War memorials, North Yorkshire
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Hutton Rudby
War memorials, North Yorkshire

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The War Memorial at Hutton Rudby. The War Memorial in Hutton Rudby.
Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The War Memorial in Hutton Rudby is inscribed;-

"IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF HUTTON RUDBY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR HONOUR AND LIBERTY 1914 - 1919"

The names of the men on the memorial are (with details of the men of the Yorkshire Regiment, below);-

Lieut Colonel John Hutton Bowes-Wilson
Captain George Hutton Bowes-Wilson
2nd Lieutenant George Young Blair
Sergeant Pilot Percy Snowdon
ERA George Haddington March
Sergt Herbert Warrington Gallacher
Sergt Alfred Claude Wrightson
Cpl Walter Grierson
L /Cpl William Hill
L/Cpl William McPhie
Gunner Edwin Chapman
Gunner William Meynell Smith
Pte Bewick Bainbridge
Pte John Richard Brack
Pte Walter Drake
Pte Henry Foggin
Pte Robert Garbutt
Pte Percy Grierson
Pte William Graham Hall
Pte George Harston
Pte Leslie Hodgson, MM
Pte Charles Keyworth, MM
Pte John George Kirton
Pte William Reginald Milburn
Pte William Thomas Passman
Pte Norman Richardson
Pte Bertram James Smith
Pte Charles William Southeran
Pte Robert Wilson


Private Bewick Bainbridge, 3169. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Susan Bainbridge, of Hutton Rudby, Yorks. Killed 14 October 1916. Aged 24.
Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Hutton Rudby
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN.

Captain George Hutton Bowes-Wilson. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Bowes-Wilson, of Enterpen Hall, Hutton Rudby, Yorks; husband of N. Dulcie Bowes-Wilson, of 30, John Street, Bedford Row, London. Killed 17 June 1915.
Buried VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY.
For further information on Captain Bowes-Wilson, together with a photo, see "Photos of Individuals, - B".

Private John Richard Brack, 201901. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Edward and Henrietta Brack, of 20, Thornaby Place, Thornaby-on-Tees, Co. Durham. Killed 27 March 1918. Aged 21.
Born Hutton Rudby (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Hutton Rudby
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.

Private Percy Grierson, 2933. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph Henry and Annie Grierson, of Enterpen, Hutton Rudby, Yarm, Yorks. Killed 26 July 1916. Aged 23.
Born Gayton (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Hutton Rudby
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).

Private George Harston, 20337. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Mary Harston, of Hutton, Rudby, Yorks. Killed 3 January 1916. Aged 20.
Born Hutton Rudby (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Hutton Rudby
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).

Private Leslie Hodgson, MM, 201872. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frances Ann Hodgson, of Rudby, Hutton Rudby, Yorks. Killed 11 April 1918. Aged 26.
Born Picton (Yorks), Enlisted Redcar
Buried OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL.

Private John George Kirton, 11046. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 August 1915.
Born Hutton Rudby, Enlisted Hutton Rudby.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.

Lance Corporal William McPhie. 15363. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 26 January 1916.
Born Normanton, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Hutton Rudby.
Buried BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER.

Private Charles William Southeran, 5705. 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 28674 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 November 1916.
Born Stokesley (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Hutton Rudby R S O
Buried WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.

Serjeant Alfred Claude Wrightson, 19572. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Eliza Wrightson, of Sexhow, Carlton-in-Cleveland, Stokesley, Yorks. Killed 9 February 1917. Aged 20.
Born Sexhow (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Sexhow (Northallerton)
Buried GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE.


The War Memorial at Hutton Rudby.
The War Memorial in Hutton Rudby.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

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