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North
Yorkshire
War Memorials, - Boroughbridge |
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The War Memorial in Boroughbridge's Hall Square (or Market Square).
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
The Boroughbridge War Memorial is in the form of a square column,
with the statue of a lady on its top, situated in the town's Hall Square. The
memorial is inscribed;-
"In memory of the Boroughbridge Men, who gave their lives for their Country
in the Great War 1914 - 1918. This monument is erected by their fellow-townsmen
and friends.
"The Lord hath done great things by them." Eccl 44.2"
The names of the men recorded on it are;-
Ernest L Bedell Tom Beedham Charles F Bryan Charles Burborough Guy A Burnsides Raymund F Calvert John R Dean Arthur W Ellis Tom Ellis Arthur Ellison Ernest R Haigh Arthur Hall George E Hall Arthur Horner Fred Lancaster |
John E Leeming George H Lofthouse Edward Newlove Ernest Reed Albert W Rudd Alfred Stead Leonard Stead Harry Steel Tom Stobbs Cecil Sutcliffe George E Sutcliffe William O Thomas Guy Wardley John F White |
On one side of the memorial is found the following inscription;-
"The Committee of the Boroughbridge Nursing Institution, on behalf of the
inhabitants of the District, desire, with grateful appreciation, to record on
this War Memorial the endowment of a ward with three beds in the Harrogate Infirmary
for the use of the District. In memory of Capt C S Haslam a tablet has been
placed in the ward which reads -
In memory of Charles Stanley Haslam, Captain Yorkshire Hussars, of Heaton
House, Boroughbridge, Killed in Action November 10th 1917."
Private Guy Wardley, 10468. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of John and Lilian Wardley, of St. James's Square, Boroughbridge,
Yorks. Killed on 12 March 1915. Aged 19.
Born Boroughbridge, Enlisted Malton, Resided Boroughbridge
Commemorated Panel 12, Le Touret Memorial.
2nd Lieut John Finlayson White. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
on 7 August 1915.
Brother of Captain Archie Cecil Thomas White, VC, also of the 6th Battalion.
Captain Archie White was with John F White with the Battalion at Gallipoli,
but was ill with dysentery at the time of the action in which his brother
was killed. Captain Archie White survived the War.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
The War Memorial in Boroughbridge's Hall Square (or Market Square).
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
The War Memorial in Boroughbridge's Hall Square (or Market Square).
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
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