War Memorial in Kettlewell
 
In St Mary’s Church there is a stained-glass window dedicated
 
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JANE ELIZABETH COCKERILL AND HER ONLY SON JOHN
KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR 1916
 
There is a further stained-glass window dedicated to Charles Godfrey Haggas Cuttliffe HYNE
 
There is a stone Memorial set in a Memorial Garden in Village Street, Kettlewell.
 
1914 - 1919
 
IN HONOUR OF
THE MEN OF KETTLEWELL AND STARBOTTOM
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
 
J COCKERILL  R C D
C G H C HYNE IRISH GUARDS
R D TENNANT  R F A
J METCALFE  N Z R
P BERESFORD  K R R C
W H TOWNSON  N F
 
1939 - 1945
J HOLDSWORTH  K R R C
M HOLDSWORTH  FLEET AIR ARM
H MALLINSON  R I
 
 
 
 
Those who Fell in WW1
 
 
BERESFORD, Peter Frederick Fred
Lance Corporal, 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles), The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 124 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no C/12960.
He died from his wounds on Saturday 30 March 1918 probably received during the Battle of Arras. He was 21.
He was the eldest son of Jane and the late George Beresford, Old Ing Farm, Horton-in-Ribblesdale. He was born in Cowside, Buckden.
He is buried in St. Hilaire Cemetery Extension, Frevent and his headstone is inscribed To memory ever dear.
 
COCKERILL, John
Sergeant, Royal Canadian Dragoons, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Army no 545.
He died from his wounds on Sunday 20 February 1916. He was 31.
He was the son of the Reverend James W and Jane E Cockerill, The Vicarage, Kettlewell.
He is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord.
Additional information
He was attached to the Canadian Army Corps HQ when he was severely wounded by a bomb dropped from an enemy aeroplane and he died shortly after at No 8 Casualty Clearing Station.
 
HYNE, Charles Godfrey Haggas Cutcliffe
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards attached to the Brigade of Guards Trench Mortar Battery.
He was shot in the leg by a sniper and sent to England to recuperate where he died on Tuesday 21 November 1916. He was 18.
He was the son of Charles J Cutcliffe and M E Elsie Hyne, Heaton Lodge, Bradford and Damside House, Kettlewell.
He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, Kettlewell.
 
METCALFE, James
Private, 3rd Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Army no 26/410.
He died of wounds to his right shoulder and left leg on Wednesday 28 November 1917. He was 34.
He was the son of Alice and the late John Metcalfe, Kettlewell.
He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
 
TENNANT, Richard Dent
Driver, 2nd Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery.  Army no 165461.
He died from his wounds on Friday 8 June 1917 near Ypres. He was 23.
He was the son of Christopher and Edith Tennant, Bushey Lodge, Starbotton, Skipton.
He is buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed God’s
Will be done.
 
TOWNSON, William Henry
Private, 1st/4th Battalion TF, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 149 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no 44627.
He was killed in action on Friday 22 March 1918 during the Battle of St Quentin. He was 43
He was the son of Thomas and Esther E Townson and the husband of Martha Townson, Kettlewell.
He is remembered on The Pozieres Memorial
 
 
Those who Fell in WW2
 
 
HOLDSWORTH, John    MC
Major, 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Army no 117672
He was killed on active service on Friday 2 March 1945 at Üdem, on the border between Holland and Germany. He was 24.
He was the son of George G and Mabel Holdsworth.
He is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
And his younger brother
HOLDSWORTH, Michael
Sub-Lieutenant (A), HMS St Angelo, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
He was killed in action on Tuesday 24 February 1942. He was 21.
He was the son of George G and Mabel Holdsworth.
He is remembered on The Lee on Solent Memorial.
Additional information
HMS St Angelo is a shore base in Malta and he was the pilot of a Swordfish biplane on patrol off Tobruk when he crashed. Malta was under heavy siege at this time.
 
MALLINSON, Horace
Driver, 79 Assault Squadron, 5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers. Army no 2122721
He died on active service Tuesday 25 July 1944 just a few weeks after the invasion of Normandy. He was 34.
He was the son of William and Ruth Mallinson and the husband of Doris Mallinson, Kirkby Thore, Westmorland who he had married in 1940.
He is buried in La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres and his headstone is inscribed Beloved Husband of Doris Mallinson, Kirkbythore, Penrith.
Additional information
He was part of the team involved with the specially developed tanks for the invasion which were known as Hobarts funnies. Royal Engineers were used to fight with Tanks.
The war memorial should read RE not RI