The sad part for me ... is reading on the headstone " KILLED IN ACTION SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE " they didn't even know ..... In Memory of Lance Serjeant CHARLES EDWARD BENDELOW 25076, Yorkshire Regiment transf. to (5/44046), 81st Bn., Training Reserve who died age 31 on 15 March 1917 Son of Thomas Bendelow, and the late Jane Bendelow; husband of Eliza Pattison (formerly Bendelow), of 8, James St., North Ormesby. Remembered with honour MIDDLESBROUGH (NORTH ORMESBY) CEMETERY In Memory of Lance Corporal JAMES RYMER 12116, "D" Coy. 8th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment who died age 20 on 10 July 1916 Son of Alice Rymer, of 7, James St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, and the late William Rymer. Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL In Memory of Serjeant ROBERT RYMER M M 23498, 50th Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) who died age 24 on 10 April 1918 Son of Alice Rymer, of 7, James St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, and the late William Rymer. Remembered with honour PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL Ray Wilkins has photographed a derelict family headstone that is a memorial to Lance Serjeant Charles Edward Bendelow, Lance Corporal James Rymer and Serjeant Robert Rymer. The connection between these three men is that Charles Bendelow was married to Eliza Bendelow (nee Rymer); the other two men were Eliza's brothers. Thus Eliza will have lost not only a husband, but her two brothers as a consequence of the War. The headstone reads;- IN LOVING MEMORY OF SGT. CHARLES EDWARD BENDELOW THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF ELIZA BENDELOW DIED IN WALKERGATE CITY HOSPITAL 15TH MARCH 1917 AGED 31 YEARS. ALSO OF LANCE CORPL JAMES RYMER KILLED IN ACTION SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE 10 JULY 1916 AGED 20 YEARS Noble lives ended AND OF HIS BROTHER SERJEANT ROBERT RYMER, MM BELOVED SONS OF W & A RYMER KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE 10TH APRIL 1918 AGED 24 YEARS At Rest Ray Wilkins mentions that the Walkergate City Hospital was in Newcastle and was used in the First World War for the treatment of wounded soldiers. Lance Corporal James Rymer. 12116. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alice Rymer, of 7, James St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, and the late William Rymer. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 20. Born North Ormesby (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough. Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial. Serjeant Robert Rymer, MM. 23498. 50th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 1800 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alice Rymer, of 7, James St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, and the late William Rymer. Killed 10 April 1918. Aged 24. Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby. Commemorated Panel 11, Ploegsteert Memorial. http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/html-files/cemeteries/middlesbrough-ormesby-cemetery.htm
