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The Staithes War Memorial, at the top of the bank leading down to the harbour.
(Photo : Mrs Anne Simpson <Anne.Simpson@dti.gsi.gov.uk>)
The Staithes War Memorial stands at the top of the bank that leads down into the lower part of the village, and the harbour. The memorial is inscribed;-
Staithes War Memorial
To Perpetuate the memory of Those Who Made
The Supreme Sacrifice for King and Country
During the Great War 1914 - 1918
However, the Memorial not only contains the names of the soldiers and sailors from the First World War, together with a woman munitions worker, but soldiers, airmen, and a large number of sailors from the Second World War. The memorial is curious in that the soldiers of the First World War are apparently all listed as being from the Yorkshire Regiment,- but weren't! Also, Sergeant Green and Corporal Rigg, with almost identical service numbers and in the same Battalion, were killed on the same day in Gallipoli.
Glenn Cook (<glenncook01@ntlworld.com>) has written to
say that not only does his grandfather, John Cook, appear on this Memorial
for the First World War, but that John Cook's youngest son, Owen Cook, is
listed as one of the dead from the Second World War.
Hazel Hickman (<hickman379@btinternet.com>) comments that two sailors
named Burton Verrill are shown on the memorial.
Hazel points out that
For the First World War, Deck Hand Burton Verrill (Born 1847) died 29/11/1918
- Royal Naval Reserve Age 18 H.M.P.M.S. Duchess of Hamilton.
In the Second World War, Able Seaman Burton Verrill (Born 1919) died 13/05/1944
- Aged 25 on S.S. Empire Heath (Sunderland) Merchant Navy.
The 15 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment were;-
Private Sanderson Cole. 23945. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah Cole, of Church St., Staithes, Yorks. Died 27
December 1915. Aged 22.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
Buried in HINDERWELL CEMETERY.
Private John Cook. 3496. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15
September 1916.
Born Wigan (Lancs), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Harold Peacock Dunn. 11487. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Elizabeth Dunn, of "Harflour (sic) View", Cowbar,
Staithes, Yorks, and the late Robert Dunn; husband of Mary Jane Dunn, of 35,
Station St., Middlesbrough. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 34.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Herbert Thomas Dunn. 206411, Labour Corps.
Formerly 22836 Yorkshire Regiment. Died 28 November 1917.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Buried in HINDERWELL CEMETERY.
Sergeant William Green. 10935. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
22 August 1915. (Gallipoli).
Born Ellerby, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Skinningrove.
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private Frederick Harker. 18967. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Alfred and Hannah Mary Harker; husband of A. W. Green (formerly Harker),
of 1, Micklow Cottages, Loftus, Yorks. Born at Staithes, Yorks (Re. CWGC,
but not same as SDGW). Killed 26 September 1915. Aged 29.
Born Kilton Thorpe (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Buried CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ.
Private William Harrison. 12751. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
5 November 1916.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL..
Sapper Thomas Hick. 96998. Royal Engineers, formerly
17890 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Zacariah and Mary Hick, of Melville House,
High St., Staithes, Yorks. Died at home 16 July 1918. Aged 30.
Born Staithes (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby (Yorks).
Buried HINDERWELL CEMETERY.
Private Robert Ironside. 8548. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of M. E. Ironside, of 11, Cowbar Cottages, Staithes, Yorks.
Killed 10 October 1916.
Born Arbroath (Fifeshire), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes (Yorks).
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(Shown as Robert Ironsides on the Staithes Memorial.)
Private William Laverick. 12749. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
8 February 1917.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Henry Hobson Porritt. 34657. 10th Battalion
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly 4643 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
17 September 1916.
Born Staithes (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Corporal Thomas William Rigg. 10933. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of James and Mary Rigg, of 16, Lowther Village, Hackthorpe, Penrith, Cumberland;
husband of Nellie Rigg, of Derry Cottage, Sedbergh, Yorks. Killed 22 August
1915. (Gallipoli). Aged 25.
Born Ousby (Westmoreland), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Sedbergh.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private Thomas Shippey. 22987. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 7 July 1916.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Great Ayton.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Robert Theaker. 34795. 10th Battalion KOYLI, formerly 3781
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Whitby.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Edgar Tyreman, 5522. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 24 September 1916.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Buried CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL.
Soldiers' names on the Staithes War Memorial.
(Photo : Mrs Anne Simpson <Anne.Simpson@dti.gsi.gov.uk>)
First World War Naval Commemorations, including Deck Hand Burton Verrill,
on the Staithes War Memorial
(Photo : Mrs Anne Simpson <Anne.Simpson@dti.gsi.gov.uk>)
Second World War Naval Commemorations, including Able Seaman Burton Verrill,
on the Staithes War Memorial
(Photo : Mrs Anne Simpson <Anne.Simpson@dti.gsi.gov.uk>)
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