Terrington war memorials
The names of those who served in the armed forces in World War I are commemeorated on the Roll of Honour in the church and those who died in World War II are commemorated on the memorial outside the church. The book 'Terrington War Memorials' giving biographical information on those who died in the two wars was researched by village residents and was published in 2014 by Ryedale Family History Group.
World War 1 Roll of Honour
in the church
The World War 1 Roll of Honour is located facing the South door of the church on the wall near the tower. According to the Faculty giving permission for the work, granted in 1920, there was to be a book at the side of the tablet giving details of the service of each man and the incised lettering on the tablet was to be coloured red. The book does not seem to have been created and the red colouring was not done.
The tablet was unveiled on 28 May 1920. Despite being moved three times to give it better light, the lettering was virtually impossible to read until the red highlighting was finally undertaken by Martin Coward in 2014.
There are 78 names on the tablet: 7 who gave their lives, 57 who served overseas, and 14 who served in the Home Forces. Given that the 1911 census only contains 96 men beteen the ages of 16 and 40 resident in the parish, it can be imagined what a huge impact their absence must have had on the community. (Not all the
Transcriptiion of World War 1 Roll of Honour
To the Glory of God
And to commemorate
The men from this Parish or
Connected with it or served
In the armed forces
Of the Empire in the Great War
1914 – 1918
These gave their lives
- JOHN CARRUTHERS
- GEORGE CHAPMAN
- JOHN CROWE
- OWEN EDWARDES
- HUBERT FRASER
- FRANK FISHER
FRANK WATSON
These served overseas
- ERNEST AGAR
- ARTHUR ATKINSON
- ERNEST ATKINSON
- THOMAS BICKERS
- ARTHUR BLACKTOP
- GEOFFREY BLENKARN
- FREDERICK BLENKARN
- THOMAS BLENKARN
- HERBERT BOULBY
- GEORGE BUTLER
- ERNEST BUTLER
- CHARLES BEAL
- ISAAC BEAL
- JAMES BEAL
- WILLIAM CARPENTER
- ERNEST CLARKE
- GEORGE CRAVEN
- GEORGE CRAVEN
- ROBERT CRAVEN
- DAVID CRAVEN
- FELIX CARR
- DAVID ELLERBY
- JOHN ELLERBY
- RICHARD EDWARDES
- EDWIN FRAMPTON
- ROBERT FRANK
- FRANS FORCEVILLE
- ALEXRE FORCEVILLE
- JOHN GOODRICK
- ALFRED GOODWILL
- GEORGE GOODWILL
- GEORGE HAWKINS
- DAVID JACKSON
- JAMES KITCHING
- GEORGE KITCHING
- ALFRED LAKE
- WILLIAM NELMES
- GEORGE HANSON
- WALLACE NELMES
- ARTHUR NELMES
- GILBERT NELMES
- JOHN PALLISTER
- MARSEY PALLISTER
- HERBERT ROBSON
- WILLIAM SECKER
- GEORGE SMITH
- REGINALD SMITH
- FREDERICK SNELL
- JOHN STURDY
- NORMAN SUFFIELD
- JOSEPH SUTTON
- FREDERICK TOPHAM
- WILLIAM TOPHAM
- HAROLD WALKER
- WILLIAM WARD
- WALTER WATSON
- HARRY YOUNG
These served in the home forces
- SEPTIMUS CURDUKES
- HORACE FRASER
- DENIS FRASER
- HENRY GEORGE
- GEORGE GIBBS
- HERBERT GOODWILL
- FRANCIS GREEN
- FREDERICK HANSON
- HAROLD KIRKBRIDE
- ALBERT OLDFIELD
- ALFRED PITTS
- HERBERT SMITH
- CHARLES STURDY
- LIONEL TOMLINSON
World War 2 Memorial
The World War 2 memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross, made of Aberdeen granite, 8 feet high, situated outside the church, near the South door.
It was unveiled on 18th September 1948 by Sir William Worsley, who had served as a lieutenant and subsequently captain with the Green Howards (now part of the Yorkshire Regiment) in World War I. He was wounded and taken prisoner. He had spent the first few years of his life at The Lodge in Terrington.
Present were Mr T Edwards, a relative (brother?) of Captain Frank Edwards whose address at the time of death was The Lodge, Terrington and Sir Alfred and Lady Lascelles, residents of Cliffe Hall, Terrington from 1914 to 1952 whose son Wing Commander Francis Lascelles DFC, born 1912, who would have come to Terrington as a small child.
To
the Glory of God
and in memory of
Sgt. Pilot G. T. BARKER.
Flying Officer A. J. CALVERT.
Captain F. N. EDWARDS.
L/Bdr. L. JOHNSON.
Wing CMDR. F. A. G. LASCELLES.
who gave their lives in the war of
1939-1945.
Death is swallowed up in victory.
1 Cor. 15. 54.
