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The Guisborough War Memorial in front of St. Nicholas' Church
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The Dedication on Guisborough's War Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Private William Amos Agar, 3010. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 16 September 1916.
Enlisted Guisborough (Yorks).
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Fred Allen, 200235. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 15 January 1917.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Corporal Richard Allen. 917. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 22 July 1915. Aged 54.
Resided Guisborough.
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private John George Applegarth, 3173. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 September 1916.
Enlisted Guisborough (Yorks).
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Ernest Balls. 11489. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died at home 9 July 1915.
Buried GUISBOROUGH CEMETERY.
Private Robert Henry Bennett, 201007. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Guisborough (Yorks).
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Private William Blakey, 16570. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas Blakey, of 36, Albion St., Murton Colliery, Co. Durham.
Killed 8 July 1916. Aged 28.
Born Murton Colliery, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
(Although no apparent connection with Guisborough, this is the only "William
Blakey" that could possibly fit)
Private George Armstrong Bottomley, 235125. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Private George Boyes. 13276. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 11 November 1918. Aged 40.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried GUISBOROUGH CEMETERY (though no headstone exists).
(George Boyes Pension Record exists and from this it is seen that he was an
Ironstone Miner. He was discharged from the Army on 11 January 1915 due to
defective eyesight.)
Private Sidney Russell Brenton, 20488. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 October 1916.
Born Boosbeck (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.
Private George Brett, 26733. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of George and Emma Brett, of 76, Church St., Guisborough, Yorks.
Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 22.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Private George Brown, 30510. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Roundhay (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough, Resided Hartburn (Stockton-on-Tees).
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Private Kenneth Buxton, 220448. 1st Battalion East
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3459 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and
Margaret Elizabeth Buxton, of 21, Northgate, Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 25
April 1918. Aged 20.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated on Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private John Campion, 10818. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Nephew of Margret Campion, of 45, Westgate, Guisborough, Yorks.
Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 30.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Stockton, Resided Guisborough.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
Serjeant Stephen Cannon. 3/8998. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 May 1918. Aged 54.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Guisborough.
Buried DUEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Roy Carey, 7513. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 25 October 1916. Aged 30.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough (Cleveland).
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Frank Carnell, 3/8618. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Lily Carnell, of 56, Church St., Guisborough, Yorks.
Killed 23 December 1914. Aged 31.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Commemorated Panel 4, Ploegsteert Memorial.
Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Hedley Charlton, MC. 4th
Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late William Charlton and of Frances
Elizabeth Charlton, J.P., of The West Garth, Guisborough, Yorks; husband of
Mrs. D. F. Money (formerly Charlton), of 79, Wodeland Avenue, Guildford. Killed
22 March 1918. Aged 32.
Buried ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Charles Cleaver, 3748. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Brother of Mr. H. Cleaver, of 6, Manton Burn Rd., Grove Hill, Middlesbrough.
Native of Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 28.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Grangetown.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.
Lance Corporal Henry Cockerill. 2796 / 27831. Although
not shown in either the CWGC or SDGW, the following records of his service
(ref : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)) with the Yorkshire
Regiment show that;-
He enlisted with the Yorkshire Regiment on 22 September 1914, and served with
the 4th Battalion as a Private. He was wounded in approx. February 1916. He
next served as a Lance Corporal with the Royal Defence Corps and was awarded
a Silver War Badge on 2 April 1917 (after discharge from the Army). He died
in Q4 1922 while in the Pensions War Hospital in Sunderland, and is buried
in Guisborough Cemetery.
Private Fred Collins, 26465. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. J. A. Jackson, of 5, Hutton's Yard, Guisborough, Yorks.
Killed 19 July 1916. Aged 28.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN.
Private Thomas Cook, 12889. Machine Gun Corps, formerly
24171 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 October 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Guisborough (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 136, Loos Memorial.
Private Albert Edward Cooper, 20991. 12th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 December 1917.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried ST. LEGER BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private A E Cooper is shown by the CWGC register as being in the 12th Battalion
York and Lancaster Regiment. This is incorrect, as he is recorded in the G
H Gazette as being in the 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment as well as in
"Soldiers Died in the Great War". Although no obvious connection
with Guisborough, this name is the most likely "fit" for Private
A Cooper.)"
(Rather confusingly, there is also a "Private Albert Edward Cooper"
12/91 of the East Yorkshire Regiment, born Hull and enlisted Hull.)
Private George Cottle, 201660. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 19 July 1917.
Enlisted Guisborough (Yorks).
Buried HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Joseph Davies, 13208. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 23 December 1915.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Upsall (Guisborough).
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).
Private Samuel Davies, 3/8769. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 12 March 1915.
Born Marske (Redcar), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Guisborough.
Commemorated Panel 12, Le Touret Memorial.
Private James Daynes, 8654. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Information and photos of James Daynes on "Photos-D"
page of this website. Killed 18 October 1917.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Buried HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY.
Private Harold Peacock Dunn, 11487. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Elizabeth Dunn, of "Harflour View", Cowbar, Staithes,
Yorks, and the late Robert Dunn; husband of Mary Jane Dunn, of 35, Station
St., Middlesbrough. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 28.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private James Grievson Easton, 201864. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late George and Mary Jane Easton, of Guisborough,
Yorks. Killed 28 October 1917. Aged 35.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough, Resided Stokesley.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Private Robert Eddon, 3194. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.
Private William Emmerson. 204066. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. 27 May 1918.
Born Barnby Moor (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Sidney England. 10395. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. A. Burron (formerly England), of 33, Calthorpe St.,
Middlesbrough, Yorks., and the late Mr. England. Native of Guisborough, Yorks.
Died 20 November 1915. Aged 21.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough, Resided Middlesbrough.
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY.
Private Harry Flanary. 200236. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Henry and Dorothy Flanary, of 161, Westgate, Guisborough,
Yorks. Died 23 April 1917. Aged 20.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private George Flannary. 200382 . 3rd / 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 18 February 1918.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Guisborough.
Buried GUISBOROUGH CEMETERY.
(Shown on the Guisborough Memorial, and in SDGW, as "George Flanary")
Private C Foster. No record of a "C Foster" in the Yorkshire Regiment in either the CWGC register or SDGW. No record in the GH Gazette database either.
Private Isaac Frith. 8165. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Grangetown (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Grangetown.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Charles Gillard. 11782. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Brother of James Gillard, of Old Bank Head, Eston, Yorks. Died 12
July 1916. Aged 31.
Born Barnaby Moor, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Eston S O.
Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.
Lance Corporal Arthur Gosling. 79834. 176th Tunnelling
Coy Royal Engineers, formerly 8127 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Boyle
Gosling and Rebecca Gosling, of 7, New Rd., Guisborough. Killed 8 May 1916.
Aged 29.
Born Sutton Bridge (Lincs), Enlisted Guisborough (Yorks).
Buried HERSIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Charles Gosling. 10439. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 21 November 1914.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Panel 4, Ploegsteert Memorial.
Private Ramsey McKay Grant. 17073. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 15 June 1915.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 12, Le Touret Memorial.
Lance Corporal Fred W Grinnell. 11588. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Chesterfield, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private George Haigh, 26573. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Daisy Haigh, of 93, Margrove Park, Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed
9 February 1917. Aged 26.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE.
Private William Harpley. 1680. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 17 September 1916.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Wilson Hebron, 18077. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Wilson and Hannah Mary Hebron, of 15, Bennison St., Guisborough,
Yorks. Killed 15 November 1915. Aged 22.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY.
Private Edward William Heckle, 29343. 5th/6th Battalion
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), formerly 26362 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of John and Emma Heckle, of 17, Providence St., Guisborough, Yorks. Killed
17 April 1918. Aged 27.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Panel 68 to 70 and 162 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private George William Hurn. 200040. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of L. A. Hurn, of 4, Bulmer's Buildings, Guisborough.
Died at home 14 October 1919. Aged 40.
Buried GUISBOROUGH CEMETERY.
Corporal Tom Jardine. 2442/200558. Although not shown
in either the CWGC or SDGW, the following records of his service (ref : Richard
Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)) with the Yorkshire Regiment
show that;-
He enlisted on 14/9/1914 into the 4th Battalion and was discharged as no longer
physically fit for war service on 5/9/1918 age 21. This means he was born
in 1898 and thus only 16 when he enlisted.
He died on 16/11/1923 at 3A Cleveland Street, Guisborough, and was buried
on 21/11/1923 at Guisborough Cemetery.
Private George Herbert Jones, 11860. 7th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Ellen Jones, of Belmont Cottages,
Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 28 December 1916. Aged 23.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS.
Serjeant Jesse Jones. 484. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Catherine Jones, of 9, Hewitt's Buildings, Guisborough,
Yorks. Native of Guisborough. Killed 3 May 1915. Aged 47.
Born Mitcham (Surrey), Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).
Private Walter Lazenby. 34931. 9th Battalion the King's
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 5163 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
John and Sarah Lazenby, of Moortown, Leeds; husband of Ada Fawcett (formerly
Lazenby), of 52, Bolckow St., Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 16 September 1916.
Aged 41.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Lance Serjeant John Thomas Limmer, 11491. 8th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Mary Limmer, of Grassington, Skipton,
Yorks; husband of Rose Webster (formerly Limmer), of 24, Pearson St., Newport,
Middlesbrough, Yorks. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 33.
Born Normanby (Eston, Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private William Rippon Lorains. 3439. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Chapman and Mary Ellen Lorains, of 8, St. Hildas
Cottages, Church St., Whitby; husband of Alice Ann Haxby (formerly Lorains),
of 38, Rutland St., Middlesbrough. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 36.
Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
(Name shown as "W R Loraine" on the Guisborough Memorial)
Private Albert Mee. 201820. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. S. Mee, of 25, Redcar Rd., Dunsdale, Guisborough, Yorks.
Killed 16 September 1916. Aged 28.
Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Joseph Moore, 45778. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. A. Moore, of 50, Allison St., Guisborough, Yorks, and
the late Mr. J. B. Moore. Died 10 October 1917. Aged 23.
Born Loftus, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Hilton (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Private John William Muir. 37880. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 6 December 1918.
Buried GUISBOROUGH CEMETERY.
(From Census records,;- Born 1900 in Stillington, Co Durham. Father = Charles,
an ironstone miner.
Mother = Jane Elizabeth. Family lived at 15 Thomson Street, Guisborough.
Private John George Nixon. 8583. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late William and Elizabeth Nixon. Served 8 years in India,
Chitral (1895), Tirah (1897-8). Killed 12 March 1915. Aged 46.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Stockton, Resided Normanby (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 12, Le Touret Memorial.
Corporal Arthur Paylor. 11825. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
2nd Lieutenant A John B Richardson. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Col. William Richardson, V.D., and Averil M. Richardson,
of Daneholm, Sandsend, Whitby. Born at Guisborough. Died at home 14 January
1915. Aged 19.
Buried GUISBOROUGH CEMETERY.
Private Herbert Richardson. 1665. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Ralph Richardson; husband of Eva Richardson, of 6, Redcar
Rd., Dunsdale, Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 27 May 1915. Aged 23.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Private Arthur Rix. 235904. 4th Battalion King's Own
(Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly 2130 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs.
E. A. Rix, of 58, Westgate, Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 29 September 1918.
Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried LOWRIE CEMETERY, HAVRINCOURT.
(Shown as "Corporal A Rix" on the Guisborough War Memorial.)
Private Frederick William Robinson. 28155. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 May 1917.
Born Skelton-in-Cleveland, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Hylton (Yarmouth).
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.
Private George Robson. 3/8820. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William and Beatrice Mary Robson, of 54, Belmangate, Guisborough,
Yorks. Killed 5 November 1916. Aged 28.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Buried BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private James Henry Royle. 1664. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of James and Lydia E. Royle, of Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, Yorks.
Killed 2 May 1915. Aged 20.
Born Henbury (Macclesfield), Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Serjeant William Royle, DCM. 200604. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Lydia Royle, of Rosedale Abbey, Pickering,
Yorks; husband of Margaret Royle, of 10, Park St., Middlesbrough. Died 12
April 1918.
Enlisted Guisborough, Resided Kirbymoorside.
Commemorated Panel 4, Ploegsteert Memorial.
2nd Lieutenant Nicholas Scorer. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William and Margaret H. Scorer, of 22, Balmoral Gardens,
Monkseaton, Northumberland, late of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Joined 1st Life Guards
on his 18th birthday, afterwards tranf. to Household Battalion. Killed 29
March 1918. Aged 20.
Buried WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Additional information from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Nicholas Scorer first saw service during the Great War with the Life
Guards who he joined on his eighteenth birthday in 1916.
He received his commission and joined the 4th Yorkshires in late October of
1917 at Elverdinghe.
2nd Lt Scorer spent the rest of 1917 and early 1918 in the Ypres Salient and
when the German spring offensive opened in March 1918, was in training with
the battalion at Ignaucourt.
On March 21st the battalion were rushed up to the line at Hancourt and spent
the next few days fighting on the retreat. 2nd Lt Scorer was wounded in action
in the Licourt area and was taken to a hospital centre on the channel coast.
2nd Lt Nicholas Scorer died of his wounds on March 29th 1918 aged just 20."
Company Quartermaster Serjeant Harold Senior. 260120.
1st/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, formerly 726 the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas and Susanna Senior, of 40, Fountain St., Guisborough;
husband of Maud Senior, of Orchard House, Romanby, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed
18 October 1918. Aged 31.
Born Brotton (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton (Yorks).
Buried VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY.
Private Robert Sydney Shorten. 23246. 13th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs Metcalfe, of Park View Terrace, Guisborough,
Yorks. Killed 5 August 1916. Aged 18.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Buried MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY.
Private John Joseph Simpson. 201809. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
(In the Register of Soldiers effects, John Joseph Simpson left his money to
brothers Alfred and Peter, and Sisters Hannah, Elisabeth, Margaret and Isabella.
In the 1901 Census, the above were all living at 22 Fountain Street, Guisborough,
with their father Peter Simpson.
John Joseph Simpson was an ironstone miner, aged 24. He would thus have been
aged 40 when killed.)
Private Felix Smith. 34674. 10th Battalion King's Own
(Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly 4779 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September
1916.
Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Frederick James Smith, 3303. 4th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Ann Smith, of 25, Ried Terrace,
Sunnyfield, Gisborough, Yorks. Native of New Marske, Yorks. Killed 27 June
1916.
Enlisted Redcar, Resided New Marske.
Buried LOKER CHURCHYARD, BELGIUM.
Private George R Smith. This will be George Raymond
Smith, 1667. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 May 1915. Aged
20.
Born Boosbeck (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
The following information is provided by Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>);-
In both the CWGC and SDGW records, his name has been transposed as Raymond
George Smith. The transposition has also occurred in the Yorkshire Regiment
Roll of Honour.
A George Raymond Smith was the son of Richard Andrew and Hannah Mary Smith
who had 10 children. He was born in 1895 at Charltons, a district close to
Guisborough, where he enlisted. Two younger brothers also perished in the
war they were Felix and James William.
Private George William Smith, 11499. 8th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment.Son of Martha and the late Robson Smith, of 37, Belmangate,
Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 23 September 1917. Aged 25.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Buried RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY.
(SDGW Gives date of death as 20 September 1917)
Private James William Smith, 201662. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Hannah Mary Smith, of 7, Aysdalegate Cottages,
Charltons, Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 19.
Born Greenock, Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private James Smurthwaite. 34675 10th Battalion King's
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 4679 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas
and Elizabeth Smurthwaite, of 131, Smeaton St., North Ormesby; husband of
Kate Elizabeth Smurthwaite, of 45, Auckland St., Guisborough, Yorks. Killed
25 September 1916. Aged 37.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, Thiepval Memorial.
Private John Elliott Smith, 200318. 4th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Jane Smith, of 78, Belmangate, Guisborough,
Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 29.
Born Skipton-in-Cleveland, Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS.
Corporal Charles Stanger. 1392. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 4 August 1915.
Born King's Lynn, Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY.
Captain Charles Neville Carleton Stiff. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Thomas Carleton Stiff and Maria Eliza, his
wife, of "Alfoxden", Chestnut Avenue, Torquay. Killed 22 Mar 1918.
Aged 36.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.
Private Herbert Storey. 38184. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of John and Mary Storey, of 38, Bennison St., Guisborough, Yorks.
Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 21.
Born Boosbeck, Enlisted Guisborough, Resided Redcar.
Commemorated Panel 5, Vis-en-Artois Memorial.
Private John Storey, 28185. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 4 October 1917.
Born Eslington (Northumberland), Enlisted Guisborough.
Buried TYNE COT CEMETERY.
Private Caleb Swales. 235263. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late Frank and Margaret Swales, of Guisborough; husband
of the late Christiana Swales, of 54, Northgate, Guisborough, Yorks. Killed
14 May 1917. Aged 37.
Born Cockley, Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Private James Swales. 30366. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of James and Elizabeth Swales, of 10, Patten Lane, Guisborough,
Yorks. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 19.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Private James Temple. No record of a Temple in the
Yorkshire Regiment in either the CWGC register or SDGW. The only record in
the GH Gazette database is for a J Temple, 11833, wounded in October 1916.
Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) has carried out some
research into this name, and found the following;-
"Pte J Temple is Pte 11833 James Temple, 3rd Bn Yorkshire Regiment, born
in 1885 and a single man who lived in Guisborough. He is an interesting case
regarding CWGC commemoration. He was discharged from the Army on 5/2/1918
having received gunshot wounds to the head and thigh and no longer physically
fit for war service. He died in the Guisborough RD in the September quarter
1921 and the CWGC cut off point is 31 August 1921. So even if his death was
war service related if he died in September he misses out by a few days or
weeks at the most - unfortunately; especially so as he volunteered right at
the start of the war. His service record survives and he enlisted on 31 August
1914."
Private Ernest Tones. 332600. 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Battalion
Highland Light Infantry, formerly 26361 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 April
1918.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 9, Ploegsteert Memorial.
Private Alec Tooley. No record of an Alec Tooley in
the Yorkshire Regiment in either the CWGC register or SDGW. No record in the
GH Gazette database either.
(There was an Alexander Tooley, b. 1878, son of John and Mary Ann Tooley who
were the parents of Charles Tooley, below. However, there is no record of
his death either in military service or in the civil records.)
Private Charles Tooley. 220191. 4th Battalion East
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 204108 Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Clara Ann
Tooley, of 12, Allison St., Guisborough, Yorks. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 25.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Soissons Memorial.
Private Joseph Tuffs. 3811. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 17 September 1916.
Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Thomas William Turner. 36036. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Private George Wallace. 8/8672. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Brother of Mrs. Jane Dowey, of 16, Park St., Skelton, Yorks. Killed
12 March 1915. Aged 29.
Born York, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Commemorated Panel 12, Le Touret Memorial.
Private Robert Ernest Waller, 3251. 4th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Charles Waller, of 28, Oxford St., Boosbeck,
Yorks. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 20.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Boosbeck.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Alfred Watson, 250692. 1st/8th Battalion Durham
Light Infantry, formerly 30594 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Thomas
and Alice Louisa Watson, of 42, Eskdale Terrace, Sunnyfield, Guisborough,
Yorks. Killed 22 February 1917. Aged 24.
Born York, Enlisted Guisborough (Yorks).
Commemorated Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C, Thiepval Memorial.
Private John Watson. No record of a Private John Watson from Guisborough in the Yorkshire Regiment in either the CWGC register or SDGW. No record in the GH Gazette database either.
Private Mark West. This soldier served in the King's Own Yorkshire Light infantry, 2nd/4th Battalion. Previously in the Northumberland Fusliers. Born Spennymoor 1895, resided Guisborough. Killed 2 September 1918.
Private William Dixon Wilkinson. 201330. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elsie Wilkinson, of 12, South St., Guisborough,
Yorks. Killed 2 November 1917. Aged 27.
Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Private Charles Whitfield. 11896. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 January 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).
Private Charles Edwin Whitwood. 34719. 10th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 5125 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 25 September 1916.
Born Guisborough, Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John George Wilson, 235029. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Annie Wilson, of 2, Derby St., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed
23 April 1917. Aged 21.
Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Stockton-on-Tees.
Buried WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Charles Wright. 2039. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late John and Mary Wright. Killed 25 April 1915. Aged
25.
Enlisted Guisborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
The War Memorial in front of St. Nicholas' Church, Guisborough.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
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