War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Roamldkirk,
St. Romald's Church
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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Although Romaldkirkis now in County Durham, before boundary changes (and at the time of the First World War) it was in North Yorkshire.

The War Memorial in St. Romald's Church, Romaldkirk.
The War Memorial in St. Romald's Church, Romaldkirk.
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Photo : Edward Nicholl

The War Memorial in St. Romald's Church, Romaldkirk, is in wood. Two doors open out, showing the names of those who fell in both the First and Second World Wars, revealing a copper cross in the main body of the memorial.

The names of those who fell are;

1914 - 1918

Alfred Parkin
John George Allinson
Clive Bailey
Wilfred George Close
John Walter Donald
John Spence
1914 - 1918

Frederick Waites
Tom Westmoreland Walton
Joseph Watson Bell
Cecil Forest
Fred Donald
William Howard
Walter Metcalfe
1939 - 1945

J F Hady
E B Machell
Eric Machell
R B Cox
D J Hodsman
1939 1945

S S Fawcett
P Fotheringham
W H Nelson
J T Walton
G Rowland
E F Duncan

Private Joseph Watson Bell. 11112. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 23854 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and M. A. Bell, of Park House, Romaldkirk, Darlington. Native of Baldersdale, Barnard Castle. Killed 20 May 1918. Aged 21.
Born Kendal (Cumberland), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Darlington.
Buried PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE.

Private Wilfred George Close. 30586. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Robert Dawson Close and Mary Arm Close, of Hazelgill, Bowes, Yorks. Killed 10 July 1918. Aged 29.
Born Bowes, Enlisted Startforth, Resided Bowes (Darlington)
Buried PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE.

Private Frederick Donald. 18857. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Annie Donald, of Central Buildings, Romaldkirk, Darlington, and the late John William Donald. Killed 8 May 1918. Aged 26.
Born Baldersdale (Yorks), Enlisted Barnard Castle, Resided Romaldkirk
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.

St. Romald's Church, Romaldkirk. St. Romald's Church, Romaldkirk.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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