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North
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War Memorials, - Middleton Tyas, St. Michael and All Angels |
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The Memorial Plaque in the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Middleton
Tyas.
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
Middleton Tyas village is about 5 miles North East of Richmond,
and is very close to Scotch Corner. The Memorial to the Fallen of the First
World War is a brass plaque in the Church of St. Michael and All Angels.
The Memorial is inscribed;-
"To the Glorious Memory of the Men of this Parish Who Gave Their Lives
in Defence of Their Country in the Great War."
The names of the men recorded on the Memorial are;-
| H Armstrong | 15 July 1915 | 8th Leicestershire Regt. |
| W Best | 27 Sept 1917 | 8th Yorkshire Regt. |
| J Bradberry | 1 October1917 | 6th Yorkshire Regt. |
| J Cockfield | 12 February 1916 | 15th D L I |
| G I'Anson | 26 October 1917 | 5th North. Fus. |
| A Lazenby | 16 September 1916 | 9th K O Y L I |
| A D Liddle | 16 December 1914 | 5th D L I |
| J Marwood | 4 March 1917 | R F A |
| W T Paine | 23 August 1918 | 1st Beds Regt. |
| B Parsons | 25 August 1918 | 4th Yorkshire Regt. |
| R Pearson | 21January 1917 | Army Service corps |
| H Pearson | 23 April 1917 | Kings Royal Rifles |
| G Robinson | 5 June 1917 | R F A |
| J Rogers | 23 October 1918 | 4th Yorkshire Regt. |
| P Scott | 18 September 1916 | 4th Yorkshire Regt. |
| N Scott | 4 May 1915 | 4th Yorkshire Regt. |
| W Stead | 30 July 1917 | 4th Yorkshire Regt. |
| T Thompson | 20 September 1917 | 13th D L I |
| G H Winter | 20 October 1918 | 5th Yorkshire Regt. |
Private William Best, 240849 . 'B' Coy, 8th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of. Jane E. Best, of Middleton Tyas, Yorks., and the
late S. F. Best. Killed on 29 September 1917. Aged 24.
Enlisted Middleton Tyas (Yorks)
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(Note : Date of death on Commonwealth War Graves Register is 29/9/1917 vs
27/9/1917 on Memorial).
Private John Bradberry, 28399. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Joseph and the late Mary Bradberry, of Middleton Tyas, Yorks; husband of
Lydia Elizabeth Bradberry, of High St., Great Ayton, Yorks. Killed on 1 October
1917. Aged 36.
Born Middleton Tyas, Enlisted Middleton Tyas
Buried WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Private Arthur Lazenby. 34930. 9th Battalion the King's
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 5443 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
16 September 1916.
Born Malton (Yorks), Enlisted Scorton (Yorks).
Buried A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS.
Private Barry M Parson. 200512. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah Parson, of The Griffin Hotel, Ingham. Died at
home 25 April 1918.
Enlisted Barton, Resided Bury St. Edmunds.
Buried INGHAM (ST. BARTHOLOMEW) CHURCHYARD.
(SDGW states Battalion = "Depot")
(Shown on the memorial, - B Parsons. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed on 25 August 1916. But there is no person of this name in
either the Commonwealth War Graves Register or "Soldiers Died in the
Great War", or in the Green Howards Gazette database. In the 1911 Census,
Barry Parson was a Butler working at West Hall, Middleton Tyas. He
enlisted at Barton, which is close to MIddleton Tyas.)
Private John James Rogers, 200473. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Ellen Rogers, of Middleton Tyas, Yorks. Killed on 23 October
1918. Aged 23.
Born Greta Bridge (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Middleton Tyas
Buried BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY.
(shown in SDGW as "John James Rodgers")
Corporal Percy Scott, 2329. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
on 18 September 1916.
Born Middleton Tyas (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Middleton Tyas
Buried HEILLY STATION CEMETERY,
MERICOURT-L'ABBE.
Private Norman Scott, 2315. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
John and Mary Scott, of Middleton Tyas, Yorks. Killed on 4 May 1915. Aged
21.
Enlisted Barton, Resided Middleton Tyas (Yorks)
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private William Stead. G/52277.
23rd Battalion The Middlesex Regiment, formerly G/42474 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 31 July 1917.
Born Middleton (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Middleton.
Commemorated Panel 49 and 51, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private George Henry Winter. 220463. 1st
Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5/3319 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 20 October 1918. Aged
26.
Born Thirsk (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Darlington.
Buried ERQUELINNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
(George Henry Winter was born in Thirsk in Q1 1892. From the 1901 Census his
parents were Peter and Ellen.
He was initially in the 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (No 5/3319) before
transferring to the 4th Battalion (No 203203).
The Yorkshire Regiment numbers are given in the Medal Rolls Index.
The Green Howards Gazette reports him, - No 3319, as having been wounded in
July/August 1916. His transfer to the 4th Battalion would have been after
this, before eventually transferring to the East Yorkshire Regiment.)
The Interior of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Middleton Tyas,
showing the WW1 Memorial Plaque
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Middleton Tyas.
Photo : Peter Etherington <Peter@etheringtonp.freeserve.co.uk>
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