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The
First World War Roll of Honour in St. Columba's Church, Middlesbrough
Photo : Simon Armstrong of the War
Memorials On Line website
The First World War Memorial in St. Columba's Church, Middlesbrough,
consists of two wall-mounted Rolls of Honour.
101 names are commemorated, of whom 10 defintely served in the Yorkshire Regiment
andd a further 2 names may have served in the Yorkshire Regiment.
This proportion of Yorkshire Regiment names to total names is much lower than
that of the main Middlesbrough War Memorial on the wall outside Albert Park.
Private William Henry Aspinall. 4429. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 27 September 1916.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Corporal John Bradley. 3/8632. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 17 August 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE.
Private John Bradley. 3/7634. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Daniel and Catherine Bradley. Died 17 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
(On the Roll of Honour only one "John Bradley" is shown. It isn't
clear as to WHICH John Bradley is commemorated.)
Private Thomas William Close. 11952. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Emma Close (stepmother), of 72, Stoorn St., Ormesby, Middlesbrough,
and the late Thomas W. Close. Died 10 July 1916. Aged 25.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John Alfred Davies. 202017. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Edward and Elizabeth Davies. Died 19 July 1917. Aged 27.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
BUried ROOKERY BRITISH CEMETERY, HENINEL.
Captain Harold Dean, MC. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of William and Elizabeth Dean; husband of Dorothy Dean, of "Rosebery,"
Goldsmid Rd., Tonbridge, Kent. Killed 5 January 1918. Aged 30.
(Had previously been a Corporal (No 131011) in the Royal Engineers before
joining the Yorkshire Regiment. His wife lived at 32 Brecon Hill Rd, Middlesbrough)
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.
Private Robert Holmes. 12120. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Mary Jane Holmes, of 190, Marsh Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 7 June
1917. Aged 41.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.
(Although shown as Robert Henry Holmes on the Roll of Honour, there
is no Robert Henry Holmes with a Middlesbrough connection who lost his life
in the First World War.)
Private Thomas Hughes. 5948. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died
15 May 1915.
Born Aldershot, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
Private Albert Ernest Jones. 201266. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Jane Jones, of 9, Yeoman St., Redcar, Yorks, and the late William Jones.
Died 16 September 1916. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Redcar.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Shown as Albert Jones on the Roll of Honour, though is almost certainly meant
to be Albert Ernest Jones.)
Private John William Longstaff. 21062. 12th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 9 August 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Private Thomas Samuel McManus. 243272. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Terence and Sarah McManus; husband of Rosetta Amelia McManus,
of 31, Chestnut Wall, Watford. Died 1 August 1917. Aged 27.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private William Nicholson. 3723. 6th Battalion (CWG) / 5th Battalion
(SDGW) Yorkshire Regiment. Died 29 October 1916.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Joseph Scott. 200353. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of M. H. and Margaret Jane Scott, of 46, Marton Rd., Middlesbrough. Died
10 April 1918. Aged 22.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried in MIDDLESBROUGH (LINTHORPE) CEMETERY.
Private Joseph Smith. 3/7917. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 10 March 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
Private Richard Wright. 36759. 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers,
formerly 25183 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 April 1918.
Born Gateshead (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough (Yorks).
Buried WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY.
Serjeant William Robert Wright. 21479. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George William and Catherine Barbara Wright, of 16, Bottomly St., Middlesbrough.
Died 8 February 1917. Aged 26.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
The Left Hand Roll of Honour in St. Columba's Church, Middlesbrough
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Photo : Simon Armstrong of the War
Memorials On Line website
The Right Hand Roll of Honour in St. Columba's Church, Middlesbrough
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Memorials On Line website
St.
Columba's Church, Middlesbrough
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