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212565 L/Cpl. Herbert Scholes British Army York and Lancaster Regiment from:Sheffield My grandfather Herbert Scholes served in the British Army, having enlisted from Sheffield,Yorkshire in Oct 1915. The Army form E.501 Attestation was taken at Harrogate on the 28th October 1915 and shows that Herbert was to be in the York & Lancaster Regiment, 3/1st 00 Yorkshire Dragoons. I remember ,as a child , visiting my grandfather and seeing a photograph of him in uniform sitting astride a grey horse. At present I don't have any further information and no stories to tell as my grandfather would never talk about the war and he died when I was only 9years old. I have however , found his name on a Roll of Honour -"Hoyland Nether Township Roll of Honour " along with over 1500 names of those men of Hoyland who served in the Great War. Kathryn Everitt Add to this record.    Additional Information: I am now working for publication [Cengage Gale Asia] on the diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, diplomat in China and Japan at the turn of the last centry. I come across "Col. Scholes" and his wife who lived at OWoodcote near Satow's estate named Beaumont, in Ottery St. Mary. Col. Scholes and his wife shared with Satow the pleasure of gardening, especially roses. The Scholes pop up in the Satow's diaries, but so far I found it difficult to identify him. There is a hint, however, in the diary entry of July 12, 1914: "Went to tea at the Scholes; they had a successor of his in the command of the York & Lancaster Regt., Col. Byass [Harry Nichol Byass], who has now settled at Long Burton near Sherborne, & seems to know a good deal about roses." This is all. I wonder if this Col. Scholes was related to your grandfather or not. I am looking forward to hearing from you about your family quest, wishing you the best luck in it. Shinichi Miyazawa Reply Related Content: Yorkshire Dragoons (Queens Own ) York and Lancaster Regiment Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? If so please let us know. Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?" We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages. The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Hosted by: The Wartime Memories Project Website is archived for preservation by the British Library Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV - All Rights Reserved - We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.