Roll
of Honour, - Crakehall (St. Gregory's Church) |
The Roll of Honour in St. Gregory's Church, Crakehall.
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Photo : Roger Newsome, of Bedale (<renewsome@live.co.uk>))
The Roll of Honour for Crakehall and Langthorne is inscribed;-
"1914 - 1918 - Parish of Crakehall and Langthorne. Comfort Their Kin and
Honour Their Living Comrades. Their Name Liveth For Evermore"
Those who fell are listed under "He Keepeth Watch Above His Own";-
Thomas Hodgson | Joseph Mawson | William Ryder |
J Robert Leake | Henry Metcalfe | James Stelling |
Frank Lockey | Arthur Morton | Lupton Stelling |
John Lodge | Charles Reynolds | John Thompson |
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun, - and in the morning,
We will remember them...
Honour and gratitude to those who served
their country and were spared to return.
Crakehall
Henry Brigham | Henry Bryson | John Chatterton |
John Davidson | William Dodds | Arthur Dauty |
Robert Early | Arthur Holroyd | Fred Hancock |
George Holland | Walford Hudson | Fred Holland |
Winston Hobson | Edward Robson | Revd E T G Hunter |
Thomas Jackson | Herbert King | Arthur Kell |
Fred Lockey | Wilfred Lawson | M T Metcalfe |
Raymond Musgrave | Bertie Pinkney | William Pinkney |
John Ryder | George Steele | Christopher Stelling |
Jonah Thompson | J T Tessimond | John Ward |
Albert Wilkins | John Woodhouse | Thomas Holland |
Langthorne
Albert Elgie | Herbert Elgie | Percy Elgie |
John Grey | Alfred Hutchinson | John Hutchinson |
E Edgerton Reynolds | Fred Storey | Fred Thompson |
L/Cpl John Lodge, 28123. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
William and Jane Lodge of Flood Bridge Farm, Bedale. Husband of Alice lodge
Crakehall, Bedale Yorkshire. Killed 26 March 1918. Aged 32
Born Bedale, Enlisted Bedale, Resided Crakehall.
Buried HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE.
Private Charles Edgerton Reynolds. 235261. 12th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment ( Teesside Pioneers). Son of Robert H and Laura Reynolds of langthorne
Bedale. Killed 11 April 1918. Aged 20.
Born Crakehall. Enlisted Bedale. Resided Langthorne.
Commemorated Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Company Sergeant Major John Henry Metcalfe. 384736. 6th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John Metcalfe of Bedale. Husband of Emma
Metcalfe of 6 West Powlett Street, Darlington. He served in the South African
campaign in the Coldstream Guards. Killed 21 August 1915. Aged 32.
Born Crakehall. Enlisted Richmond. Resided Darlington.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private John William Jackson Thompson. 24470. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Thompson, of Little Crakehall, Bedale, Yorks.
Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Burniston (Yorks), Enlisted Crakehall (Bedale).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
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