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The following men of Skelton gave their lives in
the first world war.
Most are remembered by the war memorials at Skelton and North Skelton and a plaque in Skelton Church. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission tends the graves of those who died in both World Wars in places all over the world and has built a website to commemorate them. I am trying to add some details here about their families and the War situation in which they died. Royal Navy. |
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Stoker George Webster. Click to see
memorial.
Royal Naval Division. Merchant Navy. 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars. 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars. Royal Field Artillery [Gunners]. Royal Garrison Artillery [Heavy gunners]. Grenadier Guards. 27th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. East Yorkshire Regiment. |
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West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Pte Frank Dunn. Click to see memorial Pte Robert Ernest Garbutt.Click to see memorial Pte Albert E Winfield. Click to see memorial 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. 1/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. |
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Pte John William Hardwick Click to
see memorial Pte W Harris. Click to see memorial Pte Isaac Jacques. Click to see memorial Sgt Thomas Johnson. Click to see memorial L/Cpl Herbert Jackson. Click to see memorial Pte Henry Paul Laing-Taylor. Click to see memorial Cpl Harry Leeks. Click to see memorial Pte Albert Lonsdale. Click to see memorial Cpl Benjamin E Nunn Click to see memorial Pte Arthur Henry Rising Click to see memorial Pte Joseph William Scuffham. Click to see memorial Pte Robert Speechley. Click to see memorial Pte Daniel Taylor. Click to see memorial Pte A Thorpe. Click to see memorial Pte R M Thorpe. Click to see memorial Pte Thomas Wood. Click to see memorial Pte William Watson. Click to see memorial Pte Horace Willow. Click to see memorial 1/5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. |
 1914/15 STAR. Authorised in 1918, the 1914/15 Star was awarded to those individuals who saw service in France and Flanders from 23 November 1914 to 31 December 1915 and to those individuals who saw service in any other operational theatre from 5 August 1914 to 31 December 1915. BRITISH WAR MEDAL. The British War Medal 1914-1920, authorised in 1919, was awarded to eligible service personnel and civilians alike. Qualification for the award varied slightly according to service. The basic requirement for army personnel and civilians was that they either entered a theatre of war, or rendered approved service overseas between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. VICTORY MEDAL. The Victory Medal 1914-1919 was also authorised in 1919 and was awarded to all eligible personnel who served on the establishment of a unit in an operational theatre. |
6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Pte Edward Covell. Click to see memorial Pte Sidney G Craven. Click to see memorial L/Cpl Wright Freeman. Click to see memorial L/Cpl Allan H Rooks. Click to see memorial and photograph. Private John William Rudd. Click to see memorial 9th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. 10th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. 12th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. 13th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. 1st/5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). |
 "Pass not this stone in Sorrow, but in Pride And may you live as nobly as they died" |
 
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Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Pte Alvin H Mohun. Click to see memorial King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. King's Royal Rifle Corps. 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. 1/4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Durham Light Infantry. 10th/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. 1/5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Army Cyclist Corps. South African Regiment. Friends' Ambulance Unit. |