War memorials, North Yorkshire
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Lythe,
St. Oswald's Church
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The Brass Memorial Plaque Inside St. Oswald's Church, Lythe
The Brass Memorial Plaque Inside St. Oswald's Church, Lythe
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The brass Memorial Plaque inside St. Oswald's Church, Lythe, is inscribed;-

REMEMBER BEFORE GOD THE SEVENTEEN MEN OF THIS PARISH AND SEVEN UNKNOWN SAILORS WHOSE MEMORIAL STANDS IN OUR CHURCHYARD. THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES.

The names of the men on the plaque are;-

Henry Atkinson   William Mead
Charles G Brett   Russell C C Phipps
Charles W Corbett   Harry Pybus
Henry Cowen   F A Rippingille
Thomas Dixon (1)   Thomas Stanforth
Harry Gibbon   William B Taylor (2)
John W Gibbon   Frederick W Walker
Eustace W Harland   John H Walker
Francis E Mead   Seven Unknown Sailors buried at Lythe 1914-1918.

(1) Formerly in the Yorkshire Regiment.
(2) William B Taylor is listed as William Bedlington, step-brother of Percy Taylor. Was of the East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 September 1916.

Private Henry Atkinson, 26455. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Born Lythe (Yorks), Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Moorsholm.

Private Thomas Dixon, 34195. 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 12872 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Hannah Dixon, of Woodman's Cottage, Lythe, Whitby, Yorks. Killed 7 October 1916. Aged 23.
Born Lythe (Whitby), Enlisted Whitby.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Harry Gibbon, 26343. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home, 14 March 1916. Aged 23.
Buried LYTHE (St. OSWALD's) CHURCHYARD.
Born Lazenby (Eston, Yorks), Enlisted Redcar, Resided Eston.

Private John William Gibbon, 44723. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home, 4 July 1921.
Buried LYTHE (St. OSWALD's) CHURCHYARD.

Private Harry Pybus, 14351. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Thirlwell Pybus and Mary Pybus, of Clematis Cottage, East Row, Sandsend, Whitby. Killed 27 September 1915.
Buried PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE.
Born Whitby (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby.

Private John Henry Walker, 30364. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Thomas and Jane Walker; husband of Lucy Walker, of Hoar Cross, Burton-on-Trent. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 40
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.
Born Newton Mulgrave, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Lythe.

The Brass Memorial Plaques in St. Oswald's Church, Lythe - For the First and Second World Wars.
The Brass Memorial Plaques in St. Oswald's Church, Lythe - For the First and Second World Wars.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

Lythe (St. Oswald's) Churchyard, Eastern part.Lythe (St. Oswald's) Church
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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