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The War Memorial Dedication in the Wesleyan Methodist Church for Briggswath
and Sleights (1)
Photo : Berenice Baynham, warmemorials.myfastforum.org
The Organ in the Wesleyan Methodist Church for Briggswath and
Sleights has been dedicated to the memory of the members of the parish who
lost their lives in the First World War.
10 names are commemorated, including one woman and one soldier who served
with the Yorkshire Regiment.
The church is located at the foot of Carr Hill Lane in Briggswath, which is just over the River Esk from Sleights railway station and the village of Sleights.
We are very grateful to Berenice Baynham, of the warmemorials.myfastforum.org website for use of her photos. The above website also provdes biographical information on those named on the memorial.
Private Edwin Johnson. 18990. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Alfred and Mary Johnson. Killed 2 July 1916. Aged 22.
Born Sleights (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Sleights (Yorks).
Buried DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC.
The War Memorial Dedication in the Wesleyan Methodist Church for Briggswath
and Sleights (2)
Photo : Berenice Baynham, warmemorials.myfastforum.org
The War Memorial Dedication in the Wesleyan Methodist Church for Briggswath
and Sleights (3)
Photo : Berenice Baynham, warmemorials.myfastforum.org
The
Wesleyan Methodist Church for Briggswath and Sleights
Photo © Copyright Mick
Garratt and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence
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