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North
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War Memorials, - Wensley ( The Village War Memorial) |
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The Village War Memorial, Wensley. The Memorial is at the top of the hill
that overlooks the Church, on the road between Leyburn and Hawes.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
The Village War Memorial, Wensley, is inscribed as follows;-
"The Above mentioned Men of Wensley Township Served in the Great War 1914 - 1918"
| Ernest Brewer | Victor Pearson | |
| Gordon Goulton | Alf Pearson | |
| S Futter | Charlie Plews | |
| Frank Glew | J Rawson | |
| Metcalfe Greenwood | Charlie Rawson | |
| John Humble | Walter Richardson | |
| Willie Horn | Humphrey Richardson | |
| Ned Harker | Fred Robinson | |
| A Hutchinson | Simon Spence | |
| H Hutchinson | James Spence | |
| George Lees | Edward Spence (killed) | |
| Leslie Loftus (Killed) | Howland Simpson | |
| Frank Mason | John Utting | |
| Ernest Metcalfe | George Willis | |
| A Orde Powlett | John Walker | |
| P Orde Powlett (killed) | Walter Walker | |
| N Orde Powlett | Dixon Walker | |
| Robert Pearson | George Walker | |
| Fred Pearson | Willie Walker | |
| Edwin Pearson | O Cooke Yarborough | |
| Fred Pearson | Willie Myers | |
| John Pearson |
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.
The following biographical information is taken from Robert
Coulson's Biographies
of Yorkshire Regiment Officers in the First World War;-
"William Orde-Powlett was born on April 7th 1894.
He was educated at Eton from 1908 to 1913 followed by Trinity College at Cambridge
where his main interests were science and biology.
He joined the 4th Battalion as a 2nd Lieutenant in September of 1914 and arrived
with the battalion at Boulogne on April 18th 1915.
They were sent straight up to the Ypres Salient and on April 24th were involved
in the Battle of St Julien suffering heavy losses at Fortuin.
From May 9th to the 12th 2nd Lt Orde-Powlett and his men were in reserve trenches
at Brandhoek and on May 15th went back into the line attached to a cavalry
brigade on the railway embankment outside Ypres.
2nd Lt William Percy Orde-Powlett was killed in action close to Bellewaarde
Lake on May 17th 1915 at the age of 21.
2nd Lt Orde-Powlett was the eldest son of William George Algar Orde-Powlett
MP, now the 5th Baron Bolton and Lady Bolton of Wensley Hall near Leyburn
in Yorkshire."
The Village War Memorial, Wensley. The Memorial is at the top of the hill
that overlooks the Church, on the road between Leyburn and Hawes.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
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