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The Beckenham War Memorial
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Anstiss and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
The Beckenham War Memorial stands in the High Street and commemorates 711 names from the First World War.
A description of the memorial can be found on the Beckenham History website. A transcription of all the names on the memorial is to be found on the same website.
Amongst the names commemorated are five soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private William George Archer. 33892. 13th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 043735 RASC. Killed 21 December 1917.
Born Uxbridge (Sussex), Enlisted Bromley, Resided Beckenham (Kent).
Buried CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Albert Ernest Hodges, 235497. 9th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5361 D L I.
Died 13 October 1918.
Born Hockley, Enlisted Southend, Resided Beckenham.
Buried ETRETAT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION.
2nd Lieutenant Cyril Percy Maddox. Yorkshire Regiment,
attached 2nd/4th Battalion KOYLI. Killed 20 November 1917.
Buried HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;--
"Cyril Maddox served initially as a private with the Machine Gun Corps
before gaining a commission with the Yorkshire Regiment. He was then attached
to the 2/4th Battalion of the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry."
2nd Lieutenant Alfred James Pickup. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 26 September 1915.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Alfred Pickup was born in Croydon in 1888, the younger son of James
Pickup of Beechcroft, Beckenham in Kent.
After the outbreak of war he went to France as a private soldier with the
Artists Rifles in October of 1914.
He gained his commission on November 14th 1914 joining the 2nd Yorkshires
shortly afterwards.
2nd Lt Pickup fought in the early 1915 battles at Neuve Chapelle where he
was wounded and also at Festubert and Givenchy.
He was promoted to Lieutenant on June 15th 1915 and when the Battle of Loos
opened was with “B” company of the 2nd battalion. On September
26th in the early hours of the morning Lt Alfred James Pickup was killed in
action aged 27 as the battalion moved out south towards the Hulloch road."
The 1911
Census showed Alfred James Pickup living with his parents at 79 Albemarle
Road, Beckenham, Kent. His father, James Pickup, was a Barrister.
Private Archibald Richard Thrift. 33172. 10th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 12735 Royal West Kent Regt.
Died at home 25 April 1917.
Born Beckenham (Kent), Enlisted Bromley (Kent), Resided Beckenham.
Buried BECKENHAM CREMATORIUM AND CEMETERY.
(Private Thrift's Medal Rolls Records show him as having first served in the
4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers as No. 9238. The Register of Soldiers
Effects shows him as being in the Yorkshire Regiment Depot, and dying in the
Brighton Military Hospital.
In the 1901 and 1911 Census records, his father (Samuel Richard) ran a Grocer's
shop in Beckenham and in 1901 Archibald was working in this shop.)
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