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7th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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Those known to have served with7th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Armitage Thomas William. Pte. (d.23rd Aug 1916)
- Curtis George Albert. Pte. (d.16th August 1917)
- Edwards VC. Wilfrid. Mjr.
- Haddelsey Henry Hannam. Capt.
- Nicholson Wilfred. Pte. (d.2nd Apr 1918)
- Noble Fred. Pte (d.23rd May 1916)
- Smith Thomas. L/Cpl. (d.20th August 1917)
- Solomon Cyril George. Pte.
- Somerset Arthur. Pte (d.16th Aug 1917)
- Stead George. Pte. (d.16th Aug 1917)
- Townson Francis Richard. Pte. (d.20th July 1918)
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Capt. Henry Hannam Haddelsey 6th Battalions Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Harry Haddelsey was born in Caistor, Lincolnshire. He served as a sergeant with the 6th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, in France from 21st of May 1915, to 1st of August 1916. He also served with the 7th KOYLI.
He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (and later Captain) on 2nd of August 1916. He was wounded in action twice, seriously on 7th October 1916.
He joined the RAF in September 1918 and emigrated to Canada after the war, but returned with the Canadian Army during WWII (though too old for combat service). He died in Canada 1965.
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Pte Arthur Somerset 7th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.16th Aug 1917) I believe my great grandfather Arthur Somerset was killed at the Battle of Langemark on 16th Aug 1917. His widow Florence was left with 5 children to bring up. He was thought to be in his thirties when he died.
I was unaware of his story until I found his war medal in 2008.
As a child I was vaguely aware that someone in the family had died in the Great War but had obviously not paid much attention to this.
All my life I have felt a great affinity to Armistice Day and now feel this could be because of Arthur.
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Pte. George Albert Curtis 7th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.16th August 1917) A very interesting moment in the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele).
On the 16th of August 1917 the 7th KOYLI was part of the 20th Light Division, 61st Brigade, which successfully retook the villages of Langemarck and Steenbeek from the enemy, lost during 1915.
7th KOYLI were tasked with clearing a blockhouse to the west of Steenbeek village which was holding up the advance. It is likely that Pte George Curtis, my great granddad, was killed in this action. His regimental colleague Pte W Edwards was awarded a VC for his part in this action.
George's body has never been identified and he, therefore, has no known grave. His fall is commemorated in the Tyne Cot memorial near Ypres.
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Pte. Francis Richard Townson 7th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.20th July 1918) Dick Townson was born in 1888 and came from the small town of Low Bentham then in the West Riding of Yorkshire close to Lancashire. Basic records can be found in the historical book Cravens Part in the Great War.
He is wrongly reported as being a POW after a gas attack, and dying in captivity.
He was transferred to another battalion after the 7th was disbanded, not sure which but given that he is buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery between Peronne and St Quentin, and the date of death is recorded as 20th of July 1918, he was involved in the Battle of the German Spring Offensive when Tincourt and other villages were overrun and may have been initially buried elsewhere. He was aged 30.
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L/Cpl. Thomas Smith 7th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.20th August 1917) According to local newspaper, Lance Corporal Thomas Smith was killed by a raider while lying wounded in hospital.
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Pte. Wilfred Nicholson 7th Btn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.2nd Apr 1918) Wilfred Nicholson served with the 7th Btn King's Royal Rifle Corps and the 7th Btn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
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Pte. Cyril George Solomon 7th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry I have photographs which show Daddy, George Soloman, coming back after injury, when King George met them, Daddy with a mug of tea and lump of bread. The king said, "Don't stand up lads." The photo is from a newspaper that his brother went and got from their offices in London. His brother never got to the war as he was accidentally shot during training and lost a leg.
One story is about how he got lost and found himself behind enemy lines. he said the Germans he met were in such bad shape that they surrendered before he could. He ended up with 20 or more and they told him which way to go to get back to his lines. His captain was going to mention him in dispatches but was killed before he had the chance. Daddy did not mind as he thought he had done very little.
Another story is how when he was in a foxhole the person in the next one reached around to pass him the jam when a piece of shrapnel hit the jar. The cry went up that Solly had been hit. He was the lucky mascot being young and small and never got hit, but it was the jar covering him in jam and he was unharmed. Other stories are not so nice.
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Pte. George Stead 7th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.16th Aug 1917) Pte. George Stead was killed on 16th August 1917, the first day of the Battle of Langemarck, near Ypres. His remains were never found and his name is honoured on the wall at Tyne Cot, Belgium.
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