Roll of Honour- Cumberland - Penrith Post office World War 2 Memorial

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PENRITH POST OFFICE WORLD WAR 2 MEMORIAL

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Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2024

The Penrith Post Office memoril for World War 2 is to be found within the Post Office, Southend Road, Penrith and takes the form of a carved, oak, board with raised lettering. It was unveiled 25 February 1948 in a ceremony that included Brigadier F. Lane, Post Office Regional Director for the North-West.

Penrith Post Office © Andy Hammet Oct 1995 (WMR-3077)

IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND
WORLD WAR 1939-1945

CHAPELHOW	George Arthur	Signalman D/JX 213084, H.M.S. Hurworth, Royal Navy. Died at sea when his ship was sunk east of Kalymnos, Dodecanese, in the eastern mediterranean, by a mine laid by the German minelayer Drache, 22 October 1943. Aged 23. Born 12 June 1920 in Penrith, Cumberland. Son of Herbert and Jessie Chapelhow, of Penrith, Cumberland. In the 1921 census he was aged 1, born Penrith, Cumberland, grandson of Thomas E and Elizabeth Clarkson, son of Herbert and Jessie Chapelhow, resident 2, Angel Lane, Penrith, Cumberland. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 80, Column 3. See also Penrith St Andrews and Penrith Castle Park Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index, 1946: CHAPELHOW George Arthur of 3 Angel-lane Penrith Cumberland died 22 October 1943 on war service Administration Carlisle 18 September to Jessie Chapelhow (wife of Herbert Chapelhow). Effects £515 6s. 1d.
GRISDALE	William	Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator) 1022033, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Flying out of Regina, Italy, in a Wellington X, serial number LP189, he was killed when his aircraft crashed at Dolno Linevo on the Bulgarian-Roumanian border during a raid on an oil refinery at Ploesti, Romania, 10 August 1944. Born 6 May 1916. In the 1921 census he was aged 5, born Penrith, Cumberland, son of Joseph and Ada Beatrice Grisdale, resident 29, Musgrove Street, Penrith, Cumberland. In the 1939 Register he was unmarried, born 6 May 1916, a Postal Clerk, resident 36 Greystoke Road, Penrith, Penrith U.D., Cumberland. Buried in SOFIA WAR CEMETERY, Bulgaria. Plot 2. Row B. Collective grave 1-3. See also Penrith St Andrews and Penrith Castle Park Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index, 1945: GRISDALE William of 36 Greystoke-road Penrith Cumberland died 10 August 1944 on war service Probate Carlisle 5 November to Arthur Thompson James post office employee. Effects £561 5s. 9d.
JACKSON	Thomas James	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1093291, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 20 December 1943. Aged 21. Son of James and Bessie Jackson, of Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland. Buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Bayern, Germany. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 13.
PAYNE	John Routledge	Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 984801, 214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Flying out of Stradishall on a night raid to Essen in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number Z1143, he was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Vriezenween, Holland 26 March 1942. Aged 25. Son of Alfred Joseph and Catherine Payne, of Penrith, Cumberland. In the 1921 census he was aged 4, born Carlisle, Cumberland, son of Alfred J and catherine Payne, resident 14, Bassenthwaite Street, Carlisle, Cumberland. In The London Gazette 10 July 1934, issue 34068, page 4444, his Civil Service appointment to the Post Office as a male sorting clerk and telegraphist at Penrith, was announced. Buried in VRIEZENVEEN GENERAL CEMETERY, Overijssel, Netherlands. Collective grave 1-6. See also Penrith St Andrews and Penrith Castle Park

Last updated 29 March, 2024

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