War Memorial - Kirkburn, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Frederick Simpson Staveley
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Captain abt. 1887, Southburn. 14 March 1915 27 3rd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium Son of Harold Hornby Staveley and Marion Blanche Staveley, of Tibthorpe, Driffield, husband of Ursula Joan Staveley, nee Whitaker. Resident of 'Bracken', Kilnwick, Yorkshire.

England Census 1891 about Frederick S. Staveley and family Residence: Battleburn, Southburn, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Harold H. Staveley Marion B. Staveley Herbert W. Staveley Muriel M. Staveley Frederick S. Staveley Claude H. Staveley Hannah Denny Sarah Thompson Annie E. Milson	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Son Servant Servant Servant	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	36 30 6 4 3 2 29 26 18	abt. 1855 abt. 1861 abt. 1885 abt. 1887 abt. 1888 abt. 1889 abt. 1862 abt. 1865 abt. 1873	Tibthorpe, Yorkshire Kirkburn, Yorkshire Southburn, Yorkshire Southburn, Yorkshire Southburn, Yorkshire Southburn, Yorkshire Fimber, Yorkshire Haisthorpe, Yorkshire Hutton Cranswick, Yorkshire

Frederick Bayes Manson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant 240841 abt. 1896, Staxton 28 March 1918 22 5th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment Pozieres Memorial, France Son of Lucy A. Manson (married to Fred Bayes in 1902). Grandson of John and Harriet Manson. Resident of Willerby, Staxton, Yorkshire.

England Census 1901 about Fred B. Manson and family Residence: Staxton, Willerby, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Manson Harriet Manson Lucy A. Manson Fred B. Manson	Head Wife Daughter Grabdson	Married Married Single Single	61 55 25 5	abt. 1840 abt. 1846 abt. 1876 abt. 1896	Ganton, Yorkshire Reighton, Yorkshire Staxton, Yorkshire Staxton, Yorkshire

Arthur Smales
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant (CWGC: Corporal) 43388 abt. 1892, Hutton Cranswick 10 November 1918 (Other sources: 10 October 1918) 26 10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay, France Son of Arthur and Mary Smales, nee Smithson. Husband of Cassandra Smales, nee Neal, of 8, Sandlemere Avenue, Somerset St., Hessle Rd., Hull.

Thomas Day
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private PLY/922(S) abt. 1899, Hull, Yorkshire 24 March 1918 19 2nd R. M. Bn. R. N. Div. Royal Marine Light Infantry Doullens Communal Cemetery, France Grandson of Arthur and Mary Smales, of Tibthorpe Lodge, Driffield, Yorks.

England Census 1901 about Arthur Sma(i)les and Tom Day and family Residence: Stanningholme (Watton Carr), Watton with Berwick, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Arthur Sma(i)les Mary Sma(i)les Lily Sma(i)les Violet Sma(i)les Arthur Sma(i)les Tom F. Sma(i)les	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Son Grandson	Married Married Single Single Single Single	50 44 14 11 8 1	abt. 1851 abt. 1857 abt. 1887 abt. 1890 abt. 1893 abt. 1900	Shiffing, Yorkshire Cranswick, Yorkshire Cranswick, Yorkshire Cranswick, Yorkshire Cranswick, Yorkshire Hull, Yorkshire

Thomas Day appears as Thomas Henry Smales 1901, and Thomas Henry Foster Smales 1911 with Grandparents both census. Edith Mary Smales, daughter of Arthur and Mary Smales, marries George Robert Day 1906, would appear to be mother of Thomas (unproven) who enlists as Tom Day. Edith Mary Day in Bridlington 1911 and noted as 'living apart' from husband.

General Alfred Barker
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Gunner 174512 abt. 1895, High Battleburn 19 July 1917 22 "C" Bty. 148th Bde. Royal Field Artillery Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Belgium Son of Walter and Emma Barker, nee Botham, of High Battleburn, Kirkburn, Yorkshire.

Cornelius Walter Barker
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 41155 abt. 1883, Kirkburn 07 June 1917 34 11th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Son of Walter and Emma Barker, nee Botham, of High Battleburn, Kirkburn, Yorkshire. Husband of Ruth Barker, nee Fielding. Resident of Driffield, Yorkshire.

England Census 1901 about Walter and General Barker and family Residence: Gaston Road, Kirkburn, Driffield, Derbyshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Walter Barker Emma Barker Walter Barker Charles Barker General Barker	Head Wife Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single	45 45 18 8 6	abt. 1856 abt. 1856 abt. 1883 abt. 1893 abt. 1895	Castle, Campslambs Pickering Marishes, Yorkshire Kirkburn, Yorkshire Kirkburn, Yorkshire High Battleburn, Yorkshire

Arthur Bryan
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 19154 abt. 1885, Tibthorpe 28 April 1918 33 11th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Son of Tom and Ann Bryan, nee Horner, of Field House, Nafferton Rd., Driffield, Yorkshire. Resident of Driffield, Yorkshire.

The birth of Arthur Bryan was registered in Driffield, Yorkshire, England, during the second quarter of 1885.

William Ernest Jackson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 76556 13 October 1897, Southburn 12 October 1918 21 12th Bn. Manchester Regiment Neuvilly Communal Cemetery, France Son of Seth and Emma Jackson, nee Barmby. Resident Neswick, Yorkshire.

William Ernest Jackson enlists (Special Reservist) as Driver 503 Army Service Corps on 20 December 1913, mobilized on 06 August 1914 and discharged 19 December 1915, no record of re-enlistment.

Wilfrid Speck
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 76515 abt. 1898 23 October 1918 20 21st Bn. Manchester Regiment Pommereuil British Cemetery, France Son of George and Eliza Speck, nee Knaggs, of Tibthorpe, Yorkshire. Resident of Driffield, Yorkshire.

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