Kirkby Malzeard & Laverton

The War Memorial

Robert Boynton Lance Corporal, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) 1st Bn. Died 27/7/1945. Age 26

Augustus E. Cathcart Born 4/3/1875. Captain, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd Bn. Son of Col. The Hon. A. M. and Mrs. Cathcart, of Mowbray House, Ripon; husband of Hilda Renee Cathcart, of Scagglethorpe, Malton, Yorks.
Died 14/9/1914 Aged 39. Buried at Paissy churchyard, France.

John Gretton Filer Pioneer in the Royal Engineers. Lived at Reservoir House, Galphay, employed as a Waterman KIA 31/7/1918 in France. Age 24

Sergeant Thomas Henry Harry Frost Parents lived at Home Farm, Azerley. He joined the regiment in October 1914, and went to the front on April 17th 1915. He was wounded before returning to the front in November 1916, and killed 5 months later. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards), 5th Battalion. Died 23/4/1917 Age 22

Sergeant Oliver W Goundry Born in Middleton Tyas. In 1911 he was employed as a Horse Man working on a farm in Nutwith near Masham. Joined 25th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment in late 1914. After training in Harrogate, he was in France soon after. KIA May 1917 Age 21
An excerpt from Stephen Wade’s book – Harrogate & Ripon in the Great War. (Copied with permission).
The Battle of Ancre Valley and the fight in which Goundry was involved was a to-and-fro trench struggle at Ten Tree Alley.
On 10th February 1917 the British of 32nd Division took the trench East of Beaumont. It was very cold and the whole enterprise was severely demanding on the men. The Germans staged a counter attack on the 11th and it seems that Goundry was wounded in that fight. In fact there were 232 British casualties in that stage of the battle. He survived that but was wounded again in May. In the Roll of Honour we have the following, stating that he was missing. He had, in fact, been killed.
A letter from his officer states: Your son went into action on the morning of May 3rd, and has not been seen since. We are almost certain he was taken prisoner, as his party was cut off in the rear… I am unable to tell you how much we miss him.

Alfred Hall Born in 1898, lived in Brick Row, Kirkby Malzeard. Worked as a Mason.
Durham Light Infantry. 1st 7th Battalion. Died in France 2.11. 1918. Age 20

Harold Hall Brother of Alfred. Strangely, Mr and Mrs Hall had a son called Harold and a son called Harry according to the 1911 Census. Stonemason, working from home. Sapper in the Royal Engineers. Died 19/6/1919

James Heward Only son of James and Annie Heward. Born in Dishforth 3rd January 1893, and lived at Gooseberry Farm, Ripon, before moving to Gate Bridge, Galphay, Ripon. His father, James, was a groom. Went to school in Galphay. By 1911 he lived at Braithwaite Hall and worked as Horse Man on the estate before joining the army. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). KIA 3/8/1918 Age 27

Frederick William Hunt 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade. KIA 4/5/1917 in France. Age 22
J W Ineson A James Walker Ineson was son of Frederick and Alice Ineson, of Batley. Durham Light Infantry. Died 19/5/1917 Aged 22

W B Ineson A William Brooke Ineson was son of Frederick and Alice Ineson, of “Caledonia Mount,” 1, Bath St., Batley, Yorks. Royal Field Artillery. Died 25/10/1917 Age 25

Sylvester Kendall Recored as living with his grand parents at Tom Corner pub in 1901. A Private in The Machine Gun Corps. KIA 11/3/17 in France. Age 21

John Metcalfe Lance Corporal. Son of Barnett Metcalfe, of Rough House, Sawley, Ripon. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. KIA 24/9/1915 Age 23

George Prest Yorkshire Regiment, 5th Battalion. Died 30/7/1916, France.

Robert Prest Rank Private. Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment. Battalion 25th Battalion. Regimental Number 201062. KIA 3/5/1917

William Harold Richmond Rank – Private. Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, 9th Battalion. Regimental Number 12151. KIA 26/4/1916 in France. Age 21

Joseph Swiers Son of John William and Mary Swiers, of Ringbeck, Kirkby Malzeard. Private, 1st Bedfordshire Regimen Sidney Waite Warren Lane, Galphey. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 9th Battalion.
Died 7/11/1918, France

John Gargrave Royal Engineers. Died 29/3/1918 France Aged 38