War memorials, North Yorkshire
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East Rounton
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The War Memorial at East Rounton is in front of the Village Hall. The names of those who fell is on a metal plaque fitted to the front of the memorial (inset).
The War Memorial at East Rounton is in front of the Village Hall.
The names of those who fell are on a metal plaque fitted to the front of the memorial (inset).
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The names of those who appear on the East Rounton War Memorial are;-

Lionel William Jordan. Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 August 1915. Aged 27.
Arthur Moore. Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed 27 April 1917. Aged 35.
John Christopher Easby. Durham Light Infantry. Killed 15 May 1917. Aged 26.
Ernest Helm. Machine Gun Corps. Died 25 September 1917. Aged 34. (*)
John Daniel Yarrow. Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 March 1918. Aged 23.

(*) Formerly in the Yorkshire Regiment

Private Ernest Helm, 30636. 57th Coy Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 19342 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Helm, of East Rounton, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 25 September 1917. Aged 34.
Born East Rounton (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Northallerton.
Buried OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL.

Private Lionel Jordan, 2269. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Mary Jordan, of 1, Prospect Place, Wing, Bucks. Killed 20 August 1915. Aged 29. (CWGC register)
Enlisted Northallerton.
Buried CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES OLD MILITARY CEMETERY.
(No evidence that he was called Lionel William Jordan.)

Private John Daniel Yarrow, 39139. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918 (CWGC register).
Born West Rounton, Enlisted Northallerton.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

One very disappointing aspect of the East Rounton War Memorial is that it has been allowed to weather very badly. Three of the faces (away from the road) bear names of those who returned from the War, but are so badly weathered that only one or two names are at all legible.
This War Memorial serves as a prime example as to why it is essential to record similar memorials before they also deteriorate as badly as the one at East Rounton.

However, the Deputy Chair of the Rountons Parish Council, Mrs Anne Simpson (<Anne.Simpson@dti.gsi.gov.uk>), has very kindly forwarded the original transcription from the East Rounton War Memorial. This was recorded in the Rountons parish records. The names that used to be legible on the East Rounton War memorial can now be read on the East Rounton Roll of Honour page.

The severely weathered faces of the War Memorial at East Rounton.
The severely weathered faces of the War Memorial at East Rounton.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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