AMBLESIDE
ST MARY WAR MEMORIAL
World War
2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Gill Cannell and Andy Dishman 2024
Located in St Mary's Church, Ambleside the memorial consists of eight
oak panels, carved in Gothic style, flanking the High Altar, with an
attendant wooden board mounted on the South wall of the choir. The board
has a raised centre section and a carved frieze of roses and fluting.
Within the raised section is an incised rubricated Latin cross, flanked
by painted red panels bearing a carved Latin motto. The incised inscription
is gilded. Along the bottom another red-painted panel bears a carved
motto in English. There are 24 names listed for World War 2 only. The
memorial was dedicated 12 December 1947 by the Bishop iof Penrith.
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Photograph
Copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2024 |
PRO
PATRIA
THE OAK PANELLING IN THE SANCTUARY WAS PLACED THERE
BY PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF~
AMBLESIDE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE
WAR OF 1939-1945
| BARROW |
Harry |
Air
Mechanic 2nd Class FAA/FX. 561956, H.M.S. Striker, Royal Navy (Fleet
Air Arm). Accidentally killed at sea when he was stuck by a Wildcat
V, serial number JV442, of 824 Squadron, which broke through the
barrier when landing on board H.M.S. Striker 16 August 1944. Aged
34. Born 24 November 1909 in Brathay, Westmorland. Son of William
James and Sarah Barrow; husband of Dorothy Margaret Barrow, of Ambleside,
Westmorland. In the 1921 census he was the son of William and Sarah
Barrow, aged 11, born Ambleside, resident Church Street, Ambleside,
Westmorland. From 3 June 1924 he was an Apprentice Shipsmith working
for Barrow-In-Furness Shipbuilding & Engineering, Lancashire.
In 1931 he was a Joiner working for Barrow-In-Furness Shipbuilding
& Engineering, Lancashire. In 1931, aged 21, he was a member
of the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, Ambleside branch, Carpenters
& Joiners section. No known grave. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT
MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Bay 5, Panel 3. |
| COUPE,
MiD |
Victor
[James] |
Bombardier
956698, 30 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action in
Italy 16 July 1944. Aged 28. Born Manchester, Lancashire, resident
Amblside, Westmorland. Son of Arthur and Edith L. Coupe, of Ambleside,
Westmorland. B.A., Hons. (London). Mentioned in Despatches (MiD).
Attested 1939. Buried in FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY, Italy.
Plot II. Row J. Grave 6.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
COUPE
Victor James of Millans Park Ambleside Westmorland
died 16 July 1944 on war service Probate Carlisle
28 February to Arthur Coupe army pensioner. Effects £615
1s.
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| DODD |
Frank
[Craighton] |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1104391, 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
(Bomber Command). Killed in action flying out of Marham, Norfolk,
in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number Z8781, on night operations
to Hanover when the aircraft was shot down by flak near Moordeich
southwest of Bremen during a raid on Hanover, two of the crew survived
and were captured, 4 August 1941. Aged 19. Native Ambleside, Westmorland.
Son of William George and Miriam Dodd, of Ambleside, Westmorland.
Buried in BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot
26. Row F. Grave 4. |
| DUDER |
Michael
[Sedgwick] |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1152502, 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve (Bomber Command). Killed in action flying out of Binbrook,
Lincolnshire, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial number Z8409,
when the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter at Dreumel
near Tiel, Netherlands, during a raid on Essen, one of the crew
survived and was captured, 9 March 1942. Aged 19. Son of Alexander
Francis and Constance Mary Duder, of Ambleside, Westmorland. Educated
Bromsgrove
School. Buried in UDEN WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Plot 1. Row E. Grave 13.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1942:
DUDER
Michael Sedgwick of Pye Howe Great Langdale Ambleside Westmorland
died 9 March 1942 on war service Administration Carlisle
14 October to Constance Mary Duder (wife of Alexander Francis
Duder). Effects £503 15s. 5d.
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| FRANCE |
George |
No
further information currently |
| FROSTICK |
Ernest |
Lance
Bombardier 1525610, 15 Battery, 6 Heavy A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War in Fukuoka #4 (Moji) PoW Camp
of Acute Colitis at 13:14hrs 14 December 1942. Aged 24. Born 2
February 1918 in Ambleside, Westmorland, resident Kendal. No known
grave. Commemorated on YOKOHAMA CREMATION MEMORIAL, Japan. Panel
1.
Extract from England
& Wales Government Probate Death Index 1944:
FROSTICK
Ernest of Kelsick-road Ambleside Westmorland
died 14 December 1942 on war service Probate
Carlisle 1 June to Harry Stubbs fishmonger. Effects
£255 17s. 4d.
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| GARSIDE |
Norman |
Private
3600150, 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action in
North West Europe 25 September 1944. Aged 22. Born and resident
Westmorland. Son of Samuel Frederick and Annie Jane Garside, of
Ambleside, Westmorland. Buried in MIERLO WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant,
Netherlands. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 10. |
| GREENWOOD |
Stanley
[Stuart] |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 650233, 576 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Bomber Command).
Killed in action flying out of Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, in an
Avro Lancaster I, serial number ME687, on night operations to Dortmund
when the auircraft was shot down homebound, crashing at Hiddingsel,
five miles from Dulman, 23 May 1944. Aged 22. Native of Ambleside,
Westmorland. Son of Ernest and Violet Monkman Greenwood, of Ambleside,
Westmorland. His brother Keith Douglas also died on service but
not listed here. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany. Plot 27. Row D. Collective grave 1-11. |
| HEATON |
Joseph
[Victor] |
Lieutenant
121116, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) attached to
1st Battalion, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment. Missing in action between
16 and 17 February 1944. Aged 26. Born 9 September 1917 in Lancashire,
resident Westmorland. Son of Joseph Rowland Heaton, and of Dorothy
Heaton, of Norwich. B.A., Hons. (Oxon.): Christchurch. In the 1939
Register he was single, living from Private Means, resident Skelghyll
Woods, Lake Road, Ambleside, The Lakes U.D., Westmorland. No known
grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar (Burma). Face 13.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
HEATON
Joseph Victor of Skelglyll Woods Ambleside Westmorland
died on or since 16 February 1944 on war service Probate
London 3 October to Lloyds Bank Limited.
Effects £141 12s. 4d.
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| HODGE |
Donald |
No
further information currently |
| HODGSON |
John
[Garnett] |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 174423, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed
while flying out of Singerbil, India, in an Avro Anson I, serial
number LT768, when the aircraft stalled and crashed when low flying
during a transit flight 18 September 1944. Aged 23. Native of Ambleside,
Westmorland. Son of Harry and Sarah Isabelle Hodgson, of Ambleside,
Westmorland. In the 1921 census he was the son of Harry anmd Sarah
I Hodgson, newborn, born Ambleside, Westmorland, resident Bush Cottages,
Ambleside, Westmorland. Buried in RANCHI WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot
8. Row J. Grave 3.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
HODGSON
John Garnett of Broad View Lake-road Ambleside Westmorland
died 18 September 1944 on war service Administration
Carlisle 4 July to Sarah Isabelle Hodgson (wife
of Harry Hodgson). Effects £371 12s. 3d.
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| JENNINGS |
Douglas
[Murgatroyd] |
Lance
Corporal 1893056, 254 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers. Killed
in action 19 July 1943. Aged 24. Born 6 February 1919 in Cambridge,
enlisted 16 October 1939 in Kendal. Son of James and Elfreda Ida
Jennings, of Ambleside, Westmorland. In the 1939 Register he was
the son of James and Elfreda Jennings, a Motor Mechanic, resident
Hall Top Hotel, Chapel Hill, Ambleside, The Lakes U.D., Westmorland.
Buried in CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY, Italy. Plot II. Row E. Grave
50. |
| MARTIN |
John
[Kennedy] aka Jack |
Private
S/74225, Royal Army Service Corps. Died on service in United Kingdom
7 May 1940. Aged 29. Born and resident Westmorland. Son of Wilson
and Mary Martin, of Ambleside. In the 1911 census he was the son
of Wilson Henry and Mary Anne Martin, newborn, born Bowness on
Windermere, Westmorland, resident Compston Road, Ambleside, Westmorland.
In the 1921 census he was aged 11, born Bowness, Westmorland,
son of Mary Martin, resident Rock Lea, Compston Road, Ambleside,
Westmorland. Buried in AMBLESIDE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Westmorland.
Section C. Line 2. Grave 12.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1940:
MARTIN John Kennedy of Thistle Villa Lake-road
Ambleside Westmorland died 7 May 1940 on war
service Probate London 10 June to Frederick Christopherson
Satterthwaite rate collector. Effects £502 10s. 4d.
|
| MIDDLETON |
James |
Private
3600152, 8th Battalion, Royal Scots. Died 14 September 1944. Aged
23. Born and resident Westmorland. Son of Harry and Sarah Annie
Middleton, of Ambleside, Westmorland. Buried in KASTERLEE WAR
CEMETERY, Antwerpen, Belgium. Plot II. Row D. Grave 1.
Extract
from The Lancashire Daily Post - 28 September 1945, page
3:
Killed
in Action
Official notification has just been received that Pte. James
Middleton, aged 23, of Ambleside, who had been reported missing
on September 14th, 1944, in North-West Europe, was killed in
action on that date. He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. Middleton. Millars Park. Ambleside. A Territorial, he had
served from the outbreak of the war, and went, to France on
D-Day
|
| PEARCE |
Wilson |
Private
3600332, 4th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died at Ministry of Pensions
Hospital, Dunstan, Durham, 26 October 1943. Aged 32. Son of John
and Mary Elizabeth Pearce; husband of Susannah Pearce, of Ambleside.
In the 1921 census he was the son of John and Mary Elizabeth Pearce,
aged 10, born Grasmere, Westmorland, resident North Road, Ambleside,
Westmorland. Buried in AMBLESIDE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Westmorland.
Section H. Line 3. Grave 20.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1944:
PEARCE
Wilson of Kelsick Cottage Ambleside Westmorland
died 26 October 1943 at Ministry of Pensions Hospital Dunstan
Durham Administration Carlisle 13 April to Susannah
Pearce widow. Effects £131 9s. 10d.
|
| ROBSON |
John
[Edward] |
Aircraftman
1st Class 1019835, 84 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died at sea as a Japanese Prisoner of War 29 November 1943, he
had been taken prisoner March 1942, based at Kalidjati, Java,
and was lost on board the SS Suez Maru which was torpedoed off
the Kangean Islands in the Java Sea by the U.S.S. Bonefish. Aged
31. Native of Ambleside, Westmorland. Son of James Byers Robson
and Lily Agnes Robson; husband of Elsie Robson, of Ambleside,
Westmorland. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL,
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 428.
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| SHUTTLEWORTH |
Robert
[Baxter] |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1522202, 10 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve (Bomber Command). Killed in action flying out
of Abingdon, Berkshire, in a Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V, serial
number LA787, on night operation Nickel, when the aircraft was lost
without trace during a Nickel leaflet raid on the St Quentin area
29 February 1944. Aged 21. Born 3 February 1923. Native of Ambleside,
Westmorland. Son of Robert M. and Elizabeth R. Shuttleworth, of
Ambleside, Westmorland. In the 1939 Register he was the son of Robert
M. and Elizabeth R. Shuttleworth, at school, resident "Bouchville,"
Lake Road, Ambleside, The Lakes U.D., Westmorland. No known grave.
Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 237. |
| STEPHENSON |
James |
No
further information currently |
| THOMPSON |
[Henry]
Lionel [Francess] |
Leading
Aircraftman 1058306, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Coastal
Command). Died based at Calshot, Hampshire, 7 January 1945. Aged
24. Native of Ambleside, Westmorland. Son of the Revd. Henry Adamson
Thompson, M.A., and Gladys Marianne Francess Thompson, of The
Vicarage, Ambleside; husband of Hilda Josephine Thompson. Buried
in AMBLESIDE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Westmorland. Section A. Line
4. Grave 21.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
THOMPSON
Henry Lionel Francess of 12 Oakburn-road Ilkley Yorkshire
died 7 January 1945 on war service Probate Carlisle
1 September to Hilda Josephine Thompson widow.
Effects £623 8s. 11d.
|
| THORNBOROUGH |
[John]
Robert |
Lance
Corporal 3600221, 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (City
of Glasgow Regiment). Killed in action in Western Europe 15 April
1945. Aged 24. Son of John Olivant Thornborough and Sarah Margaret
Thornborough, of Ambleside, Westmorland. Buried in HANOVER WAR
CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 7. Row G. Grave 10.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1945:
THORNBOROUGH John Robert of 6 Church-street Ambleside
Westmorland died 15 April 1945 on war service
Administration Llandudno 20 October to John Olivant
Thornborough toy maker. Effects £132 18s. 5d.
|
| TWITCHEN |
Dennis
[Victor] |
Sapper
2013111, 164 Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers. Died of
Intra Cranial Hemorrhage and compound fracture of left femur in
Hospital at Turnberry, Ayrshire, 1 February 1943. Aged 27. Born
15 April 1915. Born and resident Westmorland. Son of John George
and Alice May Twitcher, of Ambleside. In the 1939 Register he was
a Railway Portery formerly Joiner, single, lodging at 2 Railway
Cottages, Ennerdale, Ennerdale R.D., Cumberland. Enlisted 2 May
1940. Buried in AMBLESIDE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Westmorland. Section
N. Line 1. Grave 2. |
| TYSON |
Martine
[Edward] |
Private
7955160, 2nd Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C. Killed in action
in Western Europe 16 April 1945. Aged 22. Born and resident Westmorland.
Son of Edward and Gracia Tyson, of Ambleside, Westmorland. Educated
St Bees School,. in the 1939 Register he was born 7 June 1922, resident
St Bees School, School House, Ennerdale, Ennerdale R.D., Cumberland.
Buried in JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands. Plot
14. Row E. Grave 7. |
| WILSON |
D’Arcy
[Harry] |
Leading
Aircraftman (Pilot U/T) 1119907, Darr Aero Tech, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Killed while flying out of Albany, Georgia, USA,
in a PT-17 Kaydet, serial number 41-955. when the aircraft was struck
while stationary in a PT-17 by another PT-17 which overshot when
landing at Albany Airport 25 July 1941. Native of Windermere, Westmorland.
Son of Nancy Craven, of Windermere, Westmorland. Buried in ALBANY
(CROWN HILL) CEMETERY, Georgia, United States of America. Plot A.
Lot 68. Grave 1. |
| WOODBURN |
Leo |
Leading
Aircraftman 1069942, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
(North Africa Command). Died based at Oulmene, Algeria, 25 February
1943. Aged 31. Born 29 April 1911. Native of Ambleside, Westmorland.
Son of William and Mary Jane Woodburn, of Ambleside, Westmorland;
husband of Elizabeth (nee Nicholson) Woodburn, of Ambleside, married
January to March Quarter 1933 in Kendal Registration District, Westmorland.
. In the 1939 Register he was a Fitters Labourer Gas & Water
Distribution Public Utilities, married to Elizabeth Woodburn, resident
Bridge Street, Ambleside, The Lakes U.D., Westmorland. Buried in
MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 18. Row G. Grave 10. |
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