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West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellingtons)
during the Great War 1914-1918.
- Ackroyd Arthur. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.5th May 1915)
- Addison Reginald Francis . Pte. (d.12th October 1916)
- Akroyd Charles. Sgt. 4th Btn. (d.19th Dec 1915)
- Allsop George Arthur. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.7th July 1916)
- Amos John Wesley. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Anderson Valentine James. 12th Btn. (d.7th April 1916)
- Anson Harris Hartas. 2nd Lt 5th Btn (d.30th Aug 1918)
- Atkinson Ernest. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Auty Benjamin. Gnr.
- Balmforth George. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.19th Jul 1916)
- Balmforth William. Cpl. 4th Btn. (d.15th May 1915)
- Barker Edward. Pte.
- Barker Harry. Cpl. 4th Btn.
- Barker James. Cpl. 4th Btn.
- Barraclough Harold. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Barrett William. Pte. 1/6th Btn. (d.18th Mar 1918)
- Basinger George Lewis. S/Sgt.
- Beaumont Frank. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.7th June 1917)
- Bell Henry. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.1918)
- Bennett Benjamin . Pte. 2nd Btn.
- Bentley Alfred. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.25th April 1917)
- Bentley George. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.16th Oct 1917)
- Bentley George. Pte. 10th (Service) Btn. (d.16th Oct 1917)
- Binks Walter. Pte 52nd Coy (d.22nd July 1917)
- Birks George. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Bland Ernest. Pte. 11th Btn.
- Boardman John. Pte. 5th Btn.
- Bolam Matthew. Pte. 2nd/4th Btn. (d.7th Nov 1918)
- Bolton MC & Bar Richard. Captain 10th Btn. A Coy Cmd.
- Bolton Walter. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.23rd November 1918)
- Booth Angus. Pte. 5th Battalion (d.3 Sept 1916)
- Booth George. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.18th Apr 1915 )
- Bradbury Dennis. Cpl. 10th Btn. (d.10th Jun 1917)
- Braddock Nicholson. Pte. 10th Battalion (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Bradford Jack Colclough. Pte. 9th Btn (d.25th Apr 1917)
- Bramley Herbert. Pte. 1/4th Btn. (d.19th Dec 1915)
- Breckon William. Pte. (d.29th September 1918 )
- Briggs Herbert. Sgt. 4th Btn. (d.20th Dec 1915)
- Broadbent Clement Ambler. Pte. 10th Battalion
- Brook Charles. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Brown Charles Henry. Cpl. 71st Sanitary Division (d.29th Apr 1918)
- Brown Fred. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Brown Harry. Pte. 1st/5th Btn. (d.3rd Sep 1916)
- Brown DCM John James. Sgt. 1st/6th Battalion (d.31st Mar 1918)
- Bullen Earnest John. Pte. (d.27th Oct 1916)
- Burns Davidson Ross. Pte. 2nd/4th Btn. (d.15th April 1917)
- Burridge Alfred. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.12th Oct 1918)
- Bury DCM MM MID. James. Sgt. 1/6th Btn. (d.13th Apr 1918)
- Calvert Lewis C.. Pte. 1/5th Battalion (d.3rd Sep 1916)
- Carter Frank. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.28th August 1918)
- Chadwick Percy. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.11th Nov 1914)
- Chadwick Thomas. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.27th Aug 1917)
- Chappell Frank. L/Sgt. 1/4 Btn. (d.19th December 1915)
- Chappell Frank. Cpl. 4th Btn. (d.19th Dec 1915)
- Charnock Percy. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.2nd September 1918)
- Chitty Alfred J.. Sgt. 10th Btn. (d.30th July 1916)
- Clarkson Leonard. Sgt. 1st/6th Bn (d.26th July 1916)
- Cliff Harry. Cpl. 4th Btn. (d.3rd Sep 1916)
- Collins George Henry. Cpl. 26th (Tynside Irish) Btn. (d.10th Nov 1916)
- Conway James Albert. Cpl. 2/7th Btn.
- Cooke Francis James. CSgt. 4th Btn.
- Cooper Horace. Lt.
- Cooper John. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Cordwell Herbert. Pte. 2nd Btn. A Coy. (d.11th Nov 1914)
- Costello John. Pte
- Cox Charles. Sjt.Mjr. 1/7th Btn. (d.5th Aug 1916 )
- Crossland Joe. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Crossland Wilfred. Pte. 2/5th Battalion
- Crossley James Stanley. Sgt. 4th Btn. (d.3rd Sep 1916)
- Cryer James Albert Greenwood. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.20th Mar 1915)
- Dacre Brian. Capt. 9th Btn. (d.12th Oct 1918)
- Dacre Maurice. Armr QMS 8th Btn (d.15th Oct 1917)
- Damms Horace. Pte. 2/4th Btn. (d.28th Sep 1917)
- Davies F. C.. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.21st Sept 1917)
- Davies John Henry. ASgt. 4th Btn. (d.4th Jul 1916)
- Day Jonas. Pte. 2nd Battalion
- Denby William. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.20 Sept 1917)
- Denison MC. John William. Lt. 6th Btn. (d.18th Sep 1918)
- Dent Jack. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.16th Oct 1915)
- Doggett George Patrick. 2nd Lt. 69th Trench Mortar Battery (d.4th Jul 1917)
- Donnellan William. Pte. 2/5th Battalion (d.3rd May 1917)
- Downs Harry. Pte. 1/6 Btn. (d.3rd Mar 1917)
- Earnshaw Clifford. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Eastick George. Pte. 1st/7th Btn. (d.30th June 1918)
- Eastwood John. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Edwards James. L/Cpl. 1st Btn.
- Evans Herbert Seymour.
- Exley Albert. 18th Btn.
- Exley Alfred. L/Cpl. 10th Battalion (d.18th October 1917)
- Feather Arthur Broxup. Pte. 4th Battalion (d.3rd Sep 1916)
- Flanaghan Richard. Pte. 2nd/4th Btn. (d.30th Sep 1918)
- Fletcher Percy Albert. Cpl. 4th Btn. (d.19th Dec 1915)
- Flynn CdeG. Frank William. L/Cpl. 10th Btn.
- Fogg George William. Pte. 1st/6th Btn. (d.11th Oct 1918)
- Ford Benjamin. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.24th August 1914)
- Frost George Samuel. Pte. 1st/4th Btn. (d.17th April 1918)
- Fryer George Mitchell. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.1st February 1917)
- Fryer George Mitchell. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.1st Feb 1917)
- Garside Wilfred. Pte. 2/4th Btn (d.8th April 1918)
- Gath Leonard. Pte. 24th Btn.
- George Edward. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.19th Dec 1915)
- Gething William. Cpl. 4th Btn.
- Glover Ernest. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Goddard Percy. Pte. 1/7th Battalion (d.12th Jun 1916)
- Goodwill Dennis. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.14th March 1918)
- Green DCM. Fred. CSM. 9th (Service) Battalion (d.7th July 1916)
- Green John Henry. Sgt. 4th Btn. (d.30th Oct 1915)
- Greenwood F.. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Greenwood James Edward. Pte. 2nd Btn.
- Greenwood Thomas Henry. AWO. 4th Btn. (d.17th Sep 1916)
- Hagan Thomas. Pte. 7th Battalion (d.13th July 1916)
- Haggas Traverra. L/Cpl. 3rd Btn. (d.7th June 1917)
- Halliday Harry. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Hamilton Benjamin Charles. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.24th Aug 1918)
- Hands Albert Victor. Pte 10th Battalion (d.3rd October 1916)
- Hanson T. H.. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Hargreaves Albert. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Harrison Johnnie. Pte. 2/4th Btn. (d.20th July 1918)
- Harte MC. James. Capt. (d.1st Nov 1918)
- Hartell George. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Hawkins Cecil Stephen. Pte 2nd/7th Btn (d.2nd Dec 1917)
- Helliwell William Henry. Pte. 1/4th Btn. (d.1st Dec 1916)
- Hickson George Edward. Pte. 10th (Service) Btn. (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Hills Thomas. Pte. 13th Btn. BCoy. 6 Platoon
- Hirst Norman. Cpl. 4th Btn. (d.14th Aug 1916)
- Hirst Walker Sykes. L/Cpl. 4th Btn.
- Hodkin John. CQM Sgt.
- Horsley Joseph William. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.2 Sep 1918)
- Howard R. S.. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Howard Richard Spencer. Pte. 10th Battalion (d.7th June 1917)
- Hughes Albert Henry. Sgt. 4th Btn.
- Humble Charles Richard. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.7th May 1917)
- Illingworth Albert. ACpl. 4th Btn.
- Jackman Willis. Sgt. 4th Btn.
- Jackson John Bulmer. Sgt. 2nd/5th Btn. (d.24th Jul 1918)
- Jackson Sam. L/Sjt. 1/4th Btn. (d.3rd Sep 1916)
- Jagger Marshall. Sgt. 4th Btn. (d.20th Dec 1915)
- James Matthew Pattison. Pte. 2/4th Btn. (d.12 September 1918)
- Jenkins William John. Pte. 2nd. Battalion (d.5th May 1915)
- Joy John. Pte. (d.5th May 1915)
- Kershaw Christopher. Sgt. 4th Btn. (d.2nd Sep 1916)
- Keywood DCM. James. Sgt. 8th Btn, X Coy, 6 Platoon
- Knight James. Pte. 1/7th Battalion
- Langley Samuel. Pte. 7th Battalion
- Lawton Albert Edward. Private 10th Btn. (d.13th Jan 1916)
- Leeming Arthur. Pte. 13th Btn.
- Lickiss Charles Frederick. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.21 December 1915)
- Little MM. Benjamin. Colour Sgt. 4th Battalion (d.13th Oct 1918)
- Lomas John Thomas. Cpl. 6th Btn. (d.19th Oct 1915)
- Long Frank. Sgt. 4th Btn. (d.20th Oct 1915)
- Longbottom Tom. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Loosemore VC. DCM. Arnold. Sgt. 8th Btn.
- Loosemore VC, DCM. Arnold. Sgt.
- Lucas John Fredrick . Pte. 2/7th Btn. (d.3rd May 1917)
- Mallinson Arthur. Sgt. 4th Btn.
- Mallinson Lewis John. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Marchant William. Pte. 29th Btn. (d.10th Apr 1918)
- Martin John Henry. Sgt. 1st Battalion (d.6th Nov 1918)
- Mason MM George. Pte. 1/7th Btn. (d.14th December 1917)
- Mason Thomas. Cpl. West Riding 9th Battalion (d.4th November 1918)
- McMillan Gordon. Sgt. 2nd Btn.
- Meadows Benjamin James. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.3rd September 1918)
- Metcalfe George. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Metcalfe William. Pte. 2/4th Batalion (d.22nd November 1917)
- Millar Harry. Sgt. 4th Btn.
- Millard Fred. Sgt. 4th Btn.
- Mitchell Owen. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.24th Dec 1916)
- Monk Thomas. L/Cpl. 1st/6th Battalion (d.15th Sep 1916)
- Moorhouse MM. Abraham. A/SM. 3rd Btn.
- Moorhouse Wilfred Roberts. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.20th December 1917)
- Murphy John. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Naylor Milford. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.9th Nov 1915)
- Naylor Tom Close. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Nedderman MM Robert Moses. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.20th July 1918)
- Needham Ernest. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Needham John. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.13th Aug 1917)
- Nelson Richard. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.7th June 1917)
- Nicholson T.. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.19th November 1915)
- O'Hara Joseph Sykes. Pte. 2/7th Btn. (d.27th Nov 1917)
- Partridge MM. Heber William Henry. Sgt. 1/6th Bn.
- Patrick John William. Pte.
- Peckover Herbert. Pte 2nd Btn (d.5th of May 1915)
- Piercy George Richard. Pte. 2nd/5th Btn. B Coy. (d.21st Jul 1918)
- Pollard Joshua. Pte.
- Pretty Howard S.. Pte. 8th Btn.
- Price Hugh. 2nd Lt 3rd (Reserve) Battalion (d.11th Oct 1918)
- Proberts Albert Edward. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Rainsforth Ernest. 2/5th Btn.
- Rangley Arthur. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.10th Nov 1915)
- Revell Albert. Pte 2/7th Btn (d.9th March 1918)
- Roberts John Henry. Pte. 2/4th Btn. (d.29th Sep 1918)
- Roberts John Henry. Pte. 2/4th Btn. (d.29th Sep 1918)
- Robertshaw Irvene. Sgt. 4th Btn.
- Robertshaw James. Pte. 2nd/4th Btn. (d.21st November 1917)
- Rodgers Richard. L/Cpl 1/6th Btn. C Coy. (d.14th Oct 1917)
- Ross Francis George. Pte.
- Rowley Allen. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Russell John William. L/Sgt. 6th Btn. (d.7th May 1918)
- Rutherford James. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.12th Oct 1918)
- Rymer Norman Angus. Cpl. 4th Btn. (d.10th May 1915)
- Sams Phillip. 2nd Btn. (d.5th May 1915)
- Searle Frank. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.11th November 1914 )
- Sheffiled Ernest. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Sheldon George. Sgt. 8th Btn. (d.30th September 1916)
- Shepherd DCM, MM, MID. Charles Cornelius. Lt. 2nd Btn.
- Shorrocks John Charles William Cumberland. Pte. (d.18th Sep 1916)
- Siddall John William. CSgt. 4th Btn.
- Smith Albert. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.3rd Sep 1916)
- Smith Alvin. Pte. 1/7th Btn (d.17th Sept 1916)
- Smith Charles. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Smith Herbert. Pte. 6th Battalion
- Smith MM. Herbert. Pte. 10th Battalion
- Smith Jack. Sgt. 4th Btn. (d.20th Dec 1915)
- Smith Walter Alfred. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Smith Wilfred. Pte. 1/6th Btn. (d.30th Apr 1918)
- Southern Charles. CSgt. 4th Btn.
- Stead Frederick. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.12th Feb 1917)
- Stead Harold. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.8th JUl 1916)
- Stephenson Sam. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.24th August 1914)
- Stevens Edward Conway. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.22nd Jul 1918)
- Storey Albert. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.18th July 1918)
- Storey MM. George. Sgt. 2nd Btn
- Stott George Henry. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.21st Nov 1915)
- Stripling George Charles. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.19th February 1917)
- Sutcliffe MM. James Townsend. 10th Btn.
- Sykes Arthur. 2nd Btn. 5 Coy.
- Sykes Arthur. Pte 5th Btn. D Coy. 16th platoon
- Sykes VC. Ernest. Pte. 27th Btn. (4th Tyneside Irish)
- Sykes L.. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Tew Joseph. Pte. 1/7th Btn. (d.11th Oct 1918)
- Thackerey MC. Frederick Rennell . Lt. 2nd Btn. (d.18th April 1915)
- Thomas Herbert. Pte 9th Btn (d.2nd March 1916)
- Tolley Vernon Stanley. WO2. 4th Btn. (d.1915-10-16)
- Traynor James Albert. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.10th Oct 1917)
- Troughton MC Joseph Ernest. 2nd Lt. 10th Btn.
- Venning Benjamin J.. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.20th April 1915)
- Wagstaff John William. Cpl. 1/7th Battalion (d.1st Oct 1915)
- Waite George. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Wardman DCM, MM. John William. Sjt. 10th Btn.
- Warner Ernest Frederick. Private 10th Btn. (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Washington Harry. Pte. 1/4th Btn. (d.16th June 1915)
- weir Robert. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Wells Isaac. Pte. 10th Btn. A Coy. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Whitbread Arthur. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.2nd Sep 1916)
- Whitely Charles Edward. Sgt. 4th Btn.
- Wild Thomas William. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.16th July 1916)
- Wilson Harry. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.8th Jan 1919)
- Wilson Harry. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.6th Jan 1919)
- Wilson Joseph Edgar . Pte. 8th Btn. (d.6th May 1918)
- Wood Wilfred. Pte. 9th Btn. (Service) (d.4th November 1918)
- Wood William Preston. Pte. 4th Btn.
- Woodwiss Frederick Arthur. L/Cpl. 9th Battalion (d.7th July 1916)
- Woodwiss Frederick Arthur. L/Sgt. 9th Btn. (d.7th July 1916)
- Wormald Edgar. Cpl. 4th Btn. (d.1st Nov 195)
- Wragg Albert. Pte 154th Protection Coy.
- Wright Frank. Cpl. 4th Btn. (d.16th Oct 1915)
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Pte. George Eastick 1st/7th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment. (d.30th June 1918)
George Eastick was killed in action 30/06/1918, aged 17. (Age officially given as 19) He was born in Great Yarmouth, the son of James Alfred and Alice Maud Eastick, of 20 Norfolk Place, Bostons flynn
Pte. Robert Moses Nedderman MM 5th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment (d.20th July 1918)
Robert Nedderman was killed in action 20th July 1918, aged 24 and buried in the Marfaux British Cemetery in France. He was the husband of the late Sarah Ellen Nedderman (formerly Thorpe), and father of Annie and Robert Nedderman of Oldham, England.Lance-Corporal Nedderman was awarded the Military Medal in March 1918. According to the official record, the medal was awarded, "for absolute fearlessness and devotion to duty as stretcher-bearer during an attack on March 28, when he attended to the wounded under the heaviest shell fire, and on one occasion when a man from one of the forward posts had been wounded before reaching our line, brought him in under heavy machine gun and rifle fire". He was also wounded 3 times between March 1915 and July 1918.
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Pte. Ernest Sykes VC. 27th Btn. (4th Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers
Ernest Sykes was born in 1885, in Mossley, Yorkshire and died, in 1949, at Lockwood, Yorkshire. He originally enrolled in the Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (West Riding), 8th Battalion, service number 13425. He served in the Balkans campaign of 1915 where he received a serious foot injury. After recovering from his injury, he was assigned to the 27th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (4th Tyneside Irish), service number 40989, and embarked for France.In April 1917, his Battalion was involved in the Battle of Arras where he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions. The citation for the award is: - On 9 April (Easter Monday) 1917, near Arras, France, the battalion in attack was held up by intense fire from front and flank, and suffered heavy casualties. Private Sykes, despite this heavy fire, went forward and brought back four wounded. He then made a fifth journey and remained out under conditions which appeared to be certain death, until he had bandaged all those too badly injured to be moved.
There is a plaque, in his honour, at Mossley Railway Station.
Pte. Thomas Chadwick 8th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment Regiment (d.27th Aug 1917)
Thomas Chadwick was born in the March quarter of 1892 in Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, the son of Reuben and Bridget, brother to John, Adam, George Robert and Charles Henry.In 1901 at the age of 8 he was living at 8 Chapel Street, Mossley with his parents and in 1911 aged 19 he was a cotton piecer living on Chapel Street, Mossley with his parents. In 1913 a Thomas Chadwick married a Amy Hall, this may have been him.
Thomas was killed in action on the 27th of August 1917 and is commemorated on Panel 82 to 85 and 162A of the Tyne Cot Memorial. On Saturday 9th October 1920 the Mossley War Memorial was officially unveiled. Present at the ceremony the Mayor said “We are met here today to honour the brave and noble men who kept the enemy from our shores in the greatest war the world has ever knownâ€. The "Last Post" was sounded, followed by a solemn silence, a hymn was sung, and then over 70 tributes were laid. The vicar gave a blessing and the National Anthem was sung. A wreath was laid in the memory of Thomas Chadwick. There are no names on this Memorial, but Thomas Chadwick is listed on the wooden Mossley War Memorial inside St George's Church, Mossley.
Rita Vaughan
Ernest Rainsforth 2/5th Btn. West Riding Regt
My Grandfather - Ernest Rainsforth, was badly injured but also survived and was repatriated to England from France with his bicep blown off and with a serious knee injury from sharpnel: whilst fighting with the 2/5th West Riding Regiment as the Germans pulled back from the Hindenberg Line in March 1917. I am lucky enough to have my Grandad's war discharge papers - discharged as being medically unfit for further war service - and the original telegram sent to his Mother advising her that Ernest had been wounded and admitted to hospital in London. I ache with sheer anguish for her when I read that telegram and know what his Mum must have felt at the time. My Grandad survived the war: met my Nan at Malden Hospital in Middlesex where she was nursing during WW1 and returned to his home town of Gainsbro with a beautiful new wife. Ernest lived until the age of 94. He never chose to speak to anyone about his experiences in France except to say to my younger brother - when my brother was a boy - that he laid on a stretcher in a field at a Clearing Station - gagging for a drink of water for over 24 hours and when he called the orderly for water the orderly said "shut-up Rainsforth, the bloke laid next to you has 16 bullits in him ". Grandad unrolled his shirt sleeve and showed my brother a massive intentation in his left arm where his bicep had been literally blown off.Miriam Bailey
Pte. George Samuel Frost 1st/4th Btn. West Riding Regiment (d.17th April 1918)
George Frost was born 1894 in Bristol at Barton Hill. He served with the 1st/4th Duke of Wellington West Riding Regiment, he enlisted in Bristol as a Private in the Wiltshire Regiment. He died 17 of April 1918 and is buried in Haringhe (Bandaghelm) Military Cemetery. Second son of Samuel Frost and Elizabeth Mary who had 9 children of 4 Waterloo Buildings, Widcombe, Bath. At the age of 17 George was a contractor's carter.Sarah Jones
Lt. Charles Cornelius Shepherd DCM, MM, MID. 2nd Btn. Duke of Wellingtons Regiment
Born 18th June 1880 in Hampstead, London, England: Captain Charles Cornelius Shepherd, (known as Neil) was a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM), Medaille Militaire, and was Mentioned in Dispatches.As a young boy he was in a Home for Waifs and Strays. As part of the Orphaned Children's Program, he, with 14 others was sent to Canada, departing Liverpool and arriving in either Quebec or Montreal, via SS Sardinian on 13th Aug 1892. Cornelius was sent to Sherbrooke, QC where he lodged and worked for a local French Canadian farming family. He stayed there approx 2 years, after which, at the age of 15, he apparently returned to England, possibly due to his father locating him and bringing him back to England. At some point in the 1890's (possibly in 1899?) he joined the Second Battalion, The Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment, serving in India and elsewhere. He was, for a short period, seconded to the Royal Corps of Signals, apparently in India. In 1907, while a Corporal in the 2nd Btn West Riding Regt (Duke of Wellingtons), living at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, he married Ellen Elizabeth Grinnell, then residing at Wickhamford Lodge, Evesham. They had two children, Eva May Shepherd, and Neil Paul Shepherd, he subsequently divorced, likely due to his wife apparently becoming mentally ill. In 1928 he married Rosa James (known as Rose). My mother, Veronica Rose James Shepherd, was born, also in 1928.
Neil Shepherd enrolled in the Army likely in 1899, served in 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment. The 1911 Census indicates rank of Colour Sergeant, he was living in Kandahar Barracks, South Tidworth, Hants, Hampshire, England, his wife, Ellen Elizabeth Grinnell (32) and two children, Neil Paul (2) and Eva May (5ths) were living in the adjoining wives' and childrens' quarters.
He was promoted to Warrant Officer on the 8th of August 1914. His home address in 1915 was 23 Boat Lane, Evesham, England. Neil was promoted to Sergeant-Major shortly after the outbreak of war. As a Sergeant Major, Neil was Mentioned in a Dispatch by Field Marshall French, on 31od of May 1915. As Regimental Sergeant Major, he was awarded the DCM for bravery as a result of his actions at Puisieux Ridge on 1st of July 1916. Neil was awarded the French Medaille Militaire for bravery as a result of his actions at Les Boeufs during which he was wounded but refused to leave the line. He was Commissioned for Bravery on the Field of Battle in 1916 and was inducted as a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 1st of January 1919. Neil was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1st of April 1927 and retired from the Army in 1928.
Charles Cornelius Shepherd was a past member of the Bootle Fellowship Lodge 4401, a member of The Old Contemptibles and a life member of the The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment Association. He was a devoted gardener at their home at Roseverne 130 Liverpool Rd, Chester, and, together with my Grandmother, Rose Shepherd, was recognized after the Second World War for his efforts supporting the soldiers of the Royal Corps of Signals, both serving and POWs. At the time of his death he lived at 130 Liverpool Road, Chester, and he died in the Military Hospital in Chester.
His medals are: Member of the Order of the British Empire; Distinguished Conduct Medal; General Service Medal (1854-1895) for service in India; The 1914 (Mons) Star with Aug 22nd – Nov 1914 Bar; The 1914 – 1918 War Medal; The 1914-1919 Victory Medal with Mentioned in Despatches Oak Leaf; and The French, Medaille Militaire.
Noel Dykes
Pte. William Marchant 29th Btn. Machine Gun Corps (d.10th Apr 1918)
William Marchant born 23rd of Jan 1898 in Bradford, West Yorkshire was the oldest son of Charles James Marchant and Sarah Ann Bourne. He died in France and Flanders, killed in Action with 2 officers and another soldier on 10th of April 1918Originally he signed up to the West Riding Regiment, the Duke of Wellingtons and transferred to Machine Gun Corps on 28th of December 1916. His British War Victory Medal was accepted by his father in Brighouse on 26th of April 1922.
He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. He was the eldest brother to my maternal grandmother Lily Watson nee Marchant.
Mark Higgins
Pte. John Henry Roberts 2/4th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment (d.29th Sep 1918)
John Roberts was born on Tuesday 28th of July 1891 at 294 Queen Street, Kilnhurst in the Borough of Rotherham. He was one of 11 children born to Henry Leech Roberts and Jane Roberts. Census records indicate that 11 of these children died and that the only other survivor was a sister, Susannah, who was about 8 years his junior. When he left school, John worked as a trammer at Thrybergh Hall Colliery.On Friday 28th of May 1915, at the age of 23 years and 10 months, he signed up for war service at Pontefract and was posted, apparently immediately, to the 3rd Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment based in Sunderland. Some time after his arrival in the town, he met local girl Frances Wright. As a soldier, John was categorised as Class W which meant that he was returned to his civilian job as a miner until the army were ready to recall him to the colours. On Monday 6th of August 1917, John and Frances married at the Parish Church in Hooton Roberts and they returned to Sunderland where they lived with Frances's family. On Friday 12th of July 1918, their daughter Mary was born.
John was recalled to his unit and embarked with the British Expeditionary Force to France on Friday 30th of August 1918 and on Monday 2nd of September 1918 was transferred permanently to C Company, 2/4th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment. Ten days later, the Regiment took part in the Battle of Havrincourt, where they broke through the Hindenburg Line. On Sunday 29th of September 1918, while fighting in Havrincourt, he was killed in action. He is buried in the Grand Ravine British War Cemetery next to Havrincourt Wood.
Irwin Smart
Lt. John William Denison MC. 6th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment (d.18th Sep 1918)
John Denison was originally from Highfield, Yeadon, Yorkshire, and was the son of John William and Elizabeth Denison.Ian Denison
Pte. John Henry Roberts 2/4th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment (d.29th Sep 1918)
John Roberts was born on Tuesday 28th July 1891 at 294, Queen Street, Swinton in the Borough of Rotherham. He was one of 11 children born to Henry Leach Roberts and Jane Roberts. Census records indicate that 9 of these children died and that the only other survivor was a sister, Susannah, who was about 8 years John Henry's junior. John left school to become a miner at Thrybergh Hall Colliery where he worked as a trammer (a trammer loaded rocks or coal into four-wheeled barrows known as trams).On Thursday 28th of May 1915, at the age of 23 years and 10 months, he signed up for war service with the York and Lancaster Regiment at their depot in Pontefract. He was posted immediately to Sunderland to engage in coastal protection duties. Sunderland was an industrial town noted, among other things, for shipbuilding and was a target for enemy action.
It seems he met his wife, Frances, some time after his arrival in Sunderland, and they married at Hooton Roberts in the parish church of Kilnhurst on Monday 6th of August 1917. Their daughter Mary was born on Friday 12th July 1918.
On Friday 30th of August 1918, John was posted to 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment and embarked with the British Expeditionary Force to France. A day later however, he was transferred to C Company, 2/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, and on Sunday 29th of September 1918, he was killed in action during the Battle for Havrincourt where machine-guns, automatic rifles, and trench mortars were used against British troops. He is buried in the Grand Ravine British War Cemetery, Havrincourt.
L/Cpl. Walker Sykes Hirst 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellingtons)
Walker Hirst was captured at Erquinghem on 10th April 1918 and sent via Lille to Dulmen POW Camp.Walker Lapthorne
Pte. Wilfred Smith 1/6th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment (d.30th Apr 1918)
Wilfred Smith was my grandma Lucy's brother and the son of William and Dorothy Smith of Bradford. He was wounded on 14th April 1918 and died 16 days later at the age of 20. He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. I have the telegram and plaque given to my great-grandma upon his death. My grandma, who was 5 years old at the time, said that upon receiving the telegram, her mother collapsed with grief. Wilfred's cousin was also killed in the Great War.Elizabeth Kitchingman-Ward
Pte. John Needham 8th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment) (d.13th Aug 1917)
John Needham was my great great uncle. He was treasurer at Halifax Textile Trades Club and worked as a twister-in at Martin Sons & Company Ltd (worsted coating manufacturers), Martin's Mill, Pellon Lane, Halifax. In 1903 he married Elizabeth Kelly in Halifax and they had three sons: Stanley (b 1904), Jack (b 1908) and Ronald (b 1913).He enlisted on 15th July 1916 and served in the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). He was killed at Ypres on 13th of August 1917, aged 37. He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance. His younger brother Ernest died at The Battle of Menin Road, Ypres on 20th of September 1917. In 1923 his widow Elizabeth married John Batchelor.
Daniel Needham
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.Daniel Needham
Sgt. John Henry Martin 1st Battalion West Riding Regiment (d.6th Nov 1918)
John Martin served with the 1st Battalion, West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellingtons) and also served with 1st Garrison Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.Priscilla Duane
Pte. James Knight 1/7th Battalion West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellingtons)
James Knight's Victory and British Medals ended up in the possession of a grandson of a Canadian WWI veteran. Nothing is known about the connection between the soldiers. James Knight's records are part of the First World War Service Burnt Documents so little is known of him. An address of 116 Old Church Road, Stepney, E1 was given on the 2nd page of his Medal Card. And some details of his service were given such as additional service with Army Service Corps, and Labour Corps.Carolyn Goddard
Pte. Leonard "Scottie" Gath 24th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Leonard Gath served in the 21st, 23rd and 24th Battalions, Northumberland Fusiliers and the 1/4th Battalion. He also served with the 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regiment in WW1. Leonard died in 1979.Richard Gath
Pte Herbert Peckover 2nd Btn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment (d.5th of May 1915)
I have found that my Great Great Grandfather, Herbert Peckover, served with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment in WW1. He died on the 5th of May 1915 fighting on Hill 60. His Battalion had won the high ground at Hill 60 but the Germans attacked using gas on the 5th of May 1915 and recaptured Hill 60.
Pte. Arthur Leeming 13th Btn. West Riding Regiment
I had no idea my father, Arthur Leeming tried to join the army in 1916 but was rejected as he was a 'necessary farmhand'. He was then called up in 1918 and from what I gather, was in France until 1920. I have paid a researcher to find out exactly where the named regiment were in France and still cannot find out anything else.Verna Rowe
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The first two chapters in the book provide an historical outline of the raising of the 1st Battalion in 1702 and take its story through to 1923. The book recounts story of the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front, mainly by use of quotations from eyewitness accounts, letters, diaries and official documents supported by good maps. A good feature of this history is the recording by name of officers joining the battalion or leaving or becoming casualties, and the arrival of drafts with strengths.More information on:
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BENEATH HILL 60 tells the extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward, the legendary Australian metal scientist. In 1916, Woodward faced the most difficult decision, ultimately having to separate from his new young love for the deadly carnage of the Western Front. On treacherous territory, behind the German enemy lines, Woodward and his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers face a suicidal battle to defend a leaking, tunnel system. A tunnel packed with enough high explosives to change the course of the War.More information on:
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Hill 60: Ypres (Battleground Europe)Nigel Cave
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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-hanMore information on:
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