Johnson: In addition to general sources identified elsewhere the author is particularly grateful for the assistance of the individuals who contributed to the information about this Kirkby serviceman. He would be very happy to record their names here in any future edition. Hudson: May Barnes; Margaret Leece; Andy Moss; George Woods (newspaper cutting); Commonwealth War […]
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany. (Pictures: Richard and Jel Todd) Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany. (Pictures: Richard and Jel Todd) Son of James and Isabella Cartmell of ‘Cumbria’, Sandside. Sergeant / Air Gunner, 2226063, 12 Squadron, RAF Volunteer Reserve. Killed 2nd March 1945 in a raid over Cologne, aged 21. Buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany, Block
Son of William and Anne Isabell Farish, of ‘Bank House’, Sandside;husband of Kathleen May (née Dickinson). Pilot Officer / Air Bomber Fraser Farish, 188313, 97 Squadron RAF Volunteer Reserve. Killed 10th November 1944 near Cernay-en-Dormois, Marne, France, aged 21. Buried in the Clichy Northern Cemetery, Paris, France, Plot 16, Row 13, Collective Grave 3. Commemorated
Son of Amos and Maggie Spry of Wallend. Lieutenant, 276064, 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps. Killed near Cheux, France, 30th June 1944, aged 22. Commemorated on the Bayeux Memorial, Calvados, France, Panel 10 Column 2, and in the Book of Remembrance of Ulverston Grammar School (now Ulverston Victoria High School). William George Spry’s parents
Private Clarence Chambers, 3715835, 1st Battalion Essex Regiment (Special Forces, ‘Chindits’). Accidentally killed 12th May 1944, Indo-Burmese border, aged 29. Buried in Kohima War Cemetery, India. Clarence Chambers came as a baby from Shap to Kirkby to live with his grandparents, Mr and Mrs Atkinson, first at Bank House, and then in a cottage (since
Son of George and Mary Simpson of Soutergate. Private, 3859707, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Killed in Sferro, Sicily, 20th July 1943, aged 27. Buried in Catania War Cemetery, Sicily. Also commemorated on the war memorial at Field Broughton, Cumbria and in the Book of Remembrance of the Highlanders in Edinburgh Castle. Fred Simpson was the
Of Chapels Row, and previously of Witherslack. Husband of Grace (née Barnes). Gunner, 1809178, 79 Battery 21st Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died as a prisoner of war, 17th January 1943 at Fukuoka No. 1 Camp, (also known as Kumamoto), Japan, aged 36. Buried in Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan, Plot P, Row C, Grave 16.
Son of Parker and Elizabeth Johnson of Wall End, and younger brother of Ben. Merchant Navy Commissioned Electrician, serving on Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Rawalpindi. Died when sunk off Iceland, 23rd November 1939, aged 43. Also commemorated on the Liverpool Naval Memorial, Panel 3, Column 2. (The only ‘Commissioned Electrician’ named on that memorial –
