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St Cuthbert's Church, Kirklinton

This brass tablet, in the small church of St Cuthbert at Kirklinton tells us:-

“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS”

“To the Glory of God and in memory of the following men of the Parish of Kirklinton who died in the service of their Country in the Great War 1914-1918”.

2nd LIEUT FRANK R L BELL   10TH BORDER REGT

L CPL DAVID BAXTER   8TH BORDER REGT

LT WILLIAM BELL   7TH BORDER REGT

PTE DAVID ARMSTRONG   10TH YORKSHIRE REGT

PTE ANDREW ALSTON   9TH ROYAL SCOTS

PTE LEWIS BELL   11TH BORDER REGT

PTE WILLIAM BELL   DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S REGT

PTE GEORGE ELLIOTT   11TH BORDER REGT

PTE ROBERT ELLIOTT   8TH BORDER REGT

PTE HARRISON HOPE   2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS

PTE HERBERT I LITTLE   11TH BORDER REGT

PTE JOHN WILLIAM MUSGRAVE   KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BDRS

PTE GEORGE ROBERTSON   5TH NORTHLD FUSILIERS

PTE JOHN WATTERS   5TH BORDER REGT

Nearby is the KIRKLINTON ROLL OF HONOUR of the names of officers and men who served “for Honour and Freedom in the Great War”. 

“Proudly you gathered, rank on rank to war”.

It is an illuminated Roll of Honour on parchment, set in a glazed dark wooden frame. The Roll of Honour does not differentiate the casualties but that can be derived by comparing it with the brass at the west end of the north wall. It should be noted that 6 of the names on the brass are not on this memorial, but that is far from unusual, possibly the brass post dates this ROH. Equally there may have been different qualifying conditions for the 2 memorials.