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JACKSON, REGINALD ROLAND
Regiment:  Notts and Derby Regiment, Sherwood Foresters, 7th Battalion
Rank:  Private
Service No. 98806
Date of Death 03 October 1918
Son of Thomas R. And Mary E. Jackson of 30 Coalbrook Crescent, Woodhouse Mill, Sheffield.
Cemetery:  SHEFFIELD (WOODHOUSE) CEMETERY
Remembered on the Woodhouse Mill First World War Memorial


JARVIS, FRANK
Regiment:  Northumberland Fusiliers, 14th Battalion
Rank:  Private
Service No. 340494
Date of Death:  11 April 1918, age 23
Son of Benjamin Jarvis, of 55, Furnace Lane, Woodhouse Mill, Sheffield.
Cemetery:  TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM Link
Grave/Memorial Ref, Panel 19 to 23 and 162.
Remembered on the Woodhouse Mill First World War Memorial


JENKINSON, DESMOND
Regiment:  Gordon Highlanders, 2nd Battalion
Rank:  Private
Service No.14437994
Date of Death:  22 February 1945, age 19
Son of Millicent T. Jenkinson, and stepson of Ernest Schofield of Swallow Nest, Yorkshire.
Cemetery:  REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, GERMANY Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. 4 G. 16
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston.


JOHNSON, A. G.
Who died in the Second World War
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston


JOHNSON, CHARLES
Who died in the First World War
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston


JOHNSON, FRED
Royal Navy
Rank:  Petty Officer Airman
Service No. FAA/FX 114955
Date of Death:  08 February 1945, age 27.
Lived at Smallage Farm, West Lane, Aughton, Sheffield.
Fred was on an anti-submarine patrol and when over the Firth of Clyde, the aircraft plunged into the sea and was never found.   No crew survived.
Cemetery:  LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, HAMPSHIRE. Link
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston.
Remembered on the Woodhouse Mill War Memorial..


JOHNSON, HORACE
Regiment:  York and Lancaster Regiment, 12th Battalion
Rank:  Private
Service No.12/1585
Date of Death:  17 May 1916
Son of James and Charlotte Johnson of 9 Main Street, Swallownest Nr Sheffield
Cemetery:  SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, FRANCE Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. I.G.11
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston


JOHNSON, IRVING JEFFREY
Regiment:  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 58 Squadron
Rank:  Sergeant
Service No. 938783
Date of Death:  23 December 1940
Son of Cecilia Johnson, of Aston.
Cemetery:  ASTON-CUM-AUGHTON CEMETERY
Grave No. 188
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston


JOHNSON, JOHN THOMAS
Regiment:  Seaforth Highlanders, 8th Battalion
Rank; Sergeant
Service No. S/5952.   Enlisted October 1939.
Date of Death:  22 August 1917, AGE 20.
Son of Thomas Johnson of 33 Main Street, Swallownest
Cemetery:  TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. XXXI. G. 9.
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston


JOHNSON, T
Who died in the Second World War
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston


JOHNSON, WILLIAM AUBREY
Regiment:  Royal Air Force, 50 Squadron
Rank:  Sergeant
Service No. 635088
Date of Death: 10 September 1940
Flying a Hampden Aircraft lost on a mission over Germany.
Cemetery:  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, SURREY Link
Memorial Ref. Panel 16
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston.


JONES, CHARLES
Regiment:  West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 1st Battalion
Rank:  Private
Service No. 3/8355
Date of Death: 28 November 1914
Born in St. James, Sheffield.
Enlisted in Sheffield
Cemetery:  PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM Link
Grave/Memorial Ref.  Panel 3 and 4
Remembered on the First World War Plaque outside Aughton Council School, Main Street (now Aughton Early Years Centre
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston


JONES, GLADWIN
Regiment:  Notts and Derby Regiment, Sherwood Foresters,15th Battalion
Rank:  Private
Service No. 23632
Date of Death:  25 August 1917, age 23
Son of Mrs. M. Jones, of 56, Ward St., New Tupton, Chesterfield.
Born in Brighton.   In 1911 census was living at 14 Falconer Lane, Fence, Sheffield.
Cemetery:  TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. II. G. 26
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston


JONES, JOSEPH
Regiment:  Seaforth Highlanders, 6th Battalion.
Rank:  Private.
Service No. 3247402.   Enlisted 1939.
Date of Death:  27th May 1940, age 19.
Son of William Ewart Jones and Rosetta Jones (née Goldsborough) of 11 Falconer Lane, Woodhouse Mill, Sheffield.
Cemetery:   DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, NORD, FRANCE. Link
Memorial RefColumn 125.
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston.
Remembered on the Woodhouse Mill War Memorial.


JONES, RONALD
Regiment:  Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 7th Battalion.
Rank: Sergeant.
Service No. 3508952.
Date of Death:  18 August 1944, age 25.
Oldest son of Edwin Jones and Edith Annie Jones (née Butcher) of 21 Redman Street, Woodhouse Mill, Sheffield.
Husband of Vera Jones of 21 Watch Street, Furnace Lane, Woodhouse Mill, Sheffield.
Cemetery:  LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES, FRANCE. Link
Remembered on the Woodhouse Mill War Second World War Memorial.


JONES, WILLIAM RUPERT
Regiment:  King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1st Battalion
Rank:  Private
Service No. 20623
Date of Death:  27 August 1915, age 28
Husband of Elizabeth Jones, of 57, Aughton Rd., Swallow Nest, Sheffield
Cemetery:  KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM Link
Grave Ref K.17
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston