War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Kirby Ravensworth
(Kirby Hill)
The Church of St. Peter & St. Felix
War memorials, North Yorkshire

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The War Memorial inside the Church
The War Memorial inside the Church
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(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The War Memorial in the church of St. Peter and St. Felix, Kirby Ravensworth, is a brass plaque installed near the entrance to the church. There are two panels, - one for the First World War and one for the Second.
(Note : The Ordnance Survey map shows the village to be "Kirby Hill", but the name "Kirby Ravensworth" is used here)
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE
MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO HAVE
FALLEN IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1818
SIDNEY ATKINSON
PERCY ALSOP (1)
JOHN CLIFFORD BAINBRIDGE
JAMES SCOTT BAINBRIDGE

THOMAS BAINBRIDGE
WILSON BLACKETT
CHARLES BUTLER
THOMAS COLE
METCALFE CLOSE
HERBERT EDMONDSON
EDWARD FRANKLIN (2)
HERBERT WALTER FRANCIS GILL
CHARLES HENRY GOODALL
JOHN HUTCHINSON
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
ROBERT JOHNSON
STANLEY JOHNSON
PERCY JOHNSON
JACOB MOSES
ARTHUR PARK
WILLIAM SMITH
THOMAS SPENCE
ERNEST WILSON
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

ALSO IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE
MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945
FRANK BROOK
ROBERT BURRELL
GEOFFREY O'CONNELL
JOSEPH WM RUTTER
WILLIAM LESLIE WATSON
I lay down my life that I may take it again

(1) Shown on the Memorial as "PERCY ALSOP" but this should almost certainly be "PERCY ALLSOPP"
(2) Shown on the memorial as "EDWARD FRANKLIN" but this should almostcertainly be "EDWARD FRANKLAND".


Corporal Percy Allsopp, 17790. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 March 1918.
Born Denton Grange (Durham), Enlisted Darlington, Resided Dalton (Richmond).
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.

Company Serjeant Major John Clifford Bainbridge. 2408. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary I. Bainbridge, of Park Farm, Ravensworth, Richmond, Yorks, and the late William Bainbridge. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 30.
Born Kirby (Ravensworth), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Ravensworth (Richmond, Yorks).
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Captain James Scott Bainbridge. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.

Corporal Thomas Lawrence Bainbridge, MM. 200861. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel James and Margaretta Annie Bainbridge, of 5, Castle Terrace, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 25.
Born Richmond (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Richmond.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.

Private Thomas Cole. 28271. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ben and Jane Cole, of Newsham; husband of Margaret Ellen Cole, of Newsham, Barningham, Darlington. Killed 23 June 1917. Aged 35.
Born Gainford (Durham), Enlisted Dalton, Resided Newsham.
Buried DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Herbert Edmondson. 238223. 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), formerly 3136 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 April 1918.
Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Richmond.
Commemorated Panel 26 and 27, Pozieres Memorial.

Private Edward Frankland. 20387. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Only son of the late Thomas and Eleanor Frankland. Killed 17 July 1916. Aged 31.
Born Marrick (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
(Note by Richard Roberts, <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>;-
"Edward Frankland is recorded in the 1911 Census as living in the Ravensworth district as a Gamekeeper.
CWGC list two soldiers named Edward Franklin and three E Franklin. I have checked the data relating to all five by cross reference to SDGW and none were either born or lived in Yorkshire let alone Ravensworth.)

Private Christopher Johnson. 2508. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Graham Johnson, and Sophia Johnson, of Earby Hall, Newsham, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 22.
Born Reeth (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Barnard Castle.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.

Corporal Jacob Moses. 17115. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Kirby (Ravensworth - Richmond), Enlisted Bishop Auckland, Resided Howden-le-Wear (Durham).
Commemorated Soissons Memorial.

Private Arthur Park, 18770. Depot Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. Wilson (formerly Park), of Whashton, Richmond, Yorks. Died at home 5 January 1915. Aged 19.
Born Wharton (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond, Resided Skeeby (Yorks)
Buried KIRKBY RAVENSWORTH (SS. PETER AND FELIX) CHURCHYARD.

Private Thomas Watson Spence. 3203. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Watson and Jane Spence. of Ovington Grange, Darlington. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 23.
Born Whycliffe (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Winston (Darlington).
Buried KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Ernest Harker Wilson. 35671. 10th Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly 30496 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Frances Wilson, of Ravensworth, Richmond, Yorks. Native of Ravensworth. Killed 9 November 1917. Aged 20.
Born Whaston (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond.
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.


the church of St. Peter and St. Felix, Kirby Ravensworth The church of St. Peter and St. Felix, Kirby Ravensworth
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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