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The War Memorial in St. Mary's Chapel, Snape Castle The Chapel of Snape Castle includes both the names of those who served and those who fell in WW1. The names of those killed are;- SNAPE WAR MEMORIAL FOR KING AND COUNTRY 1914 – 1919 THE FALLEN H BINKS G BIRKETT T BIRKETT J CAMERON J CLARK F DUMVILLE S EVANS A HAWKRIDGE RN J E JOHNSON C W TILLY COL J OYSTON J SPEDDING H V STEEL MM Also on the War Memorial are the names of those that Served E Evans M Auton G Dumville G Hunt W Lumley H Bell J Dumville C Ingleson J Lambert J Bell E Edwards J Ingleson W Lambert R Bell W Fawell J Ingleson W Mason H Binks A Goodall W Ingleson R Oyston J Brown W Gray H Johnson A Patterson P Brown A Hare J Johnstone G Slyfield A Buckton T Hare W Johnson A Spedding E Buckton E Hare H Kitching J Spedding S Buckton F Hare W Kitching J Spence R Clark J Hare J Kitching W Stubbs F Craddock W Hare A Kitching B Ward T Craddock F Hawkridge F Kitching E Ward M Clarke J Hawkridge H Kitching MM E Warrior F Dodsworth J Hodgson N Kitching H Wilson H Donaldson A Hudson J Lumley H Wintersgill The Fallen in WW1 BINKS, Harold Private, 13th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment), 30th Division. Army no. 235223 He was killed in action on Friday 22 March 1918 at the Battle of St Quentin. He was 24 He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Binks, Well. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France and on the memorials in Aysgarth, Thornton Rust, and West Burton. BURKITT, George Private, 8th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Army no. 1709. He died from his wounds on Sunday, 25 June 1916. He was treated at 14th Field Ambulance for shrapnel wounds to his buttocks and right leg. He was transferred to 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his wounds. He was 25. He was the son of Mary and the late Wharfe Burkitt of Well. He is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord near the French border with Belgium. Additional information He had joined up on 4 January 1915 in Victoria, Australia into the 8th/4th Reinforcement Battalion and had fought in Gallipoli. The surname is not BIRKITT as it appears on the War Memorial. BURKITT, Thomas Private, 7th (Service) Battalion, The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry), 76 Brigade, 3rd Division. Army no. 14605. He was killed in action on 14 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of Bazentin Ridge on the Somme. He was 28 He was the son of Mary and the late Wharfe Burkitt, Well. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme. Additional information The surname is not BIRKITT as it appears on the War Memorial. He was born and lived in Masham. CAMERON, John William Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 150 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no. 203102. He also served as Private, Army no. 2741 with the Yorkshire Hussars. He was killed in action on Monday 23 April 1917 at the second Battle of the Scarpe. I have not identified his birth date nor his family even though he was apparently born in Bedale. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France. CLARK, John Lancaster Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no. 235874. He had also served as Private, Army no. 330228, with The Yorkshire Hussars. He died from his wounds on 21 May 1918 in the Hospital Centre at St Pol. He was 23. He was the son of John and Ellen Clark, Snape. He is buried in Pernes British Cemetery near St Pol, France. Additional information His birth is registered as CLARK and CWGC records his name as both Clark and Clarke!!. The Memorial has Clarke. DUMVILLE, Fred Private, 1/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment. Army no. 31814. He died at Scalebor Park Hospital, Burley in Wharfedale on Saturday 1 February 1919. He was 20. He was the son of Elizabeth and the late James Dumville, Yew Tree House, Snape. He is buried in the Churchyard of St Michael The Archangel, Well. EVANS, Samuel Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry), 43 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 20168. He was killed in action on Friday 18 August 1916 in the fighting in Delville Wood. He was 24. He was the son of Jesse and Elizabeth Evans, Thorpe Perrow, Bedale and the husband of Hannah Evans, Cornett Ullingswick, Pencombe, Worcestershire. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme. HAWKRIDGE, Alexander Duncan Petty Officer, HMS Vanguard, Royal Navy RN No. 209160. He died on active service at sea on 9 July 1917. He was 33. He was the son of Samuel and Barbara Hawkridge, Snape, Bedale. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. Additional information On 9 July 1917, HMS Vanguard was anchored in Scapa Flow when, in seconds an internal explosion destroyed the ship, killing all the 845 men on board save just two. This was not the result of enemy attack; it was the result of an internal explosion. In 1975, The RN's Command Clearance Diving Team carried out an investigation which confirmed that the explosion destroyed virtually all the ordnance on board and blew the ship apart. JOHNSON, John Edward Private, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 109 Brigade, 36th Division. Army no. 41496. He had earlier served as Private, Army no. 5282, with the 83rd Training Reserve Battalion. He was killed in action on 15 October 1918 in the Battle of Courtrai. He was 35. He was the son of Eli and Ann Johnson of Snape. He is buried in Dadizeele New British Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. OYSTON, Josias Private, 8th (Service) Battalion Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no. 26581. He was killed in action on Thursday 31 August 1916. He was 24. He was the son of Henry and Mary Jane Oyston, Snape. He is buried in Berks Cemetery Extension, near Ypres, Belgium. SPEDDING, John Private, 2nd/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, TF, 183 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no. 235063. He had also served as Private, Army no. 3125 with the South Staffordshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 27 August 1917 in the aftermath of the Battle of Langemarck. He was 20. He was the son of John and the late Mary Ann of Snape. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. STEEL, Harold Victor MM Lance Corporal, 9th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment). Army no. 38500. He was killed in action on 7 September 1918 probably fighting with 23rd Division. He was 21. He was the son of William and Sarah Ann of Snape. He is buried in Magnaboschi British Cemetery, Italy. TILLY, Charles Wynn Lieutenant Colonel, 18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry attached to 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Leeds), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31st Division. He was killed in action on Sunday 14 April 1918 at the Battle of Hazebrouck. He was 41. He was the son of Tobias H and Onora Tilly, Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool and the husband of Ruth Tilly, 19 Lee Terrace, Blackheath, London. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Additional information His Probate record gives his address as Snape Castle, Bedale. |
