War Memorial - Egremont, Cumbria, England - The men behind the names.

Leonard Allott
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Gunner 11257458 19 October 1901, Dukinfield, Cheshire 11 January 1943 41 299 Bty., 96 Lt. A. A. Regt. Royal Artillery Mombasa (Mbaraki) Cemetery, Kenya Son of George and Sarah Allott, nee Wilde. Husband of Emily Allott, nee Shaw.

Leonard Allott was married to Emily Shaw in the Church of St. Mark in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England on 06 September 1919.

England Census 1911 about Leonard Allott and family Residence: Dukinfield, Cheshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Sarah Allott Winifred Allott Thomas Wild Allott Leonard Allott	Wife Daughter Son Son	Married Single Single Single	43 21 15 9	abt. 1868 abt. 1890 abt. 1896 abt. 1902	Dukingfield, Cheshire Dukingfield, Cheshire Dukingfield, Cheshire Dukingfield, Cheshire

George Andrewartha
© ITALY64	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 14572160 20 May 1915 30 November 1943 28 5th Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy Son of Alfred James Andrewartha and Isabell Andrewartha, nee Wilson. Husband of Sarah I. Andrewartha, nee Cunningham, now wife of Joseph O'Neill, of Frizington, Cumberland.

The birth of George Andrewartha was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the second quarter of 1915. His marriage to Sarah Cunningham was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the fourth quarter of 1943.

Henry Bragg
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 3608284 abt. 1923 20 September 1944 21 1st (Airborne) Bn. Border Regiment Groesbeek Memorial, Netherlands Son of George D. and Jane Bragg, nee Lightfoot, of Egremont, Cumberland.

The birth of Henry Bragg was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the second quarter of 1923.

Probably:
The marriage of Henry Bragg to Mary A. Woodgate was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the first quarter of 1944.

Grace Anne Cummings
© Ian Aitken-Kemp	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Wren 72105 08 September 1924, Egremont, Cumberland 15 September 1943, R. A. F. Station Hospital, Kirkham, Lancashire 19 Women's Royal Naval Service, H. M .S. "Nightjar" Egremont Cemetery, Egremont, Cumberland Daughter of William and Jane Cummings, nee Bowness, of Egremont.

John Ellwood (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Captain 256395 abt. 1923 07 July 1945 22 1st Bn. (Liverpool) The King's Regiment (Liverpool) Munster Heath War Cemetery, Germany Son of John (Egremont connected by birth in Bridgefoot) and Mary Ellwood, nee Kennish.

The birth of John Ellwood was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the second quarter of 1923. His mother's maiden name was Kennish.

John Booth Gilbertson
© Uwe	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1698349 abt. 1923 30 January 1944 20 83 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany Son of John Robert and Eva Gilbertson, nee Booth, of Egremont, Cumberland. Avro Lancaster JB352 was shot down by a night fighter over the target during a raid on Berlin. One of the crew survived and was captured.

The birth of John B. Gilbertson was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the third quarter of 1923.

Harold Hillary
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 3601798 abt. 1918 12 August 1942 24 4th Bn. Border Regiment Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata, India Son of John and Margaret Hillary, nee McLean. Husband of Agnes Hillary, nee Branch, of Egremont, Cumberland.

The birth of Harold Hillary was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the second quarter of 1918. His marriage to Agnes Branch was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the third quarter of 1939.

The Hillary family grave in the Egremont Cemetery, Egremont, Cumbria, England:

© Ian Aitken-Kemp

In loving memory of

John Hillary
died Jan. ?0^th 1952,
aged 69 years.

Also his wife
Margaret Ann
died Sep. 28^th 1937,
aged 53 years.

Harold
the son of the above, died in India
Aug. 12^th 1942, aged 24 years.

Albert Renfrey Harper
© Ian Aitken-Kemp	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Bombardier 6204266 abt. 1921 27 May 1943 22 340 Bty., 103 Lt. A. A. Regt. Royal Artillery Egremont Cemetery, Egremont, Cumberland Son of Albert Armstrong Harper and Amelia Harper, nee Renfrey, widow of Tom Wilson, of Egremont, Cumberland.

The birth of Albert R. Harper was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the first quarter of 1921.

John Horne
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Ordinary Seaman D/JX 559521 20 August 1925, Egremont, Cumberland 25 February 1944 18 Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Mahratta" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, UK Son of Joseph E. Horne and Sarah Horne, nee Brown, of Egremont, Cumberland.

William Haile
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Fusilier 3460342 13 November 1910, Bigrigg, Cumberland 30 December 1942 32 10th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar Son of Johnathan and Sarah Haile, nee Rudd, of Bigrigg, Cumberland.

Register for England and Wales, 1939, William Haile Residence: 2, Springfield ??, Ennerdale, Cumberland, England
Name	Marital status:	Birth
Jonathan Haile Sarah Haile William Haile Nora R. Haile	Married Married Single Single	20 January 1881 02 April 1884 13 November 1910 29 April 1916

James Edwards Jackman
© Des Philippet	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Trooper 3599941 abt. 1920 21 October 1944 24 5th Royal Tank Regiment, R. A. C. Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands Son of John and Margaret Jackman, nee Bownas.

The birth of James E. Jackman was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the second quarter of 1920.

Harold Moore
© Ian Aitken-Kemp	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 14551294 abt. 1925 21 March 1945 20 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment Egremont Cemetery, Egremont, Cumberland Son of John and Mary Jane Moore, nee Earl, of Egremont, Cumberland.

The birth of Harold Moore was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the first quarter of 1925.

George Mitchell
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 3601154 abt. 1918 24 May 1940 21 4th Bn. Border Regiment Ailly-sur-Somme Communal Cemetery, France Son of George and Mary Ellen Mitchell, nee Cook, of Egremont, Cumberland.

George Mattinson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Pilot Officer 143576 16 March 1912 03 July 1943 31 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Egremont Cemetery, Egremont, Cumberland Son of Frank and Mary Hannah Mattinson, nee Coulthard, of Egremont. Husband of Elsie Mattinson, nee Farrer, of Egremont. Accidentally drowned.

The marriage of George Mattinson to Elsie Farrer was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the third quarter of 1942.

Register for England and Wales, 1939, William Haile Residence: 25, East Road, Ennerdale, Cumberland, England
Name	Marital status:	Birth
Frank Mattinson Mary H. Mattinson George Mattinson	Married Married Single	22 August 1869 14 May 1882 16 March 1912

A local newspaper reported the death of George Mattinson:
DROWNED WHILE BATHING
An old boy of Whitehaven Secondary School, Pilot Officer George Mattinson, of Egremont, has been drowned while bathing in the River Nidd, Yorkshire. He played both cricket and rugby for Egremont, and before the war was employed in the offices of the Workington Iron and Steel Co. He was married less than a year ago.

The grave of George and Elsie Mattinson in the Egremont Cemetery, Egremont, Cumbria, England:

© Ian Aitken-Kemp

In
loving memory
of

P. O. George Mattinson
R. A. F., died Rufforth,
York, July 3^rd 1943,
aged 31 years.

Also his dear wife
Elsie (nee) Farrer
died 7^th January 1989,
aged 75 years.

Richard Newton
© Abbi Fawcett	© Tom Randolph	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Gunner 11257305 06 July 1902, Millom, Cumberland 12 February 1945 43 Royal Artillery attd. 304 Anti-Tank/Lt. A. A. Regt. East African Artillery Nairobi War Cemetery, Kenya Son of John and Sarah Newton, nee Earl. Husband of Jessie Newton, nee Pattinson, of Egremont, Cumberland.

The marriage of Richard Newton to Jessie Pattinson was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the fourth quarter of 1921. Following children of the couple are known: Dorothy (1920-1997), Joseph Pattinson Newton (1922-1980), Richard (1925-1976), John (1927-1974), Thomas (1931-2017), James (1933-2006), and Patricia (1938-2019).

England Census 1911 about Richard Newton and family Residence: 11, Rafferty Street, Egremont, Cumberland, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Newton Sarah Newton William Earl Sarah Hannah Newton Louisa Newton Annie Newton Richard Newton Joseph Newton Lilly Newton James Newton	Head Wife Stepson Daughter Daughter Daughter Son Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	41 41 21 19 13 10 9 7 4 3	abt. 1870 abt. 1870 abt. 1890 abt. 1892 abt. 1898 abt. 1901 abt. 1902 abt. 1904 abt. 1907 abt. 1908	Broughton-Mills, Lancashire Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Millom, Cumberland Millom, Cumberland Millom, Cumberland Millom, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland

Patrick Nolan
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 3779299 abt. 1912 13 April 1943 30 13th Bn. The King's Regiment (Liverpool) Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar Son of Peter and Mary Catherine Nolan, nee Sloan, of 17, Castle Croft, Tower View, Egremont, Cumberland.

The birth of Patrick Nolan was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the fourth quarter of 1912.

Robert Wells Postlethwaite
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Colour Serjeant 3594553 abt. 1906 24 March 1940 33 2nd Bn. Border Regiment Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata, India Son of James and Barbara Ann Postlethwaite, nee Shortridge, of Egremont, Cumberland. Husband of Mary Jane Postlethwaite, nee Stephenson, of Workington, Cumberland.

The birth of Robert Wells Postlethwaite was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the fourth quarter of 1906. His marriage to Mary Jane Stephenson was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the third quarter of 1935.

England Census 1911 about Robert Postlethwaite and family Residence: 61, Main Street, Egremont, Cumberland, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
James Postlethwaite Barbara Ann Postlethwaite Norman Postlethwaite James Postlethwaite Robert Postlethwaite Esther May Postlethwaite Benjamin Postlethwaite John Postlethwaite	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	30 30 7 5 4 2 1 3 mo.	abt. 1881 abt. 1881 abt. 1904 abt. 1906 abt. 1907 abt. 1909 abt. 1910 abt. 1911	Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland

William Preston (Probably)
© Middlesex Yeomanry Association	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Signalman 3456546 19 August 1913, Workington, Cumberland 02 May 1945 31 6th Airborne Div. Sigs. Royal Corps of Signals Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany Son of William and Phoebe Walker Preston, nee Rudkin, of Salterbeck, Workington, Cumberland.

The birth of William Preston was registered in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England during the third quarter of 1913.

Register for England and Wales, 1939, William Preston Residence: 13, Grassmoor Road, Workington, Cumberland, England
Name	Marital status:	Birth
William Preston Phoebe Preston William Preston Eric Preston	Married Married Single Single	28 April 1879 14 February 1885 19 August 1913 06 May 1927
The record about one person of the family is closed.

Wilfred Arthur Urah Roberts
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Marine PLY/X 1360 08 March 1918, Aldershot, Hampshire 22 May 1941 24 Royal Marines, H. M. S. "Gloucester" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, UK Son of John Ernest and Katherine Anna Harding Roberts, nee Atkinson, of 22, High Lea, Castle Croft, Egremont, Cumberland.

Wills and Administrations, 1945
Roberts, Wilfred Arthur Urch, of 22, High Lea, Castle Croft, Egremont, Cumberland, died 22 May 1941 on war service.
Administration Carlisle 19 June to Katherine Anna Harding Roberts, widow. Effects £2635 14s. 1d.

Eric Speirs
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sergeant (Wireless Operator) 1500014 abt. 1921 16 December 1943 22 166 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Hanover War Cemetery, Germany Son of Alexander and Mary Speirs, nee Brown, of Egremont, Cumberland. Crewing Avro Lancaster ED411, shot down by a German night fighter, piloted by Feldwebwel R. Frank, near Diepholz 9 miles southeast of Vechta during a raid on Berlin.

The birth of Eric Speirs was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the fourth quarter of 1921.

Edward Spedding
© DMDrummond	© DCB	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Flying Officer (Navigator) 149334 29 November 1908, Egremont, Cumberland 30 July 1944 36 488 (R. N. Z. A. F.) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve St. Remy Churchyard, France Son of John Joseph and Mary Spedding, nee Nicholson, of Egremont, Cumberland. Crewing De Havilland Mosquito MM467, shot down by anti-aircraft fire. Both crew died.

England Census 1911 about Edward Spedding and family Residence: 1, St. Bridgets Lane, Egremont, Cumberland, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Spedding Mary Spedding John Joseph Spedding Edward Spedding	Head Wife Son Son	Married Married Single Single	33 37 7 2	abt. 1878 abt. 1874 abt. 1904 abt. 1909	Egremont, Cumberland Gosforth, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland

The Spedding grave in the Egremont Cemetery, Egremont, Cumbria, England:

In loving memory of

Edward Spedding
killed in action 30^th July
1944, aged 36 years,
and interred at
St. Remy, Calvados, France.

Also his brother
Isaac William
died 27^th April 1902,
aged 16 months.

John Joseph
Spedding
died 15^th June 1954,
aged 76 years.

Mary Spedding
born 16^th April 1873,
died 21^st Feb. 1964.

"Thy will be done"

Arthur Sylvester Thompson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 3598328 abt. 1917 25 June 1944 27 4th Bn. Border Regiment Gauhati War Cemetery, India Son of Thomas Thompson, and of Henrietta Thompson, nee Errington, widow of Robert Watson, of Egremont, Cumberland.

Alexander Weir
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 3708054 abt. 1910 10 July 1943 33 1st (Airborne) Bn. Border Regiment Cassino Memorial, Italy Son of James and Sarah Ann Weir, nee Sheehan. Husband of Hannah Weir, nee Spencer, of Egremont, Cumberland.

The birth of Alexander Weir was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the fourth quarter of 1909. His marriage to Hannah Spencer was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the third quarter of 1939.

England Census 1911 about Alexander Weir and family Residence: 38, Croft Terrace, Egremont, Cumberland, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
James Weir Sarah Ann Weir Mary Selina Weir Henry Weir Margaret Weir William Weir Joseph Weir Alexander Weir	Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	32 30 10 9 7 5 2 1	abt. 1879 abt. 1881 abt. 1901 abt. 1902 abt. 1904 abt. 1906 abt. 1909 abt. 1910	Newry, co. Down, Ireland Cleator Moor, Cumberland Cleator Moor, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland Egremont, Cumberland

Jonathan Wilson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Warrant Officer Class 1 543777V abt. 1913 13 September 1944 31 21st Sqdn. South African Air Force Gradara War Cemetery, Italy Son of Matthew Wilson, and of Agnes Wilson, nee Tyson, of Egremont, Cumberland. Crewing Martin Marauder HD591, shot down by anti-aircraft fire. Crashed into the sea 5 miles southeast of Rimini, 4 of the crew survived.

George Dixon Wilkinson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 5384866 abt. 1919 21 May 1940 21 4th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Bruyelle War Cemetery, Belgium Son of George Dixon Wilkinson and Ruth Annie Wilkinson, nee Skillen, of Egremont, Cumberland.

The birth of George D. Wilkinson was registered in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England during the second quarter of 1919.

Joseph Wilkinson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Flight Sergeant 537086 abt. 1919 15 March 1944 25 357 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Singapore Memorial, Singapore Son of John James Wilkinson and Mary Wilkinson. Nephew of Mr. T. Wilkinson, of Egremont, Cumberland. Crewing Lockheed Hudson AM949, crashed Burma for unknown reason.

C. Nolan (Unable to identify and no further information.)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:

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