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War Memorial in Pickhill
In the churchyard of All Saints Pickhill is a stone column inscribed: PRAISE GOD FOR THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR KILLED IN ACTION CAPT JOHN F I'ANSON SERGT MAJOR FREDERIC E SADLER SERGT ROBERT RIGG PTE THOMAS G BARTRAM PTE EDWARD DALE PTE JOHN A GREENSIT PTE JOHN W PEACOCK PTE HERBERT W RHODES PTE WILLIAM RICHMOND PTE WILLIAM STANGER PTE JOHN R STOCKDALE PTE JOHN F WRIGHTSON DIED ON SERVICE BOMBR FRANK MYERS PTE HERBERT BOYES PTE THOMAS W THOMPSON PTE GEORGE WALLACE PTE RICHARD WILSON THERE IS NOTHING ON EARTH SO NOBLE AS THE WILLING SACRIFICE OF SELF 1914-1918 And 1939-1945 LAC F H BARLEY LAC K HAW PTE N SIMPSON CPL N WALKER Those who Fell in WW1 BARTRAM, Thomas Craven Private, 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion TF, The York and Lancaster Regiment, 148 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 6510. He also served as Private, Army no 3109, with Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). He was killed in action on 5 October 1916 on the battlefields of the Somme. He was 25. He was the son of Emanuel and Elizabeth Bartram, Pickhill. He is buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery. BOYES, Herbert Private, Depot Royal Army Veterinary Corps Army no 20456 transferred to 441st Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. He died from his war service on Thursday 5 December 1918. He was 36. He was the son of Mary J and the late William Boyes, Sinderby, Thirsk. He is buried in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church, Pickhill and his headstone is inscribed In Loving Remembrance, in The Midst of Life we are in Death. DALE, Edward Private, 2nd/6th Battalion TF, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 186 Brigade, 62nd Division. Army no 25272. He was killed in action on Tuesday 27 November 1917 in the Battle of Cambrai. He was 29. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Dale, Sinderby and the husband of Rose Dale. He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval. GREENSIT, John Almack Private, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 4 Guards Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no 21695. He was killed in action on Saturday 13 April 1918 in Belgium. He was 21. He was the son of John W and Mary E Greensit, Holme-on-Swale, Thirsk. He is remembered on The Ploegsteert Memorial. I'ANSON, John Francis Captain, 3rd Battalion attached to 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 18 Brigade, 6th Division. He was killed in action on Sunday 20 September 1914 in the Battle of the Aisne. He was 31. He was the son of Lieutenant Colonel John and Annie I I'Anson, Howe, Thirsk. He is remembered on La Ferte sous Jouarre Memorial. MYERS, Frank Bombardier, C Battery, 157th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Army no 89697, He died whilst on Military Service on Tuesday 25 January 1916 in Amesbury. He was 35. He was the husband of Mary J Myers, Pickhill. He is buried in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church, Pickhill and his headstone is inscribed He Died for King and Country. PEACOCK, John William Private, 2nd Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 21 Brigade, 30th Division. Army no 36095. He was killed in action on 18 October 1916 in the Battle of the Transloy Ridges. He was 25. He was the son of John and Mary J Peacock. He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial. RHODES, Herbert Walker Corporal, 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Leeds), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no 15/757. He was killed in action on Monday 22 May 1916 on the Somme. He was 25. He was the son of Samuel and Hannah Rhodes and I believe that he was engaged to Eleanor Taylor. He is buried in Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps. RICHMOND, William Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), 64 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no 24053. He was killed in action on Sunday 3 September 1916 in the fighting on the battlefields of the Somme. He was 25. He is buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz. RIGG, Robert Serjeant, D Battery, 232nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no L/27582. He was killed in action on Wednesday 7 August 1918. He was 33. He was the son of Henry and Jane Rigg, Pickhill. He is buried in Montigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme. SADLER, Frederic Ernest known as Fred Company Serjeant Major, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 185 Brigade, 62nd Division. Army no 200928. He was killed in action on Tuesday 26 March 1918 at the Battle of Bapaume. He was 20. He was the son of George and Mary Sadler, Sinderby, Thirsk. He is buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery. STANGER, William Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 186 Brigade, 62nd Division. Army no 25283. He had also served as Private, Army no 45673, with The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). He was killed in action on Sunday 26 March 1918 in the Battle of Bapaume. He was 21. He was the son of William and Annie Stanger, Pickhill. He is remembered on The Arras Memorial. STOCKDALE, John Robert Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Army no. 28335. He died from his wounds on 17 March 1917. He was 29. He was the husband of Elizabeth Stockdale, Carthorpe, Bedale. He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. 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. WALLACE, George Private, 2nd/5th Battalion TF, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Army no 2388. He died on 4 March 1915 in the Darlington Registration District. He had only served in England so the cause of death was natural causes or a training incident. He was 27. He was the son of the late James and Mary Wallace, Pickhill. He is buried in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church, Pickhill. WILSON, Richard Private, 5th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 10520. He died on Saturday 10 April 1915. He had only served in England so the cause of death was either natural causes or a training incident. He was 25. He was the son of Thomas W and Fanny Wilson, 8 Cambridge Terrace, Scarborough. He is buried in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church, Pickhill and his headstone is inscribed He Answered His Country's Call. WRIGHTSON, John Francis Private, 22nd (Service) Battalion (Tyneside Scottish), The Northumberland Fusiliers, 102 Brigade, 34th Division. Army no 38989. He had also served as Private, Army no 20219 with Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). He died from his wounds on 31 October 1917. He was 34. He was the son of Francis and Sarah Wrightson, Sinderby. He is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery. Those who Fell in WW2 BARLEY, Frederick Hugh Aircraftman, 1st Class Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner), Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1590115. I believe that he was serving with 126 Maintenance Unit when he died. He died on active service on Wednesday 14 March 1945. He was 21 He was the son of Charles and Frances Barley and the husband of Dorothy E Barley, Forest Hill, London. He is buried in Chittagong War Cemetery. HAW Kenneth Herbert Aircraftman, 1st Class Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 955462. He died whilst he was held as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army on Saturday 9 June 1945. He was 24. He was the son of Herbert Haw, Leeming Lane, Sinderley. He is buried in Jakarta War Cemetery. SIMPSON N Pte The only man who meets this information in the UK Forces is SIMPSON Norman Private, 2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders. Army no 2876405. He died at sea whilst on military service on Thursday 21 September 1944. He was 29 He is remembered on The Singapore Memorial Additional information The Japanese transported Prisoners and slave labourers in Cargo vessels at the same time as they were transporting normal cargo and refused to display the normal Red Cross thus making them targets. The conditions were horrendous with men cramped into holds with very limited food and water and sanitary arrangements. They were known as Hell Ships. At Borneo, the Hōfuku Maru left the original convoy with engine problems and sailed to Manila where she stayed until mid-September while the engines were repaired. The POWs remained on board, suffering terribly from disease, hunger, and thirst. On 20 September 1944, the Hōfuku Maru and 10 other ships formed Convoy MATA-27, and sailed from Manila to Japan. The following morning, the convoy was attacked 80 miles north of Corregidor by more than 100 American carrier aircraft. All eleven ships in the convoy were sunk. On the Hōfuku Maru, 1,047 of the 1,289 British and Dutch PoWs on board died. WALKER N Cpl The only man who matches the very limited information on the Memorial WALKER Neville Lance Corporal, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps. Army no 2991388. He died on active service on Tuesday 6 June 1944 otherwise known as D Day, the day of the Normandy Invasion. He was 21. He is buried in Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy. |
