TICKHILL WAR MEMORIAL WORLD WAR 1 T to Z. Frederick Thompson Private 26856 2 nd /5 th Battalion KOYLI Died 03 May 1917, aged 17 Fred has no known grave and is Commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Bay 7. Believed to be the son of Edmund Thompson a bread baker from Old Radford in Nottingham and his wife Sarah. Fred enlisted in Doncaster. Harry Thompson Rifleman 2108 12 th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, formerly Private 27395 of the KOYLI Died 06 July 1918, aged 26 Buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery, Wilrijk, a suburb of Antwerp Reference: Plot IIa, Grave 17. Son of Harry Thompson of Westgate Villas. Tickhill. William Todd Private 14226 7 th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, formerly 13956 Leicestershire Regiment Born Tickhill in 1895 Died of wounds 04.07.1916, aged 21 Buried at Mericourt-L Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, Plot II, Row A, Grave 3 Son of Edward Todd of Grantham and Sarah of Romsey, Essex. In 1901 the Todd family were living in Norton, Nottinghamshire - Enlisted in Mansfield, former resident of Worsop. Horace Tomlinson Private 47354 1/4 th Battalion KOYLI Born Tickhill 1885c The son of William Tomlinson of Misson and Ada Tomlinson of Westwood, Yorkshire Horace died 03.12.1917. Buried Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Belgium, Special Memorial (XI.A.O) -Prior to enlisting he was a carter on a farm in the Balby/Hexthorpe area, the same occupation as his father - Horace was living at 80 Furnival Road in Balby with his parents and five siblings as listed on the 1901 Census. Enlisted in Edlington. Walter Edward Turner Private 22243 6 th Battalion Dorset Regiment, formerly 22507 Hampshire Regiment. Born Tickhill 1885 Died 19 September 1918 Awarded the MM Commemorated on Panel 7 of the Vis-En-Artois Memorial between Arras and Cambrai. Enlisted in Winchester, former resident of Clapton, Essex. Prior to enlisting was a gold jeweller living at 155 Prescott Street in Birmingham.
William Whinfrey Private 1751 8 th Battalion, King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - William was born in Tickhill, the son of Councillor William Winfrey, vice-chairman of the Urban District Council and his wife Eliza of the Red Lion Hotel, who later moved to 23 Cliff Field Road, Meersbrook, Sheffield. The news of their son s death was sent by Private John Alderson of Castlegate a further letter came stating that he was killed by the bursting of a rifle grenade near him and he passed peacefully away before he could be conveyed to hospital. This was on the 28 th or 29 th of April 1916 and he was to be buried in the cemetery behind the firing line. Private Whinfrey enlisted among the first of Kitchener s men in the first week of September 1914 and went to the front on 28 August 1915. William is buried in the Albert Communal Cemetery Extension His grave reference is Plot I. Row C. Grave 25. Albert is situated 28 miles north-east of Amien, France. The original grave marker is pictured above courtesy of the Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries in 1916 the forerunner of the Imperial War Graves Commission which in turn was prior to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
William s Headstone in the Albert Communal Cemetery Extension. The inscription on the headstone reads - Semper Eadem Ever the Same. Charles Ramsay White Lieutenant-Colonel 3 rd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards - Charles Ramsay White was born on 11 May 1882, the third son of William K and Edith Laura White of Leahurst Tickhill. Prior to joining the Colours he was a keen sportsman and particularly fond of cricket, succeeding his brother Sir Archibald White as President of the Tickhill Cricket Club. Charles also played hockey for the Doncaster club. He had a distinguished military career, he was gazetted to the 3 rd Battalion of the Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment on 18 February 1900 and as a subaltern, he served through the South African campaign, winning the Queens medal and two clasps and the Kings medal and two clasps. When the Great War broke out he proceeded to France as a Captain with the 2 nd Battalion of his old regiment, the (Green Howard s), on 25 November 1914. In the heavy fighting at Neuve Chapelle, he was wounded and invalided home. On his recovery he joined the 6 th Service Battalion and went out to Egypt in 1915. Returning to the Western Front in 1916 where he took part in the fighting at Wonderwerk and at the Stuff Redoubt on the Somme. He also took part in the actions at Wytschaete, Poelcappelle and Paschendaele in 1917
three times mentioned in despatches he was also awarded the DSO, Bronze Star, Ordre de la Couronne and the Croix de Guerre (Belgie). In May 1918 he was again wounded and once more invalided home. He was then appointed to command of the 3 rd Battalion, Green Howard s on 06 June that year with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Charles Ramsay White taken ill on 31 March 1921 after being present at the Lincoln Handicap and at Aintree for the Grand National he died the same evening aged 39. His funeral took place at the Parish Church in Tickhill, on each side of the coffin marched an escort of the Green Howard s. After the funeral a regimental bugler sounded the last post at the graveside, followed by the Reveille. Charles White is buried with his mother in St Mary s Churchyard, Tickhill. A copy of the entry for Charles Ramsay White from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission is shown below they recognised him as a casualty of war but as yet his name is not on our War Memorial. Casualty Details Name: WHITE, CHARLES RAMSAY Initials: C R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Regiment/Service: Yorkshire Regiment Unit Text: 3rd Bn. Age: 39 Date of Death: 31/03/1921 Aw ards: DSO Additional information: Order of the Crow n and Croix de Guerre (Belgium). Son of the late William K. and Edith L. White. Served in the South African Campaign. Born at Tickhill,. Casualty Type: Commonw ealth War Dead Grave/Memorial In North-West part. Reference: Cemetery: TICKHILL (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD George White Gunner 14495 118 th Battery, 130 th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Died 19 February 1919 Buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, some 8 km south of Thessaloniki in Greece Grave reference 1631. Son of George White, a farm labourer from Tickhill.
Frank Woolas Private 9110 7 th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Frank was born in Hull, the son of Alfred and Mary Woolas of the Market Place, Tickhill. He had previously belonged to the Royal Navy but transferred to the Army at the outbreak of the war, joining the 7 th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment at Wisbech. Frank was killed in action at the Battle of Loos 0n 13 October 1915 aged 22 and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, panel 37 and 38, one of over 20,000 officers and men who have no known grave. On either side of the cemetery is a wall some 15 feet high, to which are fixed tablets on which are carved the names of those men commemorated. Frank s parents are buried in St Marys Churchyard the stone bearing an inscription to Frank. Information taken from the Doncaster Chronicle 05 November 1915, states that The bells at St Mary s church were muffled on Sunday and the Dead March was played on Sunday night after the service in memory of Frank Woolas. On Tuesday a memorial service was held and was well attended. The Tickhill Volunteer Corps marching to church from the Public Library.