That’s interesting, anything of course is possible given the massive churn in men due injury, the base depots sent men wherever they were needed and with the manpower shortages in 1917/18 I imagine anything is possible…
At some point he may have been a ‘Green Howard’ he looks to be wearing a Yorkshire Regiment cap badge, can you confirm this?
Here is the second part of the Teesside Pioneers history from my YouTube channel, hope you like it. Part 1 is also below if you have not seen it too...
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I have just posted on my substack, about my uncle Arthur Allport and his exploits during WW2...check it out here substack.com/home/post/p-...
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Seems that Putin has instructed Farage to lay low for a while.
Chris would it be possible to reference this material as part of my history of the Teesside Pioneers aka 12 S Bn Yorks Regt
“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”
Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
WAKE UP, AMERICA!
Thanks Chris, you’re YouTube and book of the Lys battle was very helpful thanks as Teesside Pioneers were part of 40th Div. who as you know had the Portuguese to their right…
I’m looking for officer records for 12th Service Bn. Yorkshire Regiment, Teesside Pioneers, I think it might be better if I ask the Green Howard’s museum, rather than the TNA, it only occurred to me after you messaged, I’m trying to write a book about them, as my grandfather served with them in WW1.
Cheers Chris, will have to find an alternative method me thinks…
Chris are Officer records only at the NA and not digital, I am looking for several but nothing comes up on the genealogy sites…
From Middlesbrough via Gosforth, Cannock Chase, Aldershot, to France with 40th Div. Dug trenches and made roads until 15 Ravine then pain in Bourlon Wood, final tragedy on the Lys in 1918...cos my 'Grandad was a Green 'Oward' with the 12th(S)Bn. Yorkshire Regt.(Teesside Pioneers)...
Here you go Chris, currently struggling to write the story of the 'Teesside Pioneers'...ps got some good ideas from your Battle of the Lys video on YouTube, the 12th Yorks were part of the 'Forgotten Fourtieth' a one time Bantam Div. ended up with 2nd Portuguese Div. on their right flank...
Is that available on line at all, I have a particular interest in 40th Div. and it’s Pioneer Bn. as it was disbanded in May of 1918 due to casualties from the Lys battle.
I’m currently researching the Teesside Pioneers aka 12th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment, the Pioneers for 40th Div. not far off completing a presentation hopefully for my WFA Cleveland Branch, would love to think I could make a book from it…
Bought 15 pack of eggs for £2.39/$3.02 at Aldi today...very tasty and very very safe...No thanks to Edwina of course...Oh and went for a Health Review at my Doctors yesterday, no charge of course...
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A new post tonight…check it out you might enjoy it…
Labour are in a very difficult position. MSM has been very effective platforming Reform to allow them to spout their anti immigration rhetoric virtually unchallenged by statistical and factual information. Until we have serious press reform, this will continue. How to combat them effectively? Erm 🤔
Both,I currently have no place for my political position…
With Nigel Farage and Reform UK again calling for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights here is a reminder of why joining Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR is a very very very bad idea
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Was it tied round Elons kneck by any chance…keep up the good work, when they squeal then you’re being effective 👏👏🫶
Aye lad…it’s so cold in Yorkshire I nearly put my ghanzi on… but then t’sun cem out…nowt like Gods country tha knowas…
When are people going to realise Reform, are a business and business only exists to make money for its owners, Reform IS NOT A POLITICAL PARTY!!!
