Prior to 2016 the names of those who served in both World Wars were hand written and displayed in frames above the fire place in the Institute. The Heritage Lottery Fund allowed the Bugthorpe War Memorial Institute Committee to commission a permanent memorial made of stone. Matthais Garn, stone mason living in Bugthorpe, took on the project at cost. Matthais and his team gave up their time and used their tremendous skills to create the wonderful memorial stone shown above. They also replaced the original foundation stone above the side door with an exact copy of the badly corroded original. The new stone was unveiled in September 2016. Each Remembrance Sunday, after a service at St Andrew's, a wreath is laid at the Institute in Remembrance of all who served.

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GEORGE ELLIOT

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George Elliot was born at Baffam Farm 1876. He lived with his mother Sarah Elliot who later married Thomas Barfe and moved to Harrogate. George Elliot remained with his grandparents and other relatives including his uncle, John William Elliot. In the UK Army Registers of Soldiers Effects 1901 - 1929 his next of kin is given as his grandfather. George Elliot became a sergeant in the 18th Hussars (Queen's Own Household Cavalry). He died in Ypres on 20th October 1914 aged 38 along with 25 others from his battalion. George Elliot is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium, a memorial for the missing, grave unknown.

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DAVID POTTER

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David Potter was the son of John and Rosanna Potter, born in the winter of 1882 and baptised at Kirby Underdale Church in 1883. His mother died when he was 6 years old. In 1891 he was living at Woodley Farm with his father and siblings. In 1901, aged 13, he was working as a farm servant for the Brigham family at Wilberfoss. However, in December 1904 he joined the army giving his occupation as farm labourer, by 1911 he was part of the 1st West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own) as a drummer in India. He married Maria Oxbury from Scarborough in 1914. Private David Potter was killed in action on 29th October 1914 ages 32. He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium.

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HARTLEY SLATER

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Hartley Slater was born in Bishop Wilton in 1884, son of William and Elizabeth Slater. The census showed he lived in Bugthorpe by 1911, where he worked as a farm labourer. He had married Agnes Abel in Bishop Wilton in 1908 and was father to Henry, born 29th January 1909 and Violet Maud born 5th June 1911. According to the 1911 census he was also guardian to Ernest William born 3rd May 1907. Private Hartley Slater served with the East Yorkshire Regiment and the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. Hartley Slater was killed in action on 7th October 1917 and is remembered at the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium.

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JOHN HAROLD WILLIAM ALLEN

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John Harold William Allen was born in Bugthorpe on 26th April 1881, the son of gardener/labourer Charles Richard Allen and Charlotte Allen. He was baptised at St Andrew's Church 5th June 1881. As an adult he moved to Oldham where he met and married Mary Hannah Nicholls in August 1909, they had two children, Charles (15.5.10.) and Hannah (14.10.12.). John Allen worked as a groom and later as a Railway Carter. In 1914 he enlisted with the Royal Irish Fusiliers and went on to serve in France, Gallipoli and Salonika. Sadly, he suffered from gas poisoning and was brought back to England where he received treatment at the Cheltenham Racecourse Hospital before returning to the battle fields. He died from from his wounds in February 1920 aged 39 and is buried in Oldham Cemetery.

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FRED THOMPSON ALLEN

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Fred Thompson Allen was born in Bugthorpe on 30th August 1885 to Charles Richard Allen and Charlotte Allen. Church records show he was baptised at St Andrew's Church Bugthorpe on 11th October 1885. Fred followed his elder brother, John, to Oldham where he met and married a Welsh woman, Margaret Lloyd, on 24th March 1913. As a young man Fred was a farm labourer but went on to be an iron dresser. He enlisted on 9th November 1914 aged 29, his son Frederick Richard Allen was born later the same month. He belonged to the 24th Manchester Regiment (Oldham Comrades), Oldham Pals A Company. where he was a transport driver for the duration of the war. He was discharged in 1918 suffering from TB. Eventually, the Allens returned to live in Bugthorpe living at Greenacres, Beck Row.

Fred Thompson Allen died in 1972, his wife Margaret died in 1979.

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GEORGE HARRY ALLEN

 

Younger brother of John and Fred, George Harry Allan was born on 23 April 1888 and baptised at Bugthorpe Church on 27th May 1888. By the time he was 13 he was living at Brickyard Buildings, Bugthorpe and for some time was a groom for Lord Middleton of Birdsall Estates. He enlisted aged 27 as a mechanical driver in the Mechanical Transport 52nd Army Service Corps. He was discharged in December 1915 as no longer physically fit.

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SMITH BARKER

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The Barker family were the blacksmiths in Bugthorpe, Smith was born to Wilson and Harriet Barker in 1899. He enlisted on 22nd March 1916 and became part of the 2/7th Duke of Wellington's West Yorkshire Regiment. Smith Barker served overseas sustaining a number of wounds, he returned home in June 1918.

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WILLIAM FRANCIS LEUTY BOYES

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William Francis Leuty Boyes was born in Bugthorpe in 1890 and baptised at St Andrew's on 18th October 1890. By 1911 he was living with his sister at The Market Place, Wetherby and working as a butcher's assistant. In the war he was a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery. In 1923 he married Winnifred Helen Farrar, by 1939 they had moved to Brickyard Farm Camblesforth, Selby.

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JOHN WILLIAM ELLIOT

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John William Elliot was the son of John and Mary Hannah Elliot and was baptised at Kirby Underdale Church in 1883. In the 1891 census John was living at Cheesecake House, Garrowby and by 1901 was a waggoner on a farm in Uncleby. In 1907 John married Louisa Hutchinson and later that year their daughter Annie Louise Elliot was born. They went on to live on Cattal Lane Tockwith with John working as a farm labourer. In died inn 1968 and is buried in Patley Bridge Cemetery. No surviving war records have been found.

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THOMAS HENRY FOSTER

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Thomas Henry Foster was born in Bishop Wilton and baptised at St Edith's Church on 30th June 1886. His parents were Frederick and Annie Foster. War records show his occupation as ' horseman'. He enlisted on 7th December 1915 with the Northumberland Fusiliers. Thomas received a gunshot wound on 15th September 1916 and was transferred to the Agr. Labour Corps. In 1918 he married Elizabeth Huffington. It is thought they moved to Bugthorpe where he worked at the wood yard.

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GEORGE WILLIAM HUFFINGTON

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George William Huffington's birth was registered in Malton in 1882. He married Kate Emmett in 1918 (1893 - 1956), the marriage was registered in the district of Helmsley. George William Huffington was a sergeant with A Company 21st Battalion Kings Royal Rifles.