NORTH
DUFFIELD METHODIST CHAPEL WAR MEMORIAL
Compiled
and copyright © Martin Edwards & Michael Booker 2004
additional information Janet Graves
The
memorial tablet is set into the wall of the Methodist Chapel.
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Photographs
Copyright © Michael Booker 2004
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1914
- 1919
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE GALLANT MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR.
ATKINSON
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George
Sydney
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Private
117115, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia
Regiment). Died 9th October 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 22.
Born 22nd January 1894 in Yorkshire. Farmer by trade. Passed fit
12th January 1915 and enlisted 15th January 1915, aged 21, at Red
Deer, Canada. Height 5 feet 11½ inches, girth 36½
inches, complexion medium dark, eyes brown, hair dark brown, religion
Wesleyan. Son of William P. and E. A. Atkinson, of North Duffield,
Selby, Yorks. Commemorated on VIMY MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 287 - 42. |
ATKINSON
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Arthur
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Private
39062, 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed
in action, 15th June 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 19. Born
Skipwith, enlisted Goole. Son of David and Jane Atkinson, of North
Duffield, Selby. Formerly 82693 Training Reserve Battalion. Buried
in GRANEZZA BRITISH CEMETERY, Italy. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 7.
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DEVENISH
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Thomas
Henry
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Private
41981, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 12th August 1918
in France & Flanders. Born North Duffield, enlisted Escrick,
resident York. Buried in FULFORD CEMETERY, Yorkshire. Row J. Grave
4.
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FARMEREY
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George
Edward
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Private,
53467, 2nd/6th Battalion, King's (Liverpool). Killed in action,
18th December 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 41. Born North
Duffield, enlisted Selby, resident Selby. Son of John Farmerey,
of North Duffield, Selby, Yorks. Formerly of the East Surrey Regiment.
Buried in ARTILLERY WOOD CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot IX. Row C. Grave 15. |
SCOTT,
MM
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Edward
Butler
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Lance
Corporal 14375, 12th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire
Regiment). Died of wounds 24th July 1916 in France & Flanders.
Aged 22. Born Rochdale, enlisted Escrick. Husband of Hilda Scott,
of Sand Lane Gates, Barlby, nr. Selby, Yorks. Adopted son of Edmund
and Eliza Ward of Blackwood Farm North Duffield (Eliza was formerly
a cook at Blackwood Hall in 1881 and married John Penrose of Blackwood
(house) farm). Johns death she married Edmund Ward of Cawood. Edward
came to the village about 1901, aged 8, and would have attended
the old school until about aged 12 in 1905. He would have worked
with the Wards until Edmund fell off his horse in 1914. Awarded
the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Plot 1. Row G. Grave 22.
His
death notice from the local paper:
BARLBY
SOLDIER
POSTHUMUS HONOURS
Lc.-Corpl.
Edward Scott, 12th West Yorkshire Regiment, of Berlby, who was awarded
the Military Medal for bravery in the field, died in France on July
24th, 1916, from wounds received in action on July 22nd, and the
Military M<edal was handed by Lieut.-General Sir John Maxwell,
Commander-in-Chief, Northern Command, last week to his widow, Mrs.
Scott, who was accompanied by her little daughter, Miss Eileen Scott.
Mrs. Scott requested that the medal should be presented to her duaghter,
whereupon the General pinned the decoration on the baby's breast,
afterwards shaking hands with Mrs. Scott and congratulating her
onthe honour her late husband had so worthily won. Lc.-Corp. Scott
was the adopted son of the late Mr. Edmund Ward, late of Blackwood
Farm, South Duffield, and of Mrs. Ward, 1, Stone Lea, Green Lane,
Selby, and enlisted on Sept. 8th, 1914, in the New Army.
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TOWNSLEY
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George
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Corporal,
34452, 1st/8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action, 9th October 1917 in France & Flanders.
Aged 26. Born North Duffield, Enlisted Selby, Enlisted Selby. Son
of Mary Jane and the late William Townsley, of The Hale Farm, North
Duffield, Selby; husband of Mary Townsley, of 47, Buller St, Selby,
Yorks. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 42 to 47 and 162 |
TOWNSLEY
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William
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Gunner
59108 (69108 SDGW), 384th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Died 18th March 1918 in Persian Gulf. Born North Duffield, enlisted
Holborn, resident Tottenham. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR
CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XVIII. Row G. Grave 5.
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6 December, 2016
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