War Memorial - Thorngumbald, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Harry Baker
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sapper 541 abt. 1895, Swine, Yorkshire 19 July 1916 21 1st (East Riding) Field Coy. (T.) Royal Engineers La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France Son of William and Clara Baker, nee Carlill, of Swine, Yorkshire.

A local newspaper reports the death of Harry Baker:
Information has been received of the death from wounds received in action in France of Sapper Harry Baker, R. E. (T), whose name was at Swine. Before enlisting in March, 1915, he was employed as an apprentice joiner by Mr. Gardham, of Thorngumbald. He had been in France ten months, and had the pleasure of his first leave only five weeks ago. The following is a copy of the letter received from his commandant, Lieut.-Colonel Newell: - "I very much regret to inform you that your son, Sapper H. Baker, died in Hospital on the 19th July, 1916, from the effects of wounds received in action. Please accept my sincerest sympathy. It is some consolation to know that your son died doing his duty, serving his King and Country. I am sorry to lose such a good man from the unit under my command. He will be difficult to replace."

England Census 1901 about Harry Baker and family Residence: Long Riston, Yorkshire East Riding, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Baker Clara Baker Harry Baker	Head Wife Son	Married Married Single	41 38 5	abt. 1860 abt. 1863 abt. 1896	Wyton, Yorkshire Long Riston, Yorkshire Swine, Yorkshire

A headstone in St. Margaret's Churchyard in Long Riston, East Riding of Yorkshire, commemorates the death of Harry Brown:

© CJH

In loving memory
of
Clara,
wife of William Baker,
who died Sep 7th 1904,
aged 42 years.
To be with Christ which is far better.
Also
Harry Baker, Sapper, R. E.
son of the above,
died of wounds in France
July 19th 1916, aged 21 years.
He gave his life for his country

John Alfred Brown
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal T3/023512 16 December 1891, Thorngumbald 28 October 1918 28 Army Service Corps attached 1st/1st (Welsh) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Son of Alfred and Ann Brown, nee Grange, of Thorngumbald, Hull, Yorkshire. Died of Malaria in Egypt.

William Henry Brown
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 33702 abt. 1892, Thornumbold 25 May 1918 26 2nd Bn. Yorkshire Regiment Houchin British Cemetery, France Son of Alfred and Ann Brown, nee Grange, of Thorngumbald, Hull, Yorkshire.

England Census 1901 about John Alfred and William Brown and family Residence: Broadley House, Village Street, Thorngumbald, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Alfred Brown Ann Brown Mabel Brown John Alfred Brown William Brown Olive Brown Richard Grange George Fox Robert Furrey	Head Wife Daughter Son Son Daughter Father-in-Law Servant Servant	Married Married Single Single Single Single Widowed Single Single	45 44 12 9 8 4 78 19 18	abt. 1856 abt. 1857 abt. 1889 abt. 1892 abt. 1893 abt. 1897 abt. 1823 abt. 1882 abt. 1883	Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Patrington, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Rise, Yorkshire Burstwick, Yorkshire Burstwick, Yorkshire

James Stanley Botham
© Gunner	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant 10158 abt. 1897, Hull, Yorkshire 31 March 1918 21 7th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, France Son of James William and Minnie Botham, nee Broadwell, of Thorngumbald, Yorkshire. Note: property to Miss Gertrude Gray (relationship unexplained).

England Census 1901 about James Stanley Botham and family Residence: Commercial Road, Hull, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
James William Botham Minnie Botham James Stanley Botham	Head Wife Son	Married Married Single	33 32 3	abt. 1868 abt. 1869 abt. 1898	Paull on Humber, Yorkshire Hull, Yorkshire Hull, Yorkshire

Harold Sydney Cressey
© laurinlaurin espie	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Sergeant 80201 13 January 1892, Ryehill, Yorkshire 06 November 1917 25 31st Bn. Canadian Infantry Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Son of Herbert and Betsy Ann Cressey, nee Lawton. Grandson of Storey and Elizabeth Lawton of Thorngumbald, Yorkshire.

Harold Cressey appears on the passenger list of the "Virginian". He travelled from Liverpool to Quebec, Canada and arrived Quebec on 28 June 1912.

England Census 1901 about Harold Cressey Residence: Village Street, Thorngumbald, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John William Thompson Lilly Thompson Harold Cressey	Head Wife Nephew	Married Married Single	37 32 9	abt. 1864 abt. 1869 abt. 18	Riby, Grove, Lincolnshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Ryehill, Yorkshire

William Gray
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Gunner 154454 abt. 1892, Thorngumbald 08 September 1918, 45th Casualty Clearing Station 26 81st Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, France Son of George Henry and Jane Eliza Gray, nee Brown. Husband of Frances Brown (as 'Soldiers Effects', possibly Frances Sidlington, but unproven).

England Census 1901 about William Gray and family Residence: Village Street, Thorngumbald, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
George Henry Gray Jane Eliza Gray William Gray Gertrude Gray Gladys Gray Herbert Gray Ann Brown	Head Wife Son Daughter Daughter Son Sister-in-Law	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	30 30 8 6 3 1 17	abt. 1871 abt. 1871 abt. 1893 abt. 1895 abt. 1898 abt. 1900 abt. 1884	Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Beeford, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Beeford, Yorkshire

James Athelstan Webster
© soilsister	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sapper 506716 abt. abt. 1888, Elstronwick 27 May 1918 30 25th Div. Signal Coy. Royal Engineers Hermonville Military Cemetery, France Son of Athelstan and Jane Webster, nee Hume. Husband of Octavia Harness, nee Walgate, now wife of Harry Harness, of Bush Farm, Ottringham, Hull.

The marrige of James Athelstan Webster to Octavia Walgate was registered in Patrington, Yorkshire, England during the second quarter of 1913. One daughter of the couple is known: Vera (1914-2005).

England Census 1901 about Harold Jameson and family Residence: Cottage, Elsternwick, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Athelstan Webster Jane Webster Richard D. Webster Elizabeth M. Webster James A. Webster Frederick Webster Eleanor J. Webster Eva M. Webster	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Son Daughter Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	45 46 20 14 13 11 9 6	abt. 1856 abt. 1855 abt. 1881 abt. 1887 abt. 1888 abt. 1890 abt. 1892 abt. 1895	Garton in Holderness, Yorkshire Leith, Scotland Lelley in Leith, Yorkshire Elsternwick, Yorkshire Elsternwick, Yorkshire Elsternwick, Yorkshire Elsternwick, Yorkshire Elsternwick, Yorkshire

Thomas Weldon
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 25441 abt. 1889, Ottringham 19 August 1916 27 6th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Thiepval Memorial, France Son of John and Ellen Weldon, nee Harrison.

England Census 1891 about Tom Weldon and family Residence: Sunk Road, Ottringham, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Weldon Ellen Weldon Mary Jane Weldon Florence Weldon William Ewart Weldon George Weldon Tom Weldon	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	42 42 12 9 7 2 1	abt. 1849 abt. 1849 abt. 1879 abt. 1882 abt. 1884 abt. 1889 abt. 1890	Ottringham, Yorkshire Patrington, Yorkshire Ottringham, Yorkshire Ottringham, Yorkshire Ottringham, Yorkshire Ottringham, Yorkshire Ottringham, Yorkshire

Stanley Willingham (Stanley Willingham Tuton as 1897 birth record )
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 9125 abt. 1897 26 October 1917 20 22nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 20097 East Yorkshire Regiment Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Willingham, nee Tuton, of The Arched Lodge, Grumston, Aldbrough, Hull, and the late Mr. George Alonzo Willingham.

The birth of Stanley Willingham Tuton was registered in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England during the second quarter of 1897.

England Census 1911 about Stanley Willingham and family Residence: Thorngumbald, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
George Alonzo Willingham Mary Ann Willingham Stanley Willingham Olive Willingham Percy Willingham Madge Willingham Nora Willingham Ivy Willingham Jim Willingham	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	32 36 14 12 10 9 7 6 1	abt. 1879 abt. 1875 abt. 1897 abt. 1899 abt. 1901 abt. 1902 abt. 1904 abt. 1905 abt. 1910	Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Keyingham, Yorkshire Hull, Yorkshire Keyingham, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire

Arthur Edward Usher
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal 270462 abt. 1883, Thorngumbald 17 June 1918, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station 35 14th Light Railway Operating Coy. Royal Engineers Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, France Son of George and Emily Usher, nee Midgley. Husband of Elizabeth Usher, nee Kendall.

The birth of Arthur Edward Usher was registered in Beverley, Yorkshire, England during the forth quarter of 1883. He was baptised in Paull, Yorkshire, England on 25 November 1883. His marriage to Elizabeth Kendall took place in Clee, Lincolnshire, England on 14 November 1904. Following children are known: John Edward (born 1905), George Henry (born 1906), and Elizabeth (1917-1973).

England Census 1891 about Arthur E. Usher and family Residence: ??, Mansell? Street, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
George Usher Henry Usher Arthur Usher Florence Usher George E. Usher Arthur E. Usher	Head Son Son Daughter Son Son	Married Single Single Single Single Single	40 18 16 15 9 7	abt. 1851 abt. 1873 abt. 1875 abt. 1876 abt. 1882 abt. 1884	Tunbridge, Wiltshire Bramley, Yorkshire Bramley, Yorkshire Sapton, Derbyshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Thorngumbald, Yorkshire

England Census 1911 about Arthur Edward Usher and family Residence: 55, Stratford Street, Little Coates, Grimsby, Lincolnshire,England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Arthur Edward Usher Elizabeth Usher Emily Usher John Edward Usher George Henry Usher	Head Wife Daughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single	27 26 7 5 4	abt. 1884 abt. 1885 abt. 1904 abt. 1906 abt. 1907	Thorngumbald, Yorkshire Hull, Yorkshire Grimsby, Lincolnshire Doncaster, Yorkshire Doncaster, Yorkshire

Benjamin Wigby
© Len	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant 28123 abt. 1895, Thorngumbald 04 August 1916 20 92nd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 285 East Yorkshire Regiment Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avon, France Son of Arthur and Mary Wigby, nee Tuttle, of 217, Hallgate, Cottingham, Yorkshire.

A local newspaper reports the death of Benjamin Wigby:
Sergeant B. Wigby, of the East Yorks, Machine Gun Corps, who lived with his parents in Hallgate, Cottingham, has been killed in action. He was employed before the war by Messrs. Wm. Cussons, Ltd., at Withernsea. His captain writes to his parents: "I am very sorry indeed to have to inform you that your son was killed in action just after midnight in the course of his duty. He was caught by machine gun fire and killed instantly. I cannot tell you what a loss it is to us. He was a most excellent soldier; all the officers had a very high opinion of him. He was buried in the cemetery."

England Census 1911 about Benjamin Wigby and family Residence: 217, Hallgate, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Arthur Wigby Mary Wigby Samuel Wigby Benjamin Wigby Douglas Quantrill Wigby Frank Campbel Wigby Percy Riseam	Head Wife Son Son Son Son Boarder	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	44 43 18 15 12 10 22	abt. 1867 abt. 1868 abt. 1893 abt. 1896 abt. 1899 abt. 1901 abt. 1889	Wicklewood, Norfolk Wicklewood, Norfolk Thorngumbauld, Yorkshire Thorngumbauld, Yorkshire Thorngumbauld, Yorkshire Thorngumbauld, Yorkshire Hull, Yorkshire

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