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Lieutenant Hugh Brooksbank

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Lieutenant Hugh Brooksbank

Information and photos for the following are to be found on this page;-

Captain Bertram Cunliffe CAMM, MC
2nd Lieutenant John Greenbank CAMPBELL
Lieutenant Hugh de Chastelai CASLEY
Private David CHALLIS
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Henry CHAPMAN
Captain Wilfred Hubert CHAPMAN
Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Hedley CHARLTON, MC
Lieutenant Walter Anfrid Auschar CHAUNCY
Private William CHRISTIE
Private William CLARK
Lieutenant Harold Brearley COATES
Private Robson COLLEGE
Lieutenant COLLEY

Captain Herbert Norman CONSTANTINE, MC
Major Robert Alfred CONSTANTINE
Lieutenant Colonel William Whitesmith CONSTANTINE
Corporal Herbert COOK, MM.
Private William COOKE, DCM
Captain Robert Boulton CORSER
Private Robert CRACKNELL
Private Cornelius CRONAN
Major James Smart CRONE
Captain Hugh Carlton CUMBERBATCH
Private Robert William CUMMINGS
Captain George Grafton CURREY
Corporal Arthur CURSON

Select the thumbnail photo for a larger version, with biographical details on Captain Camm.		Captain Bertram Cunliffe CAMM, MC 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 January 1918. Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND. Captain Camm lost his life in the Hedge Street Tunnel Fire, in which 21 men were killed. John Hamblin (<jc.hamblin@btopenworld.com>) has researched the service of Captain Camm in the Yorkshire Regiment, and together with research by Robert Coulson (1956 - 2008). Details of Captain Camm's service with the Yorkshire Regiment may be obtained by selecting the thumbnail image on the left.
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Select the thumbnail photo for a larger version		2nd Lieutenant John Greenbank CAMPBELL We are very grateful to the website, "Craven's Part in the Great War", for the photo and information on 2nd Lieutenant Campbell. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Agnes Campbell, of Town Head, Austwick, Lancaster.Killed 8 May 1918. Aged 24. Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial. 2ND LIEUT. J. G. CAMPBELL, Yorkshire Regiment, officially reported missing since an engagement on May 7th and 8th, 1918, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Campbell, Town Head, Austwick. He enlisted in May, 1915, in the West Yorkshire Regiment (Bradford Pals), and went to Egypt in December the same year. He was transferred to France the following March, where he joined the cyclist section, in which he stayed up to about November, when he came home to take up a commission. He had only returned to France three weeks when he met his death. Prior to the war he was a clerk in the employ of the Midland Railway Co. He was 24 years of age.
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Photo from that of 6th Battalion Officers, 1915		Lieutenant Hugh de Chastelai CASLEY 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. E. Casley, of 5, St. Vincent Terrace, Coatham, Redcar, Yorks, and the late Mr. W. J. B. Casley. Died 7 August 1915. Aged 28. Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
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No photo available yet.		Private David CHALLIS, 10453 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 1 July 1916. Aged 20. Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough. Buried PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT. John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) has researched the career of Private Challis in connection with Private Challis's medals. John has written a short biography of Private Challis, and this may be read by selecting the link below. Private David Challis (PDF file)
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Photo from that of 6th Battalion Officers, 1915 For a larger sized image, click on this thumbnail. Close the window that opens to return to this page.		Lieutenant Colonel Edward Henry CHAPMAN 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. E. H. and Mrs. E. E. Chapman, of Carr Hall, Whitby, Yorks, and of Cobrey Park, Ross, Herefordshire. Served on the North-West Frontier of India (Tirah, 1897/8). Died 7 August 1915. Aged 40. Buried AZMAK CEMETERY, SUVLA. The following notes are provided in Bob Coulson's biographies of Yorkshire Regiment Officers killed in the First World War;- Edward Chapman was born at Budleigh Salterton in Devon on April 25th 1875 and educated at Aysgarth School and the United Services College at Westward Ho before entering Sandhurst A career soldier with the Yorkshire Regiment he made 2nd Lt in 1895, Lt in 1897, Captain in 1901 and Major in 1911. He was appointed CO of the 6th battalion at the onset of war. “The raising of the 6th battalion was a task for which he was eminently suited. A thorough and conscientious soldier his chief aim was the welfare and correct training of his men”. He sailed with the battalion from Liverpool on the Aquitania landing at Lemnos and then onto Imbros in July of 1915. On August 6th he received his orders and called an officers conference at 2-30pm when maps were issued and he outlined the battalion’s objectives. With his men they landed at Suvla Bay on Gallipoli in the early hours of August 7th 1915. They then moved inland and massed at the foot of Lala Baba hill. A charge was ordered on the Turkish positions during which bitter hand to hand fighting took place. Lt Col Chapman led from the front and was heard to shout “Come on the Yorkshires”. Sadly just before midnight on the 7th a message got back that the “CO was killed”, he was 40 years of age. The battalion chaplain was by his side soon after he was shot through the neck and wrote later to his father, “He died as he would have wished to die, a gallant soldier leading his men himself at the very front of his regiment”. His body was recovered and today his grave can be seen in Azmak Cemetery at Suvla. Lt Col E H Chapman was the eldest son of Edward and Mrs E E Chapman of Carr Hall, Whitby in North Yorkshire, the family also owned property at Ross on Wye in Herefordshire. A memorial tablet to him can be found in Richmond Parish Church. The lower photo on the left has been taken from "Illustrated War DeLuxe" and has been provided by James Pasby (<jampas@btopenworld.com>)
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Photo from that of 6th Battalion Officers, 1915 Caricature from Vanity Fair		Captain Wilfred Hubert CHAPMAN 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. J. J. and Fanny Chapman, of Whitby, Yorks; husband of May Campbell Chapman, of The Home Farm, Cromer, Norfolk. Served in the South African Campaign. Died 7 August 1915. Aged 35. Buried AZMAK CEMETERY, SUVLA. Captain Chapman is commemorated on a family memorial, together with his brother Harold, in St. Mary's Church, Whitby (in addition to being commemorated on the Town Memorial in the same church). Rachel Farrand, <farrand.rachel@btinternet.com>, has very kindly provided a photo of this memorial. A larger sized image can be viewed by selecting the thumbnail, below. (Copyright of the above image remains with Rachel Farrand) Wilfred Hubert Chapman was President of the Cambridge University Boat Club in around 1903, and a caricature of him appeared in Vanity Fair. Select the image on the left for a larger version which opens in a new window. (Image from Wikipedia)
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Select the thumbnail photo above for a page with photos and further information on Lt Col Charlton.		Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Hedley CHARLTON, MC Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Hedley Charlton, MC. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late William Charlton and of Frances Elizabeth Charlton, J.P., of The West Garth, Guisborough, Yorks; husband of Mrs. D. F. Money (formerly Charlton), of 79, Wodeland Avenue, Guildford. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 32. Buried ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. Lieutenant Colonel Charlton was Manager of the Hedley Hope Colliery before joining the Yorkshire Regiment. Select the thumbnail photo on the left for a page with photos and further information on Lieutenant Colonel Charlton.
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Photo from that of 2nd Battalion Officers, 1914		Lieutenant Walter Anfrid Auschar CHAUNCY Born at Northallerton, 28th August, 1892, son of Major William Auschar Chauncy, 19th Foot. 2nd Lieut., 20th September, 1911 ; Lieut., 24th October, 1914 ; Adjt.. 1st August, 1915—17th June, 1917 ; Capt., 1st January', 1917 ; Adjt., 3rd Battn., 13th March, 1920 ; re-appointed Adjt., 2nd Battn. 22nd November, 1922, to 15th August, 1925 ; retired, 29th June, 1928. Went to Belgium with 2nd Battn. in October, 1914, and was present at the fighting at Ypres, and at the battles of Neuve Chapelle, Festubert and Givenchy. Wounded at Loos, September, 1915. Served with the Royal Air Force as Wing Adjutant, and on the staff from February, 1917, to May, 1919 (1914 star, silver and bronze medals). John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) has researched the career of Lieutenant Chauncy in connection with Lieutenant Chauncy's medals. John has written a short biography of Lieutenant Chauncy, and this may be read by selecting the link below. Lieutenant Walter Anfrid Auschar Chauncy (PDF file)
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Select the tumbnail image for a larger sized image. Click anywhere in the window that open to close it.		Private William CHRISTIE, 30041. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 40777 Notts & Derby Regiment. Son of Mrs. Jane Christie, of 49, Baker St., Belfast. Killed 28 October 1917. Aged 20. Born Shankhill (Co. Antrim), Enlisted Belfast. Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL. The attached photo is from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, and has been provided by Nigel Henderson whose website, Great War Belfast Newspapers, contains lists of articles and pictures that have been gleaned from Belfast newspapers from the Great War period.
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No photo available yet.		Private William CLARK, 1269 / 240125. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Enlisted with the 5th Battalion, 3 May 1912. Embarked for France 18 April 1915. Fought at the Battle of St. Julien, April 1915. Wounded in left arm, October 1916. Hospitalised. Discharged (Silver War Badge) due to wounds 6 May 1917. Died 17 December 1928, aged 34, as a consequence of wounds. Buried in Hull Western Cemetery alongside his brother Tom Staveley Clark of the M G C (dued of wounds, 1924) For documents (postcards, Medal Rolls Index card etc.) relating to William Clark, select the link below;- Private William Clark (PDF file) Information on William Clark provided by his g-nephew, Geoff Clark (<poddy@poddy.karoo.co.uk>).
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For a larger sized image, click on this thumbnail. Close the window that opens to return to this page.		2nd Lieutenant Harold Brearley COATES. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Julia Coates, of 15, Sutherland Avenue, Johannesburg, South Africa. Killed 1 July 1916.Aged 20. Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ. (From the Medal Rolls Index card for Lieutenant Coates it can be seen that although his parents lived in South Africa, his grandfather lived in Shirley Park Road, Harrogate. Lieutenant Coates was born in Barnsley on 10 January 1896 and educated at Oundle School.) We are very grateful to Avalon Eastman of the Oundle School Roll of Honour website for permission to use the photo of Lieutenant Coates. She also provides the following biographical information;- Harold Brearley Coates was the only son of H Coates of Johannesburg and grandson of Thomas Coates of Harrogate, Yorkshire. He was born in Barnsley on 10th January 1896 and entered Oundle School (Dryden House) in September 1909, leaving in December 1914. His intention had been to study medicine. He obtained a commission in the Yorkshire Regiment and fell in action on July 1st 1916, the first day of the battle of the Somme.
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For a larger sized image, click on this thumbnail. Close the window that opens to return to this page. For a larger sized image, click on this thumbnail. Close the window that opens to return to this page.		Private Robson COLLEGE, MM, 12785. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 October 1918. Born West Boldon, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery. Buried TEZZE BRITISH CEMETERY. The lower photograph od Robson College, when viewd large, shows him wearing the stripes of a Lance Corporal. On his left sleeve are four stripes for service overseas. Photos courtesy of Elaine Miller (<emiller@sky.com>), Murton Heritage Centre.
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Photo from that of 2nd Battalion Officers, 1914		Lieutenant W H COLLEY Survived the War, but there are no details of him in the book "Officers of the Green Howards 1688 - 1931" by M L Ferrar. In October 1914 was attached to the 2nd Battalion from the 3rd Battalion.
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Select the thumbnail photo above for a page with photos and further information on Captain H N Constantine		Captain Herbert Norman CONSTANTINE Captain Herbert Norman Constantine, MC. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. J. and Mrs. M. L. Constantine, of Harlsey Hall, Northallerton, Yorks. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 26. Buried LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS BRITISH CEMETERY. Captain H N Constantine was one of three brothers who all served with the 4th Battalion in the First World War. The other two brothers were Major Robert Alfred Constantine and Lieutenant Colonel William Whitesmith Constantine. Simon Barnard (<barnard.4@btinternet.com>), a great nephew of Captain H N Constantine, has provided much information on his great uncle and his two brothers. This information, and the photographs provided by Simon, can be seen by selecting the thumbnail image on the left. The Constantine family are associated with the building of Constantine TechnicalCollege in Middlesbrough, amongst other things. For further information on this, select the link above.
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Select the thumbnail photo above for a page with photos and further information on Major R A Constantine		Major Robert Alfred CONSTANTINE Major R A Constantine was one of three brothers who all served with the 4th Battalion in the First World War. The other two brothers were Captain Herbert Norman Constantine and Lieutenant Colonel William Whitesmith Constantine. Simon Barnard (<barnard.4@btinternet.com>), a great nephew of Major R A Constantine, has provided much information on his great uncle and his two brothers. This information, and the photographs provided by Simon, can be seen by selecting the thumbnail image on the left. The Constantine family are associated with the building of Constantine TechnicalCollege in Middlesbrough, amongst other things. For further information on this, select the link above.
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Select the thumbnail photo above for a page with photos and further information on Lieutenant Colonel W W Constantine		Lieutenant Colonel William Whitesmith CONSTANTINE Lieutenant Colonel W W Constantine was one of three brothers who all served with the 4th Battalion in the First World War. The other two brothers were Captain Herbert Norman Constantine and Major Robert Alfred Constantine. Simon Barnard (<barnard.4@btinternet.com>), a great nephew of Major W W Constantine, has provided much information on his great uncle and his two brothers. This information, and the photographs provided by Simon, can be seen by selecting the thumbnail image on the left. The Constantine family are associated with the building of Constantine TechnicalCollege in Middlesbrough, amongst other things. For further information on this, select the link above.
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Photo from that of soldiers of the 4th Battalion in camp		Corporal Herbert Cook, MM. 1828, 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died of Wounds 15 January 1917. Aged 37. Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. Born Guisborough (Yorks), Enlisted Skelton. Corporal Cook is the grandfather of Bill Danby (<bandl.danby@ntlworld.com>) whose website, - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/001BnIndex.html, provides a history of the 4th Battalion in the First World War, together with details of casualties in the 4th Battalion.
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Select the thumbnail photo above for a page with photos and further information on Private William Cooke, DCM		Private William COOKE, DCM. 29659. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 30881 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 29 April 1917. Born Arnold (Notts), Enlisted Nottingham, Resided Arnold. Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. (Private Cooke's name is shown as "Cook" on the Arnold and Daybrook Memorial). Antony Ball (<antony.ball@ntlworld.com>) has researched all the names on the Arnold and Daybrook Memorial, and has provided some comprehensive information on Private Cooke, - including a description of the way in which he lost his life in action with the Yorkshire Regiment. Select the thumbnail image on the left for further information and photos of Private Cooke.
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Photo from that of 2nd Battalion Officers, 1914		Captain Robert Boulton CORSER Born at Oulton, Warwickshire, 12 October 1884, son of Benjamin Corser. 2nd Lieut., 6th Foot, 27 April 1904; Lieut., 19th Foot, 11 May 1907; Captain, 12 February 1914; retired 26 April 1922. Proceeded to France with the 2nd Battalion in October 1914, and was wounded near Ypres, 1 November (bronze star and clasp). Was attached to the 2nd Battn. Border Regt. in France, April and May 1915, and to 7th Service Battn. from March to August 1916. During the remainder of the War served on the staff at home.
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For a larger sized image, click on this thumbnail. Close the window that opens to return to this page.		Private Robert CRACKNELL, 235044. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917. Born Enfield, Enlisted Mill Hill, Resided Enfield. Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL. A contemporary newspaper report mentions Private Cracknell's death. To see this report, select the thumbnail image on the left.
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Select the thumbnail photo above for a page with a photo of 1st Battalion soldiers in Rawal Pindi and further information on Private Cronan		Private Cornelius CRONAN 4079. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 3 November 1918. Born Greenwich (London), Enlisted London, Resided Boston (Mass. - USA). Commemorated KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL. John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) has provided some additional information on Private Cronan.
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Select the thumbnail photo for a larger version		Major James Smart CRONE Information on Major Crone has been submitted by Chris Todd (<chris@bridgelegal.co.uk>), whose great grandfather Sidney Stevens was a batman to Major Crone during the First World War. The photograph has been provided by a great granddaughter of Major Crone. The information on Major Crone is as follows;- James Smart Crone was born in 1871. Before the First World War, Major Crone was a stockbroker in Middlesbrough. In January 1915 he was gazetted as Temporary Lieutenant to the 11th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. In February 1916 he was in charge of "D" Company, 10th Battalion and fought at Mametz Wood. He ended the War as a Major, but the intervening details of his career with the Yorkshire Regiment are not clear at the moment. He became Mayor of Redcar in 1919 and remained as Mayor until his death in 1921.
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For a larger sized image, click on this thumbnail. Close the window that opens to return to this page.		Captain Hugh Carlton CUMBERBATCH, OBE, MC, psc. Born at Winchfield, Hants, 19 May 1884. Only son of E C Cumberbatch of Croxted House, Farnborough. 2nd Lieut 27 January 1904. Lieutenant 25 December 1905. Captain 19 July 1911. Brevet-Major 1 January 1918. Major 15 May 1923. Half-pay on account of ill health 10 December 1930. Retired 7 March 1934. Died in a Nursing Home 4 May 1936, Forbes, Ropley, Alresford. In the Great War served on the staff in France and was present at the 2nd Battle of Ypres and Loos in 1915, and 3rd Battle of Ypres, 1917. Also took part in the Palestine caampaign for nine months up to the Armistice. Twice mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, Military Cross, Officer of the British Empire, 1915 Star, silver and bronze medals. The photo on the left is taken from the obituary for Captain Cumberbatch in the Green Howards Gazette. Select the link below for a copy of this obituary, together with references to Captain Cumberbatch that were printe din the Green Howards Gazette. Captain Hugh Carlton Cumberbatch
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Select the thumbnail photo above for a page of commemorative photos which opens in a new window.		Private Robert William CUMMINGS. 11312. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 November 1915.. Born Marske (Saltburn - Yorks), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Old Penshaw (Durham). Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY. The following additional information on Robert William Cummings is provided by his grandson, Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>);- Robert William Cummings, a miner, was born in Marske, Guisborough, North Yorkshire in 1880. His parents were Stephen and Sarah Ann Cummings . He lived and enlisted in Penshaw and Shiney Row, County Durham. On his death he left a widow, Ada, and three small children. A fourth child was born shortly after his death. By selecting the thumbnail image on the left, or the thumbnail below, a page opens in a new window which includes photos of items commemorating Robert William Cummings, - including a handerchief on which his brother, Ernest, has written a heartfelt message. Photos of these items have been provided by Norman Cummings, (<>), grandson of Robert William Cummings.
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Photo from that of 6th Battalion Officers, 1915		Captain George Grafton CURREY 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 22 August 1915. Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
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Select the thumbnail photo above for a page with photos and the story of Corporal Arthur Curson		Corporal Arthur CURSON 5381, 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 March 1915. Commemorated Panel 12, Le Touret Memorial. Born King's Lynn (Norfolk), Enlisted Warley, Resided Beverley (Yorks) The story of Corporal Curson and his death at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle was told by his great-grandson, Gavin Engelbrecht, in the "Northern Echo" of 21 March 2002. We have been given permission to use this story and it may be read by selecting the thumbnail image on the left. The story includes a photo of Arthur Curson and his family, and a letter written by a fellow soldier which describes the circumstances of his death.
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