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Guest Jean_Helen

I am the wife of a member of a Sheffield ex servicemens association. We are trying to raise money for a new and improved War Memorial in Frecheville, which commemorates the men of the area who were killed in action in World War 2.

I am trying to contact any relatives or descendants of those named on the memorial. If you are related to any of these men, I would be grateful if you would get in touch. They are:-

Douglas Harold Beresford, died 6/7/1944, aged 21
Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Leslie A Cook, died 14/11/1944, aged 23
Bombardier Royal Artillery, Anti Tank Regiment

Peter Lawrence Cowlishaw, died 30/12/1943, aged 22
Private Hampshire Regiment

Charles Carrington Haynes, died 12/11/1940, aged 21
Corporal Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Joseph Gordon Harrold, born 1908, died 21/3/1945, aged 36
Corporal Royal Corps of Signals

George Robert Hargate, born 1916, died 2/2/1944, aged 28
Corporal Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Sidney Head, died 22/5/1941, aged 21
Able Seaman Royal Navy

Reginald Cooper Knott, died 11/11/1941, age 31
Weapons Operator Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Alfred Edwin Letch, born 1906, Sheffield, died 1/12/1942, aged 36
Gunner Royal Artillery

Arthur Percy Manning, born 1902, Kings Norton, Birmingham, died 17/11/1940, in Chesterfield, aged 38
Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Cyril Pratt died 14/10/1939, aged 24
Ordinary Telegraphist, Royal Navy.

Harold Rastrick, born 1901, Sheffield, died 8/2/1940, aged 38
Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Charles Alfred Sugden, born 1911, Sheffield, died 1st April 1942, aged 31
Lance Bombardier Royal Artillery

George Robert Turner, died 4/11/1945, aged 28
Leading Aircraftsman Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Edmund Vickers, born 1915, died 24/9/1944, aged 28
Private East Yorks Regiment (Duke of York`s Own)

also, 4 others for whom I have been unable to find any details. They are:-

J Ashford
R J Booker
WA Harrison
S Watson

Many thanks

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douglas Beresford was my fathers best friend and my parents class mate .after he lost his life,my father came home from Burma in 47.dougs mother never spoke to my father, and cross the road to avoid him.going to see the site this weekend as I did not know it existed.

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