The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Middlesbrough,
- St. Barnabas' Church

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The First World War Memorial in St. Barnabas' Church, Middlesbrough
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Photo : Bolckow

The First World War Memorial in St. Barnabas' Church, Middlesbrough, consists of a wall-mounted memorial tablet with 5 panels bearing the names of those parishioners who lost their lives in the First World War.
101 names are commemorated, of whom 35 served in the Yorkshire Regiment.
This proportion of Yorkshire Regiment names to total names is similar to that of the main Middlesbrough War Memorial on the wall outside Albert Park.
There are some curiosities amongst the names, in that, for instance, several of the Officers are known to have lived outside the Middlesbrough area but are nevertheless found on this particular memorial.

We are very grateful to Bolckow for his photo (posted on Flickr) of this memorial.

Private John George Ball. 1315. 1st/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Edward and Margaret Ball, of 16, Cumberland Rd., Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. Died 7 May 1915. Aged 21.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.

Lieutenant Miles Bennison.9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Marion R. Wright (formerly Bennison), of 51, Woodlaws Road, Middlesbrough. Died 1 October 1917. Aged 27.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private James Richard Binks. 20143. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John J. and Mary Binks, of 7, St. Barnabus Rd., Middlesbrough; husband of Annie Kate Binks, of 14, Aske Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 26.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Linthorpe.
Commemorated Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.

2nd Lieutenant William Buckle. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Martha Isabella Buckle, of 24, Crescent Rd., Middlesbrough, Yorks, and the late William Buckle. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 24.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.

Captain Herbert Norman Constantine, MC. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. J. and Mrs. M. L. Constantine, of Harlsey Hall, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 26.
Buried LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Robert Norman Cottrell. 220089. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4136 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Wilhelmina Cottrell, of 16, Gifford St., Middlesbrough, and the late Robert Cottrell. Killed 16 August 1918. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES.
(Shown on the memorial as "Sgt Cottrell.)

Private Harold Creasor. 108784. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 25124 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Anne B. Creasor, of 47, Gresham Rd., Middlesbrough. Killed 21 March 1918. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commmemorated Panel 90 to 93, POZIERES MEMORIAL.

Private Ernest Oswald Davison. 201752. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Davison, of 454, Linthorpe Rd., Middlesbrough, and the late Rosa May Davison. Died 12 April 1918. Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Linthorpe.
Buried PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE.
(Note CWG Register has date of death = 2 April 1918, but SDGW has 12 April 1918. Shown on the St. Barnabas memorial as "Drummer").

Lance Corporal Percy Mendelsohn Dewhirst. 30694. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 26487 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Marshall and Annie E. Dewhirst, of 58, Ayresome St., Middlesbrough. Killed 16 April 1918. Aged 25.
Born Spennymoor (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Lieutenant Harry Dixon. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 6 October 1918.
Buried PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, GOUY.

Private Walter Dobby. 19985. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Anna Dobby; husband of Margaret Emma Dobby, of 67, Essex St., Middlesbrough. Died 22 March 1918. Aged 30.
Born Linthorpe, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private Wilfred Elwell. 2294. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Elwell, of 129, Essex St., Middlesbrough. Died 3 May 1915. Aged 22.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Sergeant Charles Edward Evans. 9260. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Benjamin and Mary Evans. Died 22 August 1915. Aged 30.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIALl.

Private Ernest Foreman. 25069. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 30 October 1917.
Born Port Clarence, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY.

Corporal Samuel Goodchild. 2072. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 15 September 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Robert Harper. 23883. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Rosa Harper, of 58, Kildare St., Middlesbrough. Died 5 January 1917. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE.

Private John William Harrison. 3/8455. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees.
Commemorated Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.

2nd Lieutenant Cecil Hawdon. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr and Mrs. W. Hawdon, of Upsall Grange, Nunthorpe, Yorks. Died 27 June 1916. Aged 20.
Buried LOKER CHURCHYARD (Belgium).

2nd Lieutenant Edgar Francis Hutchinson. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James M. and Elizabeth Hutchinson, of Gilside House, 2, Victoria Rd., Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorks. Died 24 May 1915. Aged 24.
Buried BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY.

2nd Lieutenant William Jennings. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Fanny Jennings, of 254, Linthorpe Rd., Middlesbrough, Yorks, and the late William Jennings. Died 31 July 1918. Aged 23.
Buried BEAUREPAIRE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, PONTAVERT.

Private Herbert Lake. 11326. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 1 July 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Thornaby, Resided Middlesbrough.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ.

Private Thomas Kelsey Lawson. 3058. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas William and Sarah Lawson, of "Lynton," Devonshire Rd., Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. Died 14 February 1916. Aged 23.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.

Private Owen Osmond Morgan. 114306. 63rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 45726 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. M. Morgan, of "Breconcroft" Old Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. Died 16 March 1918. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.

Captain John Vivian Nancarrow. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Bennett Nancarrow and Charlotte Alice Nancarrow, of "Ravenscroft," Grove Hill, Middlesbrough. Died 25 April 1915. Aged 30.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Private Alexander Nelson. 60372. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jane Ann Nelson, of "Ventnor," Thornfield Rd., Middlesbrough, and the late Alexander Nelson. Died 10 October 1918. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried QUIETISTE MILITARY CEMETERY, LE CATEAU.

Serjeant Lawrence Ovington. 5714. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ralph Stephenson Ovington and Mary Ann Ovington, of 42, Tavistock St., Middlesbrough. Died 16 November 1916. Aged 25.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Lance Serjeant Frank Perks. 30012. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 25194 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Marion Perks, of 36, West Terrace, North Ormesby; husband of Olive Perks, of 51, Bush St., Middlesbrough. Killed 16 April 1918. Aged 35.
Born Dudley (Staffs), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Albert Edward Redfearn, 50887. 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, formerly 38291 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Redfearn, of Middlesbrough. Killed 23 November 1918. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT.
(Shown on the memorial as Private A E Redfern.)

2nd Lieutenant Ewart Richardson. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Territorial). Son of T. H. and M. Richardson, of Brynteg, Middlesbrough. Killed on 27 September 1916. Aged 34.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
From Robert Coulson's biographies of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Born in Middlesbrough in 1882 Ewart Richardson followed a legal career and was admitted to the bar in 1904. He was a practising solicitor in Middlesbrough and joined the Yorkshire Regiment in July of 1915.
2nd Lt Richardson joined the 4th Battalion on May 26th 1916 at Locre in Belgium.
The battalion moved down to join the Somme offensive in August where they went into training at Millencourt.
On September 15th 2nd Lt Richardson and the battalion attacked between High Wood and Martinpuich. After a brief respite from the front line they went back into action on September 25th in operations around Eaucourt L'Abbaye and it was during this action that 2nd Lt Ewart Richardson was killed on September 27th 1916 aged 35."

Private George Henry Richardson. 203182. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 23 April 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private Samuel Leo Wells. 10544. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Lydia Wells, of 124, Essex St., Middlesbrough, and the late Samuel Wells. Died 7 August 1915. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal Albert William Windross. 21408. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 11 April 1918.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.

Private William Winterbottom. 24922. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert T. and Sarah Winterbottom, of 43, Wecklow St., Middlesbrough. Died 21 August 1916. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY.

Private John Charles Wright. 201016. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur and Margaret Wright, of 19, Aire St., Middlesbrough. Died 4 October 1917. Aged 20.
Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Middlesbrough.
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

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