Bradford At War
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Signallers on frontline faced unimaginable risks
11:19am Wednesday 27th August 2014 IN the photograph of the dozen uniformed men of the 6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Bradford Territorials) – the Signallers – the dead stare out of the past. New light shed on Keighley’s men of the Great War opening battles
11:39am Wednesday 27th August 2014 FAMILY members of the first men from Keighley to fight in the First World War have been lining up to provide fresh information to a local military history project. Our story of brothers in arms generates a sequel
11:13am Wednesday 10th September 2014 ON June 4 we published the story of the three Hill brothers - Archie, Lorrice and Hector - sent to us by Hector Hill, who lives in Settle, North Yorkshire. Heartbreaking story of Alvin’s path to war death
11:16am Wednesday 10th September 2014 THOUSANDS of British soldiers died at the hands of their comrades in so-called “friendly fire” incidents in the First World War. Veteran journalist Peter Rhodes tells the tale of a doomed Yorkshire regiment – and a feat of heroism that had to be hushed up How war denied Bradford the chance of a world boxing champ
11:21am Wednesday 8th October 2014 THE once-crowded Irish Roman Catholic quarter of Broomfields in East Bowling has long gone. But some of the families who grew up there live on — elsewhere. The falls and fortunes of two Eccleshill soldiers on the front line
11:37am Wednesday 22nd October 2014 THE stories of two soldiers from Eccleshill contrast the fortunes of war. Thomas Simpson Firth was killed at the great battle of Le Cateau in Belgium on August 26, 1914. At least 307 of Army’s own men were shot by firing squad
11:12am Wednesday 5th November 2014 DURING World War 1 the British Army shot at least 307 of its own men accused of various infringements against the 1916 Military Act. Veteran lucky to survive in ‘forgotten battalion’
11:15am Wednesday 5th November 2014 MRS Lillian Daglan, of Ravenscliffe, didn’t know much about her grandfather’s wartime service. All she knew about Private Arthur Dean of the West Yorkshire Regiment was that he was discharged in January 1919, receiving an elaborate certificate signed by King George V. Volunteers from Keighley rallied to defend their homes
6:24am Sunday 10th August 2014 WHILE the activities of Britain's Second World War Home Guard are well known, the units formed to guard British territory in the the First World War have gained less recognition. Help honour Bradford's WW1 heroes with new memorial to the Pals
6:32am Tuesday 5th August 2014 AN appeal has started to raise funds for a memorial to the Bradford Pals who fought and died at the Battle of the Somme. Britain and Continental powers slide inexorably towards conflict
7:38am Monday 4th August 2014 ON Thursday, January 1, 1914, the front page of the Yorkshire Observer morning newspaper, normally devoted to church notices and public announcements, carried a message from Bradford's Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress. Lord Mayor cautions against panic buying as war fever grips district
7:37am Monday 4th August 2014 THE day after Britain declared war on Germany, Bradford's Lord Mayor issued a statement urging the public to resist the temptation of panic buying. Residents kept informed by the press as events escalate
7:35am Monday 4th August 2014 WAR and the rumours of war were communicated principally by newspapers and magazines 100 years ago. There was no television, no state broadcaster such as the BBC. Four district soldiers honoured for gallantry with Victoria Crosses
7:27am Monday 4th August 2014 THERE were 628 Victoria Crosses awarded in World War 1. Four of them were won by soldiers with a Bradford connection: Sam Meekosha, Thomas Harold Broadbent Maufe, George Chafer and Bradford Park Avenue footballer Donald Simpson Bell - the only British professional footballer to win one in that war, although many footballers fought and died, some of them winning high honours. Territorials lead the way as first casualties reported
7:25am Monday 4th August 2014 BY August 5, hours after Britain's declaration of war,Territorials of the West Yorkshire Regiment were reporting for duty at Belle Vue Barracks, opposite Valley Parade, off Manningham Lane. Germans reassured before sentiment hardens across district
7:23am Monday 4th August 2014 On Friday, August 14, a small story appeared on an inside page of the Bradford Weekly Telegraph. It was a message of reassurance to that portion of Bradford's population of German origin. Bradfordians gather to see off the volunteers
7:20am Monday 4th August 2014 On Wednesday, September 16, just over five weeks since Britain's declaration of war on Germany had caused emotional scenes at Bradford's Midland railway station, an estimated 40,000 people gathered in various city centre locations. Families are left counting the cost as guns finally fall silent
7:32am Monday 4th August 2014 THE final shot, the last shell, the ultimate bayonet thrust took place before the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918; but those wounded and maimed in the Great War continued to die long afterwards. Woman join the production lines to keep wartime businesses going
7:29am Monday 4th August 2014 WITH thousands of men volunteering or, after 1916, conscripted to fight for King and country, the job of keeping the home fires burning as well as the wheels of industry turning, fell to women. Thousands of animals also paid ultimate price in frontline action
7:31am Monday 4th August 2014 WORLD War 1 didn't only involve human beings. The part played by animals - until the popularity of Michael Morpurgo's book War Horse and the film and the play of the same - has been overlooked. Instrumental role of military bands in First World War
5:51am Monday 4th August 2014 MILITARY bands played a crucial role in World War One, keeping up morale with their music and often doubling up as stretcher-bearers during battle. Huge contribution of Bradford Pals to World War One effort
5:59am Monday 4th August 2014 THE Bradford Pals were formed from bands of friends or colleagues from all walks of life, who volunteered to serve their country shoulder-to-shoulder. How Bert survived First World War shipwreck to be killed by disease
12:02pm Wednesday 30th July 2014 T&A reader Brian Holmans, who lives in Bingley, here recounts a story about his grandfather Bert Holmans who was killed in 1915 and lies buried in Alexandria. Life and death in First World War for four sons of Bradford newspaper boss
11:52am Wednesday 30th July 2014 ONE hundred years ago, when Bradford & District Newspapers had its head office at 53 Market Street, the manager of the organisation was Henry Casaubon Derwent, a man from Middlesborough, who came to Bradford in 1900 and remained for 27 years until his death at the age of 69. Slaughter on the Somme: One day when so many Bradford Pals died
5:58pm Wednesday 16th July 2014 Ninety-eight years ago this month, at 7am on a sunny Saturday morning in France, a whistle blew and thousands of British soldiers clambered out of their trenches and were mown down by German machine guns across the other side of no man's land. Former Bradford inspector tells of his uncles who served in Great War
5:50pm Wednesday 16th July 2014 PHILIP Balmforth, former Inspector with Bradford and West Yorkshire police, who has been following this weekly series, has a story to tell about two of his uncles who fought in World War1. Family received dreaded notices about their sons
9:37am Wednesday 4th June 2014 Three brothers, born in Huddersfield in the last decade of the 19th century, came to Bradford with their family (eight in all) some time before 1911. Had box been returned to family?
8:49am Wednesday 14th May 2014 In 2008, Judith Knaggs wrote a booklet about the 50 men of Menston-with-Woodhead who perished during the First World War. One of them was Reginald Herbert Butterfield, a private in the Cameroon Highlanders, 4th Battalion & 1st Battalion, who was the second son of William Priestley Butterfield and Mrs Annie Butterfield of Menston Hall. Under-age volunteer followed his two older brothers to war
8:47am Wednesday 14th May 2014 We have already seen in previous weeks that boys under the age of 18 who were determined to join the Army in 1914 either lied about their age, gave a false name, or in some cases did both. Why did soldier leave his family in Bradford after First World War?
9:53am Wednesday 7th May 2014 War, as we have seen on these pages over the last four months, affects soldiers in a variety of ways. The physical wounds they may suffer are mirrored by the mental wounds many bring back with them. ‘Invisible’ work of the Army Postal Service
8:50am Wednesday 23rd April 2014 Evidently, Dolly Lester was a conscientious youngster. One of 12 children, she lived with her family at Farfield Cottages, Addingham – her father, George, was Samuel Cunliffe Lister’s chauffeur – and wrote to First World War soldiers. Heartbreak as father loses his son in action
11:22am Wednesday 2nd April 2014 In November 29, 1918, after the war was over, Richard Armistead of Bingley wrote to the War Office yet again: “I know that promotion in the TF units has been altered since, but this does not help me forget that a young life, a magnificent specimen of humanity and one who really did not know what fear was, should have given his young life to his Country and should have been so grossly unfairly treated.” Recollections of a teenager in the trenches
8:47am Wednesday 26th February 2014 There are very few, if any, Bradford Pals volunteers alive today. But 33 years ago in August 1981 there were nearly 100, and the T&A chronicled many of their stories. A long journey home for the war wounded
8:41am Wednesday 26th February 2014 In 1927, eight years after John Edward Bowskill had been demobbed from the 5th Battalion of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, he began to suffer a fever. Hero’s homecoming for front-line rescuer Sam
10:28am Wednesday 12th February 2014 An abundance of photographs of Bradford VC Sam Meekosha has come to light in the back numbers of the Bradford Weekly Telegraph. Riots and rationing in Bradford district's wartime struggle for food
8:50am Wednesday 29th January 2014 The day after Britain declared war on Germany, Bradford’s Lord Mayor, Alderman John Arnold, just back from a Bank Holiday sojourn in Morecambe, issued a statement urging the public to resist panic buying. Vital role of soldiers’ war dog companions
8:39am Wednesday 29th January 2014 Such is the embedded image of the helmeted infantryman with rifle and bayonet, we tend to forget that the four and a half years of the First World War was not just about trench warfare. Poets paint a picture with words of First World War
10:47am Wednesday 22nd January 2014 It has been estimated that the First World War provoked the writing of 1.5 million poems. War pilot journalist Second Lieutenant Eric Cave is still remembered
10:51am Wednesday 22nd January 2014 On Friday, February 25, 1916, a two-paragraph notice appeared in the Bradford Weekly Telegraph announcing the death of Second-Lieutenant Eric A Cave of the Royal Flying Corps. Poignant play depicts use of horses in war
9:12am Wednesday 15th January 2014 In May 26 the National Theatre’s stage version of War Horse, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, starts a two-week run at the Alhambra. Campaigner’s call to resist support for war
9:42am Wednesday 8th January 2014 Yorkshire and Humber Green Party members have taken exception to the proposal for Lord Kitchener, Britain’s First World War military leader to be the new face on the £2 coin. A city torn between influence and honour
9:34am Wednesday 8th January 2014 For more than 80 years, from the early 1830s until 1914, people of German origin had been a feature of Bradford’s commercial, cultural and civic life. Lieutenant Harry's tales of heroism on the battlefield
9:22am Thursday 2nd January 2014 JIM GREENHALF on the Bradford soldier who rose through the ranks to lead his battalion to battle success in the First World War Europe under ‘dark cloud’ at New Year as tension builds
9:16am Thursday 2nd January 2014 On Thursday, January 1, 1914, the front page of the Yorkshire Observer morning newspaper, devoted to church notices and public announcements, carried a message from Bradford’s Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress. Help us tell tales of district at war
9:15am Thursday 2nd January 2014 2014 is a momentous year for historians, marking as it does the centenary since the beginning of the First World War.
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