PRIVATE GEORGE HENRY BEAN.
SERVICE NUMBER: 14481. UNIT: 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster March 1888 Vol 9c Page 785.
FATHER: Frederick Born Wetherby 1866.
MOTHER: Martha Whincup Born Tadcaster 1861.
MARRIED: Tadcaster in 1887.
1911 CENSUS: 12 Westfield Terrace Tadcaster. OCCUPATION: Brewery.
ENLISTED: Leeds. GAVE HIS LIFE: 31/01/1917. AGED: 29.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CWGC States:
"Only son of Frederick and Martha Bean, of Station Rd, Tadcaster, Yorks."
Yorkshire Evening Post Leeds.
"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 recieved in action.
He was 26 years of age and was formerly employed at the Tower Brewery, Tadcaster."
CEMETERY: Grove Town Cemetery Meaulte. GRAVE: II.N.13.
RIFLEMAN HARRY BEAUMONT.
SERVICE NUMBER: 48990. UNIT: 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
FATHER: William. BORN: Tadcaster 1864. MOTHER: Mary. BORN: Tadcaster 1855.
1911: RESIDENCE: Chapel Street. OCCUPATION: Tailor Apprentice.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Leeds.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/10/1917. BATTLE: Poelcappelle. Belgium. AGED: 24.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
Harry had brothers Arthur, Ben, John, Squire, Thomas, Baden and William.
CEMETERY: Tyne Cot Memorial. PANEL : 42 to 47 and 146.
PRIVATE GEORGE BECKETT.
SERVICE NUMBER: M2/193477. UNIT/REGIMENT: 695th M.T Coy. Army Service Corps.
BORN: Tadcaster September 1874 Vol 9c Page 765.
FATHER: William. BORN: Haxby 1845. DIED: Bolton Percy 1890.
OCCUPATION: Veterinary Surgeon Commercial Street Tadcaster.
MOTHER: Elizabeth Atley. BORN: Morley 1848.
BROTHERS: William, Fred, John Atley (1911 Tram Conductor.) SISTER: Sarah.
1901 CENSUS: Commercial Street. OCCUPATION: Groom and Coachman.
WIFE: Eliza Ann Cartman. BORN: Deighton Escricks 1869. MARRIED: York 1905.
CENSUS 1911: 29 Wellington Street York. OCCUPATION: Military Groom.
CHILDREN: William George Born York 1907. Priscilla L Born 1910. Unknown Born 1912.
ENLISTED: York 05/07/1916. 29 Wellington Street York. OCCUPATION: Motor Driver.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 03/05/1917 Poona India. CAUSE: Small Pox. AGED: 42.
CEMETERY: Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial India. PANEL: Face 11.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CWGC States:
"Son of William and Elizabeth Beckett;
Husband of Eliza Ann Beckett, of 39, Wellington Street York."
PRIVATE ARTHUR BEST.
SERVICE NUMBER: 1909. UNIT/REGIMENT: 1/5th Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
BORN: Tadcaster September 1886 Vol 9c Page 809.
FATHER:Thomas. BORN:Tadcaster 1853 MOTHER: Emma Brunt BORN:Bedfordshire 1851.
WIFE: Harriet Brook. Born: Castleford 1889.
MARRIED: Pontefract 1909. CHILDREN: Arthur. BORN: Castleford 1911.
1911 RESIDENCE: 40 Grafton Street Glasshoughton. OCCUPATION: Coal Miner Hewer.
ENLISTED: Pontefract. TRAINED: Otley.
OVERSEAS: France 29th of November 1915.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 17/08/1916. AGED: 31.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CWGC States:
"Husband of Harriet Best, of 5, Springfield Place, West Gate, Otley, Yorks."
CEMETERY: Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension. GRAVE: I I.B.15.
Arthur's British army Medal Index Card gives details of his correct Service Number being 1908.
PRIVATE THOMAS BIRDSALL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 24783. UNIT: 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster December 1892. ENLISTED: Tadcaster.
FATHER: Joseph John. BORN: Towton 1868. MOTHER: Mary Magee. BORN: Tadcaster 1870.
1911 RESIDENCE: Robin Hood Yard Kirkgate Tadcaster. OCCUPATION: Labourer Brewery.
BROTHERS: Robert Henry 1891. Joseph John 1897. SISTERS: Doris 1891. Mary Elizabeth 1907.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 01/07/1916. 1st day of Somme. AGED: 23.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
August the 12th 1916 The Yorkshire Weekly Post
"Private Tom Birdsall of Tadcaster has been Killed in Action.
He was employed at the Brewery before the war."
GRAVE: D.2.
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 tenth West Yorkshires suffered 22 officers killed 688 other ranks,
the highest casualty list for the british Army throughout the war.
CEMETERY: Fricourt New Military Cemetery.
YORKSHIRE HERALD 1916
Thomas was issued this 1914-1918 War Medal
(Thank You to Graham Pickles of Leeds)
TROOPER WILLIAM LAWN BIRDSALL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 2516. UNIT/REGIMENT: 2nd Life Guards.
BORN: Saxton. ENLISTED: Windsor. FRANCE: 08/10/1914.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 13/05/1915. AGED: 28.
CEMETERY: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial. PANEL: 3.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster. Saxton.
Williams British Army Medal Index Card states that William was part of the original British Expeditionary Force, and Disembarked on the 8th October 1914.
PRIVATE HAROLD BLAKE.
SERVICE NUMBER: 7441. UNIT/REGIMENT: 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. GAVE HIS LIFE: 28/02/1919. AGED: 32.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CWGC States:
"Son of Walter Blake, Husband of Ethel M. Blake, of Hodgsons Terrace, Tadcaster."
CEMETERY: Tadcaster Cemetery. GRAVE: C2.I.6
Harold was the only son of Walter (born Thetford 1848) and Sarah Ann Tindall who married 1877 in Bradford.
In 1881 Harolds father was a rent collector living on York Road Tadcaster, then as a bill poster in 1891.
In 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 labarour.
Harold married Ethel M Dowsland at Tadcaster in 1908 and in 1909 a Lillian Blake was born and in 1911 anouther daughter named Vera was born,
before joining the army in 1914 Harold worked at John Smiths brewery as a traction driver.
The newspaper article below explains why Harry lies at peace in Tadcaster Cemetery, being a prisoner of war was a traumatic experiance
and he posibly passed away from an illnes contracted whilst in Germany, when Harold passed away the family were living at Hodgsons Terrace in Tadcaster.
YORKSHIRE HERALD 1916
PRIVATE PERCY BLAKEY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 36733. UNIT: 2nd / 5th West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Shadwell Leeds. ENLISTED: Tadcaster. RESIDENT: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 26/03/1918. AGED: 26.
CEMETERY: Arras Memorial PANEL : Bay 4.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
Percy was the son of Henry Born Terrington 1857 and Annie, he had a brother Ernest Nawton.
In 1901 Percys father was the landlord of the George and Dragon Hotel on the High street in Tadcaster.
PRIVATE THOMAS FRANCIS BOWES.
SERVICE NUMBER: 149314. UNIT/REGIMENT: 41st Bn Machine Gun Corps. (Infantry)
BORN: Huton Ambi York. ENLISTED: Tadcaster. GAVE HIS LIFE: 18/10/191. AGED: 24.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
Thomas was the son of Roger and Sarah Tyreman married in 1877 at Snilesworth North Yorkshire.
Thomas had brothers Robert and Charles and a sister Margaret.
His British Army Medal Card Index states he had originaly enlisted into the Yorkshire Regiment Service Number 45198.
He then Transferred to the Middlesex Regiment Service Number 52217 before joining the Machine Gun Corps.
CEMETERY: Lijssenthoek Military. GRAVE : XXX. G.9.
GUNNER JAMES BRADFORD
SERVICE NUMBER: 80500. UNIT/REGIMENT: 169th Siege Battery.Royal Garrison Artillery.
BORN: Branston Staffordshire. ENLISTED: Tadcaster. GAVE HIS LIFE: 07/04/1917. AGED: 36.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CWGC States:
"Son of John and Mary Ann Bradford, of Branston, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs.
Husband of Elsie Bradford, of 23, Westfield Terrace, Wetherby Rd., Tadcaster, Yorks."
CEMETERY: Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery Estree Cauchy. GRAVE : I. C. 4
James married Emily Clayden in Tadcaster 1904.
Son's James Born in September 1904, Cyril Born September 1905 and daughters Marjorie Born 1907 and Hilary Born 1910.
