BOLTON PERCY
Below can be found details of those men mentioned on the War Memorial at the enterance to the Church at Bolton Percy.
Men who have a connection to the village are also rembered here.
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PRIVATE ALFRED FOUNTAIN.
SERVICE NUMBER: 10804. UNIT: 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Toulston near Tadcaster. ENLISTED: York. RESIDENCE: Bolton Percy.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/08/1915. AGED: 25.
CEMETERY: Helles Memorial (Gallipoli) PANEL: 47 to 51.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bolton Percy.
Alfred was the son of Richard and Emma Ann Kidd who had married in 1883 at Pocklington York.
They also had another son John William who also gave his life in the Great War and is remembered below.
Alfred gave his life on the same day as three other men from the Tadcaster area who were also in the 9th West Yorkshires at Gallipoli.
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PRIVATE JAMES WILLIAM GORDEN DANIEL.
SERVICE NUMBER: PLY/14452. UNIT: Royal Marine light Infantry.
BORN: ENLISTED: 1909.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 06/09/1915. AGED: 27.
CEMETERY: Plymouth Naval Memorial. PANEL: 7.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bolton Percy.
CWGC States:
"Awarded Medal of the Order of St. Stanislas (Russia).
Son of the late Annie Daniel, of Bolton Percy, Yorks."
James was the son of William and Rebecca Mary Annie Beal of Bolton Percy.
James joined the Marines in 1909 and was been awarded the Medal of the order of St Stanislas this was given to troops who had taken part in exercises with the russians before the war.
James drowned whilst serving on board HM Monitor "20" built in 1915 and scrapped in 1920.
H.M. MONITOR "20"
The York paper at the time reported that a memorial service was conducted at Bolton Percy Church and the Bishop of Beverley had conducted the service.
It was attended by his brother Tom several cousins and his grandparents Mr and Mrs T. Beal.
After the service flowers were placed on the grave.
James is remembered on the family grave in Bolton Percy Churchyard.
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PRIVATE RICHARD WILSON
SERVICE NUMBER: 2466. UNIT: 5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: ENLISTED: York. GAVE HIS LIFE: 19/12/1915. AGED: 25.
CEMETERY: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. GRAVE: II. B. 10.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bolton Percy.
CWGC States:
Brother of William Wilson, of 3, Weller View, Stoney Rock Lane, Leeds.
Richard had a brother called William who was a stoker in the Royal Navy having volunteered in 1915.
He was engaged on patrol in the mediterranean and the red sea.
He died of Influenza (Bird Flu?) in 1918 having gained the 1914/15 star and general service and victory medals.
As for Richard ? In the 1901 census a Richard Wilson (grandson) was living with William and Martha Wilson in Bolton Percy.
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PRIVATE THOMAS ATKINSON
SERVICE NUMBER: 19990.
UNIT: 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
BORN: Headingley, Leeds. ENLISTED: Pontefract. RESIDENCE: Bolton Percy.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 01/07/1916. AGED: 18.
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial France. PANEL: Pier and Face 14A and 14B.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bolton Percy.
Thomas was the son of Richard and Jennie, and had two brothers John Edward and Leonard.
In the 1901 census Thomas was living at No 3 Rectory Yard where is father was a coachman.
Thomas was Killed in Action on the first day of the Somme.
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CORPORAL ERNEST ABBEY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 1317. REGIMENT: 60th Bn Australian Infantry Force.
BORN: Harewood. ENLISTED: Melbourne Victoria Australia.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 20/11/1916. AGED: 23.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bolton Percy.
CEMETERY: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial France.
Ernest was born in Harewood in 1892 to Hannah Abbey, and in 1901 they were living at No 16 Village Street Bolton Percy, with Joseph and Emma Abbey.
By 1914 Ernest was starting a new life in Australia and on the 22nd of December 1914 aged just 22 years and 9 months he swore alliagance to the crown and enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force joining the 8th Bn Australian Light Infantry, and was given the service number 1472.
No photograph of Ernest is available but during his medical examination he is described as being 5ft 8inches tall, weighing 11 stone 2 pounds, with a chest measurement of 33 to 36 inches with blue eyes, dark brown hair a medium complexion and a vaccination scar on his right arm.
Between December 1914 and April 1915 Ernest was in training and on the 4th April 1915 he embarked for Alexandria Egypt to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force,
(a name given in March 1914 by the British to those forces on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli which in October 1915 became known as the Dardanelles Army with the opening of the Salonika front in Greece.)
On the 25th April 1915 Ernest was part of the landings at ANZAC cove which was the first major battle the Australians had been involved in.
Ernest was wounded from a gunshot wound to the hip and was evacuated to the hospital ship "Clan Mcgillivray", although during the confusion of battle he had been reported as missing in action.
He was then transferred to the Hospital ship "Tigne" which was off the coast of Malta by the 27th June 1915, he then returned to duty with his Battalion at Gallipoli.
It wasn't long before Ernest was wounded once more and on the 05th July 1915 he suffered a serious shrapnel wound to his skull, where he found himself on board the Hospital Ship "Gascon" on the 18th August 1915 he returned to Malta where he was posted to the Chain Tuffahs Camp ?.
Fortress orders were given to the troops on the 21st of May 1915 stating troops were not allowed to frequent local bars after a specific time.
Ernest ignored this and on the 14th August 1915 he was caught in the Advance Bar in Valetta at 20.45pm more than likely worse for wear and received a charge of 3 days punishment.
Ernest was sent back back to Egypt in the district of Mustapha Alexandria which was a convelesant hospital.
On the 18th October 1915 he set sail aboard the Hospital Ship "Borda" to rejoin his Battalion at Anzac Cove arriving on the 27th November 1915.
Ernest had a couple of quiet months at the front and on the 7th of January 1916 was on the move again, this time disembarking from HMS "Empress of Britain" in Alexandria Egypt.
Ernest was then transferred and taken on strength into the 60th Battalion on the 24th February 1916 attaining a new service number 1317 and was stationed in Serapeum an area near Alexandria.
Ernest is then reported to have been detached to Zeitoun School of Instruction for duty at Duntroon Plateau which was an Australian post in the Sinai Desert near the Suez Canal named after the Duntroon Plateau training base in New South Wales.
On the 18th June 1916 Ernest was about to join the war in France travelling on HMAS "Kinfauns Castle" departing from Alexandria and landing in Marseilles France on the 29th of June 1916.
Ernest was reported on the 19th July 1916 as being wounded in action from a gunshot wound.
He was transferred on the 21st July 1916 to No 1 Con Depot and was in Boulogne being marched out to base on the 31st July 1916 his service record describes it as "details Etaples class A".
On the 18th of August 1916 Ernest rejoined his unit, and on the 13th October 1916 was promoted to the rank of Corporal .
Sadly Ernest Gave his life on the 20th November 1916 no record survives to how or where he gave his life indeed Ernest lies where he fell to this day as he was never recovered from the field of battle.
Ernest is remembered on the wall of the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial which remembers all Australians who gave their lives in France and Belgium throughout the war.
Ernests family ensured his name lived on by placing it on the Bolton Percy Village war memorial and on the brass plaque in the local church.
Without that act 85 years ago Ernest Abbey would have just been another name on a memorial wall in France and i would not have found details of a brave Yorkshire man who gave his life for his new country in aid of the old one.
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PRIVATE ZACHARIUS ROBERT BARFF
SERVICE NUMBER: 3/7729.
UNIT 2nd Battalion.Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Mickleby near Whitby.
ENLISTED: Middlesborough.
RESIDENCE: Bolton Percy.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 31/03/1917.AGED: 2
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bolton Percy.
CEMETERY: Arras Memorial. PANEL: Bay 5.
Robert was the son of Robert and Tamar Ann Robinson who were married at Pickering in 1892.
Tamar passed away in 1899. Zacharius was the name given after his Grandfather.
Robert was a resident of Bolton Percy when he was Killed in Action.
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PRIVATE JAMES LONG
SERVICE NUMBER: 50213. UNIT: 25th Bn. ( Tyneside Irish ) Northumberland Fusiliers.
BORN: Batley near Dewsbury. ENLISTED: Newcastle Upon Tyne. RESIDENCE: Bolton Percy.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 25/04/1917. AGED: 40.
CEMETERY: Arras Memorial. PANEL: Bay 2-3.
James was the son of Francis and Ellen, he had 3 brothers and 4 sisters.
In 1901 James was working on Glebe Farm in Bolton Percy as a Horseman.
In 1907 he married Emma Abbey and a son James Herbert was born in 1908.
James had probably joined the Tyneside Irish because his father Francis was born in Ireland.
James was Killed in Action.
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GUNNER JAMES BANKS
SERVICE NUMBER: 122593. UNIT/REGIMENT: 261st Royal Garrison Artillery.
BORN: Pudsey near Leeds. ENLISTED: Leeds. RESIDENCE: Bolton Percy.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 17/08/1917. AGED: 22.
CEMETERY: Mendinghem Militery Cemetery Belgium. GRAVE: III.F.21.
James was the son of William Henry and Mary R. Hinings and had two brothers Phillip and Douglas and 1 sister Elsie.
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LANCE CORPORAL HAROLD BLACKER
SERVICE NUMBER: 23102. UNIT: 1/4th Bn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
BORN: Healaugh near Tadcaster. ENLISTED: York.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 21/10/1917. AGED: 21.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Healaugh. / Bolton Percy.
Note the Leeds Pals 15th West Yorkshire cap badge.
CEMETERY: Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.. PANEL: 108 to 111.
SEE HEALAUGH FOR DETAILS.
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PRIVATE JOHN WILLIAM FOUNTAIN
SERVICE NUMBER: H/47221. REGIMENT: 18th Bn. ( Queen Marys Own ) Hussars.
BORN: Stutton near Tadcaster. ENLISTED: York. RESIDENCE: Bolton Percy.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 21/11/1917. AGED: 33.
CEMETERY: Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery. GRAVE: VIII.G.18.
John was the brother of Alfred ( see above)
In 1901 John was working on Maws Farm Stutton as a Horseman.
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SECOUND LIEUTENANT JOSEPH JEWITT
UNIT: 1/7th West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Bolton Percy. GAVE HIS LIFE: 01/11/1918. AGED: 23.
GRAVE: 14.
CEMETERY: Famars Communal Cemetery France.
Joseph was part of the Jewitt family originally from Ulleskelf near Tadcaster and cousins of Joseph also gave their lives in the Great war.
Joseph was the son of Prince Jewitt and Mary Helen Jackson who was a farmer of Manor Farm Bolton Percy.
He had brothers William Henry and John Robert.
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LANCE SERJEANT JOSEPH BARNES
SERVICE NUMBER: 1796. REGIMENT: 18th Queen Marys own Royal Hussars.
BORN: Appleton Roebuck. ENLISTED: York. RESIDENCE: Bolton Percy.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 25/05/1915. AGED: 26.
GRAVE: V. E. 10.
CEMETERY: Klein Veerstraat British Cemetery.
Joseph was the son of Joseph Born Appleton Roebuck 1850 and Elizabeth Born Swithington 1855.
Joseph had brothers Henry Born New Woodlesford 1880 and sisters Maud Clara and Martel Born 1892,1896 and 1898 respectivly.
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STAFF SERJEANT HENRY DICKINSON
SERVICE NUMBER: 186504. REGIMENT: Royal Horse And Royal Field Artillery.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Aldershot. RESIDENCE: Bolton Percy.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 24/10/1918. AGED: 36.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
Formerly 2694 Private 21st Yorks Hussars Married to Hannah of Bolton Percy.
CEMETERY: St Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen.
GRAVE: S. II. II. 23.
"REMEMBERED MOST BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM"
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PRIVATE CHARLIE EASTWOOD
SERVICE NUMBER: 4/7668. UNIT: 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment ( Prince of Wales Own )
BORN: Bolton Percy. ENLISTED: Leeds. RESIDENCE: Bramley Leeds.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 10/03/1915. AGED: 21.
CEMETERY: Le Touret Memorial. PANEL: 9 and 10.
CWGC States:
"Son of Issac Joseph of 6 Providence Street Bramley Leeds."
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PRIVATE HARRY DYER.
SERVICE NUMBER: 77339. UNIT/REGIMENT: 1/5th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
BORN: Leeds. ENLISTED: Harrogate. RESIDENCE: Bolton Percy.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 30/03/1918. AGED: 19.
CEMETERY: Pozieres Memorial. PANEL: 68 to 72.
LOCAL MEMORIAL.
CWGC STATES:
"Son of James and Nellie GC States:of Brookside Cottage Follifoot Harrogate."
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PRIVATE FRANCIS BLISS ALTHAM JACKSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35226. REGIMENT: 12th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.
BORN: Bolton Percy. ENLISTED: Malton. RESIDENCE:
GAVE HIS LIFE: 18/04/1917. AGED: 36.
Brother of W.A.Jackson of 8 Belmont Terrace Malton.
CEMETERY: St Pol Communal Cemetery Extension. GRAVE: F. 2.
