AMIES Arthur George
2nd Lieutenant 1st/5th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 23.
Arthur trained at Bromets Solicitors in Tadcaster with a view to a career in poor law work.
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1894: Born in Dewsbury on the 25th March Son of Thomas James, Born Morville Shropshire 1871 and Alice Georgina Ebbut Born Croydon Surrey 1870 Married 1893 Epsom Surrey.
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1894: Baptised 18th May at St John the Evangelist, Dewsbury Moor.
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1911:
1915: Enlisted into Bedfordshire Yeomanry as a Private.
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1917: Married Annis Tunningley in Tadcaster on the 2nd August Vol 9c Page 1615.
Laid to Rest Tyne Cot Cemetery Belgium. Local Memorial Tadcaster.
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BROMET John Neville
Lieutenant 63rd Brigade Royal Field /Horse Artillery KIA 30/11/1917 Aged 25.
Son of George Albert Born Tadcaster 1862 and Ellen Isabel Robinson Born Islington 1866. They married in 1888 at Marleybone in London.
The Bromet family have been Solicitors in the Tadcaster area for over 200 years and are mentioned on a regular basis in the London Gazette throughout the 1800s and early 1900s.
1893: Born Tadcaster.
1901 & 1911: Westgate House Tadcaster Occupation Law Student.
John was educated at Bradfield in Berkshire and Clare Collage Cambridge.
1914: Enlisted in into the Public Schools and Varsity Corps, In October he obtained his commission.
On the 16th December between 08.00-09.30 Johns grandfathers house in Scarborough was one of the those shelled by German warships Derfflinger and Von der Tann.
1915: British Army Medal Index Card states landed in France on the 30th May. Johns brother Sir Geoffrey Rhodes who was in the Royal Naval Air Corps whilst flying over Gallipoli he observed enemy positions, with his aircraft being hit 28 times. Geoffrey went on to become Lieutenant-Governor of the isle of Man.
1917: CWGC gave address of family as The White House Bishopthorpe York.
1918: 25th July it was confirmed in the Yorkshire News that John had been killed in action he had previously been classed as missing in action.
London 20th November, John left effects of £269.19 shillings and ten pence to his father George.
1921: Johns Mother Ellen applied for his medals on the 28th May giving her address as Westgate House Tadcaster.
Yorkshire Law Society Memorial Castle Museum York
Plaque found in St Marys Church Tadcaster
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Remembered Cambrai Memorial Louverval France. Local Memorial Tadcaster.
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LAMB Francis James Ongley
Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery DIED Heat Stroke 24/07/1918 Aged 33.
1885: Son of Charles Burgoyne Born Gosforth 1855 CWGC states Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy retired and Lucy Radcliffe Born Rochdale 1852 they married at Barton Manchester in 1878. CWGC Inholms Tadcaster. Francis had a brother Roger Montage R and sister Cynthia Mary.
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1891: The family were living at Bilton Hall his father Charles Burgoyne was a Justice of the Peace to the West Riding.
1901: Francis was serving in the Royal Navy and on the night of the census was a Midshipman onboard H.M.S. Jupiter a 1st Class Battleship which was moored in Gibraltar.
1907: Reported in the Hampshire Times that Francis was promoted to Lieutenant.
When Francis passed away from heatstroke he was attached to the Army Ammunition Park where he was one of the Officers in charge of ensuring equipment and weapons were sent to the front line.
Grave Inscription
'Our Dearly Loved Son Who Gave His Life for His King and Country".
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Laid to Rest Baghdad Northgate Cemetery Iraq.
Local Memorial Tadcaster. Brass Plaque St Andrews Church Newton Kyme.
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ALDOUS Frederick
Private 36818 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment 16/06/1917 Aged 29.
1888: Born Stutton nr Tadcaster September Vol 9c Page 765. Son of James Born Stradbrok Suffolk 1862 and Sarah Elizabeth Fowler Born 1866 Grimston Cottage Tadcaster Married 1885 St Georges Church behind Leeds Town Hall.
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1911: Residence Commercial Street Tadcaster Occupation Architects Clerk at Bromet and Thorman.
1913: Married Mary Ann Fryer Born 1866 Knaresborough, Married at Knaresborough.
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Laid to Rest Bailleul Road East Cemetery France. Local Memorial Tadcaster
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APPLEBY Harry
Lance Corporal 7236 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 20/09/1914 Aged 33.
1881: Born Market Weighton Son of Francis Edwin died 1913 and Ann Milner.
1881: Christened 22nd April in Market Weighton.
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1907: Married Edith Blanshard 02nd September Tadcaster.
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1911: Residence No 2 Victoria Terrace Tadcaster Occupation Brewers Cooper.
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1914: Landed St Nazaire France 10th September one month after the outbreak of the Harry was part of the original British Expeditionary Force known as the Old Contemptible's.
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1914: On the 20th September the West Yorkshires carried out a daring bayonet charge on the German trenches at Bourg. It was reported that Harry went over the top with his friend Fred Warrington and that Harry was shot between the eyes Fred being wounded.
Harry gave his life at the 1st Battle for Aisnes which was fought between the 13th and the 20th of September 1914. This was the start of trench warfare and the number of men who gave their lives sent shockwaves through the nation. (13.000 men gave their lives in this battle.)
The White Flag Tragedy
Thinking that the Germans were surrendering after they advanced with a White Flag, the West Yorkshires moved forward to meet them and were quickly surrounded and heavily fired upon. Many were killed. A few escaped, but most were captured. In all the 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment lost 7 officers killed, two wounded and eight missing and in other ranks, 71 killed, 110 wounded and 436 missing. It seems that the majority, if not all the missing, were taken prisoner.
Yorkshire Herald 1916.
Remembered La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial France. Local Memorial Tadcaster.
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ASHTON John
Private 23364 6th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment DIED 21/02/1917 Aged 37.
1880: Born Bramham Son of George Robert Born Saxton 1835 and Bridget Healey Born Ireland 1838 Married 1857 at Lambeth in London.
1901: Wilkinson Terrace Stutton.
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1911: Stutton, Occupation Farm Labourer.
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1918: Pension records John was accidentally Killed his mother was residing at No 9 Wilkinson Terrace Stutton.
Enlisted at Tadcaster into the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 27905.
Remembered Basra Memorial Iraq. Local Memorial Tadcaster.
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ATKINSON George
Leading Seaman J14020 HMS Submarine E34 KIA 20/07/1918 Aged 24 Distinguished Service Medal.
1894: Born 21st June Gateshead. Son of George William and Margaret Harrison Royal Navy Record 9 Sandfield Terrace York Road Tadcaster.
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1911: Residence Rosemary Row Tadcaster. Occupation Labourer.
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1914: Enlisted 14th May into the Royal Navy.
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1917: 15th September Posted from Maidstone to E34 Submarine.
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1918: Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal Details in the London Gazette.
George was a Leading Seaman onboard HMS Submarine E34 which was used primarily as a mine layer working out of Harwich. However it made headlines when it sank U Boat 16 on the Evening of 10/05/1918 at 19.15 hrs off the coast of Harwich.
The commander of E34 Lieutenant Pulleyene of Headingley Leeds reported that at first he thought it was a British submarine and when released it was a German U Boat launched two torpedoes from a distance of 400 yards. The second torpedo sinking U Boat 16 the only survivor being its Commander Vico Von Der Luhe who would later die in a prison of war camp of Spanish Flu in 1919.
On the evening of the 20/07/1918 E34 left Harwich to lay mines and was lost near the Eijerlandse Gronden sands between the Frisian islands Texel and Vlieland off the coast of Holland. A crew of 37 Including George lost Their Lives, Leeds boy Lieutenant Richard Ivor Pulleyne was found later washed up on shore in Holland.
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SKYRACK COURIER 1915
HMS Submarine E34 and Her crew it is highly likely that George is one of those men in the above photograph.
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Click Here for the story of Signalman Percy Baron Richins who survived the sinking.
Skyrack Courier 1919
Location of where George and 36 others lay at peace today.
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I have researched and found the following men that also gave their lives alongside George on E34.
(Details Below)
REMEMBERED CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
ALDRIDGE Newman William Able Seaman J/1558 Aged 25 Born 13/11/1892 Blewbury Berkshire.
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ATKINSON George Leading Seaman Tadcaster.
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BALDWIN Christopher Oliver Stoker 1st Class K/14537Aged 25 Born
EDWARDS Benjamin Cogan
HEALE George
KEMP William George
NORMAN William Thomas
PANKHURST Arthur Richard
RICHENS Percy Baron
SMITH Herbert James
TOFTS Charles James
LAID TO REST HAGUE GENERAL CEMETERY HOLLAND.
HOLMES John William
REMEMBERED PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL.
ALLEN John Engine Room Artificer 4th Class M/15316 Aged 24
BAKER Alfred Edward
BIGNELL William Henry
DIXON Charles Russell M.19343 Aged 28 Born 06/12/1889 Ripon.
FORTNUM William
HANSOM John William
SARGENT James Alfred
SCOTT Frederick Charles
SMITH John
TANNER George Richard DSM
LAID TO REST HAMBURG CEMETERY GERMANY.
LILLIE William Phillip
REMEMBERED PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL.
COOKE Charles Harold
MURRAY Arthur Logan
PAINTING James William Kircaldy
TATHAM Alan
LAID TO REST NOORDWIJK CEMETERY HOLLAND.
AMOORE Charles John Newman Leading Telegraphist J/21492 Born
ELLIS Charles Edward 220405 Born Dover.
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PULLEYNE Richard Ivor Lieutenant KIA 20/07/1918 Aged 28 Distinguished Service Order. Distinguished Service Cross. Mentioned in Despatches 19/12/1917. Born Headingley Leeds 1889 (Christened Pullan) Son of Benjamin Colet and Susanna Dunn Married East Yorkshire 1870. CWGC St. Edwards Stradbroke Road Southwold Suffolk. Washed up on the dutch shore identified by handkerchief in his pocket.
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WYNNE Hugh Tom Donald Lieutenant.
Remembered Chatham Naval Memorial. Local Memorial Tadcaster.
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ATKINSON James
Serjeant 288 1st/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 18/11/1915 Aged 26.
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1889: Born Tadcaster no relation to George above. Son of James Born Church Fenton 1854 and Ellen Foley Born Sherburn in Elmet in 1854.
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1901: Residence No 19 Kirkgate at School.
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1911: Residence Chapel Street Occupation Brewers Labourer.
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1911-1914: Goalkeeper for both Tadcaster and Wetherby Football teams.
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1914: Enlisted Tadcaster.
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1915: 15th April Landed France.
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1915: James family were informed of James passing by his brother Harry who had come home on leave in late November. (Skyrack Express)
YORKSHIRE HERALD 1916
Gave details of James death and details of the three other Atkinson Brothers Joseph, Harry and Eddie.
Laid to Rest Essex Farm Cemetery Belgium. Local Memorial Tadcaster.
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BEAN George Henry
Private 14481 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 31/01/1917 Aged 29.
Son of Frederick a Cooper in one of the Brewerys Born Wetherby 1866 and Martha Whincup Born Tadcaster 1861 Married Tadcaster 1887.
1888: Born Tadcaster Vol 9c Page 785. Baptised 17th June in Tadcaster.
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1901: 120 St Josephs Street
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1911: 12 Westfield Terrace Tadcaster Occupation worked in Brewery.
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1914-1916: Enlisted Leeds.
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1917: CWGC Parents at Station Road Tadcaster.
Yorkshire Evening Post
Private George Henry Bean, West Yorkshires, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Bean, of 12 Westfield Terrace, Tadcaster, died on January 31st 1917 of wounds received in action. He was 26 years of age and was formerly employed at the Tower Brewery, Tadcaster.
Laid to Rest Grove Town Cemetery Meaulte France. Local Memorial Tadcaster.
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BEAUMONT Harry
Rifleman 48990 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 24 at Poelcappelle Belgium.
1883: Born Tadcaster Son of William a brewers labourer, Born Tadcaster 1864 and Mary Born Tadcaster 1855. Enlisted Leeds.
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1901: Residence No 9 Stutton Grove.
1911 Residence Chapel Street Occupation Tailors Apprentice.
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1914-1917: Enlisted Leeds. 1917 CWGC Tyne Cot Memorial gives parents address as Chapel Street Tadcaster.
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Harry was part of the third phase of the Third Battle of Ypres. The attack took place in heavy mud described as being like a swamp due to the shelling and heavy rain, making it impossible to rescue those injured indeed many men drowned in the mud.
The West Yorkshire Diary shows Harry as being in C Company and missing in action.
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium. Local Memorial Tadcaster.
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BIRDSALL Thomas
Private 24783 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Fricourt Somme Aged 23.
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1892: Born Tadcaster Son of Joseph John Born Towton 1868 and Mary Magee Born Tadcaster 1870. Thomas had Brothers Robert Henry B.1891. Joseph John B.1897. Sisters Doris B.1891 and Mary Elizabeth B.1907.
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1911: Residence Robin Hood Yard Kirkgate Tadcaster Occupation Labourer Brewery.
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Enlisted Tadcaster.
Thomas gave his life on the first day of the Battle for "Albert" better known as the "Somme" and lies at peace in Fricourt where some of the worst fighting on the day took part.
The 10th West Yorkshires suffered losses of 22 officers and 688 other ranks killed, the highest casualty list in one day for the British Army throughout the war.
The Yorkshire Weekly News 12th August 1916
"Private Tom Birdsall of Tadcaster has been Killed in Action. He was employed at the Brewery before the war."
Thomas family were issued this 1914-1918 War Medal after the war.
(Thank You to Graham Pickles of Leeds)
Laid to Rest Fricourt New Military Cemetery Somme France. Local Memorial Tadcaster
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BIRDSALL William Lawn
Trooper 2516 2nd Life Guards KIA 13/05/1915 at Festubert. Aged 28.
1887: Born Saxton 08th February Vol 9c Page 773 Son of William Born Stutton 1853 and Drusilla Dyson Born Saxton 1855.
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1887: Baptised 28th August Saxton.
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1901: Residence No 13 Westfield Terrace (Boston Road) Occupation Brewers Labourer Aged 14.
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1906: Enlisted York 12th January aged 18 and 11 months old, Occupation Clerk.
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1911: Residence Trevor Buildings Hyde Park Barracks London Occupation Trooper 2nd Life Guards
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1914: Enlisted Windsor Landed France 08th October.
Courtesy of Jaquie Chamberlain
Courtesy of Laurenlauren Espie
Courtesy of Nancy Wright
Courtesy of Lady Linda
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Belgium. Memorial Tadcaster. Saxton.
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BLAKE Harold
Private 7441 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died 28/02/1919 Aged 32.
1887: Born Tadcaster Son of Walter Born Thetford 1848 and Sarah Ann Tindall Married 1877 in Bradford.
1901: Harold was living with his sister and grandparents Thomas and Eliza Tindall at No 20 High Street Tadcaster and Harold aged 15 was a general labourer.
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1908: MarriedEthel M Dowsland at Tadcaster.
1909: Birth of Daughter Lilian
1911: Birth of Daughter Vera.
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1914: Harold Worked at John Smiths Brewery as a Traction Driver. CWGC Hodgsons Terrace Tadcaster. Memorial Tadcaster
YORKSHIRE HERALD 1916
Laid to Rest Tadcaster Cemetery. Local Memorial Tadcaster.
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BRADFORD James
Gunner 80500 169th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery KIA 07/04/1917 Aged 36.
1881: Born Branston Staffordshire Son of John and Mary Ann CWGC Branston Burton-on-Trent.
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1881: Baptised Anglican Church Branston Staffordshire.
1904: Married (Elsie) Emily Claydon Tadcaster.
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1911: Residence Station Road Occupation Caretaker Tadcaster Council School.
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1915: Enlisted Tadcaster 30th November described as being 5 ft 7 1/4 inches tall.
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1916: Landed Boulogne France 05th October.
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1917: Personal effects including photos, pocket book, cigarettes, razors were forwarded to wife Emily.
1919: Wife Emily Residence 10th April No 23 Westfield Terrace Wetherby Road Tadcaster
Laid to Rest Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery Estree Cauchy France. Local Memorial Tadcaster.
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