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War Memorials, - Elsewhere Ryhope (Sunderland), - St. Paul's Church |
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The First World War Memorial in St. Paul's Church, Ryhope
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Photo : Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)
Brass
Plaque in memory of ex pupils of Robert Richardson Grammar School
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Photo : Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>)
There are two First World War memorials in St. Paul's
Church, Ryhope. The main memorial, close to the Baptismal Font, is
a wooden plaque which commemorates 65 men from the parish who lost their lives
in the First World War. Amongst these 65 names are those of 8 men who served
with the Yorkshire Regiment.The plaque is dedicated as follows;-
"TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF / THOSE FROM THIS CHURCH AND / PARISH WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918".
The other memorial is a brass plaque in memory of ex-pupils of Robert
Richardson Grammar School who were killed in the First World War.
It was initially installed in Ryhope School, (formally Robert Richardson Grammar
School) which opened in 1911 and closed in 1988. The memorial was subsequently
transferred to St. Paul's Church.
10 names are commemorated on this memorial. Of these 1 is definitely a soldier
who served in the Yorkshire Regiment and who came from Ryhope. Another name
is of a soldier who served in the Yorkshire Regiment and who was local to
the area. However, pupils of the school came from both Ryhope and the surrounding
area.
Yorkshire Regiment names on the War Memorial for St. Paul's Church, Ryhope.
Private Joseph Briggs. 12995. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 8 February 1917.
Born Waterhouses (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope (Durham).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D,THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Graham. 21020. 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers,
formerly 10957 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph Graham, of 29, Alice
St., Ryhope, Co. Durham. Killed 15 September 1915. Aged 23.
Born Ryhope (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private John Green. 16307. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
1 July 1916.
Born Ryhope (Sunderland), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope.
Commemorated on the FRICOURT MEMORIAL and Buried FRICOURT
BRITISH CEMETERY.
Lance Serjeant George Havelock, 13477. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 6 October 1916.
Born Wingate, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope.
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Lance Corporal George Musgrove, 15021. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Robert and Isabella Musgrove, of 30, Alice St., Ryhope, Co. Durham;
husband of Mary Musgrove. Killed 8 February 1917. Aged 24.
Born Ryhope (Sunderland), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D,THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Ramshaw. 12792. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late William Ramshaw; husband of Emily Clara Richardson (formerly
Ramshaw), of 50, Cory St., Ryhope, Co. Durham. Killed 8 February 1917. Aged
42.
Born Fatfield (Sunderland), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal John Thomas Scott. 13448. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Mrs. H. Scott, of 26, Tunstall St., Ryhope Colliery,
Sunderland. Killed 8 June 1917.
Born Ryhope, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope.
Buried WOODS CEMETERY.
Private John William Watson. 14225. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Jane Anne Watson, of The School House, Ryhope, Co. Durham.
Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 30.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Durham, Resided Ryhope.
Buried MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Yorkshire Regiment names on the War Memorial for the Robert Richardson Grammar School.
Private Richard Rennie Soulsby. 48233. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly TR/5/110251 87th T R Battn. Killed 31 May 1918.
Born Southwick (Durham), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Easington Colliery.
Buried ST. ERME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private George Thompson. 12667. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Robert and Rebecca Thompson; husband of Rose Prentice (formerly Thompson),
of 16, Potter St., Jarrow-on-Tyne. Killed 28 September 1915. Aged 26.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Jarrow, Resided Hebburn-on-Tyne.
Commemorated on Panels 44 & 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
Memorial
on the Outside Wall of St. Paul's Church, Ryhope
Photo : Edward Nicholl
St.
Paul's Church, Ryhope
Photo : Edward Nicholl
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