Maghull’s fallen Service men of World War Two
Maghull’s War Memorial is situated in the grounds of St Andrew’s Primary school on Deyes Lane. The school was built as a memorial to the fallen. Listed upon the memorial are the names of 60 heroic Service Personel who gave their lives in WW2.
Some of the men have additional information about their lives and where they were born or lived before the war.
Please note: The names and details listed below are collated and checked by our researchers, however as new information arises, the site will be updated.
Surname | First name | Rank | Service No | Regiment, Squadron, Ship Etc | Last known address | Died | Age at Death | Burial place | Biography | |
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Adams | Ivor | Private | 3962130 | 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment. Anti-Aircraft Company | 29/03/1943 | 21 | Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia | |||
Ashcroft | A | |||||||||
Atkins | William Edward | Chief Petty Officer Steward | C/L 11409 | Royal Navy, H.M.S. 'Hood' | 262 Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, Kent | 24/05/1941 | 38 | Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent | William was the son of Albert Edward and Rose Elizabeth Atkins (nee Oliver). In 1923 he married Agnes Maud Game in Fulham, London, who in her later years lived at 52 Liverpool Road South, Maghull. William died when The Hood was sunk in by the German battleship Bismarck, with the loss of all but three of the 1,418 crew. | |
Bamber | Edward William | Fifth Engineer Officer | Merchant Navy, S.S. 'Duchess of Atholl' (London) | 21 Bradfield Avenue, Old Roan, Aintree | 10/10/1942 | 25 | Tower Hill Memorial, London | Edward was the son of William and Jane Bamber (nee Fidler), of Aintree, Liverpool. He was one of 4 crew killed, when the Duchess of Atholl was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-178 (Kapitän zur See, Hans Ibbeken), North of Ascension Island. | ||
Banks | Eric George | Sergeant (Air Bomber) | 1428222 | 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 2 Southey Grove, Maghull | 07/08/1944 | 32 | Marissel French National Cemetery, Oise, France | Eric was the son of John Llewelyn Banks and Lavinia (Nee Morley); husband of Dorothy Margaret (Nee Smith), of Maghull. | |
Bolton | Thomas Whitworth | Second Engineer Officer | Merchant Navy, S.S. 'Empire Hudson' (Sunderland) | 41 Broad Avenue, Maghull | 09/10/1941 | 42 | Tower Hill Memorial, London | Born in Kirkby,Thomas was the son of John Bolton and Mary Ann (Clegg). He married Blanche Coombe Hay in 1930. He was killed aboard The Empire Hudson, which was sailing from Halifax, via Sydney to Liverpool in Convoy SC-42. The ship was torpedoed by German submarine U-82 and sunk North East of Cape Farewell | ||
Booth | George Frederick | Third Engineer Officer | Merchant Navy, M.V. Port Gisbourne | 10 Grange Park, Maghull | 10/11/1940 | 31 | Tower Hill Memorial, London | George was the son of William and Annie Booth (Nee Eyre. He was killed aboard M.V. Port Gisbourne, which was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Outer Hebrides by U-48 Kriegsmarine with the loss of 26 of her 64 crew. | ||
Borrows | Norman | Sergeant (Observer) | 1055841 | 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 37 The Crescent Maghull | 25/11/1941 | 21 | St Mary Churchyard, Binbrook, East Lindley, Lincolnshire | Norman was the son of Thomas and Lillian Borrows (Nee Brough). He was killed aboard a Wellington Mk IV, which crashed shortly after take-off from RAF Waltham on a training flight. The aeroplane stalled whilst climbing away from the airfield. | |
Brindle | Ben Harold | Surgeon Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. 'Forfar' | 53 Sefton Lane, Maghull | 12/03/1940 | 25 | Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent | Harold was the son of Benjamin Brindle and Florence (Critchley) and was the Assistant Resident. Medical Officer at Walton Hospital. He was killed aboard HMS Forfar which was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-99. She had just left convoy HX-90 and was about 500 nautical miles west of Ireland. The master, 35 officers and 136 naval ratings were lost. | ||
Byrne | John | Gunner | 1105518 | 119 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | 21/11/1943 | 33 | St Andrew's Churchyard, Maghull, Liverpool | John was the husband of Freda Byrne (Nee Rimmer), they married in 1939. He died in Ormskirk in 1943 | ||
Christian | D | |||||||||
Clack | Robert Paul | Civilian | Civilian War Dead | 124 Dodds Lane, Maghull | 09/07/1940 | 30 | East Ham, County Borough | Robert was born into a variety performer family, the son of John William Clack and Pauline Bertha (Comerford). In 1933 married Lilian (Yeates). 1937 lived at 10 Spencers Lane, Melling, and later of 124 Dodds Lane, Maghull. He was a gymnast, acrobat, variety performer, and died at 118 High Street North, East Ham, London. | ||
Croft | H | |||||||||
Davies | R F | |||||||||
Dillon | L | |||||||||
Ellis | Marjorie Eleanor | Leading Wren | 82342 | Women's Royal Naval Service - H.M.S. Boscawen | 43 Gainsborough Avenue, Maghull | 17/01/1946 | 25 | St Helens Cemetery & Crematorium, St Helens, Lancashire | Marjorie Eleanor was the daughter of James Arthur Brownlee and Anne (Jones), of St Helens, Prescot. Anne later of Maghull. She married Leonard Theodore Ellis at Grantham, Lincolnshire, in 1941. Marjorie died of Acute Pulmonary Oedema at Royal Naval Hospital Portland, Weymouth, Dorset. | |
Evans | Henry Irving Voce | Flight Sergeant | 9855939 | 224 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 16 Prospect Vale, Fairfield, Liverpool | 02/06/1942 | 24 | Runnymede Memorial, Surrey | Henry was born 8 July 1917 in Birkenhead; the son of Griffith Evans and Elizabeth Christina (Voce), of Liverpool. Henry was killed whilst flying in Hudson V, AM692 QX-Z, which failed to return from a search equipment line patrol. | |
Firth | Sydney Ewbank | Aircraftman 1st Class | 615843 | 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force | 24/05/1940 | 35 | St Andrew's Churchyard, Maghull | Sydney was the son of Reginald Howe Firth and Elizabeth Ann (Eastham), later of 29 Melling Lane, Maghull. Husband of Mary Kathleen (Hamilton-Taylor), who he married in 1931 in Manchester. Henry was killed when his plane crashed and exploded in Coventry. | ||
Frith | Edwin John | Sergeant (Pilot) | 657022 | 102 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 47 Claremont Avenue, Maghull | 26/02/1943 | 23 | Rheinberg War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | Edwin was the son of Francis John and Edith Helen Frith (Nee Lowther. Sydney was the son of Reginald Howe Firth and Elizabeth Ann (Eastham), later of 29 Melling Lane, Maghull. Husband of Mary Kathleen (Hamilton-Taylor), who he married in 1931 in Manchester. Henry was killed when his plane crashed and exploded in Coventry. | |
Gee | A | |||||||||
Gregson | Raymond Humphrey | Ordinary Seaman | D/JX 171361 | Royal Navy, H.M.S. 'Esperance Bay' | 333 Fairfield Road, Droylsden, Lancashire | 14/07/1940 | 24 | Weston Mill Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon | Raymond was the son of Richard Booth Gregson, and Ethel (Grimshaw) later of Maghull. In 1939 he married Elsie (Howarth) at Ashton, Lancashire. | |
Hannan | J | |||||||||
Henderson | H | |||||||||
Hepburn | William Renton | Fourth Engineer Officer | Merchant Navy, S.S. 'Empire Prairie' (Greenock) | 30 Liverpool Road South, Maghull | 04/10/1942 | 28 | Tower Hill Memorial, London. | William was the son of William was the son of William Hepburn and Mary Ellen (Nee Brophy), of Maghull. He died when the Empire Prairie was sunk by torpedo at 2.20am by U-Boat U-654 in the Caribbean, 490 miles North-east of Bermuda. | ||
Herbert | William | Firewatcher | Civilian War Dead | 1 Granville Avenue, Maghull | 04/05/1941 | 44 | St Luke's Church, Crosby | William Herbert was the husband of Edith (nee Marsh). He died at Miller's Bridge, Bootle. | ||
Hesketh | George McDonald | Lance Corporal | 7262426 | Corps of Military Police | 29/03/1945 | 38 | Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya | George was the son of George was the son of Richard Hesketh and Mary Emily (nee Davidson), of L'Abri, (No.8) Green Lane, Maghull. | ||
Hesketh | Thomas | Sergeant (Flight Engineer) | 1063367 | 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 01/09/1943 | 34 | Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands. (Originally buried at Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands). | Thomas was the son of Thomas Hesketh and Ellen; husband of Sarah A. Harrison. He took off in an Avro Lancaster Mark 1, at 5-07pm from RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, on a bombing raid to Essen, Germany. His aeroplane was shot down at 7-10pm, near Maasbree, 8 km west-southwest of Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands. | ||
Hinstringe | A E | |||||||||
Hodkins | W A | |||||||||
Jesse | Leslie | Private | 7674771 | Royal Army Pay Corps | 14 Kingsfield Road Maghull | 02/10/1943 | 29 | St Andrew's Churchyard, Maghull, Lancashire | Leslie was the son of Ernest Smart Jesse and Margaret (Nee Salts), of Maghull. He died at Westwood Emergency Hospital, Bradford, Yorkshire. | |
Jones | J B | |||||||||
Kelly | E | |||||||||
Kevan | Joseph Daniel | Leading Aircraftman | 1480309 | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 2 Grosvenor Road, Maghull | 24/08/1944 | 22 | Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool | Joseph was the son of Daniel Kevan and Grace (Nee Griffiths), of Maghull. He died at Blandford, Dorset. | |
Lumby | John Leman | Captain | 71466 | 40th(7th Battalion, Kings Regiment(Liverpool)), Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps | 'Waldergrave' 13 Brook Road, Maghull | 09/01/1942 | 28 | El Alamein Memorial, Egypt | John was the son of Henry Percy Lumby and Mabel Mary (Mair) of Maghull. | |
Mason | T E | |||||||||
Moorcroft | William James | Flying Officer (Navigator) | 127974 | Squadron, Royal Aircraft Volunteer Reserve | 14/07/1943 | 22 | Les Hayons Churchyard, Luxembourg, Belgium | William was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Margaret Moorcroft, of Maghull, Lancashire. | ||
Partington | William Stephen | Second Officer | Merchant Navy, S.S. 'Yorktown' | 26/09/1942 | 26 | Tower Hill Memorial, London | William was the son of William Hobson Partington and Nellie Partington; husband of Mary Hazel Partington, of Southport, Lancashire. | |||
Potbury | John | Stoker First Class | P/KX 839955 | Royal Navy, H.M.S.' Greyhound' | 22/05/1941 | 38 | Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire | John was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Potbury; husband of Ethel Potbury, of Speke, Liverpool. He was killed during the Battle of Crete when Greyhound was sunk in an air raid by bombs from a German Stuka Ju87 dive bomber, in the Kithera Channel. | ||
Price | David Ellis | Fusilier | 2055226 | 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers | 06/04/1944 | 27 | Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar | David was the son of Ellis Price, and of Elizabeth Price, of Maghull, Lancashire. | ||
Quine | George Lionel | Chief Engineer Officer | Merchant Navy, S.S.' Traveller' (Liverpool) | 26/01/1942 | 44 | Tower Hill Memorial, London | George was the son of Herbert and Annie Quine; husband of Winifred Mary Quine, of Maghull, Lancashire.. He was killed aboard Traveller , she was on her way from New Orleans to Liverpool general cargo and explosives. The ship was hit by two torpedoes from the German submarine U-106 (Hermann Rasch) . 50 crew members and two gunners were lost. | |||
Rankin | Hugh Allan | Sergeant | T/88397 | Royal Army Service Corps | 22/11/1940 | 24 | St Andrew's Churchyard, Maghull. | Hugh was the son of Hugh Lucas Rankin and Mary Rankin, of Maghull. | ||
Rhodes | Richard Arthur | Pilot Officer | 42529 | 29 Squadron, Royal Air Force | 25/08/1940 | Runnymede Memorial, Surry | ||||
Rimmer | R | |||||||||
Rogers | H | |||||||||
Rowlins | J C | |||||||||
Seddon | Henry | Private | 3394129 | 13th (2/4th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Anti-Aircraft Company | 19/08/1944 | 22 | Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, Frances | Henry was the son of Harold Sydney and Ann Seddon, of Maghull, Lancashire. His brother Stanley was also killed in action | ||
Seddon | Stanley | Aircraftman 1st Class | 547893 | Royal Air Force | 07/05/1941 | 21 | Runnymede Memorial, Surrey | Stanley was the son of Harold Sydney and Anne Seddon, his brother Henry was also killed in action | ||
Simpson | William George | Corporal | 3861692 | 9th Battalion, tHe King's Regiment (Liverpool) | 26/10/1943 | 31 | Old Shoreham Cemetery, Sussex | William was the son of William Charles and Maud Simpson; husband of Elsie Louisa Simpson, of Maghull, Lancashire. | ||
Smith | E C | |||||||||
Speake | Robert Ernest | Leading Aircraft man ( U/T Radio Operator (Air)) | 1624244 | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 19/11/1943 | 18 | Thaba Tshwane (New) Military Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa | Robert was the son of Walter Speake and Alice Speake, of Maghull, Lancashire. | ||
Taylor | Gerald Francis | Sergeant | 7536269 | Army Dental Corps attached 27t Company, Royal Army Medical Corps | Died between 01/10/1942 -02/10/1942 | 30 | Sai Wan Memorial, China | Gerald was the son of Fred and Emily Taylor; husband of Gwendoline Taylor, of Maghull, Lancashire, England. | ||
Thurston | C | |||||||||
Tough | E | |||||||||
Watson | J T | |||||||||
White | John Henry | Petty Officer | D/J 109955 | Royal Navy, H.M.Submarine Seahorse | 01/12/1940 | 33 | Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon | John was the son of Alfred William and Mary White, of Maghull, Lancashire. He died aboard Seahorse, she sailed from Rosyth to patrol off the east coast of Denmark. Seahorse was mined while moving between Zones E and B in the Heligoland Bight. | ||
Wilkinson | W | |||||||||
Willis | D E | |||||||||
Wilmhurst | R J | |||||||||
Winsor | K J F | |||||||||
Nuttall | N D |