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Herbert William Thistlethwaite, 75th (Sharpshooters) Coy. IY - k.i.a. 11.2.1902
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Herbert William Thistlethwaite, 75th (Sharpshooters) Coy. IY - k.i.a. 11.2.1902 5 years 4 months ago #65407

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This memorial is in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist's Church, Bellerby, North Yorkshire, 1½ miles north of Leyburn. There are no other inscriptions, so it doesn't seem to have also been used as the family grave.

He fought a good fight

In memory of
SERGT. H. W. THISTLETHWAITE,
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION
AT KALKOEN KRANS, O.R.C.
SOUTH AFRICA
FEB 11TH 1902

THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN
OF THE 75TH COMPANY IMPERIAL YEOMANRY
AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT





Herbert William Thistlethwaite is in the 1891 census returns as being aged 13, the eldest of two sons of Edmund and Mary Eleanor Thistlethwaite, and born at Bellerby. The family lived at Bellerby Moor Road. www.dalesgenealogy.com/census/bell_91.html [number 68]
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