North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Kildale (St. Cuthbert's Church)

Kildale War Memorial, beside the Church.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The War memorial for Kildale is found in the Churchyard of St. Cuthbert's Church.

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

Private Bernard Brown. 11191. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John William and Rosanna Brown, of High St., Great Ayton. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 22.
Born Kildale (Yorks), Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Great Ayton.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Private Robert C Etherington. 18985. Yorkshire Regiment, transferred to transf. to (654960), 352nd Prisoner of War Coy (Labour Corps). Son of Christopher and Selina Etherington, of 10, Seamer, Yarm-on-Tees. Born at Baysdale Abbey. Died 25 February 1919. Aged 41.
Buried KILDALE (ST. CUTHBERT) CHURCHYARD.

Lance Corporal Charles Edwin Kitching, 19511. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action on 23 April 1917.
Born Kildale (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Kildale.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Private Jesse Mudd. 25315. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of J. Mudd, of 49, Musgrove Road, Boosbeck. Died at home 11 November 1918.
Buried BOOSBECK (ST. AIDAN) CHURCHYARD.

Sub-Lieutenant Robert Henry Pawson. Drake Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Formerly 3339 3rd/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. (Commissioned 22/11/1916 into Royal Naval Division.) Son of Rhoda Pawson, of Kildale Rectory, Grosmont, Yorks, and the late Rev. L. Pawson. Killed 25 March 1918. Aged 32.
Commemorated Bay 1, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Robert Henry Pawson is also commemorated by a Memorial Window in St. Cuthbert's Church.

Lance Corporal John William Readman, G/52271. 23rd Battalion Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment, formerly 45172 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 March 1918.
Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Commemorated Bay 7, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
(Although there is nothing to connect this man with Kildale, this is the only John William Readman name in either the CWGC register or SDGW).

Private Joseph Featherston Watson, 18977. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late George and Elizabeth Watson, of Low Mill, Farndale; husband of Daisy Watson, of 35, Station Cottages, Battersby Junction, Great Ayton, Yorks. Killed 18 October 1916. Aged 22.
Born Kildale (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Kildale, Grosmont.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

A close-up of the memorial names on the Kildale War Memorial.
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Photo : Edward Nicholl

St. Cuthbert's Church, Kildale.
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The Memorial Window Commemorating Robert Henry Pawson

Photos by Dimitrios Corcodilos of the Find a Grave website

The Grave of the Revd. Lewis Pawson, Father of Robert Henry Pawson, in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Kildale.
Photo by Dimitrios Corcodilos of the Find a Grave website

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF
LEWIS PAWSON
RECTOR OF KILDALE 1884 - 1920
WHO DIED ON 5TH JANUARY 1920
AGED 78 (?) YEARS

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