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9th Battalion, Duke of WellingtonsWest Riding Regiment
9th Battalion West Riding Regiment was raised at Halifax in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 52nd Brigade, 17th (Northern) Division. After initial training close to home, they moved to Wareham, then to Bovington in October and to Wimborne in November 1914. They moved to Hursley Park, Winchester in June 1915 for final training. The division had been selected for Home Defence duties, but this was reversed and they proceeded to France landing at Boulogne on the 15th of July 1915, concentrating near St Omer. They moved into the Southern Ypres salient for trench familiarisation and then took over the the front lines in that area. In the spring of 1916 they were in action at the Bluff, south east of Ypres on the Comines canal then moved south to The Somme seeing action during The Battle of Albert in which the Division captured Fricourt and The Battle of Delville Wood. In 1917 they moved to Arras and saw action in The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and The Capture of Roeux. In late summer they moved to Flanders and fought in The First and Second Battles of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of Epehy and The Battle of Cambrai followed by The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre. At the Armistice the Division was south east of Maubeuge and was quickly withdrawn to the area west of Le Cateau. On the 6th of December they moved back behind Amiens and went to billets around Hallencourt. Demobilisation of the Division began in January 1919.
1st Aug 1915 Relief Complete 
2nd Aug 1915 Communication
3rd Aug 1915 Communication Tests
4th Aug 1915 Artillery Registration
5th Aug 1915 Communication Equipment
6th Aug 1915 Quiet
7th Aug 1915 Artillery Active
8th Aug 1915 Working Parties
9th Aug 1915 Bombardment
12th Aug 1915 Enemy Active
17th Aug 1915 Bombardment
25th Aug 1915 Reliefs
5th Sep 1915 Reliefs
15th Sep 1915 Reliefs
28th Sep 1915 Very Wet Day
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
9th Mar 1916 Reliefs Complete
14th Jul 1916 Under Shellfire
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Those known to have served with9th Battalion, Duke of WellingtonsWest Riding Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Allsop George Arthur. Pte. (d.7th July 1916)
- Bentley Alfred. Pte. (d.25th April 1917)
- Binks Walter. Pte (d.22nd July 1917)
- Bradford Jack Colclough. Pte. (d.25th Apr 1917)
- Burridge Alfred. Pte. (d.12th Oct 1918)
- Carter Frank. Pte. (d.28th August 1918)
- Charnock Percy. Pte. (d.2nd September 1918)
- Dacre Brian. Capt. (d.12th Oct 1918)
- Fryer George Mitchell. Pte. (d.1st February 1917)
- Fryer George Mitchell. Pte. (d.1st Feb 1917)
- Green DCM. Fred. CSM. (d.7th July 1916)
- Hamilton Benjamin Charles. Pte. (d.24th Aug 1918)
- Horsley Joseph William. Pte. (d.2 Sep 1918)
- Lickiss Charles Frederick. Pte. (d.21 December 1915)
- Mason Thomas. Cpl. (d.4th November 1918)
- Meadows Benjamin James. Pte. (d.3rd September 1918)
- Rutherford James. Pte. (d.12th Oct 1918)
- Thomas Herbert. Pte (d.2nd March 1916)
- Wood Wilfred. Pte. (d.4th November 1918)
- Woodwiss Frederick Arthur. L/Cpl. (d.7th July 1916)
- Woodwiss Frederick Arthur. L/Sgt. (d.7th July 1916)
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Pte. George Arthur Allsop 9th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment (d.7th July 1916) George Allsop served with the 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment.
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Capt. Brian Dacre 9th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment (d.12th Oct 1918) Brian Dacre was born in 1890, he served as a Captain with the 9th Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment.
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Pte. Benjamin James Meadows 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regiment (d.3rd September 1918) Benjamin Meadows was my grandfather.
He died of wounds on 3rd of September 1918 serving with 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regiment. However, he initially served with the Middlesex Regiment. having signed up in Stratford, London in 1915 at the age of 38. At the time of signing up he was a widower and father of four.
He is buried in a small beautifully maintained military cemetery in Varennes, Somme.
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Pte. Percy Charnock 9th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment (d.2nd September 1918) Percy Charnock was my great uncle and not a lot is known of him.
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Pte Walter Binks 52nd Coy Machine Gun Corps (d.22nd July 1917) Walter Binks served with the 9th Btn, Duke of Wellington's Regiment and 52nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps.
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Pte. George Mitchell Fryer 9th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment (d.1st Feb 1917) George Fryer died near Thiepval. His body was never recovered. Fighting at the time was minimal due to extremely cold weather.
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Pte. George Mitchell Fryer 9th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment (d.1st February 1917) George Fryer was my uncle. He died near Thiepval and his body was never found. As he died, and was not killed, it is odd that he was not found, as at the time military action was minimal due to bad weather. A comrade reported seeing him sitting at the roadside and this was the last we know of him.
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Pte. Alfred Bentley 9th Btn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (d.25th April 1917) Alfred Bentley was killed in action during the Second Battle of the Scarpe within the Battle of Arras, aged 38. His name appears on the Arras Memorial in the Faubourg-d'Amiens British Cemetery, Arras, France, and in the Todmorden Garden of Rememberance, Todmorden, Yorkshire.
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CSM. Fred Green DCM. 9th (Service) Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment (d.7th July 1916) On 7th July 1916 members of 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment were in action around Contalmaison during the Somme offensive. A week earlier the British army suffered its' bloodiest day ever, with over 19000 men killed on a single day.
During the action at Contalmaison a number of troops from Fred's company were wounded. Word has it Fred was wounded, but stayed with the company until a lull in the fighting allowed him to carry out one of the roles of CSM, that of evacuating casualties. He gathered a stretcher party to take the most severely wounded back to the Regimental Aid Post and a German shell landed within a few feet of the party as it weaved its' way to the relative safety of the medical station. Fred Green was killed instantly.
Company Sergeant Major Fred Green D.C.M killed in action at Contalmaison 7th of July 1916.
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Pte. Charles Frederick Lickiss 9th Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (d.21 December 1915) Charles Frederick Lickiss is my 1st cousin 3x removed and when I started researching about him, I discovered that so little is known. I haven't been able to find a picture of Charles but I did find references to him in military records.
He died at the 1st Canadian General Hospital in Etaples, France. He is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery, part 4, Etaples, France. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. When he died he had 3 pounds, 16 shillings and 3 pence saved and this was transferred to his mother Rosamond Lickiss, maiden name of Batty, who was living in Husthwaite, Yorkshire.
The Husthwaite Historical Society is researching their soldiers as well.
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Pte. Joseph William Horsley 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment (d.2 Sep 1918) Joseph William Horsley born 1889 West Bromwich, Staffordshire married Emma Care in 1911 and had a daughter in 1913 named Annie Horsley. I've just found out that the year that he lost his life 1918 his wife was carrying his unborn son. She gave birth in September, the month that he was killed, and named him Joseph after his father. But, unfortunately, the baby didn't survive and died that same year. So, not only did she have to endure loosing her husband but also her son.
I don't know much about Great Uncle Joseph and I've never seen a photo of him. I would love it if I could see one of him.
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Cpl. Thomas Mason West Riding 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment (d.4th November 1918) Thomas Mason was my father's brother. He lived in a small place called Blaenllechau in the Rhondda Valley. He signed up in 1914 and was killed in France on November 4th 1918.
I have visited his grave in Romeries. He was 22 years old when he died. My family have just gathered to remember him and we read the message on his scroll and raised a glass of champagne in his memory.
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Pte. James Rutherford 9th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (West Riding) (d.12th Oct 1918) James Rutherford, Private 34978, enlisted at Jarrow and served in the 9th Battalion the Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (West Riding). He was killed in actionage 19 on the 12th October 1918 and is remembered at St. Paul's Church also Selridge British Cemetery, Montay. His medal card records that he was killed in action and the award of the War and Victory Medals.
James was born in Jarrow 1899,son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bridekirk Rutherford nee Chambers.
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