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North
Yorkshire
War Memorials, - Ripon |
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The War Memorial in Ripon's Spa Gardens
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The War Memorial in Ripon's Spa Gardens is in the form of a
column, with the sculpture of the head of a First World War soldier on its
top. The base carries the names of the dead of both the First and Second World
Wars on each of the four sides.
The Memorial is inscribed;-
"IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF RIPON MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 AND THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945."
The names of the dead from the First World War are (with those men of the Yorkshire Regiment highlighted, with details below);-
| AKERS AKERS ALDERSON AMBLER ANDERSON ARNETT ARNETT ASHTON ASLIN ATKINSON ATKINSON BAINES BAINES BAINES BANKS BANKS BEACHER BELLERBY BENDELOW BENSON BENSON BICKERSTETH BLACKBURN BLACKBURN BLACKBURN BLAND |
HAROLD HERBERT G J W G A W J R F G A B P O J W P G W R J H C W R W R A F G J |
BLAND BOOTH BOYD CARPENTER BUCK BURGESS BURNETT BURNLEY BURTON BURTON BUTLER CARGAN CARNEY CARTER CARTMAN CASLING CLARKE COLE COMPTON COMPTON CONNOR CONNOR CONSTANTINE CORKER COUSINS COUSINS COUSINS |
R S B V C D T J R T E H & JOE C F W E G B T W H J A C T S J W T C H R W J J F G E P |
COUSINS CULLEN CUST DALTON DAWES DAWSON DENNISON DIXON DONOGHUE ELLERKER ELLERKER ELLERKER ELSY ENGLISH ENGLISH FIRTH FISHER FOX FRENCH FULLER GELDART GELDART GELDART GILL GILLING GOODGER |
R W E J P T J A G R J A W B G C F G R W J S J B T G W R C F C W A V H F W |
| GOTT GRANGE GRANGER GRIFFITHS GRUNDY HAINSTOCK HANDLEY HARDCASTLE HARDCASTLE HARDCASTLE HARGRAVE HARPER HARRISON HAYTON HEATHERINGTON HEAVISIDES HEBDEN HERDMAN HEWSON HEWSON HILLARY HOBSON HODGSON HOLLOX HORNBY HORNER |
W A A E C J A J J J W P T E R J L E J D W H A W J W C F H W W H H B A |
HORNER HOUSEMAN HUDSON HUDSON HUNT HUNT HUTCHINSON HYATT I'ANSON INGLEBY JACKSON JACKSON JARVIS JARVIS JARVIS JEFFERIES JEFFERSON JUDSON KANE KANE KAY KAY KERTON KILDING KILDING KILDING |
W C N A F W A F H A C J W H J W C H J H R I S F W A W J W B W T A H J W |
| KING KINNEAR KINNEAR KIRK KITCHINGMAN KITCHINGMAN KITCHINGMAN KNAGGS KNOWLES LANCASTER LECKENBY LEEMING LICKLEY LUMB LYNCH MALONEY MANGIN MARSTON MASON MASON MASON MASTERMAN MAWSON McLOUGHLIN MEADE MEDLEY |
G H KATHERINE F J L T C G N W C W H F H J F S J B J C R A P I A W A C W J A W H H A |
MEGGISON METCALFE METCALFE METCALFE MONGER MORTON MOOREY MUDD MYERS MYERS NAYLOR NAYLOR NEAVE NEEDHAM NELLIS OWEN PALMER PARKER PARKER PARKER PARKINSON PARVIN PATRICK PEACOCK PEACOCK POLLARD |
E S F C G H J A M C F F JAS J C E T C W T H H R M R A F E T J P G F J P J A W W |
PRATT PRATT PRECIOUS PREST PREST PYBUS REDDISH REDDY RENDER RENTON REYNARD REYNOLDS REYNOLDS RICHARDSON RICHARDSON ROBINSON ROBSON RODGERS RODGERS ROGERS RUMFITT RUMFITT SAWYER SEARLE SEFTON SEFTON |
G W J W G J T F W H W T C D B F G J F W W C E R C A P S T L G H J S E H W |
| SHELDON SHERWIN SIMPSON SIMPSON SIMPSON SMITHSON SNOW SPENCE SQUIRES STAPLES STOREY SUTCLIFFE SWAINSON SWIRES SYKES TAYLOR THISTLETHWAITE THOMPSON THOMPSON THOMPSON THORPE TIFFNEY TODD TOPHAM TREVOR TROW |
T W A F W T R A E F C P J H P T W J T A E E F H G W E S W H F H |
TURNER TURNER UNWIN VICKERMAN WAIT WALKER WALKER WARD WATSON WEBSTER WEBSTER WEBSTER WELLS WELLS WHARTON WHARTON WHITE WILLOWS WINDSOR WINSOR WISE WISE WRIGHT WRIGHT YOUNG |
C F W H S T J R G H A E G E H J A S H C G J A F A (1) C R H T F H T |
(1) Probably this was "Arthur Eddy Winsor", of the Yorkshire Regiment, who lived in Ripon.
Corporal Harold Akers. 40457. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 28995 11th Reserve Cavalry Regiment. Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Ripon (Yorks), Enlisted Ripon.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
2nd Lieutenant William Thomas Cole. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Philip and Annie Cole, of 2, Blossomgate, Ripon, Yorks. Killed 29 July
1918. Aged 23.
Buried CHAMBRECY BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Arthur Wilkinson Ellerker. 203161. 1st/4th Battalion York
and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 4157 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas
and Mary H. Ellerker, of North St., Ripon, Yorks. Killed 14 April 1918. Aged
23.
Enlisted Ripon (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 125 to 128, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Private Thomas Granville Fox. 45188. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 7 October 1917.
Born Ottrington (Yorks), Enlisted Thirsk, Resided Ripon.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Private Joseph Harrison. 28922. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George and Mary Harrison, of 87, Stonebridgegate, Ripon, Yorks. Killed
13 May 1917. Aged 25.
Born Ripon (Yorks), Enlisted Ripon.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Private Henry Knowles. 24177. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George and Ellen Knowles, of Pateley Bridge, Yorks. Killed 1 July 1916.
Aged 20.
Born Pateley Bridge (Yorks), Enlisted Tanfield Lodge, Resided Pateley Bridge.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ.
Private Arthur Mason. 23127. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Joseph and Sarah Mason, of 23, Newby St., Ripon, Yorks. Killed 28 March
1918. Aged 21.
Born High Morcas (Ripon), Enlisted Ripon, Resided Fountains (Ripon).
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.
Private H McLoughlin. 2398. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, transf.
to (256137) 408th Agricultural Coy. Labour Corps. Son of W. B. and Edith McLoughlin,
of 6, Brewster Terrace, Ripon. Died at home 7 December 1918. Aged 23.
Buried RIPON CEMETERY.
(From the 1911
Census, his correct name was William Hayward McLoughlin. )
Private Frederick Charles Metcalfe. 22594. 13th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 23 April 1918.
Born Liverpool, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Thornaby-on-Tees.
Buried LEUZE COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
(No obvious connection with Ripon, but the only "F C" or "F
G" Metcalfe that fits).
Private John William Pratt. 26724. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Sadler and Elizabeth Pratt, of Newton-on-Ouse, York. Died 22 September
1916. Aged 29.
Born Newton-on-Ouse (Yorks), Enlisted Haxby (Yorks).
Buried DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT.
(no obvious connection with Ripon, but is the only "J W Pratt" listed
that could possibly be the one)
Private Thomas Matthew Smithson. 2929. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Mathew and Isabel Smithson, of 12, Newby St., Ripon, Yorks. Killed
7 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Ripon, Enlisted Ripon.
Buried LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY.
Lance Corporal George Henry Ward. 3299. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry),
formerly 18616 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Mary Ward, of 14, Cemetery
Rd., Doncaster. Killed 21 April 1917. Aged 27.
Born Ripon (Yorks), Enlisted Thirsk, Resided Ripon.
Buried FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT.
Corporal Arthur Eddy Winsor. 3/9650. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late F. and H. Winsor, of Brotton, Yorks; brother of
Ivy Eveline Winsor, of 15, North St., Ripon, Yorks. Killed 4 April 1917. Aged
19.
Born Brotton (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Ripon.
Buried WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY.
Names
"A" - "G", First World War Commemorations on the Ripon
War Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl
(For photos of all names commemorated, please contact Edward Nicholl)
The Sculptured Head of a Soldier on the top of Ripon's War Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl
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