A large draft of men joined the Battalion, having been posted out to France on 29th August. A number of these men have been identified. A/Cpl. Wilfred Hall was 29 years old and from Huddersfield and was married with one son. He had joined the West Riding Regiment in 1909 and had been posted to France to join 2DWR in November 1914. He had been wounded in April 1915 and evacuated to England, where he had, once recovered, served with 3DWR. Pte. William Peter Allen was a 33 year-old slater’s labourer originally from Patricroft, Manchester; he had enlisted in Keighley in May and had trained with 3DWR. Pte. John Edward Atkinson was a 37 year-old brickyard labourer from Halifax; he was married with four children (two other children had also died in infancy). Pte. James Beatty; in the absence of a surviving service record I am unable to make a positive identification of this man. Pte. Algie Clarkson was a 36 year-old bricklayer, originally from Keighley, but had lived for many years in Middlesbrough; he was married with five children. Pte. William Cox was 19 years old and from Aston, Birmingham. Pte. Thomas George Coates was 28 years old and originally from Hatfield, but had been working as a quarryman in Hampole, near Doncaster; he had enlisted in March and had been in training with 3DWR. Pte. Joseph Crabtree was a 28 year-old agricultural labourer from Keighley. Pte. James Albert Garbutt was 19 years old and from Hebden Bridge. Pte. Walter Lee was a 21 year-old core maker from Brighouse; he was married with two children. Pte. Willie Parkin was a 20 year-old millhand from Huddersfield. He had enlisted in November 1914 and had trained with 3DWR until having been reported as a deserter in March 1915. He had been apprehended by the police in May 1915 and, following a trial by court martial, had served two months’ detention (of an original four-month sentence) before re-joining 3DWR. Pte. George Slater was a 31 year-old labourer from Royton near Oldham; he was married with three children. He had enlisted in February and had been in training with 3DWR. Pte. Arthur Smith (14204) was from Halifax. Pte. Joseph Wilkinson was 19 years old and from Linthwaite, near Huddersfield; he had enlisted in April 1915 and had trained with 3DWR. Pte. Benjamin Wilson was a 32 year-old labourer from Hunslet; he was married with four children.
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| Image by kind permission of Andy Wade and MenOfWorth |
Another group of those posted were men, from all over the country, who had initially volunteered for service with the RAMC. They
had volunteered in October 1914 and had trained with the RAMC in Sheffield
before being transferred to 3DWR on 1st June 1915; a number of these
men have been identified. Pte. William Frederick Ackrill was a 20
year-old jeweller from Ladywood, Birmingham. Pte. Harry Gordon Binns was a 20 year-old farm servant from Sunderland.
Pte. Harry Bower was a 20 year-old
miner from Leeds. Pte. John Cardwell
was twenty years old and from Sunderland; he was the younger of two sons of
John and Mary Cardwell, and had been working as an apprentice engineer before
the war. Pte. Joseph Chandler was a
20 year-old miner from Rotherham. Pte. Ernest
Arthur Crookes was a 20 year-old millhand from Huddersfield. Pte. Cuthbert Dyer was a 26 year-old miner
from Sunderland; he was married with one son and his wife, Edith, was pregnant
with their second child. Pte. Robert
Emson was a 21 year-old labourer from Repton, Notts. Pte. Harry Hey (15995); he was a 36 year-old
waggoner (working for the Co-Op) from Cleckheaton and was married with four
children. Pte. William Hissett was
an 18 year-old miner from Houghton-le-Spring. Pte. Edward Isger was a 27 year-old carter from Melcombe Regis. Pte. Amos Ibbotson was a 38 year-old weaver
from Brierfield; he was a married man with three children. Pte. William James Jakeway was a 21 year-old
textile worker; he was originally from Aberdare, but the family had lived for
several years in Keighley. Pte. George
King (16475) was 28 years old and originally from London, but had been
living in Yorkshire. Pte. Robert Moody was a 20 year-old fishmonger from
London. Pte. John Dennis Moss was a
20 year-old miner from Gateshead. Pte. William
Munday was a 19 year-old confectioner from York. Pte. Leonard Pankhurst was a 21 year-old dyer’s labourer from Leeds.
Pte. Levi Randle was a 30 year-old machinist from Poole, Dorset. Pte. Thomas Robinson (16490) was 19 years
old and from Silksworth, near Sunderland; he had been working as a miner before
enlisting. Pte. James Thomas Sagar
was a 37 year-old married man from Bradford, with four children. Pte. James Edward Simpson was an 18 year-old
warehouseman from Burnley; he had enlisted in Keighley in September 1914,
clainming to be 19 although he was then in fact only just turned 17 and had
trained with 3DWR. Pte. Fred Smith
(15149) was a 34 year-old farmer from East Marton, near Skipton. Pte. Jacob Sweeting was 21 years old and had
been working as an apprentice plater with the Sunderland Shipbuilding Company;
he had spent two weeks in hospital in January/February 1915 being treated for
bursitis. Pte. Matthew Teasdale was
a 26 year-old miner from Hetton-le-Hole; he was married, with one child. Pte. Tom Jackson Tindall was a 20 year-old
sailor from Middlesbrough. Pte. Alfred
Edward Wybrow was 19 years old and from Bromley-by-Bow, London; he had
attested in February 1915 and had trained with 3DWR at North Shields. Pte. Norman Lancelot Young was a 22 years old
from Sunderland and had worked as a mechanic at Dawdon Colliery.
Pte. George Henry
Hansford had also arrived in France with this draft but was posted to one of
the Transport Depots for ‘a course of transport’; he would not join 10DWR until
January. He was a 19 year-old farm labourer from Gillingham, Dorset; he had
originally joined the Dorsetshire Regiment, but had been transferred to the
RAMC.
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Ptes. John Cardwell (standing) and Thomas Robinson (16490), seated.
Image by kind permission of Gary Robinson.
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