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Surname: HESELTINE
Forename(s): Matthew
Place of Birth: Thoralby, Yorkshire
Service No: 20349
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1916-09-14
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: AYSGARTH, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: THORALBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Matthew Heseltine was the son of Matthew and Margaret Heseltine, née Dinsdale. Matthew, senior, was born at Newbiggin and Margaret at Low Row, Yorkshire. Matthew, junior, was the cousin of Private Matthew Heseltine (20348) (q.v.).
1901 Thoralby, Yorkshire Census: Swinea [sic] Cote - Matthew Heseltine, aged 7 years, born Thoralby, son of Matthew and Margaret Heseltine.
1911 Thoralby, Yorkshire Census: Swina Cote - Matthew Heseltine, aged 17 years, born Swina Cote, Yorkshire, son of Matthew and Margaret Heseltine.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Matthew Heseltine, 20349, York. R Theatre of War first served in: 2B [Balkans]. Date of entry therein: 28.9.15. Dec'd.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Matthew Heseltine, 20349, 6/York. R. Dead.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Matthew Heseltine, 20349, 6th Bn Yorkshire Rgt. Date and Place of Death: 14.9.16 in action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Sister and Sole Legatee - Jane E. Simpson. £19 9s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Matthew not found.
A short biography of Matthew is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).
Photograph courtesy of Keith Taylor.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Matthew HESELTINE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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06 October 1916
HAWES – REPORTED DEATH OF TWO BISHOPDALE SOLDIERS: A Lamentable Coincidence
Pte. Matthew Heseltine, Yorkshire Regiment, fourth son of the late Thomas Heseltine, Newbiggin, near Aysgarth, has been reported killed in action on September 16th. He enlisted in February 1915 before he was 20 years of age and served in the Dardanelles before being transferred to France.
A remarkable coincidence has occurred in the reported death in action of another Pte. Matthew Heseltine, Yorkshire Regiment, fourth son of the late Matthew Heseltine, Thoralby, and cousin to the named soldier.
Both enlisted on the same day, were in the same regiment, kept together nearly all the time and were killed together. Singularly both belonged to a family of 10, four of whom were boys and six girls.
13 October 1916
HESELTINE – Killed in action in France, September 14th 1916, Pte. Matthew Heseltine, Yorkshire Regiment, aged 22, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Heseltine, Swina Cote Farm, Thoralby.
14 September 1917
HESELTINE – In ever loving memory of Private Matthew Heseltine, A.P.W.O Yorkshire Regiment, youngest son of the late Matthew Heseltine, of Swina Cote, Thoralby, killed in action on September 14th 1916.
“Memory keeps our dear one near us.”
From his Sisters and Brothers.
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