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10th Battalion, Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment
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Those known to have served with10th Battalion, Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Amos John Wesley. Pte. (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Basinger George Lewis. S/Sgt.
- Beaumont Frank. Pte. (d.7th June 1917)
- Bentley George. Pte. (d.16th Oct 1917)
- Bentley George. Pte. (d.16th Oct 1917)
- Bolton MC & Bar Richard. Captain
- Bradbury Dennis. Cpl. (d.10th Jun 1917)
- Braddock Nicholson. Pte. (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Broadbent Clement Ambler. Pte.
- Brown Fred. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Chitty Alfred J.. Sgt. (d.30th July 1916)
- Davies F. C.. Pte. (d.21st Sept 1917)
- Denby William. Pte. (d.20 Sept 1917)
- Doggett George Patrick. 2nd Lt. (d.4th Jul 1917)
- Exley Alfred. L/Cpl. (d.18th October 1917)
- Flynn CdeG. Frank William. L/Cpl.
- Greenwood F.. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Hands Albert Victor. Pte (d.3rd October 1916)
- Hanson T. H.. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Hartell George. Pte. (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Hickson George Edward. Pte. (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Howard R. S.. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Howard Richard Spencer. Pte. (d.7th June 1917)
- Lawton Albert Edward. Private (d.13th Jan 1916)
- Naylor Tom Close. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Needham Ernest. Pte. (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Nelson Richard. Pte. (d.7th June 1917)
- Smith Charles. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Smith MM. Herbert. Pte.
- Sutcliffe MM. James Townsend.
- Sykes L.. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Troughton MC Joseph Ernest. 2nd Lt.
- Wardman DCM, MM. John William. Sjt.
- Warner Ernest Frederick. Private (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Wells Isaac. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917)
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Pte. Ernest Needham 10th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment) (d.20th Sep 1917) Ernest Needham was my great great uncle. Before the war he was a creeler, employed at Crossley's Carpets in Halifax. He was a member of Square Church Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Society. He was reported missing and assumed to have died at the Battle of Menin Road, Ypres on 20th of September 1917.
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Stannary Congregational Church, Halifax and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets, Halifax.
His elder brother John also died at Ypres on 13th of August 1917.
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L/Cpl. Frank William Flynn CdeG. 10th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment Frank Flynn served with the 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment and was awarded the Italian Croce Di Guerra for his actions on the 27th of October 1918.
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Pte. Charles Smith 10th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment (d.7th Jun 1917) Charles Smith is remembered on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
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Pte. Clement Ambler Broadbent 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington West riding Regiment Clement Broadbent served with the 10th Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment.
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Private Albert Edward Lawton 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment (d.13th Jan 1916) I was unaware that I had ancestors who had died in WW1 until I started to research my family tree. Albert Lawton is my great-great uncle, his sister Annie was my great-grandmother.
It transpires that she named my grandfather after her late brother, a fact that my father was not aware of - this was a very poignant memory for us.
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L/Cpl. Alfred Exley 10th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment (d.18th October 1917) I found Alfred Exley's memorial plaque when clearing the house of a deceased relative, Derek Weston, in Bury Greater Manchester. I have no idea who Alfred is or what the connection to Derek and Marion (nee Holt) Weston was.
I now live in what was the West Riding of Yorkshire myself in Hebden Bridge and would love it if anyone can claim Alfred!
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Pte. George Edward Hickson 10th (Service) Btn. Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (d.20th Sep 1917) George Hickson was my Great Uncle and his grave is in the Tyne Cot Memorial. There is also a memorial located in St. Giles Church, Langton By Wragby.
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Pte. George Bentley 10th (Service) Btn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (d.16th Oct 1917) George Bentley was born 17th Nov 1882 in Cleakheaton, district of Bingley, Yorkshire. He was the son of Sam Bentley and Ann (nee Durkin, Sam's third wife). It seems George may have lied about his age in order to be accepted for service, as on his service record his age is recorded as 27 years, however, he was 32 yrs old at enlistment. He was married to Daisy (nee Atkins) and they lived in Rotherham, Yorkshire. Their children were George Henry Bentley born 1906, Lily Bentley born 1909 and Alexander Atkin Bentley born 1911.George Bentley died on 16th October 1917, missing, presumed dead at Passchendaele. He was my great grandfather.
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Pte. William Denby 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment (d.20 Sept 1917) William Denby was my great uncle he is one of the lost souls still waiting to come in from the cold
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S/Sgt. George Lewis Basinger Royal Army Ordance Corps Staff Sergeant (Armourer) George Basinger was a member of the (Royal) Ordnance Corps attached to the 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment.
He saw action on the Western Front at the Somme, Arras, Cambrai and Lys. In 1917 the Battalion was rapidly move to northern Italy to repel the Austrian army and he saw action at the Battle of the River Piave and Treviso.
During the Italian campaign he captured an Austrian officer's walking stick as a memento. He was also greatly moved by the miserable sight of the poor young wretches, some of whom were barely children, who had suffered terrible injuries fighting with the Austrian army.
In 1919 the Battalion was in Rome, Italy, awaiting demobilisation and return to England. When the Prince of Wales visited the Battalion in Rome they arranged a concert for him during which Staff Sergeant (Armourer) Basinger, who was a good baritone, gave a performance.
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Private Ernest Frederick Warner 10th Btn. West Riding Regiment (d.20th Sep 1917) Son of late George and Mary Ann Warner. Ernest Warner was born, enlisted and lived in Colchester. He was killed in action on the 20th of Sep 1917, aged 22. He has No known grave and is Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.
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Pte. John Wesley Amos 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment (d.20th Sep 1917) John Amos enlisted in Ilkley.
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Pte. George Bentley 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment (d.16th Oct 1917) My great grand-father George Bentley lost his life at the battle of Passchendaele, a month before the battle of Passchendaele ended.
His body was never found and he is memoralised at Tyne Cot on the wall of the lost. I hope one day to visit the cemetery and pay my respects. I never knew about him until I started to research my family tree some 12 years ago. I only knew about my grandparents (his child and family).
I am so proud of him, that he gave his life so that generations since had a free life to live. We all owe him, and men like him, so much.
We should do all we can to uphold this freedom.
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Pte. F. C. Davies 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment (d.21st Sept 1917) Pte. F.C. Davies served in the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. There is a photo of shared grave and cross on the Australian War Memorial website.
He probably died at 10th Casualty Clearing Station at Poperinge on 21st of September 1917. Both the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion and 10th Battalion had been involved with the Battle of Menin Road and the subsequent Polygon Wood Battle. My relative, Private Les Brooks, was wounded by shrapnel likely before relieving the front line troops at Glencourse Wood on Thursday 20 September 1917 and died the following day.
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Pte. Frank Beaumont 10th Btn. West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellingtons) (d.7th June 1917) Frank Beaumont was my great uncle. He was the son of Charles and Annie Beaumont and the brother of Laura, Henry and Amy.
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James Townsend Sutcliffe MM. 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment My grandfather, James Sutcliffe, who I never met, was awarded the Military Medal on 14th September 1916. He was wounded retrieving a comrade from No Man's Land. Subsequently he was transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps and ended his war service in the RFC then RAF in the latter part of 1918. Sadly, I know nothing else about him and the only photo I have of him is from the local newspaper announcing him receiving the Military Medal and reproducing the letter he wrote to his mother obviously embarrassed about all the fuss!
My grandparent's marriage ended in separation c.1945. He had joined up again to fight in WW2, met someone else and left the family. Family history research by me has uncovered some of his story but after 1952 he was never seen again and nobody spoke of him in any great detail.
How anyone who went through two world wars could have come out the other side psychologically unmarked is difficult to understand. My own feeling is that these terrible events left him unable to function on a normal level again and he ended up just living for the moment and grabbing whatever chance of happiness came his way. To me he is a hero though and with the help available today perhaps things might have been different.
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Pte. Herbert Smith MM. 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regiment The original recommendation for the Military Medal reads:
"No 11837 Private Herbert Smith
Has done invaluable work in charge of the Brigade Pigeon section.
On 7th June during the attack on Hill 60 he was detailed to carry pigeons forward in rear of the assaulting lines to the Brigade Forward Post. Though the rest of the party were scattered or became casualties he reached his objective and waited there alone with his pigeons for over an hour under heavy fire.
Finding no-one he ultimately returned through the barrage to report to Headquarters.
He has, on previous occasions, shown remarkable coolness under fire. At Contalmaison on 10th July 1916 by his Le Sars on 7th October 1916 he did very valuable work.
Military Medal
H.C. Owen, Capt
for
Lieut Colonel, A.A. and Q.M.G., 23rd Division"
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Pte. Richard Nelson 10th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment (d.7th June 1917) We found two first world war medals for Richard Nelson. He was my great grandfather's brother. I knew my great grandfather. My mother, Shirley Nelson doesn't remember the family ever mentioning that they had a brother called Richard. He signed up in Halifax on 16th of October 1916 and arrived in Folkestone on 11th of January 1917. He arrived at Etaples on 12th of January 1917. We have a copy of the battalion diary for 7th of June 1917 (the day he died) and around 20 documents showing his signing up and posting as well as being killed in action and the delivery of posthumous medals. His name is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres.
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2nd Lt. George Patrick Doggett 69th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Artillery (d.4th Jul 1917) George Doggett enlisted in 1914 and embarked with the Cambridge Territorials on 14th February 1915. He went to officer training in Bristol and joined the 7th West Ridings attached to the 10th West Ridings with duty in the 69th Trench Mortar Battery. He was wounded on 7th of June 1917 at Hill 60. He died of his wounds on 4th July 1917.
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2nd Lt. Joseph Ernest Troughton MC 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment Joseph Troughton is amongst the Newmarket lads I am researching. I am trying to find his grave. Joseph died of his wounds at Mundesley Sanitorium on 9th August 1922 too late for inclusion in CWGC records. He received his injuries at Messines as recorded by his old school, Framlingham.
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'Ten seconds, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one - fire! Down goes the firing switch. At first, nothing. Then from deep down there comes a low rumble, and it as if the world is spliting apart...' On 7th June 1917, nineteen massive mines exploded beneath Messines Ridge near Ypres. The largest man-made explosion in history up until that point shattered the landscape and smashed open the German lines. Ten thousand German soldiers died. Two of the mines - at Hill 60 and the Caterpillar - were fired by men of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, comprising miners and engineers rather than parade-ground soldiers. Drawing on the diaries of one of the key combatants, "Benealth Hill 60" tells the little-known, devastatingly brutal true story of this subterranean war waged beneath the Western Front - a stygian battle-ground where men drowned in viscous chalk, suffocated in the blue gray clay, choked on poisonous air or died in the darkness, caught up up in vicious hand-to-han
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