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In York Minster. With a date of October 1914 this plaque has to be one of the last ABW memorials.

I couldn't find anything online relating to the two cottage homes sold off, either where they were or if they're still standing.






Colonel E. C. Knox
Captain M. S. Wellby
Lieut. C. F. Cawston
".........F. E. C. Pilkington
Sergeant A. Batten
"..............J. Fidkin
"..............W. Leonard
"..............E. Makinson
"..............H. Webb
Lce Sergt C. Brockwell
"...............W. Howard
Corporal A. Brown
".............F. Faulkner
".............G. Hood
Lce. Corpl. H. S. Aldous
".................A. Arnold
".................R. Clarridge
".................C. Edmunds
".................B. Forrester
".................W. Gibbs
".................C. Gill
".................R. H. A. Hunter
".................J. McGinlay
".................J. Weir
".................A. Willis
Trumpeter C. Salmon
Private A. Baigent
"..........W. Baldwin

Private W. Birkett
"...........T. Birkenshaw - on the County of York memorial as T. Birkinshaw
"...........F. Birmingham
"...........E. Brooks
"...........W. Burton
"...........T. Bushell
"...........D. Caddis
"...........G. Clarke
"...........J. Collyer - on the Guildford memorial as W. J. Collyer
"...........C. Cooper
"...........W. Crouch
"...........P. Davis
"...........H. Dean
"...........A. Dineen
"...........J. Elton
"...........L. Gould
"...........J. Gray
"...........F. Green
"...........P. Grieve
"...........E. Grinham
"...........A. Hale
"...........A. Hall
"...........W. Halliday
"...........H. Harris
"...........E. Hart - Edward Hart, on the Roll of Honour of Jews, and possibly on the County of York memorial as Corporal E. Hart
"...........H. Hassum
"...........J. Holness
"...........J. Hurcom
"...........J. Langlands
"...........B. Leech
"...........H. Little
"...........W. Lock
"...........D. McEwan

Private J. McHardy
"...........C. Meakes
"...........A. J. Meredith
"...........T. Myles
"...........E. Nicholas - on the County of York memorial
"...........W. Nicholls
"...........E. Oakes
"...........A. Owen - on the County of York memorial
"...........G. Porter
"...........J. Pritchett
"...........P. Reid
"...........C. Stanton
"...........J. Shiels
"...........A. Shrubsole
"...........J. Simmons
"...........J. Summers
"...........W. Sparkes
"...........J. Shipley
"...........W. Talbot
"...........R. Taylor
"...........F. Tindle
"...........W. Tribe
"...........F. Ward
"...........W. Watson
"...........S. Webster
"...........W. Whitelock
"...........S. Willett
"...........E. Williams
"...........H. Woodley

Thanks for that Berenice.

The 18th Hussars are a particular interest of mine and I have in my collection the QSAs of Birkenshaw, Dineen, Grieve, McHardy, Owen, Porter and Woodley.

I also have the QSA of 4643 Pte. Walter Daniel Beatwell who was one of the two men (the other being 3049 Pte. Lionel James Bee) who were selected from 20 applicants to be housed in two cottages on a site presented by Colonel Marling in 1904 for the use of men incapacitated by wounds or disease in South Africa. These cottages were at Tidworth, Gloucestershire and their purchase or construction was funded by public subscription. Beatwell was invalided to pension after sustaining a gunshot wound to his upper right arm at Witpoort 14/10/1900. Bee was wounded near Middelburg 8/12/1900 and was also invalided to pension and died in 1944.

On the 1911 census Beatwell is shown as living with his wife and 5 children in Basildon so he couldn't have lived in the cottage very long. He died in 1961. I don't know whether or not the cottages are still standing.

David

I would never have guessed that the cottages were in Gloucestershire; I assumed they were in York. Glad I didn't go looking for them when I was in York!