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Remembrance - The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War
Officers of the 2nd Battalion,October 1914
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Officers of the Second Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, photographed in October 1914.

This photograph hangs in the Outpost Office of the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (the Green Howards) in Trnity Church, Richmond. The names of the Officers, and what became of them during the First World War, is shown beneath the photo. Details of each Officer, together with an individual photo, can be found on the individual photos pages.

One thing that is remarkable about this photo is that of the 26 Officers photographed in October 1914, 10 were dead by the end of the year, 3 more were killed subsequently, 10 were wounded and / or taken prisoner, and only 3 appear to have survived the War unscathed.

Officers of the Second Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, photographed in

Lieut. Philip Chabert KIDD. Killed 30 October 1914.
Capt Michael Day Wade MAUDE. Died of Wounds 14 October 1917.
Lieut. Q/Master Edward PICKARD. Survived the War, serving throughout with the 2nd Battalion.
2nd Lieut. William Arthington WORSLEY. Wounded and taken prisoner, 30 October 1914.
Lieut. Richard WALMESLEY. Killed 23 October 1914.
Captain Lawrence PEEL. Killed 24 October 1914.
Lieut. Frank Cooper LEDGARD. Killed 23 October 1914.
Captain Robert Boulton CORSER. Wounded 1 November 1914. Survived the War.
Captain Hugh LEVIN. Severely wounded 29 October 1914. Survived the War.
Lieut. Leslie Hanson MARRIAGE. Wounded 29 October 1914. Survived the War.
Lieut. Richard Herbert PHAYRE. Killed 26 October 1914.
Lieut. Hubert Stanley KREYER. Wounded 11 March 1915. Survived the War.
Lieut. COLLEY. Survived the War.
Lieut. THORNE. Survived the War.
Captain Bryan Seymour MOSS-BLUNDELL. Wounded November 1914. Survived the War.
Major Thomas Wolryche STANSFELD. Wounded November 1914. Survived the War.
Major Wilfred Beckett WALKER. Killed 29 October 1914.
Lieut. Colonel Walter Lorenzo ALEXANDER. Killed 14 May 1915.
Colonel Charles Arthur Cecil KING. Killed 30 October 1914.
Captain Cusack Grant FORSYTH. Killed 14 September 1916.
Captain Hugh William McCALL. Wounded October 1914. Survived the War.
Captain Ernest Scott BROUN. Killed 30 October 1914.
Captain Claud Gifford JEFFERY. Died of Wounds 24 October 1914.
Lieut. Walter Anfrid Auschar CHAUNCY. Wounded September 1915. Survived the War.
2nd Lieut. Hugh Geoffrey BROOKSBANK. Died of Wounds 16 December 1914.
2nd Lieut. Robert Henry MIDDLEDITCH. Wounded and taken prisoner, 30 October 1914.

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