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Troopers Cochrane and Tomkinson were later reinterred in St. Desir War Cemetery together with Trooper Barton. 4/4 #Forrard #lestweforget

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"... was completely burned out–it was the worst brew I’d seen. The hull crew did not get out–Tompkinson (sic) & Cochrane. The turret 3 did... I returned to the scene in a few days; the padre & I buried all we could find of Tompkinson & Cochrane in a corner of the same field in which they’d died” 3/4

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Cpl Boughton &Troopers Batty & Barton escaped the turret, but Barton was killed as he bailed out. Trooper Batty later died of his wounds. The driver & co-driver, Troopers Cochrane and Tomkinson, did not escape. Lt Pratt later wrote “I do remember August 20th 1944. Corporal Boughton’s tank..." 2/4

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NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#OTD 20 Aug 1944 4542203 Trooper Robin Cochrane, ‘A’ Sqn, East Riding Yeomanry was killed in action near Lisieux when his tank was hit by a Panzerfaust. 1/4

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The latest addition to my East Riding Yeomanry collection, a WW2 Military Medal group in presentation frame, has gone on display today at Burton Constable Hall as part of their ongoing exhibition #Forrard

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NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

1st August 2026 is Yorkshire Day, and 2026 also marks 70 years since the formation of the Queen's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry through the Amalgamation of the East Riding Yeomanry, Yorkshire Dragoons and Yorkshire Hussars #Yorkshire #YorkshireDay #Forrard

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10/10 After the war Lt. Mitchell discovered his tank in a Normandy scrapyard. The crew were buried together in Hermanville War Cemetery. #Forrard #LestWeForget

9/10 “I heard my driver screaming... I thought I might be able to open the hatch from outside, however as soon as I tried to stand I realised my knees were too badly damaged.”

8/10 “For a second I spat out pieces of a broken front tooth and looked at the strips of burnt skin on the backs of my hands; I had seen tanks which had been hit and then exploded, and decided I had better move away fast.

7/10 “Simultaneously, the loose ammunition on the floor of the turret exploded and a sheet of flame shot past me. Somehow, I pushed myself out of the turret and fell to the ground beside the tank, but with the tank between me and the sniper.

6/10 “The next shot, within a few seconds of the first rifle shot, was a hollow charge shell from the Panzerfaust. This penetrated the turret and must have killed the wireless operator and gunner instantly. As I was standing on the commander’s seat I was that much higher, and was hit in both knees.

5/10 “This moment’s hesitation proved to be fatal. I did not know then that the shot had come from a sniper mounted some ten feet high in one of the many trees on the other side of the hedge, and that perched beside him was another German with a Panzerfaust.

4/10 “Unfortunately, I had forgotten to load it before we set out, and I reckoned that if I popped my head and shoulders out to pull the belt through, my riflemen would have a second shot at me, and this time, might not miss.

3/10 “I stopped for a moment alongside a tall hedge to try and get my bearings. Hardly had I stopped when a rifle bullet zipped past me, hitting the turret just in front of my cupola. I remember ducking down, and my gunner suggesting I turn my turret Besa (sic) in the direction of the shot.

2/10They were killed when their tank “Hell Fire Baby” was knocked out by a panzerfaust strike to the turret. The commander, Lt. 121743 John Antony Roy Mitchell, who was badly wounded, left a harrowing account of the action:

NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

1/10 #OTD 8 Jul 1944 7949996 Trooper Albert John Cecil May, #EastRidingYeomanry, was killed in action at Galmanche during Op ‘Charnwood’, alongside his crewmates 14402597 Tpr Philip Pope Hodkinson and L/Cpl 4547466 Herbert Hotckin.

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Honouring #ReservesDay2026 today-recognising the dedication of those who serve alongside their civilian life. As a former reservist myself, I know the commitment it takes. Proud too to mark 70 years this year since the Queen's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry was formed in 1956 #Forrard

Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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Last chance sign up for tonight's online talk, with Neil Hutty speaking about the East Riding Yeomanry in the Great War. Starts at 7.00pm, free to members and non-members alike. Details and registration at: my.demio.com/ref/AuWBo2U4...

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Still time to sign up for our next online talk, with Neil Hutty 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 my.demio.com/ref/AuWBo2U4...

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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 my.demio.com/ref/AuWBo2U4...

NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Great news; amongst the names that were previously missing is that of 7941782 John Dodgson Batty, East Riding Yeomanry, who was wounded in Normandy but died in the UK and is buried in Leeds. I visited his grave in 2021. #Forrard #LestWeForget www.britishnormandymemorial.org/news-story/t...

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NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

#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

NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It's #worldbookday2026 today and I can't believe it's only a been year since I first received the proof copies of my 3-volume history of the East Riding Yeomanry... available from Leonaur Books if you fancy a read!

NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Such transfers were usually due to ill health or wounds. The Labour Corps was often treated as a “2nd class” unit, so men who died are remembered under their original regt. #Forrard #LabourCorps 3/3

NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

John was a master painter/decorator before enlisting in the East Riding Yeomanry, no. 2385, on 29 Oct 1915. He served with the ERY in Palestine before being transferred to the Labour Corps. 2/3

NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

#OTD 3 Mar 1919 — 548220 Pte John Albert Shaw, 809 Area Employment Coy, Labour Corps, died of acute bronchitis & cardiac failure at St John’s VAD Hospital (Newland School for Girls, Cottingham Rd, Hull). He was just 29, leaving his widow Maud. #LestWeForget 1/3

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Taffy’s canvas collecting nose bag is part of my collection of ERY memorabilia and is on display at Burton Constable Hall as part of my ERY exhibition. #InternationalWarAnimalsDay #Forrard 7/7

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The fund raised £135,000 and the government contributed a further £150,000 to rebuild the RVC’s campus in Camden, home to the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital. The Hospital remains in operation today. 6/7

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In 1934 Taffy was one of 24 WW1 war horses paraded in great honour at the International Horse Show Olympia. These horses toured the country, attending village fairs, fetes and other events collecting donations in their nose bags for the Royal Veterinary College’s 250,000,000 Farthing Fund. 5/7

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Taffy spent his post-war years at Brough & Hessle, & died in 1938. Taffy seems to have been 1 of only 2 ERY horses to come back from the Middle East - when the regiment was converted into a machine gun battalion in 1918 most of the horses were passed to the Indian Cavalry who replaced them. 4/7

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After the end of the war he was bought for 50s by the Regiment’s Veterinary Officer, Captain Frank Bradley MRCVS, and shipped back to the UK via a barge from Beirut to Haifa, thence by rail to Alexandria where he was shipped to London. Total cost was £112. 3/7

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Taffy, a Welsh Cob, was mobilised as a Veterinary Pack Pony with the ERY in August 1914 and went to Egypt with the Regiment in 1915, taking part in the Western Desert Campaign in 1916 and the Palestine of 1917, and later in the Syrian campaign of 1918. 2/7

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NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

February 24 marks International War Animals Day. Horses of course played a central role in the history of the East Riding Yeomanry, a cavalry regiment, but donkeys, mules & camels were also used to transport food, water, ammunition & casualties. The story of one ERY animal stands out – Taffy. 1/7

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Sadly his brother, Cpl 208569 Alfred Ernest Euden, Inland Waterways and Docks HQ, Royal Engineers, died of influenza in the Shirley Warren Auxiliary Hospital Southampton 6 Jan 1919 They are buried together with a rather unusual dual headstone in Ramsgate Cemetery. #Forrard #LestWeForget 2/2

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NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

#OTD 16 Feb 1918 Pte 93881 Edward Walter Euden, 2/1st East Riding Yeomanry died aged 19. He joined the ERY in October 1917 following his father and three brothers into the army He was the son of George William and Elizabeth Euden of 70 Boundary Road, Ramsgate 1/2

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NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I'll be giving a talk at Burton Constable Hall (who are exhibiting my East Riding Yeomanry collection again this year) in a couple of weeks telling the story of the Regiment via 15 objects #Forrard

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NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

2026 is the National Year of Reading, a UK-wide campaign led by the Dept for Education & National Literacy Trust, designed to help more people rediscover the joy of reading, so why not plug my History of the East Riding Yeomanry, available from Leonaur.com! #GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026

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NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

#OTD 22 January 1879 the Battle of Rorke's Drift took place, immortalised in the film Zulu. I was fortunate enough to visit the site, and that of the nearby Battle of Isandlwana, in 2003.

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NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

After training he was transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment, joining the 7th Battalion in France 23 Oct 1917 He was son of John Young Byers & Anna Kate Byers, of 22nd Floor, 195 Broadway, New York, possibly the location of the British Consulate in NYC. #Forrard #Lestweforget #EastYorkshire

NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

#OTD 21 Jan 1918 29534 Pte Bernard Robinson Byers died of gunshot wounds to his arms & chest, sustained on 3 Jan, at No 6 General Hospital Rouen Bernard, a bank clerk from Newcastle, was called up 9 Sept 1916 & mobilised 6 Mar 1917 when he was posted to the 2/1 East Riding Yeomanry (no 30762) 1/2

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

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Despite its seemingly consistent style, Burton Constable near Hull boasts a rich and complicated architectural history. The manor was acquired in the thirteenth century by the Constable family, the oldest surviving part, Stephen’s Tower, dates back to King Stephen’s reign in 1/3

View of the east façade and main entrance of Burton Constable Hall, showing a long red-brick frontage with stone dressings, symmetrical windows, corner towers and a central doorway, approached by a straight gravel drive across a wide lawn.

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NeilH @eryneil.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Another exciting year ahead for my East Riding Yeomanry endeavours #Forrard

If you are interested to learn more about the East Riding Yeomanry in WW1 then my book, The History of the East Riding Yeomanry – Volume 1 – Wenlock’s Horsemen is available now from Leonaur Books www.leonaur.com 5/5

His father, William Henry Joshua Goldie, was a regular soldier with the 3rd Hussars who served as a Permanent Staff Instructor (Sqn Sgt Maj) with the ERY 1902-1914. On retirement he was commissioned in the Regt as Quartermaster & Hon Lt, later taking a full commission 4/5

His Memorial Plaque or ‘death penny’, awarded to his next of kin, is in my ERY collection, which is on display at Burton Constable Hall. #Forrard #lestweforget 3/5

Born in Ireland but a native of Hull, Henry joined the East Riding Yeomanry in 1915. After serving with the 2/1 ERY Henry was transferred to the MGC(Cavalry). He is buried in Ramleh @cwgc.bsky.social Cemetery & remembered on the Hull Grammar School memorial 2/5