Kirk Hammerton War Memorial

The inscription on the memorial is as follows:


"To the Glory of God and in never fading memory of George Anderson, Leslie W. Gray, Herbert Hall, Hubert Jarrett, Alma Walkington Who gave their all for England, Home and Duty in the Great War 1914 – 1918"

Anderson, George
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Gray, Leslie W.
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Hall, Herbert
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Jarrett, Hubert
Corporal 203086, 11th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 8th September 1918. Aged 32. Son of William and Fannie Ann Jarratt, of Kirk Hammerton, York. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium, Panel 4. Hubert is shown as Hubert Frederick William Jarratt on the CWGC database and in SDGW. He was born and lived in Kirk Hammerton and enlisted in York.

Walkington, Alma
Private 201516, 2nd/5th Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Died 16th February 1917. Buried Ten Tree Alley Cemetery, Puisieux, Pas de Calais, France, A. 28.

The following was published in the Yorkshire Herald on 23rd August 1916

“Private Alma Walkington was a gardener at Brinkworth Hall, Elvington, and joined the West Yorkshire Regiment in October last. He is 23 years of age and single. He is at present stationed in the Eastern Counties.”