War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Rillington
(St. Andrew's Church)
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The Roll of Honour in St. Andrew's Church, Rillington
The Roll of Honour in St. Andrew's Church, Rillington
(Photo : Bradley Banks, Norton College. Courtesy Memory Box Media <localmilhistory@aol.com>)

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Those who lost their lives (Army) were;-

Maurice Anderson
Thomas Carbert
J T V Grayson
John Wm Henly
Jack Johnson
E H Mears
Alfred Milner
Frank Owston
Ernest H Porrill
Arthur Rex
Albert W Ryder
Wm Stephenson
Laurenace Stratford
Herbert Swain
Chester J Taylor

Details of the men of the Yorkshire Regiment who lost their lives are below;-

Corporal Maurice Anderson. 32843. 67th Coy Machine Gun Corps, formerly 2575 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 August 1917.
Born Norton (Malton - Yorks), Enlisted Malton, Resided Rillington.
Buried SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY, KRISTON.

Corporal John Thomas V Grayson. 240896. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. M. Grayson, of Railway St., Rillington, Malton, Yorks. Died 8 May 1918. Aged 21.
Born Bossall (Yorks), Enlisted Driffield, Resided Sledmere (Malton).
Buried BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY.

Private Arthur Rex. 19692. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Hannah Rex, of Ling Farm, Fimber, York; husband of Alice Rex, of Spring Cottage, High St., Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, Yorks. Died 11 April 1917. Aged 39.
Born Thornton-le-Dale, Enlisted Malton, Resided Rillington.
Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Rifleman Albert William Ryder. 207571. 19th Battalion Rifle Brigade, formerly 3163 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Ryder, of Sledgate, Rillington, Malton. Died 1 January 1917. Aged 20.
Enlisted Loftus (Yorks), Resided Loftus.
Commemorated Mikra Memorial.

Private Herbert William Swain. 7727. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Emma Louise Swain, of 33, Albio St., Otley, Leeds. KIlled 11 March 1915. Aged 33.
Born Rillington (Malton), Enlisted Malton, Resided Otley (Leeds).
Commemorated Panel 12, Le Touret Memorial.

St. Andrew's Church, Rillington
St. Andrew's Church, Rillington
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