The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Masham,
- Town Hall

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The First World War Memorial in Masham Town Hall
Photo : The Making of Mashamshire of the Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register

The First World War Memorial in Masham Town Hall is an oak board which has a carved, decorated border. The Headings are in Gold, the names in Black.
In 2016 it was encased in a new glass cabinet along with an original picture of WW1 troops by local artist Simon Palmer, and 65 Tower of London poppies, one for each Mashamshire man who gave their life in WW1. This work, was done by the local branch of the Royal British Legion.

The dedication on the memorial reads;-

FOR KING AND COUNTRY
N GRATEFUL MEMORY OF 406 MEN OF MASHAMSHIRE
OF WHOME 63 GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MASHAM/(names)
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HEALEY/(NAMES)

The names of those recorded on the memorial for the First World War are;-

Astwood, Rupert Harold
Banks, George
Banks, George William
Benson, Harry
Beswick, George Digby
Bolton, John H.
Bradforth, John Bertram
Brown, George Hick
Bruce, Herbert F.
Clarkson, Emerson B
Clarkson, Emerson B.
Clarkson, George
Coldbeck, George Alfred
Coldbeck, Harold Ralph
Coldbeck, Joseph Robt. Wm.
Coleman, Edward Wm.
Coles, James
Craig, Herbert
Dale, Alfred Ernest
Deighton, John
Duffield, George
Dunn, William T.
Edmundson, Charles Robt. Edw.
Falshaw, Thomas William
Furby, George
Furby, Willie
Gill, Henry
Handley, Gordon
Handley, John Kidson
Harrison, Slater
Heslop, Thomas
Hind, Edward
Holland, James
Jackson, Fred
Jackson, Fred
Landers, George Maxwell
Mallaby, Horatio
Mallaby, Peter Francis
Mawer, Arthur
Monkhouse, Alfred T.
Mood, Herbert William
Mood, Percival
Mood, Raymond
Pearson, James Thomas (tom)
Powell, George
Roper, Mark
Ruddick, Frederick
Ruddick, George
Scaife, John
Smith, George
Spence, George
Spence, Joseph W.
Steel, Charles G.
Teale, Arthur
Timms, Arthur Leslie
Tucker, Fred Edmondson
Verity, Joseph Cyril
Wilkinson, Harold
Wilson, Thomas Arthur
Wintersgill, Alfred
Wintersgill, Joseph Thomas
Wintersgill, Robert
Woodward, Bertram
Wright, Edwin

17 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the Masham Town Hall War Memorial.

Private George Banks, 3/8540. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Masham (Yorks), Enlisted Masham (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.

Private George Digby Beswick, 3940. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916.
Enlisted Masham (Yorks).
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.
(Shown in SDGW as "George Digby Beswick")

Lance Corporal George Hick Brown, 40495. 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, formerly 3021 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. R. L. and Mrs. J. Brown, of Park St., Masham, Ripon, Yorks. Killed 6 August 1917. Aged 19.
Born Hackness (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton (Yorks), Resided Masham (Yorks).
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).

Private Herbert Foster Bruce, 5445. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles Fenwick Bruce and Elizabeth Bruce, of "Silverdale", Masham, Ripon, Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 19.
Born Masham (Yorks), Enlisted South Shields.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Harold Ralph Coldbeck, 12786. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alfred Burton Coldbeck and Phillis Hariet Colbeck, of Cross Hill, Masham, Ripon, Yorks. Killed 4 August 1915. Aged 21.
Born Stainsley (Ripon), Enlisted Masham.
Buried VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE No.3.

Private James Cole, 12824. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Croydon (Surrey), Enlisted Masham, Resided Croydon.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.

Sergeant George Duffield, 12791. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Emmeline Duffield, of Masham, Yorks. Killed 31 December 1915. Aged 21.
Born Masham (Yorks), Enlisted Masham.
Buried BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Number = 12791 in SDGW and also Green Howards Gazette database. CWGC register = 12793).

Corporal Edward Hind. 28647. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Hind; husband of Ellen Fear (formerly Hind), of 9, Kingston Rd., Staines, Middx. Died at home, 1 November 1918. Aged 26
Born Armley (Leeds), Enlisted Masham, Resided Fearby (Masham).
Buried ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, HEALEY.

(*) Private Herbert William Mood, 5274. Yorkshire Regiment, transferred to the Labour Corps. Step-son of Mrs. Minna Mood, of Market Place, Masham. Died 28 November 1918. Aged 32.
Buried MASHAM (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD.
(Not listed in SDGW)

(*) Private Raymond Mood, 39027. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mirlna (sic) Mood, of The Square, Masham, Yorks. Died 31 August 1918. Aged 23.
Born Masham (Yorks), Enlisted Leyburn, Resided Masham (Yorks).
Buried DURY CRUCIFIX CEMETERY.

Private Mark Roper. 5697. 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 28614 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas R. and Mary Ann Roper, of Masham, Yorks; husband of Florence E. Roper, of The Schoolhouse, Well, Bedale, Yorkshire. Killed 5 November 1916. Aged 38.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Masham, Resided Well (Bedale - Yorks).
Buried WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private George Ruddick, 201835. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 27 June 1917.
Born Newby (Cleveland), Enlisted Masham, Resided Nunthorpe (Yorks)
Buried ROOKERY BRITISH CEMETERY, HENINEL.
A comprehensive biography of George Ruddick, with a portrait photo, can be found on the Stokesley Heritage website.

Private George Smith, 24305. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Masham (Yorks), Enlisted Masham.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private George Spence, 28235. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 October 1917.
Born Timble (Yorks), Enlisted Masham (Yorks).
Buried DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Arthur Leslie Timms, 242713. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George Timms, of Cross Hill, Masham, Yorks. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 21.
Born Ellington (Yorks), Enlisted Masham.
Buried YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY.
Private Timms is also commemorated on a family headstone in St. Mary's Churchyard, Masham.

Private Robert Wintersgill, 12823. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 December 1917.
Born Masham (Yorks), Enlisted Msham, Resided Snape (Bedale)
Buried NEUVILLE-BOURJONVAL BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Bertram Woodward, 4555. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. C. Miller, of "Sunnyside," 58, Borobridge Rd., Knaresborough, Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 38.
Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Masham.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Names Commemorated on the he First World War Memorial in Masham Town Hall
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Photo : The Making of Mashamshire of the Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register

Masham Town Hall Masham Town Hall

(*) Martin Briscoe, of Fort William (<mbriscoe@zetnet.co.uk>) has written supplying information on the Mood family. Martin is related to Thomas Mood's first wife (Thomas Mood was the father of Raymond Mood, above).

Thomas Mood had 5 sons and 5 daughters, two of the sons by his first wife, Margaret, and three by his second wife Minna. Of these sons, Herbert William, Raymond were killed in the First World War. Percival Mood (1917, see above) son of William and Minna, was a Lance Corporal in the Royal Berkshire Regiment and was killed on 11 November 1917, aged 23.

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