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North
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War Memorials, - Wensley (The Church of the Holy Trinity) |
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The Church of the Holy Trinity, Wensley.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
Inside the Church of the Holy Trinity, Wensley, there is a brass
plaque which commemorates the men of the village who lost their lives in the
First World War. Three of those men served in the Yorkshire Regiment.
Another brass plaque commemorates two seaman who lost their lives when their
ships were sunk.
There is also a stained glass windown, installed by the family of Lieutenant
Percy Orde-Powlett of the Yorkshire Regiment, which commemorates that
officer who was killed in May 1915.
We are very grateful to Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) for the photos of this commemorative window.
The brass wall plaque in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Wensley, is inscribed as follows;-
"To the Glory of God and in Hallowed Memory of the Men of This Parish Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War of 1914 - 1918"
| Joseph Alderson | b. 1875 | k. 1915 | Henry Beswick | b. 1987 | k. 1918 | |
| James Chilton | b. 1897 | k. 1917 | William Deighton | b. 1887 | k. 1917 | |
| Frederick Holmes | b. 1887 | k. 1918 | Alfred Kilding | b. 1890 | k. 1916 | |
| Harry Kilding | b. 1883 | k. 1917 | Leslie Loftus | b. 1895 | k. 1917 | |
| Percy Orde-Powlett | b. 1894 | k. 1915 | Alfred Salmon | b. 1883 | k. 1919 | |
| Charles Scott | b. 1894 | k. 1917 | Harold Scrivener | b. 1894 | k. 1916 | |
| Edward Spence | b. 1896 | k. 1918 | Willie Smith | b. 1887 | k. 1917 | |
| John Teasdale | b. 1878 | k. 1916 | Thomas Wardman | b. 1898 | k. 1918 | |
| Edward Wilkinson | b. 1898 | k. 1918 | Harry Wilson | b. 1896 | k. 1916 |
Harold William Scrivener and Robert Henry Wilson are both commemorated on a separate brass plaque within the Church. Both were Engine Room Artificers in the Royal Navy (Scrivener on H M S "Queen Mary", and Wilson on H M S "Black Prince"). As the plaque states "Both were born and educated in this parish and went down with their respective ships in the action off Jutland, 31 May 1916"
Lieutenant William Percy Orde-Powlett, 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Hon. A. and Mrs. Orde-Powlett, now 5th Baron Bolton
and Lady Bolton, of Bolton Hall, Leyburn, Yorks. Killed on 17 May 1915. Aged
21.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Alfred Ward Salmon. 241698. 5th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 16 February 1919. Aged 36.
Resided Leyburn.
Buried DARLINGTON
WEST CEMETERY.
L/Cpl Alfred Salmon was a grocer's assistant who worked in Leyburn, but his
mother and brother lived in Darlington. He was discharged from the army on
15 April 1918 as a result of wounds. Although his relatives were
awarded a commemorative plaque and scroll, he is not listed in the CWGC records.
Private John William Teasdale, 3/9456. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed on 8 July 1916.
Born Leyburn (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Buried LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL.
The brass memorial plaque in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Wensley.
(note : with the only lighting being from the far end of the Church, it is
quite difficult to read this plaque)
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
The interior of Holy Trinity Church, Wensley, with the Orde-Powlett Memorial
Window directly ahead
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The Orde-Powlett Memorial Window
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The Commemoration on the Orde-Powlett Memorial Window
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
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