The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Amotherby,
St. Helen's Church

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The Calvary at St. Helen's Church. Amotherby.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The First World War memorial at Amotherby is a Calvary, with the names of the men who fell in the war attached to a metal plate at the base of the cross. The plate is now heavily weathered, and it is extremely difficult to read the names and the dedication. However, by use of photo enhancement, the dedication and the names on the memorial are as follows;-

ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF
GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN
FROM THIS PARISH WHO DIED IN
THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919.

FRANK BARNES
JOHN WILLIAM BENTLEY
HENRY BOYES
HARRY BROWN
ERNEST CLARKE
ALFRED DUNNINGTON (1)
GEORGE DUNNINGTON
JOSEPH HOLLIDAY
THOMAS JONES
GEORGE PAULIN
THOMAS SMITHIES
LAURENCE WILLIAM SUGGITT
THOMAS SUNLEY
JOHN WILSON
WILLIAM WRIGHT

JOHN B FISHER
TOM T HUNTER
HENRY WING

(1) "Dunnington" was an alias. True family name was "Denny".

Private Harry Brown. 5535. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Anna Brown; husband of Mary Elizabeth Brown, of Whinney Nab, Saltersgate, Lockton, Pickering, Yorks. Killed 16 November 1916. Aged 35.
Born Duggleby (Yorks), Enlisted Malton, Resided Amotherby (Yorks)
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.

Private Alfred Dunnington. 3321. True family name was "DENNY". 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 November 1916.
Enlisted Malton, Resided Amotherby.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Lance Corporal Joseph Holliday. 23520. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 2121 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 September 1916.
Enlisted Bridlington, Resided Malton (Yorks).
Commemorated Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C, Thiepval Memorial.

Lance Corporal Thomas Newton Smithies. 2678. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John and Emma Smithies, of Thornton-le-dale, Yorkshire. Killed 4 September 1916. Aged 27.
Enlisted Malton.
Buried FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION.

Lance Corporal Laurence William Suggitt. 241538. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Margaret Escrit Suggitt, of Bleak House, Old Malton, Yorks. Killed 13 April 1918. Aged 22.
Enlisted Malton (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 4, Ploegsteert Memorial.

Private John Wilson. 240407. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Annie Wilson, of Wombleton. York. Killed 14 November 1917. Aged 21.
Born Wombleton (Kirbymoorside), Enlisted Malton, Resided Wombleton
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).

The Commemorative Plates on the Amotherby War Memorial
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Photo : Edward Nicholl

St. Heken's Church, Amotherby. St. Helen's Church, Amotherby.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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