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St. Oswald's Church
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The Memorial Plaque inside the Church of St. Oswald, Flamborough
The Memorial Plaque inside the Church of St. Oswald, Flamborough
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(Photo : Tony Moore (<tony-moore@tinyworld.co.uk>))

The Memorial Plaque inside the Church of St. Oswald, Flamborough, is inscribed;-

THE SONS OF FLAMBOROUGH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.

The names on the plaque are as below. However, it should be noted that some of the names ascribed as having served in the East Yorks Regiment in fact served with the Yorkshire Regiment. These names are highlighted in bold.

Lieut A Vane Boulton, Glos Regt.,
Lieut Reginald Dean, E Yorks Regt.,
Captain Thomas A Dufty, E Yorks Regt. (1)(2)
Pte C A Bailey, H L I
Smn W Balfre, Mer. Ser.
Smn F Bayes, Mer. Ser.
Pte T Burton, E Yorks Regt (1)
Pte T Chadwick, R A S C
Pte I W Danby, 4th North. Fus.
Pte G B Drake, Essex Regt.
Pte W Drake, E Yorks Regt
Pte H Dray, R Fus.
Pte R P Edmond, E Yorks Regt
Pte W Gibbon, R F A
 Pte T E Hall, Seaforth High.
Pty Off J T Hood, R N
Pte G Hunt, E Yorks Regt (1)
Smn H Knaggs, R N R
Smn C Major, R N R
Pte C Major, Wilts Regt
Smn A Miles, R N R
Pty Off G Mills, R N
Pte W Ogle, K R R
Pte T J Robson, R A S C
Smn G R Screeton, Mer. Ser.
Gnr A Stork, R F A
Pte W Sunley, E Yorks Regt
Sgt W C Turner, Canadian Scots

(1) Yorkshire Regiment, NOT East Yorks Regiment.
(2) Thomas E(rnest) Dufty, not Thomas A Dufty

Private Thomas Burton, 2411. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 3 March 1915.
Enlisted Bridlington, Resided Flamborough.
Buried FLAMBOROUGH St. OSWALD'S CHURCHYARD.

Captain Thomas Ernest Dufty. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur Richard and Kate Dufty, of Nottinghamshire; husband of Beatrice Dufty, of "Deepdale," Meads, Eastbourne. Killed 19 May 1917. Aged 35.
Buried VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private George Hunt, 265531. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Pulham St. Mary's (Norfolk), Enlisted Bridlington, Resided Flamborough.
Buried VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY.

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