North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Goathland, St. Mary's Church

The War Memorial tablet in St. Mary's Church, Goathland.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The War Memorial tablet in St. Mary's Church, Goathland, has the following names of the men who died in the First World War carved (and gilded) on it;-

Frederick Cockerill
Godfrey Harrison
J Yeoman Light
Edwin Pennock (+)
George Pybus
Thos John Readman
Arthur Rymer
George Smailes
Robert Sleightholm
John Ward
Wilfrid W Whiteley
Edwin Widdowson

(+) Shown as Edward Pennock in Soldiers Died in the Great War

Private Frederick Cockerill. 27269. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. A. P. Cockerill, of Green End, Goathland, York. Killed 14 May 1917. Aged 23.
Born Goathland (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Goathland (Yorks).
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private Godfrey Bousefield Harrison. 17780. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Watson and Mary Harrison; husband of Ada Ethel Harrison, of Mallyan Lodge, Goathland, Yorks. Killed 29 September 1915. Aged 38.
Enlisted Goathland (Whitby), Resided Whitby.
Buried ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY.

Private Edward Pennock. 33023. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 September 1916.
Born Goathland (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Goathland.
Buried A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS.

Private Arthur Rymer. 45740. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Rymer, of Church Cottages, Goathland, York. Killed 9 October1917. Aged 20.
Born Goathland (Yorks), Enlisted Malton, Resided Goathland.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.

Private John Ward. 19295. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Ann Ward, of Hawthorn Hill, Goathland, Yorks. Killed 30 April 1916. Aged 20.
Born Harrogate, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Goathland.
Buried LA NEUVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, CORBIE.

St. Mary's Church, Goathland.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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