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North
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War Memorials, - East Ayton, The Church of St. John the Baptist |
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The Memorial at the Church of St. John the Baptist, East Ayton
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The War Memorial in the Churchyard of St. John the Baptist, East
Ayton, is inscribed;-
"This Cross is Raised to the Memory of the Men of East and West Ayton Who
Fell in the Great War, 1914 - 1918"
The names of those who appear on the East Ayton Memorial are;-
| Barber G C Barber J B Barraclough E Baker C Groves J Hebblethwaite W Halder A Mainprize G |
Monkman H Newton H Raine J Sedman J Simpson S Watson J Wilkinson H White G |
Captain Geoffrey Carew Barber.
5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Walter and Emmeline Barber,
of West Ayton, Yorks. Killed on 25 April 1915. Aged 24.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Private Albert Halder, 76469. 2nd Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 61060 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William
and Fanny Halder, of South End, Burniston, Scarborough. Native of Forge Valley,
East Ayton. Killed 4 November 1918. Aged 29.
Born Seamer (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough (Yorks).
Buried FONTAINE-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Private Herbert Monkman, 20665. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 18 October 1916.
Born Brompton (Scarborough), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided West Ayton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Lance Corporal Harry Newton, 30422. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George and Mary Newton, of East Ayton, West Ayton, Yorkshire. Killed
2 April 1917. Aged 33.
Born East Ayton (Yorks),Enlisted Scarborough, Resided West Ayton.
Buried HENIN CRUCIFIX CEMETERY.
The
Memorial at the Church of St. John the Baptist, East Ayton
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The
Memorial at the Church of St. John the Baptist, East Ayton
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The
Memorial at the Church of St. John the Baptist, East Ayton
Photo : Edward Nicholl
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