SERGEANT MAJOR FREDERICK ESPLEY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 9965. REGIMENT: 2nd Bn North Staffordshire Regiment.
BORN: S. ENLISTED: W. GAVE HIS LIFE: 28/11/1916. AGED: 35.
CEMETERY: Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial Chennai India. PANEL: Face 22.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CWGC States:
"Son of the late Frederick and Frances Espley.
Husband of F. M. Hewitt (formerly Espley), of Oxon Lane, Tadcaster, N. Yorks.
Buried in Bareilly Cemetery."
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DRIVER FRANK FISHER.
SERVICE NUMBER: 96191. UNIT/REGIMENT: 7th Div Ammunition Col. Royal field Artillery.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Malton. GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/01/1916. AGED: 20.
CEMETERY: Basra Memorial Iraq. PANEL: 3 and 60.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CWGC States:
"Son of William and Jane Elizabeth Fisher, of Vicarage Lane, Tadcaster, Yorks."
Frank's British army Medal Index Card states he disembarked in France on the 28th October 1915.
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TROOPER WALTER JAMES FISHER.
SERVICE NUMBER: 1216. UNIT/REGIMENT: Household Battalion.
BORN: Batley. ENLISTED: London. RESIDENCE: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 11/04/1917. AGED:
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CEMETERY: Arras Memorial. PANEL: Bay 1.
Walter's British Medal Index Card states that he had origanily joined the 1st Battalion London Guards having the Service Number 3638.
Walter arrived in France on the 15th October 1915, and it states he was Killed in Action.
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PRIVATE JOSEPH FORTH.
SERVICE NUMBER: 201683. UNIT: 2/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: York. ENLISTED: York. GAVE HIS LIFE: 12/04/1917. AGED: 30.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CWGC States:
"Son of Joseph and Ann of No 9 Sandfield Terrace Tadcaster."
Joseph's British Army Medal Index Card states he joined the West Yorkshire Regiment having the Service Number 4007 before being given the number 201683.
CEMETERY: Arras Memorial. PANEL: Bay 4.
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PRIVATE ROBERT FRANKLAND.
SERVICE NUMBER: 37950. UNIT: 1/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Kirby Malzeard. ENLISTED: Harrogate. GAVE HIS LIFE: 14/04/1918. AGED: 36.
CEMETERY: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension ( North ) GRAVE: A. 4.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
Shown as A Frankland on CWGC above details form Soldiers Died.
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PRIVATE RICHARD MASON FREER.
SERVICE NUMBER: 42196. UNIT: 5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Pontefract. GAVE HIS LIFE: 12/04/1916. AGED: 37.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster. Royston Near Barnsley.
CWGC States:
"Son of Thomas and Margaret. Husband of Annie no 8 Midland Road Royston nr Barnsley. "
CEMETERY: Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery. GRAVE: V. F. 9.
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PRIVATE JOHN WILLIAM GARBUTT.
RANK: Private.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15/357. UNIT: 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Leeds. GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/06/1916. AGED: 26.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
John William was the son of John a brewery worker Born 1860 at Stannington Yorkshire and Edith Annie Starling Born 1871 in Tadcaster they married in 1891.
John William had brother's George Arthur Born Tadcaster 1892 and Oliver (mentioned below) and a sister Gertrude Born 1898 at Stutton near Tadcaster.
John would have joined the Leeds Pals in August or September 1914 and after training at Colsterdale near Ripon went to Egypt landing on the 22nd December 1915.
CEMETERY: Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps. GRAVE: I. G. 5.
YORKSHIRE HERALD 1916
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PRIVATE OLIVER GARBUTT.
SERVICE NUMBER: 22231. UNIT: 11th Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: York. GAVE HIS LIFE: 07/06/1917. AGED: 21.
CEMETERY: Ypres ( Menin Gate ) Memorial. PANEL: 21.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CWGC States:
"Son of Mrs E.A Garbutt Leeds Road Lady Pitts Tadcaster and late John."
YORKSHIRE EVENING POST LEEDS JULY 18TH 1917.
"Lance Corporal Oliver Garbutt of Tadcaster West Yorkshire Regiment has been killed in action.
An employee at Messers John Smiths Brewery, he voluntered in 1915 and had previousley been wounded.
A brother Pvt J.W. Garbutt of the Leeds Pals a well known local athlete was killed more than 12 months ago."
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PRIVATE WILLIAM GRIMES.
SERVICE NUMBER: 6174. UNIT/REGIMENT: 1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: York. GAVE HIS LIFE: 04/03/1915. AGED:
CEMETERY: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial. PANEL: 8 and 12.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
Williams British Army Medal Index Card states he entered France on the 23rd of November 1915.
