Hope, Aston, Thornhill, Brough, Shatton, Offerton and Highlow War Memorial

The memorial is on Station Rd/Market Place at its junction with Sherwood Ave (A6187). Find on a map.

PRO PATRIA

THIS MONUMENT

WAS ERECTED BY

THE INHABITANTS

OF

HOPE ASTON

THORNHILL

BROUGH & SHATTON

AS A MARK OF

GRATITUDE TO

THE MEN WHO SERVED

IN H M FORCES IN THE

EUROPEAN WAR

1914 - 1918

THESE LOST THEIR LIVES

D ARMSTRONG  HOPE

E DALTON  HOPE

J DUGDALE  HOPE

J MARSDEN  HOPE

S OLLERENSHAW  HOPE

T OLLERENSHAW  HOPE

W WHITTINGHAM  HOPE

P FROGGATT  THORNHILL

C. GREAVES  OFFERTON

R. EYDES  HIGHLOW

J. O. HASMAN  HIGHLOW

WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

E. DALTON

J. FIRTH

E. LITTLEWOOD

R. SINGLETON

R. F. SUTTON

S. WAINE

J. H. WALKER

HOPE

J D ADAMSON

J R ARMSTRONG

C ARMSTRONG

B ASHTON

F ASHTON

V BROUGH

A E BULLIVANT

F CHAPMAN

H CHAPMAN

W W CHADWICK

W COTTERILL

I COOPER

G H L DAKIN

J EYRE

W EVANS

W GILL

G GOULD

G GIBBINS

O GREEN

A HADFIELD

B HADFIELD

F HADFIELD

J L HADFIELD

M HADFIELD

E L HALLAM

R HALLAM

ASTON

J CRESSWICK

C DALTON

J GRAHAM

G E WELLS

P WELLS

BROUGH AND

SHATTON

J BROOKHAM

E CHAPMAN

W CHAPMAN

L DUNGWORTH

E DUNGWORTH

W EYRE

J KIRK

A MALTBY

F WILLSON

THORNHILL

G ANDREW

A DARWENT

F DARWENT

J D DARWENT

W DARWENT

T DARWENT

F A DUFFIELD

J B FROGGATT

F HANCOCK

G LEE

W MARSDEN

W OTTER

O SIDEBOTTOM

H WILSON

R BOOKLESS

HOPE

J H HALLAM

G HALL

H HARRISON

D LEWIS

A LESSONS

W H MILLS

R F NICHOLSON

F J NICHOLSON

G E OLLERENSHAW

J OLLERENSHAW

M OLLERENSHAW

J H PURSGLOVE

F PURSGLOVE

G PROCTOR

P RANDALL

E SHIRT

H SHIRT

R SEALEY

T W TURNER

W TURNER

W TYM

J F TOWNSEND

W WEAVER

R WEAVER

W GREEN

H C NEEDHAM

W GREEN

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Bamford St. John the Baptist Memorial and Graveyard

The memorial in pin the churchyard of St.John the Baptist on Main Road (A6013). Find on a map.

IN

HONOUR

OF

THE MEN OF

BAMFORD

WHO FELL

IN THE

GREAT WAR

1914

-

1918

Great War names.

BUNDY F. H.

BIRLEY J. H.

DREW C.

FINLEY B.

FOX H.

GILLIES E.

HARLOW J. F. H.

HIPKINS F. W.

HUNTINGTON A.

MABEY C.

MALONE J. A.

MILLS W.

ROWARTH H.

TOWNSEND M.

TOWNSEND B.

UPTON J.

World War 2 names

BETHELL C.

CLARK W.

CROOKES T.

DEAKIN F.

FIRTH J.

FISHER J. M.

GLEADALL G.

HALL D.

LOCKWOOD D.

PALMER E.

PLATTS G.

PRIESTLEY H.

TALBOT L.

THORP D.

TRUELOVE A.

WALKER H.

WHITE T. H.

WOODHOUSE J.

I located 3 of the 4 war graves in the churchyard.

Private 43046 F BARKER

South Staffordshire Regiment, 8th Bn.

transf. to (404158) 861st Area Employment Coy. Labour Corps

Died 24 Aug 1920

Husband of Mary Briggs (formerly Barker), of 7, Victoria Rd., Bamford.

Worker 47130 Nellie Elizabeth SHAYLER

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

Died 03 Nov 1918 aged 20

Daughter of Mrs. S. J. Shayler, of 5, Harlow St., Blidworth, Mansfield, Notts.

Private 305157 J F W HARLOW

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Died 07 Nov 1918

All photos by Chris Gleave

Derwent Woodlands War Memorial

On the side of Derwent Lane between the A57 Snake pass and the Derwent Dam. Find on a map

IN

MEMORY

OF

THE MEN OF

DERWENT -

WOODLANDS

WHO FELL

IN THE

GREAT WAR

1914 - 1918

PTE GEORGE COTTRILL

K.B.RR

PTE ARTHUR DAKIN

NOTTS & DERBY REGT

CORPL GEORGE DUNN

YORK & LANC REGT

PTE WILFRED EYRE

YORK & LANC REGT

PTE WALTER HEATHCOTE

YORK & LANC REGT

GDS DAVID KENNEDY

GRENADIER GUARDS

PTE JASON PRIESTLEY

NOTTS & DERBY REGT

GDS GREGORY THORP

GRENADIER GUARDS

PTE JOHN WILSON

NOTTS & DERBY REGT

DRV JOHN JOSEPH THORP

R.F.A.

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Dambusters Memorial Derwent Water

The memorial is located in the western gate house of the Derwent Dam. Find on a map.

THIS PLAQUE UNVEILED ON 16th MAY 1988

COMMEMORATES THE NIGHT OF

16th 17th MAY 1943

WHEN 19 LANCASTERS OF 617 SQD R.A.F.

ATTACKED THE RUHR DAMS AT LOW LEVEL

ALSO REMEMBERED HERE ARE THE

204 617 SQD AIRCREW WHO LAID DOWN

THEIR LIVES BETWEEN 1943 - 1945

STONE ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION

TO THE GALLANT MEN OF

617 DAMBUSTER SQD R.A.F.

WHO SUCCESSFULLY BREACHED THE DAMS OF

WESTERN GERMANY IN WORLD WAR II

USING THE BOUNCING BOMB DEVISED BY

DR BARNES WALLIS

DERWENT DAM WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE OF ITS

CLOSE RESEMBLANCE TO TO GERMAN DAMS

FOR INTENSIVE LOW LEVEL PRACTICE

AND BOMB AIMING TECHNIQUES

THEY PAID FOR OUR FREEDOM

Photo by Chris Gleave.

Cheadle Hulme War Memorial

Cheadle Hulme's war memorial is located in a small garden at the junction of Manor Road and Ravenoak Road. The memorial was unveiled 29 May 1921 and lists 86 men from The First and 61 from the Second World Wars. Included on the memorial is James Kirk a Victoria Cross recipient.

The main inscription on the rear reads.

THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT

ARE LEFT GROW OLD AGE SHALL NOT

WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN

THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

A small inscription on the front reads.

ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS

OF CHEADLE HULME

Names from the Great War 1914-1918

Joseph Henry ADAMS
Frank ARCHER
Alfred ATKINSON
Sydney BARBER
Joseph BARDSLEY
William Henry BEECROFT
Edward Overall BLEACKLEY
James BOON
Leonard BROWN
Oliver BRUNT
Alec Whitworth BRYDON
Joseph Stanley BURGESS
Herbert CLARKE
John Howard COOKE
Harry COOPS
John Stanhope CRABTREE
Alexander Martin CUNINGHAM
Harry Wallace DANIEL
Philip Henry Halton DAVIS
Charles DYSON
George Arthur EARDLEY
Gilbert Kershaw FARNWORTH
Frank FOSTER
Harrp Percy FOWLER
John Hooley FOX
Charles Edward FRY
Gerald James GLOVER
John GODDARD
Stanley GRUMMITT
Lewis HALL
Balfour HALLIDAY
John William HALLWORTH
A HARRISON M.M.
Thomas Henry HERD
William Slade HEYWOOD
Donald HOBSON
Zaccheus HOLME
Harry HOOLEY
Alfred John HOULT
Harold Edward HOWES
Stephen William ISHERWOOD
Albert JEPSON
Lawrence Andrew JOHNSON
Desmond Carl JONES
Edwin James JONES
Harry KELCHER
Albert KENYON
James KIRK V.C.*
Francis Arthur Stanley LANSDOWN
Reginald LEAK
Carl LOWTHER
Cyril MARSDEN
Charles Bertram MARSHALL
Cyril Lambert MELLOR
Charles Walter MERRYWEATHER
Frederick Thomas MILLS
Alfred Leonard MUIR
Herbert Henry NIDD M.M.
Alfred Gradwell NORBURY
Arthur Algenon William NUNN
Tom Atcherby PUGH
Cliford RAWLINSON
Herbert Hampson ROFE
John George ROWLINSON
Charles SCHOLES
Albert SHARD
Joseph SIGLEY
William John SIVEWRIGHT
Douglas SMITH
George Outram SMITH
Eric SPRATT
Richard Alfred STONEHEWER
John Fairhurst STOREY
William TATHAM
Samuel Edward TUNSTALL
Charles Greaves TURTON
Alexander Baird TYSON
William H VENABLES
Frederick WALSH M.M.
William James WALTON
Jack WARBURTON
James Bertram WATSON
James WESTHEAD
Frank Simpson WRIGHT

and from the Second World War.

Herbert ABBOTT Brian Frank ADAMS
Charles Gordon BAKER
P BESWICK
John Alan BRATT
Mona Violet BLACK
Alec BURROWS
William BURGESS
Ronald Desmond Greaves CALDECOTT
George Stanley BURROWS
Peter Francis CLARKE
John Herbert CHILD
M CHIVERTON
Ronald Warren DOEL
L COCKER
Douglas Owen COLLINGE
Robert Henry HERFORD
L COOKE
T DAUGHTON
William Victor DOWLING
C EVANS
R GREEN
Brian HILL
D G HARRISON
Sidney Baskerville HORNE
Alfred Edward HOLT
Maurice Bleackley HOPWOOD
Philip HOWARTH
D LOMAS
Thomas Graham HUGHES D.S.C.
J JACKSON
N KELSALL
A J LOMAS
Leslie Hilton KERSHAW
Philip Anthony NEDWILL
C MALLOY
Donald MARSDEN
Herbert James Noel MARSDEN
J F McCAULEY
Peter Thomas RAMSDEN
Charles Stewart NETTLE
George Leslie NORTHCOTE
Ronald PURTELL
John Richard NORTHCOTE
William Frank RAINS
John Clifton WATTS
D RODGER
P C SCAIFE
Peter Davenport SEABROOK
W SEED
Guy Barry TEARE
Albert Edmund TWISS
A THOMAS
Joseph WADSWORTH
Abdulgani YDLIBI
A WEST
J WEST
S WILKINSON
Martin WILLIAMS
G J WILLIAMS
A G YATES
L WORTHINGTON

Memorial pavement to Lieutenant James Kirk V.C.

All photos by Chris Gleave.