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Source=h:/!Genuki/WM2transcriptionsToHtml/input/ARYColinHinsonWM.txtBilton, War Memorial transcription:
The 1914-1918 War Memorial in Bilton Churchyard.
War Memorial in the Churchyard, side 1. (see also Photo)
with thanksgiving with honour
those from this parish
who gave their lives
for king and country
in the Great War
1914 - 1919
Their names liveth for evermore
War Memorial in the Churchyard, rear. (see also Photo)
This memorial stone
was set up by the people of
Bilton and Bickerton
unveiled by
Col Jerome CB CMG
of Bilton Hall
and dedicated by
the Reverend Canon Austen MA
Chancellor of York Minster
on 5 June 1920
J. Pallister MA vicar
A. Burniston Church
A.R. Sherwin Warden
War Memorial in the Churchyard, right hand side. (see also Photo)
Arthur E. Chapman L/Sgt 116 Canadian
Died of wounds near Cambrai 13 Sept 1918
Aged 28 years
Edgar I. Franklin Rifleman I.R.B.
Killed at Ypres 13 May 1915
Aged 20 years
Francis W. Skilbeck CPl 21 K.R.R.
Killed at Flers 15 Sept 1916
Aged 19 years
War Memorial in the Churchyard, left hand side. (see also Photo)
Thomas Barnes Pte G.W. R. Reg
Missing at the Dardanelles 16 August 1915
Aged 32 years
William Barnes Pte Canadians
Killed near Arras 2 Sept 1916
Aged 41 years
George Precious Pte North Fus
Killed on the Somme 8 Nov 1916
Aged 19 years
Data transcribed by
Colin Hinson
from photography by himself