The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Spinkhill (Derbyshire),
- RC Churchyard

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The War Memorial in the Churchyard of the RC Church of the Immaculate Conception, - Spinkhill (Derbyshire)
Photo : Richard Clarke of the Derby and Derbyshire War Memorials Project website

The War Memorial in the churchyard of the RC Church of the Immacualte Conception, Spinkhill (Derbyshire), commemorates 15 names of those who lost their lives in the First World War and 1 name from the Second World War.

The website Derby and Derbyshire War Memorials Project has transcribed the names on the memorial, and has also provided brief biographical details of those commemorated.

1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.

We are very grateful to Richard Clarke of the Derby and Derbyshire War Memorials Project website for providing the photos of this memorial.

Private Charles Sydney Pearson. 22947. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Pearson. Killed 13 February 1916. Aged 33.
Born Glaisdale (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Eckington.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).

Private Pearson's Name on the Spinkhill War Memorial.
Photo : Richard Clarke of the Derby and Derbyshire War Memorials Project website

The RC Church of the Immaculate Conception, Spinkhill (Derbyshire) The RC Church of the Immaculate Conception, Spinkhill (Derbyshire)
Photo © Copyright Neil Theasby and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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