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War Memorial in Cracoe and Rylstone
 
St Peters Church, Rylstone
 
Inside the Church are three plaques and in the churchyard there are five War Graves.
 
The WW1 Plaque is inscribed
ROLL OF HONOUR
IN MEMORY OF THE GALLANT
MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO
DIED IN DEFENCE OF LIBERTY
& HONOUR IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
JOHN DENT                           Pte Border Regt
FRANK HIGHAM                    Cpl West Riding Regt
CHARLES HYMAS                Pte Labour Corps
HORACE MARSHALL           Pte West Riding Regt
MICHAEL D W MAUDE         Capt Yorkshire Regt
FRED NELSON                      Pte South Staffs Regt
J NORMAN PROCTER         Lt West Riding Regt
THOMAS B RENTON            Pte Machine Gun Corps
RHODES SPENCE                Pte West Riding Regt
JAMES A SWALES                Seaman RN
TOM SWALES                        Pte West Riding Regt
JOHN W WHITFIELD             Pte West Riding Regt
 
The WW2 plaque is inscribed
ROLL OF HONOUR
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH,
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945
P/O SYDNEY DAGGETT RAF
L/BDR RICHARD MARTIN PROCTER RA
DRIVER CURTIS WALKER RASC
 
There is a third carved wooden plaque inscribed
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LEWIS MARSDEN BULL
Lieut 1st Batn A I F Aged 22
ONLY CHILD OF L D & AMELIA BULL
OF STRATHFIELD, AUSTRALIA.
WHO WORSHIPPED IN THIS CHURCH
IN 1917 AND 1918 AND GAVE HIS
LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY 15TH SEP
1918 NEAR HESBECOURT
He Died Fighting for God
And Right and Liberty and
such a Death is
Immortallity
 
The War Memorial high on Cracoe Fell is a striking obelisk
 
ROLL OF HONOUR OF THE MEN
OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN TWO WORLD WARS
1914 – 1919
 
JOHN DENT                           PTE                             BORDER REG
FRANK HIGHAM                    CPL                             WEST RIDING REG
CHARLES HYMAS                PTE                             LABOUR CORPS
HORACE MARSHALL           PTE                             WEST RIDING REG
GERALD W E MAUDE           CAPT                          YORKS REG
MICHAEL D W MAUDE         CAPT                          YORKS REG
FRED NELSON                      PTE                             SOUTH STAFFS REG
J NORMAN PROCTER         LT                                WEST RIDING REG
THOMAS B RENTON            PTE                             MACHINE GUN CORPS
RHODES SPENCE                PTE                             WEST RIDING REG
JAMES H SWALES                SEAMAN                    RN
TOM SWALES                        PTE                             WEST RIDING REG
JOHN W WHITFIELD             PTE                             WEST RIDING REG
 
1939 - 1945
SIDNEY DAGGETT               PO                               RAF
RICHARD M PROCTER        L/BDR                         RA
CURTIS WALKER                  DRIVER                      RASC
 
in addition, there is a plaque /Roll of Honour in the Cracoe and District Community Village Hall
 
Those who Fell in WW1
 
DENT, John
Private, 11th (Reserve) Battalion, The Border Regiment.  Army no 202882
He died from his wounds on Tuesday 4 December 1917. He was 23.
He was the son of Robert and Mary Dent, Burton House, Rylstone.
He is buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.
 
HIGHAM, Frank
Lance Corporal, 1st/5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 242388.
He died from his wounds on Monday 23 April 1917. He was 18.
He was the son of John and Annie E Higham.
He is buried in Vieille Chapelle New Military Cemetery, La Couture.
 
HYMAS, Charles Edward
Private, 257th Area Employment Company, Labour Corps.  Army no 378783.
He died on military service on Thursday 13 December 1917. He was probably involved in salvage work. He was 28.
He was the son of Tom and Margaret Hymas and the husband of Amelia B Hymas.
He is buried in Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer.
 
MARSHALL, Horace
Private, 1st/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 6/3718.
He was killed in action on Friday 16 July 1915. He was 24.
He was the son of Arthur W and Anne Marshall, 3 Waterloo Terrace, Bramley, Leeds.
He is buried in Colne Valley Cemetery, Boesinghe, Belgium.
 
MAUDE, Gerald William Edward
Captain, 1st Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).
He died of pneumonia on 5 November 1919 at 35 British General Hospital, Peshawar. He was 30. He was born at Rylstone.
He was the elder son of Lieutenant Colonel William W and Beatrice D G Maude, The Fleets, Rylstone and 4th West Yorkshire Militia. He was the husband of Edith V C Maude
He is remembered on The India Gate Memorial, Delhi.
Additional information
He had served with 1st Battalion in India during WW1 and was wounded at Dakka, Afghanistan in May 1919.
And his brother
MAUDE, Michael Day Wade
Captain, 3rd Battalion attached to 9th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). 
He died from his wounds on 14 October 1917 at the Military Hospital, Dover. He was 27.
He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel William W Maude, The Fleets, Rylstone and 4th West Yorkshire Militia.
He is buried in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church, Rylstone.
 
NELSON, Fred Slinger
Private, 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment, 7 Brigade, 25th Division.  Army no 42761.
He was killed in action on Thursday 11 April 1918 at the Battle of Messines. He was 19.
He was the son of Annie and the late Joseph Nelson, 20 Castle Street, Skipton.
He is remembered on The Ploegsteert Memorial.
 
PROCTER, John Norman William Atkinson M C, Mentioned in Despatches
Lieutenant, 1st/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division.
He died from his wounds on Thursday 2 May 1918 in a Casualty Clearing Station in Esquelbecq. He was 23.
He was the son of William A and Rebecca Procter, Bordley, Easby Drive, Ilkley. He was born in Rylstone.
He is buried in Esquelbecq Military Cemetery which is between St Omer and Dunkirk.
 
RENTON, Thomas Benson
Private, 227th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), Brigade, Division.  Army no 82902. He had also served as Private, Army no 38674 with The York and Lancaster Regiment.
He died from his wounds on Saturday 1 December 1917 in a nearby Casualty Clearing Station. He was 31.
He was the son of Grace and Joseph Renton, Hetton.
He is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt and his headstone is inscribed Nearer My God to Thee.
 
SPENCE, Rhodes
Private, 1st/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 3702.
He died from his wounds on Saturday 17 July 1915. He was 20.
He was the son of Robert B and Annie Spence, Silsden.
He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
 
SWALES, James Thomas
Ordinary Seaman, HMS Victory, Royal Navy. RN no SS/8309.
He died of natural causes whilst on military service on Wednesday 3 July 1918. He was 18.
He was the son of Fred and Eleanor R Swales, Cracoe.
He is buried in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church, Rylstone and his headstone is inscribed Thy Will be Done.
 
SWALES, Tom
Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 52 Brigade, 17th Division.  Army no 13653.
He was killed in action on Friday 22 March 1918 at the Battle of St Quentin. He was 21.
He was the son of Thomas and Grace Swales, Rylstone.
He is remembered on The Arras Memorial.
 
WHITFIELD, John William
Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division.  Army no 15182.
He was killed in action on Tuesday 9 October 1917 near Ypres. He was 25.
He was the son of Thomas and Sara A Whitfield, Rock Cottage, Linton.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
 
 
Those who Fell in WW2
 
DAGGETT, Sydney
Pilot Officer, 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 169391.
He died on active service on Saturday 29 January 1944. He was 29.
He was the son of Aaron and Maud Daggett and the husband of Doris Dagget, Cracoe.
He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Additional information
Halifax II JP133 ZA-D took off at 23.45 hours on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by a night-fighter 23 kms from the centre of Berlin. 5 of the crew were captured and the other 2 died when the plane crashed.
 
PROCTER, Richard Martin 
Lance Bombardier, 409 Battery, 53 (5th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 1452162.
He died on active service on Tuesday 7 October 1941. He was 26.
He was the son of Robert G and Violet Proctor, Cracoe.
He is buried in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church, Rylstone.
Additional information
He attended Uppingham and Trinity College Cambridge
 
 
WALKER, Curtis
Driver, Royal Army Service Corps, attached to HQ, 50th (Northumbrian) Division. Army no. T/113820.
He died on active service on Saturday 14 November 1942, this was the day after the Eighth Army captured Tobruk. He was 24.
He is remembered on the Alamein Memorial.
He was the son of Curtis and Anne Walker, Hetton and the husband of Florence M Walker.
 
 
Those who fell in WW2 who are not mentioned on the War Memorial
 
FIELDEN, Stanley Earl Spensley 
Aircraftman 2nd Class, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1624171
He died on Monday 8 March 1943. He was 18.
Son of Earl B and Sabina J Fielden, Bentham, Lancashire.
He is buried in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church, Rylstone.
Additional information
He was posted to Devon and fell down a cliff at Goodrington whilst out walking with friends and died in Hospital the following day. His death was registered in Newton Abbott. – reported in Western Morning News on 10 March 1943.
His Father was a famous pilot who had flown in WW1, then between wars he had worked in a flying circus and returned to the RAF in WW2 and rose to Group Captain.
 
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