
BUBWITH WAR
MEMORIAL
Detailed
information for World War 1 & 2
Compiled and copyright © Michael Booker 2004
Research Martin Edwards
The
war memorial is to be found in the churchyard of All Saints, Bubwith.
Bubwith church also houses the roll of honour to the memory of the men
of 78 Squadron RAF who were killed in action. A side altar is dedicated
to the Squadron which was based at RAF Breighton, a couple of miles
away.
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Photograph
Copyright © Michael Booker 2004 |
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN
OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919
ADDY |
Thomas
E |
Possibly:
Thomas
Ellis ADDY, Corporal 22050, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died in England
1st January 1918. Born and enlisted Sheffield. Buried in WADSLEY
CEMETERY, Yorkshire. Grave Refernce 6. RD4.
but
Probably: Thomas ADDY, Private 1054, East Riding
Yeomanry. Transferred to Labour Corps. Died 20th December 1918.
Aged 25. Son of Mrs Elizabeth Addy, of 27 Well Lane, Beverley. Buried
BEVERLEY ST. MARTIN'S CEMETERY, BEVERLEY, Yorkshire. Church of England
Section: Plot 118. Grave 15. |
BLUNSOM |
Fred |
Private
52644, 12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 22nd
March 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Bubwith, enlisted Howden,
resident Elvington. Formerly 169831 Royal Army Service Copers. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
BRABBS |
George
Percy |
Private
21937, 7th Battalion, East Yorkshire. Killed in action 23rd July
1916 in France & Flanders. Born Bubwith, enlisted Selby, resident
Bubwith. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 2 C. |
BROWN |
Herbert |
Private
G/93109, 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 3rd October 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged
36. Born, resident and enlisted Selby. Son of Thomas and Eliza Brown,
of Foggathorpe, Selby. Formerly 3604, N.T. Buried in ANNEUX BRITISH
CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 37. |
CLARK |
Frank |
Private
114274, 51st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 29th July 1919.
Born 1900. Son of James and Mary Alice (nee Cox) Clark. Buried in
COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Cologne, Germany. Plot I. Row F. Grave
7. |
DALTRY |
Thomas
[Tom] |
Private
38265, 1/5th (Territorial Force) Battalion, York & Lancashire Regiment.
Killed in action 13th October 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 23.
Born Bubwith, enlisted Howden. Son of James and Mary Daltry, of
Highfield, Bubwith, Selby, Yorks; brother of John below. Formerly
24653, East Yorkshire Regiment. Buried in YORK CEMETERY, HASPRES,
Nord, France. Row A Grave 13. |
DALTRY |
John
George |
Private
44150, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 26th
August 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 17. Born Bubwith, enlisted
Howden, resident Bubwith. Son of James and Mary Daltry, of Highfield,
Bubwith, Selby, Yorks; brother of Tom above. Formerly 24652 East
Yorkshire Regiment. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Panel 4. |
DOYLE |
Richard |
Acting
Corporal 3/6437, 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own
(Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 27th September 1917. Aged
42. Born and enlisted Sunderland. Son of the late Thomas and Jane
Doyle. Commemorated on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 52 to 54 and 162A. |
DUNN |
Charles
Clifford |
Private
34618, 9th Service Battalion, York & Lancashire. Killed in action
30th June 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Snaith, enlisted Beverley,
resident Selby. Formerly 19417, East Yorkshire Regiment. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 36 and 55. |
FENTON |
John
William |
Private
3194, 1/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 3rd September 1916 in France & Flanders. Aged 22.
Enlisted York, resident Bubwith. Husband of Lily Fenton, of Bubwith,
Selby, Yorks. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D. |
FINES |
George
William |
Private
47995, 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment.)
Died 23rd November 1915. Aged 26. Born 16th July 1889 in Blacktoft,
Yorkshire. Farmer by trade. Single man. Son of the late Charles
and Jane Fines of Spaldington, Yorkshire. Enlisted aged 25 years.
height 5 feet 9 inches, girth 37½ inches, complexion medium,
eyes grey, hair light brown; religion Church of England. Enlisted
and passed fit 28th May 1915 at Military Camp, Niagara, Canada.
Buried in WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave 23. National Archives
of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3091 - 5 |
HOLMES |
William |
Private
53110, 52nd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 12th February
1917 in United Kingdom. Born Spaldington, enlisted Howden. Formerly
23889 East Yorkshire Regiment. Buried in the south part of ST PETER
CHURCHYARD, HOWDEN, Yorkshire. |
HUBY |
Herbert |
Private
34164, 15th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 3rd May 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Bubwith,
enlisted Leeds. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 4. |
LEETHAM |
Samuel |
Private
3/16192, 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Wounds 19th August
1916 at Home. Aged 36. Born Howden, enlisted Howden. Son of Matthew
and Jane Leetham of Spaldington, Yorkshire; husband of Gertrude
Leetham of Grove House, Waterside, Rawcliffe, Goole. Buried in north
west part of ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, BUBWITH, Yorkshire. Grave 43 |
LIVSEY |
Charles
Sydney |
Private
21085, 10th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 1st July 1916 in France & Flanders. Aged 33. Born
Barlow, enlisted York. Son of William and Elizabeth Livsey; husband
of Elizabeth Livsey, of Main St., Bubwith, Selby. Buried in FRICOURT
NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Row C. Grave 17. |
MOWTHORPE |
Fred |
Private
M2/202197, 780th Mechanical Transport Company, Royal Army Service
Corps. Died 28th November 1917 in Balkans. Aged 25. Born Londesborough,
enlisted Sheffield, resident Goole. Son of James and Elizabeth Mowthorpe,
of 130, Weatherall St., Boothferry Rd., Goole. Yorks. Buried in
MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave 1650. |
OLIVER |
George
Herbert |
Driver
1073, 2nd Northumberland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died 6th
June 1916. Aged 23. Son of William and Annie Mary Oliver. Buried
in South-East part of ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, HOLME-UPON-SPALDING
MOOR, Yorkshire. [Not listed on SDGW CD] |
PRATT |
Walter
[Riley] |
Gunner
37223, H.Q. IX. Corps Heavy Artillery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Died 13 November 1918. Aged 26. Son of Mrs. Emily Martha Pratt,
of The Mulberries, Bubwith, Selby, Yorks. In the 1911 census he
was living with his widowed mother, Emily Martha Pratt, aged 18,
born Riccall, Yorkshire, resident Park View, Riccall, Yorkshire.
Buried in BUSIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot
VIII. Row A. Grave 34. |
SHUTTLEWOOD |
Harry |
Corporal
242624, 1/6th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
Killed in action 9th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 25.
Born Roydon, Essex, enlisted Selby. Son of Harry and Emily Shuttlewood,
of High St., Roydon, Ware, Essex; husband of Nellie Shuttlewood,
of Main St., Bubwith, Selby, Yorks. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 42 to 47 and 162 |
SUTTLE |
Walter
Edward |
Private
3/8559, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 7th May 1915. Aged
21. Born Lackford, Suffolk, enlsited Bury St Edmunds. Son of Samuel
and Ellen Suttle, of Breighton, Selby, Yorks. Buried in WIMEREUX
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 1. Row G. Grave 3A. |
TOES |
Richard |
No
further information currently available |
WILLIAMS |
Ernest |
Private
21938, 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire. Killed in action 30th September
1917 in France & Flanders. Born Bubwith, enlisted Selby, resident
Bubwith. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 47 to 48 and 163A. |
WITTY |
Henry |
Private
17920, 6th Battalion, East Yorkshire. Died 13th May 1917. Buried
in north west part of ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD, BUBWITH, Yorkshire.
Grave 37. [Not listed on SDGW] |
WHITTAKER |
Ernest |
possibly
Ernest WHITAKER, Lance Corporal 10177, 2nd Battalion, Prince of
Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 1st July
1916. Born and enlisted Leeds. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D. |
1939-1945 |
CLARK |
Kenneth
Lynch |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 748437, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 17th April
1941. Aged 22. Son of Alfred William and Mabel Louise Clark of Goole.
Buried in Bubwith Churchyard. Grave 100 |
COE |
Robert
Ernest |
Flight
Sergeant 511807, Royal Air Force. Died 30th September 1945. Aged
34. Buried in Bubwith churchyard, right of path. |
CRAVEN |
Douglas |
Leading
Seaman D/JX 148902, H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Royal Navy. Died 10th
December 1941. Aged 20. Son of George and Elsie May Craven of Bubwith.
Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 45, Column
3. |
DANBY |
Reginald
G |
No
further information currently available |
GIBB |
Charles |
Fourth
Engineer Officer, M.V. Jedmoor (London), Merchant Navy. Died 16th
September 1941. Aged 25. Son of James Edward & Maggie Gibb of
Bubwith. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel 59. |
SCRIVENER |
Eric |
No
further information currently |
SMITH |
Peter |
No
further information currently |
Buried
in the churchyard and not on memorial |
CORFE |
Dudley
Anstruther |
Sergeant
411124, Royal Australian Air Force. Died 18th January 1943. Aged
29. Son of Dr. Anstruther John Corfe and Bertha Campbell Corfe,
of Inverell, New South Wales, Australia. B.A., LL.B. Buried BUBWITH
(ALL SAINTS) Churchyard. Grave Location Area C-J49. |
HOPKINSON |
Douglas
Arthur |
Son
of Louisa Ann & James Garlech Hopkinson: husband of Blanche
Hopkinson, of 50, Thomas St., Hull. - killed in action in France.
Commemorated on the CAMBRAI Memorial, LOUERVAL. Not found on CWGC
or SDGW. |
JOY |
David
Graham |
Sergeant
591, Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in Action. Commemorated at YPRES
(MENIN GATE) Memorial and also commemorated in BUBWITH CHURCHYARD.
Grave Location Area C-R43 |
KEARNS |
John
Howard |
Flight
Lieutenant 400804, Royal Australian Air Force. Died 26th January
1943. Aged 33. Son of Howard James Kearns and Mabel Beatrice Kearns;
husband of Elizabeth Lyle Kearns, of East Camberwell, Victoria,
Australia. Buried in BUBWITH CHURCHYARD. Grave 96. |
SHIPPIN |
William |
Sergeant
591, 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds in action.
Son of John James & Frances Shippin. Commemorated on grave in
BUBWITH Churchyard. Grave Location Area C-P20.
Note:
There is only one William SHIPPIN listed on the CWGC and the SDGW
- William SHIPPIN, Private 32/125, 26th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion,
Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds 16th April 1917. Aged 28.
Enlisted Ripon. Son of Frances and the late John James Shippin,
of 5, Wilson St., West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. Buried in BOULOGNE
EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row D. Grave 30. |
WITTY |
Frederick |
Rifleman
201026, 8th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
Died 14th November 1920. Aged 28. Born Willitoft. Son of George
and Jane Witty, of Allberries Cottage, Holme Upon On Spalding Moor,
Yorkshire Buried in Bubwith Churchyard. North-West Part Grave 39 |
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