The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Daventry
(Northants)

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The Daventry War Memorial
Photo : Tom Keyes of the War Memorials On Line website

The Daventry War Memorial is on a raised roadside platform beside Abbey Street (B4036) in Daventry.

The memorial is on an octagonal four-stepped stone base surmounted by a tapering plinth with projecting inscription panels, a tapering shaft and cross with sword in relief on front face. An additional metal inscription plaque is attached to a sloping-faced stone tablet standing on second base step. The whole memorial is set on a raised platform in front of a low wall.

114 men who lost their lives in the First World War are commemorated on this memorial, together with 31 men from the Second World War.

Two soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.

Private Harry Bateman. 202219. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 5357 Northamptonshire Regt. Son of Thomas Bateman, of The Lion and Lamb Inn, High St., Daventry, and the late Mrs. Bateman. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 26.
Born Northampton, Enlisted Daventry.
Commemorated on Panel 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Serjeant William Carwardine, 202315. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 320 4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed 16 July 1917.
Born Braunston (Daventry), Enlisted Daventry.
Buried COJEUL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL.

(Note; Both the above soldiers have similar numbers and were both originally in the Northamptonshire Regiment. Possibly a draft was made from that regiment to fill losses in the 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.)

The First World War Names ("A" - "E") Commemorated on the Daventry War Memorial The First World War Names ("A" - "E") Commemorated on the Daventry War Memorial
Photo : David Larkin of the War Memorials On Line website

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