The list below contains 35 names of men and women (2) who lost their lives in World War 2. After the success of the launch of the booklet on the 105 men who lost their lives in WW1, a second publication is being prepared to cover those in killed in the second great conflict of the 20th century. We have researched the family histories of the individuals below. These family histories are available in Ancestry. Access to the tree will be given when one of the two publications are purchased, or a £10 donation to Clowne Local History Society. By clicking on the surname this gives access to the Ancestry tree – Clowne Memorial – which contains all the family histories of the 140 men and women killed in both world wars. Over 5,000 individuals are linked to the 140 men and women.
Surname | Christian Name | Rank | Death | Regiment |
Buckingham | William | Leading Stoker | 19th Dec 1941 | Royal Navy |
Chawner | Archibald | Stoker (2nd Class) | 22nd Aug 1941 | Royal Navy |
Clarke | George Henry | Guardsman | 18th Oct 1940 | Scots Guards |
Cotterill | James (Jim) | Gunner | 1st Oct 1943 | Royal Artillery |
Cottingham | Monroe | Corporal | 18th Mar 1943 | Notts & Derby |
Cowley | Colin | Sergeant | 21st Jun 1945 | Royal Artillery |
Fahey | James Martin | Private | 10th Oct 1943 | Royal Field Artillery |
Fahey | Lawrence Edward | Staff Sergeant | 7th Aug 1945 | South Staffs |
Fisher | Wiliam | Private | 16th Oct 1943 | Suffolk |
Frost | James | Guardsman | 18th Oct 1940 | Scots Guards |
Fullwood | Frank | Lance Corporal | 2nd Apr 1945 | Monmouthshire |
Gotheridge | Frederick | Sergeant | 21st Feb 1943 | RAF Volunteer Reserve |
Greatorex | Herbert | Sergeant | 12th Mar 1944 | Royal Armoured Corps |
Gretton (Froggatt) | Wilfred George | Lance Corporal | 6th Jun 1942 | Royal Armoured Corps |
Hunt | Alfred Joseph | Stoker 1st Class | 12th Nov 1942 | Royal Navy |
Jervis | Ivor Armstrong | Sergeant | 23rd May 1943 | RAF Volunteer Reserve |
MacKenzie | Clarence Dunkin Frazer | Flight Sergeant | 31st Mar 1944 | RAF Volunteer Reserve |
Oldfield | Horace | Gunner | Oct 1939 | Royal Artillery |
Parr | Joseph Henry | Private | 29th May 1940 | Worcestershire |
Phillips | George Cyril | Air Gunner | 24th Jan 1943 | RAF Volunteer Reserve |
Pickering | John William | Leading Stoker | 18th Feb 1944 | Royal Navy |
Platts | Douglas Kitchener | Gunner | 11th May 1940 | Royal Artillery |
Quin | Ellen Winifred | Sister | 2nd Jul 1943 | Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service |
Roberts | Norman | Private | 22nd Apr 1944 | Royal West Kent |
Russell | Leonard Douglas | Lance Sergeant | 30th May 1942 | Royal Horse Artillery |
Shannon | Charles James | Driver | 25th May 1944 | Royal Army Service Corps |
Sturman | William Fuller | Driver | 19th Apr 1940 | Royal Army Service Corps |
Thompson | Celia | Private | 28th Jul 1944 | Auxiliary Territorial Service |
Tomlinson | Harold | Lance Corporal | 5th Aug 1943 | Grenadier Guards |
Webber | Cyril Willis | Private | 8th May 1944 | Devonshire |
White | John Charles | Driver | 3rd Dec 1941 | Royal Army Service Corps |
White | Thomas Edward | Private | 17th Jun 1940 | Pioneer Corps |
Wild | Arthur | Corporal | 31st Aug 1943 | Royal Armoured Corps |
Wild | James Albert | Fusilier | 17th Apr 1943 | Royal Irish Fusiliers |
Yeomans | Thomas Stanley | Corporal | 4th Nov 1942 | Royal Engineers |