| Ormskirk and District Comrades – Roll of Honour 1939 – 1945 Compiled by Dot Broady-Hawkes NB. This is a work-in-progress but is being made available in its current form to coincide with the 80th anniversary of VE Day. | |
| Surname | First name | Others | details | Date of Death | Burial Place |
| Ames | Charlie Born Parbold 22 Small Lane Ormskirk | L/C. | RASC 72, tipper Coy. | 10th July 1943 age 23 | Cassino Memorial |
| Ardern | Walter 4 Railway Road, Ormskirk | Sgt Observer | RAF | Died 17/06/1940 lost in the sinking pf SS Lancastria on route to England. | Runnymede memorial; Ormskirk Grammar School Memorial; Ormskirk Comrades Memorial; Ormskirk Parish Church Memorial Chapel. |
| Ashcroft | Herbert Reginald husband of Marguerite Lilian | | RAOC lost on SS Anselm, Liverpool | 5th July 1941 age 23 | Brookwood Memorial UK |
| Bailey | George son of William & Margaret Bailey 10 Halsall Lane | | RAFVR 158 Sqdn | Died 20.02.1944 aged 21 shot down by enemy fire | Reischswald Forest War Cemetery |
| Baldwin M.C. | John Rowland Schofield son of Edwin and Gwladys of Burscough | Lieutenant | Royal Engineers | 06 April 1943 aged 22 | SFAX war cemetery, Tunisia |
| Ball | John Son of Martin & Helen Ball Husband of Audrey Ball | | 9th Bn Border Reg. | Died 21 May 1944 29 years | Rangoon Memorial Myanmar |
| Banks | James William son of John 7 Mary Jane Banks Husband of Martha Margaret | | Merchant Navy Assistant Steward M.V. Apapa (Liverpool) aged 65 Also served WW1 | 6 Dec 1943 | Buried Ormskirk Parish Churchyard |
| Barton | Able son of Able & Mary Barton of Lathom | Flight Sergeant | RAFVR | 22/02/45 age 24 killed in flying accident in the Midlands | Buried Skelmersdale St Paul’s |
| Bennett | James 11 Bridge St Ormskirk | | Lancs. Fus 2nd Bn | 7th Aug 1943 | Catania War Cem Sicily |
| Berkley | William son of John & alice Berkeley Husband of Alice | Pte | Pioneer Corps | 10/05/45 aged 42 | Celle War Cemetery Germany |
| Berry | Kenneth Peter son of Peter Berry Husband of Mary of Southport | Radio Officer | S.S. St Elwyn Merchant Navy | 28.11.1940 aged 30. | Tower Hill Memorial |
| Berry | William son of Mr & Mrs William Berry Husband of ellen | | Royal Artillery | 8th April 1944 36 yrs | Ormskirk St Anne’s RC churchyard |
| Bevan | William Thomas of Eastwood, Quarry Drive Aughton.Husband of Elsie Nathalie Bevan | Capt. | General List | 25/09/1941 died in the Ormskirk Military Hospital born Cheshire 1892 | |
| Birch | Henry | Pte | Queen’s Royal Reg. | 25th Sept 1943 | |
| Birch | William | | died aged 38, husband of Mary Birch 33 Mill Street, Ormskirk | July 16th 1944 Normandy | Buried OPC churchyard |
| Birchall | William | | Royal Ulster Rifles 1st Bn. The London Irish Rifles | 14 April 1945 34 yrs | Argenta Gap War Cem.Italy |
| Blundell | George Minto | Capt | 1st Bn Parachute Reg. | 20 Sept 1944 27 yrs | Arnheim Oosterbeek War Cem Netherlands |
| Bracegirdle | Thomas son of Mr Jospeh & Margaret Bracegirdle, Husband of Mary Agnes | LAC | RAFVR 2839 sqdn | Jan 23rd 1945 age 23 | St Anne’s RCC |
| Bradley | William Ernest | Guardsman | Scots Guards | 11th Sept 1943 DOW | Italy |
| Brady | John | | Royal Navy – HMS President III SS Empire Shackleton | Died 28/12/1942 | St Anne’s War Memorial Ormskirk |
| Brookes | Wilfred | | RAFVR 78 sqdn | died 02/06/1942 aged 28 | Groesbeek Canadian War Cem. Netyherlands |
| Brosnan | Thomas | | | 09/11/1942 | St Anne’s War Memorial, Ormskirk |
| Brown | William Henry | A/C | RAFVR | 4th July 1942 | Khartoum War Cem Sudan |
| Burrows | George Edward | Cpl | East Lancs Regiment. | Died aged 27 24.02.1944 | Taukkyan War Cem Myanmar |
| Bush | Graham C. | | | 29/08/1942 | St Anne’s War Memorial Ormskirk |
| Caunce | John Victor | | RA 4 Maritime Regt | Died aged 27 on 15.01.1942 | Plymouth Naval Memorial |
| Clayton | William R. | | | | |
| Clegg | Harold | Purser | Arandora Star | 2 nd July 1940 | Tower Hill Memorial |
| Collins | Leonard James Frost | | | 09/02/45 | |
| Cookson | Norman | Fusilier | Lancs Fusiliers 8th Btn | May 7th 1944 age 27 | Kohima War Cemetery India Burma Lydiate |
| Crompton | John | Trooper | Royal Armoured Corps Royal Dragoons | 23 Sept 1944 age 22 | Lieshout, Mariahout RC Churchyard Netherlands |
| Dann | Walter | Able Seaman | RN | 13/11/46 | OPC Churchyard |
| Davies | Henry Clifford | L/C | 250 Airborne RASC | 22 Sept 1944 29 yrs | Arnheim Oosterbeek War Cem. Netherlands |
| Davies | William E. | | | 07/08/1947 | St Anne’s War Memorial. Ormskirk |
| Day | Charles Alfred | L/C | RE 710 Artisan Works Coy | 8th Sept 1944 30 yrs | Ryes War Cem.Bazenville, France St Anne’s War Memorial, Ormskirk |
| Dean | Gordon Gordon Kennedy | Sgt | 156 Sqdn RAFVR | died 16.4.1943 aged 20 | Conde-Sur-Marne Communal Cem. France |
| Dearden | Geoffrey Knowles | RAFVR | | 17 Feb 1943 age 21 | Runnymede Memorial |
| Dolan | John P | | RASC | 16/01/45 | Chungkai War Cem ThAILAND St Anne’s War Memorial, Ormskirk |
| Draper | Alfred Segar | Sgt | RAFVR | died 30.05.1942. | Aughton St Michaels Churchyard |
| Draper | James | F/S | 10 sqdn RAFVR | 6th Jan 1945 23 yrs | Runnymede Memorial UK |
| Eastham | Henry W. | | Ok. Cpl in RAFVR | Change W to V for Vincent | Vincent Eastham on SSPP’s |
| Edden | J. H. | Pte | | 09/05/1945 | Buried Ormskirk Parish Churchyard |
| Edge | Hugh Gregory husband of Derfela J Edge, Rufford | Sgt | 39 Squadron RAFVR | 15/06/1942 aged 26 | Alamein Memorial, Egypt. |
| Farrington | Harry | Company Sergeant Major | Royal Eng. 924 Transportation Stores Coy | 10 August 1946 43 years | Hamburg Cem. Germany |
| Felton | Robert | | Sergeant in Loyal North Lancashire Reg | Died aged 27 on 27.08.1944 | Parents and wife lived in Ormskirk |
| Finch | Leslie | | RAFVR | died aged 23 on 31.12.1943 | Catania War Cem. Italy |
| Freeman | Henry Lancelot | Lt | RHA | 30th January 1944 | North Africa |
| Galvin | Charles | Stoker | RN HMS Glendower | 17th June 1943 | St Anne’s RC Churchyard |
| Gaskell | John | | RA 62 Tank Regt. | 8th July 1944 age 23 Normandy Died of wounds | Ryes War Cem. Bazenville.France |
| Gibbons | Catherine daughter of William & Mary Gibbons | Pte | Australian Territorial Service | 6th January 1944 | Buried St Anne’s Ormskirk |
| Gibbons | Joseph Patrick | | | 7th Dec 1942 aged 19 | Tower Hill Mem. St Anne’s War Memorial, Ormskirk |
| Gibney | T. J. | Fus. | 2nd Bn Royal Inniskillen | 13/12/1940 | Buried Ormskirk PC |
| Gibson | Alexander | | L/Cpl in south Staffs Regiment | died 08.07.1944 aged 19. | Cambes-en-Plaine, France |
| Gill | Frank (Francis) | | RAFVR | 12/03/1945. Died aged 21 | Runnymede Memorial St Anne’s War Memorial Ormskirk |
| Grady | William | | RA 70 Field Reg | 5th March 1943 age 26 | Bone War Cem. Algeria |
| Gregory | Richard | Pte | | Sept 2nd 1944 a 29 | Italy. St Anne’s War Memorial, Ormskirk |
| Grice | Alan | | 106 (Lancs Hussars) Lt AA Regt RA | 26/04/1941, aged 23 | Athens Memorial |
| Guy | William | Sgt | | 17 feb 1943 | Malindi accidentally drowned buried Mombassa , Kenya |
| Harrison | J R | pte | South Staffordshire Reg 7th Bn | 9th Aug 1944 age 24 from Aughton | St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux France |
| Haskayne | Richard | | RA | 12/06/44 | Knghtsbridge War Cem Acroma |
| Hesketh | Glynn James | | Irish Guards | 11/08/44 | Tilly-Sur-Seulles, France |
| Hignett | Walter James | | Lancs Fusiliers | 13th May 1944 age 27 | Kohima War Cemetery |
| Holcroft | Edward Clarke | | RHA | 13/06/42 | Alamein Memorial |
| Horrocks | Thomas Bruce Rushworth | Sgt | 218 Sqdn RAFVR | 14 Aug 1944 age 20 | Shot Down By Flak Near Aachen During A Raid on the Opel Factory At Russelsheim, 3 of the Crew Survived and Were Injured Hotton War Cem, Belgium |
| Houghton | John | | RAFVR 49 Sqdn | 21/11/44 | Reichswald Forest War Cem |
| Houghton | Thomas S. | | No records found | Cannot confirm second name | Thomas Houghton on SSPP’s RoH |
| Hulme | William | | REME | 16/02/46 aged 27 | Khayat Beach War Cem Israel & Palestine including Gaza |
| Johnson | Eric | | 2nd Bn Lancs. Fusiliers | 3rd July 1944 | Bari War Cem. Italy |
| Jones | Thomas | A/C | RAFVR | 18 Dec 1940 28 yrs Sheffield Blitz | Runnymede Mem. UK |
| Jump | Joseph | Sgt | RAOC | 17 Jun 1940 age 21 | Le-Bois-Plage-En-Re Communal Cemetery, Ile De Re, France |
| Keating | James | | 1st Bn. Man. Reg | 31/01/42 | Kranji War Cemetery |
| Kelly | John | | | 28/01/1942 | St Anne’s War Memorial Ormskirk |
| Latham | Thomas of Stoke on Trent | pte | 6th Bn South Lancs | 11/05/1945 aged 48 | Buried Ormskirk PC churchyard |
| Lea | Richard Edward | Sgt | RAF 254 sqdn | 19.07.1941 aged 18 | Buried OPC churchyard |
| Lees | J | Sgt | R.A. | 25/01/1940 | Buried Ormskirk PC |
| Lockwood-Bunce | John Arthur | Sub.Lt | RNVR H.M.S. Quebec | 19 July 1943 23 yrs | Syracuse War Cem Sicily |
| Marsh | William Ernest son of William A.R. Marsh and Gertrude Alice. | Flying Officer | RAFVR | died 06/02/1944 aged 27 | Moascar War Cem Egypt Comrades Memorial Ormskirk Coronation Park |
| Marsden | John Francis husband of Vivien Marsden of Rufford | Capt | | 07/10/1947 aged 47 | Buried St Annes Catholic churchyard Ormskirk |
| Mawdsley | James | | Civilian of 182 Burscough Street | 31 Dec 1940 age 54 | Died L.M.S. Goods Yard Leeds St, Liv. Bur Liv. Cem. |
| McLoughlin | George | | | 11/08/44 | St Charles de Percy France |
| Moorcroft | Arthur Ronald | | RN Steward HM Trawler Cap D’Antifer | 13/02/44 age 21 | Lowestoft Naval Memorial |
| Moorcroft | William James | F/O | 115 Sqdn RAFVR | 14 July 1943 age 22 | Les Hayons Churchyard. Belgium (From Maghull) |
| Morris | John Noel Christopher | | RN HMS Walney Ordinary Telegraphist | 8th Nov 1942 age 32 | Portsmouth Naval Mem. |
| Morrison | RA | Capt | Army Education Corps | 14/01/1941 | Buried Ormskirk Parish Churchyard |
| Nightingale | James | | Loyal North Lancs Regiment. | Died 30.04.1943 aged 20 | Massicault War Cem Tunisia |
| Ormesher | Joseph Donald | W/O | RAFVR | 11/05/1945 | Buried Ormskirk PC Churchyard |
| Pigdon | Charles | P/O | 11 sqdn RAF | 21 May 1943 33 yrs | Chittagong War Cem Cattogram, Bangladesh |
| Price | Donald Ellis | Fusilier | 1st Bn Lancs Fus. | 4th June 1944 age 27 | Taukkyan War Cem Myanmar |
| Pye | Wilfred John | | RAFVR 117 sqdn | died aged 20 in 27/12/1942 | Enfidaville War Cem Tunisia |
| Quinn | Joseph son of Patrick & Mary Husband of Hilda A. Quinn | | Pioneer Corps | 27/03/46 aged 41 | Buried St Anne’s RCC |
| Riding | Eric Beresford | Surgeon Lt | RNVR on HMS Neptune | Died aged 27 on 19.12.1941 | Plymouth Naval Memorial |
| Riley | Peter | | Merchant Navy SS Oropesa Assistant Butcher | 16 Jan 1941 age 18 | Tower Hill Memorial |
| Roughley | John | Sgt Observer | RAFVR 83 Sqdn | 18.06.1943 aged 21. | Aircraft Accident Buried St James Westhead |
| Rodgers | Samuel Alvin | | RAFVR 66 sqdn | died 21.05.1944 aged 23 | Runnymede Memorial |
| Rowlands | James Herbert | sgt | RAFVR | May 15th 1942 age 33 | worked for EWW 15 years lived Ryburn Road |
| Sharpley | John Eason | F/S | RAFVR 100 Sqdn | July 1st 1944 | Vouzon, rance |
| Smales | F W | 2/Lt | South Lancs Regt | 30/10/1941 | Buried Ormskirk PC |
| Stait | Thomas | Pte | 1st Airborne Bn Border Reg. | 10 July 1943 age 23 | Cassino Memorial Italy |
| Seddon | Cyril | Sgt | RAFVR. | 29/12/43 aged 22 | Reichswald Forest War Cem. |
| Stead | Albert James Walker | | RNVR HMS Gos V1 | 2nd Nov 1941 | Kantara War Mem |
| Stockley | Benjamin Herbert | | | 11/01/45 | Alamein Memorial |
| Stringfellow | Richard | P/O | RAFVR 104 sqdn | 28 June 1942 29 | Fayid War Cem,Egypt |
| Sumner | William | P/O | RAFVR | 22 May 1944 age 21 | MadrasWar Cem Chennai, India |
| Tabarn | Ernest | | Merchant Navy SS Laconia (Liverpool) | 12 Sept 1942 | Tower Hill Memorial |
| Taylor | Richard Kenneth | | L/C Corps of Military Police | Died 24.01.1944 aged 33. | Basra War Cem. Iraq |
| Torr | Peter Wood | 2nd Lt | LNLR | 26 Feb 1942 age 26 | Singapore Memorial |
| Turner | Bernard | | 9th Bn Durham Light Infantry | 9th Aug 1943 | Catania War Cem Italy |
| Turner | Richard | | RN HMS Imogen | 16/07/40 | Chatham Naval Memorial St Anne’s War Memorial, Ormskirk |
| Turnock | Geoffrey Berkeley | | Royal Artillery. aged 30. | Died 06.10.1942 | Southport Duke Street Cemetery |
| Twist | Robert Edward | | Died 02.08.1944 aged 25 | Cpl in Lancashire Fusiliers. Lived in Ormskirk | Fontenay-Le-Pesnel , Tessel, France |
| Tyrer | Thomas | | RA 106 Anti-Tank Reg | 8th Aug 1943 | Heliopolis War Cem Egypt |
| Walker | John Joseph | L/Cpl | RAOC | 3rd Dec 1942 age 22 | Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Thailand Skelmersdale Memorial |
| Walsh | Edward | | Royal Corps of Signals 3rd Indian Div. | 25 May 1944 29 yrs | Rangoon Mem. Myammar |
| Walsh | William | | Royal Eng | 17th June 1940 | Dunkirk Memorial, St anne’s Ormskirk Memorial |
| Webster | Francis William | Sgt | RAFVR 138 Sqdn | 23 Feb 1945 22 yrs | Norre Havrig Churchyard Denmark |
| Wells | James Francis | | RA | 1st Dec 1941 | Halfaya Sollum War Cem |
| Wilding | William | | 14th Bn Sherwood Foresters | Died 12.03.1944 aged 26. | Beach Head War Cem, Anzio Itakly |
| Woosnam | Frank | LAC | RAF | died on 05.10.1943 aged 24. | Delhi War Cemetery. India |
| Wright | Bernard Jospeh | | RN HMS Victory 111 | 13/03/43 | Portsmouth Naval Mem |
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