6 Nov 1918. The 1/4th Battalion was demobilised. It had been reduced to cadre strength in July after the severe losses on the Aisne. In August it had been transferred to 116th Brigade, which was part of the 39th Division, but only in a training capacity.
1919.
Army units were still required to police the new areas that had been occupied in the War.
D Company of the 1st Yorks Battalion, Green Howards in Jerusalem as part of the Army of occupation.
They had formed at Catterick Camp, N Yorks, shipped to Egypt via France and taken by train to Jerusalem.
Back Row - Punch Newman, Sgt Singleton, Bob Green [Skinningrove, N Yorks], Redvers Sharpe [Thornaby], Sgt Lawrence, Jackie Miller [Middlesbrough], Amos Marley [New Skelton, N Yorks], Tommy Abel [Eston]
Front Row - Jack Knights [Guisborough, N Yorks], Paddy Mulligan [Cannon St, Middlesbrough] Gordon Marriot, George Gill and Cpl Hogan.
Amos Marley had served with the 4th Yorks from the start until being wounded in 1917 and then re-enlisting.
Those who had enlisted for the duration of the War were now discharged.
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 This image and the photograph above of Amos Marley of the 4th Yorks has been kindly contributed by his Grandson, Kevin Harvey. of Brotton, N Yorks.
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7 February 1920. The Territorial Force was reconstituted and the 4th Yorks Battalion was re-born. Recruiting re-commenced in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Amazingly many old soldiers, who had been through the horrors of the trenches re-joined.
1 October 1920. The Territorial Force was re-named the Territorial Army.
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"A" Company of the 4th Yorks at Annual Camp Scarborough in 1920.
Only one identified is Lt Col W W Constantine, sixth from the right on the third row down.
[Photograph kindly contributed by his Grandson, Christopher Constantine.]
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1920/1921. Those who survived the War wanted to forget the carnage they had experienced. Few families had escaped the heartbreak of the loss of a loved one and virtually every community in the country raised a Memorial to remember their dead.
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Unveiling of the War Memorial at Richmond, N Yorks.
July 1921.
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Unveiling of the War Memorial at Albert Park, Middlesbrough.
11 November 1922.
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Unveiling of the War Memorial at Guisborough, N Yorks. |
Unveiling of the War Memorial at Loftus, N Yorks.
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Unveiling of the War Memorial at Marske by Sea, N Yorks.
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Unveiling of the War Memorial at Skelton in Cleveland, N Yorks.
By Lt Col Maurice Bell, CO of the 4th Bn 1915-16.
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Unveiling of the War
Memorial at North Skelton, N Yorks. |
 Unveiling of the War
Memorial at Hinderwell, N Yorks.
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Unveiling of the War
Memorial at Great Ayton, N Yorks. |
 Unveiling of the War Memorial at Northallerton, N Yorks.
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Unveiling of the War
Memorial at Danby, N Yorks. |
 Unveiling of the War Memorial at Danby, N Yorks.
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[Photograph kindly contributed by Christopher Constantine, the Grandson of Lt Col W W Constantine.]
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