
- Eric Marshall (c1918-?) [Gunner, Royal Artillery]
- Norman Castle (1918-2005) [Private, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)]
- William Greenwood (1917-?) [4615601, Corporal, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Douglas Arnold Harpin (1917-1998) [4616484, Platoon Sergeant Major, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Ronald Joseph Dunford (1921-1963) [2328142, Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals]
- Norman Heap (1919-1997) [1545147, Gunner, Royal Artillery]
- Thomas “Tom” Briggs (1908-2000) [4617601, Second-Lieutenant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Sidney Ellam (1920-1978) [4615836, Lance-Corporal, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
- Geoffrey Arthur Rigby (1917-1940) [532880, Corporal, Royal Air Force] ✓
- Bernard Cooper (?) [Sapper, Royal Engineers]
- Arthur Molloy (1918-1995) [3452256, Private, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers]
- Herbert Henry Howarth (1921-?) [4615340, Bandsman/Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- James Chadwick (?) [Sergeant] (1921?)
- Kenneth Earnshaw (1918-1979) [3319069, Private, Highland Light Infantry] ✓
- Arthur Sykes (c1918-?) [2658863?, Private, Coldstream Guards]
- Edgar Sykes (?) [Coldstream Guards] (Arthur’s brother)
Huddersfield Examiner 14 September 1940:
- Thomas Emrys Westmoreland (1913-1940) [741143, Sergeant, 616 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] ✓
- Douglas Arnold Harpin (1917-1998) [4616484, Platoon Sergeant Major, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- John Foster (c1916-?) [Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals]
- Arthur Cross (1919-1947) [4614929, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- William Galvin (1913-1985) [4534761, Lance-Sergeant, 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment]
- Norman Heap (1919-1997) [1545147, Gunner, Royal Artillery]
- George Edward Shaw (1910-?) [4610469, Sapper, Royal Engineers]
- Leslie Dearnley (c1920-1993?) [4615955, Lance Corporal, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- George Dunkerley (?) [?] of Gladstone Terrace, Greenfield
- Edward Ramsden Broadhead (1917-1954) [Second-Lieutenant (later Captain), Royal Marines]
Huddersfield Examiner 21 September 1940:
- Geoffrey Norman Gaunt (1916-1940) [91230, Pilot Officer, 609 Squadron, Royal Air Force] ✓
- Edward Ramsden Broadhead (1917-1954) [Second-Lieutenant (later Captain), Royal Marines]
- Geoffrey Arthur Rigby (1917-1940) [532880, Corporal, Royal Air Force] ✓
- William Galvin (1913-1985) [4534761, Lance-Sergeant, 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment]
- George Thomas Dodson (1915-1940) [T/154445, Driver, 4 M.T. Workshop Company, Royal Army Service Corps] ✓
- Norris Allen Cooper (1918-1978) [Private, Durham Light Infantry]
- Lawrence Allen (Cooper?) [Private] (adopted brother of above, “serving in India”)
- Jack Storey (1919-1999) [2328912, Driver, Royal Corps of Signals]
- Fred Hirst (1900-1940) [3300461, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 28 September 1940:
- Robert Henry Gordon (1917-1940) [943151, Leading Aircraftman, 9th Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] ✓
- Frank Athorn (1912-1993) [815297, Gunner, 224th Battery, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery]
- Jack Watson (1919-2000) [4617599, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Clifford Porter (1906-1981) [4608016, Lance-Corporal, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers]
- John Rider (24) [?] (survived the HMS Royal Oak, possibly John W. Rider b Q1 1914 Hudd née Dyson)
Huddersfield Examiner 5 October 1940:
- Eric Bumford (1918-1995) [935038, Private, Royal Artillery]
- Harold Dawson Moorhouse (1919-2002) [2060197, Gunner, Royal Field Artillery]
- George Bernard Moorhouse (1909-1975) [Cameron Highlanders]
- Harry Webster (1885-1940) [Serjeant, 26th West Riding (Huddersfield) Battalion, Home Guard] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 12 October 1940:
- George Taylor (1900-1983) [2637, Lieutenant-Colonel, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Ronald Ivor Barden (1914-1972) [150168, Lieutenant (later Major), East Yorkshire Regiment]
- Leslie Wood (1919-1940) [D/SSX 31337, Telegraphist, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Foresight] ✓
- Peter Wilks (1920-1982) [2658925, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards]
- Gerald Howarth (1916-1978) [Lance-Bombardier, ???]
Huddersfield Examiner 19 October 1940:
- Kenneth Brook (1919-2002) [4617773, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Harry Schofield (1895-1963) [Company Sergeant-Major, Canadian Army?]
- Peter Wilks (1920-1982) [2658925, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards]
- Percy John Proud (1910-1965) [2024903, Lance-Corporal, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
Huddersfield Examiner 26 October 1940:
- Brian Butterworth (1920-1940) [4616283, Private, 2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Percy John Proud (1910-1965) [2024903, Lance-Corporal, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Eric Mitchell Farrar (1917-1991) [4616054, Corporal, Medical Orderly, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Herbert Strickland (1909-1940) [2817814, Private, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 2 November 1940:
- David Moore Crook (1914-1944) [90478, Pilot Officer (later Flight Lieutenant), 609 Squadron, Royal Air Force] ✓
- John Houlbrook (1925-?) [R210477, Merchant Navy]
- Herbert Swallow (1880-1940) [Senior Air Raid Warden (Scholes)] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 9 November 1940:
- Joe Donovan Baxter (1920-1994) [Able-Seaman, Royal Navy]
- John Stanley Booth (1919-1958) D.F.C. [41658, Pilot-Officer, Royal Air Force]
- Albert Ernest John Shaw (1919-1940) [D/JX 168761, Able-Seaman, Royal Navy] ✓
- William Ernest Doyle (1908-1986) [796470, Bandmaster, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
Huddersfield Examiner 16 November 1940:
- Albert Ernest John Shaw (1919-1940) [D/JX 168761, Able-Seaman, Royal Navy] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 23 November 1940:
- James Joseph Butterly (1900-1940) [120656, Second Lieutenant, Royal Corps of Signals] ✓
- Frank Bywater (c1899-1940) [2088918, Private, 6th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)] ✓
- John Gent (1919-1940) [1521014, Gunner, 371 Battery, 43rd (5th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery] ✓
- Hector Verdun Power (1916-1985) [1589560, Gunner, Royal Artillery]
Huddersfield Examiner 30 November 1940:
- Dennis O’Brien (1914-1984) [Able-Seaman, Royal Navy]
- Norman Dawson (1916-1940) [S/162752, Private, No 2 Field Bakery, Royal Army Service Corps] ✓
- Frank Booth (1918-?) [4617482, Private, 2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
Huddersfield Examiner 7 December 1940:
- Tom Birkhead (1920-1940) [86438, Second-Lieutenant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Maxwell Birkhead (1917-1988) [Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Richard Lawrence Verity (1913-1940) [85279, Pilot-Officer, Royal Air Force] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 14 December 1940:
- George Arnold Binks (1917-1940) [943809, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] ✓
- George Longden (1895-1976) M.M. [Officers’ Emergency Reserve > Royal Artillery]
Huddersfield Examiner 21 December 1940:
- George Arnold Binks (1917-1940) [943809, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] ✓
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 #10057Notes:
- 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:
- Alfred Dracup (1919-1940) [4619016, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Keith Heaton Pearson (10 Jun 1918-?) [Royal Marines]
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:
- Richard Ernest Fenton (1920-1941) [646171, Sergeant, Wireless Operator, Royal Air Force] ✓
- Reggie Irvine (1918-1941) [D/KX 93437, Stoker, H.M.S. Huntley, Royal Navy] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 22 February 1941:
- Lionel Richard Willis (1916-2004) M.M. [742172, Sergeant Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
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:
- Frederick “Ted” Green (1899-1941) [100597, Aircraftsman 1st Class, 951 Balloon Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] ✓
- Vincent Hallas (1922-1941) [553968, Sergeant, 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force] ✓
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:
- Thomas Greenwood (30 Nov 1914-2001) [?] (1939, Ancestry)
- George Eric Nutton (19 May 1908-2 Dec 2002) [Chief Engineer, Royal Navy] (Ancestry)
- William “Billy” Tyas Lawton (1920-1999) [75866, Captain, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Frank Brearley (1916-1941) [3322178, Private, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)] ✓
- Fred Senior Jessop (1919-1941) [950861, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 12 April 1941:
- Harry Jackson (1920-1941) [968607, Leading Aircraftman, 84 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] ✓
- TODO Robert Inglis (1920-1941) [T/244982, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps]
Huddersfield Examiner 19 April 1941:
- Norman Fisher (1920-1940) [4691133, Private, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] ✓
- Kenneth Mitchell (1916-1941) [3320212, Private, 2nd Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders] ✓
- James Henry McNamara (1917-1985) [Stoker, Royal Navy] (1921, Ancestry)
Huddersfield Examiner 26 April 1941:
- Kenneth Mitchell (1916-1941) [3320212, Private, 2nd Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders] ✓
- TODO John Breen (1918-1941) [3191950, Private, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers]
- TODO John Melville Taylor (1913-1941) [936556, Sergeant, Wireless Operator, 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force]
- TODO Herbert Rodger Haigh (1916-1941) [3321431, Private, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)]
- TODO Raymond Mellor (1918-1941) [4622403, Private, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Lionel Richard Willis (1916-2004) M.M. [742172, Sergeant Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
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:
- TODO Gordon Lockwood (1912-1941) [C/MX 50055, Articifer 2nd Class, H.M.S. Juno, Royal Navy]
- Alec Barnard Lockwood (20 Jul 1910-14 Feb 1993) [Royal Air Force] (brother of the above)
- TODO George Edward Bannaghan (1914-1941) [1568658, Gunner, 125 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery]
- ^ John Dyson Eastwood (1913-1983) [Radio Officer, Merchant Navy]
- James Crosland Bentley (6 Jan 1904-1981) D.S.M. [K 62785, Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy] (Ancestry)
- TODO Lavina Sycamore (1886-1941) née Gartside [civilian]
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)
27 November 2023 at 11:39 pm #100601942
Huddersfield Examiner 28 February 1942:
- George Bamford Hirst (1907-1967) [107876, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps]
27 November 2023 at 11:39 pm #100631943
Huddersfield Examiner 18 December 1943 (fireworks manufacturer Henry Shaw & Sons explosion at Lepton on 10 December):
- Gladys Hanson (1910-1943) [civilian of Grove Place, Lepton] ✓
- Margaret Shaw (1923-1943) [civilian of Rowley Hill, Lepton] ✓
27 November 2023 at 11:39 pm #100641944
Huddersfield Examiner 26 February 1944 (Lion Fireworks factory fire at Lepton):
- Elsie Ayrton Green (1920-1944) [civilian employed as an armaments inspector] ✓
- John Haw (1915-1944) [civilian] ✓
- Eva Marjorie Higgins (1907-1944) née White [civilian] ✓
- Christiana Shipley Johnson (1908-1944) née Hoggard [civilian] ✓
- Eileen Johnson (1922-1944) née Mathison [civilian] ✓
- Joan Nield (1922-1944) [civilian] ✓
- Barbara Pickles (1919-1944) [civilian] ✓
- Evelyn Robinson (1905-1944) née Lumb [civilian] ✓
27 November 2023 at 11:39 pm #100671945
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)
- CWGC Clifford Mazey (1926-1945) [14445867, Private, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry] (née Knapton)
- Ralph Hardcastle (14 Feb 1913-13 Feb 1959) [?] (“of Springdale Street, Thornton Lodge”, Ancestry)
Huddersfield Examiner 3 May 1945:
- George William Cowley (21 Nov 1905-?) [Company Sergeant Major, Queens Own Yorkshire Dragoons] (baptism, 1921, marriage, Ancestry, WYAS, WYAS)
- Tom Brook (5 Nov 1923-2003) [Private, Durham Light Infantry] (son of Allan Brook of 637 Leeds Road, 1939, Ancestry)
- Harold Cartwright (30 Jun 1906-?) [Lance-Corporal] (son of William Arthur & Charlotte, wife Mary, 1939, mother 1939, Ancestry)
- Herbert Flatt (1914-1972) [13012386, Private, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps]
- Clifford Balmforth (9 Jan 1922-26 Jun 1991) [Gunner, Royal Artillery] (1939, PoW, Ancestry, death)
- Alec Dyson (1918-1995) [2361115, Private, Royal Army Service Corps]
- Jack Mallinson (27 Dec 1916-1988) [Private, 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment] (1921, parents 1939, Ancestry)
- Alexander Edwin Reay (1918-1982) [1520856, Gunner, Royal Artillery]
- Douglas Arnold Harpin (1917-1998) [4616484, Platoon Sergeant Major, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- John William Kaye (1916-1969) [4618910, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
- Norman Gledhill (1921-1945) [4616503, Private, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment] ✓
- Philip Briton Victor Gilleard (23 Jul 1907-1988) [Flight-Sergeant, Royal Air Force] (1939)
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 #100681946 onwards
Huddersfield Daily Examiner 27 February 1946:
- Philip Blackburn (1920-1965) [627118?, Aircraftman (later Warrant Officer), Royal Air Force] ✓
Huddersfield Examiner 4 March 1950:
- Thomas “Tom” Briggs (1908-2000) [4617601, Second-Lieutenant, 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment]
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