Spaldington is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the Wesleyan Chapel was also the village school, and seated 90.
The Roll of Honour lists twenty-two people who came back from the war. The covering letter lists the seven men who fell. Some of the abbreviations used are obscure.
Those who served were:
J. Broader Army Service Corps
F. Cawkwell East Yorkshire Regt.
T. Drury C.H.
D. Drury East Yorkshire Regt.
W. Penrose Lancaster and York Regt.
G. Walsh Royal Field Artillery
C. Hague Royal Navy
W. Broader West Yorkshire Regt.
J. Vickers Royal Field Artillery
G. Kenniwell Royal Naval Air Service
J. Kenniwell East Yorkshire Regt.
E. Fines Canadian Infantry
D.Moore Durham Light Infantry
H. Danby H. I.
E. Snell Border Regt. (?)
F. Witty East Yorkshire Regt.
W. Moore R.N.S.C.
F. Greensmith Royal Navy
F. Holmes V.J.C.
J. Wides V.J.C.
J. Oliver V.J.C.
J. Tutty V.J.C.
Those who died were:
S. Leetham East Yorkshire Regt.
S. Taylor East Yorkshire Regt.
G. Oliver Royal Field Artillery
C. Clark V.J.C.
G. Fines Canadian Highlanders
W. Holmes Machine Gun Corps
H. Witty East Yorkshire Regt.
Further details of the five in bold type may be found on this link to the Bubwith war memorial
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