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The War Memorial in Finghall
A plaque in St Andrew’s Church 1914-1919 IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN CONNECTED WITH THIS PARISH WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR +T H W SHARPLES H FIRBY J LUMLEY *T RICHARDSON Sub Lt RN R METCALFE H DONALDSON *T ROBSON *S HOBSON +F LAMBERT +E TOMLIN *R CROW *HERBERT DALBY J LAMBERT *E LAMBERT V PEASE *J WARD H VOLLANS W PEASE RA LAMBERT RN W WHITE J WELLS J COATES W LUMLEY M I WYVILL FJACKSON H AKE *A HOBSON Major *J TOMLIN C PEASE R FAWCETT +G THOMPSON *H TOMLIN J HOBSON *A FAWCETT Captain E THISTLETHWAITE H COATES T METCALFE R PRATT +E H G SHARPLES J LONGSTAFF W SCOTT R HALL Captain RFC *W LAMBERT JOS LUMLEY J E HALL *HAROLD DALBY +J DINSDALE H MIDDLETON G MIDDLETON *Wounded + Killed or died Those who Fell in WW1 DINSDALE, Joseph Scott Private, 1st Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 86 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no 40972. He had also served as Private, Army no 5005 with the Training Reserve Battalion. He died from his wounds on Monday 20 August 1917 received during the Battle of Ypres. He was 38. He was the husband of Ethel A Dinsdale, Constable Burton. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. LAMBERT, Frederick known as Fred Driver, B Battery, 92nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 72969. He died from his wounds on Monday 12 February 1917. He was 41. He was the husband of Elizabeth Lambert, 20a Chatsworth Place, Harrogate. He is buried in Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz and his headstone is inscribed Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away SHARPLES, Thomas Henry Wilfred Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Hampshire, Royal Navy. He died on active service on Monday 5 June 1916. He was 21. He was the son of the Reverend Henry M and Henrietta M Sharples, Finghall Rectory, Constable Burton. He is buried in Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney Islands. Additional information The battle cruiser HMS Hampshire was present at the Battle of Jutland. Days later she was sailing to Russia, carrying the Secretary of State for War, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener. When she was 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off the mainland of Orkney between Brough of Birsay and Marwick Head at 19:40 hours an explosion occurred. She had struck one of several mines laid by the German mine-laying submarine U-75. The detonation holed the cruiser between bows and bridge and the lifeboats were smashed against the side of the ship by the heavy seas. About 15 minutes after the explosion, HMS Hampshire sank by the bow. Of the 735 crew and 14 passengers on board, only 12 of the crew survived. A total 737 were lost including Lord Kitchener and all the members of the mission to Russia. And 18 months later his brother SHARPLES, Evelyn Horace Guy Captain, Royal Flying Corps. He died on military service on Saturday 19 January 1918 at Biggin Hill, listed in his Probate record as Shortlands, Bromley, Kent. He was 19. He was the son of the Reverend Henry M and Henrietta M Sharples, Finghall Rectory, Constable Burton. He is buried in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, Finghall. Additional information He was flying an SE 5a C5341 from the Wireless Experimental Establishment at Biggin Hill when it “Spun in from 4,000 feet” after aerobatics and crashed at Shortlands, Kent. THOMPSON, Gilbert Captain and Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, The Connaught Rangers attached to 13th (County of London) Battalion (Kensington), The London Regiment, 25 Brigade, 8th Division. He was killed in action on Wednesday 24 February 1915. He was 38. He was the son of Reginald and Frances H Thompson and the husband of Ethel I Thompson, 66 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, London. He is buried in the rue du Bacquerot (13th London) Graveyard, Laventie near Armentières. TOMLIN, Edwin Private, 58th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Army no 136037. He had also served as Private, Army no 46983 with the East Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action on Thursday 8 August 1918. He was 19. He was the son of Mark and Edith I Tomlin, Constable Burton. He is buried in Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly le Sec and his headstone is inscribed Loving Son of Mark and Edith Tomlin, Constable Burton” WYVILL, Marmaduke Ibbetson Major, Rifle Brigade. He died of Bronchitis on Monday 6 March 1916 at the Military Hospital, Seaford. He was 33. He was the son of the late Marmaduke D'Arcy Wyvill, JP DL, Constable Burton and of Elizabeth Wyvill and the husband of the late M May Wyvill. He is buried in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, Finghall. Additional Information He had served in the Tibet Expedition (1901-4). He had been declared bankrupt the previous year. and Those who Fell in WW2 BARRY, Nathaniel John Merriman known as Nat Flying Officer, 501 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 72514 He was killed on active service on Monday 7 October 1940. He was 22. He was the son of Richard A and Gladys I Barry, Keer Weder, Franschhoek, Cape Province, South Africa. He is buried in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, Finghall Additional Information In the mid-morning of Monday 7 October, Nat Barry was flying Hurricane 1 (V6800), when he was in combat with Me109’s over Wrotham (between Shoreham and West Malling). Nat was seen to safely leave his Hurricane but despite baling out safely, his lifeless body was found at Wilmington near Dartford. His Hurricane crashed in flames near Darenth. There is also a memorial at Shoreham Airfield inscribed: IN MEMORY OF FLYING OFFICER NATHANIEL JOHN MERRIMAN BARRY RAFVR OF NO 501 SQUADRON FROM SOUTH AFRICA WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON 7TH OCTOBER 1940 HIS HURRICANE V6800 CRASHED NEAR THIS SPOT. HE WAS 22 YEARS OLD ONE OF CHURCHILL'S FEW MEMORIAL DEDICATED ON 26TH MAY 2007 BY THE SHOREHAM AIRCRAFT MUSEUM |
