War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Ebberston
( St. Mary's Church)
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The Memorial in St. Mary's Church, Ebberston.
The Memorial in St. Mary's Church, Ebberston.
Photo : Roger Dowson <localmilhistory@aol.com>

The Memorial tablet in the Church of St. Mary's, Ebberston, is inscribed;-
"In This Sign Conquer"

The names of those who appear on the Ebberston Memorial are;-

W R Craggs
E Harland
G H Huxley
A E Horsley
C Martindale
H Stephenson (*)
  
A Peckit
A Stanley
T Mennel
A Vasey
J J Skilbeck
G R Tate
G J Stanley

Whose Lives Were Given For
Right
In the Great War AD 1914, 1918
R.I.P.

(*) There are several "H Stephenson" names which might be the one here, but the most likely appears to be Private H Stephenson, 53916, of the Manchester Regiment.

Private George Herbert Huxley, 1583. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Huxley, of Epping, Essex; husband of Martha Lillian Lythe (formerly Huxley), of School Row, Rosedale East, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 22.
Born Epping (North Wales), Enlisted Pickering.
Buried ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS.

Private Christopher Martindale, 203844. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Martindale, of North Side Farm, Bickley, Hackness, Scarborough, and the late Emily Martindale. Killed 4 October 1917. Aged 19.
Born Crosscliffe (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.

Sergeant Thomas Mennell, 20740. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard Mennell, of Bickley, Hackness, Scarborough. Killed 11 April 1918. Aged 22.
Born Bickley (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Bickley
Buried CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK.

Private Jonathan Skilbeck, 1521. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 September 1916.
Born Snainton (Scarborough), Enlisted Ebberston (Scarborough)
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.

Private Alfred Vasey, 28348. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Ebberston (Yorks), Enlisted Snainton (Yorks)
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

St. Mary's Church, Ebberston.St. Mary's Church, Ebberston.
Photo : © Copyright Dr Duncan Pepper and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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