The Yorkshire Regiment, War Memorials Elsewhere

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Leicester City,
- St. Margaret's Church

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The Book of Remembrance in St. Margaret's Church, Leicester City The Book of Remembrance in St. Margaret's Church, Leicester City
Photo : Brian Mawdsley of the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website.

The Book of Remembrance in St. Margaret's Church, Leicester The Book of Remembrance in St. Margaret's Church, Leicester City
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A Book of Remembrance in St. Margaret's Church, Leicester City, commemorates 202 names of those who lost their lives in the First World War. The Book of Remembrance is in a glass-frinted wooden case with the inscription in gold "1914 REMEMBER 1918".

The Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website provides a rtranscription of the names in the Book of Remmembrance.

Amongst the names commemorated are tose of 4 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment.

Private John Thomas Baxter. 30005. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 39677 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Leicester, Enlisted Leicester.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.
(a comprehensive biograhy of John Thomas Baxter is provided on the Leicestershire War Memorials website. From these biographical details, it asppears that John Thomas Baxter was the stepson of Edward Camps, and in both the 1901 and 1911 Census's was recorded under the surname of Camps.)

Private George Harry Blockley. 29862. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 13 November 1918. Age 27.
Son of Charles and Hannah Mary Blockley, of 36, Burley's Lane, Leicester.
Buried LEICESTER GILROES CEMETERY.

Private George Harry Bockley's Servive Record exists.
From this it is seen that he was unmarried and worked as a Boot Wax Moulder in the shoe trade.
He enlisted on 26 November 1915 in Leicester, and served in France between 5 June 1916 - 3 May 1917.
He was discharged ion 28 June 1917 as no longer fit for war service due to muscular atrophy in his right arm and was issued with a SW badge.

Private Josiah Forknall. 41596. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 32261 10th Hussars. Killed 5 October 1918.
Born Leicester, Enlisted Leicester.
Buried BEAUREVOIR COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION.

Private George Henry Gadd. 29618. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 30656 Notts & Derby Regt. Son of Edward and Sarah Ann Gadd, of 57, Craven St., Leicester. Killed 19 June 1916. Aged 21.
Born Leicester, Enlisted Leicester.
Buried LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY.

St. Margaret's Church, Leicester St. Margaret's Church, Leicester City
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