The Yorkshire Regiment, War Memorials Elsewhere

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Pudsey (Leeds)

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The War Memorial for Pudsey (Leeds)
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The Pudsey War Memorial is a Cenotaph, located on Radcliffe Road on the site of an old Chapel of Ease. The structure is a square column surmounted by a bronze figure of a Tommy of the West Yorkshire Regiment. Names of the fallen are on four plaques near the base of the memorial.

333 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War. The website, Pudsey Cenotaph, lists all of the names together with biographical information. Additionally, this website also includes a section on "Missing Names", where research indicates an additional number of names to be added to the memorial. This research is on-going.

8 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the Cenotaph, and 1 soldier is listed amongst the "MIssing Names".

Private Ernest Ackroyd, 7558. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joe N. Ackroyd, of 4, Peel Place, Stanningley; Leeds. Killed 8 July 1916. Aged 31.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Stanningley (Leeds).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Private Ackroyd's name is one of the "Missing Names" on the Pudsey War Memorial.)

Lance Corporal Daniel Briggs, 11524. 11th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Swire and Frances Briggs, of Pudsey, Leeds. Died of wounds 4 July 1916. Aged 31.
Born Edinburgh, Enlisted Bradford.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN.

Private Herbert Briggs. 24794. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 November 1917.
Born Pudsey (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Pudsey.
Commemorated on the CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Hunter Hyland. RFC, formerly 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Eleanor Hyland, of Radcliffe House, Pudsey, Yorks. Killed 23 May 1915. Aged 23.
Buried VIEUX-BERQUIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
The following biographical notes are taken from Robert Coulson's biographies of Yorkshire Regiment Officers who lost their lives in the First World War;-
" Frederick Hyland was born in Pudsey on May 29th 1891. He was educated at Bilton Grange School in Harrogate and was a member of the Officer Training Corps and studying medicine at Leeds University when war broke out.
2nd Lt Hyland was commissioned into the 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in September 1914 but only remained with them for a few months before being transferred to the RFC in January of 1915.
2nd Lt Frederick Hunter Hyland was killed on May 23rd 1915 at the age of 23. He was flying as observer to Lt R C H Bewes in an RE 5 belonging to No 7 Squadron when the machine broke up at three hundred feet, both men dying of their wounds.
It is believed a grenade accidentally exploded in the aircraft.
His grave today lies in Vieux-Berquin Communal Cemetery to the east of Hazebrouck and his name is also remembered on Pudsey War Memorial.
2nd Lt Hyland was the son of Samuel and Eleanour Hyland of Radcliffe House in Pudsey.
His senior officer wrote to his parents,
“I never want a better or pluckier observer than he was and the squadron feel his loss deeply. He was most universally popular”.

Private Thomas Jowett. 22927. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Eli and Phoebe Jowett; husband of Mary Eliza Jowett, of I0, Smalewell Rd., Pudsey, Yorks. Killed 19 June 1917. Aged 41.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Pudsey.
Buried HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY.

Private Ernest Roebuck. 204658. 20th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 28591 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ben and Elizabeth Roebuck, of Pudsey, Leeds; husband of Ethel Bradshaw (formerly Roebuck), of 50, Granville Terrace, Whingate, Armley, Leeds. Killed 11 September 1917. Aged 34.
Enlisted Pudsey.
Buried LONGUENESSE SOUVENIR CEMETERY.

Private Frank Thomas Scholefield. 35243. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 35606 9th T R Battn. Son of John Edwin and Janet Scholefield, of 40, Radcliffe Lane, Pudsey, Leeds. Killed 26 August 1918. Aged 19.
Born Molteno (Cape Colony), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Pudsey.
Buried BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY.

Private Horace Teale. 19052.
6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Teale, of 7, Back, Waterloo Row, Pudsey, Yorks. Killed 28 September 1916. Aged 20.
Buried PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Also commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL)
(The name "Teale" would appear the correct family name, though this soldier used the alias of "Steele".)

Corporal Arthur Walker. 11290. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Harry Walker, of 3, Sunfield, Stanningley, Leeds. Born at Pudsey, Leeds. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Pudsey (Leeds), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Little Moor (Pudsey).
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.

First World War Commemorations "A" - "E" on the Pudsey War Memorial.
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First World War Commemorations "F" - "L" on the Pudsey War Memorial.
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First World War Commemorations "L" - "R" on the Pudsey War Memorial.
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First World War Commemorations "R" - "W" on the Pudsey War Memorial.
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The Dedication on the Pudsey War Memorial.
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