Roll of Honour - Lancashire - Blackpool - World War 2

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

BLACKPOOL WAR MEMORIAL

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HACKING	John Albert	Guardsman 3854048, 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 28 June 1944. Aged 29. Born and resident Bolton. Husband of Edna Hacking, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX, Calvados, France. Plot V. Row D. Grave 7.
HACKING	Frank	Trooper 14345232, Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), Royal Armoured Corps. Died 9 December 1944. Aged 34. Son of Albert and Margaret Hacking; husband of Fanny Hacking, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in FAENZA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row F. Grave 15.
HAIGH	Douglas	Driver T/156161, Royal Army Service Corps attached Royal Artillery. Died 7 July 1943. Aged 25. Born Leeds, resident Blackpool. Son of Victor Haigh, and of Jane Ann Haigh, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot VI. Row M. Grave 6.
HAINES	F	East Lancashire Regiment
HAINES	V	Kings Regiment
HALES	John [Edward]	Private 3392448, 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died 25 August 1944. Aged 25. Born and resident Blackpool. Son of Capt. Thomas Henry Hales, formerly of R.A.S.C., and Amelia Hales, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma). Plot 7. Row J. Grave 11.
HALL	John	Lance Sergeant 2661797, Coldstream Guards. Died 18 June 1944. Born and resident Blackpool. Buried in MARTON (ST. PAUL) CHURCH BURIAL GROUND, Lancashire. Plot 9. Grave 1.
HALL	Sidney	Lance Corporal 2659617, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 20 February 1943. Aged 23. Boern Oldham, resident Blackpool. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Hall; husband of Edith Hall, of Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot II. Row C. Grave 5.
HALL	Edward Lindsay	Driver T/243067, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 11 September 1943. Aged 22. . Born and resident Blackpool. Son of James and Edith Hall, of Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in SALERNO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot VI. Row B. Grave 32.
HALL	W H	Royal Navy
HALLIWELL	Eric	Sergeant 1498721, 405 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 17 December 1943. Aged 22. Son of Clifford and Mary Edith Halliwell, of Blackpool. Buried in BLACKPOOL (CARLETON) CEMETERY, Lancashire. Section E. Grave 99.
HALSTEAD	James	[Transcribed as HALLSTEAD] Gunner 1609407, 292 Battery, 94 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 14 April 1943. Aged 32. Son of George Henry and Jane Parkinson Halstead; husband of Isabelle Halstead, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 32.
HALLWORTH	Leslie	Bombardier 903543, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Presumed killed in action 17 January 1942 in Malaya. Aged 22. Born Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, resident Blackpool. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 7.
HALSALL	William	Gunner 1629467, 5 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died from gastric enteritis as a Japanese Prisoner of War in Sakata, Japan, 15 February 1945 during the Fall of Singapore. Aged 31. Born 24 July 1911 in St. Cuthbert's, Blackpool, and resident Blackpool. Next of kin Mrs. W. Halsall, 15 Heathway Avenue, Layton, Blackpool. Buried in YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY, Japan. British Section. Plot A. Row B. Grave 16.
HAMER	J	Royal Air Force
HAMER	Charles Frederick	Gunner 905089, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of Cholera as a Japanese Prisoner of War woking on the Thailand to Burma Railway 25 June 1943. Aged 30. Born 23 June 1913, and resident, Blackpool. Son of John and Rachel Hamer. Machine Worker by trade. Husband of Vera Hamer, of 2, East View, Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. PLot 8. Row M. Grave 50.
HAMPSON	Edward Stewart	Boy 1st Class D/JX 188586, H.M.S. "Repulse", Royal Navy. Died 10 December 1941. Aged 17. Adopted son of Violet Clayton, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 49, Column 3.
HANES	Frederick	Private 3387813, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died 31 May 1940. Aged 21. Born Manchester, resident Blackpool. Son of Herbert Frank and Alice Hanes; husband of Susan Hanes, of Sale, Cheshire. Buried in DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, Nord, France. Special Memorial. Plot 2. Row 13. Grave 29.
HANKEY	James J	Gunner 1146505, 2 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action 24 October 1944. Aged 22. Born Lancashire, resident Blackpool. Son of James P. and Annie Hankey, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in FAENZA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot V. Row E. Grave 15.
HANKINSON	Sidney	Trooper 7908844, Royal Armoured Corps. Killed in action 1 November 1942. Aged 25. Born Manchester, resident Blackpool. Son of Thomos and Naomi Hankinson; husband of Margaret Hankinson, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot VI. Row G. Grave 18.
HANNAM	R W	Royal Air Force
HARDING	Lynn	[Listed as Royal Canadian Air Force on memorial] Sergeant 1059179, 408 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11 December 1941. Aged 20. Son of Ellis and Elsie Harding, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in ODENSE (ASSISTENS) CEMETERY, Denmark. Grave BD. 360.
HARDMAN	Irene	Private W/109528, Auxiliary Territorial Service attached to 7 Heavy A.A. (M) Training Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 31 December 1941. Aged 19. Born Oldham, resident Blackpool. Daughter of Edmund Lord Hardman and Caroline Hardman, of Blackpool. Cremated at BLACKPOOL (CARLETON) CREMATORIUM, Lancashire. Commemorated on Panel 2.
HARDWICK	S J	Royal Navy
HARRISON	Robert Francis	Flying Officer (Navigator) 165719, 356 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 18 April 1945. Aged 21. Son of Edmund and Edith Harrison of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 10. Row M. Collective grave 2-7.
HARRISON	J H	Royal Navy
HARTLEY	Robert	Second Lieutenant 153633, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action 10 January 1942. Born and resident Blackpool. Buried in TAIPING WAR CEMETERY, Malaysia. Plot 1. Row F. Grave 5.
HASLAM	William	Lance Bombardier 910192, 88 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died from Dysentery as a Japanese Prisoner of War working on the Thailand to Burma Railway 12 August 1943. Aged 35. Born Bolton, resident Blackpool. Son of Peter Herbert and Rosetta Haslam, of Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 8. Row B. Grave 23.
HASSLEGRAVE	W	Royal Armoured Corps
HASTE	John Frederick	Private 3534648, 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 12 August 1943. Aged 25. Born 9 March 1916 in Hastings, resident Blackpool. Labourer by trade. Son of Henry Haste; husband of Annie Haste, of 62, Highfield Road, South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma). Plot B6. Row A. Grave 6.
HATCH	Frederick	Stoker 1st Class D/KX 77330, H.M.S. "Courageous", Royal Navy. Died 18 September 1939. Aged 31. Son of Thomas and Leah Hatch; husband of Elizabeth Hatch, of Layton. Buried in BLACKPOOL (LAYTON) CEMETERY, Lancashire. Section F.F. Grave 432.
HAWORTH	Alan Mercer	Trooper 10602366, 56th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, Royal Armoured Corps. Killed in action 4 October 1943. Born and resident Blackpool. Son of Willie Ernest and Jane Haworth, of Norbreck, Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot XIV. Row A. Grave 6.
HAYCROFT	Cecil	Sergeant 3855145, 2nd Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). Died 25 August 1943. Aged 28. Born 26 June 1915, and resident, Blackpool. Driver by trade. Stepson of Thomas, and son of Elizabeth, Stuttard, of 13 Knox Grove, Blackpool. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 4. Row E. Grave 59.
HAYDON	P A	Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
HAYES	J	Royal Air Force
HAYLE	R	Coldstream Guards
HEALD	Harold	Flight Sergeant 754418, 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 24 July 1941. Aged 23. Son of Walter and Bertha Heald, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No kniown grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 36.
HELME	A	Royal Marines
HESSEY	G	Royal Navy
HEWITT	Charles William	Gunner 904257, 88 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 12 September 1944 whe the ship he was held on, Rakuyo Maru, was torpedoed and sunk off East Hainan Island by US Submarine "Sealion". Aged 26. Born Duckingfield, Manchester, resident Blackpool. Son of Charles Hewitt, and of Leah Agnes Hewitt, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore. Column 20.
HEYCROFT	J W	Royal Navy
HIGSON	Jesse	Private 3718771, 13th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool). Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 20 May 1944. Aged 21. Born and resident Blackpool. Son of Jesse and Eleanor Higson, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar. Face 5.
HILTON	R	Royal Navy
HINDE	John	Sergeant 1694160, 69 Battery, 21 Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of Acute Colitis as a Japanese Prisoner of War in P.O.W. Camp, Fukuokai, Japan, 30 November 1942. Aged 26. Born in St. Mark's, Blackpool, and resident Blackpool. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hinde, of Blackpool, Lancashire; husband of Gwennie Hinde, of Blackpool. Decorator by trade. Cremated in Japan. Commmeorated on YOKOHAMA CREMATION MEMORIAL, Japan. Panel 1.
HINDLE	W L	Royal Air Force
HINE	Jack	Sergeant 990454, 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 3 June 1941. Aged 24. Son of Thomas Henry and Mabel Hine, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 45.
HINE	Gordon	Marine CH/X 109169, Royal Marines. Died 30 January 1945. Aged 22. Son of James Edward and Margaret Hine, of Blackpool. Buried in BLACKPOOL (CARLETON) CEMETERY, Lancashire. Section B. Grave 1107.
HIRST	Frank	Gunner 896002, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of disease as a Japanese Prisoner of War 5 March 1942. Aged 21. Born Layton, Blackpool, and resident Blackpool. Son of Joseph Bridge Hirst and Sarah Hirst, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in TAIPING WAR CEMETERY, Malaysia. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 17.
HODGSON	R	Royal Air Force
HODGSON	James	Gunner 1491399, 85 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of Dysentery as a Japanese Prisoner of War 15 June 1943. Aged 24. Born Chorlton-on-Medlock, Lancashire, resident Blackpool. Son of Mrs. A. Chapman, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 7. Row B. Grave 1.
HOLDEN	Norman	Bombardier 902525, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died from Quasi Dysentery as a Japanese Prisoner of War 21 June 1943. Aged 25. Born Darwen, Lancashire, resident Blackpool. Son of John Vincent and Sarah Alice Holden; husband of Doris Holden, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 4. Row F. Grave 78.
HOLLAND	John	Sergeant 2989322, 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died of wounds 21 August 1944. Aged 30. Born Burnley, resident Blackpool. Son of Alexander Seymour Holland and Mabel Ethel Holland, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 11.
HOLLINSON	K C	Royal Air Force
HOLLIS	D	Private 14118088, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). Died 22 August 1946. Aged 19. Son of Arnold and Mabel Alfreda Hollis, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY, Austria. Plot 5. Row E. Grave 10.
HOLLOWAY	Donald Mitchell	Telegraphist D/JX 162945, H.M.S. "Prince of Wales", Royal Navy. Died 10 December 1941. Aged 18. Son of Frederick and Hilda S. Holloway, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 50, Column 3.
HOLMES	Ewart John William	Private 925655, 8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). Died 1 June 1940. Aged 31. Born and resident Blackpool. Buried in DE PANNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 19.
HOLT	P M	Royal Air Force
HOLT	Robert	Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) 759005, 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 2 February 1942. Aged 30. Husband of Constance Holt, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in SIBIRIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Finistere, France. Grave 1.
HORROCKS	H	Fleet Air Arm
HORSMAN	Peter	Bombardier 896402, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action during the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore 10 January 1942. Aged 23. Born Oldham, resident Blackpool. Buried in TAIPING WAR CEMETERY, Malaysia. Plot 1. Row E. Grave 20.
HOWARD	George	Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1622642, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 1 September 1943. Aged 20. Son of George W. Howard and Annie Howard, of Blackpool. Buried on BLACKPOOL (CARLETON) CEMETERY, Lancashire. Section F. Grave 205.
HOWARD	Albert	Motor Mechanic C/MX 72041, H.M.M.L. 268, Royal Navy. Died 28 March 1942. Aged 21. Son of Albert Hume Howard and Annie Gertrude Howard, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 63, Column 2.
HOWARTH	Alwyn Victor	Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator) 997285, 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 27 August 1944. Aged 27. Son of Eliza Beatrice Howarth, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried in RANDBOL CHURCHYARD, Denmark. Joint grave 245.
HOWARTH	Eric	Warrant Officer Class II (B.S.M.) 787517, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Killed in action during the Japanese in vasion of Malaya and Singapore 10 January 1942. Aged 30. Born and resident Blackpool. Son of Thomas Robert and Caroline Louise Howarth, of Blackpool, Lancashire; husband of Lena Howarth, of Southfields, London. Enlisted 13 November 1928, re-enlisted 18 April 1939. Buried in TAIPING WAR CEMETERY, Malaysia. Plot 1. Row G. Grave 5.
HOWELL	John Edgar	Sergeant 1105503, 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 21 April 1942. Aged 21. Son of Margaret Howell, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 86.
HUGHES	Sidney	Leading Airman FAA/FX. 86950, H.M.S. "Shrike", Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy. Died 6 February 1944. Aged 19. Son of Emanuel and Mary Hughes, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Bay 5, Panel 2.
HUGHES	Peter Malcolm	Flying Officer 158625, 408 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 23 May 1944. Aged 26. Son of Percy A. and Elsie Hughes; husband of Marjorie Hughes, of Blackpool, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. 207 86.
HULETT	George Dudley Allen	Corporal, 59th County of Lancaster (P.O.) Battalion, Home Guard. Died 25 August 1942. Aged 43. Son of Alfred and Harriet Hulett; husband of Mary Margaret Hulett, of Blackpool. Formerly Kings Royal Regiment. Buried in BLACKPOOL (LAYTON) CEMETERY, Lancashire. Section L.L. Grave 682.
HULL	Victor	Trooper 3391550, 144th (8th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Wounded 17 July 1944, died of wounds 18 July 1944. Aged 28. Born and resident Blackpool. Son of Robert William and Gertrude Hull; husband of Ethel Hull, of Cockermouth, Cumberland. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 21.
HULL	R	Royal Navy
HURSTFIELD	Leslie Arthur	Lance Sergeant 916530, 137 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 14 May 1942. Aged 23. Born Central Blackpool and resident Blackpool. Buried in KUALA LUMPUR (CHERAS ROAD) CIVIL CEMETERY, Malaysia. R.C. Plot Grave 139.

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