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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Lythe (St. Oswald's) Churchyard |
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Lythe (St. Oswald's) Churchyard. There are 5 Commonwealth
War Graves from the First World War. Of these graves, two are for soldiers
who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
Although most of the cemetery is heavily overgrown and difficult to walk
around (being labelled a "Conservation Area"), the Commonwealth
War Graves in the East part of the churchyard are accessible and have been
kept clear. This area is where the two soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment
are buried in a family grave.
Private Harry Gibbon, 26343. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Died at home, 14 March 1916. Aged 23.
Born Lazenby (Eston, Yorks), Enlisted Redcar, Resided Eston.
Private John William Gibbon, 44723. 3rd Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Born Hinderwell, Enlisted Whitby. Died at home,
4 July 1921.
(John Gibbon's Pension record exists, from which it can be gathered that
he was a Farm Labourer, and was invalided out of the Army as a consequence
of Tuberculosis of the left thigh).
Photos of the grave in which the two Gibbon family members are buried, and Lythe (St. Oswald's) Churchyard are shown below.
The Gibbon Family Grave in Lythe (St. Oswald's) Churchyard
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The
Gibbon Family Grave in Lythe (St. Oswald's) Churchyard
(Close to the Gibbon family grave is the family grave of Eustace William
Harland of the Royal Naval Air Service)
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Lythe
(St. Oswald's) Churchyard, Eastern part.
Photo : Edward Nicholl