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The Ermysted's Grammar School War Memorial
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Part in the Great War
A plaque commemorates past students of Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton, who lost their lives in the First World War.
45 names are recorded on this plaque, three of which are for men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
We are very grateful to Chris Foster of the Craven's Part in the Great War website for permission to use the photo of this commemorative plaque.
Private Tom Harry Cope. 39170. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 6 November 1918.
Born Skipton, Enlisted Stanley, Resided South Moor.
Buried BETTRECHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
(A photo and further details on Tom Cope can be found on http://www.cpgw.org.uk/viewDetail.cfm?sID=371-05&view=main)
2nd Lieutenant John Caldwell McIntyre. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. A. McIntyre, of 27, Ings Avenue, Skipton, Yorks.
Born at Wigton, Cumberland. Killed 5 October 1915. Aged 21.
Buried CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ.
* Further details on John Caldwell McIntyre from
Craven's Part in the Great War are shown below.
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.
Ermysted's
Grammar School, Skipton
Photo © Copyright JD554
and licensed for reuse under this Creative
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Further Information on Lieutenant McIntyre from Craven's Part in the Great War;-
2ND LIEUT. J. C. MCINTYRE, 2nd Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. A. McIntyre, of Ings Avenue, Skipton, was reported wounded and missing on September 25th, 1915, and died a prisoner of war in Germany. Lieut. McIntyre was a former Captain of Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton, and St. John's College, York. He enlisted as a private in the Gordon Highlanders shortly after the outbreak of hostilities, and was first stationed at Aberdeen. Subsequently he transferred to the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, with which he trained at Stirling and Salisbury Plain. He attained the rank of sergeant, and also held a gymnastic instructor's certificate, having passed through the school at Aldershot. Early in April, 1915, he was gazetted to the 11th South Lancashire Regiment, but was later transferred to the 2nd Yorkshire Regiment, with which regiment he went to the front.
Craven Herald Article dated 19th November 1915
THE FATE OF LIEUT. McINTYRE - DIES A PRISONER
After more than a month of anxious waiting Mr. A. McIntyre, of Ings Avenue, Skipton, has received sad news concerning his son, Second Lieut. J. C. McIntyre, 2nd Yorkshire Regiment, who was wounded in the big advance on September 25th-28th, and has since been missing.
Since the first intimation of Lieut. McIntyre's injury came to hand in the shape of a telegram from the War Office a few days after the engagement, his whereabouts have been wrapped in mystery. Every effort was made to obtain information, but nothing reliable was forthcoming until on Sunday morning last Mr. McIntyre received a letter from the British Red Cross Society in the following terms:-
"DEAR SIR, - We deeply regret to have to inform you that, according to a German list dated October 30th, received by us through Geneva on November 18th, Second Lieut. John C. McIntyre, 2nd Yorkshire Regiment, is reported to have died on October 5th in the Feld Lacarett Section from a shattered thigh, and to have been buried there."
These, the communication added, were all the details available.
A fortnight ago we published a letter from an officer attached to the 2nd Yorkshires, who wrote to Mr. McIntyre stating that he last saw his son, along with two other wounded officers and the doctor, in a deep German dug-out which had been converted into an aid-post. At the time Lieut. McIntyre was under morphia, and, as far as the officer knew, had both legs broken. Subsequently the writer heard that the doctor was a prisoner in Westphalia. Apparently the British had been compelled to temporarily abandon this section of the trench, and Lieut. McIntyre fell into German hands. It is also evident that the doctor remained with his men to the last, but whether he was with the unfortunate young officer when he died ten days after receiving his wound is not known.
Lieut. McIntyre was probably one of the best known and most popular men who have gone from the Skipton district to fight their Country's battles. He was a former captain of Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton, and St. John's College, York. He enlisted as a private in the Gordon Highlanders shortly after the outbreak of hostilities and was first stationed at Aberdeen. Subsequently he transferred to the Argyle and Sutherland Regiment, with which he trained at Stirling and Salisbury Plain. He attained the rank of sergeant and also held the gymnasium instructor's certificate, having passed through the school at Aldershot. Early in April last he was gazetted Second-Lieut., and attached to the 11th South Lancashires, but was later transferred to the 2nd Yorkshires with which regiment he went to the front more than four month's ago.
Lieut. McIntyre was a fine all-round athlete, and a typical example of the vigorous, healthy-minded manhood turned out of our public schools. While at Ermysted's he won the Cross Country Championship three years in succession, and was also sports champion. He was one of the most prominent players in the Skipton Rugby Football Club, and also figured in both Yorkshire and Cumberland County trials, qualifying for the former by residence and the latter by birth. Prior to the war he was training for the scholastic profession.
News of his untimely end will be received with keen regret, and Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre will have the sincere sympathy of a large circle of friends.
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