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BROWN, HERMON JOHN
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Age: 43
Date of Death: 16/11/1945
Service No: 7257889
Son of John and Clara Brown, of Whiston; husband of Violet Ethel Brown, of Norwich.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Row 1. Centre.
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

C

COUSINS, RONALD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment: Corps of Military Police
Age: 27
Date of Death: 28/03/1943
Service No: 13061759
Son of Joseph Henry and Nellie Cousins; husband of Alice Irene Cousins, of Whiston.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Row 8. Grave 163.
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

F

FOERS, ROBERT HENRY
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Unit : 24th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 24/09/1916
Service No: 1040
Son of Fred F. and Annie M. Foers, of Police Station, Malvern, Victoria, Australia. Born at Donald, Victoria, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Spec. Memorial.
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

FOSTER, ERNEST DAVID
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 24
Date of Death: 17/05/1941
Service No: 999277
Son of John and Florence Mary Foster, of Rotherham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Row 6. Grave 119.
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

H

HEMSWORTH, ALONZO
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Unit : 278 Field Coy.
Date of Death: 23/02/1941
Service No: 1923169
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Row 6. Grave 111.
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

HOCKOLD, WILLIAM
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Signalman
Regiment: Royal Corps of Signals
Unit : 7th A.A. Div. Sigs.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 04/04/1941
Service No: 2585301
Son of Harold R. Hockold and Norah Hockold, of Rotherham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Row 6. Grave 116.
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

J

JAMES, R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Munster Fusiliers
Unit : 7th Bn.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 27/10/1915
Service No: 2115
Son of Fred and Rosella Amelia James, of Guilthwaite, Whiston.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

L

LITTLEWOOD, LESLIE
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit : 61 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 11/11/1942
Service No: 992167
Awards: DFM
Son of Herbert and Eliza Littlewood, of Whiston.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Row 8. Grave 154.
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

M

MYERS, ANTHONY TALBOT
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Age: 21
Date of Death: 10/08/1941
Service No: 1550503
Son of Edgar and Eleanor Mabel Myers, of Rotherham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Row 7. Grave 127.
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

R

ROBERTS, JOHN REGINALD
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Unit : 42 Assault Sqn.
Date of Death: 28/11/1943
Service No: 2135923
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Row 1. Grave 2.
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

W

WAINING, T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Unit : Remounts
Age: 19
Date of Death: 29/11/1918
Service No: 219381
Son of Esther Smith (formerly Waining), of Hillside, Whiston, and the late William Waining.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

WIDMAN, ROY
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age: 19
Date of Death: 08/03/1945
Service No: 1765302
Son of William Swinnerton Widman and Marjorie Widman, of Rotherham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Row 2. Grave 35.
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

WILLOUGHBY, RAYMOND ARTHUR
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 23
Date of Death: 29/12/1943
Service No: T/66209
Son of Douglas and Alice Willoughby, of Whiston.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Row 1. Grave 6.
Cemetery: WHISTON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD

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