Stillingfleet and Kelfield War Memorial

The memorial is in the Stillingfleet (St. Helen’s) Churchyard Extension.

The front of the memorial is inscribed as follows:

"In Honour of the Men of Stillingfleet and Kelfield Who Gave Their Lives for England in the Great War 1914 – 1919. This Cross is Raised by a Grateful Parish. All You Had Hoped For All You Had You Gave To Save Mankind Yourselves You Scorned To Save The Lord Fought For Israel"

The right had side of the memorial is inscribed as follows (the date is the date of enlistment and the number is the age at death:

“ Stillingfleet
Enlistment Aged
1912 Lc Sgt George Binns 23
1914 Pt. George Bell 42
1914 Dvr Arthur Richardson 27
1915 Cpl William Leonard Best 23
1916 Pt Arthur Ernest Pool 37
1918 Pt Albert Harrison 25"

The left hand side of the memorial is inscribed as follows:

“Kelfield
Enlisted Aged
1914 Boy M. A. D. Blakey HMS Ganges 16
1914 Lc Cpl Joseph Dunn 32
1914 Lc Cpl Joseph Middleton 32
1914 Pt Arthur Pool 29
1915 Pt Joseph Richardson 32
1915 Sergt Major George Cordukes 27
1915 Rflm Robert W. Cordukes 24
1915 Pt William Leaper 30
1915 Pt Fred Pool 28
1916 Dvr William Darley 22
1916 Pt John Ernest Rollinson 21”

Stillingfleet

Binns, George
Private 9969, 8th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment. Died 14th July 1916. Aged 23. Son of Joseph and Zillah Binns, of Stillingfleet, York. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 2 C.

Bell, George
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Richardson, Arthur
Driver 33550, "A" Bty. 50th Bde., Royal Field Artillery. Died 10th October 1917. Aged 27. Son of the late Luke and Mary Richardson, of Stillingfleet, York. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 4 to 6 and 162.

Best, William Leonard
Corporal 28824, "D" Coy. 14th Bn., Highland Light Infantry. Died 24th November 1917. Aged 23. Son of Joseph James and Dinah Alexandra Best, of Stillingfleet, York. Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France, Panel 10.

Pool, Arthur Ernest
Gunner 191169, 2nd Reserve Bde., Royal Field Artillery. Died 17th May 1919.Aged 37. Son of John and Mary Jane Pool, of Stillingfleet. Buried Stillingfleet (St. Helen) Churchyard Extension, near East boundary.

Harrison, Albert
Private 544767, 505th Company, Labour Corps. Died 14th November 1918. Aged 25. Son of Mrs. Mary Fisher, of Stillingfleet. Buried Stillingfleet (St. Helen) Churchyard Extension, near East boundary.

Kelfield

Blakey, Morrison Alexander Dean
Boy 2nd Class J/33567, H.M.S. Ganges, Royal Navy. Died 20th March 1915. Aged 16. Son of Alfred and Lily Blakey, Kelfield. Buried in Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent, Naval. 17. 874.

Dunn, Joseph
Lance Corporal 12/128, 12th Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A. Joseph Dunn was born in Kelfield and enlisted in Wakefield.

Middleton, Joseph
Lance Corporal 6465, 1st Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 16th June 1916. Aged 33. Husband of Emily Middleton, of Riccall Lane, Kelfield. Commemorated on the Yores (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 8 and 12.

Pool, Arthur
Private 282571, 2nd/7th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 24th March 1918. Aged 29. Son of Thomas and Charlotte Pool, of Kelfield, York. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 32 to 34.

Richardson, Joseph
Private 22157, 1st/5th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 27th March 1918. Aged 37. Son of George and Elizabeth Kirby; husband of Edith Richardson, of Kelfield, York. Born at Whitby. Buried Stillingfleet (St. Helen) Churchyard, at the South end.

Cordukes, George Buckle
Company Serjeant Major 321213, 12th/13th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 28th March 1918. Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 16 to 18.

Cordukes, Robert William
Rifleman C/12715, 21st Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 20th September 1917. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 115 to 119 and 162A and 163A.

Leaper, William
Rifleman 25896, 1st Bn. 3rd., New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Died 23rd August 1918. Aged 28. Son of the late Thomas and Mary Leaper, of Kelfield, York, England. Born in England. Buried Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas de Calais, France, II. O. 16.

Pool, Fred
Private 21608, 6th Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died 15th September 1916. Aged 25. Son of Thomas and Charlotte Pool, of Kelfield, York. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A.

Darley, William B.
Driver 141183, 20th Bde. Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Died 29th September 1918. Aged 22. Son of E. H. Darley, of Kelfield, York, and the late Horsley Darley. Buried Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, Greece, 176.

Rollinson, John Ernest
Private 29712, 12th/13th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds 18th May 1918. Buried Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany. John Rollinson was born in Kelfield and enlisted in Selby.