2nd LIEUTENANT ARTHUR GEORGE AMIES.
REGIMENT: 1st / 5th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment.
FATHER: Thomas James. BORN: Morville Shropshire 1871.
MOTHER: Alice Georgina Ebbut. BORN: Croydon Surrey 1870.
MARRIED:1893 at Epsom Surrey.
WIFE: Annis Tunningley. MARRIED: Tadcaster 02/08/1917.
BORN: Dewsbury. GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/10/1917. AGED: 23.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
The CWGC states:
"Son of Thomas James and Alice Georgina Amies, of Spring Bank, Pontefract, Yorks.
Husband of Annis Amies. Native of Dewsbury, Yorks."
Thomas and Alice had another son called Bertrand Charles Born Dewsbury 1900.
CEMETERY: Tyne Cot Cemetery Belgium. GRAVE : XX.B.8.
PRIVATE ARTHUR ALDOUS 15604
SERVICE NUMBER: 15604. UNIT: 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Grimston nr Tadcaster.
ENLISTED: Leeds. RESIDENCE: Shadwell. GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/08/1915. AGED: 21.
CEMETERY: Helles Memorial. PANEL: 47 to 51.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
The above details are from The Armys Those Who Died records. However i believe the wrong man is remembered on the wall at Helles.
Arthur Aldous was Born at Grimston nr Tadcaster in 1885 and his service records confirm this.
Indeed when he was discharged his service number was 89923 and he was serving with the Royal Artillery.
CWGC States:
"Son of Mrs. Frances Aldous, of The Laundry Cottage, Little Smeaton, Northallerton, Yorks."
PRIVATE FREDERICK ALDOUS
SERVICE NUMBER: 36818. UNIT: 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Stutton nr Tadcaster September 1888 Vol 9c Page 765.
FATHER: James. BORN: Stradbrok Suffolk 1862.
MOTHER: Sarah Elizabeth Fowler. BORN: Grimston Cottage Tadcaster 1866.
MARRIED: St Georges Church 1885. Rear of Leeds Town Hall.
WIFE: Mary Ann Fryer. BORN: Knaresborough 1886. MARRIED: Knaresborough 1913.
ENLISTED: Tadcaster. RESIDENCE: Shadwell. GAVE HIS LIFE: 16/06/1917. AGED: 29.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CWGS States:
"Husband of M. A. Aldous, of Old Scriven, Knaresborough."
CEMETERY: Bailleul Road East Cemetery France. GRAVE: I.M.2
PRIVATE JOHN GILBERT ALLEN.
SERVICE NUMBER: 42213. UNIT: 6th Bn Leicestershire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster 1900.
ENLISTED: Darlington South Staffs Regiment Service Number 48059.
FATHER: George E. BORN: Buckinghamshire 1866.
MOTHER: Emley BORN: Dundalk Ireland 1868.
1901 CENSUS: 10 Long Close Lane York. George Army Reservist.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 28/04/1918. AGED: 18.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CEMETERY: Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium. PANEL : 50-51.
LANCE CORPORAL HARRY APPLEBY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 7236. UNIT: 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Market Weighton 1879.
FATHER: Francis Edwin. BORN: Market Weighton 1852.
MOTHER: Ann Milner. BORN: Pocklington 1850.
1901 CENSUS: 4 Fairfield Terrace Tadcaster. OCCUPATION: Cooper John Smiths Brewery.
MARRIED: Edith Blanchard at Tadcaster in 1907.
1911 CENSUS: 2 Victoria Terrace Tadcaster. Daughter Phylis Born 1909.
ENLISTED: York. GAVE HIS LIFE: 20/09/1914. AGED: 33.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
The 1st Battalion West Yorkshires were part of the regular army and were called to arms in August 1914.
The Battalion took part in the 1st Battle for Aisnes between September 13th and the 20th.
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.)
YORKSHIRE HERALD 1916
On Harrys WW1 Medal Index Card it states he arrived in France on the 8th September 1914.
MEMORIAL: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial France.
PRIVATE JOHN ASHTON
BORN: Bramham 1880 .
SERVICE NUMBER: 23364. UNIT: 6th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
FATHER: George Robert Born Saxton 1835. MOTHER: Bridget Healey Born Ireland 1838.
MARRIED: Lambeth London 1857.
BROTHERS: James William Tadcaster 1864. Herbert Towton 1885.
SISTER: Charlotte Born Bramham 1899.
RESIDENCE 1911: Stutton Tadcaster. OCCUPATION: Farm Labourer.
ENLISTED: Tadcaster Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
SERVICE NUMBER: 27905.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 21/02/1917. AGED: 37.
MEMORIAL: Basra Memorial Iraq (Mesopotamia). PANEL: 27.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
ATKINSON BROTHERS
Below can be found an article describing the heroics of the Atkinson family from Tadcaster four of whom were employed by John Smiths Brewery.
The piece gives details of four out of five brothers, was the fifth brother Richardson Atkinson.
YORKSHIRE HERALD 1916
GEORGE ATKINSON.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
There are so many George Atkinsons who gave their lives it is difficult to find which record belongs to the above.
However a newspaper piece from 1916 describes a George Atkinson a sailor not related to the above Atkinsons.
It is very possible he passed away after the war and as a result is not mentioned on the CWGC website.
SERJEANT JAMES ATKINSON.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
SERVICE NUMBER: 288. UNIT: 1st/5th Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Tadcaster. GAVE HIS LIFE: 18/11/1915. AGED: 26.
FATHER: James Born Church Fenton 1854. MOTHER: Ellen Foley Born Sherburn in Elmet in 1854.
RESIDENCE 1911: Chapel Street. OCCUPATION: Brewers Labourer. FATHER: Fireman Brewery.
CEMETERY: Essex Farm Cemetery. GRAVE: I.G.16.
James's British War Medal Index Card staes he arrived in France on the 15th April 1915.
PRIVATE RICHARD ATKINSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 38942. UNIT : 4th Bn Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster September 1876 Vol 9c Page 795. ENLISTED: Houghton Le Spring. RESIDENT: Grasswell.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 02/05/1917. AGED: 40.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
Spelt Richardson on the Those who Died records. In 1911 Richard was working as a Domestic Coachman at Chilton Moor Fence Houses Houghton Le Spring.
CEMETERY: Mont Houn Military Cemetery Le Treport. GRAVE: IV.H.10B.
