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The War Memorial in the gate of St. Mary Magdalene's Church, East Keswick
(Leeds)
(Photo : Richard Thomas Phillips <pavster1980@yahoo.co.uk>)
Chris Haigh (<haighcduk@yahoo.co.uk>)initially forwarded information to this website on 2nd Lieutenant Eric William Brodrick.
In the information provided were photographs of the War Memorials in East Keswick, Leeds, which had been taken by Richard Thomas Phillips (<pavster1980@yahoo.co.uk>), who has kindly provided copies of the photos of these memorials for use on this website.
Inside the lych gate of St. Mary Magdalene's Church, East Keswick, is a wooden
tablet commemorating those from the parish who fell in the First World War,
and honouring those who returned.
The names commemorated on the memorial are;-
ALLISON, GEORGE B
ASQUITH, SAM
BARBERY, HENRY
BREARLEY, FREDERICK E
BRODRICK, ERIC WM
DAINS, HERBERT S
DALBY, ERNEST
HARDISTY, CHARLES
JOHNSON, THOS EDWIN
JOHNSON, WILLIAM S
LONGFELLOW, LAWRENCE S
PHILLIPS, ARTHUR
RUSHFORTH, HAROLD
SAMPSON, EDWARD
SAWER, EDGAR
THACKRAY, HERBERT
WADE, JOHN P
WORTHY, WILLIAM
2nd Lieutenant Eric William Brodrick. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late Rev. F. E. and Mrs. Brodrick, of Farnley Rectory,
near Leeds; husband of Margaret Lucie Brodrick, of East Keswick, Leeds. Died
23 July 1916. Aged 35.
Buried LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY.
The following biographical information is taken from Roberts Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Eric Brodrick was born at Farnley near Leeds on April 24th 1881 and
was educated at St Georges School, Roundhay and Bradford Grammar School.
He went to the Phillipines in 1902 where he worked as a Province Agent and
was home on leave when war broke out. He joined the Royal Fusiliers Public
Schools Battalion and then transferred to the Inns of Court Officer Training
Corps.
He was commissioned in March of 1915 and married Miss Lucie Moon at East Keswick
near Leeds on April 17th 1915. Eric Brodrick joined the 5th Battalion of the
Yorkshires later in 1915.
The Spring of 1916 was spent by the battalion at various locations around
the Ypres Salient including actions at the Bluff and Hill 60. In May they
were at Eecke north west of Bailleul where 2nd Lt Brodrick and the battalion
were inspected by General Sir Hubert Plumer, CO of the 2nd army.
They then moved back into the salient taking part in a large attack against
an enemy mine crater on July 10th. It was just after this that Eric Brodrick
was wounded and captured during a night patrol near Kemmel.
He died from his wounds in enemy hands around 22/23rd of July 1916 at the
age of 35. Eric Brodrick was buried by the enemy in one of their battlefield
cemeteries, but today his grave lies in Larch Wood Cemetery at Zillebeke to
the south east of Ypres, his body being one of many that were brought in during
clearances after the war.
Eric William Brodrick was the son of the late Reverend F E Brodrick and his
wife Jane of Farnley Rectory near Leeds and the husband of Margaret Lucie
Brodrick of East Keswick, Leeds.
His colonel later wrote to his parents,
“The whole battalion, officers and men sorrow with you. We all loved
your son and his men would have done anything for him”.
Eric Brodrick’s daughter Erica was born after his death in September
1916."
Private Laurence Samuel Longfellow. 34787. 12th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly TR/5/6354 2nd T R Battn. Son of Samuel and Eliza Ann Longfellow,
of East Keswick, Yorks Killed 10 April 1918. Aged 19.
Born East Keswick (Yorks), Enlisted Harrogate, Resided East Keswick (Yorks).
Buried LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK.
The gate of St. Mary Magdalene's Church, East Keswick (Leeds).
(Copyright with, and Photo by, David Talor: The
Parish of Bardsey website)
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