Those who served
This list contains the names of 66 men and women from Stillington and Marton cum Moxby who served their country during WW2.
Arthur Anderson
Squadron Sergeant Major
15/19 King's Royal Hussars
Enlisted 2/2/1926. Served Egypt, India, France, West Africa, East Africa, Burma, Seycelles, Ceylon, South and North Africa.
Medals: JGSM, Long Service, 39-45 Star, North Africa Star, Burma Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Robert Daykin Barningham
Corporal
Royal Armoured Corps
22/1/1921-1991
Enlisted 1941. Also served in 7th Queen's Hussars, 7th Army Brigade, RAIF 1942-43, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 1943 and Central Mediterranean Force 1943-1945.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Italy Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Simon Barningham
Driver
Royal Army Service Corps
7/2/1917-1994
Before enlistment in 1942 was a joiner. Discharged due to illness.
Thomas (Tom) Barningham
Marine Coxwain
Royal Marines
11/8/1919-1998
Enlisted 5/12/1939. Served 5th RM Battery, 1st RMN Battery, 45 RM Commando, HMS 814 Flotilla, Southampton Harbour Patrol, LCVP. Served in West Africa, France and Germany.
Medals: DSM June 1944, 39-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
(Robert) Guy Bullen
Captain
Royal Artillery
Born 23/2/1911 Stillington-1969
Served AA Felixstowe. Schoolteacher before enlistment.
Married Margaret Mary Appleyard at Maidenhead in December 1939.
They had two children Richard and Anne.
Moved to Kenya after the war.
Olive Alice Bulmer
Corporal
Auxiliary Territorial Service
19/2/1918 - 1970
Enlisted 1942. Served Belgium and France. Olive married Tom Barningham in 1948.
Medals: 39-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Victory Medal.
Francis Burks
Private
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Born 11/12/1915 - 1967
Enlisted 11/12/1933. Served Burma and Gibraltar.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Burma Star 41-43, Defence Medal.
Frank Burnett
Sapper
Royal Engineers
5/2/1915 at Stillington - 1989
Enlisted 7/7/1942. Served Algeria, Italy and Austria. Was a joiner before enlistment.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Italian Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
George Burnett
Gunner
Royal Artillery
13/12/1910 at Stillington-1999
Before enlistment on 17/10/1940 was a gardener. Served Egypt, Libya, Dodecanese Islands and Italy.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp, Italy Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Harry Burnett
Lance Corporal
Military Police
Born 15/12/1917 at Stillington.
Enlisted 6/8/1942 and served SE command. Harry was a policeman in civilian life.
Medals: Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
William Henry Burnett
Private
Duke of Wellington's
1908 at Stillington - 1983
Enlisted 6/5/1943. Served Italy.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Italy Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Edwin Lawrence Catton
Driver
Royal Army Service Corps
1919 at Stillington-1984
Enlisted 1/12/1939 Served France, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, France and Germany.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Africa Star, France & Germany Star, Victory Medal.
Wilfred Arthur Catton
Sapper
Royal Engineers
1917 at Stillington-2003
Enlisted 1/12/1939 Served France, Middle East, Italy and Sicily.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Victory Medal.
Arthur Cole
Gunner
Royal Artillery
15/7/1910 at Stillington - 1986
Enlisted 16/9/1940. Served North Africa and Italy.
Medals: North Africa Star, 1st Army Clasp, Italy Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Richard Spencer Corbett
Corporal
RAF
1917 at Stillington - 1970
Enlisted 15/11/1939. Served France and Norway.
Medals: 39-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Leonard Davill
Leading Aircraftman
Balloon Command.
1909 at Stillington-2004
Served Plymouth, Hull, Surrey and Kent.
Lilian Maud Davies
Leading Wren
WRNS
Born 19/7/1920
Enlisted 30/10/1941. Served aboard HMS ships.
Medals: Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Robert Arthur Denton
Royal Engineers
1905 at Stillington - 1988
Francis (Frank) Denton
RAF
Born 1898 at Stillington
Robert Abell Foster
Corporal
Parachute Regiment, RAF
2/9/1926-1998
Enlisted 18/1/1945. Served Airborne Division.
Medals: Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Robert Eric Gibson
Private
The Royal Scots
1919 at Stillington -2008
Enlisted 24/6/1940. Served Gibraltar, Italy, Egypt and Palestine.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Italy Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Lancelot Gospel
Private
Northamptons
1913-1992
Enlisted 24/6/1940. Served Burma.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
William Rodney Gospel
Farrier Staff Sergeant
Yorkshire Hussars
1909-2004
On enlistment, 1/9/1939, was a blacksmith. Served Palestine, Egypt and Ethiopia.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal, Long Service and Good Conduct with Clasp.
Margaret (Madge) Hope
Lance Corporal
Auxiliary Territorial Service
1926 at Stillington - 2010
Enlisted 4/5/1945. Served Home.
Arthur Horner
Driver
Royal Army Service Corps.
1911 at Stillington -1975
Enlisted 14/9/1944. Served India and China.
Fred Horner
Corporal
RAF
1908 at Stillington-1987
Enlisted 2/5/1941. Served France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
Medals: 39-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Cecil Hugill
Sapper
Royal Engineers
1920 at Stillington-2007
Enlisted 16/6/1940. Served Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Italy and Greece.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Africa Star with 1st Army Clasp, Italy Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Edna Mary Hugill
Leading Aircraftwoman
WAAF
1922 at Stillington-2004
Enlisted 29/4/1942. Served Home. Edna married Frank Burnett in 1949.
Medals: Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Leslie Huggan
Trooper
Royal Irish Hussars
1902 - 1980
Enlisted 2/9/1926. Served British Army of the Rhine, Egypt, Palestine, Libya, Cyprus, France, Holland and Belgium.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Palestine/Africa Star, 8th Army, Long Service and Good Conduct, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Charles Edward Hutchinson
Lance Corporal
1925 at Stillington -2012
Served with RAF, Royal Welch (Welsh) Fusiliers, Yorks and Lancs Reg, West Yorks Reg and Royal Signals. Served in India and Burma.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Burma Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Doreen Johnson
Private
Auxiliary Territorial Service
1927 at Stillington-1992
Enlisted 4/4/1945. Served Home.
Medal: Victory Medal.
Ernest Johnson
Chief Petty Officer, Telegraphist
Royal Navy
1907-1985
Enlisted 6/5/1918. Served China, North America, West Indies, Mediterranean, Russia, Palestine, North Africa, Italy and 'D' Day.
Medals: 1914-1918 Medal, Palestine, 39-45 Star, Atlantic Medal, France/Germany Star, North Africa Star, Italy Star, Long Service and Good Conduct, Oak Leaf.
Noel Kay
RAF
28/11/1916-1984
George Albert Lambert
Sapper
Royal Engineers
1923-1998
Enlisted 1/7/1943. Served France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
Medals: 39-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
John Richard Lambert
Sergeant
RAF
1921-1993
Enlisted 8/9/1938. Served Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, West Africa, North Africa and Tunisia.
Medals: 39-45 Star, North Africa Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Richard Samuel Lucas
Corporal
Somerset Light Infantry
Born 1915
Enlisted 19/3/1941. Served France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, where he was wounded twice.
Medals: 39-45 Star, France& Germany Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Geoffrey Metcalfe
Lance Corporal
RAF
7/9/1922 Stillington - 30/1/2016
Enlisted 3/9/1942. Served Iceland, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
Medals: France & Germany Star, Defence Medal.
James Sidney Metcalfe
Leading Aircraftman
RAF
Born 1926 Stillington
Enlisted 22/3/1944. Served East Africa.
Medal: Defence Medal.
John Horatio Moreland
Sergeant
RAF
1920-1994
Enlisted 28/11/1938. Served Palestine, Syria, Libya, Tripolitania, Iraq, Persia and Egypt.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Africa Star and Rosette, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
(Charles) Leslie Moreland
Warrant Officer Air Gunner
RAF
1923-2000
Enlisted 24/11/1943. Served 13 operations over Germany including 1000 bomber raid of Dortmund, March 1945.
Medals: 39-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
William Henry Morfoot
Corporal
Royal Army Service Corps
1918-1999
Enlisted Sept 1939. Served France, Belgium, Brazil, South Africa and India.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Burma Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Charles Morfoot
Private
Green Howards, Loyals, Hampshires
1923-1996
Enlisted 18/6/1942. Served North Africa, Italy and Austria.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Italy Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Arthur Nelson
Leading Seaman
Royal Navy
Enlisted March 1939. Served on a minesweeper.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Burma Star, Palestine Medal, North Africa Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Arthur Bernard North
Driver
Royal Army Service Corps
1925 at Stillington-2002
Enlisted 2/12/1943. Served Italy.
Medals: Italy Star, Defence Medal.
Harold James North
Private
Royal Army Ordinance Corps
1924 at Stillington-2002
Enlisted 15/10/1942. Served France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
Medals: 39-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Herbert William North
Driver
Royal Engineers.
Born 1926 Stillington
Enlisted 8/8/1944. Served Italy, Greece and Egypt.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Italy Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Charles Reginald Scaife
Driver
Royal Army Service Corps
1918 at Stillington -1990
Enlisted 2/1/1940. Served France, India and Burma.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Burma Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
George Edward Scaife
Craftsman
Royal Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers
1899 at Stillington - 1967
Enlisted Oct 1939. Served overseas 1939-42.
Medals: General Service, 39-45 Star, Africa Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
George Frederick Scaife
Able Seaman
Royal Navy
1926-2001
Served Mediterranean and Italy.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Harold Scaife
Trooper
The Yorkshire Hussars
1915 at Stillington - 1977
Enlisted 9/2/1939. Served Palestine, Cyprus, Syria, Egypt, Libya, France and Germany.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Africa Star with Clasp, France & Germany Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal Territorial Medal.
Robert William Scaife
Lance Corporal
Duke of Wellington's
& Green Howards
1912 at Stillington-1975
Enlisted 24/6/1940. Served Burma.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Burma Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Norman Scaife
Corporal
Royal Army Service Corps
1915 at Stillington - 1986
Enlisted 16/5/1940. Served Egypt and Libya.
Medals: Africa Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
George Thomas Scurr
Staff Sergeant
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1924-2004
Enlisted 3/5/1939. Served France, Belgium and Germany.
Medals: 39-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Service Medal, Defence Medal.
Douglas Geoffrey Sell
Lance Corporal
RAF
1920-1989
Enlisted April 1940. Served France, Holland and Belgium.
Medals: France & Germany Star, Victory Medal.
Harry Simpson
Lance Corporal
Royal Army Service Corps
Enlisted 15/6/1940. Served Tunisia, Italy and Austria. Wounded Italy.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Italy Star, Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp.
Donovan Brand Smith
Captain
Royal Artillery
1921 - 1960
Enlisted 13/2/1941. Served Libya, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy and Austria.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Italy Star, Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Stanley Smith
Corporal
Irish Guards
Enlisted 20/6/1940. Served Home.
Raymond Souter
Corporal
RAF
1922 Stillington - 2007
Enlisted 10/9/1942. Served South Africa, Egypt, Cyrenaica and Palestine.
Douglas Sparrow
Able Seaman
Fleet Air Arm
1926-2009
Enlisted 16/1/1945. Served Malta, HMS Goldfinch and HMS Falcon.
Medals: Atlantic Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Ronald Walter Taylor
Sapper
Royal Engineers
Enlisted 15/11/1940. Served India and Burma.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal.
Charles Thompson
Gunner
Royal Artillery
1911-1989
Enlisted 16/9/1940. Served North Africa, where he was stationed when he sent the letter below back home to Mrs Sparrow, landlady of The White Bear. Also served Italy, Dalmatia, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
Herbert Ronald Thompson
Private
Duke of Wellington's
1913-1995
Enlisted 15/11/1940. Served India and Burma.
Medals: 39-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal.
Margaret Toase
Wren
WRNS
Born 1923.
Enlisted 19/8/1942. Served HMS Pembroke and HMS Gosling.
John William (Jack) Whitwell
Gunner
955494
Royal Artillery
1918-1986
Enlisted 11/10/1939. Served France (wounded at Dunkirk), France and Germany.
Medals: 39-45 Star, France & Germany Star.
Cecil Wood
Sapper
Royal Engineers
1918 at Stillington - 1977
Enlisted 19/10/1939. Served France, Belgium, Dunkirk, Persia, Cyprus, Iraq, Syria and Libya. POW from 29/6/1942 for 3 years in Italy, and Germany at Stalag IV-D/Z Annanburg in Saxony-Anhalt.
Medals: Mentioned in dispatches 1940, 39-45 Star, Africa Star, Victory Medal, Defence Medal.
(William) Frank Yorke
Royal Navy
Born 4/12/1918 Stillington Grange Farm- 2001
