​The War Memorial in Hornby
 
 
Brass Memorial Plaque in St. Mary's Church, Hornby.
 
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE
FROM THIS PARISH AND DISTRICT
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED
COMMEMORATING THEIR FORTITUDE AND THE VICTORY IN A
JUST CAUSE WHICH THEY HELPED TO WIN.
 
SERGT A BRIGHAM      4TH YORKS REG'T        PTE H HODGSON         12TH DLI
SERGT G BRIGHAM     12TH DLI.                       MAJOR R E HUTTON SQUIRE DSO RFA
PTE W BROWN            4TH YORKS REG'T        SERGT C E NICOL, DCM MM 4TH YORKS REG'T
PTE F A CRABTREE     KOYLI                           PTE F W ROBINSON     DLI.
SADDLER DRV G. TERRY RFA
 
The dedication within the window is:
To the Glory of God and in proud and loving memory of
those from this Parish who died in the Great War 1914-1919.
This window is dedicated commemorating their Fortitude
and the Victory which they helped to win.
 
 
Those who Fell in WW1
 
BRIGHAM, Alfred
Sergeant, 18th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), Army no 265305, attached to 2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles.
He was killed action on 6 September 1918. He was 26.
He was the son of Henry and Annie M Brigham.
He is buried in British Cemetery, Lumbo, Mozambique.
and his elder brother
BRIGHAM, William George
Sergeant, 12th (Service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 68 Brigade, 23rd Division.  Army no 16934.
He was killed action on Sunday 24 September 1916 on the battlefields of the Somme. He was 35.
He was the son of Henry and Annie M Brigham.
He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial.
 
BROWN, William Lancelot Bernard           
Private, 4th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 150 Brigade, 50th Division.  Army no. 2413.
He was killed in action on 18 June 1916 in southern Belgium. He was 19.
He was the son of John and Alice Brown, Ovington, Darlington.
He is buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery.
 
CRABTREE, Frederick Arthur
Private, 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry).  Army no 51910.
He died from his wounds on Tuesday 24 December 1918 near Shrewsbury. His death is in the civilian registrations so he had been discharged from the Army. He was 20.
He was the son of James and Annie Crabtree, Newton-le-Willows.
He is buried in the churchyard of St. Patrick’s Church, Patrick Brompton and his headstone is inscribed: In Memory, Son of James & Annie who Died of Wounds received in The Great War.
 
HODGSON, Harold 
Private, 12th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, 68 Brigade, 23rd Division.  Army no 17368.
He was killed in action on Thursday 3 August 1916 in the Battle of Pozières Ridge, Somme. He was 22.
He was the son of John T and Elizabeth A Hodgson, Rose Cottage, Hackforth, Bedale.
He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial.
 
HUTTON-SQUIRE, Robert Henry Edmund             DSO, Mentioned in Despatches
Major, Royal Garrison Artillery attached to 85th Battery, 11th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
He died from his wounds on Sunday 8 April 1917 in Barlin Hospital. He was 39.
He was the son of Catherine L L and the late Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hutton-Squire, (Yorkshire Regiment), Holtby Hall, Bedale and the husband of Violet I H Hutton-Squire.
He is buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension and his headstone is inscribed “O Lord make him to be numbered with Thy Saints in Glory Everlasting.
Additional information
He had served in France and Belgium from September 1914 to the day of his death. He was a Regular Soldier and had served from 1900 in India before being posted to France in 1914.
 
NICOL, Charles Edward                   DCM MM
Sergeant, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).  Army no 23495. He had also served as Private, Army no 2028 with Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).
He was killed in action on 10 April 1918 in Belgium. He was 26.
He was the son of James and Fanny Nicol, Hornby Castle Gardens, Bedale.
He is remembered on The Ploegsteert Memorial.
 
ROBINSON, Fred William
Private, 1st/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Pioneer Battalion, 50th Division. Army no 85217.
He was killed action on Monday 27 May 1918. He was 18.
He was the son of Frances and the late Fred Robinson, Hackforth.
He is remembered on The Soissons Memorial.
 
TERRY, George
Saddler, 2nd/1st Battalion, West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no. 1727
He died on Sunday 23 May 1915. His death is in the civilian registrations so he had been discharged from the Army although I cannot give a reason but it was probably on grounds of his health or his wounds. He was 26.
He was the son of Ralph and Martha Terry, 55 Low Petergate, York.
He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, Hornby.
 
 
Those who Fell in WW2
 
HILLARY, Arthur
Aircraftman 2nd Class, Royal Air Force.  RAFVR no 1369694.
He died on Sunday 13 April 1941. His death is in the civilian registrations so he had been discharged from the RAF although I cannot give a reason but it was probably on grounds of his health or his wounds. He was 35.
He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Hillary and the husband of Frances E Hillary, Hunton. He is also remembered on the Memorial in Hunton.
He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, Hornby and his headstone is inscribed Thy will be done.