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The Gilling East War Memorial.
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The War memorial at Gilling East forms the entrance archway to the Parish Church
of the Holy Cross. The names of 13 men from Gilling East, Grimstone, and Cawton
are shown on 2 plaques on either side of the archway. Of these 13 names, 7 were
from the Yorkshire Regiment. The names of the men who gave their lives in the
First World War, on the Gilling East War Memorial, are;-
George Henry Brough, Yorkshire Regiment
Percy Church, Yorkshire Regiment
William R Charter, Yorkshire Regiment
Ernest Clark, Royal Field Artillery
John England, Yorkshire Regiment
Alfred Ewbank, West Yorkshire Regiment
Robert Harper, Yorkshire Regiment
John MacGathan, D W West Riding Regiment
Frank Parker, West Yorkshire Regiment
Edwin Pybus, MM, Yorkshire Regiment
George Skilbeck, Royal Engineers
William Williamson, Yorkshire Regiment
Private George Henry Brough. 7505. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 27 September 1916.
Born Derby, Enlisted Malton
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Percy Henry Hardman Church. 2793. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Church, of Greenway, Tockenham,
Wootton Bassett, Wilts. Killed 28 April 1915. Aged 20.
Enlisted Malton, Resided Wootton Bassett (Wilts)
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Private William Robert Charter. 26381. 13th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary E. Charter, of West End, Kirkby Moorside,
Yorks, and the late John Charter. Killed 29 April 1918. Aged 27.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Malton, Resided Gilling East.
Buried RUMAUCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Private John England. 20215. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 31 July 1917.
Born Newton-on-Ouse (Yorks), Enlisted Malton, Resided Gilling East (Yorks)
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Private Robert Harper. 36421. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William and Elizabeth Harper, of Gilling East, York. Killed
20 September 1917. Aged 40.
Born Malton (Yorks), Enlisted Malton.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Private Edwin Pybus, MM. 240924. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 12 April 1918.
Enlisted Malton.
Commemorated Panel 5, Ploegsteert Memorial.
Private William Williamson. 34734.
10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 2961 the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916.
Born Woolworth (Durham), Enlisted Malton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Names (1) on the Gilling East War Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Names (2) on the Gilling East War Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The Parish Church and the War Memorial at Gilling East.
Photo : Edward Nicholl
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