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The War Memorial in Kirby Wiske
The Lych Gate roof to St John The Baptist Church Gate is inscribed TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 George Akers Herbert Boddy Joseph Crooks Henry Greenhill Norman Marwood Robert Pearson Brydon, David Dunning, Frederick Garniss, William Green, Gordon Hodgson, Thomas Parkin, John Pick, Earle Pick, John Earle Reed, John Scaife, Ernest Scaife, Walter Stockdale, Ernest Thompson, Thomas Windross, Harry Winter, George H The World War II Memorial plaque in St. John's Church, Kirby Wiske. TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 Thomas Harry Hill-Walker Peter Askew Norman Stevenson A brass plaque In loving memory of John Earle Pick A churchwarden of this Parish who at the Call of duty enlisted in the Yorkshire Regiment And was killed in action at Thiepval 30th September 1916 age 38 years, These Rails have been placed here by his Father Thomas Odstler Inman Slater Those who Fell in WW1 AKERS, George Herbert Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no. 200490. He was killed in action on Friday 19 October 1917 in Belgium. He was 26. He was the son of James and Mary A Akers, New Row, Kirkby Wiske. He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial. BODDY, Herbert Rifleman, 20th (Service) Battalion (British Empire League Pioneers), The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Pioneer Battalion, 3rd Division. Army no C/12545. He was killed in action on Friday 27 April 1917 in the fighting at Arras. He was 27. He was the son of Thomas and Jane Boddy, Kirby Wiske. He is buried in Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt and his headstone is inscribed Rest in Peace BRYDON, David Lance Corporal, 9th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no 41592. He had also served as Private, Army no 25624, with the Yorkshire Hussars Regiment. He was killed in action on 7 June 1917 (presumed Dead) in the Battle of Messines. He was 32. He was the son of Andrew and Alice Brydon, Maunby and the husband of Emily Brydon. He is remembered on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres. CROOKS, Joseph Henry Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no 34578. He had also served as Private, Army no 22788 with Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). He was killed in action on 2 October 1916 at the battle of Messines. He was 27. He was the son of George and Margaret Crooks, Kirby Wiske. He is buried in Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont. DUNNING, Frederick Lance Corporal, 10th (Service) Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment, 63 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no 19742. He had also served as Private, Army no 16189 with The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). He was killed in action on Saturday 21 April 1917 in the fighting around Arras. He was 34. He is remembered on The Arras Memorial GARNISS, John William Private, 4th Battalion TF, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 150 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no 3873. He died from his wounds on Sunday 28 May 1916. He was 21. He was the son of Alfred and Mary E Garnis, North Otherington. He is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord GREEN, Gordon Private, 4th Battalion TF, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 150 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no 3258. He died from his wounds on Monday 2 October 1916. He was wounded on the Somme. He was 19. He was the son of Mrs Rebecca Green, Dalton. He is buried in the churchyard of St John’s Church, Dalton. GREENHILL, Henry John Rifleman, 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles), The King’s Royal Rifle Corps,124 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no C/12032 He died from his wounds on Tuesday 10 October 1916 in the battlefields of the Somme. He was 33. He was the son of Annie E and the late Thomas Greenhill of Newsham. He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial. HODGSON, Thomas Cooper Private, 2nd Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 21 Brigade, 30th Division. Army no 18614. He died from his wounds on Friday 9 June 1916. He was 21. He was the eldest son of Thomas N and Jane Hodgson, Hurworth on Tees. He is buried in La Neuville Communal Cemetery, Corbie and his headstone is inscribed Death Divides but Memory Clings MARWOOD, Norman Douglas A F Private, 4th Battalion TF, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 150 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no 200280. He was killed in action on 31 October 1917 in the Battle of Passchendaele. He was 33. He was the son of John T and Ada L Marwood, Mansby. He is buried in Canada Farm Cemetery, Ypres. Born Kirby Whiske, Enlisted Thirsk. PARKIN John Henry Private, 7th (Service) Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment, 41 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no 23552. He died from his wounds on Monday 2 April 1917 during the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line. He is buried in Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras PEARSON, Robert Private, 363rd Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps attached to 171st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no T4/198422. He died from his wounds on Sunday 21 January 1917. He was 23. He was the son of William and Ann Pearson and born in Maunby. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery. PICK, John Earle Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 32 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no 18617 He was killed in action on 30 September 1916 at Thiepval on the Somme. He was 38. He was the son of the late Thomas C I and Eleanor Pick, Street House, Newsham. He was the owner of Street House Farm and Rector's (Church) Warden of Kirkby Wiske. He is buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt. And if this is his brother PICK, Earle He appears to have died in 1957 in other words, I have not identified him REED, John Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 32 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no 18605. He was killed in action on 27 September 1916 at the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. He was 26. He was the son of Thomas and Margaret Reed, Boroughbridge. He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial. SCAIFE, Ernest Gunner, W Battery, 18th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 26702. He died from his wounds on Saturday 8 July 1916 received during the Battle of the Somme. He was 20. He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth A Scaife, Maunby. He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen SCAIFE, Walter Private, 2nd Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 21 Brigade, 30th Division. Army no 24410. He was killed in action on Monday 2 April 1917 during the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line. He was 23 He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth A Scaife, Maunby. He is remembered on The Arras Memorial. STOCKDALE, Ernest There are several options but I suspect he died as a result of the war THOMPSON, Thomas William Private, 2nd/5th Battalion TF, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Army no. 2390. He was the son of William and Mary H Thompson, Pickhill. He died on 4 August 1915. His death was registered in Thirsk in the Civil Registrations. He was 25. He is buried in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church, Pickhill. WINDROSS, Henry known as Harry Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 32 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no 18610. He was killed in action on Saturday 13 January 1917 in the Operations on the Ancre. He was 33. He was the son of Mary Windross and the husband of Jane Windross, Sandhutton. He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial WINTER, George Henry Private, 1st Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 64 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no 220463. He had also served as Private, Army no 5/3319, 5th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), transferring to 4th Battalion as Private, Army no 203203. He was killed in action on 20 October 1918 in the final month of the war. He was 26. He was the son of Peter and Ellen Winter and the husband of Agnes M Winter. He is buried in Erquelinnes Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Those who Fell in WW2 ASKEW, Peter Watson Sapper, Royal Engineers. Army no 2140300. He died on military service on Tuesday 27 January 1942. He was 21. He was the son of Mr and Mrs P W Askew, Malton. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Michael’s Church, Maunby and his headstone is inscribed Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace. HILL-WALKER, Thomas Harry Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Pintail, Royal Navy. He died on active service on Friday 1 November 1940. He was 36. He was the son of Major Alan R Hill-Walker, VC, and Lilias Hill-Walker and the husband of Catherine L Hill-Walker, Maidstone. He is remembered on The Chatham Naval Memorial. Additional information HMS Pintail was a Harwich based Patrol Vessel of the Kingfisher Class that was mined in the Humber estuary on 10 June 1941 some 28 nautical miles east-south-east of Spurn Point. On 10 June 1941, HMS Pintail was escorting a convoy near 62-Buoy some 30 miles off the Humber when the ss Royal Scot detonated an acoustic mine, blew up and sank. HMS Pintail immediately dashed to the scene but she detonated an acoustic mine, close to the steamship. HMS Pintail blew up and was lost almost immediately killing her Commanding Officer, 6 officers and 48 ratings. The Commanding Officer of HMS Quantock, a destroyer also based at Harwich, which was passing with another convoy, reported later, "It was the most dreadful sight that I had ever seen. It did not seem possible that there could be any survivors". HMS Quantock and another ship did manage to rescue twenty-two men. STEVENSON, Norman I have not identified him |
