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Surname: EMSLEY
Forename(s): Bertie Philip
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 67378
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Battalion / Unit: 'A' Coy 2/2nd (City of London) Battalion
Division: 58th (2/1st London) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-10-26
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 28 to 30.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EMBSAY-WITH-EASTBY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON – ERMYSTED’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Bertie Philip Emsley (born 1 January 1896) was the son of Major Wilkins and Clara Emsley, née Phillip. Major was born at Hartlington and Clara at Embsay, Yorkshire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 31, High Street - Bertie P. Emsley, aged 5 years, born Skipton, son of M.W. and Clara Emsley.
1911 Embsay, Yorkshire Census: Rockwood House, Cragg View, Embsay - Bertie Emsley, aged 15 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Major and Clara Emsley.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Bertie P. Emsley, GS/67378, 2/Lond., R. Fus.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Bertie Philip Emsley, GS/67378, 2/2 Lond. R., Royal Fusiliers. Theatres of war in which served: 1a [France and Belgium] 30.7.17. to 26.10.17. D.P. 26.10.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Bertie Philip Emsley, 67378, 2/2 Lon: from R. Fus. Date and Place of Death: On or since 26.10.17. France, death pres. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Major Wilkins. £6 4s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Bertie not found.
1914-1918 – Prisoners of the First World War – ICRC Historical Archives: Card(s) exist for Bertie . Name on card(s): Miss N. Emsley, (sis) 31, High St., Skipton in Craven, Yorks.
Bertie is commemorated in the 'Service Roll of Martins Bank'.
Short biographies of Bertie are included in:
‘A Grammar School at War – The Story of Ermysted’s Grammar School during the Great War’ by Steven Howarth (2007).
‘Though lost to sight to memory ever dear – Embsay-with-Eastby First World War Roll of Honour’ by Jane Lunnon, David Turner, Chris Lunnon (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
ADDITIONAL
EMSLEY, Bertie Phillip [sic], 26th October, 1917.
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Private Bertie Philip EMSLEY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 58th (2/1st London) Division
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Bertie Philip Emsley, from a school photograph
Courtesy of Ermysted’s Grammar School Archive
Bank of Liverpool & Martins Limited War Memorial at Barclays Bank, Water Street, Liverpool
The identical memorial that was at the Skipton and other branches are lost
Courtesy of David Hearn (War Memorials Online project)
View Craven Herald Articles
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30 November 1917
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Mr. M. W. Emsley, grocer, High Street, Skipton, received an official intimation yesterday that his eldest son, Private Bert Emsley, was reported missing since towards the end of October. He has been out in France several months. We hope that later news will be more reassuring.
15 February 1918
MISSING SKIPTON SOLDIER
Private Bertie Philip Emsley, of the London Fusiliers, eldest son of Mr. M. W. and Mrs. Emsley, High Street, Skipton, has been missing on the Western Front since October 20th last. He joined up last year after being several times rejected on medical grounds, and after a short training went over to France. The parents, and the many friends of Private Emsley, are anxious to have news of him, and we pen these few lines in the fervent hope that they may catch the eye of some soldier who is, or has been, serving in the fighting line and who can throw some light on the whereabouts of the missing soldier. The C.O. of the regiment, in a letter a few days ago, said visits had been paid to the hospitals in the district, but no trace of Private Emsley could be found. The hope is that he is a prisoner of war. If anyone can give information, it would be gratefully received by the parents.
16 August 1918
WOUNDED AND MISSING – GLIMMER OF HOPE
Mr. and Mrs. Emsley, High, Street, Skipton, are hoping that an intimation in last Friday’s ‘Yorkshire Post’ will bring them good news of their son, Private Bertie Emsley, formerly in the employ of the Bank of Liverpool at Skipton, who has been missing for many months, and concerning whose fate no information of a decisive character has been received. Writing from Parchim, Germany, Sergeant C. F. Mallett of Bradford, who is interned there stated that among other men from Bradford and district who are unwounded prisoners of war is “Bennie” Emsley. It is hoped that the Christian name is a misprint for Bertie, by which name Private Emsley was popularly known amongst his many friends. The lad’s parents are in communication with the authorities on the point, and we hope the result will be reassuring.
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