The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Boosbeck

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The War Memorial at Boosbeck, on the old Miners' Institute
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Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The description of the Boosbeck War Memorial (below), together with photographs, dates from late 2007. Subsequently, however, the Institute building has been sold and the War Memorial moved. Mrs Kathleen Jackson of the Royal British Legion (<moorviewboosbeck2@btopenworld.com>) provides the following information;-
"The War Memorial that was on the Miner's Institute has been moved into the grounds of Lockwood Primary School. The reason for this was because the Institute (The Church Hall) was up for sale and has been sold but is up for sale again."

The War Memorial at Boosbeck is a plaque on the wall (by the entrance door) of the old Miners' Institute. The plaque is inscribed;-

THE INSTITUTE CLOCK WAS ERECTED
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

BOOSBECK	MARGROVE PARK & CHARLTONS TERRACE
PTE F AGAR (1) PTE J W AGAR PTE A BOWDEN PTE W H COSSEY PTE G W HALL SGT W E HARRISON D C M (2) PTE J H HOOD PTE E JONES LC-CORP G E LINTERN LC-CORP A C MASON PTE A PICKNET PTE T WOOD PTE R E WALLER	PTE L W BECKLEY CORP. S S DRINKWATER PTE W FARNDALE LC-CORP J H GULL PTE G HAIGH PTE R JOHNSON PTE W NICHOLSON PTE W NIXON PTE J V NIXON PTE W ROWE PTE G L TOES PTE S H YATES PTE G WEEKS PTE O WHITTAKER
1939 - 45
J BARKER J R BOWDEN G BROWN G W COATES F GOODWILL J J HANSELL G HODGSON R HODGSON	W HODGSON R JOHNS N MARSAY A PEAREY B URWIN R WALKER W WOOD

(1) Almost certainly this should be "T Agar" , - see below
(2) Correct name is Serjeant W G Harrison, MM

Private John William Agar, 9114. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Barker and Mary Agar, of 13, Queen St, Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed 30 August 1915. Aged 26.
Buried NORTBECOURT CHURCHYARD, MENTQUE-NORTBECOURT.
Born Skinningrove, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Boosbeck (S O).
(Shown as "James William Agar" in SDGW and " J W Agar" in CWGC records. But 1911 Census has him as "John William" and the 1901 Census as "Jack".)

Private Thomas Agar, 15924. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 October 1916.
Born Skinningrove, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Boosbeck (S.O.).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Barker and Mary Agar had three sons, Thomas (aged 25 in 1911), John William (21), and George Robert (20). Almost certainly, the "F Agar" on ther Memorial should be "T Agar".)

Private Lewis William Beckley, 3201. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 May 1915.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).
Born Skelton.

Lance Corporal James Henry Gull, 241638. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 March 1918.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.
Born Eston (Yorks), Enlisted Boosbeck, Resided Guisborough.

Private George Haigh, 26573. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Daisy Haigh, of 93, Margrove Park, Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed 9 February 1917. Aged 26.
Buried GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.

Private George Walton Hall, 200644. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 September 1916.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Boosbeck.

Serjeant W G Harrison, MM. 200733. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Helen Ursula Richardson, of 33, Carney St., Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 22.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Boosbeck.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
(Shown in SDGW as G W Harrison)

Private John Henry Hood, 1711. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Mary Hannah Hood, of 18, Moorcock Row, Lingdale, Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed 2 May 1915. Aged 28.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Born Danby (Castleton), Enlisted Skelton, Resided Boosbeck.

Private Enoch Jones, 2954. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 September 1916.
Buried DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Boosbeck.

Lance Corporal George Earl Lintern, 241040. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Boosbeck.

Lance Corporal Allan Creswick Mason, 203429 4th Hallamshire T F Battalion, formerly 3157 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Eliza Mason, of 32, Oxford St., Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 22.
Commemorated Panel 125 to 128, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Boosbeck.

Private Walter Nicholson, 17072. 1st Garrison Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 December 1916.
Commemorated HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON.
Born Halifax, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Boosbeck.

Private Robert Ernest Waller, 3251. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Charles Waller, of 28, Oxford St., Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 20.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Boosbeck.

The Old Miners' Institute Building in Boosbeck, - Photographed in November 2007 The Old Miners' Institute Building in Boosbeck, - Photographed in November 2007
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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