North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Kirkby Ravensworth (Ss Peter & Felix Parish Church)

The Memorial Plaque inside the Church of Ss Peter and Felix, Kirkby Ravensworth.
Photo : Peter Etherington <Peter@etheringtonp.freeserve.co.uk>

The names of those recorded as having been killed in the First World War in the Parish Church of Kirkby Ravensworth, near Richmond, are;-

(1) Spelling = "Allsop" in CWGC register / "Allsopp" in SDGW
(2) Curiously, there appears to be no record of anybody with a name as "distinctive" as this one.

Corporal Percy Allsop, 17790. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 March 1918.
Born Denton Grange (Durham), Enlisted Darlington, Resided Dalton (Richmond)
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.

Company Serjeant Major John Clifford Bainbridge. 2408. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary I. Bainbridge, of Park Farm, Ravensworth, Richmond, Yorks, and the late William Bainbridge. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 30.
Born Kirby (Ravensworth), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Ravensworth (Richmond, Yorks).
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Captain James Scott Bainbridge. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, POZIERES MEMORIALl.
Additional information from Robert Coulson's Biographies of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"James Bainbridge first served as Company Sergeant Major with the 4th Battalion before receiving his commission and rising rapidly through the ranks.
As an officer he was gassed in June 1917 whilst the battalion were in action in the Hindenberg Support Line."
The following biographical information is provided in a Royal Society of Chemistry booklet commemorating those who fought and died in the First World War;-
"Born in 1888, son of William & Mary Bainbridge, James Bainbridge later graduated from Leeds University. After university, he went to work in the chemical laboratory of Messrs Rowntree & Co. in York and was engaged in the research of the aromatic principle of the cocoa bean.In 1914, he was appointed research chemist at the Doncaster Coalminers’ Laboratory but enlisted with the 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment when the war began; in June 1917, he was caught in a gas attack whilst fighting with his battalion at the Hindenburg Line.When the German Spring Offensive (Kaiserschlacht or ‘Kaiser’s Battle’) began on 21 March 1918, Captain Bainbridge and the battalion were moved up to Brie and marched for six hours to the front line at Hancourt. At 6.30pm on 22 March, as the enemy was pushing the 5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry (DLI) on the left of the 4th Yorkshires back, Captain Bainbridge attempted to steady and rally the DLI. He was killed when he became caught in heavy enemy fire; his body was never recovered."
Further information, including a photo and biographical data, on James Scott Bainbridge can be found on the Old Barnardians commemorative website.

Corporal Thomas Lawrence Bainbridge, MM. 200861. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel James and Margaretta Annie Bainbridge, of 5, Castle Terrace, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 25.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Richmond.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private Thomas Cole, 28271. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ben and Jane Cole, of Newsham; husband of Margaret Ellen Cole, of Newsham, Barningham, Darlington. Killed 23 June 1917. Aged 35.
Born Gainford (Durham), Enlisted Dalton, Resided Newsham
Buried DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Herbert Edmondson, 238223. 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), formerly 3136 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 April 1918.
Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Richmond.
Commemorated Panel 26 and 27, Pozieres Memorial.

Private Christopher Brown Johnson. 2508. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Graham Johnson, and Sophia Johnson, of Earby Hall, Newsham, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 22.
Born Reeth (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Barnard Castle.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Corporal Jacob Moses, 17115. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Kirby Ravensworth (Richmond), Enlisted Bishop Auckland, Resided Howden-le-Wear (Durham)
Commemorated Soissons Memorial.

Private Arthur Park, 18770. Depot Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. Wilson (formerly Park), of Whashton, Richmond, Yorks. Died at home 5 January 1915. Aged 19.
Born Wharton (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond, Resided Skeeby (Yorks)
Buried KIRKBY RAVENSWORTH (SS. PETER AND FELIX) CHURCHYARD.

Private Thomas Watson Spence. 3203. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Watson and Jane Spence. of Ovington Grange, Darlington. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 23.
Born Whycliffe (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Winston (Darlington).
Buried KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Ernest Harker Wilson. 35671. 10th Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly 30496 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Frances Wilson, of Ravensworth, Richmond, Yorks. Native of Ravensworth. Killed 9 November 1917. Aged 20.
Born Whaston (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.

Ss Peter & Felix's Church, Kirkby Ravensworth
Photo : Martin Briscoe, <mbriscoe@zetnet.co.uk>

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