ABDY

William

Private 44618, 218th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 16th August 1917 in France & Flanders. Aged 31. Born Cowick, enlisted Pontefract, resident West Cowick. Son of Frederick and Jane Abdy, of West Cowick, Snaith, Yorks. Formerly 21515, West Yorkshire Regiment. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A.

DURHAM

Arthur

Private 41317, 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died of wounds 31st May 1918. Aged 28. Born 15th March 1890 Snaith, resident Snaith, enlisted Goole. Son of Emma( formerly Ward) and Arthur Durham of Snaith; husband of Annie (formerly Spivey) of Cowick. Buried in Pernes British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 20

GARDNER

Fred

Acting Sergeant 16281. 9th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 27th June 1918 in France & Flanders. Aged 22. Born East Cowick, enlisted Selby. Son of Richard and Annie Gardner, of East Cowick, nr. Goole, Yorks. Buried in Pernes British cemetery, France. Plot V. Row C. Grave 40.

GARNER

Francis Arthur

Private 26572, 9^th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.  Died 11^th July, 1916.  Age 32.  Son of Stephen and Louie Garner, of Banksides, Cowick, Goole and husband of Emily Hymers Garner, of New Bridge, Cowick, Goole.  Buried in the St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France, A. 28. 14.

HORSFIELD

HOLMES

HEMINGWAY

PENISTONE

Ferdick

Driver 821595, Royal Field Artillery.  Born at East Cowick, Yorkshire.  Died 16^th October, 1920.  Aged 33.  Son of William and Sarah Penistone.  Buried in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, East Cowick, Yorkshire.

SPIVEY

Charles Alfred

Gunner 129168, C Battery, 148^th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.  Died, possibly of wounds 25^th April, 1918.  Age 30.  Son of Thomas and Mary Spivey, of East Cowick, Snaith, Yorkshire, and husband of Clara B. Thompson (formerly Spivey), of High Street, Rawcliffe, Yorkshire.  Buried in the Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Belgium, V. a. 7.

Note:  Bandaghem was the popular name given by the troops to the group of casualty clearing stations posted to this area during the First World War.

SPIVEY

Perry

Private 55710, 2^nd/4^th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.  Died 2^nd September, 1918.  Age 25.  Son of Thomas and Mary Spivey, of East Cowick, Snaith, Yorkshire.  Buried in the Vaulx Hill Cemetery, France, III. F. 23.

SPIVEY

Tom

Private 12709, 9^th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.  Killed in action 1^st July, 1916.  Age 20.  Son of Fred and Clara Taylor, of West Cowick, Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire.  Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A.

STEPHENSON

G. R.

Private 4/8691, 4^th Battalion, West Yorkshire Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment.  Died 25^th January, 1917.  Age 49.  Husband of the late Mary Jane Sykes Stephenson.  Buried in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, East Cowick, Yorkshire.

TASKER

James William

Private 46283, 13^th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.  Killed in action 12^th April, 1918.  Age 34.  Son of Thomas Hodgson Tasker and Hannah Maria Tasker, of East Cowick, Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire, and husband of Rose Hannah Benson (formerly Tasker), of  Naburn, Yorkshire.  Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium, Panel 8.

TURTON

Lewis Cuthbert

Trooper 13/466, Auckland Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F. Died at Malta 25th August 1915 of wounds received at Gallipoli. Aged 26. Buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot A. Row XII Grave 5. There is a further plaque in church dedicated by his father Thomas Coates Turton, of the Firs.

WADE

George

Private 57948, 1st/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Killed in action 16th April 1918 in France & Flanders. Born Leeds, enlisted Doncaster. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 42 to 47 and 162.

WEST

Albert

Gunner 126817, 337th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 2nd Decmeber 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Eastbourne, enlisted Goole, resident Coswick (sic - Cowick). No known grave. Commmeorated on Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France. Panel 1.

ERECTED IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF
THE SACRIFICE MADE BY THE ABOVE
NAMED MEN OF THIS PARISH

1939-1945

COLLEY

Frank

Corporal 14304408, 18 Mobile Ammunition Sec., Royal Army Ordnance Corps.  Killed in action 1^st June, 1945.  Age 27.  Son of Ernest and Eliza Jane Colley and husband of Elsie Colley, of Greasborough, Yorkshire.  Commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial, Panel 19.  Column 1.

CLAYTON

N Bernard P

Private, Hong Kong Dockyard Defence Corps. Died 29th October 1942. Husband of Mrs L V Clayton Buried in Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan. British Section Plot P. Row C. Grave 3.

GARDNER

James

Trooper 7906674, 13^th/18^th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps.  Died 21^st January, 1945.  Age 27.  Buried in the Sittard War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands, F. 17.

HUBY

Ronald

Private 4692789, 2^nd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.  Killed in action 8^th May, 1942.  Age 23.  Commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial, Face 16.

HUBY

Sydney

Private 1808210, 2^nd/6^th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey).  Died 20^th September, 1944.  Age 23.  Son of John Joseph and Emily Kate Huby, of East Cowick, Yorkshire.  Buried in the Gradara War Cemetery, Pesaro, Italy, II. D. 41.

Note:  The cemetery contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini (which broke the Gothic Line) and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was taken by the Allies on 21st September 1944.

JACKSON

Samuel Baysten

Lance Sergeant 2619504, 5^th Battalion, Grenadier Guards.  Died 26^th July, 1944.  Son of Samuel Baysten Jackson and Florence Jackson; husband of Hannah Jackson, of Goole, Yorkshire.  Buried in the Florence War Cemetery, Italy, V. D. 12.

STEPHENSON

Jack Carr

Lance Corporal 4347487, West Yorkshire Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment.  Died 31^st December, 1942.  Age 19.  Son of George Leslie and Florence Annie Stephenson, of West Cowick, Yorkshire.  Buried in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, East Cowick, Yorkshire.  Row 8. Grave 20.

NORTHERN IRELAND

O’NEILL

Michael

Warrant Officer 23866974, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.  Died 31^st May, 1981. Aged 34. Born 26 June 1946. Killed when an IRA bomb exploded in a car he was examining near Newry. The device went off as he approached the car for the eighth time to prepare it for towing away. He was the 17th bomb-disposal expert to be killed in Northern Ireland since the start of the Troubles. Buried in Carlton Cemetery, Main Street, Carlton, North Humberside. Grave 297.

IRAQ