Post by BereniceUK on Apr 17, 2017 19:55:29 GMT
The Morecambe Visitor, 11.2.1920, reported a proposal for a memorial brass plaque to be placed in St John's.
The font cover was made by George Snowden as a thank offering following his service in the Great War.
Only the right-hand window is a WW2 memorial.
65498 Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) Cyril McCulloch Bateman 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 27.6.1941, aged 27 Husband of Kathleen Bateman, of Morecambe
546137 Sergeant Arthur Bateman Royal Air Force 11.12.1942, aged 26 Sons of Hubert and Edith Bateman, of Morecambe
223000 Captain Peter Roderick MacGregor Barron 2 Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery 26.9.1944, aged 22 Son of John and Helen Barron
4462050 Private Kenneth Wallace Beeden 2nd Durham Light Infantry 27.4.1944
Fred Clayton
Possibly 3847072 Private Fred Greenwood Pioneer Corps 17.6.1940, aged 43 Son of Thomas and Margaret Greenwood; husband of Rose Greenwood, of Hoghton, Lancashire
D/MX 56247 Electrical Artificer 3rd Class Stanley Gordon Hughes Royal Navy H.M.S. Hecla 12.11.1942, aged 29 Son of Percy and Emma Hughes, of Morecambe; husband of Marion Hughes, of Morecambe
Robert Holmes, Ordinary Seaman Merchant Navy S.S. Induna (Glasgow) 30.3.1942, aged 20 Son of John and Elizabeth Holmes, of Morecambe
FAA/SFX. 1297 Air Mechanic 1st Class John Holmes Pickup Royal Navy H.M.S. President III 1.11.1942, aged 22 Son of John and Margaret Pickup; husband of Alice Pickup
1045627 Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Russell Irving Pym Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 22.3.1944, aged 21 Son of Arthur and Florence Pym, of Morecambe; CWGC database has his middle name as Irvine
181712 Flying Officer Thomas Keith Burgoyne Smith 31 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 25.11.1945 Son of Thomas and Amy Winifred Smith, of Morecambe and Heysham
1023722 Sergeant (Pilot) Trevor Anthony Tate Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 24.8.1942, aged 20 Son of Hilda Frances Tate, of Morecambe
2659966 Guardsman Clive Heaton Thorpe 3rd Coldstream Guards 27.3.1943, aged 28
119842 Pilot Officer (Pilot) John Woods 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 20.8.1942, aged 31 Son of John Thomas Woods and Annie Woods, of Morecambe; husband of Lilian Moira Woods, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Another Sandylands church, Sandylands United Methodist Church, had 40 men who served.
The font cover was made by George Snowden as a thank offering following his service in the Great War.
Only the right-hand window is a WW2 memorial.
65498 Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) Cyril McCulloch Bateman 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 27.6.1941, aged 27 Husband of Kathleen Bateman, of Morecambe
546137 Sergeant Arthur Bateman Royal Air Force 11.12.1942, aged 26 Sons of Hubert and Edith Bateman, of Morecambe
223000 Captain Peter Roderick MacGregor Barron 2 Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery 26.9.1944, aged 22 Son of John and Helen Barron
4462050 Private Kenneth Wallace Beeden 2nd Durham Light Infantry 27.4.1944
Fred Clayton
Possibly 3847072 Private Fred Greenwood Pioneer Corps 17.6.1940, aged 43 Son of Thomas and Margaret Greenwood; husband of Rose Greenwood, of Hoghton, Lancashire
D/MX 56247 Electrical Artificer 3rd Class Stanley Gordon Hughes Royal Navy H.M.S. Hecla 12.11.1942, aged 29 Son of Percy and Emma Hughes, of Morecambe; husband of Marion Hughes, of Morecambe
Robert Holmes, Ordinary Seaman Merchant Navy S.S. Induna (Glasgow) 30.3.1942, aged 20 Son of John and Elizabeth Holmes, of Morecambe
FAA/SFX. 1297 Air Mechanic 1st Class John Holmes Pickup Royal Navy H.M.S. President III 1.11.1942, aged 22 Son of John and Margaret Pickup; husband of Alice Pickup
1045627 Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Russell Irving Pym Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 22.3.1944, aged 21 Son of Arthur and Florence Pym, of Morecambe; CWGC database has his middle name as Irvine
181712 Flying Officer Thomas Keith Burgoyne Smith 31 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 25.11.1945 Son of Thomas and Amy Winifred Smith, of Morecambe and Heysham
1023722 Sergeant (Pilot) Trevor Anthony Tate Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 24.8.1942, aged 20 Son of Hilda Frances Tate, of Morecambe
2659966 Guardsman Clive Heaton Thorpe 3rd Coldstream Guards 27.3.1943, aged 28
119842 Pilot Officer (Pilot) John Woods 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 20.8.1942, aged 31 Son of John Thomas Woods and Annie Woods, of Morecambe; husband of Lilian Moira Woods, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Another Sandylands church, Sandylands United Methodist Church, had 40 men who served.