North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Brotton

The War Memorial in Brotton
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The War Memorial for Brotton is at the top of the hill on the main street, almost opposite the Parish church. The Memorial is in the form of a cross, on the base of which is inscribed;-
"NOT AS A LADDER TO HEAVEN, NOT AS A WITNESS OF ANY CREED BUT SIMPLE SERVICE GIVEN TO HIS OWN KIND IN THEIR COMMON NEED".

The following names are recorded for the First World War;-

J BAKER GEO. BENNELL GILBERT BENNELL J G BOOTH D BROWN R CHRISTON A C COOKE J CLARKE C COOPER J COOPER R R CRYER T W DENT H DENTON T H ELLINGHAM I ESSEX R E GARBUTT W GARRETT F HARRISON W H HEAD F HODGSON

G T HODGSON P B HODGSON W HODGSON J JACKSON D E JARVIS S JOHNSON J R LEEKS W D MATSON H MOORE S MOXEY M NELLIST E P PADGET (1) B PARKS A PEACOCK J T L PELL E PRESTON J E PORRITT L S ROBINSON C SCOTT P C H STANTON

I THEAKER A TIPPET J H THOMAS G C TINDALE J TOULSON T WALKER F WARD H WARD J W WARDILL G WEBB R WHEATLEY J WICKHAM W WILDING W WILSHER A WILSON T WILSON E WINSOR (2) J WOOD E WOOD C WRATTON

(1) Shown on the Memorial as "P PADGETT"
(2) Shown on the Memorial as "E Winsor" but was "A E Winsor".

Corporal Gilbert Bennell. 22830. 12th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 March 1918.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Brotton.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private Robert Christon. 3273. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. G. Christon, of 33, Railway Terrace, Brotton, Yorks. Killed 15 February 1917.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Brotton.
Buried BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Arthur Cooke. 4093. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred and Sarah Cooke, of Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 11 November 1916. Aged 32.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Brotton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Private James Clarke. 19645. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Thomas and Mary Clarke, of Middlesbrough; husband of Nellie Clarke, of 14, Broadbent St., Brotton, Yorks. Killed 12 July 1916. Aged 39.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Skinningrove.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Private Richard Cryer. 14797. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, attached to the Royal Engineers 176th Tunnelling Coy.. Killed 31 January 1917.
Born Carlin Howe (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Redcar, Resided Brotton.
Buried HERSIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Thomas William Dent. 19446. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edmund and Hannah Dent, of 5, Back Child St., Brotton, Yorks. Killed 17 October 1916. Aged 29.
Born Carlin Howe (Loftus), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Brotton (Near Saltburn).
Buried A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS.

Private Fred Harrison. 3309. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Sarah Annie Harrison, of 8, Jackson St., Brotton, Yorks. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 23.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Brotton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Serjeant William Henry Head. 10050. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 September 1918.
Born Cheltenham, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Brotton (Yorks).
Buried CHAPEL CORNER CEMETERY, SAUCHY-LESTREE.

Private Frederick Hodgson. 39143. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Born Brotton, Enlisted Whitby (Yorks).
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private George Thomas Hodgson. 2882. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916.
Born Loftus (Yorks), Enlisted Loftus, Resided West Loftus.
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.

Private Paul Bousfield Hodgson. 33252. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Jane Ann Hodgson, of 34, High St., Brotton, Saltburn-by-the-Sea; husband of Clara Sutcliffe Hodgson, of 3, Straight Lane, Illingworth, Halifax. Mobilized Aug., 1914. Killed 28 September 1916. Aged 36.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Brotton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Private William Hodgson. 3228. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 June 1916.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Brotton.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).

Private James Jackson. 3961. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 September 1916.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Brotton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Private David Edward Jarvis. 35888. 4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 6204 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mrs. A. Jarvis, of 6, Foster St., Brotton, Yorks. Killed 29 September 1918.
Born North Skelton (Yorks), Enlisted Saltburn (Yorks).
Buried GRAND RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, HAVRINCOURT.

Lance Corporal Sydney Johnson. 200905. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert Johnson, of 17, Errington St., Brotton, Yorks., and the late E. A. Johnson. Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Brotton, Enlisted Skelton, Resided Brotton.
Commemorated, Soissons Memorial.

Private John Robert Leeks. 2682. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Margaret Leeks, of 1, Dixon St., Brotton, Yorks. Killed 20 September 1915. Aged 29.
Enlisted Skelton (Yorks), Resided Brotton.
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.
(There was also a Corporal Harry Leeks, 3313, of the 4th Battalion. Enlisted Skelton (Yorks), Resided Brotton. Killed 11 Jan 1917. Buried Warlencourt British Cemetery. - very possibly related)

Private Edward Percy Padget. 33038. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Padget, of 114, High St., Brotton, Yorks. Killed 27 December 1917. Aged 21.
Born Brotton (Cleveland, Yorks) Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Brotton (Yorks).
Buried YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY.

Private Benjamin Parks. 241024. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 September 1916.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Brotton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Company Serjeant Major Ernest Preston. 183. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late William and Hannah Preston, of 14, Cleveland St., Redcar; husband of Annie Preston, of 110, High St., Brotton, Yorks. Killed 3 May 1915. Aged 34.
Born Redcar, Enlisted Redcar, Resided Brotton (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Sapper Isaac Abraham Theaker. 197786. 255th Tunnelling Coy Royal Engineers. Formerly 12573 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary H. Theaker, of 2, Britania Cottage, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorks. Killed 31 May 1918. Aged 33.
Born Whitby (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Saltburn (Yorks).
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private James Henry Thomas. 1631. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 11 September 1915.
Born Brotton (Yorks), Enlisted Skelton, Resided Brotton (Yorks).
Buried BROTTON CHURCH CEMETERY.

Private George Webb. 36756. 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 26650 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Webb, of 3, Millholme Terrace, Brotton, Yorks. Killed 3 March 1917. Aged 30.
Born Brotton (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough (Yorks).
Buried WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY.

Private Raymond Wheatley. 3437. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Matthew and Hannah Wheatley, of 122, High St., Brotton, Yorks. Killed 29 September 1915. Aged 18.
Enlisted Brotton.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).
(SDGW gives date of death = 9 October 1915)

Private William Wilding. 235024. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Ann Wilding, of Cleveland, Brotton, Yorks. Killed 23 March 1918 .
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Brotton (S O).
Buried BRIE BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private William Wilsher. 34806. 10th Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly 4920 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916.
Born Brotton (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, Thiepval Memorial.

Private John Alfred Wilson. 200648. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 September 1916.
Enlisted Skelton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
(Shown on the Brotton War Memorial as "A Wilson".
(Richard Roberts, <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>, commented;-
"His father’s first name was John so it is quite possible (we have had it before) that John Alfred dropped his first name and was known as Alfred Wilson.")

Private Thomas Wilson. 20471. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 21 November 1918.
Born Hutton Rudby (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Buried SKELTON CEMETERY.

Corporal Arthur Eddy Winsor. 3/9650. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late F. and H. Winsor, of Brotton, Yorks; brother of Ivy Eveline Winsor, of 15, North St., Ripon, Yorks. Killed 4 April 1917. Aged 19.
Born Brotton (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Ripon.
Buried WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY.

The First World War names on the War Memorial in Brotton
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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