World War II
The Cenotaph on Warrington Road, Rainhill displays 43 names of service men and women who gave their lives in the Second World War.
Below are the surnames of Rainhill’s WW2 fallen in alphabetical order:
The Fallen
Robert ARNOLD
John CADDICK
Vera HUGHES
Albert PLATT
Michael J. ASHBURNER
Thomas W. CRITCHLEY
John JUMP
Thomas M. ROBINSON
James W. ASHLEY
Thomas W. CROPPER
J. KENNY
Peter J. W. ROBSON
Wilfred ASTON
Claude R. CLARKE
Arthur S. LEE
Robert L. SIDES
Walter BALL
John DAVIES
L. LEE
Leslie SILLS
Jack BARNETT
Laurence DAVIES
Frederick LEWIS
Reginald W. TATE
W. Ronald BARTON
H. H. DIXON
W. Ronald LYON
John W. TUNSTALL
Ralph P. BAXTER
Alfred FOSTER
J. Basil MERCER
Walter G. WARBURTON
Donald BENTLEY
Richard F. GRAHAM
J. M. ORMOND
J. WOODWARD
Frank BRAIN
Gerald HALKER
F. J. PARKINSON
F. WOODWARD
David CADDICK
Daniel H. HUGHES
Ivor PENDRY
Private John Andrew REID of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers is buried in St Bartholomew’s churchyard. He died on 25th August 1943. His name does not appear on the Cenotaph and nothing more is known why he should be buried in Rainhill. Can you help? If so pleased get in touch via our Contact Page.
In May 2016, Rainhill Civic Society was contacted by Ivana Mihailovic in Serbia asking if we could help to trace her grandfather Alexander Nincic who served in the Yugoslavian Navy during WW2. He was wounded and eventually ended up in Rainhill Hospital where he died aged 22.
Read how the story unfolded by visiting the page of Alexander NINCIC.
Survivors
The Second World War claimed over 40 lives of men and women from Rainhill, but many many more will have done their duty and survived.
Little information is available regarding WW2 survivors, but Rainhill Civic Society Heritage Group is attempting to discover their stories. If you have details of relatives or friends connected to Rainhill who served in WW2 we would love to hear from you via our Contact Page.
Below is our current list of those who survived. Clicking on an individual name will reveal further information.
RENSHALL William Henry
SPARKES William
WILLIAMS David Lewis