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Surname: ROUTLEDGE
Forename(s): Thomas Kirkbride
Place of Birth: Cotherstone, Yorkshire
Service No: 230093
Rank: Trumpeter
Regiment / Corps / Service: Dorset Yeomanry (Queen’s Own), 1/1st
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Squadron
Division: 1st Mounted Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1918-06-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: N. 89.
CWGC Cemetery: JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: INGLETON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Kirkbride Routledge was the son of William James and Jane Routledge, née Kirkbride and brother of Private Herbert Douglas Routledge (P/8758) (q.v.). Their father was born at Bewcastle and mother at Newton Reigny, Cumberland.
1901 Newton Reigny Census: Cumberland: Thomas K. Routlidge, aged 8 years, born Bongate, Westmorland. [Thomas and his brother, William L. were living with their grandmother, Helen Mattinson, formerly Kirkbride, née Graham.]
1911 Poole, Dorset, Census: The Mews, Parr Street, Parkstone - Tom Routledge, aged 18 years, born Cotherstone, Yorkshire. [Tom was visiting Frank P. and Charlotte S. Barrett.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Tptr Thomas K. Routledge, 660, Dorset Yeo., 230093, C. of Hrs [Corps of Hussars]. Theatre of War first served in: (3) Egypt. Date of entry therein: 22.4.15. K. in A. 9.6.18.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Tptr Thomas K. Routledge, 660, 230093, Dorset Yeo. K. in A. 9.6.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Tptr Thomas Kirkbride Routledge, 1/1st Dorset Yeom. Date and Place of Death: 9.6.18. In action Egypt. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father and Grantee - William J. £60 15s. 7d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Thomas. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Jane Routledge. Relationship: Mother. Deceased. Dependant: William James Routledge. Relationship: Father. Address: Hollen [sic] Tree, Ingleton, Via Carnforth.
From June 1917 the 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry was part of the Yeomanry Mounted Division . The Yeomanry Mounted Division was redesignated as the 1st Mounted Division for a short time before it became the 4th Cavalry Division in July 1918.
A short biography of Thomas is included in: ‘The Ingleton War Memorial, 1914-18, 1939-45’ by Andrew Brooks (2005).
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:
ROUTLEDGE, Trumpeter T.K., [Ingleton], aged 24, Queen’s Own Dorsetshire Yeomanry, killed in action Palestine, June 9, 1918.
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Trumpeter Thomas Kirkbride ROUTLEDGE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Dorset Yeomanry (Queen’s Own), 1/1st
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 1st Mounted Division
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‘Greybird’
‘Greybird’ - Before the war Tommie worked as a groom for Miss Bagshawe at Thurland Castle near Tunstall, Lancashire. He was so well liked, that he was given Greybird, which he took to war
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William James and Jane Routledge
William James and Jane Routledge, née Kirkbride, the parents of Herbert Douglas and Thomas Kirkbride Routledge
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William James Routledge
William James Routledge, the father of Herbert Douglas and Thomas Kirkbride Routledge
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Silk Bookmark
Silk Bookmark in memory of Thomas Kirkbride Routledge
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Letter from the Imperial War Graves Commission
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Ingleton Cemetery
Family gravestone
Ingleton Cemetery
Family gravestone - detail of memorial inscription
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28 June 1918
Trumpeter T. K. Routledge, Ingleton
Mrs. Routledge, Hollin Tree, Ingleton, has received the unfortunate news that her son, Trumpeter Tom K. Routledge, Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry, was killed in action near Jericho on June 9th. He was 24 years of age, and had upwards of three years’ service at the Front to his credit. He was wounded in the Dardanelles affair. His father, Corporal W. J. Routledge, is serving in England, and he has three brothers serving in the Army, one of whom, Corporal H. D. Routledge, has been badly gassed and is now at home.
27 December 1918
ROUTLEDGE – December 22nd, at Ingleton, Elsie Routledge, aged 23 years.
[The above obituary refers to the sister of Private Herbert Douglas Routledge and Trumpeter Thomas Kirkbride Routledge]
27 December 1918
INGLETON – Obituary
For the second time within a few days three persons have been lying dead at the same time. On Sunday last Miss Elsie Routledge passed away at the early age of 23. She was formerly employed at the Co-operative Stores, where she gained the esteem and goodwill of all, and latterly as clerk at the Midland Railway Station. As a member of St. Mary’s choir her services were much appreciated, and her early demise is generally regretted. Some months ago her declining health became noticeable, and she went into a sanatorium at Ilkley, but all in vain, and she returned home only to die. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved parents. Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Routledge, Hollin Tree, have recently had more than their share of trouble. A few weeks ago one of their sons, Trumpeter T.E. [sic] Routledge, of the Dorset Yeomanry, was killed in action in Palestine, and another, Corporal H.D. Routledge, was badly gassed in France. He is now in a sanatorium at Ilkley and is in a very critical condition of health. An old volunteer with the long service medal, Mr. Routledge joined up when war broke out, and has four sons serving with his Majesty’s Forces…
[The above obituary refers to the sister of Private Herbert Douglas Routledge and Trumpeter Thomas Kirkbride Routledge]
06 June 1919
ROUTLEDGE – In loving remembrance of Trumpeter T. K. (Tommie) Routledge, 1st Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry, who was killed in action in Palestine on June 9th, 1918, in his 26th year.
One of the many to answer the call,
For those he loved he gave his all;
Somewhere afar in a soldier’s grave,
Lies our loved one amongst the brave.
Holling Tree, Ingleton.
11 June 1920
ROUTLEDGE – In loving remembrance of Trumpeter T. K. (Tommie) Routledge, 1st Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry, killed in action in Palestine, June 9th, 1918, in his 26th year.
One of the many to answer the call:
For those he loved he gave his all;
Somewhere afar in a soldier’s grave
Lies our loved one among the brave.
Hollin Tree, Ingleton.
10 June 1921
ROUTLEDGE – In loving remembrance of Trumpeter T. R. [sic] (Tommie) Routledge, 1st Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry, killed in action in Palestine, June 9th, 1918, in his 26th year.
One of the many to answer the call,
For those he loved he gave his all;
Somewhere afar in a soldier’s grave
Lies our loved one among the brave.
Hollin Tree, Ingleton.
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08 October 1915
INGLETON
WAR ITEMS – The roll of honour in the church porch now contains 154 names, the two latest recruits being Charles and William, sons of Mr. Abel Marklew, of Oakroyd, the former having joined the Royal Engineers, and the latter the King’s Own. Mr. Marklew’s youngest son recently joined the Royal Navy. The Ingleton National School Roll now contains 98 names. News has been received by Mrs. Routledge, Hollin Tree, Ingleton, that her son, Trumpeter Tom Routledge, of the 1st Queen’s Own Yeomanry, has been wounded by shrapnel in the back whilst on active service in the Dardanelles. He is at present in hospital in Cairo, and is reported to be progressing favourably. It is worth noting that Trumpeter Routledge is the youngest of three brothers on active service. His father, who has the long service medal as a Volunteer with the Territorial force, being at present with the reserves of the 6th Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). News has been received at Ingleton that Sergt. F. Hawcroft of the York and Lancaster Regiment has been wounded, he having been shot through one leg. He is at present in hospital at Northfield, near Birmingham, and is doing well considering the seriousness of his wound. He is the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. W. Mackay, cabinetmakers, Ingleton. During the weekend Privates C. Newsholme and A. Jowett, of the 6th Duke of Wellington’s and Private E. Capstick have been home on leave.
28 June 1918
ROUTLEDGE – Killed in action in Palestine June 9th, Trumpeter T.K. Routledge, of the Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Routledge, of Holden Terrace, Ingleton, aged 24.
28 June 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Trumpeter T.K. Routledge Killed
The toll of Ingleton soldiers continues, and it was with great regret that Ingleton received the news that Trumpeter Tommy Routledge, of the Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry, had been killed in action on June 9th near to Jericho. Trumpeter Routledge, who was 24 years of age, was the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Routledge, Hollin Tree, Ingleton, and is the youngest of four sons serving, whilst his father, an ardent Volunteer of old standing, although he has not been on active service, has been in the army since the outbreak of hostilities. The deceased young man, who was formerly a groom at Thurland Castle, has been out over three years without once being on leave. He was severely wounded in the Dardanelles and saw much active service in the early stages of the war with the troops engaged against the hostile Arabs. Latterly he has been through much severe fighting in Palestine, and at the time he met his death ought to have been enjoying his month’s leave as a time-expired man. As a youth he was very popular, and was a member of the St. Mary’s Church choir.
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