The Yorkshire Regiment, War Memorials Elsewhere

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk)

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The War Memorial for Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk)
Photo : Nick_2 of the War Memorials Online website

The Bury St. Edmunds War Memorial is located on Angel Hill, almost due North of the cathedral church of St. Edmundsbury.

No names are recorded on the memorial, but instead the south tier bears the inscription: "The roll of honour which rests on a lectern in the Cathedral Church of St James (*) contains the names of 427 men of this town who made the supreme sacrifice."
(* now known as St. Edmundsbury).

Inside the cathedral a leather bound Book of Remembrance volume is contained under glass within a decorative lectern.The names of 434 (**) men who lost their lives in the First World War are commemoratedin this book.
(** Figures on the Imperial War Museum's database of War Memorials.)

There is a transcript of the names on the memorial on http://media.geograph.org.uk/files/fe9fc289c3ff0af142b6d3bead98a923/Memorial_Names_BURY_St_EDMUNDS.pdf
This transcript includes brief biographical details.

Amongst those commemorated are four soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

Private George Thomas Brabrook. 266232. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, transferred to (610832) Labour Corps. Son of John and Margaret Brabrook, of Bury St. Edmund's. Killed 24 October 1918. Aged 20.
Born Walthamstow (Essex), Enlisted Bury St. Edmund's (Suffolk).
Buried BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
(SDGW gives Yorkshire Regt No as 21270.)

Private Herbert Garwood Ford, 33186. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 3219 Suffolk Regt. Killed 4 October 1917.
Born Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk), Enlisted Bury St. Edmunds.
Buried BELLICOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Listed in SDGW as "Herbert Garwood", - NOT Ford)

Private Frederick John Petch. 34789. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly TR/5/10479 3rd T R Battn. Killed 21 July 1918.
Born Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk), Enlisted Bury St. Edmunds.
Buried VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Victor Southgate. 33196. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 2710 Suffolk Regt. Son of Harry and Josephine Southgate, of 7, St. Edmund's Place, Bury St. Edmund'S. Killed 27 March 1918. Aged 20.
Born Norton (Suffolk), Enlisted Bury St. Edmunds.
Buried NAMPS-AU-VAL BRITISH CEMETERY.

The Dedication on the War Memorial for Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk) The Dedication on the War Memorial for Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk)
Photo : Nick_2 of the War Memorials Online website

The Cathedral Church, St. Edmundsbury, of Bury St. Edmunds The Cathedral Church, St. Edmundsbury, of Bury St. Edmunds
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