Pocklington History - Pocklington at War

News

> Pocklington Heritage Festival (2024)

> The Sothebys

> Pocklington and the Sea

> Historical Horrors

> Allerthorpe Walk

> D-Day talk

> The 2024 AGM & Talk

> 18th Century Pocklington

> Two Short Talks

> Pocklington Heritage Festival (2023)

> Old Shops part 2

Events

> Pocklington Local History Group
20th Mar 2025 - Early Cinema

Gallery

	Market Place Note the new building in the photo on the corner.
	Regent Street Note the 'Old Red Lion Hotel'
	Chapmangate Note the independent chapel built in 1807 to the left.

Publications

	Woldgate History "A History of Woldgate School" * 60 pages * Fully illustrated * Only £5.00
	Exploring Pocklington's Past * Peter Halkon * Summary of Pocklington Archaeology * Only £5.00
	Heritage Trail "A Pock History & Heritage Trail" * 2nd edition * 27 pages * Old photos * Only £4.99
	Old Pock "People and Places of Old Pocklington" * 40 pages * Old photos * Only £5.99
	WW1 Book "Adieu to dear old Pock" * ww1 diary * 53 profiles * Local News * 299 soldiers * 246 pages
	PDLHG Newsletters #1 Oct 2020 #2 Dec 2020 #3 May 2021

Pocklington Home Guard in 1940

This photograph of the Pocklington Home Guard was taken behind the old drill hall in Barmby Road and was kindly submitted by Kevin Warcup. His Uncle Eric is on the photograph as indicated. Please Let me know any names of individuals. I have since been informed that Lieutenant Samuel H King is on the photograph. Thanks to an interview with Wm.Brown by Jim Ainscough many names have been filled.

n.b. To Zoom in to the photograph, hover over the faces with the mouse cursor.

01. ? Lockerby	02.	03. Bill Hart	04.Bert Bailey	05. Jack Tailor
06. Joe Alderson	07. ? Wilson	08. Harold Walker	09. Ted Walker Rowe	10.
11.	12. Alwyn Webster	13. Jim Wilson	14. Charlie Roberts	15. ? West
16. ? Roberts ( son of 14)	17. Territorials	18. Territorials	19. Territorials	20. Percy Wharram Huffington
21	22. William Suggitt	23. Arthur Beckett (aka 'Sunny')	24.	25 Tom Carter
26. Ben Skelton	27. Wilf Skelton	28.	29. Arthur Todd	30. Fred Brown
31. Mr Tailor	32. George Mutiner Jackson	33.	34. Freddie Jackson	35.? Johnson (Sgt. Major)
36. ? Hewson	37 Eric Warcup	38. Captain Baines	39. territorial	40. Fred Suggit
41. Lieutenant Samuel H King	42. John Turner	43. territorial	44. ? Walker	45. Cpl. Fred Smith
46. Percy Walker	47. Charlie Shepherd?	48. John William Brown (father of 30)	49. Sunny Kneeshaw	50. George Bissitt
51. territorial	52.	53.