War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Portishead (N Somerset),
St. Peter's Church
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The War Memorial in St. Peter's Church, Portishead (N Somerset)
The War Memorials in St. Peter's Church, Portishead (N Somerset)
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Photo : Mark Newton of the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website

The Portishead War Memorials in St. Peter's Church consist of bronze plaques set in marble surrounds.

64 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War. A transcription of the names is on the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website.

1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is shown on the memorial.

Private James Thomas Wilmott. 42527.
9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 15 November 1918.
Buried BUSIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

From the National Probate Register, James Thomas Wilmott, a Private in the 9th Yorks, was shown as living at 4 Ashford Place, Portishead. The 1911 census confirmed this and showed that he was the son of Alfred George Wilmott and was aged 23.

St. Peter's Church, Portishead (N Somerset) St. Peter's Church, Portishead (N Somerset)
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