Copmanthorpe War Memorial

The memorial is inscribed as follows:

"In Proud and Grateful Memory of Our Men Who Gave Their Lives For Us In The
Great War 1914 - 1919

Alfred Anderson
Alfred Beedham
Geo. Hy. Briggs
Richard Brown
Jos. E Germain
Frank Hardwick
Ivan Victor Reed
Thomas Spence
Arthur Walter, Lt.
Charles Wilding”

Anderson, Alfred
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Beedham, Alfred
Gunner 81150, Royal Field Artillery attached "W" 8th Trench Mortar Battery. Died 29th September 1916. Aged 25. Son of Thomas and Annie Beedham, of Copmanthorpe, York. Buried Vermelles British Cemetery, France, V. E. 4.

Briggs, Geo. Hy.
Private 8232, 14th Bn., London Regiment (London Scottish). Killed in action 7th November 1916. Son of Mr. F. F. Briggs, of 20 Trinity Lane, Micklegate, York. Buried Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue. Nord, France, III. B. 16. George Briggs lived in York and enlisted in Glasgow.

Brown, Richard
Lance Corporal 11658, 11th Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Killed in action 7th June 1917. Aged 28. Brother of Edward Brown, of 11, Mayfield Terrace, Tadcaster, York. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 21. Richard Brown was born in Chruch Fenton and enlisted in York.

Germain, Joseph Edward
Private 21940, 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 6th December 1917. Aged 22. Son of Mrs. E. A. Germain, of 56, Doncaster Rd., South Elmsall, Pontefract. Buried Guemappe British Cemetery, Wancourt, France, I. E. 15.

Hardwick, Frank
Private 1812, 5th Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Died of wounds 27th September 1915. Aged 19. Son of Mrs. L. McKechnie, of 18, Queen's Rd. Immingham, Grimsby, Lincs. Buried Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, IV. G. 5. Frank Hardwick was born in Stockport, lived and enlisted in York.

Reed, Ivan Victor
Corporal 122287, "D" Coy. 20th Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly East Riding Yeomanry. Died 1st April 1918. Aged 23. Son of William and Louisa Reed, of Hurton Villa, Copmanthorpe, York. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France, Panel 90 to 93. Ivan Reed was born in Skelton, lived in Copmanthorpe and enlisted in Hull. Previously served as private 203353, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Spence, Thomas
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Walter, Arthur
Second Lieutenant, 1st Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 21st March 1918. Aged 37. Son of the late William Walter and of Alice Walter, of Watford; husband of Hannah Milburn Walter, of 118, Albemarle Rd., The Mount, York. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 27 and 28. Arthur Walter was awarded the Military Medal.

Wilding, Charles
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