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The First Panel of the War Memorial in the Brotherton Library, Leeds University
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Photo : © Copyright Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)
The Brotherton library is located within the Parkinson Building.
The Parkinson Building houses a range of services for staff and students of
the university whilst having collections available to the general public.
The Brotherton Library which opened in 1936 sits alongside the rest of the
university campus. The Brotherton Library currently holds the main collections
for the arts, social sciences and law.
The First World War Memorial in the Brotherton Library was unveiled in November
1951. It is comprised of eighteen panels which flank the main entrance to
the Brotherton Library.
The panels bear the names of 328 members of Leeds University who had served
and died in the Great War. This represents approximately one-fifth of the
1,596 members who served during the war. In what appears the spirit of equality,
no special treatment was conferred, and no rank or status is given. The only
order of precedence is that of name and initials.
Of the 328 names on the memorial, 14 are those of soldiers who
served in the Yorkshire Regiment.
A full list of names that are on the memorial is given on the Imperial War
Museum's Register
of War Memorials.
Details of the majority of names commemorated can be found on the Western
Front Association website for the University of Leeds OTC and Roll of
Honour.
We are very grateful to Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>) who has
provided photos of the memorial.
Captain James Scott Bainbridge. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 22 March 1918.
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, POZIERES MEMORIALl.
Additional information from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"James Bainbridge first served as Company Sergeant Major with the 4th
Battalion before receiving his commission and rising rapidly through the ranks.
As an officer he was gassed in June 1917 whilst the battalion were in action
in the Hindenberg Support Line."
The following biographical information is provided in a Royal
Society of Chemistry booklet commemorating those who fought and died in
the First World War;-
"Born in 1888, son of William & Mary Bainbridge, James Bainbridge
later graduated from Leeds University. After university, he went to work in
the chemical laboratory of Messrs Rowntree & Co. in York and was engaged
in the research of the aromatic principle of the cocoa bean.In 1914, he was
appointed research chemist at the Doncaster Coalminers’ Laboratory but
enlisted with the 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment when the war began; in
June 1917, he was caught in a gas attack whilst fighting with his battalion
at the Hindenburg Line.When the German Spring Offensive (Kaiserschlacht or
‘Kaiser’s Battle’) began on 21 March 1918, Captain Bainbridge
and the battalion were moved up to Brie and marched for six hours to the front
line at Hancourt. At 6.30pm on 22 March, as the enemy was pushing the 5th
Battalion Durham Light Infantry (DLI) on the left of the 4th Yorkshires back,
Captain Bainbridge attempted to steady and rally the DLI. He was killed when
he became caught in heavy enemy fire; his body was never recovered."
Further information, including a photo and biographical data, on James Scott
Bainbridge can be found on the Old
Barnardians commemorative website.
2nd Lieutenant Lionel Adolf David David. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Alexander and Beatrice Marian David, of "Claremont,"
Monk Bridge Rd., Headingley, Leeds. Native of London. Killed 1 July 1916.
Aged 25.
Commemorated on the FRICOURT MEMORIAL.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ.
The following additional biographical information is taken from Roberts Coulson's
Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"Lionel David was a London man being born in Kensington in 1892.
An original territorial officer of the 7th Battalion he landed with them on
July 14th 1915 at Boulogne.
They first went into the line at Voormezeele in August of 1915 and stayed
in this area for the rest of the year spending Christmas in Ypres.
February 1916 saw them in action at The Bluff outside Ypres when Lionel David
was wounded but he was fit again by June 1916 when the battalion moved south
to prepare for the Somme offensive.
Early morning July 1st 1916 found 2nd Lt David and his men in trenches facing
the German fortified village of Fricourt. The plan was for the battalion to
advance later in the day but for some reason never explained “A”
company advanced at 8-20 a.m. and were virtually wiped out. A message got
back that,
“Major Kent and Lt David were wounded and lying out in front of the
wire”
2nd Lt Lionel David died in front of the British wire at Fricourt on July
1st 1916 aged 25.
His body was recovered and his grave today lies in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery
at Mametz."
Lieutenant Harold Firth.6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment.
Son of Luther Firth, of Keighley, Yorks; husband of Dorothy Firth (nee Cartlidge),
of Walsall.
Killed 9 October 1917.
Buried POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY.
The information below was provided by Graeme Clark, <graemeclarke1@tiscali.co.uk>;-
" Harold enlisted in the Army at the outbreak of war and received his
training at Harrow, Cramlington, Newcastle and Rugeley and was then placed
in charge of a Coast Defence Station on the Holderness Coast. He received
a commission, being gazetted to the Yorkshire Regiment in April 1915 as a
Second Lieutenant. He was promoted to Lieutenant in August 1917 and at the
time of his death he was Acting Captain. A fuller biography of Lieutenant
Firth can be found in a digitaly archived copy of the Keighlian
Magazine."
2nd Lieutenant Hugh Colborne Graham.2nd Battalion,
attached 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Christopher Colborne Graham
and Mary Johnstone Graham, of Oriel House, Scarborough. Died 1 October 1917.
Aged 29.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Further information on Lieutenant Graham can be found on the page for Photos
of Yorkshire Regiment soldiers.
Captain David Philip Hirsch, VC. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Mentioned in despatches. Son of Harry and Edith Hirsch, of Weetwood
Grove, Leeds. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 20.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
For further information on Captain David Hirsch, see also his entry under
Yorkshire
Regiment VC Winners.
Captain Thomas Huffington. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Maria Huffington, of 14, Westbourne Terrace, Selby, Yorks.,
and the late John Huffington. B.A. of Leeds University, at the age of 20.
M.A. the following year. Killed 8 February 1917. Aged 24.
Buried BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY.
Lieutenant George Hanley Hutchinson. 4th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Teasdale Hilton Hutchinson and Gertrude Hutchinson.
Born Catterick, Yorks. Killed 2 March 1916. Aged 28.
Buried POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Hunter Hyland. RFC, formerly
7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Eleanor Hyland, of
Radcliffe House, Pudsey, Yorks. Killed 23 May 1915. Aged 23.
Buried VIEUX-BERQUIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
The following biographical notes are taken from Robert Coulson's biographies
of Yorkshire Regiment Officers who lost their lives in the First World
War;-
" Frederick Hyland was born in Pudsey on May 29th 1891. He was educated
at Bilton Grange School in Harrogate and was a member of the Officer Training
Corps and studying medicine at Leeds University when war broke out.
2nd Lt Hyland was commissioned into the 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in
September 1914 but only remained with them for a few months before being transferred
to the RFC in January of 1915.
2nd Lt Frederick Hunter Hyland was killed on May 23rd 1915 at the age of 23.
He was flying as observer to Lt R C H Bewes in an RE 5 belonging to No 7 Squadron
when the machine broke up at three hundred feet, both men dying of their wounds.
It is believed a grenade accidentally exploded in the aircraft.
His grave today lies in Vieux-Berquin Communal Cemetery to the east of Hazebrouck
and his name is also remembered on Pudsey War Memorial.
2nd Lt Hyland was the son of Samuel and Eleanour Hyland of Radcliffe House
in Pudsey.
His senior officer wrote to his parents,
“I never want a better or pluckier observer than he was and the squadron
feel his loss deeply. He was most universally popular”.
Captain Stanley Burnett Kay. ex-7th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Stanley Robert and Hetty Kay, of High Mead, Wood
Lane, Headingley, Leeds. Died 28 January 1918. Aged 26.
Buried at LEEDS (LAWNS WOOD) CEMETERY.
(A Leeds man, Stanley Kay was born in the city in 1892. He served with the
7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, first proceeding to the front in July 1915.
In February 1916 Lt Kay was wounded in action.
On 5 November 1916 Lt Kay was again wounded in action in an attack close to
the village of Le Transloy.
On recovery he was attached to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and died at
home on 28 January 28th 1918 aged 26.)
2nd Lieutenant Thomas James Mitchell. 11th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Eliza Mitchell. Killed 10 July 1916.
Aged 20.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(From the 1911 Census, Thomas James Mitchell was born in Wilsden (Bradford)
and was also resident there. His father was a retail Grocer in Wilsden.)
Captain Robert Randerson. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Robert and Annie Randerson, of 114, Haxby Rd., York. Died
7 August 1915. Aged 24.
Buried LALA BABA CEMETERY.
(In the 1911 Census, Robert Randerson was a student at St. Mary's RC Teacher
Training College in Hammersmith, London.)
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Arthur Rushworth. 6th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 September 1916.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(From the 1911 Census, the family - Father Frederick, Mother Jane, with Frederick
and their daughter Jane, all worked at a Worsted Mill in Haworth, Yorkshire.)
The following biographical notes are taken from Robert Coulson's biographies
of Yorkshire Regiment Officers who lost their lives in the First World
War;-
"(Frederick Arthur Rushworth first served in Gallipoli with the 6th Battalion,
arriving in Mudros on 22 November 1915.
The 6th Battalion returned from Egypt to the Western Front in July 1916 and
moved into the Somme offensive in early September.
2nd Lt Frederick Arthur Rushworth was killed in fighting at Hessian Trench
and Stuff Redoubt on the Somme on September 29th 1916 at the age of 21.
His body never recovered he is remembered today on the Thiepval Memorial and
his name can also be found on a memorial plaque in Haworth's West Lane Methodist
Chapel."
Lieutenant Charles Guy Weston. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 1 November 1915.
Buried DIVISIONAL CEMETERY, (though originally commemorated Panel 33, YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL).
(A comprehensive biography of Charles Guy Weston is provided on the Wetherby
War Memorial website.)
Lieutenant Ian McLean Wilson. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment.
Son of H. Maclean Wilson, M.D., and S. O'Connell Wilson, of Woodthorpe Lane,
Wakefield.
Died 7 August 1915. Aged 20.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL
Captain Bainbridge's Name on the War Memorial in the Brotherton Library, Leeds
University
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The Names of Captains Hirsch & Huffington and Lieutenants Hutchinson &
Hyand
on the War Memorial in the Brotherton Library, Leeds University
Photo : © Copyright Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)
The
Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, which houses the Brotherton Library
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