War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Kirkdale
(St. Gregory's Minster)
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The Memorial Tablet inside St.Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale. The Memorial Tablet inside St.Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale.
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Photo : Edward Nicholl

The Great War Memorial Tablet is inscribed;-
"IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919."

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."

The names of those on the Memorial Tablet are;-

James White
Tom Gibson
William Carr Brodribb
Robert William Wilson (*)
Ralph Johnson
Thomas Dodds
Percival Barker Garner
Alfred Ewbank
James Johnson
Thomas Bowes Carpenter
Harry Watson
Charles Hawkins
William Hill
Walter Ernest Ware
Robert Emmanuel Bowes
Alfred Robert Ward
Reginald Robinson
Harold Barker

(*) This Robert William Wilson appears to be from County Durham, and yet is the only matching name in the CWGC Register or SDGW from the North East of England.

Private Percival Barker Garner, 1821. 1st/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Albert Edward and Betsy Garner, of Market St., Kirbymoorside, Yorks. Killed on 1 May 1916. Aged 26.
Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY,
Born Nawton (Kirbymoorside), Enlisted Kirbymoorside (Yorks).

Private Thomas Gibson, 3348. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 22 July 1916.
Buried LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY.
Enlisted Whitby, Resided Wombleton, Nawton (Yorks).

Private William Hill, 3/7774. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Emma Hill, of Wombleton, York. Killed on 17 October 1916. Aged 22.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Born Wombleton (Kirbymoorside), Enlisted Pickering.

Private James Johnson, 3953. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 17 September 1916. Aged 21.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.
Enlisted Malton, Resided Wombleton (Nawton - Yorks).

Private Ralph Johnson, 1988. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 25 January 1916.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Born Welburn (Kirbymoorside), Enlisted Kirbymoorside, Resided Nawton.

Private Henry Watson, 3369. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Cornelius and Annie Watson, of Station View, Nawton, Yorks. Killed on 15 September 1916. Aged 19.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Enlisted Helmsley, Resided Nawton (Yorks).

Private Robert William Wilson, 16202. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died (at home) on 3 October 1916.
Buried EVENWOOD CEMETERY (Co. Durham).
Born Evenwood, Enlisted Bishop Auckland.


St. Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale St. Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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