War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Husthwaite,
The Church of St. Nicholas
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The War Memorial in front of the Church of St. Nicholas, Husthwaite. The War Memorial in front of the Church of St. Nicholas, Husthwaite.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The War Memorial for the parish of Husthwaite has 12 names inscribed on it. Curiously, though, there is a Roll of Honour inside the Church of St. Nicholas, Husthwaite, which contains 21 names of "those connected with this parish who have gone forth to join the Colours" and who fell during the Great War.

A photograph showing the Roll of Honour suitable for transcription is provided below.

The names of those inscribed on the Memorial are;-

E V Batty, 2nd Battalion Royal Lancs
P Cartwright, 7th Battalion KOYLI
G E Drake, 10th Battalion Worcesters
G C Easton, Coldstream Guards
W Easton, Royal Engineers
A R Hebblethwaite, R F A		   J C Hebblethwaite, R F A
A Kitchen, 19th Battalion DLI
C F Lickiss, Duke of Wellington's Regt.
W Roberts, 19th Battalion DLI
C Stockdale, Royal Marines Light Infantry
J G Turner, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards

The names on the Roll of Honour which have not been inscribed on the Memorial are;-

G Chapman, RFA
W H Hebdon, 2nd Battalion KOYLI
F Garbutt, 13th Battalion West Yorks Regt.
W Beech (? Regt.)
J Gaines, 8th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps		   P Ghyll, 13th Battalion West Yorks
H Thompson, A S C
B Waddington, Coldstream Guards
F Beech (POW Own West Yorkshire Regt.?)

Also inside St. Nicholas' Church, Husthwaite, is a Battlefield Cross. This cross was the original grave marker of Sapper William Easton of the Royal Engineers, who was killed on 11 May 1918 aged 27. Sapper Easton is buried in Les Baroques Military Cemetery in France. A photograph shows Sapper Williams' Battlefield Cross inside St. Nicholas' Church, beside the Roll of Honour. (Photographed in July 2006).
John Ovenston (<jcovenston@btinternet.com>) has provided information on Sapper Williams and his family, and this may be selected from the link below. We are very grateful to John Ovenston for this information.

Sapper William Easton and the Battlefield Cross

The design for Husthwaite's War Memorial, retained in the Church of St. Nicholas.
The design for Husthwaite's War Memorial, retained in the Church of St. Nicholas.
The picture records that the Memorial was dedicated on the 18th January 1921
by the Archbishop of York, the Most Revd. and Rt. Hon Gordon Lang DD.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

Husthwaite's Roll of Honour.
Husthwaite's Roll of Honour.
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Photo : Edward Nicholl

Sapper Easton's Battlefield Cross beside the Roll of Honour in St. Nicholas' Church. Sapper Easton's Battlefield Cross beside the Roll of Honour in St. Nicholas' Church.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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