North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Hovingham (All Saints' Church)

The Memorial Cross outside the Church of All Saints, Hovingham
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The Memorial Cross outside the Church of All Saints' Hovingham carries the names of the following men who lost their lives in the First World War. Note the three Dawson brothers who all lost their lives.

Sydney Bowes
Arnold Coultas
Reginald Coultas
Edward Dawson
John Dawson
Reginald Dawson
Percy Dunning
Cecil Galtry
(Victor) Gordon Hickes
Edward Hutchinson
Francis P C Pemberton
Harold Judson
Charles J Ward
Robert J Watt
Arthur Wray

Lance Corporal Arnold W Coultas, 12891. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Lucy Coultas, of The Nutshell, Scalby, Scarborough, and the late George Coultas. Killed 5 July 1916. Aged 22.
Born Scalby (Nr. Scarborough), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Hovingham.
Buried SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Another example of a body being recovered and identified after the name was put on a memorial as having no known grave.)

Private Edward Dawson, 7945. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Annie M. Dawson, of Hovingham, Yorks. A Reservist. Killed 16 May 1915. Aged 31.
Commemorated Panel 12, Le Touret Memorial.
Born Hovingham (Malton), Enlisted Malton, Resided Hovingham (Yorks).

Serjeant John Dawson, MM, 240072. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Annie Maria Dawson, of High St., Hovingham Spa, Malton, Yorks, and the late George, Dawson. Killed 27 May 1915. Aged 27.
Commemorated Soissons Memorial.
Born Hovingham (Malton), Enlisted Hovingham.

Lance Corporal Reginald Dawson, 2166. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Annie Dawson, of Hovingham. Malton. Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 21.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Born Hovingham (Yorks), Enlisted Malton, Resided Hovingham.

Private Percival Dunning, 8298. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 June 1917.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Born Thornaby, Enlisted Richmond, Resided York.

Private Edward Hutchinson, 19285. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Elizabeth Hutchinson, of Hovingham, Malton, Yorks. Killed 28 September 1915. Aged 20.
Buried ST. MARY'S A.D.S. CEMETERY, HAISNES.
Born Hovingham (Yorks), Enlisted Malton.

Private Arthur Wray, 13073. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 October 1916. Aged 22.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Born Hovingham (Malton), Enlisted Malton, Resided Hovingham.

The names on Hovingham's Memorial Cross
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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