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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
LIEUT. JOSEPH TINDAL
OF THE EAST INDIA COMPYS. BENGAL ENGINEERS
THIRD SON OF WILLIAM AND ANN TINDAL OF THIS PLACE;
WHO AFTER A SHORT, BUT NOT UNDISTINGUISHED CAREER
MET THE DEATH OF A SOLDIER
AT THE MEMORABLE SIEGE OF BHURTPORE
ON THE 1ST OF JANUARY 1826, IN THE 23RD YEAR OF HIS AGE;
YET NOT BEFORE HIS TALENTS AND ACQUIREMENTS,
COMBINED WITH SPIRIT, HEART, MANNERS, CONDUCT
OF CORRESPONDING EXCELLENCE AND PROMISE,
HAD MARKED HIM OUT FOR FUTURE EMINENCE,
AND MADE HIM BEYOND THE COMMON LOT RESPECTED AND BELOVED.
NEAR THE SPOT WHERE HE FELL
A MONUMENT ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS
MARKS HIS GRAVE.
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
ALEXANDER CHARLES BIRTWHISTLE
LIEUTENANT R.N.
OF H.M.S. ST. GEORGE, WHO DIED AT THE
ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL HASLAR 1ST JUNE 1855.
ELDEST SON OF JOHN BIRTWHISTLE ESQRE
DEPTY. LIEUT. FOR THE STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT N.B.
AND MARTHA MARIA HIS WIFE.
HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION THROUGH THE
CHINESE WAR & IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD
& RECEIVED A MEDAL FROM THE ROYAL HUMANE
SOCIETY FOR HIS GALLANTRY
IN SAVING THE LIVES OF SEAMEN.
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPT. WILLIAM AIRD BIRTWHISTLE
OF LIGHT INFANTRY
WHO DIED AT KUSSOWLIE IN INDIA,
ON THE 14TH OF OCTOBER 1856,
DEEPLY REGRETTED BY HIS REGIMENT.
THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY HIS
BROTHER OFFICERS AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM
FOR A FRIEND AND COMRADE.
THE ABOVE WAS 2ND SON OF JOHN & M.M. BIRTWHISTLE
TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD
IN MEMORY OF THOSE
OF THIS TOWN AND PARISH WHO FELL IN THE
DEFENCE OF FREEDOM AND OF JUSTICE
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.
THIS STAINED GLASS WINDOW WAS ERECTED
TOGETHER WITH THE ADJOINING BRONZE PANELS
UPON WHICH THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED.
Due to interior work the left-hand panel was screened off from view, so, as the right-panel was partly obscured too I didn't attempt to record the names on my initial visit.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HENRY BRIAN FISHER
LIEUTENANT
NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS
(S.R) AND M.G.C.
AGED 20 YEARS.
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION
IN THE
BATTLE OF THE SOMME,
JULY 24TH 1916.
761023 Lance Corporal William Cecil Hartley, 1st/28th London Regiment (Artists' Rifles). Killed in action in France on 30th October 1917, aged 28. Son of J.H. and M.H Hartley, of "Belgravia," Skipton.
John Herbert Ashcroft
Philip Atha
Stanley Beck
Harry Bentley Clark
John William Dunford
Percy Edwards
Wynne Walton St. George Gray
John Francis Grimshaw
William Hardisty
John Edward Hole
Leslie Phillips
John Hugh Pritchard
Stanley Roberts
Frank Hazelby Slater
James Jardine Vaulkhard
Francis Yarker
All the above names appear on the town memorial, except for Stanley Roberts.
7360492 Serjeant Stanley Roberts Army Educational Corps 16.11.1945, aged 26 Son of William and M. J. Roberts, of Skipton; husband of Rosie Roberts, of Skipton
LIEUT. JOSEPH TINDAL
OF THE EAST INDIA COMPYS. BENGAL ENGINEERS
THIRD SON OF WILLIAM AND ANN TINDAL OF THIS PLACE;
WHO AFTER A SHORT, BUT NOT UNDISTINGUISHED CAREER
MET THE DEATH OF A SOLDIER
AT THE MEMORABLE SIEGE OF BHURTPORE
ON THE 1ST OF JANUARY 1826, IN THE 23RD YEAR OF HIS AGE;
YET NOT BEFORE HIS TALENTS AND ACQUIREMENTS,
COMBINED WITH SPIRIT, HEART, MANNERS, CONDUCT
OF CORRESPONDING EXCELLENCE AND PROMISE,
HAD MARKED HIM OUT FOR FUTURE EMINENCE,
AND MADE HIM BEYOND THE COMMON LOT RESPECTED AND BELOVED.
NEAR THE SPOT WHERE HE FELL
A MONUMENT ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS
MARKS HIS GRAVE.
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
ALEXANDER CHARLES BIRTWHISTLE
LIEUTENANT R.N.
OF H.M.S. ST. GEORGE, WHO DIED AT THE
ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL HASLAR 1ST JUNE 1855.
ELDEST SON OF JOHN BIRTWHISTLE ESQRE
DEPTY. LIEUT. FOR THE STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT N.B.
AND MARTHA MARIA HIS WIFE.
HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION THROUGH THE
CHINESE WAR & IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD
& RECEIVED A MEDAL FROM THE ROYAL HUMANE
SOCIETY FOR HIS GALLANTRY
IN SAVING THE LIVES OF SEAMEN.
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPT. WILLIAM AIRD BIRTWHISTLE
OF LIGHT INFANTRY
WHO DIED AT KUSSOWLIE IN INDIA,
ON THE 14TH OF OCTOBER 1856,
DEEPLY REGRETTED BY HIS REGIMENT.
THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY HIS
BROTHER OFFICERS AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM
FOR A FRIEND AND COMRADE.
THE ABOVE WAS 2ND SON OF JOHN & M.M. BIRTWHISTLE
TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD
IN MEMORY OF THOSE
OF THIS TOWN AND PARISH WHO FELL IN THE
DEFENCE OF FREEDOM AND OF JUSTICE
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.
THIS STAINED GLASS WINDOW WAS ERECTED
TOGETHER WITH THE ADJOINING BRONZE PANELS
UPON WHICH THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED.
Due to interior work the left-hand panel was screened off from view, so, as the right-panel was partly obscured too I didn't attempt to record the names on my initial visit.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HENRY BRIAN FISHER
LIEUTENANT
NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS
(S.R) AND M.G.C.
AGED 20 YEARS.
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION
IN THE
BATTLE OF THE SOMME,
JULY 24TH 1916.
761023 Lance Corporal William Cecil Hartley, 1st/28th London Regiment (Artists' Rifles). Killed in action in France on 30th October 1917, aged 28. Son of J.H. and M.H Hartley, of "Belgravia," Skipton.
John Herbert Ashcroft
Philip Atha
Stanley Beck
Harry Bentley Clark
John William Dunford
Percy Edwards
Wynne Walton St. George Gray
John Francis Grimshaw
William Hardisty
John Edward Hole
Leslie Phillips
John Hugh Pritchard
Stanley Roberts
Frank Hazelby Slater
James Jardine Vaulkhard
Francis Yarker
All the above names appear on the town memorial, except for Stanley Roberts.
7360492 Serjeant Stanley Roberts Army Educational Corps 16.11.1945, aged 26 Son of William and M. J. Roberts, of Skipton; husband of Rosie Roberts, of Skipton