War Memorials

Bentley War Memorial, photo courtesy of Keith Wilburn

This page records the WW1 and WW2 memorials and graves of Bentley and Arksey. Included here are transcriptions of the War Memorial at St Philips and St James Church, Victoria Road, Bentley; also St Peter's Church, High Street, Bentley. Also included are various CWGC graves in Arksey Old Cemetery and Arksey New Cemetery, and the Civilian War Memorial in Arksey New Cemetery.

Also included is additional information on the war dead, which comes from the Doncaster War Memorials website.

In addition to the memorials is a new section featuring ephemera and photos of the war dead submitted by readers.

Contents

• Bentley War Memorial
• St Peter's Church WW1 Memorial
• Other WW1 Memorials in Arksey Old/New Cemeteries
• Other WW2 Memorials in Arksey New Cemetery
• Civilian War Memorial in Arksey New Cemetery
• War Scrapbook
• Further Reading

Old photo of the war memorial,
photo courtesy of Tom Booth.

Bentley War Memorial 

St Philip and St James Church, Victoria Road, Bentley.

Inscription

RIP - LEST WE FORGET - GREAT WAR 1914-1918 IN LOVING MEMORY OF (80 NAMES) MAKE THEM BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS IN GLORY EVERLASTING.1939-1945 (72 NAMES)

1914 - 1918

A - Z of Names

Allen, H; Anderson, J W; Andrews, J W; Ashford, W. 

Barker, G; Brown, H; Brown, J W; Burgin, S.

Chambers, C; Clifton, R; Connell, S H; Connell, T J; Cooke, C; Cooke, T; Cope, W; Cox, H; Crich, J; Crowcroft, J.

Deacon, F; Deakin, T H; Dobson, W; Don, K; Dunstan, E.

Ellis, C; Elsey, L; Evison, E.

Fletcher, W; Foster, H.

Geary, B; Grant, F; Gregory, F.

Hall, A; Hardy, A; Harrison, T E; Hatfield, J; Havenhand, E; Havenhand, J; Hickling, H; Huckaby, A; Hunt, W.

Jackson, B; Jackson, J; James, O; Jinks, D.

Kirkham, H.

Lane, D L.

Machin, D; Maddison, J; Markman, R; Marshall, Marshall, W; M R; Martin, A A; Moore, E; Morton, S.

Norris, I.

Parker, A; Parrot, W; Pease, L; Pester, A; Platts, E: Portman, J; Price, L; Priest, P.

Rooke, J E; Rose, J H; Rowland, J; Rowland, T.

Screen, A; Sheldon, C; Shin, G F; Spencer, M; Stevenson, G.

Trickett, A.

Warman, G; Woolley, A; Woolley, W; Wright, S.

Yates, J.

WW1 Memorial, photo courtesy of Keith Wilburn

1939 - 1945

A - Z of Names with Additional Information

ALLEN, JOHN (2360839)

Royal Corps of Signals - 50th Div Sigs

28 May 1940, aged 21

Locre Hospice Cemetery

Died with the British Expeditionary Force during the France and Belgian Campaign, 1939/40.

AUSTIN, VICTOR MARCEL SPENCER (535414)

Royal Air Force - 957 Balloon Sqdn.

15 November 1941, aged 23

Bentley-with-Arksey New Cemetery, plot G474

Died on active service. Death registered in Yeovil.

Victor M S Austin

BARCOCK, ERNEST (LT/JX 302124)

Royal Naval Patrol Service - H.M. Drifter Ocean Retriever

22 September 1943, aged 20
Lowestoft Naval Memorial
Sunk by a mine in the Thames Estuary.

BEEBY, SAMUEL (1807468)

Royal Artillary - 258 Battery, Lt. A.A. Regt.

3 October 1944

Enlisted 1941. To 47th LAA 20/10/1941

Florence War Cemetery

Killed in action in Italy

BRAZIER, EVERARD (3186285)

King's Own Scottish Borderers - 1st Bn.

Between 29/05/1940 - 02/06/1940, aged 29

Dunkirk Memorial

Died with the British Expeditionary Force during the France/Belgium 1939/1940 Campaign.

BRAZIER, LAWRENCE (2663250)

Coldstream Guards - 5th Bn.

28 June 1944, aged 29

St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, France

Died during the Western European 1944/45 Campaign.

BROWN, CYRIL (T/179498)

Royal Army Service Corps

15 July 1941, aged 27

Bentley-with-Arksey New Cemetery, plot G471

Died in the UK.

Cyril Brown

BURROWS, NORMAN ARTHUR (4392942)

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) - 1st Bn.

21 August 1943, aged 23

Catania War Cemetery, Sicily

Died during Sicily Campaign.

CAMPLEJOHN, STANLEY (4693798)

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 2/4th Bn.

27 February 1943, aged 25

Born Doncaster

Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery

North Africa.

CARTLIDGE, HERBERT (4391532)

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 12th (10th Bn. The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regt.]) Bn.

12 September 1944

Ranville War Cemetery

Died during the Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45.

CLARK, HARRY (1134863)

Royal Artillery - 20 Anti Tank Regt

9 June 1944, aged 23

La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres

Killed in action on D-Day+3, after landing on Sword Beach with the 3rd Infantry Division.

COCKBURN, T

Details unknown.

COOK, DENNIS (P/JX 333321)

Royal Navy - H.M.S. President III / SS Sheaf Mount

24 August 1942, aged 20

Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Between 01.38 and 01.41 hours on 25 aug 1942, U-605 fired four single bow and one stern torpedo from a distance of about 4000 metres at the outermost starboard column of convoy ONS-122 southeast of Cape Farewell. Detonations on three ships were observed after 5 to 7 minutes and one ship was seen to catch fire and sink within a minute after breaking in two. Two ships, Katvaldis in station 92 and Sheaf Mount in station 94 were sunk in this attack.

CUBBAGE, LOUIS (P/MX 557731)

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Victory

14 January 1944, aged 18

Bentley-With-Arksey New Cemetery, plot C258

Died on war service, death registered in Gosport. 

Louis Cubbage

CUSWORTH, JOHN (868833)

Royal Artillary - 31 Field Regt.

30 April 1943, aged 26

Enfidaville War Cemetery

Killed in action in Southern Tunisia.

DEXTER, FRANCIS VALENTINE (1525810)

Royal Artillary - 13 Anti Tank Regt.

26 November 1944, aged 27

Forli War Cemetery

Killed in action in Italy.

FRANKS, JOHN (4538513)

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn.

25 March 1941, aged 19

Keren War Cemetery

Died in Eritrea during the Third Battle of Keren.

GORDON, WALTER (884362)

Royal Artillary - 31 Field Regt.

15 December 1941, aged 21

Alamein Memorial

Killed in action at Tobruk.

GRAIN, JOHN WILLIAM (1807481)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 9 Sqdn.

18 October 1943, aged 19

Runnymede Memorial

Lancaster mk III ED499 airborne from Bardney on a mission to Hanover. Crashed 20:30 some 300 metres north west of Isernhagen, 10 km north east from Hanover where six are buried in the City's War Cemetery. Sgt. Grain is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

GRIFFITHS, JOHN (4539327)

Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) - 10th Bn.

16 February 1945, aged 22

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

Died during the Western European 1944/45 Campaign.

GUYLER, REX (2662102)

Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn.

Between 16/03/1943 - 17/03/1943, aged 30

Medjez-El-Bab Memorial

Died in North Africa

HARVEY, WILLIAM JOHN (C/JX 279344)

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Dasher

27 March 1943, aged 21

Chatham Naval Memorial

Lost when the aircraft carrier suffered an internal petrol explosion whilst in the Firth of Clyde, and sank with the loss of 379 of 528 crew.

HAVENHAND, ERIC (1957550)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 2 (C) O.T.U.

8 August 1943, aged 28

Frederikshavn Cemetery

Beaufighter Ic T4729. The aircraft belonged to RAF 20TU Coastal command. T/O Catfoss. OP: Training. The aircraft is believed to have crashed into the North Sea killing both crew members. the body of Pilot Sgt. Eric Havenhand was found in the sea 8 kilometres east of Lille Skagen on 8/10 and was laid to rest in Frederikshavn Cemetery on 16/10/1943.

HEATH, FREDERICK (D/JX 368806)

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Kite

21 August 1944, aged 20

Plymouth Naval Memorial

Lost when vessel sank in the Norwegian Sea.

HEWITT, JOSEPH (14660710)

East Yorkshire Regiment - 5th Bn.

25 September 1944, aged 19

Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Died during the Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45.

HICKMAN, JOHN D (4452899)

Durham Light Infantry - 8th Bn.

2 November 1942, aged 23

El Alamein War Cemetery

Died during the Battle of Alamein.

HIGSON, WILLIAM ERIC (4687964)

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. - 3rd Bn.

29 January 1943, aged 31

Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery

Died in North Africa.

HINCHLIFFE, JAMES LAMBERT TERENCE (1088305)

Royal Air force Volunteer Reserve - 60 O.T.U.

6 May 1944, aged 23

Adwick-le-Street Cemetery

Mosquito HJ699 - From 60 OTU ORB; 6th May, 10.40 hrs. St J L T Hinchliffe (1088305), Staff Pilot took off for an air test with as passenger, Sgt P G O Reynolds (743245) (from the training wing orderly room). Engine trouble was experienced in the circuit and the pilot indicated that he would make a single engine landing. He crashed 200 yards from the runway. The pilot was killed instantly, while the passenger died of his injuries. Accident card; Air Test. "Pilot was making forced landing on drome after engine failure on take off. He slipped in port wing 200 yards from runway. Pilot did not retract undercarriage after take off and did not feather prop. Failed to carry out set drill".

James Hinchliffe

Photo courtesy of Gerald Sables.

HORNSBY, LESLIE (1520754)

Royal Artillery - 2 Bty, 1 Searchlight Regt.

Between 25/05/1940 - 26/05/1940, aged 21

Enlisted 1938

Dunkirk Memorial

Killed in action with the BEF during the France/Belgium 1939/40 Campaign.

JAMFREY, JOHN LUMSDEN (2764642)

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 10th Bn.

25 May 1943, aged 23

Bentley-with-Arksey New Cemetery, plot E24

Died in the UK.

John L Jamfrey

JONES, GLYNN (1684714)

Sergeant - Royal Air force Volunteer Reserve - 460 RAAF Sqdn.

31 March 1944, aged 20

Son of Sarah Ann Jones, of Bentley, Doncaster, Yorkshire

Durnbach War Cemetery

Lancaster mk III ND 738 coded AR-E airborne 22:19 on 30 March from Binbrook to bomb a target in Nurnberg. shot down by a night-fighter when approaching the target area and crashed 01:00 on 31 March 1944 at Ermreuth, 4 km WSW of Grafenburg.

JONES, JOHN ALBERT (4750480)

York and Lancaster Regiment - The Hallamshire Bn.

18 February 1945, aged 27

Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Died during the Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45.

KNOTT, ARCHIBALD CHARLES (C/KX 98179)

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Achates

25 July 1941, aged 20

Chatham Naval Memorial

Killed when ship was severely damaged by a mine off Seidisfjord, Iceland. After engine failure due to contamination of fuel, struck British mine in field SN69 of Northern Barrage off Iceland, in position 64.25N 12.45W.

LAWTON, WILLIAM

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. Saker

25 September 1943, aged 20

Pensacola (Barrancas) National Cemetery

Fleet Air Arm, Saker, Pensacola Naval Air Station, air crash SNJ 4 Texan. Mid air collision.

LLOYD, KENNETH (5055567)

Royal Artillery - 4/2 Maritime Regt.

28 August 1941, aged 29

Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Died at sea, ex 'Otaio'.

MARSDEN, SIDNEY CHARLES (D/MX. 74400)

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Drake

21 April 1941, aged 19

Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery

Killed in an air raid on Plymouth.

MARTIN, THOMAS RAYMOND (14991470)

Parachute Regiment, A A C - 13th 2/4th Bn. The south Lancashire Regt Bn.

16 February 1947, aged 23

Bentley-with-Arksey New Cemetery, plot J89

Died in the UK.

Thomas R Martin

Photo courtesy of Janet Roberts

MCKENZIE, ERIC (981691)

Royal Horse Artillery - 104 The Essex Yeomanry Regt.

2 December 1941, aged 29

Tobruk War Cemetery

Died in North Arfica.

MOTTISHAW, HERBERT EDWARD (1593482)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 97 Sqdn.

14 January 1944, aged 19

Runnymede Memorial

Lancaster JB726 coded OF-Y airborne 16:50 on 14 January 1944 from Bourn for a raid on Brunswick. One of the crew is buried in Hanover War Cemetery; the others are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

NICHOLSON, J J

No details known.

NICKLIN, ARTHUR BERNARD (1684306)

Royal Air force Volunteer Reserve - 15 Sqdn.

5 January 1945, aged 22

Rheinberg War Cemetery

Lancaster LL923 coded LS-O airborne 11;29 from Mildenhall to bomb the railway yards at Ludwigshafen. Cause of loss and crash-site not established.

OAKLAND, LEONARD (213631)

Royal Army Service Corps

24 October 1943, aged 31

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery

Died as a Japanese PoW.

OSBORNE, STEVEN (4694838)

Lincolnshire Regiment - 6th Bn.

5 January 1944, aged 27

Cassino War Cemetery

Died in Italy.

POTTER, KENNETH (1889387)

Royal Engineers - 276 Field Coy

6 October 1940, aged 21

Bentley-with-Arksey New Cemetery, plot F177

Died in the UK.

Kenneth Potter

PRICE, WILLIAM (C/JX 354672)

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Copra (83rd LCM Flotilla)

14 July 1943, aged 20

Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily

Killed during the invasion of Sicily.

RADFORD, HAROLD (872579)

Royal Artillery - 5 Searchlight Regt.

5 March 1943, aged 23

Singapore Memorial

Presumed died while a PoW, Malaya.

RAINS, WALTER ELLIS (2664363)

Coldstream Guards - 3rd Bn.

21 September 1943, aged 25

Salerno War Cemetery

Died in days after landings in Italy at Salerno.

RAMSAY, DAVID (1684235)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 1667 HCU

23 January 1944, aged 21

Bentley-with-Arksey New Cemetery, plot G133

Halifax mk V DG358 take off from Faldingworth for a high-level cross-country. At a little before 14:40, flying at 20,000 feet, the starboard outer engine failed and the Halifax lost height, soon being swallowed up in thick storm clouds. Icing built up and within seconds the bomber was plunging out of control, its starboard wrenched off as it fell and smashed into the starboard tail section. Crashed into fields near Cwm Farm scattering debris along the the banks of the Nant-Rhyd-ros-lan at Bryn-y-groes, about a mile SSW of Bwlch-y-ffridd.

David Ramsay

RAY, ERNEST (1800832)

Royal Artillery - 158 Bty., 33 Lt. A.A. Regt.

10 October 1944

Arezzo War Cemetery

Killed in action in Italy.

RAYNER, ALBERT (4690311)

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 2nd Bn.

5 June 1942, aged 29

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma

Died in North Africa.

RAYWORTH, GEORGE WILLIAM (1497074)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 6 BPO

29 March 1946, aged 25

Naples War Cemetery

Died in Italy.

RODWELL, GEORGE (1568726)

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) - 10th BN.

18 February 1947, aged 31

Bentley-with-Arksey New Cemetery, plot J167

Died in Doncaster.

George Rodwell

ROGERS, JOHN KENNETH (1835335)

Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C. - 1st

17 June 1944, aged 22

Bayeux Memorial

Died during the Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45.

ROOTH, ARTHUR MERRITT (P/JX 235523)

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Belmont

31 January 1942, aged 24

Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The HMS Belmont was serving in the 3rd Escort Group when she was torpedoed south of Newfoundland. there were no survivors, all 138 crew members perished.

ROWLEY, GEORGE WILLIAM (1074254)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - ATS Craig Army Air field, USA

5 February 1942, aged 19

Montgomery (Oakwood) Cemetery Annexe

Killed on active service, training in USA.

SELLORS, RAYMOND (1622900)

Royal Air force Volunteer Reserve - 547 Sqdn.

19 September 1944, aged 21

Bentley-with-Arksey New Cemetery, plot G136

Liberator EV881 departed St Eval for an evening anti-submarine exercise using radar, and the recently introduced Leigh Light. Whilst outbound, the aircraft deviated from the intended route and flew into Carn Sian in the Preseli Hills.

Raymond Sellors

SHARPE, JACK LESLIE (4690783)

Royal Artillery - 102 The Northumberland Hussars Anti Tank Regt.

22 November 1941, aged 21

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma

Killed in action during Operation Crusader.

SHAW, FRANCIS HENRY (1454372)

Royal Artillery - H.Q. 53 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Between 29/05/1940 and 30/05/1940, aged 28

Dunkirk Memorial

Killed in action at sea during France and Belgium Campaign, 1939/40.

SMEATON, GEORGE (1020752)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 100 Sqdn.

15 October 1944

Yokohama War Cemetery

Died as a Japanese PoW in camp Fukuoka No 2, Nagasaki as a result of a fracture of the 1st lumber vertebrae.

SMITH, J

No details known.

STAPLETON, ARTHUR OLIVER (4535871)

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - 1st Bn.

6 March 1942, aged 27

Rangoon Memorial

died in Burma.

SWABY, KENNETH CHARLES (1061475)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 37 Sqdn.

2 July 1942, aged 21

Alamein Memorial

Wellington IC Z1179 - shot down from 2500 feet by a night-fighter and crashed approx. 10-15 miles west of the railhead at El Daba, 3-5 miles inland. Attack on enemy concentrations in the battle area around El Daba, Egypt. The sole survivor was an RAF crew member who succesfully baled out but was captured.

TASKER, C. A. (987117 [possibly])*

Royal Artillery, gunner

23 March 1944, aged 25

Bentley-with-Arksey New Cemetery, plot F330.

C. A. Tasker

*Information taken from memorial.

TAYLOR, ARTHUR JAMES (2661445)

Coldstream Guards - 5th Bn.

25 July 1944, aged 27

La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres

Died during the Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45.

TOWLE, FREDERICK DENNIS (4749935)

York and Lancaster Regiment - 1st Bn.

11 August 1943, aged 25

Catania War Cemetery, Sicily

Died in Sicily.

WARD, HAROLD (1060035)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 214 (F.M.S.) Sqdn.

24 may 1943, aged 20

Runnymede Memorial

Stirling BF478 coded BU-G airborne 23:06, 23 May 1943 from Chedburgh Dortmund. Crashed in the sea off the Dutch Friesian islands, cause unknown.

WARD, J

No details known.

WESTFIELD, SAMUEL LINDSAY (C/MX 72636)

Royal Navy - H.M.S. Pembroke

5 December 1940, aged 19

Warmsworth Cemetery

Killed in an air raid on Kent.

WOOLVEN, LEONARD JOHN (110641)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 15 O.T.U.

17 January 1944, aged 29

Bentley-with-Arksey New Cemetery, plot G132

Wellington mk X serial LN506 took off from Harwell at 10:40 for a night flying test only to encounter extremely misty weather. At 10:45 whilst trying to avoid some trees the pilot lost control and crashed on East Ginge Down, roughly 3 miles south west of the airfield.

Leonard J. Woolven

WORBOYS, NORMAN (1542876)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 630 Sqdn.

31 March 1944, aged 22

Rheinberg War Cemetery

Lancaster mk III serial ND337 code LE-S airborne 22.09 on 30 March 1944 from East Kirkby to bomb a target in Nurnberg. Outbound, shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Bickenbach, 4 km SW of Emmelshausen.

YATES, BERNARD (182761)

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 10 Sqdn.

26 December 1944, aged 22

Runnymede Memorial

Pilot of Halifax III aircraft NR246 (markings ZA-Y) that took off from RAF Melbourne in Yorkshire at 12.50 pm to bomb German positions at Saint-Vith in Belgium, part of the Ardennes battle. The aircraft was presumed to be over the target at 3.35 pm and at 4.35 pm a fix was obtained in position 50.57N 15.3E. a minute later a call sign stating "tail damage" was received from approximately over Calais. It was believed the aircraft had plunged into the sea off the Kent resort of Margate at around 4.40 pm.

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St Peter's Church WW1 Memorial

Large brass plaque situated at the back of the nave.

Photo courtesy of Paul Gleadall

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR GOD AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 A.D.

Servers at the Altar

Atkinson-Jowett. J. Leiut.

Ball. D. Corp.

Bell Ringers

Bell. G. L' Corp.

Cranidge. H. Pte.

Elton. C. A. Pte.

Tuplin. G.H. Sapr.

Choristers

Harrison. B. A.B.

White. T.H. Corp. Sig.

Sunday School Teacher

Evans. S. Pte.

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Anderson. W. Pte. Binch. J.L. Pte. Carr. P. Sapr. Cockin. G. Corp. Clark. A.W. Pte. Crump. H.B. Pte. Duke. H. Gunner. Edwards. A. Lieut. Gilbourne. C. Corp. Gascoyne. A.H. Corp. Goodridge. E. Corp. Hunt. H. Pte. Hope. J.H. Pte. Kitching. H.P. L'Corp. Kitchen. H. Pte. Law. R. Pte. Leech. C. Pte. Mason. E. Capt. Mason. C.W. Corp. Peel. G.A. Pte. Pickup. R. Pte. Pickup. E. Pte. Pickup. A. Pte. Poucher. W. Pte. Ryder. E.J. Sapr. Roberts. L. Sergt. Rippon. A. Sergt. Scales. J. Corp. Smith. A. Gunner. Stafford. J.C. Pte. Stones. A. Sgt. Stones. F. Pte. Stones. R. Pte. Stocks. J.H. A.B. White. E. Pte. Walker. G.W. Pte. Yates. H. Sergt. Yates. W. Pte.

'THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE'

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Other WW1 Memorials in Arksey Old/New Cemeteries

BAKER, HENRY (367311)

Labour Corps, Private
24 January 1920, age 43

Old Cemy

Baker

BRYAN, THOMAS L/CPL V.C. 

Northumberland Fusiliers

13 October 1945, age 63

Thomas Bryan V. C.

Read more about Thomas Bryan V. C. here.

COCKIN, GEORGE (99374)

Royal Engineers, Corporal
25 December 1916, age 47

Also added to this memorial:

COCKIN, ISAAC WILLIAM (P/JX 139380) 

Royal Navy, Able Seaman
19 October 1940, age 23
Killed in action.

Cockin

Additional information on Isaac W. Cockin. Able Seaman on HMS Submarine Rainbow. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 38, column 2. He was the son of George and Agnes Ann Cockin of Warmsworth.

Thanks to Janet Roberts for research.




CRANIDGE, H. D. (332794)

Highland Light Infantry, Private
19 June 1917, age 20

Cranidge

ELTON, GEORGE ALBERT (106688)

Royal Engineers, Pioneer
19 February 1916, age 22

Old Cemy.

Elton

HARRIS, SARAH LIZZIE (14909)

Queen Mary's Army Auxilliary Corps, Worker
26 February 1919, age 26

S. L. Harris

Read more about Sarah Lizzie Harris here

MARTIN, ERNEST JAMES (136)

Australian Army Medical Corps, Private

28 April 1917, age 27

Old Cemy.

Martin

SCREEN, ALFRED (166447)

Royal Garrison Artillery, Bombardier

23 July 1919, age 23

Old Cemy.

Screen

STONES, F. W. (17173)

York and Lancaster Regt. Private
29 January 1917, age 20

F. W. Stones

WHITE, T. H. (75039)

Royal Garrison Artillery, Corporal
13 December 1918, age 22

T. H. White

Information taken from memorials in Arksey Old/New Cemeteries.

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Other WW2 Memorials in Arksey New Cemetery

NICHOLSON, J. G. (14612630)

The Gloucestershire Regt.
25 February 1947, age 22

J. G. Nicholson

REAY, J. B. (1025301)

Royal Air Force, Sergeant, Navigator (Bomber)
13 February 1943, age 23.
Bentley-with-Arksey New Cemetery.

J. B. Reay

Information taken from memorials in Arksey New Cemetery.

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Civilian War Memorial in Arksey New Cemetery

On the night of 21 December 1940 bombs fell on part of Bentley and York Road (near the Sun Inn). A number of civilians were killed and this memorial seat was erected in Arksey Cemetery to commemorate them.

In Memory of Civilian War Dead

Rowland John Smith

Winifred Smith

Douglas Smith

James Veater

Doris Wyatt

Henry John Jones

Henry John Jones Jnr

Pamela Doreen Jones

Lilian Emily Windle

George William Windle

Roy Ellis Windle

Peter Albert Whittles

Abraham Wheat

Elsie Buttery

The following additional information is taken from the Doncaster War Memorials website.

Civilians killed at Royston Avenue:

At number 57 - Doris Wyatt, aged 50, wife of James Thomas Wyatt.

At number 59 - Elsie Buttery, aged 53, widow of Roland Buttery. Also Abraham Wheat, aged 77.

At number 61 - Rowland John Smith, aged 33, son of John Smith of 116 Bentley Road. Also Winifred Smith, aged 30, and their son Douglas Smith, aged 3.

At number 63 - George William Windle, aged 47; also his wife Lilian Emily Windle, aged 42; and their son Roy Ellis Windle, aged 13.

At number 65 - John Henry Jones (shown as Henry John Jones on the memorial), aged 40, husband of Olive Jones; and his two children John Henry Jones Jnr (shown as Henry John Jones Jnr on the memorial), aged 11, and Pamela Doreen Jones, aged 9.

Also died - Peter Albert Whittles, aged 16, son of Albert Hansden Whittles and Jessie Ada Whittles, of 40 Watch House Lane. Injured 21 December 1940 at Watch House Lane; died at Doncaster Royal Infirmary 22 December 1940.

Civilians who also died that night and were reported by Bentley-with-Arksey Urban District.

Emma Barker, aged 65, of 62 West End Avenue, Bentley. Daughter of Harry Rodgers, of Newmarket Road, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire; wife of Walter Wilmot Barker. Died at 62 West End Avenue.

Margaret Cadman, aged 21, of 100 Woodlands Road, Adwick-le-Street. Died near Sun Inn, York Road.

Raymond Jarvis, aged 18, son of John and Beatrice Jarvis, of 82 Spring Gardens, Doncaster. Died at 75 Royston Avenue, Bentley.

Bomb damage on Royston Avenue, December 1940

Bomb damage on Royston Avenue, December 1940

Lest We Forget

For an article detailing the events of the Royston Avenue bomb, see the article - When Hitler Came to Call. 

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War Scrapbook

Ephemera, photos and personal stories of the war dead of the local area. 

Thomas Heywood Humber, Corporal T/106795

This postcard was sent to number 12 The Avenue, Bentley from a Japanese Prisoner of War camp by Thomas Humber, who previously resided at the same address.

Despite Tom's positive message his family were informed not long after that he had died of dysentery in that awful place. 

Corporal Thomas Heywood Humber of the Royal Army Service Corps died on the 7th of July 1943 aged 33 years. He was buried at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery in Myanmar.

Pictured below are both sides of the postcard followed by a photo of his war grave.

Postcard Front

Postcard Reverse

Thomas Heywood Humber.
Thanbyuzayat War Grave, Myanmar

Many thanks to Susan Roberts for the submission.

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Further Reading

There are a number of war related articles on this blog which can accessed via the link below.

War Stories

See also, Armistice - One Hundred Years, a celebration of the centenary of the end of WW1.

Many thanks to Keith Wilburn for providing close-up photos of the Bentley WW1 Memorial, from which I could transcribe the names.

Alison Vainlo