The following list of solders that died during WW2 is by no means complete, the source for the list came from the Hatfield War Memorial in The Great North Road, The Commonwealth War Graves Commission and a memorial plaque in the Hatfield Social Club.
Further names to be added as our research continues.
Sidney Thomas Payton served in the first world war, survived, joined up for WW2 and was sadly killed at a train sidings in Normandy.
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Surname | First Name | Rank | RegNumber | Regiment | Date | Location | Age | Buried | |
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AGER | Charles Peter | Driver | 14543296 | REME | 12 July 1944 | England | 34 | St Lukes Hatfield | Son of Charles and Lillie Eliza Ager; husband of Hilda Mary Ager nee Warner, of Hatfield. |
ALDERSON | Richard Cosmo | Major/ Captain | 99180 | Cold Stream Guards | 10 June 1944 | Italy | 38 | Bolsena War Cemetery | Son of Edward Hall Alderson and Mary Emily Alderson; husband of Gillian Mary Alderson, of Hollesley, Suffolk. |
ALLEN | Robert William | Petty Officer | P/MX78357 | Royal Navy | 24 July 1943 | Libya | 23 | Tobruk War Cemetery | Son of Robert V. L. and Louisa Allen, of Warren Wood, Hertfordshire. |
BALLANCE | Denis Charles | Leading Aircraft Fitter | 1378366 | RAF | 01 June 1941 | England | 24 | Essendon & Woodhall St Marks | Son of Alaric Charles Ballance, and of Mary Phelips Ballance, of Hatfield. B.A. (Cantab.). |
BARBER | Alfred Downes | Private | 5383453 | Kings Regiment | 03 January 1945 | Greece | 28 | Phaleron War Cemetery | Son of Alfred and Florence V. Barber, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
BOXALL | Frederick William | L/Cpl | 14810212 | Royal Engineers | 28 March 1946 | England | 23 | St Lukes Hatfield | Son of William and Ellenor Boxall, of Hatfield |
BRACE | Richard Stanley | RPrivte | 7887088 | Royal Army Ordnance | 15 Febuary 1942 | At Sea | 24 | Egypt Alamein Memorial | Son of Stanley and Constance Brace; husband of Joan Phyllis Brace, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
BRACEY | Walter | L/Cpl | 1885767 | Royal Engineers | 09 April 1943 | N Africa | 27 | Tunisia | Son of H. G. and Marion E. Bracey, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
BROWNSELL | John Stewart | Sgt | 748564 | Royal Air Force Reserve | June 1942 | England | 21 | Hatfield Park War Cemetery | Son of Walter Ernley Brownsell and Hannah Anderson Brownsell, of Wymondham, Norfolk. |
COLLIE | Thomas P. | Gunner | 2875823 | Royal Artillery | 25 July 1943 | Sicily | 33 | Syracuse War Cemetery | Husband of Dora R. Collie, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
COX | Frank Geoffrey | Pilot Officer | 149332 | Royal Air Force Reserve | 02 December 1943 | Berlin | 23 | Berlin 1939-45 war cemetery | Son of Frank & Mary Cox living at Selwyn Ave. Hatfield |
CURRELL | Albert | Fusilier | 1634572 | Royal Scots Fusilier | 26 October 1944 | N W Europe | 34 | Bergen Cemetery Netherlands | Son of George & Mary Jane (nee Fisher) Currell of Green Lanes Hatfield |
DRAGE | Quentin Lovell | Cpt (MC) | 165453 | Honourable Artillery Coy. | 20 September 1944 | Italy | 24 | Coriano Ridge Cemetery | Son of Robert Lovell Drage and Kathleen Mary Drage, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
EAGLES | Arthur J. | Lance Bombardier | 1774334 | Royal Artillery | 11 December 1942 | Bombay | 38 | Delhi War Cemetery | Son of Arthur James Eagles and Florence Maud Eagles; husband of Ivy May Eagles, of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. |
ELLIOTT | Geoffrey Jack | Warrant Officer | 14576920 | Royal Signals | 11 January 1947 | India | 22 | Ranchi War Cemetery | Son of Ernest and Caroline Jane Elliott, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
ELLISS | Alfred Charles | Sub-Lieutenant | RNVR Fleet Air Arm | 05 August 1944 | England | 20 | Lee-On-Solent Memorial | Son of Alfred Henry and Lena Elliss, of Hatfield | |
EWINGTON | Stanley James | Pte | 5959550 | Royal Army Ordnance | 06 November 1944 | Italy | 24 | Arezzo War Cemetery | Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ewington; husband of Winifred Mary Ewington, of Ditherington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire |
FLITNEY | Doris Maud | WAAF | N/A | WAAF | October 1946 | England | 33 | St Johns Church, Lemsford | Daughter of Mr Ernest and Mrs Florence Rose Flitney of Cromer Hyde Hatfield |
FLITNEY | Ernest Leslie | Pte | 6025880 | Beds & Herts Reg | 16 June 1943 | Burma | 33 | Taukkyan War Cemetery | Son of Ernest and Rose Flitney; husband of Doris Flitney, of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire |
FOSTER | William Patrick | F/Sgt | 907568 | RAF | 04 October 1944 | Singapore | 27 | Singapore Memorial | Son of Thomas and Effie Foster; husband of Sadie Kathleen Foster, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
FULLER | Herbert Almond | Pte | 5956270 | Beds & Herts Reg | 12 September 1944 | Japan PoW | 32 | Singapore Memorial | Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Fuller, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
GANT | Basil Ernest | Pte | 5571116 | Worcester Reg | 29 May 1940 | France | 21 | Dunkirk Memorial | Son of Mrs Malyon of Edmonton Essex |
GAYLOR | Arthur Albert | L/Cpl | 5946918 | Beds & Herts Reg | 31 May 1940 | Dunkirk | 30 | DE Panne Communal Cemetery Belgium | IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR DAD. WHILE LIFE AND MEMORY LAST I WILL REMEMBER. HIS DAUGHTER JOYCE |
GAYLOR | Harry Gordon | Cpl | 5949301 | Beds & Herts Reg | 07 Nov 1941 | Tobruk | 25 | Knightsbridge War Cemetery Libya | Son of Walter and Emily Ada Gaylor. |
GREENHAM | Arthur Henry Thomas | Pte | 6853735 | The Parachute Regiment | 14 July 1943 | Sicily | 19 | Catannia War Cemetery | Son of Charles Henry and Louisa Greenham, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
HALL | Ronald Frank | F/Sgt | 652681 | RAF | 25 May 1941 | Egypt | 20 | Alamein Memorial | Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hall, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
HILL | Kenneth A. | L. Sick Berth Attendant | P/SBR/X8098 | RN | 01 January 1943 | N Atlantic | 22 | Portsmouth Navel Memorial | Son of Hubert Henry and Miriam Frances Hill, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
HOBBS | Ivor Kenneth | Pte | 14756541 | Somerset Lt Infantry | 09 March 1945 | Germany | 18 | Reichswald Forest Cemetery | Son of Charles and Beatrice Hobbs, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
JARMAIN | Raymond Louis | Rifleman | 6853398 | Kings RRC | 30 April 1943 | Tunisia | 22 | Medjez-EL-Bab Cemetery | Son of Edward George and Helen Jarmain, of Hatfield Park, Hertfordshire. |
KENDLE | Frank Charles | L/Cpl | 5952766 | Beds & Herts Reg | 29 May 1944 | Burma | 25 | Gauhati War Cemetery India | Son of Frank and Emily Martha Kendle; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Kendle, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
LAURENCE | Alan Robert | Sgt | 1395121 | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 24 December 1943 | Europe | 21 | St Lukes Hatfield | Son of Wilfred Allen Laurence and Winifred Louise Laurence, of Hatfield. |
LAWRENCE | Ronald William | Sgt. | 581399 | RAF | 12 June 1940 | France | 19 | St Sever Cemetery Rouen | Son of Elizabeth Emily June Lawrence, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
LONGHURST | William Alfred | L/Cpl | 5959086 | Military Police | 30 March 1945 | Germany | 31 | Reichswald Forest Cemetery | Son of Alfred and Florence Longhurst; husband of Clara Elizabeth Longhurst, of New Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
MINCHIN | Denis | Capt | 74508 | Heavy Regt. Royal Artillery | 11-Nov-40 | England (Canadian) | 22 | St Lukes Hatfield | Son of Major-General Frederick Falkiner Minchin, C.B., and of Caroline Jane Royds Minchin (nee Lloyd), of Hatfield. |
MAY | Robert Seayears | Sqn Ldr | 40409 | 90 Sqdn.RAF B Command | 29 April 1943 | Baltic | 27 | Runnymede Memorial | Son of Robert Seayears Oliver May and Mary Jane McKechnie Lindsay May, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
NEALE | Alfred Thomas | L/Cpl | 2112573 | RE | 28 October 1942 | Egypt | 29 | El Alamein War Cemetery | Son of Alfred Ernest and Ellen Neale; husband of Hilda May Neale, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
NICHOLS | Alfred Edward | Cpl | 540396 | RAF | 01 November 1945 | England | 28 | St Lukes Hatfield | Son of William David and Mabel Nichols; husband of Hilda Elizabeth Nichols, of Hatfield |
NICHOLAS | Edward Charles | Pte | 14781873 | Somerset Lt Infantry | 01 April 1945 | Holland | 19 | Holten Canadian War Cemetery | Son of Herbert J. and Margaret A. E. Nicholas, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. |
PARKINSON | Jack Stanley | Cpl. | 14400955 | Durham Light Infantry | 16 November 1944 | Italy | 23 | Meldola War Cemetery | Son of Annie Parkinson. Jack living at Crawford Rd. in 1939 |
PAYTON | Sidney Thomas | Sapper | 1898948 | 190 Rly.Operating Coy. Royal Engineers | 17 June 1940 | France | 41 | Dunkirk Memorial | Husband of P. E. Payton, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
PRIESTMAN | John Reeve Thornton | Lt | 100042 | Lincoln Reg | 07 March 1943 | Tunisia | 27 | Medjez-EL-Bab Cemetery | Son of Major-General J. H. T. Priestman, C.B., O.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., and Mrs. H. L. Priestman, of Bengeo, Hertfordshire. B.A. (Cantab.). |
QUINCEY | James William | Sgt Pilot | 745144 | 78 Sqdn RAF Vol. Res. | 2 March 1941 | Germany | 26 | Runnymede Memorial | Son of Ernest Willaim & Daisy Quiney of Hatfield Herts. |
RANDALL | Harry William | L/Cpl | 5340601 | R Corps of Signals | 6 April 1943 | Burma | 25 | Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar | Son of Harry and Eva Lucy Randall, step-son of Mr F.S. Taylor Hatfield Herts. |
ROURKE | Cyril Herbert | Sgt | 1073427 | RA | Between 26-30 Apr 1941 | Mid East | 33 | Athens Memorial Greece | Son of Mr & Mrs Edward Rourke, husband of Edna Mary Rouke of Hatfield Herts. |
SEAR | Geoffrey Arthur William | L/Cpl -Trooper | 4624455 | 9th Bn Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regt. RAC | 16 July 1944 | India | 28 | Kirkee War Cemetery, India. | Son of William & Alice Sear of Hatfield Herts. |
SHEPPARD | Benjamin Quinney | Sgt | 910413 | RAF Vol. Res. | 23 December 1940 | England | 20 | Bishops Hat. St Lukes Church R.3 Grave 17 | Son of John & Amelia Isabeller Quinney Sheppard of Hatfield. |
SMITH | Bernard Wilmot | Sgt Pilot | 1615929 | RAF Vol. Res. | 03 March 1945 | Italy | 21 | Ancona War Cemetery | Son of James Thomas Smith and Ada Caroline Smith, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
SMITH | Roland Jack | Sgt Observer | 1225704 | RAF Vol. Res. 158 Sqdn. | 20 July 1942 | Germany | 28 | Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery Netherlands | Son of John James & Floris Smith, husband of Hilda Joyce Smith of Hatfield Herts. |
STOREY | Frederick A. | Able Seaman | PO/X 367602 | Royal Navy HMS Sub Syrtis | 30 March 1944 | At sea | ? | Portsmouth Naval Memorial Pn. 83 Col. 2 | Married Florence M Saunderson in 1923 Edmonton?? |
THOMPSON | Richard McKinley | Marine | PO/X 112174 | Royal Marines | 8 May 1945 | Hamburg | 22 | Hamburg cemetery | Son of J.W. & Jane Webster Thompson of Hatfield Herts. |
TYLER | John | Sgt | 5952296 | Monmouthshire Reg. 3rd Batt. | 18 December 1944 | Holland | 25 | Swartbroaek Churchyard Row 1 Grave 7a | Son of Eli & Frances Elizabeth Tyler of Hatfield Herts. |
VENABLES | Joseph Albert | L/Sgt | 2132500 | RE 757 Field Coy. | 29 October 1944 | Holland | 29 | Bergen-Op-Zoom war cemetery | Son of John & Mary Ann Venables of Hatfield Herts. |
WALLIS | Robert Wilfred | RFM | 6969559 | Rifle Brigade 2nd Bn. | 29 July 1944 | Italy | 23 | Arezzo War cemetery | Son of Reginald Joseph & Florence Wallis of Hatfield Herts. |
WATT | Sidney Miller | Bombadier | 1735694 | RA, 49Bty. 48Lt. A.A. Regt | 19 July 1945 | Sarawak PoW | 38 | Lubuan War cemetery Malaysia | Husband of Gertrude C Watt of Crawford Rd. Hatfield, Hertfordshire. |
WEEDON | Frederick Norman | Pte | 5951765 | Queens Royal Reg. West Sussex 1/5th Bn. | 16 June 1944 | Caen | 27 | Bayeux Memorial Panel 12 Col. 3 | Son of Frederick & May Weedon of Glebeland Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
WEST | Gerald Arthur | F/Offr (DFM) | 139516 | 44 Sqdn. RAF Vol Res. | 2 December 1943 | Berlin | 30 | Berlin 1939-45 war cemetery | Son of Fred & Ethel West and husband to Joan West of Mountfields, Shrewsbury , Shropshire. |
WILLIAMS | Alfred Amos | Pte | 7521439 | RAMC | 19 September 1943 | Malaya | 28 | Kanchanaburi War Cemetery | Son of Alfred Williams, and of Elizabeth Mary Williams, of Lemsford, Hertfordshire; husband of Emily Elizabeth Williams. |
WOODCOCK | David George Olney | Capt | 138918 | KOYLI | 20 February 1944 | Anzio. | 30 | Anzio War cemetery, Italy | Son of William & Kathleen Woodcock and Husband to Kathleen Patience Woodcock of Hatfield Herts. |