WHORLTON PARISH ROLL OF HONOUR

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Michael Peck 2009

The Roll of Honour for Whorlton Parish is to be found within Holy Cross Church, Swainsby, Yorkshire. There are several other brass plaques as well.

Photograph Copyright © Michael Peck 2009

ROLL OF HONOUR
FOR
WHORLTON PARISH

(1914-1918)

BABER	Charles H	Public Schools Battalion.
BOYES	Edward	Army Service Corps.
CARLTON	Harold	Royal Army Medical Corps.
CARLTON	John Wilfred	9th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment.
COULSON	Arthur	Royal Army Medical Corps.
COULSON	Thomas W	Dragoon Guards.
DALE	Ernest	Dragoon Guards. Private GS/20016. 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays). Killed in action 11th April 1917. Born Crathorne Yarm and enlisted Thirsk, Yorks. Commemorated Athies Communal Cemetery Extension. G.25.
DANBY	John	4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment.
FARRELL	Charles	Army Service Corps.
FORTUNE	Charles	Royal Engineers.
GRANT	Archibald S	Army Service Corps.
HAMMOND	Alfred	East Yorkshire Regiment.
HARKER	John Joseph	Durham Light Infantry.
HARKER	Thomas W	3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment.
HOLBORN	Reginald	3/4th Battalion, West Riding Regiment.
KITCHING	Fred J	King’s Royal Rifle Corps.
KITCHING	James C	Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry.
MITCHINSON	John B	Army Service Corps.
MOHUN	Thomas W E	Army Service Corps Remount Department.
MUIR	J Thomas	Army Service Corps.
NELSON	Horace	Teeside Battalion.
NELSON	Horace J	R A (Royal Artillery?).
ROBINSON	Cecil G	Royal Field Artillery.
ROBINSON	Frank	4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment.
ROUTLEDGE	Robert	Royal Field Artillery.
SANDERSON	John J	R A (Royal Artillery?).
SAYER	William	Army Service Corps.
SIMPSON	Norman H	Royal Field Artillery.
TEMPLE	Arthur	14th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Private 36728. 19th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 25261 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th April 1918. Born Swainby, enlisted Middlesbrough and resident Northallerton, Yorks. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 54 to 60 and 163A.
TEMPLE	John R	14th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment.
WALTON	Charles	Royal Engineers.
WARD	Alfred	Royal Field Artillery. Gunner 44584. 118th Battery, 130th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died Salonika 31st October 1918, aged 25 years. Son of John and Hannah Ward of Swainby, Yorks. Enlisted Northallerton and resident Swainby, Yorks. Commemorated Mikra British Cemetery. 707.
WILKINSON	Fred	Mounted Police.
WILKINSON	John William	Northumberland Fusiliers.
WILKINSON	Joseph	Dragoon Guards.
WILSON	William Herbert	4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Private 30117. 1st Battalion, Border Regiment, formerly 3263 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th January 1917. Born Danby, enlisted Northallerton and resident Swainby, Yorks. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 6A and 7C.
YARROW	Ernest	Army Service Corps.
YOUNG	George	Royal Field Artillery.
Individual Memorial.
HOLMES	Eric Cecil	IN LOVING MEMORY OF ERIC CECIL HOLMES LIEUTENANT 5TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED NEAR HANGARD IN THE GREAT WAR AND WAS BURIED AT ROUEN 3RD APRIL 1918 AGED 25 ALSO OF VIOLET EMILY MARION WHO DIED IN SOUTH AFRICA AND WAS BURIED AT WARRENTON 11TH AUG 1898 AFED 4 YEARS THE ONLY CHILDREN OF CECIL AND MARION HOLMES AND THE GRANDCHILDREN OF JOSEPH RICHARDSON OF POTTO HALL “And with the morn those angel faces smile” Eric Cecil Holmes. Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died above date and age. Son of Cecil and Marion Holmes of Potto Hall, Northallerton, Yorks. Commemorated St Sever Cemetery. Officers.B.5.9.
Known Swainby connection – NOT on memorial.
DALE	John Robert	Private 13059. 10th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds 3rd July 1916, aged 30 years. Son of Christopher George Dale of 57 West Street, Normanby, Yorks. Born Swainby, enlisted Middlesbrough and resident Normanby, Yorks. Commemorated Heilly Station Cemetery. I.B.15.

Last updated 28 August, 2017