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War Memorial - Goathland, North Yorkshire, England


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William Oswald Beaver
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Lance Bombardier
826151
abt. 1914
11 February 1944
30
19 Field Regt. Royal Artillery
Anzio War Cemetery, Italy
Son of James and Jane Beaver,
husband of Edie Beaver,
of Goathland, Yorkshire.
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Arthur Brown (Probably)
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Chief Officer

abt. 1885
11 September 1940
55
Merchant Navy, S. S. "Albionic" (Hull)
Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK
Son of John and Mary Brown,
of Whitby, Yorkshire,
husband of Margaret Ann Brown,
of Sleights, Yorkshire.
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Robert Charles Patrick Ellis
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Commander

abt. 1910
29 May 1944
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Monck"
Inverness (Tomnahurich) Cemetery, Inverness-shire, UK
Son of Maj. R. H. Ellis and Evelyn Julia Ellis,
of Goathland, Yorkshire.
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Gordon Belt Peirson
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1st Radio Officer

abt. 1920, Goathland
24 June 1943
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Merchant Navy, S. S. "British Venture" (London)
Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK
Son of John Henry and Mary Margaret Peirson
of Woodbine Cottage, Beckhole, Goathland, Yorkshire
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Ernest Frederick Readman
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Private
4395024
abt. 1912
28 June 1942
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7th Bn. Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Husband of Jane Readman,
of Goathland, Yorkshire.
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Jack Garnet Bramsdon Stratton
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Lieut.-Commander

abt. 1909
15 November 1942
33
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Avenger"
Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, UK
Son of Cyril Paul and Elsie Cowan Stratton,
husband of Rosemary Stratton.
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Frederick "Fred" Cockerill
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Private
27269
abt. 1894
14 May 1917
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"B" Coy. 7th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
Arras Memorial, France
Son of Mr. A. P. Cockerill,
of Green End, Goathland, Yorkshire.
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Godfrey Bousfield Harrison
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Private
17780
abt. 1877
29 September 1915
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6th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Son of Watson and Mary Harrison,
husband of Ada Ethel Harrison,
of Mallyan Lodge, Goathland, Yorkshire.
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John Yeoman Light
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Lance Corporal
471423
abt. 1887
14 April 1918
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222nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of Thomas Light,
of Glebe Farm, Lealholm,
husband of Edith Light,
of Waites House, Goatland, Yorkshire.
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Edwin Pennock
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Private
33023

29 September 1916

10th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
A. I. F. Burial Ground, Flers, France
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George Pybus
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Private
39065

09 October 1917

2nd/8th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
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Thomas John Readman (Probably John Thomas Readman)
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Private
21628

04 August 1916

13th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Thiepval Memorial, France

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Arthur Rymer
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Private
45740
abt. 1897
09 October 1917
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6th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of James Rymer,
of Church Cottages, Goathland, Yorkshire.
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George Smailes
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Second Lieutenant

abt. 1894
22 October 1916
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2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Thiepval Memorial, France
Son of Richard and Rate Smailes,
of Arundel House, Bagdale, Whitby, Yorkshire.
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Robert Sleightholm
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Apprentice

abt. 1899
24 November 1917
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Mercantile Marine, S. S. "Dunrobin" (Newcastle)
Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK
Son of Lavinia Sleightholm (nee Oxley),
of Rose Cottage, Goathland, Yorkshire,
and the late James Sleightholm.
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John Ward
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Private
19295
abt. 1896
30 April 1916
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10th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
La Neuville Communal Cemetery, Corbie, France
Son of Mary Ann Ward,
of Hawthorn Hill, Goathland, Yorkshire.
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Wilfrid W. Whiteley (Probably Sidney Whiteley)
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Private
2710
abt. 1897
11 November 1919
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Yorkshire Regiment
transf. to (387662) 727th Labour Coy. Labour Corps
Birdsall (St. Mary) Churchyard, Yorkshire, UK
Son of William and Emily Whiteley,
of The Kennels, Goathland, Yorkshire.
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Edwin Widdowson
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Rifleman
19422
abt. 1879, Grosmont, Yorkshire
25 January 1918
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King's Royal Rifle Corps
St. Mary Churchyard, Goathland, Yorkshire, UK
Son of Levi and Jane Widdowson.
He was discharged on 04 April 1917 and died 25 January 1918.
His wife was Gorgina Widdowson.
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