Naburn War Memorial

The memorial is in the churchyard of St. Matthews Church, Naburn.

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Bailey, G
Possibly Private 4857, Army Cyclist Corps. Killed in action 14th October 1915. Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey. George Bailey was born and lived in York and enlisted in Leeds, he had previously served as 10802, West Yorkshire Regiment.

Croft, L
Gunner 69206, 152nd Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 27th November 1918. Aged 24. Son of George and Hannah Croft, of Naburn, York. Buried Tourcoing (Pont-Neuville) Communal Cemetery, Nord, France, E. 2.

Hope, Alfred William
Lance Corporal 33240, 6th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment formerly 2720 Yorkshire Hussars. Killed in action 10th October 1917. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 52 to 54 and 162A. Alfred Hope was born and enlisted in York.

Hope, Charles Agar
Rifleman R/19483, 21st Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 17th September 1916. Aged 24. Son of Henry and Sarah Ann Hope, of Naburn Locks, York. Buried Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France, V. E. 7.

Lightfoot, J W
Private 26219, 14th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment transferred to Labour Corps as 451556. Died 19th May 1919. Aged 27. Husband of Charlotte Gray (formerly Lightfoot, nee Nash), of Naburn. Buried Naburn (St. Matthew) Churchyard, in South-West part.

Lofthouse, A
Private 50033, 1st/1st East Riding Yeomanry. Died 4th May 1917. Aged 25. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Lofthouse, of Naburn, York. Buried Deir el Belah War Cemetery, Israel, A. 198.

Lofthouse, Francis Irvin
Stoker 2nd Class K/21448, H.M.S. Bulwark, Royal Navy. Died 26th November 1914. Aged 19. Son of Mary Ann Lofthouse, of Lilac Cottage, Naburn, York, and the late George Lofthouse. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, 5.

Palmes, Guy Nicholas
Lieutenant, 1st Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 9th May 1915. Aged 20. Son of the Rev. George Palmes, of Naburn Hall, York. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 47.

Palmes, Joan
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Tasker, James William
Private 46283, 13th Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment. Died 12th April 1918. Aged 34. Son of Thomas Hodgson Tasker and Hannah Maria Tasker, of East Cowick, Snaith, Goole, Yorks; husband of Rose Hannah Benson (formerly Tasker), of Naburn, York. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium, Panel 8.

Whitehead, Charles Hugh Tempest
Major 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force), formerly Highland Light Infantry. Died 25th September 1915. Aged 34. Son of the late George and Mary Jane Whitehead, of Deighton Grove, York. Served in the South African Campaign. Commemorated on the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, Panel 23.