North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Richmond (Friary Gardens)

The Friary Gardens War Memorial is located, as the name suggests, in Richmond's Friary Gardens. This Memorial commemorates the dead of the two World Wars from the town of Richmond, North Yorkshire. The memorial is not specifically for the Green Howards, unlike the Gallowgate Memorial.

The Friary Gardens War Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The names of those recorded as having lost their lives in the First World War are (Yorkshire Regiment names highlighted in bold type);-

(1) Name spelt a "R W Procter" on Memorial. In CWGC register and SDGW as "R W Proctor"
(2) Name in Military records as E W Brand.

Private Robert Allinson, 148813. 4th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 25128 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. M. E. Allinson, of 8, Bargate, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 14 May 1918.
Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Buried ST. VENANT-ROBECQ ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, ROBECQ.

Corporal Thomas Lawrence Bainbridge, MM. 200861. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel James and Margaretta Annie Bainbridge, of 5, Castle Terrace, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 25.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Richmond.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private Walter Gorner Barker. 240643. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Sledmere (Malton).
Commemorated Soissons Memorial.

2nd Lieutenant John Battye. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Mr. R.N. Battye, of 65, Frenchgate, Richmond, Yorks. Born at Richmond. Killed 25 March 1918.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.

Private James Patrick Benbow. 8867. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Benbow, of 7, The Green, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 9 February 1916.
Born Richmond (Yorks), EnlistedRichmond.
Buried CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES.

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

Private Henry George Benson. 2143. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. G. J. Benson, of 28, Victoria Rd., Richmond, Yorks. Killed 27 May 1915. Aged 26.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Private Edward William Brand, 200179. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Brand, of 22, George St., Gateshead. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 21.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond, Resided Gateshead-on-Tyne.
(He was born, Dec 1896, as William Edward Brand but the 1911 Census and military records and Pension Record transposed the names to Edward William Brand.)

Private Reginald Brand. 200090. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Esther Brand, of 1, Gallowgate, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 25.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Buried FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT.

Private John George Brown. 203799. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Buried FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS.

Captain Randal William Shuckburgh Croft. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 May 1917.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private Harold Charles Fawcett. 2369. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Isabella Fawcett, of 46, Bargate, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 22.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
FRom the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages, as well as the 1911 census, it would appear that the correct name of this soldier was Christopher Harold Fawcett.)

Private Henry Fawcett, 201509. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 April 1917.
Enlisted Richmond (Yorks)
Buried HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY.
(Henry Fawcett was also the son of George and Isabella Fawcett, of 46, Bargate, Richmond, Yorks., and also brother to the above. FRom the 1911 Census he was aged 26 at the time. Therfore he was aged approx 32 years old at the time he was killed.)

Lance Corporal Arthur Christopher Franklin. 30723. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 May 1917.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Buried FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND.

Private John Stanley Haw. 1838. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and E. C. Haw, of 30, Maison Diew, Richmond, York. Killed 14 February 1916. Aged 18.
Born York, Enlisted Redcar, Resided Richmond (Yorks).
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Charles Hatton. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Alfred Charles and Louisa Frances Minetta Hatton; husband of Mrs. E. A. M. Hatton, of 4, West Terrace, Richmond, Yorks. Served in the South African Campaign. Killed 30 October 1914. Aged 36.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Private Frederick William Horton. 200167. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Mary Horton, of 33, Bargate, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 20.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Buried FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS.

Private John Chapman Kearton. 33236. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Mary Kearton, of 8, Sleegill, Richmond, Yorks.; husband of Eleanor Pounder (formerly Kearton), of Tunstall Rd., Catterick, Yorks. Died 12 April 1918. Aged 34.
Born Marrick (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond, Resided Sleegill (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 4, Ploegsteert Memorial.

Private John Hutchinson. 200321. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Ann Hutchinson, of 35, Waterloo St., Richmond, Yorks. Died 4 May 1917. Aged 21.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Buried WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY.

Serjeant Harry Kinchin. 6. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of J. J. Kinchin, of 11, Castle Hill, Richmond. Husband of Priscilla Stevenson (formerly Kinchin), of 48, Bargate, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 25 April 1915. Aged 34.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Lance Serjeant Robert Layfield. 30569. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jane Layfield, of 3, Chapel Wynd, Richmond, Yorks; husband of Mary Mount (formerly Layfield), of 8, Nickstream Lane, Cockerton, Darlington. Killed 30 November 1917. Aged 27.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Buried NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Lieutenant Colonel Bertram Henry Leatham, DSO. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Son of S. G. and A. G. Leatham, of Hemsworth Hall, Wakefield; husband of Everil G. Leatham, of 30, Frenchgate, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 26 September 1915. Aged 34.
Buried VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY.
Commemorated in a Memorial in Richmond Parish Church.

Private Frederick Ambrose Mansfield, 26333. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Private James Martin. 6505. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 September 1915.
Born Droitwich (Worcestershire), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, Loos Memorial.

Major Harold Carey Matthews. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. King George's Coronation Medal. Son of F. W. W. Matthews, J.P.; husband of Marjory Forster Woodhouse (formerly Matthews), of 23, Inverleith Place, Edinburgh. Served in the South African War. Killed 25 April 1915. Aged 36.
Buried SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY.

Company Serjeant Major John Henry Metcalfe. 3/8473. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John Metcalfe, of Bedale; husband of Emma Metcalfe, of 6, West Powlett St., Darlington. Served in the South African Campaign with the Coldstream Guards. Killed 21 August 1915.
Born Crakehall (Bedale, Yorks), Enlisted Richmond, Resided Darlington.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.

Captain Robert Henry Murray.
11th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 July 1916. Aged 22.
Buried PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) has researched some of Captain Murray's background and states that he was the son of Robert & Sarah Annie Murray. Born 1894 in Richmond, Yorkshire and resided there.
Interactive Ancestry gives Captain Murray's address as "West Cottage", Richmond, and states that at the time of his death he was attached to the Munster Fusiliers.
Captain Murray's service with the Munster Fusliers is also quoted in Soldiers Died in the Great War.)
Robert Henry Murray had been a student at Selwyn College, Cambridge University, entering the college in 1913.

Lance Corporal John O'Hern. 200238. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Annie O'Hern, of Richmond; husband of Violet O'Hern, of Wolsingham. Died at home 1 February 1919. Aged 35.
Buried RICHMOND CEMETERY, Yorkshire.

Private Harry Pickersgill. 1714. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 September 1916.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Buried FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ.

Lance Corporal John William Ringrose, MM. 238222. 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 2366 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.

Private John Robinson. 26562. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 September 1917.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Buried CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY.

Private Gilbert Rumbellow. 3520. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John S. Rumbellow, of Station Rd., North Ferriby, Yorks. Killed 14 February 1916. Aged 25.
Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.

Private William Hutchinson Shields. 35071. 7th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 5414 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Hutchinson Shields and Ann Shields, of Richmond, Yorks. Killed 21 June 1918. Aged 36.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Buried LE QUESNOY COMMUNAL CEMETERY.

Private Henry Swinburne. 16757. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 March 1918.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Malton.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.

Private Charles Percy Tempest. 23433. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Emily A. Tempest, of 17, Mill Lane, Richmond, Yorks. Vernon Street Cem. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 16.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ.
(John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) has commented;-
"I researched the birth of Charles Percy Tempest in FreeBMD, and he was registered as in the September quarter of 1900. This means he could have been born after 1 July 1900, and could therefore have been younger than 16 when he was killed.")
Frank Little (<frlittle@xs4all.nl>) also commented;-
"According to my own family research, Charles Percy Tempest was born on 27 May 1900, this being the date of birth given in his school record at the Richmond Church of England School. He was admitted there on 3 May 1909 and left “of age” on 12 June 1914.
He was the second son of Thomas Tempest, papermaker of Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, and Emily Annie [née Little] of Barnard Castle.
However, unless the school admission date is wrong, he was indeed 16 years of age when he died on 1 July 1916."

Private John Thompson. 8289. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.

Private Arthur Thornhill. 38264. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 October 1917.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.

Private Richard Thornhill. 3/7959. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds (Gallipoli) 27 October 1915.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Buried CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY.

Captain Marmaduke Thwaites. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Marmaduke and Elizabeth Thwaites, of Mill Gate, Richmond, Yorks; husband of Ann Elizabeth Thwaites. Served in the South African war. Killed 30 September 1915. Aged 34.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, Loos Memorial.

Private Frederick Hart Topham. 1533. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Margaret Topham, of 19, Vernon Gardens, Harrowgate Hill, Darlington. 14 February 1916. Aged 20.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Catterick, Resided Richmond.
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.

Lance Corporal William Welsh. 24159. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 July 1916.
Born Darlington, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Buried SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2.
(SDGW gives Regimental Number as 21459; Medal Rolls Index shows 24159).

Lance Corporal Charles Wheeler. 6583.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 March 1915. Aged 38.
Born Eastbourne (Sussex), Enlisted London, Resided Richmond (Yorks).
Buried MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
(Shown on the memorial as "C F Wheeler")

Lance Corporal Alfred Thomas Woodhams. 15629. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Eliza Woodhams, of 12, Skeeby Terrace, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 20.
Born Kilkenny, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.

Names "A" - "K", First World War Commemorations on Richmond's Friary Gardens War Memorial
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Photo : Edward Nicholl

Names "K" - "W", First World War Commemorations on Richmond's Friary Gardens War Memorial
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The carving of a galleon on the base of the Friary Gardens War Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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