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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Boosbeck (St. Aidan's) Churchyard |
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St. Aidan's Church, Boosbeck (Photo : Edward Nicholl)
The churchyard of At. Aidan's, Boosbeck, contains 13 burials from the First World War and 1 from the Second World War. Of the 13 First World War burials, 8 are of men from the Yorkshire Regiment.
Details of these men, and photos of their graves are below. All photos are by Edward Nicholl.
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Serjeant Charles Richard Babb. 8784.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 19 November 1918. Born London, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Lingdale (Boosbeck). |
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Private William Beeforth. 4215, 4th
Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 23 September 1916. Enlisted Saltburn, Resided New Skelton-in-Cleveland. |
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Private Robert Dove. 3571, 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ada Naomi Smith (formerly Dove), of 16, Dale
Terrace, Lingdale, Boosbeck. Died 20 February 1916. Aged 35. Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Lingdale. |
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Private John Thomas Wilse Hodgson. 1612. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Maria Hodgson, of 6, Holden St., Grangetown, Yorks; husband of Annie Hodgson. Died 14 November 1918. Aged 25. |
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Private Jesse Mudd. 25315. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of J. Mudd, of 49, Musgrove Road, Boosbeck. Died 11 November 1918. |
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Private J T Sigsworth. 2907. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 12 December 1917. |
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Lance Corporal Thomas Isaac Stiff.
11274. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late George and Hannah
Stiff, of Lingdale, Boosbeck. Previously wounded. Died 17 November 1915.
Aged 31. Born Pickering (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Lingdale (Boosbeck). (SDGW states that L/Cpl Stiff was "drowned at sea".) |
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Private James Wilding. 18679. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Martha Wilding, of 126, Allenby Crescent, New Rossington, Doncaster. Died 22 November 1918. Aged 46. |
St. Aidan's Church, Boosbeck (Photo : Edward Nicholl)