War memorials, North Yorkshire
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Malton, St. Michael's Church
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The First World War Memorial in St. Michael's Church, Malton The First World War Memorial in St. Michael's Church, Malton
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The First World War Memorial in St. Michael's Church, Malton commemorates 35 people who lost their lives. The memorial is inscribed as follows;-
"To the Glory of God and in Proud and Grateful Memory of these Brave Men who Gave Their Lives in the Great War 1914 - 1919".
However, note that there is one woman, Sarah Hornsey, amongst the names.
Choristers of the church are marked by an asterisk.

Below the First World War Memorial is a framed commemoration of those who died in the Second World War. 10 names are recorded on this memorial.

The names inscribed on the First World War Memorial are as above, and details of the men of the Yorkshire Regiment are below;-

Serjeant Harold Gibson. 240265. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Annie Gibson, of View Terrace, Middlecave Rd., Malton, Yorks. Killed 25 March 1918. Aged 33.
Born Malton, Enlisted Malton.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.

Lance Corporal George Wilson Harrison. 203472. 2/5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 2539 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 November 1917.
Enlisted Malton (Yorks).
Commemorated on Panels 9 & 10, CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.

Serjeant Percy Fewster Kendall. 1218. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 January 1916.
Born Malton, Enlisted Malton.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private John Knott. 8048. Machine Gun Corps, formerly 24169 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 July 1916.
Born Cleveland (Yorks), Enlisted Malton (Yorks).
Buried BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY, ALBERT.

2nd Lieutenant William Ernest Longster. 10th Battalion the Cheshire Regiment, formerly 2871 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. I. W. and Mrs. A. E. Longster, of 20, Belle Vue Terrace, Malton, Yorks. Killed 22 July 196. Aged 22.
Born Malton, Enlisted Malton, Resided Malton.
Buried KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART.
(Wiliiam Ernest Longster was originally a Serjeant in the 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, before being commissioned into the Leicester Regiment and transferred into the Cheshire Regiment. Before the war, he was a journalist on the staff of the "Malton Messenger". Ref. Malton and the First World War.)

Private Arthur Hougson Perryman. 28197. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Perryman; husband of Margaret Blanche Gray (formerly Perryman). Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 30.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Malton (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.

Private Hughie Pickering. 2643. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Tom Pickering, of 32, Old Maltongate, Malton, Yorks. Killed 30 May 1915. Aged 19.
Enlisted Malton.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Private Alfred Robinson. 2679. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 April 1915.
Enlisted Malton.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Private William Ernest Smith. 48059. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4/109493 RASC. Husband of Mrs. E. M. L. Wardle (formerly Smith), of Forest Farm Cottages, Hinckley Rd., Kirby Muxloe, Leicester. Died 5 October 1918. Aged 24.
Born Winton (Malton), Enlisted Malton, Resided Hovingham.
Buried BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY.
(There was also another William Smith, of the Lincolnshire Regiment, born Amotherby (Yorks) & enlisted Malton (Yorks).)

Private Richard Mark Stubbs, 24531. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Adam Stubbs and Margaret Ann Stubbs, of 13, Wheelgate, Malton, Yorks. Killed 23 July 1916. Aged 22.
Born Malton, Enlisted Malton.
Buried GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT.
(NOte : There was also a Richard Mark Stubbs, 37251, of the 21st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who was born in Malton).

Lieutenant Colonel James Albert Raymond Thomson, DSO. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Croix de Guerre (France). Son of James and Eliza Thomson; husband of Ethel Norah Mayson Thomson, of The Uplands, Malton, Yorks. Born at Huddersfield.
Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 42.
Buried VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Frank Ware. 204024. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Ware, of 2, Middlecave Rd., Malton. Died at home 30 November 1917. Aged 19.
Norn Malton, Enlisted Malton.
Buried NEW MALTON CEMETERY.

Private George William Wood. 20716. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Malton (Yorks), Enlisted Malton.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

The First World and Second War Memorialsin St. Michael's Church, Malton
The First World and Second World War Memorialsin St. Michael's Church, Malton
(The Second World War Memorial is on the lower left)
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The Second World War Memorial in St. Michael's Church, MaltonThe Second World War Memorial in St. Michael's Church, Malton
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The Interior of St. Michael's Church, MaltonThe Interior of St. Michael's Church, Malton
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St. Michael's Church, MaltonSt. Michael's Church, Malton
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