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The War Memorial in Sleights (1)
Photo : David Hope - War
Memorials On-Line
The Sleights War Memorial is a granite cross, enclosed by railings, at the junction of Coach Road and Iburndale Lane.
The memorial commemorates 32 men who lost their lives in the First World War, and 4 in the Second World War.
10 of the men commemorated had served in the Yorkshire Regiment, and of these 4 were Officers.
2nd Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey Brooksbank. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 16 December 1914. Aged 21. Son of Sir Edward
Clitheroe Brooksbank, 1st Bart., of Healaugh, Tadcaster, Yorks; and of Dame
Katherine Graham Brooksbank. Buried in HEALAUGH CHURCHYARD, North West corner.
The following was written about Hugh Godfrey Brooksbank in M L Ferrar's "Officers
of the Green Howards 1688 - 1931";-
"Born at Healaugh, Old Hall, Tadcaster, 24th November 1893. 3rd son of
Sir Edward Clitheroe Brooksbank, Bart., of Healaugh, Old Hall.
2nd Lieut., 5th February 1913. Lieutenant 31st October 1914.
Went to Belgium with the 2nd Battalion in October 1914 and was severely wounded
near Ypres on 1st November 1914 (twice mentioned in despatches).
Died of his wounds at 26 Park lane, London, 16th December 1914.
A senior officer wrote of him : "A braver lad never stepped the earth;
he was left in command of 'B' Company when all his seniors had been shot.
He commanded it like a veteran, and on two occasions he was largely responsible
for the regiment being saved."
"His comrades will miss him sadly, and an older generation will recall
the loss we sustained in the death of his uncle, William Stafford Brooksbank,
who died of small pox at Bangalore, 18th June 1891, while Adjutant of the
same battalion" (H G)"
Captain Stamp Brooksbank. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
26 September 1915. Aged 28. Son of Sir Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, 1st Bart.,
of Healaugh Manor, Tadcaster, Yorks.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
The following biographical information is taken from Roberts
Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Like his younger brother (Hugh Godfrey Brooksbank) Stamp Brooksbank
was also born at Healaugh Old Hall on January 16th 1887 and was educated at
Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, which he entered in 1905.
Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in September 1914 he joined his brother’s
battalion, the 2nd Battalion, in January of 1915.
He fought at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March of 1915 and also at the
Battle of Festubert in May.
On the eve of the Battle of Loos, Stamp Brooksbank was with “D”
coy of the 2nd Battalion under Captain Richardson. The battle opened on September
25th 1915 with the battalion attacking towards Hulluch just to the north of
Loos. The attack faltered under heavy fire and the battalion had to dig in
just short of the village.
At 11-00 p.m on the 25th Lieutenant Brooksbank was sent out with a platoon
to clear a pocket of Germans in a nearby quarry. A message got back a short
time later to say that Lieutenant Brooksbank had been wounded. However, he
was never seen again and his body was not recovered. There is a possibility
that he was captured and died in enemy hands".
2nd Lieutenant Frank Stewart Phillips. 13th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 23 November 1917.
Commemorated Panel 5, CAMBRAI MEMORIAL (LOUVERVAL).
2nd Lieutenant Guy Saggerson Phillips. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 15 September 1916.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT.
Private Tom Elwick. 10093. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 30 October 1914.
Born Ripon, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Littlebeck.
Buried PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL).
Private Edwin Johnson. 18990. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Alfred and Mary Johnson. Killed 2 July 1916. Aged 22.
Born Sleights (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Sleights (Yorks).
Buried DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC.
Private John Lewis. 12394. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 November 1915.
Born Goathland (Whitby), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Sleights.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Stephen Linton. 235249. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 31 August 1917.
Born Heeton Brigg (Yorks), Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Sneaton (Near Whitby).
Buried SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY (FAMPOUX).
Private Thomas Smith, 16180. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas and Dinah Smith, of Bolton Cottages, Eskdaleside,
Sleights, Yorks. Killed 29 September 1916. Aged 29.
Born Newcastle, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated on OPier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Harry Stonehouse. 48124. 2nd Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5/31559 8th T R Battn. Son of Thomas J. and Priscilla
Stonehouse, of Avenue Cottage, Hill End, Sleights, Yorks. Killed 4 November
1918. Aged 20.
Born Sleights (Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Sleights.
Buried NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY.
Rifleman George Yates. 589062. 17th Battalion (posted
to 2nd Battalion) London Regiment, formerly 4553 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Anthony and Mary Ann Yates; husband of Mary Hilda Yates, of Rose Bud Place,
Sleights, York. Native of Old Malton, Yorks. Killed 16 May 1918. Aged 34.
Enlisted Saltburn, Resided Sleights.
Buried ETAPLES CEMETERY.
First World War Commemorations on the War Memorial in Sleights (1)
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Memorials On-Line
First World War Commemorations on the War Memorial in Sleights (2)
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Memorials On-Line
The
War Memorial in Sleights (2)
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Memorials On-Line
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