War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Skelton
(All Saints' Church (New))
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The Memorial Tablet in All Saints' Church (New) in Skelton.
The Memorial Tablet in All Saints' Church (New) in Skelton.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

Select the above image for an enlarged, digitally enhanced, copy of the image. The enhanced version makes it a bit easier to read the names recorded on the Memorial.

The names of the men of the Yorkshire Regiment recorded on this memorial are;-

Pte P Walker, 3rd Yorks (1)
Pte R Archer, 4th Yorks
Pte J Atkinson, 4th Yorks
L/Cpl R H Bell, 4th Yorks (2)
Pte F Bannister, 4th Yorks
Pte G Blundy, 4th Yorks
Pte R Cooke, 4th Yorks
Pte H Cook, 4th Yorks (3)
Pte W Cripps, 4th Yorks
Pte H Dale, 4th Yorks
Pte A H Dowey, 4th Yorks (4)
Pte W Dowey, 4th Yorks
Pte W Elsworth, 4th Yorks
L/Cpl W Freeman, 4th Yorks (5)
Pte T Gill, 4th Yorks
Pte J Hardwick, 4th Yorks
Pte J W Harris, 4th Yorks (6)
Pte I Jacques, 4th Yorks
Sgt T Johnstone, 4th Yorks (7)
Pte H Jackson, 4th Yorks (8)
Pte H Leeks, 4th Yorks (8a)
Pte B E Nunn, 4th Yorks (8)
Pte B Pawsey, 4th Yorks (9)
Pte A Rising, 4th Yorks
Pte J Scuffham, 4th Yorks
Pte R Speechley, 4th Yorks
Pte T Sellers, 4th Yorks (10)
Pte D Taylor, 4th Yorks
Pte H L Taylor, 4th Yorks
Pte A Thorpe, 4th Yorks
Dmr R M Thorpe, 4th Yorks
Pte T Wood, 4th Yorks
Pte W Watson, 4th Yorks
Pte H Willow, 4th Yorks
Pte G Seaman, 4th Yorks (11)
Pte A Cooke, 5th Yorks
Pte E Covell, 6th Yorks
Pte S G Craven, 6th Yorks (12)
L/Cpl A Rooks, 7th Yorks
Pte P Gosling, 9th Yorks (8)
L/Cpl C H Mott, 9th Yorks
Sgt J W Skipper, 9th Yorks
Pte E Cook, 10th Yorks
Pte R Appleton, Cyclists Corps
    

(1) Shown as being in 9th Battalion, CWGC register and SDGW.
(2) Shown as being in 10th Battalion, CWGC register and SDGW.
(3) Shown as Cpl H Cook, CWGC register and SDGW.
(4) Was "H A Dowey", not "A H Dowey"
(5) Shown as being in 6th Battalion, CWGC register and SDGW.
(6) There is no "J W Harris" listed, but a "W Harris" from Lingdale in 4th Battalion.
(7) There is no "Sgt T Johnstone" of the Yorks Regt, but there is a "Sgt T Johnson" of the 5th Battalion
(8) Was a L/Cpl, and not a Private
(8a) Was a Corporal, not a Private
(9) There was an "E B Pawsey" of the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, but no "B Pawsey" of the 4th Battalion.
(10) There was a Pte "T H Sellars" of the 7th Battalion, from Skelton
(11) There was a Pte G Seaman of the 4th Battalion reported wounded in December 1915. However, it appears that he was then transferred to the East Yorks, with whom he lost his life.
(12) Was L/Sgt, and not Private

There are also former members of the Yorkshire Regiment shown on the memorial, - Pte J R Leckenby, Pte G R Pulford, and Corporal B S Scuffham.

Private Robert Appleton, 168. Army Cyclist Corps (Northumbrian Division Cyclist Coy), formerly 3101 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Annie Appleton, of 8, Manless Green Terrace, Skelton in Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 24 May 1915. Aged 19.
Enlisted Skelton-in-Cleveland
Commemorated Panel 56, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Private Robert Archer, 200897. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Boosbeck (Yorks), Enlisted Skelton-in-Cleveland
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private Joseph Atkinson. 235094. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 29 October 1917.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.

Private Frederick Bannister, 235003. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Elizabeth Bannister of 143 High St, Skelton, N Yorkshire. Killed on 27 May 1918. Aged 22.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Skelton.
Commemorated Soissons Memorial

Corporal Robert Henry Bell, 17295. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 October 1917.
Born Skelton (Saltburn), Enlisted Richmond, Resided North Skelton.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.

Private George William Blundy, 3326. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 14 February 1916.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND

Private Edward Cook, 26647. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 30 October 1916.
Born Ulney hall (Yorks), Enlisted Skelton, Resided New Skelton.
Buried VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY.

Corporal Herbert Cook, MM. 1828. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. M M. Husband of Elizabeth Cook of 51 Park St, Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorkshire. Killed on 15 January 1917. Aged 37.
Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Skelton.
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Arthur Cooke. 4093. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred and Sarah Cooke, of Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 11 November 1916. Aged 32.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Skelton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Private Robert Cooke, 2945. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred and Sarah Cooke, of 31 Cleveland St, Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 17 September 1916. Aged 30.
Enlisted Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Private Edward Covell, 15431. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Covell, of 19 Manless Green Terrace, Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 7 August 1915. Aged 31.
Born Skelton, Enlisted Redcar, Resided Skelton.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.

Lance Serjeant Sidney George Craven, 10989. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Emily Craven, of Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 21 August 1915. Aged 30.
Born Skelton-in-Cleveland (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided New Skelton.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.

Private William James Cripps, 200840. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Bessie Cripps, of 61 Boosbeck Rd, Skelton Green, Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 13 April 1918. Aged 21.
Born Corsham, Enlisted Boosbeck (Yorks).
Buried LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY.

Private Harry Dale, 200914. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Brotton.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private Herbert Arthur Dowey, 200770. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Sarah Dowey of Skelton Green, N Yorkshire. Killed on 23 April 1917. Aged 19.
Enlisted Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private William Dowey, 200841. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Mary Lena Dowey, of 13, Prospect Place, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed on 23 April 1917. Aged 20.
Enlisted Boosbeck, Resided Skelton.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private William Elsworth, 201878. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Elsworth, of 32 Green Rd., Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 1 November 1917. Aged 38.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Buried DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY.

Lance Corporal Wright Freeman, 8234. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth Freeman, of 33 Thomas St, New Skelton, N Yorks. Killed on 10 August 1915. Aged 42.
Born Cottingham (Hull), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.

Private Thomas William Gill, 2720. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 May 1915.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Born Thirsk (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.

L/Cpl Peter Gosling, 39264. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 September 1917.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.

Private John William Hardwick, 3099. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Jane Hardwick, of 4 Thomas St, Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 27 September 1916. Aged 33.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided New Skelton.
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private William Harris, 3833. 3/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home on 14 July 1916.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Lingdale.
Buried SKELTON CEMETERY.

Lance Corporal Herbert Jackson, 2640. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Jackson, of 20 Park St, Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 17 September 1916. Aged 21.
Born Skelton, Enlisted Skelton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Private Isaac Jacques, 2719. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 May 1915.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Born North Skelton, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided North Skelton.

Serjeant Thomas Johnson, 478. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Of 17 Millbank Terrace, Skelton. Killed on 24 May 1915.
Born South Stockton (Stockton-on-Tees), Enlsited Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate), Memorial.

Private John Robert Leckenby, 33400. 1st/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 45596 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 9 October 1917.
Born Skelton (Yorks), Enlsited Skelton.
Commemorated Panel 125 to 128, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Corporal Harry Leeks, 3313. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 January 1917.
Buried WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Enlisted Skelton (Yorks), Resided Brotton.
(There was also a Private John Robert Leeks, 2682, of the 4th Battalion. Enlisted Skelton (Yorks), Resided Brotton. Killed 20 Sept 1915. Buried Etaples Military Cemetery. - very possibly related)

L/Cpl Charles Henry Mott, 39255. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Ada Mott, of North Skelton, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 15 October 1915. Aged 20.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.
Born North Skelton, Enlisted Brotton, Resided North Skelton.

Corporal Benjamin E Nunn, 3405. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Jane Nunn, of 5, Holmebeck Rd., North Skelton, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 25 September 1916. Aged 21.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN.
Enlisted Northallerton, Resided North Skelton.

Private Edward Bertie Pawsey, 11278. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Emma Pawsey, of Archway House, Gilling West, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 30 September 1918. Aged 25.
Born West Gilling, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Buried DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN.

Private George Robert Pulford. 31318. 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 24511 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert J. and Jane A. Pulford, of 23, Park St., Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 3 May 1917. Aged 21.
Born Suffolk, Enlisted Skelton.
Commemorated on Bay 4 and 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private Arthur Henry Rising, 4454. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William George and Alice Maria Rising, of 14 Manless Green Terrace, Skelton-in Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 18 June 1915. Aged 22.
Enlisted Guisborough, Resided Saltburn.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).

Lance Corporal Allan Horatio Rooks, 10705. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Ann Rooks, of 8, Thomas St, New Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 14 September 1916. Aged 23.
Born Skelton, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Buried LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILE.

Corporal Bernard Samuel Scuffham. 34775. 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 5311 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Eliza Scuffham, of 49, Harker St., Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 8 June 1917. Aged 20.
Born Skelton (Cleveland), Enlisted Saltburn.
Buried HENIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Joseph Wright Scuffham, 5310. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Scuffham, of 50, Harker St., High Green, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed on 15 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Skelton-in-Cleveland, Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Buried KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private George Seaman, 220435. 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 3569 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 April 1918.
Born Storwood (Yorks), Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Skelton.
Commemorated on the PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Herbert Sellars, 11025. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Native of Pickering, Yorks. Died on 17 February 1917. Aged 25.
Born Pickering, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Skelton (Yorks).
Buried GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE.

Serjeant John Willie Skipper, 10602. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Eldest son of John and Mary Skipper, of Massingham, King's Lynn, Norfolk; husband of Minnie E. Wooding (formerly Skipper), of Castle Ashby, Northampton. Killed 9 October 1916. Aged 27.
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Born King's Lynn (Norfolk), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Northampton.

Private Robert Speechley, 4282. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Rimes and Eola Speechley, of North Skelton, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 11 August 1916. Aged 22.
Buried QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.

Private Daniel Taylor, 3803. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Eliza Taylor, of 6 Prospect Place, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed on 17 September 1916. Aged 39.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Private Henry Paul Laing Taylor, 3183. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 31 October 1916.
Enlisted Boosbeck, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Aaron Thorpe, 200301. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr Henry and Mrs J. A. Thorpe, of 32 Park St, Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks. Killed on 1 September 1918. Aged 23.
Born Newcastle, Enlisted Skelton (Yorks).
Buried BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY.

Private Richard Matthew Thorpe, 200951. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 June 1918.
Buried CHAMBIERES FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, METZ.
Born Skelton, Enlisted Skelton.

Private Parker Walker, 38178. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Eliza Walker, of 3, East Terrace, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorks. Killed 19 April 1917. Aged 31.
Born Skelton (Yorks), Enlisted Brotton, Resided Skelton (Yorks).
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.

Private William Watson, 201062. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Elizabeth Watson of 38 Back Lane, Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorkshire. Killed on 15 September 1916. Aged 27.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Private Horace Willow, 2722. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred and Annie Willow of 24 Yeoman St, Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorkshire. Killed on 16 September 1916. Aged 29.
Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Skelton-in-Cleveland.
Buried CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL.

Private Thomas Wood, 386. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 3 May 1915.
Born Skelton (Guisborough), Enlisted Skelton.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate), Memorial.

Bill Danby has compiled data on the names recorded on this Memorial Tablet. Bill Danby has an exceptionally comprehensive website covering Skelton, - skeltonincleveland.com, and one of the pages on this website provides data on the names on the memorial in All Saints' Church (New) in Skelton.

The data compiled by Bill Danby includes not only personal data (regiment, regimental number, where and when killed, personal relationships etc.) but in many cases includes details of the actions taken part in by the regiment concerned. There are also a number of photographs of the individuals named.

A visit to Bill Danby's web pages is highly recommended.

All Saints' Church, Skelton in Cleveland
All Saints' Church, Skelton in Cleveland
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