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The First World War Memorial, Middlesbrough College
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Hanging in the centre of the modern MIddlesbrough College in Middlehaven are two Memorial Boards.
These Memorial Boards were originally located in the Middlesbrough High School for Boys. They commemorate the names of 208 pupils and staff of the High School who died in the First and Second World Wars.
Middlesbrough High School for Boys was established in 1870 in Grange Road, Middlesbrough. A High School for Girls was opened in 1874. Both schools transferred to new buildings on Albert Road in 1877. In 1959 the schools relocated to new premises on Marton Road.In 1974 the premises became the base for Marton Sixth Form College, which subsequently became part of Middlesbrough College.
The First World War Memorial Board was unveiled by Sir Hugh Bell in 1921 and contains the names of 108 people. The Board originally hung in the Assembly Hall of the School on Albert Road.
In December 1960 the Boys and Girls High Schools transferred to new buildings on Marton Road. These premises were subsequently occupied by Acklam Sixth Form College, Teesside Tertiary College and most recently Middlesbrough College.
The two memorial boards were found in a cupboard at Marton Campus in 1995, shortly after the formation of Teesside Tertiary College. The boards were reinstated on the walls of the South Building but in 2007 were removed from Marton and relocated to the modern Middlesbrough College in Middlehaven
Of the 108 names of those who lost their lives in the First World War, 35 were men who served in the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private Keith Alexander. 26607. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of George and Elizabeth Alexander, of Marton, Middlesbrough,
Yorks. Died 20 September 1916. Aged 29.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Residence Marton.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Eric Herbert Bigland. 14410. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Herbert and Mary Bigland, of Park Villas, Middlesbrough,
Yorks. Died 5 January 1918. Aged 25.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Redcar, Resided Middlesbrough.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.
| Lieutenant Henry Bloom. 12th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 14 February 1917. Buried GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES. (Henry Bloom lived in "The Crescent", Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. He was born in 1889, in Stockton-on-Tees, and was a Solicitor's Clerk.) Further details on Henry Bloom are in the website British Jews in the First World War. |
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| **Lieutenant Bloom was one of 13 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment who are commemorated in the British Jewry Book of Honour. Of the 50,000 Jews who served with the British and Colonial Forces during the First World War, 2,324 lost their lives and are commemorated in this book. |  |
Private Robert Brown. 242747. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Roseanna Brown, of 153, Victoria Rd., Middlesbrough, and
the late Thomas Brown. Died 28 July 1918. Aged 22.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Middlesbrough.
Buried ST. ERME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
2nd Lieutenant William Buckle. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Martha Isabella Buckle, of 24, Crescent Rd., Middlesbrough,
Yorks, and the late William Buckle. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 24.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.
Captain Herbert Norman Constantine, MC. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. J. and Mrs. M. L. Constantine, of Harlsey Hall,
Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 26.
Buried LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS BRITISH CEMETERY.
Serjeant Henry Cook. 20982. 12th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Alice Ann Cook, of Middlesbrough. Died 9 January 1917. Aged
23.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE.
(CWG has "Serjeant H Cook", but SDGW = "Private H Cook")
Captain Harold Dean, MC. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William and Elizabeth Dean; husband of Dorothy Dean, of "Rosebery,"
Goldsmid Rd., Tonbridge, Kent. Killed 5 January 1918. Aged 30.
(Had previously been a Corporal (No 131011) in the Royal Engineers before
joining the Yorkshire Regiment. His wife lived at 32 Brecon Hill Rd, Middlesbrough)
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Walton Dean. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Elizabeth Ann Dean, of "Thornbury," Grove Hill,
Middlesbrough, and the late William Dean. Died 7 June 1917. Aged 28.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
(brother of the above Harold Dean)
Lieutenant Harry Dixon. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 6 October 1918.
Buried PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, GOUY.
Lieutenant Stanley Raine Dobinson. 10th Bn. attd. 1st/4th
Bn. Yorkshire Regiment. Died 31 March 1918.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Joseph Henry Dove. 6324. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 13 May 1915.
Born Darlington, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
Private Harrie Leonard Ferguson. 3931. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Stokell Ferguson and Eliza Jane Ferguson,
of 69, Borough Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 15 September 1916. Aged 20.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Frank Calvert Griffiths. 3rd Battalion
(Attached 7th Battalion) Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Calvert and Anne Maud
Griffiths, of 20, Brookside, Croydon Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 14 February
1917. Aged 21.
Buried GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE.
2nd Lieutenant Walter Hall. 5th Battalion (attached
to 2nd Battalion) Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert Sidney and Minnie Hall,
of Middlesbrough. Died 15 November 1918. Aged 25.
Buried TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE.
Private Thomas Francis Hammerton, 32911. 10th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Only son of Francis and Hannah Hammerton, of Lansdowne,
Eston, Yorks. Killed 6 October 1917. Aged 20.
Born Eston (Yorks), Enlisted South Bank, Resided Eston.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Walter James Hayton. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. J. Hayton, of "Falconhurst", Windsor Rd.,
Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, and the late James Hayton. Died 16 September 1916.
Aged 23.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Ernest William Hood. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late Christopher and Melinde Hood, of The White House,
Great Ayton, Yorks.; husband of Alice Annie Hood, of "Sessay", Grosvenor
Rd., Scarborough. Killed 25-27 September 1915. Aged 31.
Commemorated on Panel 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Edgar Francis Hutchinson. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James M. and Elizabeth Hutchinson, of Gilside House,
2, Victoria Rd., Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorks. Died 24 May 1915. Aged 24.
Buried BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY.
Private Harold Lofthouse. 17067. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 21 August 1916.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Captain John Vivian Nancarrow. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of George Bennett Nancarrow and Charlotte Alice Nancarrow, of
"Ravenscroft," Grove Hill, Middlesbrough. Died 25 April 1915. Aged
30.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Joseph Renton Pattison. 200704. 4th
Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Florence E. Pattison, of 11, Caxton
St., Middlesbrough. Killed 1 November 1918. Aged 27.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE.
2nd Lieutenant Eric Loftus Perris. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 27 September 1916.
Buried BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT.
The following biographical notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Middlesbrough man Eric Perris first served in the ranks of the West
Yorkshire regiment and when commissioned joined the 4th Yorkshires in the
Ypres Salient in the spring of 1916.
The battalion moved down to the Somme later in the year and spent late August
and early September in training at Millencourt.
On September 14th 2nd Lt Perris and the battalion attacked between High Wood
and Martinpuich being relieved on September 19th, “All utterly spent
and weary”.
On the night of September 26th the battalion assembled for an attack towards
the village of Flers. The attack went in at
11-00pm but due to a mix up in orders the other battalions detailed for the
action didn’t move up with the 4th Battalion leaving them exposed to
enfilade fire into their flanks.
2nd Lt Eric Loftus Perris was killed in this action in the early hours of
September 27th 1916."
2nd Lieutenant Guy Saggerson Phillips. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 15 September 1916.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.
2nd Lieutenant Ernest James Rapp. General List, attached
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Elizabeth C. Rapp, of 13, Leven St.,
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorks, and the late George James Rapp. Killed 9 April
1917. Aged 23.
Buried LONDON CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-VITASSE.
Private George Henry Renals. 2785. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William and Margaret Ann Renals, of 114, Portman St., Middlesbrough.
Analytical Chemist at the North Eastern Steel Works, Middlesbrough. Died 23
April 1915. Aged 22.
Born Newport (Mon), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Harold Newsham Ridsdale. 25102. 1st Garrison
Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 26280 Yorkshire Regiment. Stepson
of Mr. C. E. Whaley, of 12, Brereton Avenue, Cleethorpes, Lincs. Killed 3
March 1918. Aged 25.
Born Thornaby (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY.
The name "J Ryder" is commemorated on the memorial. This could be either of the two names below, or another person;-
Private James Francis Ryder. 9580. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Ryder, of 5, Welford St., Middlesbrough; husband of Mary McClusky
(formerly Ryder). Died 12 November 1916. Aged 37.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private John Erskine Ryder. 2529. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George Spoor Ryder of 143 Linthorpe Road, Middlesborough. Died 24 May
1915. Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Addenda, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Captain John Searginson. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
He was the son of Charles and Mary Ann Serginson of West Farm in Normanby.
Killed 10 November 1916. Aged 26.
Buried WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Name spelled "Serginson" on the memorial, - as well as on the Normanby
Village War Memorial)
2nd Lieutenant Tom Sykes. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Jane Sykes, of 177, Borough Rd. East, Middlesbrough. Died
29 June 1917. Aged 21.
Buried ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY.
2nd Lieutenant Harold Morris Thomas. 1st / 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment, 150th Brigade, 50th Division.
Husband of the late Elizabeth Thomas. Killed 10 November 1916.
Buried WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Arthur Wade. 11775. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late William Wade. Died 8 February 1917. Aged 22.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Laurence Albert D Ward. 4th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. A. E. Ward, of Woodlands, Eaglescliffe,
Co. Durham. Died 10 April 1918. Aged 22.
Commemorated Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
(For supplementary information on Lawrence Ward,
see below.)
2nd Lieutenant Robert Wilford. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Robert Levi Wilford and Jane Eliza Wilford, of The Black
Bull Hotel, Yarm, Yorks. B.A. (London University). Died 23 November 1917.
Aged 23.
Commemorated Panel 5, CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.
(For supplementary information on Robert Wilford,
see below.)
2nd Lieutenant Arthur William Wilkinson. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment (attached to 13th Battalion). Son of Hannah H. and the
late John Wilkinson, of North View, Eston, Yorks. Killed 12 July 1917. Aged
23.
Buried FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND.
Middlesbrough
College, Middlehaven
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Supplementary Information on Lawrence Albert D Ward;-
1. From the Roll of Honour kept in Egglescliffe Parish Church, compiled by D Bell and D N Revell.
2nd Lieutenant Laurence Albert D Ward. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment.
Laurence Ward came home from Canada at the outbreak of war. He joined the
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in November 1914. Was made Corporal and served
in France in 1916.
He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant with the 13th Battalion in 1917. Mentioned
in Despatches. Killed in action near Armentieres on 10 April 1918.
Laurence Ward was the son of Albert Edward and Cicely Ward of "Woodlands",
Yarm Road. Egglescliffe. His father was a manager of a salt works, was a well-known
character in the parish, and was known as "Salty Ward".
2. The following information on Laurence Ward is taken from Yarm1914.com;-
"Laurence was born in Eaglescliffe in 1896 to Albert Edward Ward aged
27, a secretary in a Saltworks and his wife Cicely aged 28. They married in
1893 when Cicely was a servant at Woodside Hall in Preston on Tees where the
Mayor of Stockton Richard H Appleton lived. They moved to Highfield Villas
and in 1895 their first daughter Frances Cicely was born. Their second daughter,
Freda Margaret was born in 1901.The family were wealthy enough to have their
own servant Nora Flyn. By 1911 Albert was the manager at the saltworks and
the family had moved to a 7 roomed house on Yarm Road called Woodlands. The
family understood the importance of a good education and Frances was a residential
pupil at Barnard Castle school. The servant was now Annie Dualey.
Laurence was 18 at the outbreak of war and signed up with the Border Regiment
with army number 4181/241752 reaching the rank of corporal before being commissioned
on 30th October 1917 with 4th Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra Princes of Wales
Own). He was killed in action on 10th April 1918 and remembered on Ploegsteert
Memorial in Belgium.
He is remembered on the Egglescliffe War memorial and Middlesbrough High School
memorial plaque which is displayed in Middlesbrough College. Yarm1914.com
believe it is likely that he attended Yarm Grammar School as well and therefore
remembered on the board in Conyers School. "
The facts given in the Yarm1914.com website are somewhat at variance with
facts in the Egglescliffe Roll of Honour.
Supplementary Information on Robert Wilford ;-
Robert was the fourth son of Robert Levi and Jane Eliza Wilford. Robert Levi was the licensee of the Black Bull Hotel, Yarm and Clerk to the Cemetery Committee. Robert Levi, the father died in 1916, and there were 9 other children in the family.
Robert was educated at Yarm Grammar School, where he won a North Riding Scholarship.
He was also a pupil at Middlesbrough High School (Middlesbrough College).
He passed junior and senior Cambridge exams, gaining an exemption in the London
Matriculation exam.
Being successful in winning a training college scholarship he spent two and
a half years at University College, Nottingham where he received the Board
of Education certificate for Teaching.
He passed the Intermediate BA at London University and was reading for the
final part when war started.
He was posthumously awarded a full BA (War Degree) on 19 Jun 1918.
Robert Wilford joined the University OTC in which he remained for a year before
being commissioned into the Yorkshire Regiment on 23 Nov 1916. He went to
France in January 1917 and was killed on 23 November 1917.
In 1919 his mother presented the Catholic Church in Yarm with a beautiful
Holy Water Stoup in the form of an angel holding forth the bowl, in memory
of her son. Unfortunately, this bowl no longer survives.
The information on 2nd Lieutenant Robert Wilford is from the website Yarm1914 where some additional biographical information can also be obtained.
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