Lieutenant Hugh Brooksbank
Remembrance - The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War
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Information and photos for the following are to be found on this page;-

Private Albert Victor TAYLOR
Private Robert Henry TAYLOR
Serjeant Edward Thirkell
Private James Henry THOMAS
Lieutenant Edward Medforth THOMPSON
Lieutenant Arthur Temple THORNE
Captain John TILLY
Lance Serjeant Leonard TOWNSEND
Captain Geoffrey Arnold TUGWELL
Private Albert Victor TAYLOR, 241492.
For a larger sized image, click on this thumbnail. Close the window that opens to return to this page.		   Private Albert Victor TAYLOR, 241492.

 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Thomas and Margaret Taylor, of 123, Victoria Rd., Middlesbrough. Killed 3 March 1917.
Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Previously 3861 5th Battalion)

We are very grateful to David Taylor (<member@tay43.freeserve.co.uk>) for providing this photograph of his great uncle.
   
Private Robert Henry TAYLOR
No photo available yet. 		  Private Robert Henry TAYLOR, 8100.

2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Martha Ann Taylor, of 19, Westfield Terrace, Tadcaster, Yorks. Killed 22 October 1914. Aged 28.
Born Tadcaster (Yorks), Enlisted Tadcaster.
Commemorated Panel 33, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial


John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) has researched the career of Private Taylor in connection with Private Taylor's medals. John has written a short biography of Private Taylor, and this may be read by selecting the link below.
   
  Serjeant Edward THIRKELL, 1689. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late J. B. and May Ann Thirkell, of 74, Redcar Rd., South Bank, Yorks. Killed 6 August 1915. Aged 20.
Born Normanby, Enlisted Normanby, Resided South Bank.
Buried STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY.

"Jim" of the North East War Memorials Project (<jampas@btopenworld.com>) has kindly forwarded the attached photo, which comes from a contemporary in-house magazine of the Smith's Dock Company.
   
Private James Henry THOMAS
Select the above thumbnail image for a larger sized imaged. Click anywhere inside the window that opens to close it.		   Private James Henry THOMAS, 1631. 4th Battalion.

Died at home 11 September 1915.
Born Brotton (Yorks), Enlisted Skelton, Resided Brotton (Yorks).
Buried BROTTON CHURCH CEMETERY.

This photograph has been kindly provided by John Sheen (<john_sheen@hotmail.co.uk>). John Sheen is the author of several Pen & Sword books on the First World War.

The photograph is on one side of a postcard, on the other side of which is written;-
"Give this card to Melly, with kind regards from Pte J Thomas D Coy 4th Batt Yorks Regt, Hummersknott Camp, Darlington."

James Thomas will have trained at Hummersknott Camp. He will have been wounded in action earlier in 1915, and would have died at home from the wounds received earlier.
   
Lieutenant Edward Medforth THOMPSON
For a larger sized image, click on this thumbnail. Close the window that opens to return to this page.		   Lieutenant Edward Medforth THOMPSON

5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of F. Edward and Adeline L. Thompson, of Kirk Ella, Hull. Killed 22 February 1916. Aged 28.
Buried POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY.

The following notes are provided in Bob Coulson's biographies of Yorkshire Regiment Officers killed in the First World War;-
Edward Thompson sailed with the 5th Battalion from Southampton landing at Le Havre on April 17th 1915. Just one week later they were in action in the Ypres Salient suffering heavy casualties during the Battle of St Julien.
Lt Thompson and the battalion remained around Ypres until November when they were finally afforded a rest in billets at Outtersteene. In February of 1916 the battalion were back in the salient in the line close to Hill 60 to the south east of Ypres.
On February 26th 1916 Lt Edward Medforth Thompson was killed aged 28 as he supervised repair work to his company’s trench.
His grave can be visited today in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery just outside the town on the Reninghelst road.
Lt Thompson was the son of Edward and Adeline Thompson of Kirk Ella, a village just outside Hull in East Yorkshire.

The photo has been taken from "Illustrated War DeLuxe" and has been provided by James Pasby (<jampas@btopenworld.com>)
   
Lieutenant THORNE
Photo from that of 2nd Battalion Officers, 1914		   Lieutenant Arthur Temple THORNE

Survived the War, but there are no details of him in the book "Officers of the Green Howards 1688 - 1931" by M L Ferrar.
Shown in the Green Howards Gazette database as having been wounded in October 1914.

John Sly (<sly211@btinternet.com>) has researched the career of Lieutenant Thorne in connection with his medals. John has written a short biography of Lieutenant Thorne, and this may be read by selecting the link below.
   
Captain John Tilly, M C
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   Captain John TILLY, M C

8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Tobias Harry and Onora Tilly, of Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool, Durham. Killed 8 June 1918. Aged 31.
Buried BARENTHAL MILITARY CEMETERY
From the book "Marjorie's War" by Reginald and Charles Fair, the following biographical information is provided on Captain Tilly;-
"John Tilly was born at Seaton Carew, Co. Durham, in 1886. In 1905 he entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, to study law and was admitted to the bar in October 1911. He enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers on 15 September 1914 but was discharged a week later on taking a commission in the 8th Yorkshires on 22 September 1915. He was promoted to Captain on 19 June 1916. He was wounded by aGerman shell splinter in Munster Alley on 5 August 1916. Captain Tilly's award of the MC was gazetted on 19 November 1917. He died of wounds received during a trench raid in Italy on 8 June 1918."

John Tilly's photo, and the accompanying biographical notes, were kindly supplied by Paul Stevens, Repton School's Librarian and Archivist. The history of Repton School, and further details of the school, can be found on www.repton.org.uk/history-of-repton.

Notes from Repton School archives;-
" Born June 14th 1886, the son of Mr Tobias Henry and Mrs Onora Tilly, of Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool, Durham. ?Hall 1900 - 1904 ?Pembroke College, Cambridge; B.A. 1908 ?Solicitor ?Private, Public School Battalion, 9/14. Second Lieutenant, 8th Yorkshire Regiment, 9/14. Lieutenant, 12/14. Captain, 6/16. France, 8/15 - 11/17. Italy, 11/17 - 6/18. ?Killed in Action 08/06/18 aged 31 ?BARENTHAL MILITARY CEMETERY, ITALY."
John Tilly left Repton School in 1900.
Lance Serjeant Leonard TOWNSEND
For a larger sized image, click on this thumbnail. Close the window that opens to return to this page.		   Lance Serjeant Leonard TOWNSEND. 11664.

 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Sarah E. Townsend, of 30, Harold Rd., Upton Park, London. Was previously Yeo. of Sigs. in H M. Navy. Educated at Ellen St. School, Hove, Sussex. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 35.
Born Hove, Enlisted London, Wendley.
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Two of Leonard Townsend's brothers, - Frederick Charles (Royal Naval Division) and John George (Royal Navy) were also killed in the First World War. A fourth brother was killed while serving overseas in China in 1900.

We are extremely grateful to Mark Bunt, Librarian for the Hove Library for providing both the photographs and further information on this soldier. The photos of correspondence to Hove Library in connection with commemoration of Leonard Townsend are shown below. For larger sized images, click on the thumbnails. Close the windows that opens to return to this page.

The photos of correspondence to Hove Library in connection with commemoration of Leonard Townsend
The photos of correspondence to Hove Library in connection with commemoration of Leonard Townsend
The photos of correspondence to Hove Library in connection with commemoration of Leonard Townsend

   
Captain GEOFFREY ARNOLD TUGWELL
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The photo of Captain Tugwell, and the information from the Roll of Lancing College, have been provided by John Hamblin (<jc.hamblin@btopenworld.com>).

4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Frank and Louisa A. Tugwell, of 40, Esplanade, Scarborough. Previously wounded. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 24. Commemorated Bay 5, Arras memorial.

From the Roll of Lancing College, where he went to school and where he was in Olds House from 1906 to 1909;-
"Son of F. A. Tugwell of Scarborough Mentioned in despatches twice wounded at Ypres and on the Somme. Killed in action in France on the 23rd of April 1917"