War Memorial - Brandesburton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Edwin Ezard Beswick
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 6725 abt. 1898 09 October 1917 19 37th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Beswick, nee Hodgson, of Garfield, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Born Brandsburton, Yorkshire, England.

Edwin Ezard Beswick was enlisted in Melbourne, Australia, on 05 September 1916. He died at the 44 Casualty Clearing Station on 09 October 1917 as result of a mustard gas poisoning.

England Census 1911 about Edwin E. Beswick and family Residence: Brandesburton, Yorkshire East Riding, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Beswick Mary Elizabeth Beswick Edwin E. Beswick Katherine L. Beswick George Beswick Bessie Mary Beswick Mildred Milne Mary Jane Helsden Leonard Pinder Tom Helsden	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Daughter Paying Guest Servant Servant Servant	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	45 39 13 9 8 6 37 17 18 21	abt. 1866 abt. 1872 abt. 1898 abt. 1902 abt. 1903 abt. 1905 abt. 1874 abt. 1894 abt. 1893 abt. 1890	Foxholes, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Hull, Yorkshire Lockington, Yorkshire Hull Bridge, Yorkshire Lockington, Yorkshire

Fred Hebblewhite
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 13/1204 abt. 1891 13 November 1916 25 13th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, France Son of William and Clara Hebblewhite, nee Berriman, of Brandesburton, Yorkshire.

Harry Hebblewhite
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 148081 24 March 1886 09 April 1917 31 78th Bn. Canadian Infantry Vimy Memorial, France Son of William and Clara Hebblewhite, nee Berriman, of Brandesburton, Yorkshire.

Harry Hebblewhite was enlisted in Winnipeg, Canada, on 03 August 1915. He emigrated to Canada in 1907.

England Census 1901 about Fred and Harry Hebblewhite and family Residence: Brandesburton, Yorkshire East Riding, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Hebblewhite Clara Hebblewhite James Hebblewhite Harry Hebblewhite William Hebblewhite Fred Hebblewhite George Hebblewhite Jane Hebblewhite	Head Wife Son Son Son Son Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	45 44 19 15 12 9 7 6	abt. 1856 abt. 1857 abt. 1892 abt. 1886 abt. 1889 abt. 1892 abt. 1894 abt. 1895	Brandesburton, Yorkshire Driffield, Yorkshire Beeford, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire

Frederic Shipley
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 229074 abt. 1884 19 September 1918 34 1st Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery, France Son of John James and Hannah Shipley, nee Smithson, of Star Carr, Brandesburton, Yorksshire.

England Census 1891 about Frederic Shipley and family Residence: Little Burton, Brandesburton, Yorkshire East Riding, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John James Shipley Hannah Shipley Edith Shipley Arthur Shipley Herbert Shipley Frederick Shipley Alice Shipley George Shipley	Head Wife Daughter Son Son Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	45 36 11 10 8 6 5 3	abt. 1846 abt. 1855 abt. 1880 abt. 1881 abt. 1883 abt. 1885 abt. 1886 abt. 1888	Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Brandesburton, Yorkshire Yorkshire, England

Edgar Starmer Metcalf
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant 2647 23 July 1886, Brandesburton 13 October 1915 29 1st/4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment Loos Memorial, France Son of Henry Whitelock Metcalf, and Clara Elizabeth Metcalf, of Brandesburton, Hull. Educated at Hymer's College, Hull.

England Census 1891 about Edgar S. Metcalf and family Residence: Brandesburton, Yorkshire East Riding, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Henry W. Metcalf Clara E. Metcalf Edgar S. Metcalf Harold B. Metcalf Thomas W. Metcalf	Head Wife Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single	36 30 4 3 1	abt. 1855 abt. 1861 abt. 1887 abt. 1888 abt. 1890	Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England

Herbert Keith
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 16814 abt. 1896 23 March 1918 22 1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment Hancourt British Cemetery, France Son of John and Elizabeth Keith, nee Welburn, of Brandesburton, Hull.

England Census 1901 about Herbert Keith and family Residence: Brandesburton, Yorkshire East Riding, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Keith Elizabeth Keith Alfred Keith Herbert Keith Rose Keith May E. Keith	Head Wife Son Son Daughter Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single	55 44 10 5 3 13	abt. 1850 abt. 1857 abt. 1891 abt. 1896 abt. 1898 abt. 1888	Brandesburton, Yorkshire Cranswick, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire Brandesburton, Yorkshire

Fred Abel
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Gunner 1593149 26 July 1912, reg. Skirlaugh, Yorkshire 25 December 1942 30 403 Bty., 143 Lt. A. A. Regt. Royal Artillery Guisborough Cemetery, UK Son of Thomas and Lydia Abel, nee Davy, husband of Enid Muriel Abel, nee Barker, of Guisborough.

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