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The War Memorial in Hawes
 
There are several War Memorials
 
Tim Transcription
 
The War Memorial in St Margaret’s Church is a wooden panelled screen with 6 panels
 
MICHAEL AKRIGG                           
HERBERT ALLEN                              HARRY COCKETT   
RALPH ALDERSON                          JOHN DINSDALE                 
CHARLES EDWARD BACON           JOHN FAWCETT                  
JAMES BANKS                                  JAMES WHALLEY FRYER  
MILES CALVERT                               DAVID HARKER                   
FREDERICK COCKETT                    JOHN WILLIAM HORN         
 
JOHN IVESON                                   JOHN MOORE METCALFE
NATHAN BURTON IVESON             RALPH TIPLADY METCALFE
JOHN JACKSON                               REGINALD MILBURN
CHARLES HESELTINE JONES       CARL DUGDALE MILNER
ALEXANDER KIRKBRIDE                JAMES HENRY MILNER
ALBERT LEACH                                JOHN MITTON
JOHN CHAYTOR METCALFE          WILLIAM MITTON
 
HAROLD MOORE                             EDMUND STAVELEY
JOHN MOORE                                   GEORGE STAVELEY
JOHN THOMAS MOORE                  LISTER STAVELEY
SIMON MOORE                                THOMAS THWAITE
JAMES PRATT                                  ROBERT WALTON
FRED SHAW                                      THOMAS WALTON
                                                            HENRY WILD                                                
 
The town war Memorial on the Green in Hawes unveiled in July 2016
 
IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE
FROM THE PARISHES OF HAWES AND HIGH
ABBOTSIDE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
TIMES OF WAR TO KEEP OUR NATION SAFE
 
HAWES AND GAYLE 1914-1918
MICHAEL AKRIGG                            HERBERT ALLEN
RALPH ALDERSON                          CHARLES E BACON
                                    JAMES BANKS                                  THOMAS M BIRTLE
GEORGE BUTT                                 MILES CALVERT
FREDERICK COCKETT                    HARRY COCKETT
JOHN DINSDALE                              JOHN FAWCETT
JAMES W FRYER                              DAVID HARKER
JOHN W HORN                                 JOHN IVESON
NATHAN B IVESON                           JOHN JACKSON
CHARLES H JONES                          ALEXANDER KIRKBRIDE
ALBERT LEACH                                FANNY MASON
JOHN C METCALFE                         JOHN M METCALFE
RALPH T METCALFE                        REGINALD MILBURN
CARL D MILNER                                JAMES H MILNER
JOHN MITTON                                  WILLIAM MITTON
HAROLD MOORE                             JOHN MOORE
JOHN THOMAS MOORE                  SIMON MOORE
JAMES PRATT                                  FRED SHAW
EDMUND STAVELEY                       GEORGE STAVELEY          
HENRY WILD
           
   1939-1945               
JAMES IVESON                                NORMAN H MEANWELL
JAMES METCALFE                           NORMAN R MOORE
STANLEY P MOORE                        THOMAS WATSON
THOMAS D WHALLEY                      JOHN P O’CONNOR
    HARDRAW 1914 -1918
HAROLD BELL                                   HARRY CHILTON
ROWLAND HARPER                        SAMUEL KIRK
JAMES MOORE                                WILLIAM MOORE
EDMUND STAVELEY                       ROBERT SHARPLES
   1939-1945
JOSEPH RYLANDS                          CHARLES WARD
FRANCIS J WATSON                        ROBERT WATSON
 
The Methodist Chapel has now closed but this plaque was moved to the Parish Church
 
THIS ORGAN IS ERECTED
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF THIS TOWN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918
 
PRECIOUS SHALL THEIR BLOOD BE IN HIS SIGHT
 
In the Church a brass plaque
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JAMES WHALEY FRYER
OF ROOKHURST, GAYLE AGE 24 YEARS
22 NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS
TYNESIDE SCOTTISH
KILLED AT LA BOISELLE
JULY 1916
and another
IN LOVING MEMORY
THOMAS DAWSON WHALEY
OF ROOKHURST GAYLE
CAPTAIN 83RD FIELD REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY
KILLED IN ACTION BEFORE CAEN
JULY 17TH 1944 AGED 34
 
Tim The Fallen
 
 
Those who Fell in WW1
 
AKRIGG, Michael
Rifleman, 1st/7th Battalion (Leeds Rifles) TF, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no. 268427.
He died from his wounds on Wednesday 13 March 1918. He was 23.
He was the son of Michael and Margaret Akrigg, White Birk, Hawes.
He is buried in the Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres.
 
ALLEN, Herbert   
Second Lieutenant, 56 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
He was posted missing, presumed killed on Saturday 10 August 1918. He was 19.
He was the son of Elijah and Alice Allen, Rose Cottage, Gayle, Hawes.
He is remembered on The Arras Flying Corps Memorial.
 
ALDERSON, Ralph
Private, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 2 Guards Brigade, Guards Division.  Army no. 24371.
He was killed in action on Wednesday 27 March 1918. He was 22.
He is remembered on The Arras Memorial.
He was born in Hawes in the quarter ending December 1897. There is another Ralph Alderson from the area who served in the Machine Gun Company but he appears to have survived.
 
BACON, Charles Edward
Private 2nd/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 185 Brigade, 62 Division.  Army no. 2935.
He died whilst on active service on Friday 26 January 1917. There was an outbreak of Scarlet Fever at the time. He was 38.
He was the son of John and Emily Bacon, Newcastle-on-Tyne and the husband of Hilda I Bacon, Lane House, Hawes. He was born in Leyburn.
He is buried in Sainte Marie Cemetery, Le Havre and his headstone is inscribed He sleeps with England’s heroes in the watchful care of God.
 
BANKS, James
Private, 1st/5th Battalion TF, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 147 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no. 5836.
He died on Wednesday 26 July 1916 from his wounds received at the battle of Pozières Ridge. He was 23.
He was the son of William and Ann Banks, Burtersett, Hawes.
He is buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension.
 
BIRTLE, Thomas Metcalfe
Gunner, 138th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.  Army no. 71474.
He died from natural causes on Thursday 28 September 1916. He was 21.
He was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Birtle, The Thoms, Hawes.
He is buried in the Lembet Road Military Cemetery, Salonika, Greece and his headstone is inscribed Just as I am without one plea O Lamb of God I come to Thee
 
BUTT, George
Gunner, D Battery, 14th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. Army no. 122064.
He was killed in action on Thursday 7 September 1916 on the battle fields of the Somme. He was 21.
He was the son of Frederick H and Mary A Butt, Main Street, Long Preston.
He is buried in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban and his headstone is inscribed Peace Perfect Peace.
 
CALVERT, Miles
Gunner, 137th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.  Army no. 76751.
He died from his wounds on Wednesday 24 April 1918 at the 49th Casualty Clearing Station. He was 36.
He was the son of Thomas and Mary Calvert, Buttersett, Hawes.
He is buried in Boves West Communal Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Peace Perfect Peace.
 
COCKETT, Frederick
Private, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, 1 Guards Brigade, 1st Division.  Army no. 6006.
He was killed in action on Thursday 29 October 1914 in the Battle of Gheluvelt, Ypres. He was 28.
He is remembered on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
 
COCKETT, Harry
I believe he served as Private Crockett, 3rd Infantry Regiment, South African Regiment, Army no 10916.
He was killed in action on 20 September 1917. He was 18.
He was the son of Henry and Betsy S Cockett.
He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
 
DINSDALE, John
Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division.  Army no. 36063.
He was killed in action on Friday 28 September 1917 at the Battle of Polygon Wood. He was 24.
He was the son of William and Ann Dinsdale, Garris, Gayle, Hawes.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
 
FAWCETT, John
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, 12 Brigade, 4th Division.  Army no. 25846. He also served as Private, Army no 137633 with the Royal Artillery.
He was killed in action on Tuesday 12 December 1916 on the Somme. 
He is buried in Combles Communal Cemetery Extension between Albert and Bapaume.
 
FRYER, James Whalley
Second Lieutenant, 22nd Battalion (3rd Tyneside Scottish), The Northumberland Fusiliers, 104 Brigade, 34th Division.
He was killed in action on Saturday 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 24.
He was the son of Edith Fryer, Kingarth, 5 Moorside, Fenham, Newcastle-on-Tyne and the late Major James Whaley Fryer.
He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial.
 
HARKER, David
Private, 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, 7 Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division.  Army no. 16723.                                                                                                                                                              
He was killed in action on Thursday 8 August 1918. He was 26.
He was the son of Margaret Harker, 14 Pilgrim Street, Nelson and the late Thomas Harker.
He is remembered on The Vis en Artois Memorial.
 
HORN, John William 
Private, 4th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment), 150 Brigade, 50th Division.  Army no. 5176.
He was killed in action on Wednesday 27 September 1916 in the Battle of Morval on the Somme. He was 20.
He was the son of Jeremiah H and Margaret A Horn, Burtersett, Hawes and the husband of Jane A Horn, Burtersett, Hawes.
He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial.
 
IVESON, John
Private, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 1st Guards Brigade, Guards Division. Army no 18622
He died from his wounds on Wednesday 14 March 1917. He was 31.
He was the son of Edward and Mary Iveson and the husband of Margaret Iveson, Bridge End, Gayle, Hawes. He was born in Wynd Gayle.
He is buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte and his headstone is inscribed Ever Remembered by his Loving Wife and Daughters, Bridge End, Gayle.
 
IVESON, Nathan Burton
Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment) 62 Brigade, 21st Division.  Army no. 39267.
He was killed in action on Thursday 4 October 1917 during the German retreat to the Hindenburg line. He was 29.
He was the son of John and Mary Iveson and the brother of John Iveson, Gayle Lane, Hawes.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
 
JACKSON, John       
Private, 1st Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 64 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no 30656. He also served as Private, Army no 20537 with Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment).
He was killed in action on 16 April 1918 in the Battle of the Lys. He was 23.
He was the son of Thomas and Hannah Jackson, Appersett, Hawes.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
 
JONES, Charles Heseltine
Corporal, 9th (Service) Battalion, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), 64 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 42986. He also served as Private, Army no 30/464 with The Northumberland Fusiliers.
He was killed in action on Friday 1 June 1917 fighting on the Hindenburg Line. He was 19.
He was the son of Christopher and Ann Jones, The Crown Hotel, Hawes.
He is buried in Henin Communal Cemetery Extension.
 
KIRKBRIDE, Alexander
Gunner, 56th Division Medium Trench Mortar Y Battery, Royal Field Artillery.  Army no. 129805.
He died from his wounds on Saturday 17 February 1917 in the Casualty Clearing Station at Merville. He was 22.
He was the son of Alexander and Mary Elizabeth Kirkbride, Fawhead Farm, Gayle, Hawes.
He is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery Extension.
 
LEACH, Albert
Gunner, 88th Battery, 14th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.  Army no. 44227
He was killed in action on Wednesday 12 July 1916 on the Somme. He was 23.
He was the son of Ambler and Joanna Leach, Rose Cottages, Hawes.
He is buried in Mesnil Ridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart and his headstone is inscribed He sleeps with England's Heroes in the Watchful Care Of God.
 
MASON, Fanny
Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.
She died at sea on Tuesday 10 April 1917. She was 27.
She was the daughter of Thomas and Catherine E Mason, Ivy Court, Giggleswick.
She is remembered on The Salta Memorial in Sainte Marie Cemetery, Le Havre.
Additional information
HM Hospital Ship Salta had left Cowes Roads at 04.00 on 10 April for Le Havre, escorted by a Destroyer. The weather was fair but the wind increased.
HMHS Salta struck a mine half a mile north of Whistle Buoy, Le Havre.  She was returning to pick up wounded from the harbour when she struck a mine at 11:43 hours.  The explosions smashed the hull near the stern in the engine room and hold number three. Water rushed into the disabled ship which listed to starboard and sank in less than 10 minutes. Of the 205 on board, nine nurses, 42 member of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) and 79 crew were killed.
The British patrol boat HMS P-26 attempted to come alongside to assist but also struck a mine and sank.
 
METCALFE, John Chaytor
Major, 13th (Service) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, 74 Brigade, 25th Division. 
He was killed in action on Friday 7 July 1916 on the Somme battlefields. He was 34.
He was the son of John A and Emily G Metcalfe.
He is buried in Ovillers Military Cemetery near Albert and his headstone is inscribed Their glory shall not be blotted out.
 
METCALFE, John Moore
Gunner, A Battery, 161st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no. 111935.
He was killed in action on Thursday 3 October 1918 in Flanders. He was 23.
He was the son of Agnes Airey, 6 Taunton Street, Wavertree, Liverpool. He was born in Hawes.
He is buried in Bellicourt British Cemetery, north of St Quentin.
 
METCALFE, Ralph Tiplady
Private, 12th (Service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 68 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no. 45122. He also served as Private, with The East Yorkshire Regiment.  Army no. 36899.
He died, probably of natural causes, in the 62nd General Hospital which was in Bordighera on Wednesday 21 November 1917. He was 33.
He was the son of John and Jane Metcalfe, Bainbridge Ings, Hawes.
He is buried in Bordighera, British Cemetery, Italy and his headstone is inscribed Bainbridge Ings, Hawes, Yorkshire, England.
 
MILBURN, Reginald WILLIAM
Private, 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 3rd Guards Brigade, Guards Division.  Army no. 24384. 
He died from his wounds on Saturday 16 September 1916 in no 1 Casualty Clearing Station in the village of Corbie. He was 27.
He was the son of James and Mary Milburn, Hutton Rudby.
He is buried in La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie.
 
MILNER, Carl Dugdale
Lance Corporal, The East Surrey Regiment, Army no 36894, posted to 1st/23rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment, 142 Brigade, 47th Division. 
He was killed in action on Thursday 22 August 1918 in the Battle for Albert. He was 32.
He was the son of Christopher and Priscilla Milner, Bridge Street, Hawes.
He is remembered on The Vis en Artois Memorial.
 
MILNER, James Henry
Rifleman, 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles), The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 124 Brigade, 41st Division.  Army no. C/13003.
He was killed in action on Sunday 17 September 1916 in the Battle of the Somme. He was 19.
He was the son of Sarah Blades previously Milner Blades, Far End, Garsdale, Sedbergh and the late Thomas Milner.
He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial.
 
MITTON, John
Private, 2nd Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment), 21 Brigade, 30th Division.  Army no.  30383.
He was killed in action on Monday 9 April 1917 in the first Battle of the Scarpe. He was 40.
He was the son of Warren and Helen Mitton and the husband of Mary T Mitton, Hill Top, Leyburn.
He is buried in Neuville-Vitasse Road Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed although the years roll by thy memory with us will never die.
 
MITTON, William
Private, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 3 Guards Brigade, Guards Division.  Army no. 24372.
He died from his wounds on Tuesday 15 October 1918 in the Casualty Clearing Station in the village of Beugny. He was 37.
He was the son of William and Sarah Mitton, Hawes.
He is buried in Delsaux Farm Cemetery, Beugny.
 
MOORE, Harold
Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division.  Army no. 60619.
He died from his wounds on Thursday 24 October 1918 in the Casualty Clearing Station in Prémont. He was 20.
He was the son of Richard and Mary Moore, Catriggs, Hawes.
He is buried in Prémont British Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed He died that we might live.
 
MOORE, John
Gunner, 24th Trench Mortar Y Battery, Royal Field Artillery.  Army no. 50517
He died from his wounds on Wednesday 22 May 1918 having been brought back to England for further medical attention. He was 23.
He was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Moore, Hawes.
He is buried in the Churchyard of St Margaret’s Church, Hawes and his headstone is inscribed His name liveth for ever also his brother Joseph 6th January 1974 age 71 At Rest.
           
MOORE, John Thomas
Lance Corporal, 6th/7th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, 45 Brigade, 15th Division.  Army no. 16144.
He was killed in action on Thursday 18 April 1918. He was 38.
He was the husband of Clara Moore, 20 Hartley Street, Nelson.
He is remembered on The Ploegsteert Memorial.
 
MOORE, Simon
Private, 7th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment) 50 Brigade, 17th Division. Army no. 20541.
He was killed in action on 5 November 1916. He was 19.
He was the son of William Moore.
He is buried in Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps.
 
PRATT, James
Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment, 51 Brigade, 17th Division. Army no. 49716.
He was killed in action on Friday 5 April 1918.
He was born in Hawes but I have not established his family background. 
He is buried in Gommecourt British Cemetery no 2, Hebuterne
 
SHAW, Fred
Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment) 69 Brigade, 23rd Division.  Army no. 28757.
He was killed in action on Thursday 7 June 1917 in the battle of Messines. He was 23.
He was the son of David and Eliza Shaw, Slaithwaite.
He is remembered on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
 
STAVELEY, Edmund
Private, 9th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division.  Army no 28233.
He died from his wounds on 9 June 1917. He was 29
He was the son of Edmund and Mary Staveley and the husband of Agnes Staveley His birth is registered as Stavley.
He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
 
STAVELEY, George
Private, 32nd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 11th Division.  Army no. 29408.
He died on Monday 2 September 1918 from his wounds which he received in the fighting in the second battle of Arras. He was 22.
He was the son of Mary Staveley, Padiham, Burnley.
He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.
and his elder brother
STAVELEY, Lister     
Private, 123rd Company, Machine Gun Corps, 41st Division.  Army no. 29407. He also served as Private, Army no 9658, with The Royal Fusiliers.
He died from his wounds on Friday 15 September 1916 which he received in the fighting on the Somme. He was 22.
He was the son of Mary Staveley, Padiham, Burnley.
He is buried in La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie.
 
THWAITE, Thomas
Private, 5th Battalion TF, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment) 150 Brigade, 50th Division.  Army no. 242720 and 5530.
He was killed in action on 11 April 1917 in the first Battle of the Scarpe.
He is buried in Croix du Bac British Cemetery, Steenwerck.
 
WALTON, Robert
Private 1st Garrison Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry Brigade. Army no. 34584. He had also served as Private, Army no 6002 with The East Lancashire Regiment.
He died on active service at sea on Tuesday 6 March 1917. He was 43.
He was the husband of Mary J Walton, 54 Ardwick, Burnley.
He is remembered on The Basra Memorial.
 
WALTON, Thomas
Private, 6th (Service) Battalion Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment) 32 Brigade, 11th Division.  Army no. 17799.
He was killed in action on 14 September 1916, he was involved in the Capture of the Wonder Work on the Somme. He was 32.
He was the son of Christopher and Hannah Walton, Appleby and the husband of Agnes A Walton, The Hill, Hawes.
He is buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile.
 
WILD, Henry  MC
Lieutenant, 14th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), The Northumberland Fusiliers attached to 1st Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment, 62 Brigade, 21st Division.
He was killed in action on Wednesday 21 August 1918 at the Battle of Albert. He was 23.
He was the son of Henry and Margaret E Wild, Hawes.
He is buried in Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Somme.
 
 
Those who fell in WW2
 
IVESON, James
Ordinary Seaman HMS Asphodel Royal Navy. RN no D/JX 420974.
Thursday 9 March 1944. He was 19.
He was the son of Thomas and Agnes Ann Iveson, Gayle.
He is remembered on The Plymouth Naval Memorial.
Additional information
At 01.54 hours on 10 March 1944, the German submarine U-575 attacked convoy SL-150, which was combined with convoy MKS-41 and sank HMS Asphodel west-northwest of Cape Finisterre. 92 of the crew were lost. Just five survivors were picked up by HMS Clover. After the attack the U-boat was hunted by escorts for 18 hours but managed to escape.
 
METCALFE, James
Ordinary Seaman, HMS Drake, Royal Navy. RN no D/JX 241291.
He died probably of natural causes whilst on active service on Monday 5 May 1941. HMS Drake is the Shore Base at Dartmouth. He was 26.
He was the son of Thomas and Sophia I Metcalfe, Hawes.
He is buried in the Churchyard of St Margaret’s Church, Hawes and his headstone is inscribed I give unto them Eternal Life; and They shall never Perish
 
MEANWELL, Norman Henry
Sergeant, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 755671.
He was killed on active service on Wednesday 7 May 1941. He was 29.
He was the son of Percy G. and Florence E Meanwell and the husband of Margaret F Meanwell, Hawes. A.I.B.
He is remembered on The Runnymede Memorial.
Additional information
Blenheim IV R3742 WV-X took off at 10.25 hours from RAF Portreath in North Cornwall on an anti-shipping patrol. She crashed, streaming flames after attacking a cargo vessel. All 3 of the crew died.
 
MOORE, Norman Richard
Lieutenant, Durham Light Infantry attached to 5th Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force. Army no 258318.
He died on active service on 20 January 1945 in Burma. He was 21.
He was the son of Richard and Annie M Moore, The Thorns, Hawes.
He is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma and in Hawes churchyard there is a memorial stone which confirms this information.
 
MOORE, Stanley P
Sergeant 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1125511.
He was killed on active service on Thursday 27 May 1943. He was 21.
He was the son of Harold and Helena M More, Hawes.
He is remembered on The Runnymede Memorial.
Additional information
Stirling I BF405 HA-U took off at 22.52 hours from RAF Downham Market to lay mines off the Frisian Islands. The aircraft was lost without trace. It is suggested that she was shot down by a German night-fighter. It is also believed that this was the crew’s first operational sortie
 
John P O’CONNOR
There are two possible candidates
O'CONNOR John Patrick 
Private, 2nd Cheshire Regiment. Army no 4126078.
He was killed on active service on Friday 24 May 1940 during the Retreat to Dunkirk when
Hondschoote was the scene of heavy fighting. He was 19.
He is buried in Hondschoote Communal Cemetery.
or
O'CONNOR John Patrick 
Sergeant, 224 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Army no 627424.
He was killed on active service on Monday 30 September 1940.
He is buried in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery, North Ormesby
 
WATSON, Thomas
Pilot Officer, 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no.161042.
He was killed on active service on 26 November 1943. He was 23.
He was the son of Charles and Alice Watson, Chapel Street, Hawes.
He is remembered on the RAF Memorial at Runnymede.
Additional information
Lancaster III JB221 OW-W took off at 00.30 hours from RAF Bourn on 26 November on a bombing raid to Frankfurt. The aircraft crashed at Brandau near Reinhelm. All 7 of the crew died.
 
WHALEY, Thomas Dawson
Captain, 83rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 1011178.
He died on active service on 17 July 1944 just a few weeks after D Day. He was 34.
He was the son of James and Mary Whaley, Hawes and the husband of Renee M Whaley, Rookhurst, Hawes.
He is buried in Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, near Caen.
 

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