This
page will take you to individual profile pages of some of the soldiers who
served with the 'Pals'. Contained therein, some of the pages detail actual
accounts of the conditions they endured. Some written by the men
themselves in letters home to their families.
The Leeds Pals Memorial web site is
continually being updated with newly researched profiles. Many of the
soldiers listed would not have been included had it not been for the help
of you the public. For that - we thank you.
However, we can never receive enough information and so if you have any
further knowledge or information relating to either the men listed here or
indeed any new information that you would like to see included, please contact
us.
Born
Leeds 1898. Joined Leeds Pals June 1915 Age 17.(Underage)
Herbert
trained as a machine gunner with the 19th (Reserve) Battalion.
He was sent then to France during April 1916. He survived the battle
of the Somme and in August 1916, was posted to the newly formed
Machine Gun Corps. During the early months of 1918, was seriously
wounded by a bullet in the neck......More
Born
Leeds. 24th January 1888
Died, Leeds 1961 Age 73
Harold
Gilliat, son of Arthur & Gertrude Gilliat of Allerton
Lodge, Moor Allerton, Leeds, was educated at Rugby school and
later Leeds university were he studied maths, physics, chemistry,
general engineering and dyeing.
On completing his education in 1908 worked in the family chemical
business of E.G. Jepson, Crown Point Road Leeds.
After the outbreak of war, age 26, he enlisted as a Private in
the "Pals" on the 9th of September 1914. Five months
later, on the 4th of February 1915, he was offered
and accepted a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant with
the 8th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (The Leeds
Rifles )...More
Born
6th November 1894 in Kirkheaton, Huddersfield.
Killed In Action: 1st July 1916
Robert
Huntriss Tolson, named after his Grandfather, a waistcoat
Manufacturer, was one of 6 sons and daughters of Mr Whiteley
and Mrs Jessy Tolson (nee Huntriss - died in 1904) of Oaklands,
Dalton, Huddersfield.He
was educated at Aysgarth, and King Williams School Isle of Man.
When war broke out was living with his wife Zoe at 78 Holly
Bank, Leeds, and working at Beckett’s Bank Leeds.
He
enlisted into the Public Schools battalion, as a Private. But
because of his education was soon given a Commission into the
Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.In
September 1915, he was transferred to the “Pals” whilst they
were at Ripon. He immediately became commander of
2 Platoon, 'A'company
where his Commanding Officer was Captain Phillip Horace Leyland
Mellor.....More
