North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Pickering (St. Peter & St. Paul's Church)

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The First World War Memorial inside Pickering's Parish Church
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Photo : Edward Nicholl

The brass plaque is inscribed;-
"FOR THE HONOUR OF GOD AND IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THE VICTORIOUS EFFORTS OF BRITAIN AND HER ALLIES IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY AND RIGHT AND OF ALL IN THIS PARISH WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY ESPECIALLY THOSE RECORDED BELOW WHO SEALED THEIR LOVE BY DEATH IN THE GREAT WAR A D 1914 - 1918 THE PEAL OF BELLS WAS COMPLETED THE CHIMES AND THIS RECORD WERE PLACED IN THIS HOUSE OF GOD."

"Their name Liveth for Evermore" " Who Dies if England lives" " More than Conquerors through Him that Loved Us"

The names of those recorded on this plaque (men of the Yorkshire Regiment in bold) are;

CAPT WILFRID VAUSE, M C LIEUT. W MARTIN LOY LIEUT. CECIL E G ROBERTSON 2ND LIEUT. HENRY ELLERBY 2ND LIEUT. GEORGE S MASON 2ND LIEUT. C BETRAM WOOD C S MAJOR ERNEST C NORTON SGT GEORGE WARD K CPL H CECIL GARDINER, D C M CPL NOAH DAVISON CPL ALEXANDER SPINK L. CPL HORACE EDEN L. CPL ARTHUR MALTON L. CPL HARRY POOL L. CPL STEPHEN STOCKILL L. CPL WILLIAM H WATSON PTE WILFRID ADCOCK PTE WILLIAM ATKINSON PTE THOMAS BALDRY PTE ROBERT BANTOCK PTE T STANLEY BEALE PTE W SIDNEY BEALE PTE JOHN BEAVER PTE GEORGE R BEAVER PTE JOHN BOYES

PTE ARTHUR V BURN PTE HARRY CARTER PTE ALFRED CASS PTE E E JULIAN COOKE PTE CECIL F COOKE PTE EDGAR COUSINS PTE ERNEST DOUGLAS PTE ROBERT E EDEN PTE FRED ELLERBY PTE THOMAS T FENWICK PTE ALBERT FLETCHER PTE RICHARD R FLETCHER PTE WILLIAM M FLETCHER PTE JAMES FOXTON PTE THOMAS FRANK PTE CHARLES GODDARD PTE HARRY GREENWOOD PTE WILLIAM HARPER PTE JOSEPH HEADLEY PTE ROBERT HILL (*) PTE JOHN W HUDSON PTE WALTER HUDSON PTE JAMES W HUNTER PTE JOHN JACKSON PTE RICHARD KNEESHAW

PTE JOHN LYTHE PTE FRED MALTON PTE JOHN NEWSTEAD PTE FRED NICHOLSON PTE ALBERT PATTISON PTE JOHN PEARSON PTE JOHN M PICKERING PTE WILLIAM A POOL PTE GEORGE W PYBUS PTE JAMES ROBERTSON PTE ROBERT E SELLARS PTE FRED SMITH PTE FRANK SMITH PTE HENRY SMITH PTE ROBERT SPEIGHT PTE GEORGE STUCHBERRY PTE GEORGE H SWAIN PTE WILLIS TAYLOR PTE JONATHAN TINDALL PTE LESLIE T TUTILL PTE FRED WAITES PTE JAMES WARD PTE FRED J LYTHE L CPL G ALBERT REMMER

(*) There are two "Robert Hill" names, - both D L I and formerly of the Yorkshire Regiment. Private 7265 R Hill appears to fit. Private 250698 R Hill is from Sheffield.

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Details of the above men of the Yorkshire regiment are as follows;-

Private Wilfred Adcock, 23544. Machine Gun Corps. Formerly 1343 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 3 November 1916.
Buried BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Born Malton (Yorks), Enlisted Pickering, Resided Malton.

Private William Atkinson, 243464. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Dorothy Atkinson, of 6, East Powlett St., Darlington. Killed 14 July 1918. Aged 23.
Buried PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Pickering.

Private Thomas Belliman Baldry, 40142. 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Formerly 28077 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 March 1917.
Buried FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Pickering.

Private Walter Stanley Beale, 8520. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Commemorated Panel 12, Le Touret Memorial.
Born Edmonton, Enlisted Pickering, Resided Forest Hill.

Private John Boyes, T/206065. 1st Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly 1482 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 September 1918.
Commemorated Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
Born Pickering (Yorks), Enlisted Pickering (Yorks), Resided Pickering (Yorks).

Private Arthur V Burn, 3489. 1st/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Jane Burn, of Lockton, Pickering, Yorks. Died of Wounds 16 September 1916..
Buried HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE.
Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Pickering.

Private Ernest Douglas, 2543. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Isobel Douglas, of Pickering, Yorks. Killed 6 July 1916. Aged 20.
Buried LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY.
Enlisted Malton, Resided Pickering.

Private Robert William Eden, 1632. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of R. and E. Eden, of Pickering, Yorks. Killed 11 February 1916.
Buried POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY.
Born Malton, Enlisted Malton, Resided Pickering.

Private Fred Ellerby, 205483. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of F. M. Ellerby, of 27, Eastgate, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 18 May 1918. Aged 27.
Buried TOURGEVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Malton, Resided Pickering.

Private Richard Robinson Fletcher, 5742. 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, formerly 26769 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late William and Fanny Fletcher, of Pickering, Yorkshire. Died at home 19 October 1916. Aged 36.
Born Pickering (Yorks), Enlisted Pickering.
Buried COLCHESTER CEMETERY.

Private James Foxton, 1501. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Ann Foxton, of Kirby Misperton Lane, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 2 March 1916. Aged 21.
Buried MAPLE COPSE CEMETERY.
Born Kirby Misperton (Pickering), Enlisted Pickering.

Private Thomas Frank, 7787. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Pickering.

Private Harry Greenwood, 242705. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mrs. H. M. Greenwood, of 8, Castle Yard, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 5 October 1917.
Buried GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY.
Born Sowerby (Yorks), Enlisted Thirsk.

Private William Harper, 1472. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 September 1916.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Pickering.

Private Joseph Headley, 28267. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 June 1917.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Pickering.

Private Robert Hill, 7265. 1st / 9th Battalion D L I, formerly 30602 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 November 1916.
Commemorated Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C, Thiepval Memorial.
Born Thornton Dale, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Malton (Yorks).

Private Walter Hudson, 60537. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 October 1918.
Buried LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY.
Born Sinnington (Yorks), Enlisted Pickering, Resided Riseborough (Pickering).

Private John Jackson, 201707. 1st/5th Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly 20724 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 March 1918.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Born Pickering (Yorks), Enlisted Malton (Yorks), Resided Pickering.

Lance Corporal Arthur Malton, 19591. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 March 1916.
Buried TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE.
Born Pickering (Yorks), Enlisted Cramlington, Resided Seaton Delaval.

Private Fred Nicholson, 34649. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 5381 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Ann Nicholson, of 22, Westgate, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 25 September 1916.
Commemorated Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A, Thiepval Memorial.
Born Pickering (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton.

CSM Ernest Cecil Norton, 240037. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 January 1918.
Buried TYNE COT CEMETERY.
Born Kirbymoorside, Enlisted Kirbymoorside.

Private John Pearson, 20725. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916.
Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Malton, Resided Pickering.

Private John Mason Pickering, 6725. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 March 1915.
Buried CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Pickering, Resided Pennistone (Sheffield).

Private William Allanson Poole, 20571. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Jane Poole, of Eastgate, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 22.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Malton, Resided Pickering.

Private Robert Speight, 28210. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Only son of Daniel and Mary Speight, of 103, Eastgate, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 19 October 1917. Aged 34.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Malton, Resided Pickering.

Corporal Alexander Spink, 1377. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 September 1916.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Malton, Resided Pickering.

Private George Swain, 5707. 1st/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 28671 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred Swain, of 49, Westgate, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 24 January 1917. Aged 19.
Buried BULLS ROAD CEMETERY, FLERS.
Born Ebberston (Yorks), Enlisted Pickering.

Captain Wilfred Vause, MC. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of F. and B. Vause, of Whitby, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 27.
Buried WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Fred Waite, 20573. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Waite, of Marton Bridge, Stillington, Easingwold, Yorks. Killed 22 April 1916. Aged 24.
Buried LA NEUVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, CORBIE.
Born Carlton Husthwaite (Yorks), Enlisted Malton, Resided Stillington (Easingwold).

Lance Corporal William Henry Watson, 3333. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Annie Haines, of 69, Eastgate, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 28.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Seamer.

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