North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Gate Helmsley, - St. Mary's Church

The War Memorial for the Parishioners of Gate Helmsley in St. Mary's Church, Gate Helmsley
Photo © Paul Clarke (WMR-30861), Imperial War Museum War Memorial Register

The First World War Memorial in St. Mary's Church, Gate Helmsley, is a brass plaque mounted on a wood surround.
6 names of Parishioners are commemorated as having lost heir lives in the First World War.

One soldier who served in the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the Gate Helmsley War Memorial.

Private William Potter. 81049. 32nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 38045 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 November 1918.
Born Thornton-le-Clay (York), Enlisted York.
Buried PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY.

St. Mary's Church, Gate Helmsley
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