Memorial

List 1939-45 St. John

Percy Main

Memorial Name: List 1939-45 St. John (P22.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: P22.02

Parish: Percy Main

Original Location:

Church of St. John the Evangelist, St. John’s Terrace.

Which War:

1939-45

Memorial Description:

List.

See note below.

Names:

20 names, ranks, regiments, where and when killed, and any other details where known.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. ” . . . When I became Vicar here some four years ago, I was very sad to find that there was no memorial for the Second World War. I have managed to collect together a number of names, some with ranks and units, of men from Percy Main who were killed. At the service on Remembrance Day at the WWI memorial, these names are read out. It may be that at some time we shall be able to establish a Memorial. Even a framed record would be better than nothing…” (Rev. J.M. Pennington)

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Ralph W. Gould;
Rev. J.M. Pennington

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Names Documents:

PERCY MAIN, St. John’s Church.

 

The following is the list of names compiled by the Vicar and read out at every Remembrance Day Service. 

 

  Those who died in the 2nd World War

  1939-1945

 

  Richard John Binks     Cabin boy, aged 17, killed in September, 1940.

                         from Limewood Road, (Compton Road).

  Robert Bond

  Norman Clark           Chief Steward, Merchant Navy.  

                         Missing, presumed drowned, from S.S. Zurich Moor, 24th May 1942.

  Thomas Clark, Infantry Private, Durham Light Infantry.

  George Clements        Chief Engineer, Merchant Navy

  William Clemitson      Warrant Officer, Royal Air Force

                         Rear Gunner, killed 4th March 1942 (Preston Cemetery)

  William(?) Craig       Army  Drowned in an exercise in Devon (?Slapton Sands)

  Mr. Davidson           from Brunton Street

  Stanley Fairhurst      Sergeant, Royal Air Force

                         Killed 20th October 1943, aged 25.

                         (34 Central Avenue.  Preston Cemetery K14489)

  Robert William Laws    Glider pilot, killed in an accident in North Africa in 1943 aged 22.

  Edward Miller          Private, Northumberland Fusiliers, Dispatch Rider.

  James Nelson           an Officer in the Royal Navy, aged 39.

  Joseph Nevins          Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Killed in 1942, aged 20. (Telford Street)

  Norman Nurser          Merchant Navy

  Raymond Park

  John William Pullen    Merchant Navy Lost at sea 1940, aged 19

  James Rivers           Private, Northumberland Fusiliers

  Albert Snowdon         Prisoner of War, Died on the Burma Railway

  Robert Stoker          Black Watch

  James Thewlis          Private, Cameron Highlanders & Parachute Regiment

                         Killed 13th May 1944 at Messina

NamesP22.02

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