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PRIVATE HAROLD JOHN THOMPSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 242243. UNIT/REGIMENT: 1/5th (Territorial Force) Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster Oct-Nov-Dec 1889 Vol 9c Page 809. ENLISTED: Yorkshire.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 10/04/1917. AGED: 28.
CEMETERY: Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery La Gorgue France. GRAVE: III. A. 19.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
Harold was the son of James a brewery labourer Born Cawood 1861 and Martha Born Wilberfoss 1859.
Harold had brothers James Wiliam Born 1888 Low Catton and Herbert Henry Born Tadcaster 1892, sisters were Ada Born Low Catton 1888 and Gladys May Born Tadcaster 1898.
Harold on the outbreak of war joined the Northumberland Fusiliers having the service number 17/577.
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PRIVATE WILLIAM THOMPSON
SERVICE NUMBER: 10870. UNIT/REGIMENT: 2nd Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: Pontefract.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 14/09/1914. AGED:
CEMETERY: Le Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial Marne.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham. Tadcaster.
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PRIVATE STANLEY THORNE.
SERVICE NUMBER: 325044. UNIT: 1st 8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters Notts and Derby Regiment.
BORN: Tooting Surrey. ENLISTED: Wimbledon Surrey. RESIDENCE: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 12/09/1917. AGED: 27.
CEMETERY: Loos Memorial. PANEL: 87. and 89.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
PRIVATE HENRY TILLETT.
SERVICE NUMBER: 32356. UNIT: 16th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 03/05/1917. AGED:
CEMETERY: Arras Memorial. PANEL: Bay 4.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
Shown as Henry on CWGC and those who died records army records Harry Tillett was born 1888 in Tadcaster.
To confirm this the above picture was printed in the local York Paper describing H. Tullett the brother of John remembered below.
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CORPORAL JOHN TULLETT.
SERVICE NUMBER: S/334031. UNIT: Army Service Corps.
BORN: Bolton Percy. RESIDENCE: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 13/06/1918. AGED: 21.
CEMETERY: Tadcaster Cemetery. GRAVE: C. 2. H. 5.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CWGC States
"Son of Walter and Florence Tullett, of The Cross, Tadcaster".
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DRIVER MICHEAL TOWHEY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 80914. UNIT/REGIMENT: 153rd Field Company. Royal Field Engineers.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: York.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 26/09/1918. AGED: 26.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
A Margeret Towey was born in Tadcaster in 1888which confirms there was a Towey family in Tadcaster.
The above name plaque was placed on the memorial after the Second World War no record of Towee in CWGC, i believe this to be a bad spelling mistake.
The above information is from CWGC and is confirmed by Those Who Ded Army Records.
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GRAVE: V. G. 3.
CEMETERY: Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt.
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PRIVATE JOHN TURNER ( REAL NAME WILLIAM KILKENNY.)
SERVICE NUMBER: 16055. UNIT: 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Harrogate.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 01/07/1916. AGED: 34.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CWGC States:
"(Served as TURNER).
Son of the late Michael and Honor Kilkenny.
Served in the South African Campaign."
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. PANEL: 2A. 2C. 2D.
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RIFELMAN GEORGE WILLIS TURTON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 60586. UNIT: 8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Monk Fryston. ENLISTED: Harrogate.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 20/07/1918. AGED: 19.
CEMETERY: Marfaux British Cemetery. GRAVE: X. I. 9.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CWGC States:
"Son of George and Margaret Turton, of 24, Westfield Terrace, Wetherby Rd., Tadcaster, Yorks."
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PRIVATE GEORGE UTLEY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15703. UNIT/REGIMENT: 1st Bn Coldstream Guards.
BORN: Wetherby. ENLISTED: York. RESIDENCE: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 15/09/1916. AGED: 35.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. PANEL: 7D. and 8D.
Yorkshire Evening Post October 1916 Reported:
"Mrs Uttley of Wighill Tadcaster would be glad for news of her husband George Uttley 15703 of the Coldstream Guards who was in the fighting in Ginchy.
Would it be possible if comrades wounded in fighting may have news of something to contact the family."
Yorkshire Evening Post November 1916 Reported:
"George Uttley 15703 of the Coldstream Guards who has a wife and seven children the eldest only being 14 years old.
Any news gratfully recieved by his wife A.C. Dunsford of Wighill nr Tadcaster."
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GUNNER WILLIAM LANCELOT VERITY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 382542. REGIMENT: 148th Section Anti Aircraft Battery. Royal Garrison Artillery.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Hull.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 24/05/1918. AGED: 25.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CWGC States
"Son of J. W. and Carrie Verity, of 4, Cranbrook Avenue, Hull."
William was the son of John William Born Beverley 1863 and Caroline Born 1862 in Elm Cambridgeshire.
In 1891 the family were living on Kirkgate Tadcaster where John William was described as a Bookseller and Stationer, William and his brothers were born here and had moved by the 1901 census to Sculcotes near Hull.
Thank You to Phil Wadsworth a distant relative of Williams who provided the following details and the picture of William, and his parents visiting his grave.
Dave
"I found your website as it has my 1st cousin, twice removed, William Lancelot Verity, listed as dying in WW1. ie. my great grandfather's brother's son.
The details are correct and he is buried in France. I have attached two photos, either which you may use if you wish.
I would like to visit his grave one day sometime. I think what you are doing is well worthwhile as such sacrifices are too easily forgotten by the present generation.
Although William was born in Tadcaster, he was brought up in Beverley, hence his enrolment in Hull.
He had three brothers, Charles Gordon, John Sidney and James Reginald and a sister Dora. All brothers were known by their second names, not their first, a family trait.
None of the other brothers took part in the war as far as I know."
John William and Caroline at Willliams Gravesite.
CEMETERY: Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension. GRAVE: I. B. 23.
I visited Williams Grave in 2005 it reads
"Ever Remembered By All Who Loved Him"
