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The
First World War Memorial in Samuelsons Workingmans Club, Middlesbrough
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Photo : Bolckow
Samuelsons Workingmans Club is on Parliament Road, Middlesbrough. The club was built in 1905. However, the club is no longer in use as such. The building has been purchased by a group of the Muslim community and it is no longer possible to view this War Memorial.
Of the 76 names commemorated on the memorial, 38 are for men who served in the Yorkshire Regiment. Of interest is that two of these Yorkshire Regiment soldiers were commissioned from the ranks.
We are very grateful to Bolckow who was able to photograph this memorial before the club was closed, and for allowing this website to use his photos of the memorial.
A transcript of the names and dedication on the memorial is provided below.
Private Arthur Anderson, 34840. 9th Battalion King's
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 4793
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 September 1916.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS.
(Additional information from Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>;-
Arthur Anderson was born in 1897 in Stockton, the son of Alfred and Sarah
Anderson. By 1911 and now a widower, Alfred had moved his family to Thornaby
where he is living with his dead wife’s family.)
Private Ernest Arthur Andrews. 34551. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire and Lancaster Regiment, formerly (19370) Yorkshire Regiment. Died
2 October 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Corporal Thomas Bagley. 201562. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 27 May 1918.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.
(The memorial shows "T L Bagley", or possibly "T I Bagley"
but no names matching these could be found.)
Private William Arthur Beavon. 40143. 1st Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 19981 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph
and Jane Beavon; husband of Hettie Hooton (formerly Beavon), of 24, Dorothy
St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Killed 9 April 1917. Aged 27.
Born Allotment (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough (Yorks).
Buried BEAURAINS ROAD CEMETERY, BEAURAINS.
Private Ernest Binns, 41866. 2nd Battalion King's Own
(Yorkshire Light Infantry), formerly 22899 Yorkshire Regiment. Died 20 November
1918.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried CAUDRY BRITISH CEMETERY.
2nd Lieutenant William Buckle. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Martha Isabella Buckle, of 24, Crescent Rd., Middlesbrough,
Yorks, and the late William Buckle. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 24.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.
(From Robert Coulson's Biographes of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"He served in the ranks of Yorkshire regiment as Private and Corporal
before he was commissioned.")
Private Thomas Burns. 3/8207. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Sarah Burns, of 23, Thorrold Terrace, North Ormesby,
Middlesbrough. Died 12 March 1915. Aged 32.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 12, LE TORET MEMORIAL.
Lance Serjeant Joseph Coupland. 28977. 1st Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 26124 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the
late William and Isobel Coupland. Killed 4 October 1917. Aged 23.
Born Thornaby-on-Tees, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commmemorated on Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Private Enoch Davies. 32916. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of W. H. and Jessie Tait Davies, of 16, Ayresome Rd., Newport,
Middlesbrough. Died 11 April 1917. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
(The "E Davies" on the Samuelsons memorial could also be Private
Evan Davies. 34883. 9th Battalion King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry),
formerly 4315 Yorkshire Regiment. Both of the two "E Davies" lived
within two or three hundred yards of the club.)
Private John Doherty. 14934. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Patrick Doherty, of 9, Fancoat St., Newport, Middlesbrough.
Died 5 July 1916. Aged 22.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Shown on the memorial as "J Docherty".)
Private Thomas Dunnell. 203050. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas and Esther Dunnell, of Ivy Bungalow, Brookbank Avenue,
Redcar, Yorks. Died 23 April 1917. Aged 19.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried DURY CRUCIFIX CEMETERY.
Private Richard George Evans. 11859. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Dorothy Dobson Purdy (formerly Evans), of 28, Elizabeth
St., Middlesbrough, and the late John Evans. Died 10 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Walter Henry Evetts. 13401. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 24 March 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank.
Buried TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE.
Lance Corporal Alfred Fisk. 6584. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 13 March 1915.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Sheffield, Resided Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
Private Morgan Foster. 39162. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 7 June 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Arthur Gibson, DCM. 23324. Machine Gun Corps,
formerly 7184 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late George and Mary Ann Gibson.
Killed 16 October 1916. Aged 24.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Robert Hall. 13143. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 5 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Charles Thomas Hatton. 19369. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Thomas and Mary Ann Hatton; husband of
M. A. Hatton, of 16, Stanley St., Middlesbrough. Died 1 July 1916.
Born Stockon-on-Tees, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Thomas Jennings. 20833. 12th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 11 April 1918.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Corporal Ernest Jones. 36040. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William Jones, of 58, Grange Rd. East, Middlesbrough; husband
of Betsy Jones, of 131, Waterloo Rd., Middlesbrough. Died 9 April 1917. Aged
28.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried NEUVILLE-VITASSE ROAD CEMETERY.
Serjeant Bernard Kelly. 3/6982. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 21 September 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Thomas William Kenvyn. 12712. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 10 July 1916.
Born Whitton Park (Bishop Auckland), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Frank Leavey. 9026. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 9 October 1918.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 5, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIALl.
Private James Marlow. 10796. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 21 August 1915.
Born Glenhall(Tyrone, Ireland), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private George Michael Morrison. 9476. Machine Gun
Corps (Infantry), formerly 8015 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Chester-le-Street (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried MIDDLESBROUGH (LINTHORPE) CEMETERY.
Private Edmund O'Brien. 14933. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 18 October 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Michael O'Connor.
30920. 16th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, transferred to (12919 22nd Coy)
Labour Corps. Son of Patrick and Mary O'Connor, of Middlesbrough. Died 14
March 1918. Aged 45.
Born Bishop Auckland (Durham), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Serjeant James Prunty. 3/6402. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 7 January 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Strensall, Resided Middlesbrough.
Buried ADDOLORATA CEMETERY.
(Wounded in Gallipoli, died in Malta)
Private Albert Edward Richmond. 201426. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 10 May 1917.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.
Private James Richardson. 10835. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 22 August 1915.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Thomas Roberts. 11213. 6th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Hannah E. Roberts, of 84, Wicklow St.,
Middlesbrough. Died 22 August 1915. Aged 23.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Reginald Theodore Rudge. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 5 November 1916. Aged 26.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Reginald Theodore Rudge first enlisted as a Private (20075) in the 11th Reserve
Cavalry Regiment. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment on 19 January 1916. He joined with 7th Battalion on the
Somme on July 15th 1916.)
Private George Henry Scott. 20847. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. William Scott, of 54, Hunter St., Middlesbrough; husband
of Ellen Allen Welsh (formerly Scott), of 100, Parliament St., Middlesbrough.
Died 26 December 1917. Aged 38.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Alexander Thomas,241818. 7th Battalion Border
Regiment, formerly 4385 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Sarah Thomas;
husband of Emma Cox Rogers (formerly Thomas), of 43, James St., Thornaby-on-Tees.Killed
on 19 November 1917. Aged 37.
Enlisted Middlesbrough (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 85 to 86, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private James Walsh. 11986. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth Walsh, of 10, Queen Mary St., Middlesbrough.
Died 17 March 1918. Aged 37.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE.
Serjeant George Herman Wilkinson, MM. 15267. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 20 September 1916.
Born Frisking (Boston, Lincs), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Thomas Williams, MM. 12110. 8th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Christina Williams, of 2, Auckland Place, Lower
East St., Middlesbrough. Died 29 September 1917. Aged 26.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY.
Private Albert Edward Wright. 35911. 9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 60332 Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 4 November 1918.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Buried ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
The
Dedication on the War Memorial in Samuelsons Workingmans Club, Middlesbrough
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Photo : Bolckow
Samuelsons
Workingmans Club, Middlesbrough (before closure).
Photo : Bolckow
A ANDERSON E A ANDREWS E J ATKINSON T L BAGLEY W A BEAVON E BINNS J E BLAKE W BUCKLE T BURNS E CALVERT J CANT J COUPLAND R CRUTCHLEY P CURTIS E DAVIES (1) J DOCHERTY (2) M DOCHERTY F A DRISCOLL J R DRYDEN T DUNNELL J DURRANT R G EVANS W EVITTS (3) A FISK M FOSTER A GIBSON G W GOLDSBOROUGH R HALL |
THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE |
E O’BRIEN M O’CONNOR F PARKER J B PORTER A PREST J PRUNTY A RHUCROFT E RHUCROFT A RICHMOND (7) J RICHARDSON THOS ROBERTS E ROBINSON R RUDGE (8) G H SCOTT E SIMPSON R H TEASDALE A THOMAS THOS THORNBURN W H THORNBURN J TONKISS N WAINFOR J WALSH F WANLESS H WARD A WEST G H WILKINSON T WILLIAMS A E WRIGHT |
C HATTON (4) F HINSON W N HOPKIN K HUNTER T JENNINGS H JOHNSON A JOHNSTONE E JONES (5) A KAY B KELLY T KENVYN R J KILVINGTON F LEAVEY A E LOCKINGTON J R MAPLETHORPE J MARLOW E McMANUS J McQUADE G MORRISON (6) J MURGATROYD |
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ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE EMPLOYEES OF SIR B. SAMUELSON & CO LTD NEWPORT IRONWORKS, MIDDLESBROUGH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 |
(1) Two "E Davies" soldiers possible here, - both living within
a very short distance of the club.
(2) Name should be "J Doherty".
(3) Correct name is "W Evetts".
(4) Should be "C T Hatton".
(5) There were 3 x "E Jones" with a connection to Middlesbrough.
Ernest Jones lived within a short distance of the club.
(6) G M Morrison
(7) A E Richmond
(8) R T Rudge
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