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Yorkshire
Regiment, - Memorials Overseas Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Surnames "Q" |
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The Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl
| The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "Q" listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial are;- |
Private Terence Quincey
(*). 34200. 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly
26984 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Joseph and Emma
De Quincey. Killed 9 April 1917. Aged 21.
Born Bradford (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated Panel 36 and 55, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL. (*)
(*) The following additional information about Private Quincey has been provided by Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>);-
Private Quincey's name appears in the Medal Rolls Index as Terence Quincey,
which is how he appears in the SDGW record. Fortunately, his service record
survives and shows that;-
He enlisted as Terence Quincey in the Yorkshire Regiment on 12th December
1915, aged 19 years 310 days and was described as a railway wagon painter
and labourer.
He was living at 55 Colewall Road, West Bowling, Bradford with his mother
Emma Jane Quincey, his next of kin. He trained and qualified as a Company
Cook on 6th July 1916 and was immediately posted to France.
He was attached to the Yorks and Lancs on 13th July and transferred to the
Regiment on 10th September 1916. He was posted as missing in the field on
9th April 1917.
I looked at the 1901 Census record and ascertained that his father was named Joseph Quincey and he also worked on the railway as a labourer. However, I couldn't find the family in the 1911 Census until almost by chance, I happened upon the name of Emma Jane "De" Quincey whose family in Bradford included husband Joseph and son Terence. Checking the Commonwealth War Graves Register, he is listed in that as "De Quincey".
(De)
Quincey's Name on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The Part of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial where (De) Quincey's Name is Commemorated.
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
One of the Lions at the top of the Menin Gate Memorial, with the Memorial
Dedication
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The Memorial Dedication inside the Gate
Photo : Edward Nicholl