The Yorkshire Regiment, War Memorials Elsewhere

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Stockton-on-Tees
(Grangefield School)

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The War Memorial for Grangefield School, Stockton-on-Tees

Grangefield School, Stockton-on-Tees is now the Grangefield Academy and is situated on Oxbridge Avenue, Grangefield, Stockton-on-Tees.

The War Memorial for past students of Grangefield School, Stockton-on-Tees, hangs in the School Hall. The memorial is a wooden plaque bearing the names of 69 men who lost their lives in the First World War. Of these names, 8 are for men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

The dedication of the memorial reads;-
"YE SHALL REMEMBER WITH THANKFUL HUMBLENESS THE GREAT SACRIFICE OF THE FOLLOWING OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO WENT FORTH ON THE SIDE OF HONOUR AND RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 AND WHO CAME NOT HOME AGAIN.

NOTHING IS HERE FOR TEARS, NOTHING TO WAIL OR KNOCK THE BREAST; NO WEAKNESS, NO CONTEMPT, DISPRAISE OR BLAME; NOTHING BUT WELL AND FAIR, AND WHAT MAY QUIET US IN A DEATH SO NOBLE."

Private Charles Edward Appleby, 28255. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George William and Annie Appleby, of 85, Londonderry Rd., Stockton-on-Tees; husband of Laura Eveline Appleby, of 83, Londonderry Rd., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 15 October 1917. Aged 31.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private David Doughty. 1063. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 25 April 1915.
Born Yarm (Yorks), Enlisted Yarm, Resided Eaglescliffe Village.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Private Robert Thomas Doughty, 200381. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 September 1917.
Born Yarm (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Yarm.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal Walter Wilfred Green, 26148. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Rose Lydia Green, of 26, Atterby Terrace, Stockton-on-Tees, and the late John Andrews Green. Killed 6 October 1916. Aged 22.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton.
Commmorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Serjeant Arnold Thomas Vincent Jonathan Kidd. 24375. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Annie Kidd, of Ashtree Farm, Stockton-on-Tees. Died 20 September 1917. Aged 20.
Born Stockton (Durham), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Stockton.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas O'Grady. 3172. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Michael and Isabella O'Grady, of 81, Parliament St., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 24 May 1915. Aged 22.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Stockton.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Private Robert Norman Raper, 24449. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Mary Ann Raper, of 6, Stranton St., Thornaby-on-Tees. Killed on 1 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Thornaby, Enlisted Stockton, Resided Ingleby Barwick (Yorks).
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.

Serjeant Thomas Vincent Verrill. 204626. 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 2387 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Francis Henry and Mary Elizabeth Verrill, of "Parkmore," Eaglescliffe, Co. Durham. Killed 9 September 1918. Aged 21.
Born Stockton (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 8, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

The Front Entrance Gate to Grangefield Academy on Oxbridge Lane, Stockton-on-Tees The Front Entrance Gate to Grangefield Academy on Oxbridge Lane, Stockton-on-Tees
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The rear of Grangefield Academy, seen from rough ground off Oxbridge Lane The rear of Grangefield Academy, seen from rough ground off Oxbridge Lane
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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