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First World War Memorial in St. Mary's Church, Scarborough.
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(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
The First World War Memorial in St. Mary's Church, Scarborough, is a marble plaque commemorating the names of 156 men who lost their lives in the First World War. Of these names, 55 are those of men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private Charles Stamper Armstrong, 2293. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John and Mary Armstrong. Killed 24 December
1915. Aged 23.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Walter Stanley Atkinson, 1525. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Florence Atkinson, of 3, Mount Pleasant,
Queen St., Scarborough. Killed 30 July 1916. Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).
Private George Betts. 220447. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 1641 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 April 1918.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY.
Private Harry Betts. 2004. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late George and Annie Betts; husband of Gertrude Betts,
of 4, Mill Yard, Mill St., Victoria Rd., Scarborough. Died 1 May 1915. Aged
31.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.
Lance Corporal Jacob Thomas Bourne. 7. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 April 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried LINDENHOEK CHALET MILITARY CEMETERY.
2nd Lieutenant Francis Calvert. 2/4th King's Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry, formerly Private 2531 Yorkshire Regiment and private 34872
Yorkshire Light Infantry. son of Francis Bingham and Mabel 25, Nansen Street,
and formerly of 2, Nansen Street, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Killed 19 September
1917. Aged 21.
Buried GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Harold Cappleman, 20679. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William Cappleman, of 62 Scalby Rd., Scarborough. Killed
20 September 1917. Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried TYNE COT CEMETERY.
2nd Lieutenant Harold D'Arcy Champney. 12th Battalion
(Teesside Pioneers) Yorkshire Regiment. Eldest son of Col. F. D'Arcy Champney
(late 4th Bn. Duke of Wellington's Regt.) and Mrs. Champney, of The Valley,
Scarborough. Educated at Denstone College, Staffordshire (member of O.T.C.
3 years, VI. Form, Senior Prefect; Editor "Denstonian.") Balliol
College, Oxon, O.C.B., 1916. commissioned Jan., 1917. (From Ingolstadt, July,
1924.). Killed 29 April 1918. Aged 20.
Buried NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY.
Serjeant Thomas Clark, 15181. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 14 September 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Lowestoft.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal William Cockerill, MM. 240491. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. Wilson, of Bridge Cottages, West Ayton,
Yorks. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 22.
Born York, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Serjeant Robert Brailsford Craven. 18554. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Craven, of Scarborough; husband of Margaret
Ellen Craven, of 59, Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough. Killed 15 September 1916.
Aged 30.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILE.
Private Thomas Craven, 24403. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Clarkson and Fanny Craven, of 22, St. Thomas Walk, Scarborough. Killed
5 October 1918. Aged 22.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2.
Private John Davis. 1598. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 September 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Robert William Deighton. 16482. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Annie Deighton, of 8, Friars Gardens, Queen
St., Scarborough. Killed 8 Juy 1916. Aged 19.
Born Everley (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL.
Corporal Frederick William Dove, 235682. 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 1402 1st/5th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and E. E. Dove, of Scarborough. Killed
6 September 1918. Aged 27.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT.
(Corporal Dove is not shown in SDGW as having previously been in the Yorkshire
Regiment. This omission was pointed out to us by Trevor Edgecock, <Trevor.Edgecock@uk.thalesgroup.com>,
who further drew attention to a link which provides a very full account of
Corporal Dove's service with both the Yorkshire Regiment and the West Riding
Regiment.
See http://www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk/greatwar/s31-aisne-summer-1918.php
From the Green Howards Gazette, Corporal Dove is listed as having been wounded
several times whilst in the service of the Yorkshire Regiment.)
Private John Finn. 1624. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
John and Harriet Finn, of Scarborough, Yorks. Killed 28 February 1916. Aged
24.
Born Lincoln, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Thomas Finn. 203195. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
14 February 1917.
Born Kirton Lindsay (Lincs), Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
(Regimental Number given in SDGW as 8012)
Private Herbert Graham. 3/9338, 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 14 September 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private James Green. 40656, 13th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 32575 10th T R Battalion. Killed 23 November 1917.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 5, CAMBRAI MEMORIAL (LOUVERVAL).
Private Alfred Hansom. 241219. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Hansom, of 64, Stoney Rock Lane,
Leeds. Born at Scarborough. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 24.
Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Robert Harland. 1642. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Jane Harland, of 18, Dean Rd., Scarborough, and the late
Robert Harland. Killed 17 July 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private William Henry Harris. 32977. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 August 1917. Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.
Private John William Harwood. 34915. 9th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 2576 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 16 September 1916.
Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Francis Hodgson. 26209. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 May 1917.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Addenda Panel, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Reginald Hollingsworth. 240442. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Lois Hollingsworth. Enlisted with 1st/5th
Bn. Yorkshire Regt. in 1914. Previously wounded. Died 12 April 1918. Aged
26.
Born Flintham (Bingham, Notts), Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private Arthur Hornby. 1708. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mr. A. and Mrs. L. Hornby, of Scarborough. Died at home 2
September 1917. Aged 21.
Buried SCARBOROUGH
(MANOR ROAD) CEMETERY.
Private Matthew Ireland. 2504. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Jane Ireland, of 27, William St., Scarborough,
Yorks. Killed 12 November 1916. Aged 21.
Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Robert Ireland. 45717. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Jane Ireland, of Scarborough, Yorks.
Killed 25 May 1918. Aged 20.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY.
Lance Corporal William Johnson. 1696. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Grace Johnson, of 64, William St., Scarborough.
Killed 10 January 1917. Aged 16.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS.
William Johnson's age does not appear to be correct, though it is shown as
such in the CWGC database. Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
comments;-
"William Johnson's medal card indicates that he was awarded the 15 Star
having entered the war zone in France on 1/11/1915. So already you can guess
that something is not quite right. He is described as the son of Mrs Grace
Johnson of 64 William Street, Scarborough. She was living there when the 1911
Census was taken with her husband, Joseph, but no mention of William. However
he does appear in the 1901 Census for Scarborough with Grace and Joseph aged
11, that is to say born about 1890. There was a William Johnson born in the
Scarborough RD in June Qtr., 1890. William died in January 1917 before he
reached his 27th birthday. It looks very much as though somewhere in the past,
the CWGC misread his age which should be 26 not 16."
Private Joseph Kay, 19500. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Kay, of 11, Church St., St. Mary's Walk,
Scarborough. Killed 6 November 1915. Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlsited Scarborough.
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY.
Serjeant John Allan Kell. 8428. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Jane Ann Kell, of 26, Commercial St., Scarborough. Native
of Scarborough. Vernon Street Cem. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 28.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ.
Private John Kidd. 30342. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
(Depot). Son of the late John and Mary Kidd; husband of Alice Jane Kidd, of
7, Victoria St., Scarborough. Died at home 24 July 1917. Aged 40.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried SCARBOROUGH
(DEAN ROAD) CEMETERY.
Private George Albert Laybourne. 1943. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Rachel E. Laybourne, of 9, Auboro' St., Scarborough,
and the late Henry Laybourne. Killed 28 May 1915. Aged 20.
Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Wilfred Robert Lowson. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. W. S. and Mrs. E. Lowson, of 16, Westborough,
Scarborough. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 25.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.
Private Frank Magson, 1514. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Died at home 27 July 1917. Aged 44.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
(Not shown in SDGW, but his service and pension records exist. Enlisted in
July 1913. Discharged on 21 July 1916 due to advanced cancer of the bowel.)
Buried SCARBOROUGH
(MANOR ROAD) CEMETERY.
Private Frederick Magson. 19745. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 8 July 1916.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private William Mansfield. 10643. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Christopher and Caroline Mansfield. Killed 3 September 1915. Aged
20.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Harry McBean. 20319. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Thomas Henry and Mary Elizabeth McBean, of 41, Victoria St., Scarborough.
Killed 12 February 1916. Aged 22.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES.
Lance Corporal John Robert McBean, MM. 28228. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 14 January 1918.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.
Private John Megginson. 3/7696. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Stephen and Margaret Megginson, of 83, Trafalgar Rd., Scarborough.
Killed 28 February 1915. Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried RUE-DAVID MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX.
Serjeant William Albert Megginson, MM, 240314. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. J. A. Storey (formerly Megginson), of 13, Garibaldi
St., Scarborough, and the late Matt Meginson. Died 28 October 1917. Aged 24.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.{Shown in the CWGC and SDGW as "Albert
Megginson".)
Private Robert Moore. 242719. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Joseph and Mary Moore; husband of Florrie Banks Williams
(formerly Moore), of 4, Porritt's Yard, Cook's Row, Scarborough. Killed 23
April 1917. Aged 38.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Corporal Arthur Moss. 15119. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Native of Nottingham. Son of Fredrick and Alice Moss, of I, Witham
Place, Grantham; husband of the late Jane Moss. Killed 21 September 1917.
Aged 33.
Born Nottingham, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried THE HUTS CEMETERY.
Private Arthur Hougson Perryman. 28197. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Perryman; husband of Margaret
Blanche Gray (formerly Perryman). Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 30.
Born Manchester, Enlisted Malton (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Serjeant James Raine. 9210. 155th Provisional Coy.
Royal Defence Corps, formerly 3641 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late
John and Jane Raine, of West Ayton; husband of Ethel May Raine, of 7, Lancaster
St., Scarborough. Member of Police Force (Scarborough). Died at home 4 September
1916. Aged 38.
Born West Ayton (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Scarborough.
Buried HUTTON BUSCEL (ST. MATTHEW) CHURCHYARD.
Private Ernest Sanderson. 5533. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William and Hannah Sanderson, of 55, Norwood St., Scarborough;
husband of Alice Mary Longbottom (formerly Sanderson), of 5, South View, Halfpenny
Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, Yorks. Killed 14 November 1916. Aged 32.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private W Smith. 9613. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
transf. to (403605) 859th Area Employment Coy. Labour Corps. Husband of Mary
Smith, of 8, Cross St., Scarborough, Yorks. Died 11 March 1919. Aged 58.
Buried LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE.
Private John Herbert Taylor. 241254. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Annie Taylor, of Scarborough; husband
of Martha Elizabeth Taylor, of 9, Trafalgar Rd., Scarborough. Killed 19 April
1917. Aged 27.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried LONDON CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-VITASSE.
Private George Thomas Thorpe. 1626. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Louisa Thorpe, of 4, Sails Yard, Oxford St., Scarborough.
Killed 26 April 1915. Aged 17.
Born Hull, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Albert Victor Walters. 15344. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Janet Walters, of 33, St. Mary's
Walk, Scarborough. Died 16 October 1915. Aged 18.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated X FARM CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES.
Private John Thomas Watkinson. 220460. 1st Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 2512 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Christopher
Watkinson, of 111, Trafalgar Rd., Scarborough, Yorks. Killed 25 April 1918.
Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private William White. 15212. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William and Rhoda White; husband of Charlotte White, of 36,
Trafalgar Rd., Scarborough. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 38.
Born Pontefract (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Harry Whitehead. 21025. 9th Battalion Lancashire
Fusiliers, formerly 10635 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ada Whitehead,
of 5, William St., Scarborough. Killed 10 October 1916.
Born Scarborough (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Captain Humphrey Worthington Wilson. East Yorkshire
Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1915.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
Humphrey Wilson was born into a military family on March 19th 1876 in Carlow
in Ireland.
He joined the army as a private soldier aged seventeen in 1893 and was serving
as a Colour Sergeant at the time of the Boer War.
As Sergeant Major he was with the 5th Yorkshires in 1913 and after the onset
of the Great War he received his commission on April 8th 1915.
Promoted to Lieutenant on June 10th 1915 he was then attached to the East
Yorkshire Regiment and was with them when they went into the Battle of Loos
in September of 1915.
Lieutenant, acting Captain, Humphrey Worthington Wilson was killed in action
at Loos on October 4th 1915 aged 39.
After his death the Green Howards Gazette wrote,
“He met his death while gallantly leading a charge against the German
position. A most gallant and conscientious officer, whose loss to the regiment
is greatly to be deplored”.
Lt Wilson was the son of Sergeant James Wilson, late of the Carlow Rifles."
Lance Corporal Isaac Yaxley. 240268. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 July 1917.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Buried HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
The
First World War Memorial, on the left, in St. Mary's Church, Scarborough.
Photo : Edward Nicholl
St.
Mary's Church, Scarborough.
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St.
Mary's Church, Scarborough.
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