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The Sledmere Cross
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The Sledmere Cross
The Sledmere Cross
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The Sledmere Cross is located just outside the village Church of St. Mary’s, Sledmere. We are extremely grateful to Major Philip Banbury (1942 - 2008), who provided the information relating to the Sledmere Cross. For further details on the Sledmere Cross, please select this link, - Sledmere Cross, Further Information.

The names of those who appear on the Sledmere Cross are;-

L/Corporal Harry Walker Addison
L/Corporal Harry Clifford Agar
Captain Edward George Clarkson Bagshaw
Captain Geoffrey Carew Barber
Private Walter Gorner Barker
Major Harold Brown
Private David Cooper
Captain Thomas Ernest Dufty
Srjeant Thomas Lumley Frankish
Private William Holtby
Lieutenant Colonel James Mortimer
Private George Potts
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Robson
Private David Scott
Captain George Jefferson Scott
Lieutenant Edward Reginald Spofforth
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Mark Sykes
Lieutenant Colonel James Albert Raymond Thomson
Captain Wilfrid Vause
Captain Dennis Henry Walker
Captain Leslie Bedford Walker
L/Cpl William Webster
Captain Frank Woodcock
L/Cpl Harry Woodcock

L/Corporal Harry Walker Addison, 547. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Rachel Addison, of Sledmere, Malton, Yorks. Killed on 25 May 1915.Aged 25.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Born Weaverthorpe (Driffield), Enlisted West Sutton, Resided Sledmere.

L/Corporal Harry Clifford Agar, 24036. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 17 November 1918. (Prisoner of War)
Buried COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY.
Born Lockington (Beverley, Yorks), Enlisted Driffield, Resided Kirbygrindalythe.

Captain Edward George Clarkson Bagshawe. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Judge Bagshawe, K.C. Killed 20 July 1916. Aged 36.
Buried LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY.
(For further information on Captain Bagshawe, with a photo, see "Individual Photos = B".)

Captain Geoffrey Carew Barber. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Walter and Emmeline Barber, of West Ayton, Yorks. Killed on 25 April 1915. Aged 24.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Private Walter Gorner Barker, 240643. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 27 May 1918.
Commemorated Soissons Memorial.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Sledmere (Malton).

Major Harold Brown. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. DSO, M.C. &Croix de Guerre with Palm (France). Son of G. W. Brown, of Lindsay Grange, Branksome Park, Bournemouth; husband of Dorothy J. E. Brown, of Kingston Lodge, Leigh Woods, Bristol. Killed on 23 March 1918. Aged 39.
Commemorated on Panel 31 and 32, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
For further information on Major Harold Brown, select here...........Major Brown of Leeds

Captain Thomas Ernest Dufty. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Arthur Richard and Kate Dufty, of Nottinghamshire; husband of Beatrice Dufty, of "Deepdale," Meads, Eastbourne. Killed on 19 May 1915. Aged 35.
Buried VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY.

Serjeant Thomas Lumley Frankish, 550. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Francis and Emma Frankish, of Kirby Grindalythe, Wharram, Malton, Yorks. Killed 24 June 1915. Aged 22.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).
Born Rillington (Yorks), Enlisted West Sutton (Yorks).

Lieutenant Colonel James Mortimer, C M G. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Robert and Matilda Mortimer; husband of Dora Mortimer, of Grove Cottage, Driffield, Yorks. Born at Driffield. Killed on 15 September 1916. Aged 45.
Buried FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ.

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Robson, D S O. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Thomas and Eva Robson, of Pembroke Lodge, Pocklington, York. Killed on 28 March 1918. Aged 30.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.

Private David Scott, 8790. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 November 1916.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Enlisted Beverley, Resided Sledmere.

Captain George Jefferson Scott. 1st/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Victoria Scott, of Market Weighton, Yorks. Killed on 25 December 1915. Aged 41.
Buried POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY.

Lieutenant Edward Reginald Spofforth. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary D. and the late Edward Spofforth, of York. Killed 2 April 1916. Aged 24.
Buried POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY.

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Mark Sykes. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. 6th Bart. Commander of the Order of St. Stanislas (Russia). Order of the Star of Roumania. Son of the late Sir Tatton Sykes and Lady Jessica Sykes; husband of Lady Edith Sykes, of Sledmere, Malton, Yorks. M.P. for Central Hull since 1911. J.P. Died 16 February 1919. Aged 39.
Buried SLEDMERE (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD.
Select here for more on Sir Mark Sykes.

Lieutenant Colonel James Albert Raymond Thomson, D S O. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Croix de Guerre (France). Son of James and Eliza Thomson; husband of Ethel Norah Mayson Thomson, of The Uplands, Malton, Yorks. Born at Huddersfield. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 42.
Buried VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY.

Captain Wilfrid Vause, MC. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of F. and B. Vause, of Whitby, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 27.
Buried WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.

Captain Dennis Henry Walker. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of W. S. and E. S. Walker, of "Milesden," Newland Park, Hull. Killed 26 January 1916. Aged 26.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.

Captain Leslie Bedford Walker. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Capt. W. S. Walker (late 5th Bn. Yorkshire Regt.) and Edith Sarah Walker, of "Milesden," Newland Park, Hull. Killed 1 July 1917. Aged 26.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN.

L/Cpl William Webster, 1314. 1st/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 February 1916.
Born Thornton-le-Dale (Yorks), Enlisted Sledmere, Resided Stamford Bridge (Yorks).
Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.

Captain Frank Woodcock. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth J Woodcock, of Grove Cottage, Great Driffield, Yorks. Killed 15 September 1916. Agged 22.
Buried FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ.

The Sledmere Cross (detail)
The Sledmere Cross (detail)
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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