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GLASBY, WILLIAM EDWARD
Regiment: Royal Artillery, 125 Anti-Tank Regiment
Rank: Gunner
Service No. 946543
Date of Death: 28 December 1942, age 23
Died whilst a prisoner of war in Thailand. Date of Capture 15 February 1942.
Son of Albert and the late Agnes Glasby (née Winks)
Born in and lived in Sheffield.
Cemetery: KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, THAILAND. Link
The main Prisoner of War Cemetery associated with victims of the Burma Railway.)
Memorial/Grave Ref. 8. C. 34
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston
GLEAVE, SAMUEL
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Hood Battalion. R.N. Div.
Service No.KW/250
Date of Death: 04 June 1915
Born Felton, Staffs. 24/3/1892. A Collier. Husband of Harriett Gleave, of 9 Maltkiln Road, Swallownest, Sheffield. Father: Private E. Gleave, 6th Middlesex Regt, ‘E’ Company Lower Barracks, Chatham (21/9/15).
Cemetery: HELLES MEMORIAL, TURKEY Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel 8 – 15
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston
GLEAVES, GEORGE
Rank: Private
Who died in the First World War
Remembered on the First World War Plaque outside Aughton Council School, Main Street (now Aughton Early Years
Centre.
GLOVER, ERNEST
Rank: Private.
Regiment: Notts and Derbyshire Regiment, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters.
Service No. 7226.
Date of Death: 12 March 1915.
Son of William Thomas and Emily Blanch Glover of 27 Park Street, Swallownest, Sheffield.
Cemetery: LE TOURET MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. Addenda Panel.
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston, Sheffield.
GOLDSBOROUGH, ALBERT
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 2nd Batallion
Service No. 36194
Date of Death: 09 April 1917
Son of Joseph and Flora Goldsborough of 11 Falconer Lane, Fence, Sheffield.
Cemetery: BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, FRANCE. Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. Special Memorial 16
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston
Remembered on the Woodhouse Mill First World War Memorial
GOODWIN, JOHN WILLIAM
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps, 115th Company
Service No. Corporal 27522,
Date of Death: 08 February 1917, age 20
Son of George and Mary B. Goodwin, of Swallownest, nr. Sheffield
Cemetery: FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. Plot 2. Row F. Grave 2.
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston
GRAY, A
Who died in the First World War
Remembered on the Woodhouse Mill First World War Memorial
GUEST, FRANK
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 514 Squadron
Service No. 1684645
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Date of Death: 11 December 1944, age 21
Son of Frank Turner Guest and Mary Emma Guest (née Newell), of 20 Turnshaw Avenue, Aughton, Sheffield.
Frank’s Lancaster Bomber was one of 150 Lancasters taking part in a daylight raid on
Osterfield Germany. His aircraft was hit by flak and fell into a built up area of Sterkrade in Germany and was the only aircraft lost. Frank and his crew were killed.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, GERMANY. Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. Grave 31.B.11
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston