NEWTON KYME / TOULSTON.
Newton Kyme is a small village 1.5 miles from Tadcaster on the A659 road towards Boston Spa.
Nearby is the River Wharfe where the Roman ruins of St Helens are situated and many Roman artifacts were found in this area during the mid 1800's.
In 1914 Newton Kyme had its own railway station which was on the Church Fenton to Harrogate line and the chief employment was agriculteral work.
Toulston ( 2.5 miles from Tadcaster ) formed part of the same parish as Newton Kyme and as a result this page is dedicated to those men who had connections to both villages.
There is no WW1 memorial in the village although there is a plaque remembering Francis James Ongley Lamb in St Andrews Church.
Many of the men were remembered on the memorials in Boston Spa or Tadcaster where it could be forgotten that they had a link to these villages, hence they are placed on this page.
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PRIVATE LEONARD HARLAND.
SERVICE NUMBER: 36222. UNIT/REGIMENT: 2nd 5th Bn Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry.
BORN: Newton Kyme. GAVE HIS LIFE: 03/11/1919. AGED: 23.
CEMETERY: Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial. GRAVE/PANEL: Face 5.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
The only L. Harland in the C.W.G.C database are the details above.
Leonard is remembered on the memorial in Tadcaster.
Leonard was the son of James and Sarah A and had one brother Harry and four sisters.
In 1901 the Harlands were living in Newton Kyme and James was a Domestic Gardener.
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PRIVATE CHARLES HILL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15/459. UNIT: 15th Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Newton Kyme nr Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Leeds.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 01/07/1916. AGED: 23.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
Charles joined the leeds Pals at Leeds Town Hall on September the 15th 1914, Charles had a brother who served in the Kings Liverpool Regiment.
Before going to France Charles saw service in Egypt.
Yorkshire Evening Post 1916
"Official Intimation now recieved by Mr W.Hill of Toulston Tadcaster that his son Signaller Charles Hill West Yorkshire Regiment is reported missing,
any news of Signaller Hill would be gratefully recieved by his family."
CEMETERY: Serre Road Cemetery No 1. GRAVE/PANEL: I. D. 47.
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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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GUNNER ALFRED FOWLER.
SERVICE NUMBER: 152820.
REGIMENT: "B" Battery 312 Bde Royal Horse / Field Artillery.
BORN: Newton Kyme. ENLISTED: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 20/11/1917. AGED: 19.
LOCAL MEMORIAL:
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SECOND LIEUTENANT FRANCIS JAMES ONGLEY LAMB.
REGIMENT: Royal Garrison Artillery. BORN: Bilton nr Wetherby.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 24/07/1918. AGED: 33.
CEMETERY: Baghdad Northgate War Cemetery, Iraq.
GRAVE/PANEL: IV. F. 6.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Plaque in St Andrews Church Newton Kyme.
Francis was the son of Charles Burgoyne born Gosforth 1855 and Lucy Radcliffe Born Rochdale 1852 who were married at Barton Manchester in 1878.
Francis had a brother Roger Montage R. and a sister Cynthia Mary born 1892, in 1891 the family were living at Bilton Hall and his father Charles Burgoyne was a Justice of the Peace to the West Riding.
In 1901 Francis was serving in the Royal Navy and on the night of the census was a Midshipman onboard H.M.S. Jupiter a 1st Class Battleship which was moored in Gibralter.
In the family plaque above it describes Francis as a retired Lieutenant Commander of the Royal Navy.
When Francis passed away from heatsroke he was attached to the Army Ammunition Park where he was one of the Officers in charge of ensuring equipment and weapons were sent to the front line.
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The three men remembered below were the sons of Grafton Born Bramham 1847 and Mary Elizabeth Pullan Born Collingham nr Wetherby 1860 They married in 1877.
Grafton and Mary also had a son Edward Oxley Born Tadcaster 1889 who married Nora Johnson in Knaresbrough 1910,
and daughter's Millie, Mary Elizabeth and Annie Born Bramham 1882 who married Richard Mason Freer in 1910
( Richard Gave his life on the 12/04/1916 See Tadcaster Fisher-Grimes page for Richards details)
In 1901 the family were living in Newton Kyme and Tom was working has a cattleman on a local farm they lived next door to Leonard Harland who gave his life in November 1919 in India.
*(Leonard is remembered on the Church Fenton Memorial)
And Fred Barrs who fought in WW2 serving for the Australian Imperial Force.
Tom Noble Whincup lays at rest in Tadcaster Cemetery.
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DRIVER ARTHUR WHINCUP.
SERVICE NUMBER: L/34557. UNIT/REGIMENT: 29th Division Royal Horse/Field Artillery.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: Wigan.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 25/09/1917. AGED: 36.
LOCAL MEMORIAL:
In 1901 Arthur was working as a Farm Servent in Kirk Deighton near Weatherby.
When he gave his life he was married to Elizabeth of 202 Upholland Road Orrel Wigan.
CEMETERY: Canada Farm Cemetery. GRAVE: III. C. 45.
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SERJEANT GEORGE WHINCUP.
SERVICE NUMBER: 12833. UNIT: 6th Service Bn.York and Lancaster Regiment.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: Pontefract.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 25/08/1915. AGED: 35.
CEMETERY: Helles Memorial ( Gallipoli ) PANEL: 171 to 173.
LOCAL MEMORIAL:
George was an agricultaral labourer in 1901.
Details to follow.
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PRIVATE TOM NOBLE WHINCUP
SERVICE NUMBER: 143176. REGIMENT: Machine Gun Corps.
BORN: Ingmanthorpe. GAVE HIS LIFE: 19/08/1919. AGED: 34.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
Son of Grafton Born Bramham 1847 and Mary Elizabeth Pullan Born Collingham nr Wetherby 1860 They married in 1877.
Grafton and Mary also had a sons Edward Oxley Born Tadcaster 1889 who married Nora Johnson in Knaresbrough 1910, and a daughters Annie (Born Bramham 1882) who married Richard Mason Freer in 1910 ( Richard Gave his life on the 12/04/1916 See Fisher-Grimes page for Richards details) and Millie and Mary Elizabeth.
In 1901 the family were living in Newton Kyme and Tom was working has a cattleman on a local farm they lived next door to Leonard Harland who gave his life in November 1919 in India. *(Leonard is remembered on the Church Fenton Memorial)
And Fred Barrs who fought in WW2 serving for the Australian Imperial Force.
Tom married in 1908 to Mary Anne Hobson and lived at Spring Hill Tadcaster where Tom passed away from wounds recieved in the war.
In 1901 Tom was working as a cattleman in Newton Kyme. Tom had the above brothers and Edward O. and Willie and sisters Millie and Mary Elizabeth.
Tom married in 1908 to Mary Anne Hobson and lived at Spring Hill Tadcaster where Tom passed away from wounds recieved from the war.
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RIFELMAN NEWTON STUART WILLIAMS.
SERVICE NUMBER: R/20195. UNIT/REGIMENT: 20th Bn. Kings Own Rifle Corps.
BORN: Newton Kyme. ENLISTED: Tockwith.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 26/03/1917. AGED: 27.
CEMETERY: Harborcq Communal Cemetery Extension. GRAVE: V. J. 7.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
Newton was the son of John a Coachman /Groom born in Wolverhampton in 1849 and Ann born St Clements Worcester in 1845.
Newton shown as Stewart in the censuses had two brothers Arnold and John H. and two sisters Mable and Ann all born Low Moor Bradford.
Newton passed away from wounds recieved.