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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:

        • John “Jack” Richardson Ramshaw (1911-1972) D.F.M. [562599, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force]

        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:

          • 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) [7618141, Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (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:

          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:

          Huddersfield Examiner 24 May 1941:

          • †✓ James Alexander McMenemy (1917-1941) [1907684, Driver, 4 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers]
          • †✓ Norman Douglas Dunn (1918-1941) [1512349, Gunner, 52 Battery, 65 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]

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

          • †✓ Owen Ellis Hulme (1915-1941) [P/JX 172637, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy]
          • †✓ Martin Dempsey (1916-1941) [P/JX 172622, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy]
          • †✓ David “Dai” Morgan Evans (1911-1941) [P/KX 108911, Stoker 2nd Class, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy]
          • †✓ Kenneth Abbott (1913-1941) [P/JX 251542, Ordinary Coder, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy]
          • †✓ George Oswald Campbell (1920-1941) [D/SSX 25776, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Gloucester, Royal Navy] (born Leeds)
          • Thomas William Smailes (16 Dec 1908-2 Apr 1971) [Surgeon-Lieutenant, Royal Navy] (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]
          • † Cyril Leslie Sturgess (26 Jul 1912-24 May 1941) [P/JX 132426, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy] (CWGC but not local)
          • 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:

          • 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 Q , death)
          • †✓ John Harold Goldthorpe (1919-1943) [T/119369, Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps]
          • Roy Kilner (6 Feb 1921-?) [7890509, Trooper, 3rd The King’s Own Hussars] (née Bottomley, 1921, PoW Q, Ancestry)
          • James William Byram (6 Jun 1916-2002) [2661871, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards] (1939, PoW Q)

          Huddersfield Examiner 28 June 1941:

          • ^ James William Byram (1916-2002) [2661871, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards]
          • Leslie Wright (1916-2004) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (married Lily Howarth on 21 October 1940 at Almondbury Zion Methodist, home 95 Northgate, Almondbury, Ancestry)
          • John Hepworth (1917-1992) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (Ancestry)
          • †✓ Stanley Oldfield (1912-1941) [1002067, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
          • †✓ Edgar Samuel Fry (1912-1941) [P/KX 81989, Petty Officer Stoker, H.M.S. Vanessa, Royal Navy]
          • †✓ John “Jack” Desmond Schofield (1917-1941) [P/JX 201963, Ordinary Telegraphist, H.M.S. Vanessa, Royal Navy]
          • †✓ Jack Woodhead (1920-1941) [949901, Aircraftsman 2nd Class, 220 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]

          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 (15 Sep 1915-28 May 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] (photo, missing, son of Mr Jessop of 75 Broadlands, Meltham)

          Huddersfield Examiner 26 July 1941:

          • †✓ Roy Secker (1922-1941) [1108746, Aircraftsman 2nd Class, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]
          • Wilfred Yeoman (17 Apr 1917-1997) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo, missing, brother of Florence Yeoman of 47 Beech Street, Paddock, Ancestry)
          • Rev. William John Terence Oakley (1 Jan 1908-17 Apr 1984) [Private, Australian 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)
          • 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)
          • CWGC John Howard Wilford (c1922-20 Jul 1941) [2598007, Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals] (inquest at Huddersfield, open verdict/possible suicide, 1939?)

          Huddersfield Examiner 2 August 1941:

          • ^ William Eastwood (1908-1988) [403855, Staff-Sergeant, 9th (Yorkshire Dragoons) Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] (photo, PoW)
          • ^ Wilfred Yeoman (17 Apr 1917-1997) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW)
          • Leslie Rowsell (23 May 1913-1993) [2615719, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders] (missing, son of James Rowsell of 5 Moorside Avenue, Crosland Moor, PoW Q)
          • 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)
          • Norris Harold Varley (3 Feb 1918-5 Sep 1982) [Trooper, Scottish Commandos] (missing in Middle East, son of Mrs. E. Varley of Crimble Clough Farm, Slaithwaite, Ancestry)
            • Leonard Varley (14 Aug 1911-1981) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (brother)
            • Hilda Mabel Varley (23 Aug 1915-?) [W.A.A.F.] (sister)
          • Willie Sykes (37) [Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps] (PoW in Italy, son of Harry Sykes of Beech House, Slaithwaite)
          • Bertram Walker (20) [Private, K.O.Y.L.I. > Cameron Highlanders] (missing, home 56 Commercial Street, Huddersfield, son of W. Walker)
          • Garnett Carter (20) [Private, 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders] (missing, son of J. Carter of 10 Queen Street, Paddock)
          • †✓ Eric Radley Senior (c1913-1941) [4746193, Private, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment]
          • ^ Frederick Rice (6 Jan 1918-1998) [T/157583, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW, son of ? of 35 Victoria Street, Moldgreen)

          Huddersfield Examiner 9 August 1941:

          • CWGC David Marcus Batley (3 Sep 1913-3 Aug 1941) [88671, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (funeral at Holmfirth, son of Frank Batley)
          • ✓ Neil Brook (19) [1062111, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (died)
          • 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] (photo, missing)
          • ^†✓ Eric Radley Senior (c1913-1941) [4746193, Private, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment] (photo)
          • ^†✓ David Marcus Batley (3 Sep 1913-3 Aug 1941) [88671, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (photo, Ancestry)
          • 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:

          • ^ Bertram Walker (20) [Private, K.O.Y.L.I. > Cameron Highlanders] (photo, PoW in Italy)
          • †✓ Frank Lees (1896-1941) [P/SSX 31720, Able Seaman, Royal Navy] (photo, died)
          • †✓ Charles Irvine Hinchliff (1896-1941) [Able Seaman, S.S. Rothermere, Merchant Navy] (died)
          • CWGC Fred Lunn (21) [C/SSX 32894, Able Seaman, Royal Navy] (accidental death, fell from train)

          Huddersfield Examiner 30 August 1941:

          • CWGC Harry Morrison Foden (22) [7371979, Private, Royal Army Medical Corps] (photo, died)
          • George Tolson (21) [Trooper] (missing, son of Henry Kershaw, Big Valley, Berry Brow)
          • ^ Denis Greswolde Cook (24 Sep 1921-1994) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW)
          • Reggie Brook Dyon (24) [Private, “Scottish Regiment”] (photo, PoW, son of Edna Dyson of 93 Beech Street, Paddock)
          • Arthur Perier Holdsworth (19) [Sergeant-Pilot, R.A.F.] (wounded PoW, son of Arthur Holdsworth of The Cedars, 50 Gledholt Road, Huddersfield)
          • ^ John Hepworth (1917-1992) [Driver, Royal Army Service Corps] (PoW)

          Huddersfield Examiner 6 September 1941

          • George Henry Brook (28) [Sergeant, R.A.F.] (photo, missing, son of F. Brook of 35 Silver Street, Moldgreen)
          • CWGC William Durrans Day (23) [Private, Signals Platoon (D.W.R.)] (died, funeral, son of N. B. Day of 429 Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor)
          • ^ Arthur Perier Holdsworth (19) [Sergeant-Pilot, R.A.F.] (photo)
          • Thomas Parkinson (?) [Sergeant-Observer, R.A.F.] (photo, missing, son of Fred Parkinson of 267 New Hey Road, Outlane)

          Huddersfield Examiner 13 September 1941

          • …

          Huddersfield Examiner 20 September 1941

          • CWGC Claude Sowden (24) [4541803, Private, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment] (died in train crash)
          • ^ William Durrans Day (23) [Private, Signals Platoon (D.W.R.)] (photo)

          Huddersfield Examiner 27 September 1941

          • …

          Huddersfield Examiner 4 October 1941

          • E. J. Ainslie Williams (?) D.F.C. [Flying Officer, R.A.F.V.R.] (photo, awarded DFC, son of F. Ainslie Williams, grandson of late E. J. Bruce of The Gables, Edgerton)
          • Jack Seed (21?) [Lance-Corporal, Royal Engineers] (photo, PoW, son of Robert Seed of 11 Newsome Road)
          • ^ Leslie Rowsell (23 May 1913-1993) [2615719, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders] (photo, PoW)
          • †✓ George Thomas Dodson (1915-1940) [T/154445, Driver, 4 M.T. Workshop Company, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo, presumed dead)
          • Harry V. Mallinson (24) [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

          • CWGC Frederick Lounds (21) [D/KX 97587, Stoker 2nd Class, H.M.S. Ardent, Royal Navy] (photo, died, son of Mrs. J. Lounds of 44 Waterloo Rise)
          • 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 (?) D.S.C. [Lieutenant, Royal Navy] (awarded DSC, son of Brigadier-General R. E. Sugden of Brighouse)
          • 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)
          • CWGC Walter John Lee (1920-30 Oct 1941) [545781, Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force] (died, son of William Lee & Alice Eurydice (née Reinhardt) of 47 Storths Road, Birkby, born Bristol 1921, 1939 parents)

          Huddersfield Examiner 8 November 1941

          • CWGC Tom Pearson (17 Mar 1920-3 Nov 1941) [S/198783, Serjeant, Royal Army Service Corps] (photo, died, son of Ernest Pearson of 772 Manchester Road, Linthwaite, Ancestry, Ancestry)
          • CWGC Harry Davenport Jones (1917-29 Oct 1941) [325351, Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps, Queen’s Own Yorkshire Dragoons] (photo, died, home 347 Bradford Road, Huddersfield, son of Benjamin Jones, née Davenport, 1921)
          • CWGC Alec Crowther Wilkinson (1916-1 Nov 1941) [Lieutenant, Royal Navy] (died, son of Frank Crowther Wilkinson late of Ing Lees, Marsden, née Brown, 1921, Ancestry)

          Huddersfield Examiner 15 November 1941

          • ^†✓ James Edward Donnelly (1909-1941) [1027604, Aircraftman 2nd Class, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (photo, presumed lost)
          • †✓ Thomas George White (1921-1941) [913459, 7/4 Maritime Regiment, Lance Bombardier, Royal Artillery] (photo, missing)
          • CWGC John Lemuel Holloway (13 Dec 1919-8 Nov 1941) [947424, Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (missing, son of W. Holloway of 21 Knowle Avenue, Moldgreen, 1939, Find a Grave)
          • Bernard Edward Hepworth (12 Dec 1906-18 Sep 2001) [Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Ark Royal, Royal Navy] (missing, son of John Albert Hepworth of 4 Storth Avenue, Cowlersley, 1911, 1921, Ancestry)

          Huddersfield Examiner 22 November 1941

          • CWGC Sidney Clarke (30) [P/JX 273545, Able Seaman, H.M.S. President III, Royal Navy] (photo, presumed died, husband of K. Clarke of 3 Yew Tree Road, Birchencliffe)
          • ^ 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 (27) [Stoker, H.M.S. Ark Royal, Royal Navy] (reported safe, son of J. H. Taylor of 19 Grove Street, Slaithwaite)
          • Douglas Reading (21) [Air Mechanic 1st Class, H.M.S. Ark Royal, Royal Navy] (reported safe, son of W. H. Reading of 6 Pighill Top, Slaithwaite)
          • ^ Bernard Edward Hepworth (34) [Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Ark Royal, Royal Navy] (reported safe)
          • CWGC Ernest Rex Butterworth (16 Nov 1920-2 Oct 1942) [149856, Flying Officer, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force] (accidentally knocked down and killed farm labourer James Robert Whitehead (60) on Greenfield Road, née Mallaliew, Ancestry)
            • Martin Joseph French (1916-22 Mar 1943) [149854, Pilot Officer, R.A.F.] (passenger in above car, not local, CWGC)

          Huddersfield Examiner 29 November 1941

          • CWGC Jack Rollinson (11 Apr 1922-26 Oct 1941) [103022, Pilot Officer, 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve] (missing, son of Harry and Agnes Rollinson of 43 Luck Lane, Marsh, 1939, Ancestry)
          • †✓ Gertrude Hardcastle (1914-1941) [W/82140, Private, Auxiliary Territorial Service] (inquest into drowning)

          Huddersfield Examiner 20 December 1941

          • CWGC John Burke (8 Sep 1916-28 Nov 1941) [6093072, Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey)] (photo, missing, son of Mrs. Stenson of 5 Commercial Place, Huddersfield, mother Ellen née Rotchford, father killed in WW1, 1939)
          • CWGC Ronald Hall (29 May 1918-11 Dec 1941) [LT/KX 104368, Stoker, H.M. Yacht Rosabelle, Royal Naval Patrol Service] (photo, missing, son of Ernest Hall of 12 Spring Street, Binn Road, Marsden, 1921, 1939, Ancestry)
          • 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 Crawley (29) [Seaman-Torpedoman, H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Royal Navy] (safe, married, home 142 Yew Tree Road, Birchencliffe, worked as an insurance agent 1950)
          • 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
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            1942

            Huddersfield Examiner 28 February 1942:

            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)
                  • 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:

                  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
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                    1946 onwards

                    Huddersfield Daily Examiner 27 February 1946:

                    Huddersfield Examiner 4 March 1950:

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