Hi, new to this forum!

Hi everyone, this is my first post on World War 2 Talk. Looking forward to contributing to the various topics. My main interest is collecting war medals. This is ever since since my Uncle gave me his five WW2 unnamed medals when I was 14 years old. I'm 51 now and haven't stopped collecting medals since!

Regards, Andrew

 

Hello Andrew,

Welcome to the forum.

Regards
Peter

 

Hello and welcome

Lesley

 

Welcome aboard, Andrew

 

Welcome to the forum


Cheers
Paul

 

Welcome to the forum

 

Welcome aboard Simon
Here's to Harry Lund!

 

Hi Andrew. Welcome to the forum!

Jules.

 

Welcome aboard Andrew !

Ron

 

Hello and welcome.

 

Andrew,

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Regards
Tom

 

Welcome Andrew,by all means please show your collection .

 

Welcome Andrew

Regards

Keith

 

Thanks for the welcome guys. I've had a good look around this website already and am very impressed with the content.

I recently finished researching the 40 casualties on the Sutton-in-Craven war memorial from WW1 with the help of the Great War Forum - Harry Lund being the most infamous as KevinW4 has already alluded to earlier in this thread!

The story of the 'forgotten' Harry Lund (KIA in the Bristol Channel, Feb 1918) ended up featuring on YTV Calendar News last November 11th 2010 (Armistice Day) and my initial inquiry into 'who Harry Lund was' eventually got transferred to Classic Thread status!

So pretty soon fellas I'm going to be tackling the 15 names on the Sutton-in-Craven war memorial from WW2. I've a feeling though it could be a little more challenging than the 40 from WW1, not least because the service papers from WW2 are still under lock & key :p

So you might be hearing from me again shortly with sleeves rolled up. Can only give it a go! Cheerio for now, Andrew

 

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Any WW2 bravery medals in your collection?

Regards
Andy

 

Hi Andrew,

Good to see you over on this forum.

Steve

 

Hi everyone, this is my first post on World War 2 Talk. Looking forward to contributing to the various topics. My main interest is collecting war medals. This is ever since since my Uncle gave me his five WW2 unnamed medals when I was 14 years old. I'm 51 now and haven't stopped collecting medals since!

Regards, Andrew
bugger, just got handed my Grandads medals (16 of them.....) hopefully when i'm 51 i'll still be playing with motorcycles..... and not medals...

I have two of my own anyway. QJ, and NATO-Kosovo.

 

So, for starters, Andrew, here are what we have from CWGC....

Name: ANDERTON, GEORGE ALFRED. Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps. Age: 26
Date of Death: 04/04/1945. Service No: 7361663
Additional information: Son of Arthur Anderton and of Elinor Anderton (nee Holt); husband of Mary Anderton, of Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: X. 21. 1. Cemetery: BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY

Name: DINSDALE, GEORGE COLIN. Rank: Warrant Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit Text: 65 Sqdn.
Age: 21. Date of Death: 25/07/1944. Service No: 1433896
Additional information: Son of George and Doris Dinsdale, of Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire.
Cemetery: ST. HILAIRE SUR RILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Name: DUNN, RAYMOND FRANK. Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers. Unit Text: 585 Corps Field Park Coy.
Age: 20. Date of Death: 07/01/1943. Service No: 2092858
Additional information: Son of Ezra and Dorothy Dunn; husband of Mollie Dunn, of Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 5. Column 3. Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

Name: GREEN, EDGAR. Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Unit Text: 1/6th Bn.
Age: 21. Date of Death: 02/10/1940. Service No: 4615458
Additional information: Son of Allan and Sarah Ann Green, of Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: C3. 21. Cemetery: REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY

Name: HAPPS, CLARENCE WILLIAM. Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force.
Date of Death: 18/06/1944. Service No: 343594.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 507. Cemetery: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD

Name: HISCOE, ARTHUR ARNOLD. Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Corps of Military Police.
Age: 37. Date of Death: 17/04/1943. Service No: 7691750
Additional information: Son of Edward and Harriet Hiscoe, of Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire; husband of Phyllis Hiscoe, of Sutton-in-Craven.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. B. 4. Cemetery: LA REUNION WAR CEMETERY

Name: JACK, HORTON CAMERON. Nationality: Canadian. Rank: Officer Cadet
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Engineers
Age: 30. Date of Death: 25/09/1944. Service No: K/57816
Additional information: Son of Peter Shannon Jack and Florence Mary Jack; husband of Joan Jack, of Sutton-in-Craven.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 359. Cemetery: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD

Name: PEACOCK, RICHARD. Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment. Unit Text: 2/5th Bn.
Age: 24. Date of Death: 30/08/1944. Service No: 4699701
Additional information: Son of Henry and Violet Peacock, of Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I, A, 2. Cemetery: GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

Name: RIDDELL, JOHN. Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Unit Text: 88 Sqdn.
Age: 20. Date of Death: 29/07/1943. Service No: 1231536
Additional information: Son of William John Riddell, and of Mary Corrie Riddell, of Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 163. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

Name: WHITEOAK, RICHARD. Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery. Unit Text: 9 Field Regt.
Age: 39. Date of Death: 26/12/1946. Service No: 955401
Additional information: Son of Ralph and Theresa Emmaline Whiteoak, of Sutton-in-Gaven; husband of Mabel Whiteoak, of Sutton-in-Craven.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. D. Grave 72. Cemetery: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN BAPTIST BURIAL GROUND
(plus 3 from WW1)

Name: WHITHAM, JOHN. Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers. Unit Text: 726 Artisan Works Coy.
Age: 38. Date of Death: 20/04/1946. Service No: 14521957
Additional information: Son of James and Elenore Whitham; husband of Annie Whitham, of Sutton-in-Craven.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 414. Cemetery: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD

And finally (and very much tongue in cheek for our little “in joke”)
Name: BOYD, JOHN DARRELL. Rank: Leading Airman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy. Unit Text: H.M.S. Goshawk.
Age: 23. Date of Death: 17/01/1941. Service No: FAA/FX. 80588
Additional information: Son of Colonel J. D. Boyd and Mrs. E. H. Boyd; husband of Aileen Beckett Boyd. B.A. (Cantab.).
Chancellor's Medal for English Verse. Double First in Classical Tripos. Browne Gold Medal for Latin Ode.
Montague Butler Prize for Latin Poem. Browne Scholarship. Craven Scholarship. Henry Lund Fellowship for Yale.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 2, Panel 1. Memorial: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

You can obviously get on with stuff whilst we sleep and vice versa!!
Let us know how this matches with what you have so far (excluding John D Boyd!)

 

Welcome to the forum Andrew - enjoy!

Best,

Steve.

 

Thanks again guys...........KevinW4, well done on supplying the names above from CWGC. You've managed to find 3 recipients who are NOT listed on the Sutton-in-Craven war memorial!

ANDERTON, GEORGE ALFRED (Sutton-in-Craven)
DUNN, RAYMOND FRANK (Sutton-in-Craven)
JACK, HORTON CAMERON (Sutton-in-Craven)

How did you manage to discover the names of these additional Sutton casualties???

The other men are all listed on the memorial, except for DINSDALE, GEORGE COLIN - looks like he was from Skipton.

Good work again Kevin, best Andrew