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Kirkbymoorside (All Saints') Churchyard includes 3 burials from the First World War and 3 from the Second World War.

One of the burials is that of a soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment. He is buried in a family grave, where his headstone incorectly shows him as having served in the West Yorkshire Regiment.

Private Wilson's Headstone in Kirkbymoorside (All Saints') Churchyard
Photo : Edward Nicholl

Private Harry Wilson, 28082. 14th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Wilson, of Gutter Bridge Works, Kirkby Moorside. Died at home 26 November 1916. Aged 22.
Born Kirkbymoorside (Yorks), Enlisted Kirkbymoorside.
Buried KIRKBY MOORSIDE (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD.

(Private Wilson's Service Record exists and it shows that
1. He enlisted in the Yorkshire Regiment on 9 February 1916. He was, at the time, a Head Foreman on a farm and was aged 21 years & 4 months.
2. He was attested, in Richmond, on 26 May 1916, and joined the 14th Battalion in camp at Gosforth on that date.
3. The 14th Battalion, into which he enlisted, was merged into the 81st Training Reserve Battalion on 1 September 1916.
4. He died of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis on 26 November 1916. He had been in the Northern General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, with this since 30 June 1916.)

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Private Wilson's Headstone in Kirkbymoorside (All Saints') Churchyard
Photo : Edward Nicholl

All Saints' Churchyard
Photo : Edward Nicholl