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Surname: HESELTINE
Forename(s): Matthew
Place of Birth: Newbiggin, Yorkshire
Service No: 20348
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 Thomas and Mary Jane Heseltine, née Falshaw. Thomas was born at Newbiggin and Mary at West Witton, Yorkshire. Matthew was the cousin of Private Matthew Heseltine (20349) (q.v.).
1901 Newbiggin, Yorkshire Census: Matthew Heseltine, aged 6 years, born Bishopdale, Aysgarth, Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Mary Jane Heseltine.
1911 Newbiggin, Yorkshire Census: Matthew Heseltine, aged 16 years, born Bishopdale, Yorkshire, son of Mary Jane Heseltine, widow.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Matthew Heseltine, 20348, 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, 20348, 6/York. R. Dead.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Matthew Heseltine, 20348, 6th Bn Yorkshire. Date and Place of Death: 14.9.16. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and Sole Legatee - Mary J. £11 1s. 5d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Matthew. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Mary Jane Heseltine. Relationship to soldier: Mother. Address: Newbiggin, Aysgarth, Yorks.
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).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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View Craven Herald Articles
View Craven Herald Articles
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.
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