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The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) can be traced back to 1702. Today it is part of the Yorkshire Regiment
Battalions during the Great War.
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 2/4th Battalion
- 3/4th Battalion
- 5th Battalion
- 2/5th Battalion
- 3/5th Battalion
- 6th Battalion
- 2/6th Battalion
- 3/6th Battalion
- 7th Battalion
- 2/7th Battalion
- 3/7th Battalion
- 8th (Service) Battalion
- 9th (Service) Battalion
- 10th (Service) Battalion
- 11th (Reserve) Battalion
- 12th (Labour) Battalion
- 13th (Service) Battalion
- 14th (Service) Battalion
List of those who served with The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) during The Great War
- Pte. Benjamin Bennett 2nd Btn. Read his Story.
- Pte. Fred Brown 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Cpl. George Henry Collins 26th (Tynside Irish) Btn. (d.10th Nov 1916) Read his Story.
- 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)
- Ernest Rainsforth 2/5th Btn. Read his Story.
- Pte. John Charles William Cumberland Shorrocks (d.18th Sep 1916) Read his Story.
- Pte. L. Sykes 10th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pte. Isaac Wells 10th Btn. A Coy. (d.7th Jun 1917)
Ernest Rainsforth 2/5th Btn. West Riding Regt
My Grandfather - Ernest Rainsforth, was badly injured but also survived and was repatriated to England from France with his bicep blown off and with a serious knee injury from sharpnel: whilst fighting with the 2/5th West Riding Regiment as the Germans pulled back from the Hindenberg Line in March 1917. I am lucky enough to have my Grandad's war discharge papers - discharged as being medically unfit for further war service - and the original telegram sent to his Mother advising her that Ernest had been wounded and admitted to hospital in London. I ache with sheer anguish for her when I read that telegram and know what his Mum must have felt at the time. My Grandad survived the war: met my Nan at Malden Hospital in Middlesex where she was nursing during WW1 and returned to his home town of Gainsbro with a beautiful new wife. Ernest lived until the age of 94. He never chose to speak to anyone about his experiences in France except to say to my younger brother - when my brother was a boy - that he laid on a stretcher in a field at a Clearing Station - gagging for a drink of water for over 24 hours and when he called the orderly for water the orderly said "shut-up Rainsforth, the bloke laid next to you has 16 bullits in him ". Grandad unrolled his shirt sleeve and showed my brother a massive intentation in his left arm where his bicep had been literally blown off.
Pte. John Charles William Cumberland Shorrocks (d.18th Sep 1916)
John Shorrocks is remembered on the war memorial in the park at Marsden near Huddersfield, but is listed as Sharrocks.
Pte. Benjamin Bennett 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
I believe at sometime my grandfather, Benjamin Bennett was a prisoner of war. This is a memory of a conversation with him over 40 years ago. He served with the 2nd Btn DLI and also with the West Riding Regiment.
Cpl. George Henry Collins 26th (Tynside Irish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.10th Nov 1916)
I am looking for any information at all on my Great Uncle George Collins. There is a Supplementary Note that he was Formerly 18188 West Riding Regt from CWGC but I believe his records were lost in a fire. Any help will be greatly appreciated
C.D. Bruce
The first two chapters in the book provide an historical outline of the raising of the 1st Battalion in 1702 and take its story through to 1923. The book recounts story of the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front, mainly by use of quotations from eyewitness accounts, letters, diaries and official documents supported by good maps. A good feature of this history is the recording by name of officers joining the battalion or leaving or becoming casualties, and the arrival of drafts with strengths.More information on:History of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, 1st and 2nd Battalions 1881-1923
The War Department
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Nigel Cave
The shell-ravaged landscape of Hill 60, some three miles south east of Ypres, conceals a labyrinth of tu nnels and underground workings. This book offers a guide to the memorials, cemeteries and museums at the site 'More information on:Hill 60: Ypres (Battleground Europe)
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