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The names of soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment, and who lost their lives in the First World War, are shown below.
2nd Lieutenant Robert Bernard Abrahams. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Lewis and Millie Abrahams, of 6, Stafford House, Maida Hill,
London. Killed 14 September 1916. Aged 24.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Lieutenant Abrahams was one of 13 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment
who are commemorated in the British Jewry Book of Honour. Of the 50,000 Jews
who served with the British and Colonial Forces during the First World War,
2,324 lost their lives and are commemorated in this book.)
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted July 1913. Member of Roberts, Abrahams and Co. of Bassinghall
Street, E.C."
The following comments are provided by Robert Couson in his Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"A solicitor before the war, Robert Abrahams worked for Roberts, Abrahams
and Co in London.
He joined the London University Officer Training Corps in July of 1915 and
was commissioned with the 4th Battalion in September 1915.
Robert Abrahams lost his life during the Battle of the Somme in the summer
of 1916.
In late August and early September the 4th Battalion were involved in training
exercises in the Millencourt area. On September 10th they were called into
brigade support at Shelter Wood and on the evening of September 14th the battalion
moved up into their assembly positions in Eye and Swansea trenches for an
attack the following day.
They had to move up over open ground as the communication trenches were so
crowded. The Germans opened fire on the battalion and caused some forty casualties.
2nd Lt Robert Bernard Abrahams was killed in this action on September 14th
1916 aged 24."
Captain Geoffrey Carew Barber. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Walter and Emmeline Barber, of West Ayton, Yorks. Killed on 25
April 1915. Aged 24.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Articled to H E Donnes of Scarborough."
Lieutenant Henry Bloom. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died
14 February 1917.
Buried GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES.
(Henry Bloom lived in "The Crescent", Linthorpe, Middlesbrough.
He was born in 1889, in Stockton-on-Tees, and was a Solicitor's Clerk.)
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted May 192. Practised at Middlesbrough. Joined the Durham University
OTC on the outbreak of war."
(Not shown in the Durham Universty Roll of Service.)
Captain George Hutton Bowes-Wilson. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Thomas Bowes-Wilson, of Enterpen Hall, Hutton Rudby, Yorks; husband
of N. Dulcie Bowes-Wilson, of 30, John Street, Bedford Row, London. Killed
17 June 1915.
Buried VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY.
For further information on Captain Bowes-Wilson, together with a photo, see
"Photos of Individuals, - B".
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted April 1902. Practised at Middlesbrough."
2nd Lieutenant Marlborough Evelyn Bradford Crosse. 2nd Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 March 1915. Aged 21.
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY.
The following biographical information is taken from RobertsCoulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Marlborough Crosse was born at Lucknow in India on January 28th 1894
and was articled to the Birmingham legal firm of Barwell-Ewins before the
war.
At the onset of war he enlisted in September of 1914 in the ranks of the Artists
Rifles and was commissioned in November of 1914, joining the 2nd Yorkshires
as the battalion Machine Gun Officer.
March 1915 saw the battalion in billets at Laventie but on March 9th they
moved up to the line at Neuve Chapelle.
The battalion attacked at 2-30 p.m. on March 10th and in scenes of fierce
fighting 2nd Lt Crosse was killed in action “While working his machine
gun.
He was the eldest son of Marlborough Crosse of Lahore in India."
His brother, Lieutenant Ewins Charles Marlborough Crosse is also commemorated.
He served in the 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regt. and was killed on 16 May
1915, almost exactly two months after his brother.
There are extensive biographies of both of the Crosse brothers, with portrait
photos, on the Gresham's
School Roll of Honour website.
Private George Oswald Fea. 235585. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 3116 Yorkshire Dragoons. Only son of George and Emily Fea,
of Bridlington, Yorks. A Solicitor. Enlisted in the Q.O. Yorkshire Dragoons,
Oct., 1914, proceeded overseas, July, 1915. Killed 23 November 1917. Aged
40.
Enlisted Bridlington.
Commemorated on Panel 5, CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted December 1901. Practised at Hull and Bridlington. Joined October
10 1914 as Trooper King's Own Yorkshire Dragoons (Yeomanry). Transferred as
Private to 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment September 1917. Served in Flanders
and France July 15 1915 to November 1917. Wounded in action November 23 1917
and afterwards killed on the same date at Bourlon, France.
Captain Basil Every GILL. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Adjutant
of). Son of Thomas Husband Gill, of Ward House, Walkhampton, Devon, and the
late Beatrice Gill. Killed 18 October 1916. Aged 23.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Articled to T H Gill of Devonport."
Select here for additional biographical information on Captain
Gill .
2nd Lieutenant James Langdale Gregory. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, attached 101st Field Coy Royal Engineers. Son of the Rev. James
and Mrs. Gregory, of 3, Oak Villas, Bradford. Killed 13 May 1917. Aged 39.
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted February 1900. Member of Howe and Gregory, Bradford. Joined
February 1915 as Private, Public Schools Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Gazetted
2nd Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment November 1916 and afterwards attached to
the Royal Engineers. Served on the Western Front. Killed near Ypres May 13
1917."
2nd Lieutenant Harold Gibson Hornsby. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Only son of Jane Hornsby, of 7, Fladgate Rd., Leytonstone, London, and younger
son of the late Michael Hornsby, of Saltburn-by-the-Sea. On the Solicitor's
Staff of His Majesty's Customs and Excise. Died 1 July 1916. Aged 28.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
The following biographical information is taken from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Harold Hornsby was born in Saltburn by the Sea in North Yorkshire
in 1888, the son of the late Michael Hornsby.
He followed a legal career and joined the Solicitors Office of the Customs
and Excise in London in June of 1910.
At the onset of war he enlisted as a private soldier with the Gloucestershire
Regiment.
In January 1915 he transferred to the Hussars and was then gazetted with the
Yorkshire Regiment at Easter 1915.
2nd Lt Hornsby joined the 7th Battalion in October 1915 at Steenvoorde and
spent time in and out of the line around Hooge and the Menin Road up to Christmas
of that year. He was with the battalion during the “Actions at the Bluff”
to the south of Ypres in February of 1916 and in June the battalion moved
south to prepare for the forthcoming Somme offensive.
2nd Lt Harold Gibson Hornsby was killed in action on July 1st 1916 at the
age of 28.
Three companies of the battalion attacked the German held village of Fricourt
at 2-30pm, “Officers and men were literally mown down”. Harold
Hornsby was one of 15 officers killed or wounded in this action while over
330 men suffered the same fate ."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted June 1910. On the Staff of the Solicitor to H M Customs and
Excise, Lower Thames St. E.C."
Major Gerald Norman Hunnybun, MC. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Mentioned in Despatches. Youngest son of Gerald and Leta Hunnybun, of Old
Court Hall Godmanchester, Huntingdon. Killed 23 October 1918. Aged 31.
Buried POMMEREUIL BRITISH CEMETERY.
The following biographical information is taken from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Gerald Hunnybun was born in Godmanchester, Huntingdon in 1887.
He joined the family legal firm but at the outbreak of war was working as
a solicitor with the Darlington firm of Lucas and Co.
He was commissioned in late November 1914 and rose rapidly through the ranks
also being wounded in action twice, on one occasion his orderly carrying him
four miles on his back to get treatment.
He fought at Loos and at the 1917 battle at Messines by which time he was
a captain and adjutant with the 9th Battalion. The battalion then spent the
winter and spring of 1918 on the Italian front with actions around the Piave
river.
In October 1918 with the Germans being pushed back the 9th Battalion were
involved in the capture of the village of Beaurevoir on October 7th after
which they pushed on over open country towards Le Cateau.
Major Gerald Norman Hunnybun was killed in action on October 23rd 1918 aged
31 during the battalion’s attack on the village of Pommereuil."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
Admitted August 1911. Of Huntingdon"
2nd Lieutenant Edgar Francis Hutchinson. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of James M. and Elizabeth Hutchinson, of Gilside House, 2, Victoria
Rd., Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorks. Died 24 May 1915. Aged 24.
Buried BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY.
The following biographical information is taken from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"He qualified as a solicitor in January of 1914 working for the Middlesbrough
firm of M W & E F Hutchinson.
At the outbreak of war he joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps
in December of 1914 and was gazetted in March 1915."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted February 1903. Member of M W and E F Hutchinson of Middlesbrough."
See also his entry in "Bond of Sacrifice.
Lieutenant Leonard Percy I'Anson. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 25 April 1915.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admiited February 1901. Practised at Middlesbrough".
Biographical information, with a photo, on Leonard Percy I'Anson can be found
on the page for Soldiers Photos.
See also his entry
in "Bond of Sacrifice.
Major Basil Jackson, DSO, TD. Basil Jackson was the son of Francis
Henry and Jane Elizabeth Jackson. He was born in Middlesbrough in Q3 1881,
and had an older sister Dorothy. The family lived in the Manor House, Normanby,
Middlesbrough.
He died on 6 August 1920 at the Manor House, Normanby.
For further information on Basil Jackson, see Soldiers
Photos.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Earle Jones. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Edward and Anna Jones, of The Manor House, Scorton, Yorks. Wounded
2nd Battle of Ypres, 1915. Died 1 August 1916. Aged 25.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD).
The following biographical information is taken from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Edward Jones was born at Bolton on Swale in North Yorkshire in 1891.
He followed a legal career and was articled to the firm of A P Whitwell of
Darlington.
In January of 1915 he joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps where
he was commissioned and was attached to the 4th Battalion on May 21st 1915
while they were at the railway embankment just outside Ypres.
2nd Lt Jones was present when the Germans launched their Whit Monday gas attack
on the battalion in trenches astride the Menin Road at Hooge. The remainder
of the year 1915 was spent in and out of the line in the Ypres Salient and
in February of 1916
2nd Lt Jones and the battalion were in action during the “Operations
at the Bluff”, just to the south of Ypres.
On May 26th 1916 the battalion were in the trenches at Kemmel Shelters and
on June 26th during a raid on the enemy lines Edward Jones was wounded in
action and taken from the line for medical treatment.
2nd Lt Edward Earle Jones died from his wounds on August 1st 1916 aged 25."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted to A P Whitwell of Darlington. Joined January 115 Inns of Court
OTC."
Captain John Lloyd-Jones. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Died at home 11 March 1916. Aged 26.
Buried LLANWNDA (ST. GWYNDAF) CHURCHYARD.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
" A Londoner, John Lloyd-Jones was born in the capital on June
1st 1891 and in 1910 attended Emmanuel College at Cambridge.
He went to France in October of 1914 serving in the ranks of the Artists Rifles
and was then commissioned in March 1915, joining the 2nd Battalion in time
for the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.
He fought in the early 1915 actions at Festubert and Givenchy where he was
wounded in action and on one occasion,
“3 snipers had caused casualties and Lt Lloyd-Jones crawled up, bomb
in hand and hurled his grenade killing two and blowing the hand off the other”.
He was promoted to Lieutenant after this action on June 18th 1915.
On home leave the following year, Lt John Lloyd-Jones died of septic pneumonia
and pleurisy at Colwyn Bay in North Wales on March 11th 1916 aged 25.
His grave today can be seen in Llanwnda, St Gwyndaf Churchyard to the south
west of Caernarvon.
Lt Jones was the son of Mr J W Jones of Holloway in London.
(The date of promotion to Captain is not found)."
Additionally, Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
has provided the following biographical information on John Lloyd-Jones;-
"John Lloyd-Jones was living at Ingleside in Colwyn Bay when he died.
He was a wealthy young man. He had effects of £30,412 (about £1,800,000
in today's money) which he left to his sister Edith Annie Lloyd Jones and
Capt Arthur Stanley Davies (thought to have served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
and survived the war). His father John W Jones, who died in 1898, made his
fortune as a silk mercer. The family money explains the impressive monument
in a small country churchyard! Frances Annie his mother, who died in 1909,
was a Lloyd before she married so it is debatable whether his name should
be hyphenated as Lloyd was given to him and his sister as a middle name."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Articled to M J Greener of 52 Bedford Row W.C."
Captain John Vivian Nancarrow. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George Bennett Nancarrow and Charlotte Alice Nancarrow, of "Ravenscroft,"
Grove Hill, Middlesbrough. Killed 25 April 1915. Aged 30.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"John Nancarrow was born in Middlesbrough on June 6th 1885 and was educated
at the Leys School and Kings College Cambridge.
He was admitted to the bar in 1910 and practised as a solicitor in Middlesbrough
where he was also secretary to the local Chamber of Commerce.
A pre-war Territorial with the Yorkshire regiment, Captain Nancarrow arrived
in Boulogne with the 4th Battalion on April 18th 1915. Just one week later
they were in action in the Ypres Salient with orders to hold the village of
Fortuin and if possible push the Germans back into St Julien.
Captain John Vivian Nancarrow was killed in this action on April 25th 1915
aged 30.
A fellow officer wrote,
“He was seen cheering on his men and in the advance stopped to bind
up the wound of a soldier and then moved on. After making several rushes towards
the enemy positions he was shot and died almost instantly.”
His CO wrote,
“He behaved like a hero.”
He was the son of George Bennett and Charlotte Alice Nancarrow of "Ravenscroft,"
Grove Hill, Middlesbrough.
At the time of his death, was engaged to be married to Miss Elsie Harkess
of nearby Stokesley.
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted January 1910. Practised at Middlesbrough."
See also his entry in "Bond of Sacrifice".
Lieutenant Henry Sigismund Oppe. 11th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment, attached 6th Battalion. Son of the late Mr. A. S. Oppe and of Pauline
Oppe, of Pamber Heath, Basingstoke. Born in London. Killed 6 November 1915.
Aged 35.
Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY.
The following information on Lieutenant Oppe is taken from the page for Charterhouse
School;-
"Lieutenant Oppe joined the 6th Battalion on 10 October 1915 as part
of a draft of reinforcements (the 6th Battalion had been reduced to a strength
of only 285 men by 22 August 1915). Very sadly, Lieutenant Oppe was killed
by a sniper on 5 November 1915, - only 26 days after joining."
The following information on Lieutenant Oppe is provided in TheyServed
Wiki;-
"He was born on 30 July 1880, in Camberwell, the fourth son of German
parents Siegmund Armin, of Lyons silk and feathers, and Pauline Oppé
(née Jaffe). Oppé attended Charterhouse and New College, Oxford,
where he became a "History Scholar". On graduating from Oxford with
a first class in modern history, Oppé was articled to Messrs. Hollams,
Hawkesley & Coward. He departed for Shanghai in 1906, joining the firm
Drummond, Whyte Cooper & Phillips as a partner.
Oppé volunteered for the army while still in China and obtained a commission
via the British legation in Peking. He returned to England in March 1915,
entering the 11th Battalion, Princess Alexandra of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment). With the 6th Yorkshires, to which he was attached from September,
Oppé landed at Gallipoli and died on 6 November 1915, reportedly killed
while engaging Turkish snipers. His twin brother, Thomas, a second lieutenant
in the Cameronians, died in May 1917."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted November 1908. Member of Drummond, White-Cooper and Phillips
of Shghai.."
Sub-Lieutenant Robert Henry Pawson. Drake Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Formerly 3339 3rd/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. (Commissioned
22/11/1916 into Royal Naval Division.) Son of Rhoda Pawson, of Kildale Rectory,
Grosmont, Yorks, and the late Rev. L. Pawson. Killed 25 March 1918. Aged 32.
Commemorated Bay 1, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted March 1911. Managing Clerk with Belk, Cochrane and Belk of
Middlesbrough."
Captain William Henry George Raley. 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd
Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Eldest son of Lt. Col. William Emsley Raley,
of Darley Hall, Barnsley, Yorks, and the late Elizabeth Emsley Raley. Killed
15 June 1915. Aged 30.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"William Raley was born in Barnsley on May 3rd 1885.
He qualified into the legal profession and was admitted to the bar in 1908
working as Managing Clerk for the family firm of Raley & Sons in Barnsley.
A pre war territorial soldier he first went to France with the Royal Fusiliers
in December of 1914 but was invalided home with blood poisoning.
Captain Raley then joined the 2nd Yorkshires in May of 1915 just after the
Battle of Festubert. On June 14th the battalion moved into trenches to the
east of Givenchy and attacked at 6-00 a.m. the next day after the blowing
of a mine under the enemy line. Captain William Henry George Raley was killed
in this action on June 15th 1915 at the age of 30
The following was written in the official history of the regiment;-
“Captain Raley and most of his “B” company were hit before
they got away from their parapet”."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted October 1908. Managing clerk with Raley and Sons, Barnsley."
Captain Raley is commemorated in a Memorial, together with the Roll of Honour,
in the Sheffield Law Society Hall at 8, Campo Lane, Sheffield.
Photos of the Memorial and the Roll of Honour in the Sheffield Law Society
Hall have been taken by Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>) and can
be viewed by selecting the link, below.
2nd Lieutenant A John B Richardson. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Col. William Richardson, V.D., and Averil M. Richardson, of Daneholm,
Sandsend, Whitby. Born at Guisborough. Died at home 14 January 1915. Aged
19.
Buried GUISBOROUGH CEMETERY.
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Articled to William Richardson of Guisborough, Yorks."
2nd Lieutenant Ewart Richardson. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
(Territorial). Son of T. H. and M. Richardson, of Brynteg, Middlesbrough.
Killed on 27 September 1916. Aged 34.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Born in Middlesbrough in 1882 Ewart Richardson followed a legal career
and was admitted to the bar in 1904. He was a practising solicitor in Middlesbrough
and joined the Yorkshire Regiment in July of 1915.
2nd Lt Richardson joined the 4th Battalion on May 26th 1916 at Locre in Belgium.
The battalion moved down to join the Somme offensive in August where they
went into training at Millencourt.
On September 15th 2nd Lt Richardson and the battalion attacked between High
Wood and Martinpuich. After a brief respite from the front line they went
back into action on September 25th in operations around Eaucourt L'Abbaye
and it was during this action that 2nd Lt Ewart Richardson was killed on September
27th 1916 aged 35."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted February 1904. Practised at Middlesbrough".
Captain Edward Moore Robson, MC. "A" Coy, 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Thomas and Eva Robson, of Pembroke Lodge,
Pocklington, York. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 28.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Edward Robson was born at Pocklington in East Yorkshire in 1890.
He followed a legal career and was admitted to the bar in October of 1912
and before the war worked as Managing Clerk with the firm of Rider, Heaton
and Co of New Square, Lincolns Inn in London.
As a 2nd Lt he joined with the 5th Battalion at Pont de Nieppe near Armentieres
on July 19th 1915.
In 1916 he fought with the battalion during the “Operations at the Bluff”
in the Ypres Salient and during the Somme offensive where he was wounded in
action during an attack between High Wood and Martinpuich.
1917 saw Lieutenant and later Captain Robson involved at Arras in the spring
and in the Passchendaele offensive in October.
When the German spring offensive opened on March 21st 1918 the 5th Battalion
were rushed into the line at Hancourt and spent ten days fighting on the retreat.
With very little respite after this by April 10th Captain Robson and his men
were back in action during the Battle of the Lys.
On April 11th with the battalion holding a pronounced salient in the line
the enemy attacked strongly and the battalion were very nearly surrounded
and cut off.
They suffered “Many casualties with many prisoners taken and the wounded
having to be left behind” as the men fell back.
Captain Edward Moore Robson MC was killed in this action on April 11th 1918
at the age of 28."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted October 1912. Managing Clerk with Rider Heaton and Co of 8
New Square, Lincoln's Inn, W C."
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Robson, D S O. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Thomas and Eva Robson, of Pembroke Lodge,
Pocklington, York. Killed on 28 March 1918. Aged 30.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
" Frederick Robson was the elder brother of Edward listed above and was
born in Pocklington in 1888.
Like his brother he too qualified as a solicitor and practised in Pocklington
before the war. At the onset of war Captain Robson was mobilized with the
5th Battalion on August 1st 1914 and proceded to France with them on April
17th 1915 landing at Le Havre. He fought at St Julien in late April and remained
in the Ypres Salient until the summer of 1916 when they moved south to join
in the Somme offensive. He rose through the ranks and was awarded the DSO
on November 15th 1916 and on promotion to Lt Col was appointed to command
the 6th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry on April 5th 1917.
Lt Col Frederick William Robson DSO was killed in action leading his men on
March 28th 1918 aged 30 during the German spring offensive.
He is remembered today on the Sledmere Cross in East Yorkshire close to the
home of his former commanding officer Sir Mark Sykes."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted August 1909. Practised at Pocklington".
Lieutenant Isaac Hinton Scarth. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Isaac Scarth, M.B., B.Sc (Lond.), and Rosa Marion Scarth, of Stanghow
House, Stanghow, Boosbeck, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 23.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Isaac Scarth was born at Hampstead in London in 1894.
A solicitor before the war, he was articled to the firm of William Richardson
of Guisborough in North Yorkshire.
He was commissioned on May 4th 1915 and joined the 4th Battalion in January
of 1916 in the Ypres Salient.
He fought on the Somme in the summer of 1916 seeing action in attacks between
High Wood and Martinpuich and also at Eaucourt L’Abbaye.
Early 1917 was spent still in the Somme area until March 30th when the battalion
moved to the Arras sector where Isaac Scarth received his promotion to Lieutenant.
During the second Battle of the Scarpe the battalion assembled on the night
of April 22nd and at 4-30am on the 23rd advanced, attacking towards the high
ground west of Cherisy.
Lt Isaac Hinton Scarth was killed in this advance on April 23rd 1917 at the
age of 23."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Articled to William Richardson of Guisborough".
Captain John Tilly, M C. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
Tobias Harry and Onora Tilly, of Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool, Durham. Killed
8 June 1918. Aged 31.
Buried BARENTHAL MILITARY CEMETERY.
From the book "Marjorie's War" by Reginald and Charles Fair, the
following biographical information is provided on Captain Tilly;-
"John Tilly was born at Seaton Carew, Co. Durham, in 1886. In 1905 he
entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, to study law and was admitted to the
bar in October 1911. He enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers on 15 September 1914
but was discharged a week later on taking a commission in the 8th Yorkshires
on 22 September 1915. He was promoted to Captain on 19 June 1916. He was wounded
by a German shell splinter in Munster Alley on 5 August 1916. Captain Tilly's
award of the MC was gazetted on 19 November 1917. He died of wounds received
during a trench raid in Italy on 8 June 1918."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted October 1911. Managing Clerk with Turnbull and Tilly of West
Hartlepool.".
2nd Lieutenant William Andrew Turnbull. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Henry and Fanny Turnbull, of 13, Grosvenor Rd., Scarborough.
Killed 17 July 1916. Aged 37.
Buried LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"William Andrew Turnbull was born in Scarborough in Q4 1878.
He went on to study law, was admitted to the bar in May of 1902 and prior
to the war was working for the family firm of Turnbull & Sons in Scarborough.
William Turnbull enlisted as a private soldier with the 5th Yorkshires and
then received his commission rejoining the battalion in May 1915 in trenches
at Sanctuary Wood close to Ypres.
During the great German gas attack that fell on the battalion on Whit Monday
1915 at Hooge on the Menin Road, 2nd Lt Turnbull was wounded in action. The
battalion remained in the Ypres Salient through the remainder of 1915 and
in early 1916 saw action at Hill 60 and The Bluff to the south east of Ypres.
2nd Lt Turnbull and the battalion then moved to Eecke near Bailleul and then
on to Locre were they manned the line close to Kemmel.
It was in these trenches that 2nd Lt William Andrew Turnbull was killed by
shellfire on July 17th 1916 at the age of 37."
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted May 1902. Member of Turnbull and Sons of Scarborough".
2nd Lieutenant Charles Edward Whitworth.6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Arthur George and Clara Evelyn Whitworth, of 409, Mansfield
Rd., Nottingham. Mentioned in Despatches. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 23.
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Further biographical details of Charles Whitworth can be found on the Yorkshire
Regiment Remembrance website, as well as on the Nottingham
High School Roll of Honour.
From the Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks;-
"Admitted April 1914. Of Nottingham".
Solicitors and Articled Clerks
War Memorial, Law Society Hall, Sheffield.
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Solicitors and Articled ClerksRoll of Honour, Law Society
Hall, Sheffield.
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