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War Memorial - Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England


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Henry Beswick
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Pioneer
224934

21 March 1918

"G" Special Coy. Royal Engineers
Arras Memorial, France
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James Chilton
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Private
28145

14 June 1917

16th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France
Son of J. Chilton,
Railway St., Leyburn, Yorks.
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James Raymond Clapham
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Gunner
127074
abt. 1898
21 June 1917
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294th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Joseph and Ruth Clapham,
of 128, Malsis Rd., Keighley, Yorks.
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George W. Clark
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York & Lancashire Regiment

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Frederick Holmes
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Private
300131
abt. 1889
21 August 1918
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1st/7th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
Queen's Cemetery, Bucquoy, France
Son of the late Leonard and Annie Holmes,
of Ivy Cottage, Leyburn, Yorks,
husband of Mary Holmes,
of 35, Durban St., Scarborough.
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Alfred W. Salmon
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Lance Corporal




Yorkshire Regiment

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William Joseph Smith
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Corporal
51261
Military Medal
abt. 1895
01 July 1916
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19th Trench Mortar Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France
Son of John Thomas and Jane Annie Smith,
of 8, Hesse St., Darwen, Lancs.
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John William Teasdale
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Private
3/9456

08 July 1916

2nd Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
London Cemetery, Longueval, France
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Thomas Lawson Wardman
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Private
300157
abt. 1898
25 March 1918
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1st/7th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
Arras Memorial, France
Son of Taylor and Eliza Wardman,
of Risborough Lane, Leyburn, Yorks.
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Walter E. Wilkinson
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Private
39259
abt. 1899
20 July 1918
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5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Courmas British Cemetery, France
Son of Walter and Elizabeth Wilkinson,
of Grove Square, Leyburn, Yorks.
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John Alan Broadley
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Flight Lieutenant (Navigator)
47690
Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Medal
abt. 1921
18 February 1944
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487 (R. N. Z. A. F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force
St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France
Son of Thomas Pearson Broadley and Irene Broadley.
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Robert William Marks
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Private
3776520
abt- 1916
06 June 1944
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Army Catering Corps
attd. 5th Bn. The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Bayeux Memorial, France
Son of R. M. Marks, and of Charlotte E. Marks,
of Southport, Lancashire.
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Francis Stanley Seymour
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Sergeant (Flight Engineer)
1475129
abt. 1922
19 July 1944
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49 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Herbisse Churchyard, France
Son of Francis and Florence Seymour,
of Leyburn, Yorkshire.
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Frank Burton
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Leading Aircraftman
983749
abt. 1920
06 January 1945
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946 Balloon Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Leyburn Cemetery
Son of John W. Burton and Mary Burton,
of Leyburn.
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John Dixon Chapman
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Private
4470492
abt. 1923
17 August 1943
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9th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta
Son of James and Margaret Alice Chapman,
of Leyburn, Yorkshire.
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G. M. Lumley
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Home Guard

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James Rowland May
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Lieutenant
269350
abt. 1919
16 June 1944
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5th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery, France
Son of Rowland and Mary Helen May,
husband of Elizabeth Dorothy May,
of Streatham Hill, London.
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John Ernest Taylor
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Aircraftman 2nd Class
747494
abt. 1893
08 February 1940
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Leyburn Cemetery
Son of John and Annie Elizabeth Taylor,
husband of Mary Ann Cooper Taylor,
of Leyburn.
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Alan Edward Warriner
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Serjeant
2372600
abt. 1907
13 June 1945
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Army Educational Corps
Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya
Son of Edward and Mary Warriner,
husband of Edit Warriner,
of Leyburn, Yorkshire.
L. R. A. M.
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