South Yorkshire Times, October 14th 1944
Killed in Action
Mr. and Mrs. W. Pashley, of Ivy Cottage, Adwick-on-Dearne, have received news that their son, Gnr. George Kenneth Pashley (25) has been killed in action in South East Asia.
The news was contained in a letter from his Commanding Officer. Official news from the War Office is not yet forthcoming.
Gnr. Pashley is an old boy of Mexborough Secondary School and before joining up worked at Barnburgh Main Colliery offices. He was in the Territorials, joining up when he left school at 16. His father was sexton of Adwick Church for 16 years and his uncle was caretaker for some time.
Gnr. Pashley was a member of the one of the oldest families in Adwick.
From C.W.G.C.:
Private GEORGE KENNETH PASHLEY
Service Number: 865493
Regiment & Unit/Ship Army Catering Corps
Date of Death Died 06 September 1944
Age 24 years old
Buried or commemorated at IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY 2. D. 5. India
Additional Info
Son of Reginald and Margaret Ann Pashley, of Adwick upon Dearne, Yorkshire.
Personal Inscription
OVER THE BORDER, BY GOD’S HAND, WE’LL MEET AGAIN IN A BETTER LAND