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War
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The War Memorial at the Summit of Great Gable, 2949 ft, in Cumbria
(Photo : Jeremy Nicholl <jez_nicholl@hotmail.com>)
At the summit of Great Gable in the Lake District is a War memorial erected
by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club of Cumbria. The memorial was unveiled on
24 June 1924, and the event is described
in a contemporary document.
The names on the memorial are presented in this document, though there is
an error in the transcription of one name, - B H WHITLEY, shown as B H WHITELY.
The 20 names that are shown on the memorial are listed below, with further details as to their identification. There is one Yorkshire Regiment name, and details are provided for this man.
| J S BAINBRIDGE J G BEAN H S P BLAIR A J CLAY J N FLETCHER W H B GROSS E HARTLEY S W HERFORD S F JEFFCOAT E B LEES |
S J LINZELL L J OPPENHEIMER A J PRICHARD A M RIMER R B SANDERSON H L SLINGSBY G C TURNER B H WHITLEY J H WHITWORTH C S WORTHINGTON |
Captain James Scott Bainbridge. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 22 March 1918.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, POZIERES MEMORIALl.
Additional information from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"James Bainbridge first served as Company Sergeant Major with the 4th
Battalion before receiving his commission and rising rapidly through the ranks.
As an officer he was gassed in June 1917 whilst the battalion were in action
in the Hindenberg Support Line."
The following biographical information is provided in a Royal
Society of Chemistry booklet commemorating those who fought and died in
the First World War;-
"Born in 1888, son of William & Mary Bainbridge, James Bainbridge
later graduated from Leeds University. After university, he went to work in
the chemical laboratory of Messrs Rowntree & Co. in York and was engaged
in the research of the aromatic principle of the cocoa bean.In 1914, he was
appointed research chemist at the Doncaster Coalminers’ Laboratory but
enlisted with the 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment when the war began; in
June 1917, he was caught in a gas attack whilst fighting with his battalion
at the Hindenburg Line.When the German Spring Offensive (Kaiserschlacht or
‘Kaiser’s Battle’) began on 21 March 1918, Captain Bainbridge
and the battalion were moved up to Brie and marched for six hours to the front
line at Hancourt. At 6.30pm on 22 March, as the enemy was pushing the 5th
Battalion Durham Light Infantry (DLI) on the left of the 4th Yorkshires back,
Captain Bainbridge attempted to steady and rally the DLI. He was killed when
he became caught in heavy enemy fire; his body was never recovered."
Further information, including a photo and biographical data, on James Scott
Bainbridge can be found on the Old
Barnardians commemorative website.
Other names on the memorial;-
Lance Corporal John Gordon Bean, 241503. 1st/6th Battalion The King's (Liverpool
Regiment).
2nd Lieutenant Herbert Samuel Penny Blair. 3rd Bn attd 2nd Bn Duke of Cornwall's
Light Infantry.
Major Arthur Joseph Clay. 2nd/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment.
Corporal James Neville Fletcher, 2364. 1st/6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.
2nd Lieutenant William Henry Bright Gross. 1st Battalion The Queen's (Royal
West Surrey Regiment).
E Hartley, - 38 names listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register.
Private Siegfried Wedgwood Herford, 2860. 24th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
2nd Lieutenant Stanley Ferns Jeffcoat. 22nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
Major Eric Brown Lees. Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry.
Captain Stanley James Linzell, MC. Royal Army Medical Corps.
Lieutenant Lehmann James Oppenheimer. 2nd/23rd Battalion London Regiment.
Lieutenant Arvan James Prichard. 2nd Battalion Australian Machine Gun Corps.
Private A M Rimer, STK/519. 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
Lieutenant Roy Broughton Sanderson. 6th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.
Captain Henry Laurence Slingsby. 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry.
Captain George Corrall Turner. 2nd/6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment.
(* There are 4 other possible names)
2nd Lieutenant Benjamin Heywood Whitley. 3rd Battalion Royal Scots.
Major John Haworth Whitworth. 2nd/6th Battalion Manchester Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Claude Swanwick Worthington. 6th Battalion Manchester Regiment.
The War Memorial at the Summit of Great Gable, 2949 ft, in Cumbria.
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