War memorials, North Yorkshire
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Harome
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The War Memorial for Harome, located in the village cemetery.
The War Memorial for Harome, located in the village cemetery.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The War Memorial for Harome is a marble cross, located in the village cemetery.
The base is inscribed on the main face;-

ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918.

Those who fell (the men of the Yorkshire Regiment in bold) were;-

PERCIVAL B SHIELDS
JOHN SMITH
ROBERT DALE
ARTHUR BEILBY (*)
JAMES BEILBY (*)
GEORGE T COOK
ROBERT NIXON
F JOSEPH COOK
CHARLES SMITH

ALSO IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
LAURANCE COOK
J RODGER BIELBY

(*) Arthur and James "Beilby" should be Arthur and James "Bielby".

Private Arthur Bielby. 28341. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Roger and Hannah Bielby Killed 14 February 1917. Aged 34.
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.
Born Hawnby (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley.

Private George Cook, 240881. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Francis Cook, of Harome, York, and the late Elizabeth Cook. Killed 12 December 1917. Aged 23.
Buried TYNE COT CEMETERY.
Enlisted Malton, Resided Harome (Nawton, Yorks).

Rifleman Francis Joseph Cook. 40609. 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, formerly 28212 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frank and Mary Cook, of Harome, Nawton; husband of Hannah Ellen Cook, of Nunnington, York. Killed 16 August 1917. Aged 31.
Commemorated Panel 138 to 140 and 162 to 162A and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Born Helmsley (Yorks), Enlisted Saltburn (Yorks), Resided Malton (Yorks).

Private Robert Nixon. 241138. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Sarah Nixon, of Harome, Nawton, Yorks; husband of Alice Maud Mary Mellanley (formerly Nixon), of 79, St. Bernard Rd., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 25.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Born Helmsley, Enlisted Helmsley, Resided Nawton (S O).

Corporal John Smith. 10063. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 November 1916.
Buried LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL.
Born Harome (Helmsley, Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Bishopthorpe (York).


The base of Harome's War Memorial

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