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Kilham, The East Riding of Yorkshire
A stone memorial in the churchyard of All Saint’s Church, Kilham ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 LEST WE FORGET 1939 1945 G CREASER CW SMITH D R HAKNER TA SISSONS RH GREEN JC WARCUP FW RISPIN CD TOWSE DFM THE LEFT OF THE MEMORIAL PTE J SCORSBY JULY 25 1915 PTE H TALLENTIRE JULY 26 1915 DVR J CARR JULY 6 1916 PTE GR MILNER SEPT 16 1916 PTE S YOUNG SEPT 16 1916 PTE A BRYAN OCT 28 1916 PTE WH HARPER NOV 13 1916 PTE FE KENNEDY JAN 17 1917 CAPT JC BANKS MAY 1 1917 PTE H ROOKES AUG 16 1917 THE RIGHT OF THE MEMORIAL: PTE G DANDY OCT 9 1917 GNR C HAIRSINE OCT 18 1917 PTE WH RAINES NOV 20 1917 PTE P LAKES NOV 23 1917 DVR H WARD DEC 11 1917 CPL TH WAINES JAN 21 1918 PTE J EAST APRIL 10 1918 SERGT CH WITTY MAY 24 1918 PTE AE FOWLER SEPT 28 1918 PTE EA PEEKE Those who Fell in WW1 BANKS, John Cook MC Captain, 20th (Service) Battalion (British Empire League Pioneers), The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 3rd Division Pioneer Battalion. He was killed in action on 2 May 1917 near Arras. He was 26. He was the son of John H and Emma Banks, Kilham. He is buried in Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy les Mofflaines. BRYAN, Albert Private, 5th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), Army no 2779. He died from his wounds on 28 October 1916. He was wounded near Albert on the Somme. He was 30. He was the son of George and Mary Bryan, Kilham. He is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension. CARR, Joseph Driver, 1st Company, 30th Division Train, Army Service Corps. Army no T4/036582. He died from his wounds on Sunday 8 July 1917 in hospital in Étaples. He was 26. He was the son of Annie Elizabeth and the late Robert Carr, Bridlington. He is buried in Étaples Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed The Lord gave and The Lord hath taken away DANDY, George Private, 1st/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment, 148 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 203522. He was killed in action on Tuesday 9 October 1917 at the battle of Poelcappelle. He was 21. He was the son of Hannah and the late George Dandy, South Villa Cottage, Driffield Road, Kilham. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. EAST, John G Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 150 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no 203142. He was killed in action on 11 April 1918 during the Battle of Estaires. He was 32. He was the son of John and Mary A East and the husband of Hilda M East, Kilham. He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial. FOWLER, Albert Edward Private, 50th Battalion, Alberta Regiment, Canadian Infantry. Army no 624698. He died on Saturday 28 September 1918 probably from his wounds. This was the site of a Casualty Clearing Station. He was 39. He was the son of John and the late Alice Fowler, butcher in Church Street, Kilham and then at Star Cottage. He is buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux. HAIRSINE, Cyril Driver, 7th Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery. Army no 17640. He was killed in action at Ypres on Thursday 18 October 1917. He was 25. He was the son of Eleanor and the late John Hairsine, Middledale, Roundhay Road, Bridlington. He is buried in Divisional Cemetery, Dickebusch Road, Ypres. HARPER, William Herbert Private, 13th (Service) Battalion (4th Hull), The East Yorkshire Regiment, 92 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no 24451. He was killed in action on Monday 13 November 1916 at the Battle of the Ancre. He was 31. He was the husband of Phoebe Harper, Kilnwick, Cranswick. He is buried in Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps and his headstone is inscribed Till The Day Dawns. KENNEDY, Francis Ernest Private, 17th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, (3rd Glasgow), 17 Brigade, 32nd Division. Army no 41235. He died from his wounds on Tuesday 16 January 1917 probably in hospital in Étaples. He was 21. He was the son of Tom and Ann Kennedy, Kilham. He was born in Kilham. He is buried in Étaples Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed The Lord Giveth & The Lord taketh away. LAKES, Percy Private, 206th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Army no 65515. He had also served as Private, Army no 24540 with The East Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action near Ypres on Friday 26 October 1917. He was 34. He was the son of George and Fanny Lakes, Kilham. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. MILNER, George Robert Private, 5th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 150 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no 3514. He was killed in action on Sunday 16 September 1916 at the Battle of Flers Courcelette. He was 29. He was the son of Annie E Ward (formerly Milner), Heslerton, Malton and James Ward (Stepfather). He was living in Rudston when he enlisted. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. PEEKE, Ernest Albert Private, 1st Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 18 Brigade, 6th Division. Army no 16751. He was killed in action on the battlefields of the Somme on Saturday 16 September 1916. He was 34. He was the husband of Emma E Peeke who died in 1917 from a tumour. They had 7 children who were orphaned while quite young. Thomas Henry born 1 3 1906; Ernest Albert born 11 7 1907; Percy Basil born 13 4 1909; Olive Constance Amelia born 7 5 1910; Edward Charles born 22 3 1912; Ena Jane born 22 4 1914; Diana Arras born 18 3 1917. The children were raised in the Children’s home in Driffield. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. RAINES, William Harvey Rifleman, 2nd/8th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 185 Brigade, 62 Division. Army no 306408. He died on Tuesday 20 November 1917 from his wounds in the fighting at Cambrai. He was 23. He was the son of Frank and Lucy Raines. He is buried in Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed They Live Whom We Call Dead. ROOKES, Harland Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 34 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no 36441. He was killed in action on Thursday 16 August 1917. He was 24. He was the husband of Annie Eliza Mitchell (formerly Rookes), Middle Street, Kilham. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. SCORSBY, Charles James Private, 1st Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 18 Brigade, 6th Division. Army no 6249. He was killed in action at the Battle of Langemarck on Sunday25 April 1915. He was 36. He was the husband of Ada A S Scorsby, 1 Queen's Yard, South Back Lane, Bridlington. He is buried in Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension and his headstone is inscribed Ever in Thought TALLENTIRE, Harry Private, 5th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 150 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no 2288. He was killed in action on Monday 26 April 1915 at the Battle of St Julien. He was 33. He was the son of the late Richard and Mary Tallentire and the husband of Mary A Tallentire, Harpham Road, Kilham. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres. WAINES, Tom Herbert Lance Corporal, 13th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 121 Brigade, 30th Division. Army no 21033. He was killed in action on Friday 25 January 1918 near Arras. He was 34. He was the husband of Florence Waines, 9 The Green, Darmanstown, Redcar He is buried in Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory and his headstone is inscribed Memories Cling with Many Silent Thoughts. WARD, Harold Private, 2nd/4th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Army no 68233. He had also served as Private, Army no T/4/061884 with the Army Service Corps. He died from his wounds on Tuesday 11 December 1917 at a Casualty Clearing Station in Dozinghem near Poperinge. He was 27. He was the son of Ziha and Caroline Ward of Kilham. He is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery. WITTY, Robert William Sergeant, 12th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Army no 4606. I suspect that he died from his wounds on Tuesday 3 September 1918 as this was a frontline hospital centre. He was 35. He was the son of Richard Goforth Witty who is known to have lived at Wykeham. He was born in Rudston and he was a Wesleyan Preacher. He is buried in Ligny St Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt and his headstone is inscribed At Rest. YOUNG, Sidney Private, 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles), The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 124 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no C/12639. He died on Sunday 17 September 1916 from the wounds he received at the Battle of Flers Courcelette. He was 19. He was the son of Robert and Florence Young. The date of his death on the War Memorial is probably incorrect. He is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery Mericourt l’Abbe and his headstone is inscribed Loved in Life Respected in Death Those who Fell in WW2 CREASER, George Sergeant/Air Gunner, 195 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1594993 He died on active service on Tuesday 12 December 1944. He is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Additional Information Lancaster I HK697 A4-C took from RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire at 12.26 hours on an operation to Witten. Whilst the cause of the loss is not recorded, other aircraft in the squadron on the same mission were shot down by German fighter aircraft. Green, R H O dear, help needed again HAKNER, Derek R Fusilier, 7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers. Army no 14730848. He died on active service on Monday 5 March 1945. He was 20. He was the son of Mark and Lily Hakner. He is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. And on the same date RISPIN, Francis William Private, 5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Army no 14711609. He died on active service on Monday 5 March 1945. He was 19. He was the son of Tom and Ada A Rispin, Kilham. He is buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed A Day of Remembrance Sad to Recall. A Dearly Loved Son, Loved by Us All. RIP. SISSONS, Thomas Allwyn Private, 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Army no 4263794. He died on active service on Tuesday 18 June 1940. He was 34. He was the husband of Betsy J Sissons, Kilham. He is remembered on the Dunkirk Memorial. Additional Information The evacuation of British troops from France in 1940 did not end with Dunkirk. British forces were still being rescued 2 weeks later when Britain's worst WW2 maritime disaster took place. On 17 June 1940, the British troopship Lancastria was sunk off the port of Saint-Nazaire in Brittany by German bombers. More than 3,000 people lost their lives. The Lancastria, a converted Cunard liner, was carrying an estimated 6,000 passengers including both servicemen and civilians and women and children when it was bombed by German planes and sank within minutes. At the time, news of the disaster was suppressed by the British Government because of the impact it might have on the country's morale. It was not until nearly six weeks later, on 26 July 1940, that the world discovered what had happened. The New York Times broke the story, printing the dramatic pictures of the disaster. Thomas A Sissons was on board the Lancastria when it was attacked. SMITH, Charles William Second Engineer, Steam Trawler Rochester (Hull), Fishing Fleet. He was killed when his steam trawler struck a mine and sank off Withernsea Lighthouse on 27 July 1944. 11 members of the crew died. He was 51. He was the husband of Ethel M Smith, Kilham. He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial. TOWSE, Christopher Danby DFM Flight Sergeant/Air Gunner, 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1237476. He died on active service on Wednesday 10 May 1944. He was 21. He is buried in Evreux Communal Cemetery. Additional Information On 9/10 May 1944, Lancaster ND494 OL-G 83 Squadron took off at 22.28 hours from RAF Coningsby tasked to bomb the Gnome and Rhone works, Gennevilliers. The aircraft was hit by flak flying low near the Rhone so the pilot tried to gain height only to be attacked by a night-fighter. With the starboard wing on fire, an attempt was made to reach the Channel but in the event a crash-landing was made on a hillside near Bailleul la Vallee. F/O. Towse gained his DFM, Gazetted 14 September 1943, with 61 Squadron. The London Gazette 14 September 1943: Sorties 27, Flying Hours 171.50, Air Gunner, Air 2/8979 Sergeant Towse has completed 27 successful sorties which include attacks on nearly every major German and Italian target. He has been ever watchful in his turret and his cool, lucid instruction combined with his offensive spirit have enabled his pilot to escape from many dangerous situations. On his last sortie, his aircraft was hit by flak over the target and the Navigator killed. Sergeant Towse, by his calm in the emergency, set a fine example. 27 July 1943. WARKUP, James Cyril Private, 5th Battalion, The Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment). Army no 4389094 He died whilst on active service on 13 September 1940. He was 28. He was the son of Francis and Jane Warkup. He is buried in Kilham Cemetery. There is a typo on the War Memorial which gives his name as J C Warcup Buried in Kilham Cemetery and not on the Memorial. FURLONG, Dennis Walter DSO, OBE, MC Brigadier, General Staff and The Royal Berkshire Regiment. He died on 5 September 1940. He was 43. His death is recorded in the Civil Registers which implies that he had left the Army probably as a result of his health but his Probate Record refers to “on War Service.” There is one report which states that he was killed when he was inspecting a minefield in Bridlington. He was the husband of Nancy Furlong, Chippenham, Wiltshire. He is buried in Kilham Cemetery. |
