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The War Memorial in Wold Newton
Tim The Transcription A Monument in All Saints Parish Church IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF WOLD NEWTON WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 THOSE WHO DIED ARE IN GOLD LETTERS (in Bold) THOSE WHO WERE WOUNDED IN RED (underlined) ROYAL AIR FORCE CAPTAIN L F JONES 18TH HUSSARS PTE F R YOUNG ROYAL ARTILLERY MAJOR R E STUART, GUNNER W COATES ROYAL ENGINEERS SERGT J K DRAKE, DRIVER F BEESLEY COLDSTREAM GUARDS GUARDSMAN W H ELVIDGE WEST YORKSHIRE REGT Lc CORPL H L HALDER, PTE J C HAW, PTE C PETCH EAST YORKSHIRE REGT PTE F S COOPER, PTE J W THOMPSON SERGT G WOOD YORKS REGT 2nd LIEUT C WATSON, CSM B NELLIST DCM PTE S JEFFERSON PTE E LUNN, PTE A HICKS GLOUCESTERS PTE C COATES BORDER REGT PTE J B RUSSELL SHERWOOD FORESTERS PTE R W PICKERING KOYLI PTE I CARTER KRR CORPS SERGT A P SLEIGHTHOLME WILTSHIRES PTE F STEPHENSON DURHAM LI 2nd LIEUT J B YOUNG, MM YORKS & LANCS REGT PTE L J HALDER RIFLE BRIGADE PTE B W RUNNACUS TANK CORPS GUNNER E M RANK NEW ZEALAND EXPFORCE CSM W E HALDER, PTE G H SLEIGHTHOLME A I F PTE R SLEIGHTHOLME A S C LIEUT C H KITSON, SERGT M J RUNNACUS DRIVERS J STEPHENSON, G LAYCOCK, F STEPHENSON, H A PICKERING, J HOGGART, F W YOUNG, E F SLEIGHTHOLME, A PRATT, J FAWCETT LABOUR CORP PTE R PRATT ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN CORS PTE W MAIDENS CORP W REED Tim The Fallen Those who Fell in WW1 HAW, Joseph Clarence Private, 1st/4th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 150 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no 35161. He had also served as Private, Army no 35166 with the 9th Training Battalion. He was killed in action on Tuesday 9 April 1918 at the Battle of Estaires. He was 19. He was the son of Thomas and Harriet Haw, Wold Newton. He is buried in Pont du Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue and his headstone is inscribed Their Glory shall not be blotted out. JEFFERSON, Sydney Private, 1st/5th Battalion TF, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 150 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no 3648 He was killed in action on Friday 3 March 1916. He was 19 He was the son of George Robert Jefferson, Wold Newton and the late Jane Elizabeth Jefferson He is buried in Maple Copse Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed His Duty Done. SLEIGHTHOLME, Alfred Percival MM Serjeant, 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles), The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 124 Brigade, 41st Division. Army no C/12136. He was killed in action on Sunday 5 August 1917. He was 21. He was the son of George H and Isabel Sleightholme, Westfield House, Hunmaby. He is remembered on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres. And his elder brother SLEIGHTHOLME, Robert Private, 35th Battalion, 3rd Australian Division, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Army no 1441A. He was killed in action on Friday 12 October 1917 in an attack on Passchendaele Ridge. He was 29. He was the son of George H and Isabel Sleightholme, Westfield House, Hunmaby. He is remembered on The Menin Gate Memorial Ypres. Probate records tell us that he lived at Kelvin, Gunedale, New South Wales. WOOD, George William Serjeant, 1st Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 64 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no 8881. He died from his wounds on Thursday 21 March 1918 at the Battle of St Quentin. He is remembered on The Pozieres Memorial. It is recorded that he was born in Foxholes and lived in Hunmanby. |
