The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Staithes,
- Memorial Hall

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The War Memorial Plaque in the Memorial Hall, Staithes
Photo : Keith Hickman (<hickman379@btinternet.com>)

The Staithes Memorial Hallis located in Cliff Road, just off Staithes Lane. The Staithes Memorial Hall was originally a workshop and it was re-used a a living memorial to commemorate those who lost their lives in the two World Wars. The memorial inscriptions are painted gold on a wooden tablet which is cracked.

38 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 30 in the Second World War.
1 female is amongst those commemorated as having lost their life in the First World War.

16 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.

Private Sanderson Cole. 23945. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah Cole, of Church St., Staithes, Yorks. Died 27 December 1915. Aged 22.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
Buried in HINDERWELL CEMETERY.

Private John Cook. 3496. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 September 1916.
Born Wigan (Lancs), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Harold Peacock Dunn. 11487. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Elizabeth Dunn, of "Harflour (sic) View", Cowbar, Staithes, Yorks, and the late Robert Dunn; husband of Mary Jane Dunn, of 35, Station St., Middlesbrough. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 34.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Guisborough.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Herbert Thomas Dunn. 206411, Labour Corps. Formerly 22836 Yorkshire Regiment. Died 28 November 1917.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Buried in HINDERWELL CEMETERY.

Sergeant William Green. 10935. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915. (Gallipoli).
Born Ellerby, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Skinningrove.
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Private Frederick Harker. 18967. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred and Hannah Mary Harker; husband of A. W. Green (formerly Harker), of 1, Micklow Cottages, Loftus, Yorks. Born at Staithes, Yorks (Re. CWGC, but not same as SDGW). Killed 26 September 1915. Aged 29.
Born Kilton Thorpe (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Buried CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ.

Private William Harrison. 12751. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 November 1916.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Sapper Thomas Hick. 96998. Royal Engineers, formerly 17890 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Zacariah and Mary Hick, of Melville House, High St., Staithes, Yorks. Died at home 16 July 1918. Aged 30.
Born Staithes (Yorks), Enlisted Whitby (Yorks).
Buried HINDERWELL CEMETERY.

Private Robert Ironside. 8548. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of M. E. Ironside, of 11, Cowbar Cottages, Staithes, Yorks. Killed 10 October 1916.
Born Arbroath (Fifeshire), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes (Yorks).
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(Shown as Robert Ironsides on the Staithes Memorial Hall.)

Private William Laverick. 12749. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 February 1917.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Henry Hobson Porritt. 34657. 10th Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly 4643 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 September 1916.
Born Staithes (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Corporal Thomas William Rigg. 10933. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Mary Rigg, of 16, Lowther Village, Hackthorpe, Penrith, Cumberland; husband of Nellie Rigg, of Derry Cottage, Sedbergh, Yorks. Killed 22 August 1915. (Gallipoli). Aged 25.
Born Ousby (Westmoreland), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Sedbergh.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Shippey. 22987. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 July 1916.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Stokesley, Resided Great Ayton.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Robert Theaker. 34795. 10th Battalion KOYLI, formerly 3781 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916.
Born Staithes, Enlisted Whitby.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Edgar Tyreman, 5522. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 September 1916.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Whitby, Resided Staithes.
Buried CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL.
(Name spelled as "Tyerman" on the memorial.)

The Memorial Hall, Staithes The Memorial Hall, Staithes
Photo : Keith Hickman (<hickman379@btinternet.com>)

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