RhubarbJayde Posted 11 March Share Posted 11 March I’m doing a research project on soldiers of the First World War and have chosen Arthur H.B. Shipley. He was born in Hertfordshire and lived in Pontefract, Yorkshire. He joined up to the Royal Fusiliers, served in Gallipoli, Egypt and then the Somme. Can y’all find anything about this guy? There’s a tiny bit of stuff on the Imperial War Museum, Commonwealth War Graves Commission and a little bit more on some archive for the Wakefield district in particular. Nothing on Roll of Honour, and the only thing I could find on the National Archives was paywalled. I’ve attached the only photo I could find of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhubarbJayde Posted 11 March Author Share Posted 11 March Oops, forgot to attach the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 11 March Admin Share Posted 11 March Welcome to the forum. The cap and collar badges in the photo are that of Alexandra Princess of Wales Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) not Royal Fusiliers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 11 March Admin Share Posted 11 March Medal Index Card ©️ Ancestry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhubarbJayde Posted 11 March Author Share Posted 11 March Thanks for the welcome! Those index cards look helpful. I’m currently taking a look at the Green Howards on the Long, Long Trail. The aforementioned Wakefield archive has a photo of his parents’ headstones, where he’s mentioned too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historyfan3 Posted 11 March Share Posted 11 March Articles surrounding Shipley. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19161009/118/0005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhubarbJayde Posted 11 March Author Share Posted 11 March Cool. Other articles from the British Newspaper Archive show that he was commissioned on 28 November, 1914. They also have this (admittedly, low-res) photo of him. I wonder if it’s the same as the other photo of him, but just flipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawhiri Posted 11 March Share Posted 11 March Arthur Hammond Butler Shipley, commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 18 November 1914, simply as an infantry officer, no specific regiment mentioned. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28980/supplement/9519 According to the CWGC website, he was serving with A Company of the 6th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment at the time of his death. As his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, he has no known grave. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1552582/arthur-hammond-butler-shipley/ The relevant war diaries for the 6th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment while in France can be downloaded for free from the National Archives after first registering for an account. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7352618 Note that the earlier war diaries covering the service of this battalion while at Gallipoli can be found on Ancestry. As he was an officer, there's a good chance you will find some mentions of his name in the war diaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhubarbJayde Posted 11 March Author Share Posted 11 March Thank you! This is all very helpful. It’s weird that his index card states that he died on 24 September 1916, but all other sources say it was the 27th (and if he did fight in the Battle of Thiepval Ridge, which began 26 September, it must be the latter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 11 March Share Posted 11 March 23 minutes ago, RhubarbJayde said: It’s weird that his index card states that he died on 24 September 1916, but all other sources say it was the 27th I think the MIC reads 27.9.16 - just a fancy old-fashioned 7 that in some ways rather looks like a 4 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Hammond Butler SHIPLEY. Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) His officer's service papers are at TNA [unfortunately not digitised so a visit or the commissioning of a researcher will be necessary] https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1055501 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 13 March Share Posted 13 March From the work of the late Bob Coulson on officers of the Yorkshire Regiment Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhubarbJayde Posted 13 March Author Share Posted 13 March Oh, great. A lot of stuff I didn’t know there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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