War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Felixkirk,
St. Felix's Church
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The War Memorial in St. Felix's Church, Felixkirk
The War Memorial in St. Felix's Church, Felixkirk
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The War Memorial in St. Felix's Church is a carved stone tablet commemorated "To the Glory of God and in Proud memory of the Men of this Parish Who Fell in the Great War 1914 - 1919" and bearing the names of 15 men. Beside this memorial is a framed, handwritten, commemoration to 13 of these men.

Beneath the main memorial is an embroidered prayer cushion in memory of Private Ernest Robert Stokell of the Grenadier Guards. Also in the church is a Roll of Honour with the names of 92 men who served, and including the names of 15 who lost their lives.

The names inscribed on the memorial are;-

John Thomas Brown
James Walter Clements
Norman Leslie Clements
John Dixon
John Ellis
John Francis Fairweather
Thomas Fox
Robert Franks Grainger
Francis Peter Hutchinson
Harry Kettlewell
Stanley William Miller
John Pringle
Walter Robinson
Ernest Robert Stokell
Frank Sturdy

Private Frank Sturdy. 201826. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 September 1917.
Enlisted Thirsk (Yorks).
Buried NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY.

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The Small Hand-written War Memorial in St. Felix's Church, Felixkirk
The Small Hand-written War Memorial in St. Felix's Church, Felixkirk
Photo : Edward Nicholl)

St. Felix's Church, Felixkirk St. Felix's Church, Felixkirk
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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