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The title page of the Great War Memorial Book of Church Bell-Ringers who fell
in the Great War 1914-1918
From the website for the Central
Council of Church Bell-Ringers.
The Central Council of Church Bell-Ringers Rolls of Honour commemorate those ringers who fell in the Great War 1914-1918 and the 1939-1945 War.
The Council commissioned a handwritten Memorial Book for each War. For the
First World War there are now two volumes.
These books can be viewed in a display case on the way up to the ringing chamber
at St Paul’s Cathedral, London.
The Central Council of Church Bell-Ringers website contains photographic copies of the pages of each Book together with a listing of the text. Each entry shows the ringer’s name, initials, home tower and society name where known.
Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) in conjunction with Alan Regin of the Central Council of Church Bell-Ringers have kindly researched the names listed in the two volumes for the First World War, and have extracted the names of soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment whose names appear in it. 12 men of the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated in the Memorial Book.
2nd Lieutenant John William Brown. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 16 October 1917.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book I)
Private Arthur Croft. 260053. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Florence Mabel Pratt (formerly Croft), of 9, Lankester Rd., Royston,
Herts. Killed 25 April 1917. Aged 25.
Born Great Wymondley (Herts), Enlisted Hitchin, Resided Stevenage (Herts).
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book II)
Serjeant John Hare, 254. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
29 April 1915. Son of George and Jane Hare, of Beverley, Yorks. A member of
the Volunteer and Territorial Forces from February, 1906. Killed 29 April
1915. Aged 25. (*)
Born Beverley (Yorks), Enlisted Beverley.
Buried VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY.
(*) From this information, John Hare would have first served when only 16
years old.
A photograph of Serjeant John Hare, from one that is in the tower of St. Mary's
Church, Beverely, can be seen in "Photos
- Individuals (H)".
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book I)
Private David Charles Hodgkin, 35165. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 35480 9th T R Battn. Son of David and Emma Hodgkin, of
2, Gladstone Villas, Marden, Kent. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged
18.
Born Marden (Kent), Enlisted Folkestone, Resided Marden.
Buried VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book I)
Private Charles Robert James. 35758. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 238887 12th Yeomanry Cyclist Battn. Son of Charles and
Fanny James, of Moor Court Lodge, Kington, Herefordshire. Killed 23 October
1918. Aged 19.
Born Cuddlestone, Enlisted Birmingham, Resided Kingston (Hereford).
Buried BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY.
A photograph of Private James' headstone in this cemetery can be seen on the
page for War Graves
& Cemeteries, - Overseas (Battlefields).
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book I)
Corporal Alban Jarman. 41920. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 13155 Leics Regt. Killed 23 November 1917.
Born East Norton (Leicester), Enlisted Leicester , Resided Uppingham (Rutland).
Commemorated on Panel 5, CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.
Corporal Jarman was commemorated by a Memorial Service at his parish church,
which was reported in a contemporary newspaper.
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book I)
Private John William Lowther, MM, 12033. 13th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 15 April 1918.
Born Sneaton (Whitby), Enlisted South Bank (Yorks), Resided Sneaton.
Buried LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY.
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book I)
2nd Lieutenant John Farquhar Mowat. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Isabella Mowat, of 21, W. Maitland St., Edinburgh., and the late William
Mowat. Killed 15 May 1917. Aged 24.
Buried AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
2nd Lieutenant John Mowat is also commemorated on the
Memorial to the Edinburgh Cathedral Bell Ringers which is situated in
Edinburgh Cathedral. A photograph of this Memorial
is shown below.
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book I)
Lance Corporal Frederick Peverell. 34494. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 9 October 1918.
Born South Church (Durham), Enlisted Bishop Auckland, Resided South Church.
Commemorated Panel 5, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Frederick Peverell is also commemorated on the
Memorial to the Durham and Newcastle Association of Change Ringers which
is situated in Newcastle Cathedral. A photograph
of this Memorial is shown below.
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book I)
Private John Peverell. 18163. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 6 November 1918.
Born Southchurch (Durham), Enlisted Darlington, Resided Southchurch.
Buried CAMBRAI EAST MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private John Peverell is also commemorated on the
Memorial to the Durham and Newcastle Association of Change Ringers which
is situated in Newcastle Cathedral. A photograph
of this Memorial is shown below.
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book I)
Private Alfred James Sample, 26614. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Edward James Sample, of Ormesby, Yorks. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 29.
Born Ormesby, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX.
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book I)
Private Jack Stewart, 2414. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Henry and Ann J. Stewart, of 47, Corporation Rd., Darlington. Killed
24 May 1915. Aged 22.
Born Darlington, Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Darlington.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Jack Stewart is also commemorated on the
Memorial to the Durham and Newcastle Association of Change Ringers which
is situated in Newcastle Cathedral. A photograph
of this Memorial is shown below.
(Commemorated in Great
War Memorial Book I)
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, in which the Great War Memorial Book of Church Bell-Ringers is kept.
Photo © copyright David Dixon and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
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Memorial to the Durham and Newcastle Association of Change Ringers in Newcastle Cathedral
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(Photo courtesy of Alan Regin)
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Memorial in the Bell Ringing Chamber, Edinburgh Cathedral
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(Photo courtesy of Alan Regin)
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In Memory of a Belton Bell Ringer
A
contemporary account of a memorial service for Corporal Jarman
(incorrectly referred to as being in the West Yorkshire Regiment)
(Courtesy of Alan Regin)
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