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The War Memorial for Hatfield in the Entrance to Hatfield Woodhouse Cemetery
(Doncaster)
Photo : Margaret Lindley, Red1st
The War Memorial for Hatfield (Doncaster) is situated in the entrance to the Hatfield Woodhouse Cemetery. The memorial is on a two stepped base surmounted by rectangular plinth and small Latin cross on an orb. Name panels are inset in arched recesses on the plinth.
22 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 53 for the Second World War.
One Officer who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial.
2nd Lieutenant Ian Ronald Edwards-Crate, MC. 9th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mrs. May Davison, of 6, Ash Hill, Hatfield,
Doncaster. Killed 10 October 1918. Aged 21.
Buried ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
The following notes on Lieutenant Edwards-Crate are taken from
Robert Coulson's biographies of Officers
Killed in the First World War;-
"Ian Edwardes-Crate MC served with the 9th Battalion and travelled with
them to the Italian Front in November of 1917. In actions around the River
Piave in July 1918 he led a platoon against a troublesome enemy position,
encircling them and then attacking from behind where “many were killed
and a lot surrendered”.
The 9th Battalion arrived back on the Western Front in late September 1918
to take part in what became known as “The Advance to Victory”.
Ian Edwardes-Crate was wounded in action during an attack on the village of
Beaurevoir on October 7th and died of his injuries on October 10th 1918 aged
21.
2nd Lt Ian Ronald Edwardes-Crate MC was the brother of Mrs May Davison of
6 Ash Hill, Hatfield in Doncaster."
In the 1911 Census, Ian Edwards-Crate (then aged 14 and at school), was living with his father, James Edwards-Crate, his sister and 2 brothers in Hatfield (Doncaster). James Edwards-Crate was a widower. The 5 children had all been born in Deal (Kent). His sister, May (aged 18), was looking after the family.
The
War Memorial for Hatfield in the Entrance to Hatfield Woodhouse Cemetery (Doncaster)
Photo © Copyright John
Slater and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence
Lieutenant Edwards-Crate's Name on the War Memorial for Hatfield in the Entrance
to Hatfield Woodhouse Cemetery
Photo : Margaret Lindley, Red1st
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