North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Middlesbrough, - the Dorman Museum

Names on the Central Methodist Church War Memorial	Names on the North Ormesby Methodist Church War Memorial
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There are two War Memorials in the Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough. Both are from local Methodist Churches which have been closed or demolished. The memorials are;-
1. The Central Methodist Church War Memorial Windows (the church was originally in Southfields Road, Middlesbrough)
2. The North Ormesby Methodist Church in King's Road, now closed.

The Memorial Windows from the Central Methodist Church, Southfield Road, commemorate those who lost their lives in the First World War as well as those who returned. Of the 22 names of those who lost their lives, 8 were men who served in the Yorkshire Regiment.

The War Memorial from the North Ormesby Methodist Church consists of two brass plaques, commemorating 21 men who lost their lives in the First World War and 7 in the Second World War. Of the 21 names of those who lost their lives in the First World War, 7 were men who served in the Yorkshire Regiment.

Private Herbert Brown. 2393. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 16 November 1916.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Central Methodist)

Private George Ingram Christon. 17078. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Janet Christon, of 99, Victoria Rd., Middlesbrough, Yorks. Vernon Street Cem. Died 1 July 1916. Aged 23.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ.
(Shown as "G J Christon on the window)
(Central Methodist)

Private George Colley. 17070. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 16 September 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(Central Methodist)

Private Edwin Lawrence Davies. 235292. 17th Battalion King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 5406 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Emmanuel and Margaret Davies, of 8, Maltby St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Killed 8 May 1918. Aged 21.
Born North Ormesby (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 31 to 34 and 162 and 162A and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(North Ormesby Methodist)

Private William George Davis. 13924. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Sarah Ann Davis, of 64, Morris St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorks. Died 11 July 1916. Aged 20
Born Salford (Manchester), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(North Ormesby Methodist)

Private William Ralyton Freemantle. 1386. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 20 September 1914.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried MIDDLESBROUGH (LINTHORPE) CEMETERY.
(Central Methodist)

Private George Gilbert Frost. 17068. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Harriet Frost, of 26, Abingdon Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 21 August 1915. Aged 23.
Born London, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
(Central Methodist)

Private James Ryder Harris. 200608. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Jane Harris, of 13, Colville St., Middlesbrough. Died 14 February 1917. Aged 24.
Born Ryder (*), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY.
(*) Can't find any such place name. Is this a typo in SDGW?
(Central Methodist)

Private Thomas Hitchen. 4269. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Elizabeth Hitchen, of 6, Maltby St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Died 15 September 1916. Aged 18.
Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(North Ormesby Methodist)

Private Robert Holland. 16515. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Ellen Sounds Holland; husband of the late Louisa Holland. Died 30 November 1915. Aged 33.
Born North Ormesby, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
(North Ormesby Methodist)

Private William Henry Lewis. 201093. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Albert and Elizabeth Lewis, of 7, Heath Terrace, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Died 22 March 1918. Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
(North Ormesby Methodist)

Private Robert Longstaff. 36681. 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 25241 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 October 1916.
Born Stockton (Co Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough (Yorks).
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Central Methodist)

Private Arthur Robert George Painter. 202130. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 21 April 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried LONDON CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-VITASSE.
(North Ormesby Methodist)

Private Joseph Henry Smith, 16802. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas William and Jane Smith, of 13, Broadway West, Dormanstown, Redcar. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 24.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated on Panels 31 & 32, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
(North Ormesby Methodist)
(For further information on Joseph Henry Smith see the Great War Forum website._

Serjeant Wifred Harold Gill Whitehead. 713. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Martha Whitehead, of 119, Waterloo Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 4 May 1915. Aged 24.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
(Central Methodist) .

Middlesbrough Central Methodist Church War Memorial Windows
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

Middlesbrough Central Methodist Church War Memorial Window Commemorating
Those Who Lost Their Lives in the First World War.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

Middlesbrough's Central Methodist Church War Memorial Window Commemorating
Those Who Served and Returned After the First World War.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The Dorman Museum in Middlesbrough
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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