Roll of Honour
Roll of Honour, -
Crakehall
(St. Gregory's Church)
Roll of Honour

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The Roll of Honour in St. Gregory's Church, Crakehall.
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.


St. Gregory's Church, Crakehall.
St. Gregory's Church, Crakehall.
Photo : Roger Newsome, of Bedale (<renewsome@live.co.uk>)

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