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PRIVATE CHARLES IREDALE.
SERVICE NUMBER: 63291. UNIT: 79th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps. BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: York.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 22/10/1918. AGED: 25.
CEMETERY: Doiran Military Cemetery Greece. GRAVE/PANEL: V. H. 22.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
Charles was the son of Charlie a postman by trade (Born Longwood Huddersfield 1862) and Amelia Wilkinson (Born 1865 Ouston Ferry Lincolnshire) passed away 1938 who married at Tadcaster in 1889.Charlie and Amelia also had sons Alfred (Born Tadcaster1900) William Wilkinson (Born Tadcaster 1892) and Edward Elisha (Born Tadcaster 1897) see below for details.
They also had daughters Martha Ann (Born Otley 1890), Sarah Ann (Born Tadcaster 1895 named after Amelias mum.) and Mary Amelia (Born Tadcaster 1898).
(The photo was provided by Graham Johnson who is Wendy Iredales son.
Wendy was the Daughter of Alfred Iredale who lied about his age to join up in 1914 aged 14 and became an observer in the RFC in Belgiium.
Alfred opened a tailers shop in Tadcaster which is now the Buckles sweet shop.
After Alfred passed away in 1954 Wendy moved to Bedworth in the midlands to join her elder sister and settled there.)
Charles served on the forgotten Salonika front where the British army were involved in heavy fighting with the Bulgarian army. This part of the world was a nightmare for the British soldier as bad if at times worse than the western Front.
The heat and mosquitos were a constant menace for the soldiers in particular malaria which killed more men than the actual fighting. This area of the Great War finished on the 30th September 1918.
Graham has informed me that Charles passed away from Influenza (Spanish Flu) and his father Charlie was on his way to visit his sick son when news of his passing was received.
Charles was laid to rest in northern Greece near the Bulgarian border.
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COMPANY SERJEANT MAJOR EDWARD ELISHA IREDALE.
SERVICE NUMBER: 1588. UNIT: "A" Coy.1st 5th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 29/08/1916. AGED: 19.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
MEDALS: DCM, Military Medal.
Edward was the Brother of Charles (Above) and was given the middle name Elisha after his Grandfather who was a painter and plumber in Tadcaster.
Edward must have been an amazingly brave young man rising to the rank of Company Sergeant Major by the age of 19.
CEMETERY: Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval. GRAVE/PANEL: II .J. 6.
(Edward lies at peace metres from where he lost his life.)
YORKSHIRE HERALD 1916
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RIFELMAN THOMAS JACKSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: B/1177. UNIT/REGIMENT: 8th Bn. Rifle Brigade.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: London.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 15/09/1916. AGED:
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. GRAVE / PANEL: 16B. and 16C.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
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SERJEANT NORMAN JACKSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15/509. UNIT: "A" Coy.15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Castleford. ENLISTED: Leeds.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 01/07/1916. AGED: 27.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. PANEL: Face 2A. 2C. and 2D.
YORKSHIRE HERALD 1916
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PRIVATE GEORGE WILLIAM JAKEMAN.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35311. REGIMENT: 2nd Bn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: York.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 18/11/1916. AGED: 34.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CEMETERY: Waggon Road Cemetery, Beumont-Hamel. GRAVE: B. 7.
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PRIVATE ARTHUR JOHNSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 17147.
UNIT: 1st Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment. BORN: Tadcaster.
ENLISTED: York. GAVE HIS LIFE: 18/09/1916. AGED: 18.
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. GRAVE/PANEL: 2A. 2C. and 2D.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
Arthur was the son of Arthur Born Wighill near Tadcaster 1865 and Annie Hawkins Born Tadcaster 1871, they married in September 1891 at Tadcaster.
He had a brother Albert Born 1896 and sisters Annie, Florance and Edith.
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PRIVATE JOHN KAVANAGH.
SERVICE NUMBER: 13239. UNIT: 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: York.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 01/07/1916. AGED: 35.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CEMETERY: Dantzig Alley British Cememtery, Mametz. GRAVE/PANEL: V. L. 5.
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PRIVATE ARTHUR KELLETT.
SERVICE NUMBER: 26109. UNIT: 2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Royston nr Barnsley. ENLISTED: Leeds. RESIDANCE: Tadcaster
GAVE HIS LIFE: 28/10/1916. AGED: 37.
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. GRAVE/PANEL: 2A. 2C. and 2D.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
Arthur was the son of Charles born Barkston Ash 1836 and Sarah Elizabeth born Cayton and had sisters Kate and Rose.
Soldiers Died gives Arthur as being born in Swillington.
In 1901 the Family were living on Low Park Farm.
