FEBRUARY 1916.
1st to 5th - Battalion in Divisional Reserve.
6th - Battalion relieved 5th Northumberland Fus in trenches 48 to A3 both inclusive. 5th DLI on Right and 151 Brigade on Left.
In this position until 12th during which time 3 OR were killed and 10 wounded.
1408 Pte Johnson Edwin Oliver. Home at 13 Queen St, Driffield. Born and enlisted at Driffield.
Died of wounds on the 8th February 1916 aged 18. Commemorated at Menin Gate Memorial Ypres.
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Pte George H Jordan.
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1537 Pte Jordan George Henry. Born at Bridlington, Husband of Helen May Jordan, 21 Westbourne Avenue, Bridlington.
Killed in action on the 11th Feb 1916, aged 28. Buried at Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
Annals of Bridlington - One of four brothers on foreign soil. On Wednesday, Mrs G. H. Jordan
received the following letter announcing the death of her husband,
February 12, 1916. Dear Mrs Jordan -
I am very grieved indeed to have to send you the very sad news that your husband was killed by a
shell while with the Transport on their way to the trenches last night. His comrades and I buried him with the full burial service in the
military cemetery just outside this afternoon, and a cross will be erected to mark the grave.
Please accept my very real sympathy with you
in your great sorrow and loss. Yours sincerely, Basil E. Keymer, Chaplain, 150th Brigade.
Pte Jordan is the son of Mr and Mrs Marmaduke Jordan of
Moorfield Road, Bridlington. Three of his brothers are on foreign service.”
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12th - Battalion relieved by 4th East Yorks and went into close support. Companies scattered. Bn HQ at Leicester Square dugouts.
13th - 3 ORs wounded.
14th - 1 OR killed and 3 wounded.
15th - 4 ORs killed and 9 wounded. Enemy attacked and captured the Bluff.
Held by 17th Division. Our grenadier platoon employed in carrying up grenades.
1974 Pte Chambers Louis. Home at Seamer, Scarborough, place of enlistment.
Killed in action on the 15th February 1916 aged 20. Commemorated at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.
1939 Pte Forrest James White. Born and enlisted at Scarborough.
Killed in action on the 15th February 1915. Commemorated at Perth Cemetery China Wall.
2992 Pte Bland Walter. Home at east Fairfield. Bedale. Enlisted at Kirklevington.
Killed in action on the 16th February 1916. Commemorated at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.
1144 Cpl Colley Herbert. Home at 76 Eastgate North, Driffield, Yorks, place of birth and enlistment.
Killed in action on the 16th February 1916 aged 21. Commemorated at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.
2028 Pte Davison James Leightonhouse. Home at 10 Trinity Lane Beverley. Born and enlisted at Beverley.
Killed in action on the 16th February 1916 aged 22. Commemorated at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
1632 Pte Eden Robert William. Home at Pickering. Born Malton, place of enlistment.
Killed in action on the 16th February 1916. Commemorated at Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
18th - Battalion relieved by 5th Border Bn and proceeded to Dickebusch Huts where stayed until the 23rd in Divisional Reserve.
1 OR killed and 6 wounded.
2544 Pte Kemp George. Enlisted Pocklington. Killed in action on the 18th February 1916. Commemorated at
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.
21st - DCM awarded to 1540 Cpl E Gryce.
1314 L/Cpl Webster William. Home at Stamford Bridge Yorks. Born Thornton le Dale Yorks. Enlisted Sledmere.
Died of wounds on the 22nd February 1916. Commemorated at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Hospital.
24th - Battalion relieved 4th Northumberland Fus in trenches A12, B1 to 4 and B7 in Sanctuary Wood. 5th DLI on Right and 24
Division on Left. Stayed in this position until 4th March.
25th - 1 OR killed and 1 wounded.
1996 Sgt Boyes Albert Edward. Enlisted at Scarborough. Killed in action on the 25th February 1916
Commemorated at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.
Lt Thompson Edward Medforth. Home at Kirk Ella, nr Hull. Killed in action on the 26th February 1916
aged 28, "as he supervised repair work in his Company's Trench." Commemorated at Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
27th - Lt E M Thompson and 1 OR killed and 1 wounded.
293 Pte Watts James. Born and enlisted Beverley. Killed in action on the 27th February 1916.
Commemorated at Maple Copse Cemetery.
28th - 3 ORs wounded.
1624 Pte Finn John. Born Lincoln Enlisted Scarborough. Died of wounds on the 28th February 1916 aged 24.
Commemorated at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.
29th - 1 OR wounded. DCM awarded to 1360 Pte FW Lyons, 2114 Pte T Newton and 2096 Pte Tadman.
MARCH.
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Pte James Foxton.
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1st - 1 OR wounded.
2nd - Battalion took part in demonstration made by 50th Division, while 76th Inf Bde retook the Bluff.
Casualties - Lt ER Spofforth killed. Capt JAR Thomson and 2nd Lt EH Weighill wounded. 5 ORs killed and 27 wounded.
1501 Pte Foxton James. Son of James and Ann Foxton of Kirby Misperton Lane, Pickering, N Yorks. Born Kirby Misperton.
Enlisted Pickering. Killed in action on the 2nd of March 1916, age 21. Buried at Maple Copse Cemetery.
[Photograph by kind permission of Roger Dowson and Edward Nicholl, Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance.
Click here.]
1978 L/Cpl Gillyon Thomas Edward. Home at 39 Minster Moorgate, Beverley. Born Beverley. Enlisted Bridlington.
Killed in action on the 2nd March 1916 aged 18. Commemorated at Maple Copse Cemetery.
Lt Spofforth Edward Reginald The only son of Mrs Spofforth of Granville Rd, Scarborough. Born 15 January 1891 at York,
Educated at Oundle.
He went to France when the Battalion first went on 18 April 1915 and took part in Second Ypres.
A short time later he suffered and attack of Scarlet Fever and was invalided back to the UK.
He returned to France in January 1916 and on this
day he was wounded by a trench mortar and died within an hour, aged 24.
Buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
His CO wrote of him-:
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Lt E. R. Spofforth.
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Your boy was such a keen soldier that we shall find the gap he leaves in the Regiment difficult to fill, that he leaves in our hearts impossible".
1938 Pte Walters Herbert. Born and enlisted Beverley. Killed in action on the 2nd March 1916.
Commemorated at Maple Copse Cemetery.
3481 Pte Ward Frederick William. Home at Howland Beck, Low Farndale, Kirbymoorside and enlisted Scarborough.
Killed in action on the 2nd March 1916 aged 22. Commemorated at Maple Copse Cemetery.
1390 Pte Willison John. Born Norton, Malton, place of enlistment. Killed in action
on the 2nd March 1916. Commemorated at Maple Copse Cemetery.
3rd - 2 OR killed and 9 wounded.
2359 L/Cpl Clarke Arthur. Born and enlisted at Scarborough. Killed in action on the 3rd March 1916
Commemorated at Maple Copse Cemetery.
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3648 Pte Jefferson Sydney. Home at Wold Newton, Hunmanby, Yorks. Enlisted at Scarborough.
Killed in action on the 3rd March 1916 aged 19. Commemorated at Maple Copse Cemetery.
4th - Battalion relieved tonight by 4th East Yorks Bn and went into Bde Reserve in Railway Dugouts [HQ and 2 Coys] and Maple
Copse [2 Coys]. 2 OR wounded. Stayed in these positions until the 9th.
9th - Battalion relieved by 3rd Bn Rifle Brigade, 24th Division and proceeded to billets in Poperinghe, where stayed until
14th.
3013 Pte Fishburn William. Home at Scorton, N Yorks. Enlisted at Darlington,
Died of wounds on the 12th March 1916 aged 20. Commemorated at Etaples Cemetery. Hospital.
14th - Battalion moved to Dickebusch B Huts, where stayed until the 18th.
18th - Battalion relieved 6th DLI Bn [151st Bde] in trenches 49, 50, A1 to A3. 4th Yorks Bn on Right and 24th Division on the Left.
In this position until 24th.
1430 L/Cpl Best Albert. Home at Marton, Sinnington. Born Kirbmoorside, N Yorks. Enlisted at Pickering.
Killed in action on the 19th March 1916 aged 28. Commemorated at Menin Gate Memorial Ypres.
3397 Pte Milestone Thomas Matthew. Home at Appleton le Moor. Sinnington. Enlisted Kirbymoorside.
Killed in action on the 19th March 1916 aged 31. Commemorated at Menin Gate Memorial Ypres
20th - 2 OR killed and 10 wounded.
21st - 1 OR wounded. A Battalion of Canadian Division relieved Battalion of 24th Div on our Left.
24th - Battalion relieved by 4th Bn Northumberland Fus and proceeded to Dickebusch A Huts in Div Reserve, where stayed until
28th.
3374 Pte Featherstone George Wilfred. Home at Pockley Nawton, Yorks. Enlisted at Helmsley.
Died of wounds on the 25th March 1916. Commemorated at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Hospital.
28th - Marched with 150th Inf Bde to Canadian Divisional Rest Area No 2. Billets between Meteren Shaeken and Bailleul. In Corps
Reserve to Canadian Corps at these billets until 1st April.
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The Battalion moved from the trenches in Armagh Wood on 28th March and via Dickebusch, Meteren,
Bailleul and Locre ended up on the 1st April taking over trenches in front of Kemmel.
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APRIL.
1st - Battalion marched from Canadian Rest Area No 2 to Locre, where it bivouacked during the day. In the evening moved to
Kemmel Shelters, where stayed until 7th.
3rd - Casualties 3 OR wounded, including 2 OR wounded and at duty.
4th - In Kemmel Shelters supplying working parties for trenches.
5th - 1 OR wounded on working party.
7th - Battalion relieved 4th East Yorks Bn in E1 to E3, E6, F2 to F5. HQ at Lindenhoek. 24 Division on Right and 5th DLI on Left.
In this position until 15th.
1434 Pte Carr William C. Home at Kennythorpe, Malton, place of birth. Enlisted Sandhutton.
Died on 7th April 1916. Commemorated at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Hospital.
8th - Trenches heavily shelled. 9 ORs wounded.
10th to 14th - 6 ORs killed and 8 wounded.
7 L/Cpl Bourne Jacob Thomas. Born and enlisted at Scarborough.
Killed in action on the 10th April 1916. Commemorated at Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery.
1854 Pte Clark(e) Arthur James. Home at Eastbound Field, Haxey, Doncaster. Born Haxby, Lincs.
Enlisted Malton. Killed in action on the 11th April 1916 aged 19. Commemorated at Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery.
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2948 Pte Vasey Fred. Home at 63 Gordon St Scarborough. Enlisted Scarborough.
Killed in action on the 11th April 1916 aged 20. Commemorated at Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery.
2985 Pte Wright James. Home at Stammergate Thirsk. Enlisted Thirsk.
Killed in action on the 12th April 1916 aged 20. Commemorated at Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery.
3659 Pte Witty Ernest Reveley. Home at Castle Hill, Hunmanby and enlisted Scarborough.
Killed in action on the 13th April 1916 aged 26. Commemorated at Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery.
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1265 Pte Sollitt Willsey. Third son of Mr and Mrs T. J. Sollitt of 101 Hilderthorpe Road, Bridlington. Born in York.
Killed in action on the 13th April 1916. Buried in Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery.
Annals of Bridlington -
This brave young soldier was formerly in the employ of the N.E. Railway Company at Hull, and when he was
leaving to fight for his King and country, his foreman said: ‘All right, Sollitt, the place will be ready for you when you come back.’
Like many other Bridlington men, he went out to the front last April and has since seen a good deal of hard fighting. He was a single
young man, but it was his intention to have been married when he got his leave from the trenches. His two brothers are both in the Army;
one of them being now in hospital recovering from wounds. A letter from Major Purvis to his parents is full of sympathy and high esteem
for the young soldier, who met his death by the explosion of an enemy shell whilst carrying a message.
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3308 Pte Inns Harry. Home at Strensall Yorks. Enlisted Malton.
Died of wounds on the 14th April 1916. Commemorated at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension Nord.
15th - Battalion relieved by 4th East Yorks Bn and moved into Divisional Reserve at Badajoz Huts, Locre.
3406 Pte Timbs Richard Home at Yapham and enlisted Pocklington. Died of wounds on the 15th April 1916.
Commemorated at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension.
16th to 21st - Battalion at Locre supplying working parties for trenches.
22nd - Relieved 4th East Yorks in same trenches as on 7th. 1 OR wounded.
23rd - 5 ORs wounded.
24th - 1 OR killed and 7 wounded.
3662 Pte Pickup Ephraim Henry. Enlisted Scarborough. Killed in action on the 24th April 1916.
Commemorated at Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery.
25th - 1 OR wounded.
26th - Very quiet day. About 6.30 pm two Poles of 212 Reserve Regt gave themselves up to C Company in E1 trench.
They informed us that a German gas attack was imminent, a fact which we already know. 2nd Lt EM Robson wounded.
27th - Battalion "stood to" all night. 1 OR wounded.
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Bandsman Allan Parkinson.
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28th - Relieved by 10 R W Fusiliers [3rd Division, 70 Infantry Brigade] and went into Bde Reserve in Kemmel Shelster. 1 OR
wounded.
68 Bandsman Parkinson Allan. Home at 32 St Marys Walk, Scarborough. Born and enlisted Scarborough.
Died of wounds on the 28th April 1916 aged 21. Commemorated at Etaples Cemetery. Hospital.
He had two brothers who also served in the 5th Battalion, Charles and Simpson.
Allan was a stretcher bearer and had suffered gunshot wounds to
the right arm, right leg and compound fracture to the buttocks while in the Ypres area.
29th - Relieved at 12 noon by 2nd Suffolks [70 Infantry Bde] and proceeded to Eecre [via Locre, Bailleul and Fletre]. In
5th Corps Reserve.
30th - Battalion ordered to stand to at 3.0 am owing to gas attack on 3rd and 24 Division. Ready to move at 1 hours notice till
10 am, when normal conditions were returned.
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