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War Memorials, - Elsewhere Blyth (Northumberland) |
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The First World War Memorial for Blyth in Ridley Park, Blyth
Photo : Edward Nicholl
War Memorials commemorating those who lost their lives in the Boer War, the First World War, and the Second World War are located in Blyth's Ridley Park.
The First World War Memorial is a Cenotaph, with the names of those who lost their lives on three metal plaques fixed to the front and sides of the memorial. 465 names are commemorated for those who lost their lives in the First World War, of which 9 were those of soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
A transcription on the memorial can be found on the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website, though photos of the commemorative plaques of sufficient resolution for transcription are shown below.
Private Samuel Armstrong. 17346. 10th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Jane A. McFarlane (formerly Armstrong), of
5, Newsham St., Crofton, Blyth, Northumberland. Killed 16 March 1916. Aged
30.
Born Windy Nook, Enlisted Blyth.
Buried CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Walter Scott Batey. 78954. 1st/7th Battalion
Durham Light Infantry, formerly 17411Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and
Helen Batey, of Blyth, Northumberland. Killed 19 August 1918. Aged 36.
Born Scotswood (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided North
Blyth.
Buried VAUXBUIN FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY.
Serjeant William Clark, DCM. 17378. 10th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Margaret Clark, of Blyth, and the late Frank
Clark; husband of Sarah Jane Clark, of 16, Claremont Terrace, Blyth, Northumberland.
Killed 5 November 1917. Aged 33.
Born Newsham (Nr Blyth), Enlisted Blyth.
Buried MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Charles Rubin Anderson Dutton. 17390. 10th
Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Adopted son of Charles and Sarah Anderson,
of 3, Single Row, South Newsham, Northumberland. Killed 23 November 1915.
Aged 18.
Born South Shields, Enlisted Blyth.
Buried HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Thomas Henry Marshall. 17490. 10th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 April 1917.
Born Blyth, Enlisted Blyth.
Buried DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private James Martin, 17928. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Blyth, Enlisted Wallsend-on-Tyne, Resided Blyth.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private George Finley Patterson. 35940. 9th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 56870 East Yorks Regt. Husband of the late
Alma Bertha Patterson. Born at Blyth, Northumberland. Killed 16 October 1918.
Aged 32.
Enlisted Blyth.
Buried PREMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Private Ernest Robert Taylor. 325259.
15th/17th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly
204344 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
John and Dorothy Taylor, of 3, Harper St., Blyth; husband of Kate Agnes Taylor,
of 40, Hambledon St., Blyth, Northumberland. Killed 24 March 1916. Aged 33.
Born Blyth, Enlisted Blyth (Northumberland).
Commemorated Bay 4, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Thomas Usher. 79029. 15th Battalion Durham
Light Infantry, formerly 17417 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 September
1918.
Born Jarrow (Durham), Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Blyth.
Buried GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRIISH CEMETERY.
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Names "A" - "F" |
Names "R" - "Y" |
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Names "F" - "R" |
The Commemorative Plaques on Blyth's First World War Memorial
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Photos : Edward Nicholl
The
Dedication on Blyth's First World War Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The Boer War Memorial (Cross), Second World War Memorial (Horizontal Plaque),
and First World War Memorial
in Blyth's Ridley Park.
Photo : Edward Nicholl
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