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The 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment
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The 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment was raised at Halifax in September 1914 as part of K3 and attached to the 69th Brigade in 23rd Division. After training in England they proceeded to France, landing at Le Havre in late August 1915.
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Those known to have served with The 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment during the Great War.
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- Captain Richard Bolton MC & Bar 10th Btn. A Coy Cmd.
- Pte. Nicholson Braddock 10th Battalion (d.20th Sep 1917) Read their Story.
- Pte. Fred Brown 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. F. Greenwood 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. T. H. Hanson 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. R. S. Howard 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. Tom Close Naylor 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. L. Sykes 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Sjt. John William Wardman DCM, MM. 10th Btn. Read their Story.
- Pte. Isaac Wells 10th Btn. A Coy. (d.7th Jun 1917)
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Sjt. John William Wardman DCM, MM. 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment
As far as I know, my great-grandfather, John Wardman, served in the 10th Battalion, the West Riding Regiment. I have his service records, but like many surviving from ww1 they are quite faded and difficult to read. He was awarded both the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Military Medal for bravery but I have only the London Gazette listings for these, as I have not yet been able to view the war diaries to find out more information.
Pte. Nicholson Braddock 10th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons (West Rding Regiment) (d.20th Sep 1917)
My Great Uncle, the youngest of 3 Braddock Brothers all killed within a year of each other (incl my G-Grandad Nicholas William Braddock) in different regiments on the western front. I have his service records which, unlike his brothers, were not destroyed by damage to the National Archives.
Apart from a big KIA scribbled across the top of them, they hold clues to a great little wartime story which I simply love, although the ending is not the best... Nicholson was detained for a period of 7 days, unpaid,for 'scrumping' the act of taking apples from an orchard without permission (a bit harsh considering the circumstances) however, he was eventually released..... on the 19 Sep 1917, just in time for the operations and his unfortuante death. But as a 5'2" soldier and a very young man (19), I just love it, the "cheeky little sod" as would be said in the North but a hero to me.
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