NeilH

Aerospace Engineer specialising in Fatigue & Damage Tolerance analysis, amateur military historian & East Riding Yeomanry researcher/collector/author/obsessive

[NeilH @NeilArabia]

At last! My definitive history of the East Riding Yeomanry in 3 volumes is now available to buy! Life ambition achieved 👍

https://t.co/Hq0zsK2Ooc

#Forrard #ERY #EastRidingYeomanry

[NeilH @NeilArabia]

@BattlefieldBen @SeanDickens6 There are some quotes from his diary in my book 😉

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@SeanDickens6 @Dunkirk_Ships #Forrard #RIP Ray

[Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy]

In our next online talk, Neil Hutty will be speaking about the East Riding Yeomanry in the Great War. The talk will take place at 7.00pm on 23 June, and is free to members and non-members alike.
Details and registration at https://t.co/Df70JbcapU

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@JohnWestAuthor #Forrard

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Will they be able to eek out the aircraft until the replacement trainer enters service? Not sure....
https://t.co/YY6Jfd4gEf

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@BattlefieldBen John Dodgson Batty on the list at last #Forrard #LestWeForget

[British Normandy Memorial @britishmemorial]

The 99 'Lost' Names of Normandy: for the first time since its official opening, more names of servicemen who sacrificed their lives on D-Day and during the Battle of Normandy are engraved onto the Memorial.
The 99 men are aged 17 to 48 and represent all military services and include a number of nationalities who served under British command.

https://t.co/IEi2AOuLYy

[NeilH @NeilArabia]

@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising @CWGC Another but for you, from The Sketch in 1939

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@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising @CWGC 39093 Thomas Edward Beswick Sissons
Formerly Cadet Cpl, Rugby School Contingent, Junior Officer Training Corps commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 26th (East Riding Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps, 28th Jan 1928
Promoted Lt 28th Jan 1931
Promoted Capt 1st Nov 1938

[NeilH @NeilArabia]

@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising @CWGC Great photo as well 👍

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@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising @CWGC Noel Sissons?

[NeilH @NeilArabia]

@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising @CWGC Thanks, I'm always interested in ERY snaps! Rolls Royce Armoured car just in the shot at right. Annual camp 1937 was Windmill Hill on Salisbury Plain 19th June - 3rd July

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@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising @CWGC Nice, probably on camp too in the officer's mess tent

[NeilH @NeilArabia]

#OTD 15 April 1917 51488 Pte Clifford Pickard, 2/1st East Riding Yeomanry, died suddenly in hospital in Bridlington aged 18.  He had been called up only a month before.  He is buried in Bridlington Cemetery #Forrard #ERY #LestWeForget

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@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising @CWGC I'm trying to visit them all. At about 125 at the last count

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@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising I visited his grave last year at Hotton @CWGC

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@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising I'd love to see that photo! And the letter for my archive, if the family still have it

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@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising @JLeightonPhoto Here's what I write about it. It is great to clarify the story. He is officially listed as killed in action rather than died of wounds which led to some uncertainty as to his fate, as is the case for many of the Yeomen #LestWeForget #Forrard

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@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising That's great information, thanks! It does align with the account I have. I assume you've seen this picture before?

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@JLeightonPhoto @bea_johanssen @ithacarising Is there any evidence of his death in a German field hospital or is it a family story? I ask as I don't have a definitive account (there is an account in my book)