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FLIGHT LIEUTENANT BASIL DRUMMOND ASH.
UNIT: Royal Naval Air Service. BORN: Southport Queensland Australia.
ENLISTED: Dartmouth 1905. GAVE HIS LIFE: 30/09/1914. AGED: 23.
CEMETERY: Chatham Naval Memorial. PANEL: 7.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Saxton.
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PRIVATE ERNEST WILLIAM BIRDSALL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 25991. UNIT/REGIMENT: 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Towton. ENLISTED:
GAVE HIS LIFE: 12/10/1918. AGED: 28.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Wall plaque All Saints Church Saxton. Barkston Ash.
CWGC States:
"Son of Charles and Emma Birdsall, of Barkston Ash, Tadcaster, Yorks.
Husband of Alice Catchpole (formerly Birdsall), of 13, Vernon Gardens, Harrowgate Hill, Darlington."
Brother of Thomas Zenis Birdsall who gave his life on the 23/10/1917 and is remembered on the Barkston Ash memorial.
Ernest is remembered along with his brother in Saxton churchyard, where he was described as Signalman Ernest Birdsall.
GRAVE: I. G. 3.
CEMETERY: Montay Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay, France.
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LANCE SERJEANT THOMAS ZENIS BIRDSALL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 40144. UNIT: 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Towton nr Saxton. ENLISTED: Pontefract.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 23/10/1917. AGED: 26.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Barkston Ash. Saxton.
CEMETERY: Duisans British Cemetery Etrun. GRAVE: V.C.37.
Thomas was the son of Charles Born Towton 1858 and Emma Webster Born Kippax 1860 married 1880 and who in 1917 lived at Vine House, Barkston Ash.
Thomas (or Bob as he is called on the family gravestone in Saxton churchyard see below) passed away from wounds recieved possibly at the 8th clearing station which was in the area of where he was buried.
Thomas is also shown in the CWGC records as "Bardsall" and is also remembered in the West Yorkshire's section Panal No 4 at the Arras Memorial.
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TROOPER WILLIAM LAWN BIRDSALL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 2516. REGIMENT: 2nd Life Guards.
BORN: Saxton. ENLISTED: Windsor.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 13/05/1915. AGED: 28.
CEMETERY: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial. PANEL: Panel 3.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Saxton
Williams British Army Medal Index Card states that William was part of the original British Expeditionary Force, and Disembarked on the 8th October 1914.
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PRIVATE NORMAN BIRDSALL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 241080. UNIT: 1st 5th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment.
BORN: Towton nr Saxton. ENLISTED: Grimsby.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 04/05/1917. AGED: 24.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CEMETERY: Maroc British Cemetery. GRAVE: II. A. 8.
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LIEUTENANT GERALD KNAPTON BROWN.
UNIT: 2nd 6th Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Yeadon nr Leeds. GAVE HIS LIFE: 03/05/1917. AGED: 21.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Wall Plaque. All Saints Church Saxton.
CEMETERY: H. A. C. Cemetery Ecoust-St Mein.
GRAVE: II. G. 6.
" HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR ENGLAND "
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PRIVATE BERHAM HALL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 24935. UNIT/REGIMENT: 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards.
BORN: Towton nr Saxton. ENLISTED: Derby.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 25/09/1916. AGED:
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. PANEL: 8D.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Saxton.
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CORPORAL HARRY HAWLEY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 89796. REGIMENT: 84th Brigade. Royal Field Artillery.
BORN: Saxton. ENLISTED: Selby.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 26/09/1916. AGED: 22.
CEMETERY: Selby Cemetery. PANEL: 3828.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Saxton.
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PRIVATE JOHN HENRY LAWN.
SERVICE NUMBER: 29040. UNIT: Labour Corps. West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Saxton. ENLISTED: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 12/06/1917. AGED: 26.
CEMETERY: Saxton All Saints ChurchYard. GRAVE: In North West Part of Cemetery.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Saxton.
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SHOEING SMITH BENJAMIN LAWN.
SERVICE NUMBER: TS/1527.
UNIT/REGIMENT: Attached 83rd Field Ambulance. Army Service Corps.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: York.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 28/10/1918. AGED: 43.
CEMETERY: Mikra British Cemetery Kalamaria. Greece. GRAVE/PANEL: 694.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Saxton.
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RIFELMAN FREDERICK MARSHALL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 36784. UNIT: 1/8th Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Barlby. ENLISTED: Harrogate.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 16/09/1918. AGED: 36.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Saxton.
GRAVE: M. 1.
CEMETERY: Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery.
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RIFELMAN GEORGE SCOTT.
SERVICE NUMBER: 48737. UNIT: 1/8th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Goole. ENLISTED: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/10/1917. AGED: 31.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Wall plaque All Saints Church Saxton.
CEMETERY: Tyne Cot Cemetery.
GRAVE: XVIII. E. 8.
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PRIVATE JOSEPH ROBERT GREENWOOD SMITH.
SERVICE NUMBER: 48747. UNIT: 1/5th Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Saxton. ENLISTED: Saxton.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 25/04/1918. AGED: 20.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Saxton.
CEMETERY: Tyne Cot Memorial. PANEL: 42. 47. 162.
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SERJEANT TOM WARRINGTON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 1326.
UNIT/REGIMENT: 15th County of London Bn Civil Service Rifles.
BORN: Saxton. ENLISTED: Paddington London.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/05/1915. AGED: 22.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
PANEL: 10.
CEMETERY: Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium.
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PRIVATE WILLIAM ARTHUR WHITE.
SERVICE NUMBER: 11897. UNIT: 9th Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Kirk Deighton. ENLISTED: Wetherby.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/08/1915. AGED: 32.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: All Saints Church Saxton. Kirk Deighton.
CEMETERY: Helles Memorial Gallipoli Turkey. PANEL: 47 to 51.
CWGC States:
"Son of Christiana Wood (formerly White), of Lea Cottage, Saxton, Tadcaster, Yorks, and the late William White."
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