Sunday 13 December 2015

York Middle East Project (YMEP)

York Middle East Project (YMEP)

YMEP is a new project, developing links between York, England and the Middle East.

See

  1. The York King's Book Middle East Project: www.tinyurl.com/KBMEP2016
  2. York's "Borders and Beyond in the Middle East" (BABITME) conference, 17-18 June 2016: www.tinyurl.com/BABITME




The Kings Book Middle East Project (KBMEP)


The Kings Book Middle East Project  (KBMEP)

S T O P   P R E S S ! !

Community History Workshop

just announced for 26 April in York. 
Everyone welcome!


1. York’s  “Kings Book of York Heroes” 
2. Yorkshire, WW1, Africa and the Middle East
3. WW1 and Pacifism 



You can come for 1, 2 or all 3 - whichever you prefer.

Venues and timings are provisional but are likely to be
1. Near Yorkshire Museum, 10-12.30
2. Same venue. 2-6
3. Yorkshire Museum, 7.30
Lunch & snacks will be provided. 
Details of (3) are  here. This will be free to those attending (1) or (2).

The aims of the day will be to

  • provide an introduction to major themes relating to the Kings Book and WW1 in the Middle East
  • introduce some community and academic research which has already been done in this area
  • discuss and develop future projects of community history research.

This day is being developed in association with the "BABITME" conference in York (17-18 June 2016), and is supported by the Centre for Hidden Histories. 


"BABITME" stands for "Borders and Beyond in the Middle East since 1914". The BABITME conference is in York next 17‑18 June  – see www.tinyurl.com/BABITME


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More about the Kings Book Project
The Kings Book lists 1447 Yorkies who died in WW1. 
Among these are 90 who fell in the Middle East.
They are listed at the foot of this blog.

We plan to research:
  • these 90 and their pals, and families then and today
  • the locations where they served and died
  •   “Other persons' histories”: Germans, Turks and others affected by the same events.
This will raise questions such as the following:
  • ·         What were they doing there, and why?
  • ·         What difference did it make?
  • ·         What about non-Brits in the area, then and now?
All of these are themes for York’s “BABITME” conference next 17‑18 June  – see www.tinyurl.com/BABITME

Scholarships available. If you or your history group might be interested, please contact jb43@york.ac.uk

Please keep in touch via www.tinyurl.com/KBMEP2016

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Borders  and  Beyond”  conference (BABITME)
York,  17-18  June  2016
Tell  your  friends  -  put  it  in  your  diary  now!

Free/reduced tickets for Local Groups.
Possible funding for local projects e.g. memorials and the Middle East, family memories, photos, artwork, …)

Details:    www.tinyurl.com/BABITME
             or email:               jb43@york.ac.uk
JOHN BIBBY




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WW1 Yorkies who fell in the Middle East – are any of them from your area?

ANDERSON
JOHN WILLIAM
07/01/1916
22
MESOP.
APPLEYARD
FREDERICK THOMAS
19/07/1917
37
MESOP.
BAILEY
GEORGE
14/10/1915
26
DARD.
BECKETT
GEORGE
03/05/1917
42
POONA, INDIA
BELL
CHARLES EDWIN
03/09/1917
35
SALONIKA
BRACKENBURY
HARRY
24/02/1917
32
PERSIAN GULF
BRYSON
DAVID BUCHANAN
06/08/1918
29
INDIA
CARLING
JOSEPH
07/01/1916
23
MESOPOTAMIA
CARTER
GEORGE HENRY
06/11/1917
31
PALESTINE
CHAPMAN
HARRY BELLWOOD
01/12/1918
24
SALONIKA
CLOAK
ERNEST
22/08/1915
20
DARD.
COATES
ALBERT
09/08/1915
22
DARD.
CROSBIE
ALBERT
28/01/1918
25
DARD
CURRAN
ERNEST ANTHONY
08/08/1916
23
KUT-EL-AMARA, MESOP.
DAWSON
JOHN WILLIAM
31/10/1916
20
BALKANS
DELAINE
FREDERIC
27/10/1918
27
SALONIKA
DITCHBURN
FRED
26/01/1918
24
SALONIKA
DUFFIN
THOMAS HOWARD
29/11/1915
18
CAIRO
ELLIKER
ALFRED JOHN
25
MESOP.
FOSTER
WALTER HENRY
07/04/1918
31
GERM.E. AFRICA
FREE
JOSEPH
01/10/1918
33
EGYPT
FREER
JAMES
26/07/1918
21
ALEXANDRIA
GOODRICK
FRANK
09/08/1916
35
EGYPT
GREEN
CHARLES
29/09/1915
25
BURA, GEA
HAINES
FRED
21/08/1915
36
GALLIP.
HARDY
SYDNEY EDWARD JAMES
20/10/1916
28
SALONIKA
HARRIS
CHARLES
29/09/1916
45
INDIA
HETHERTON
ALEXANDER
14/11/1916
21
CAIRO
HICK
ARTHUR
22/08/1915
24
GALLIP.
HOCKLEY
GEORGE WILLIAM
27/06/1917
23
MOSSOUL
HODGSON
EVELINE MARY
21/12/1918
43 GH SALONIKA
HODGSON
JAMES WILLIAM
23/08/1918
27
MESO.
HODGSON
THOMAS ARTHUR
27/12/1917
25
ADEN
HODGSON
JOHN EDWARD
05/11/1918
44
DEDEAGATH, BULGARIA
HOWARD
JOHN THOMAS
03/05/1915
25
GALLIP.
HOWIE
JOHN WILSON
26/04/1919
34
ROUSTCHOUK, BULGARIA
HUNT
JAMES
03/05/1915
21
GALLIP.
HUTTON
GEORGE WILLIAM
19/06/1916
29
BASRA
JALLAND
STEPHEN
09/08/1915
26
CHOC. HILL, GALLIP.
KENNEDY
JOHN THOMAS
22/08/1915
40
GALLIP.
LATTO
LINDSAY ROBERT JOSEPH
23/04/1917
27
MESOPOTAMIA
LAWN
JOHN WILLIAM
08/08/1916
37
ALEXANDRIA
LEA
LAWRENCE
07/11/1915
22
EN ROUTE GALLIP.
LEE
HENRY
24
ON MARCH FROM KUT AL MARA
LEEDER
SYDNEY HERBERT
07/12/1915
33
BALKANS
LONGFELLOW
GODFREY DENIS
20/08/1920
23
CALCUTTA
MANN
JOSEPH WILLIAM
21/08/1915
20
GALLIP.
MARSHALL
RONALD
20/01/1916
19
MUDROS
MARSHALL
RONALD
20/01/1916
19
MUDROS
MCFARLANE
WILLIAM
01/01/1919
45
CAIRO
MCKENZIE
ALBERT
08/08/1915
28
GALLIP.
METCALFE
ALFRED
22/08/1915
18
GALLIP.
MORRILL
OLIVER JAMES
05/11/1917
20
PALESTINE
MOUNTAIN
ALBERT
13/03/1919
33
EGYPT
NICHOLSON
GEORGE
25/09/1917
39
MINGOYO, E. AFRICA
OUTHWAITE
EDWARD HALL
10/10/1918
25
CAIRO
OXLADE
EDWARD
06/08/1915
28
GALLIP.
PASSMAN
HARRY
21/09/1915
45
MOMBASA, E. AFRICA
PASSMAN
EDWIN
26/08/1917
39
BASRA
PEAT
RONALD
02/11/1917
24
GAZA, PALESTINE
PFLUGER
FRANK HILL
15/04/1917
27
ADRIATIC SEA
PLOWS
GEORGE
19/09/1918
20
EGYPT
POWELL
NORMAN BURTON
15/12/1916
27
MEOSOP.
RANDERSON
ROBERT
06/08/1915
24
GALLIP.
RATHMELL
WALTER
04/05/1915
25
GALLIP.
RODELL
HARRY
13/02/1919
23
EGYPT
ROWAN
WILLIAM
01/11/1918
19
ASPRA
SAWDON
GEORGE WILLIAM
14/10/1918
41
RAMELAH, PALES.
SHARP
WILLIAM STOWE
09/06/1915
26
ACHI BABA, GAL.
SIDDLE
ERNEST A.J.
26/09/1915
37
GALLIP.
SIMPSON
ALWYN JAMES
29/09/1919
20
EL RIMAL, EGYPT
SKELLY
TOM
30
BULGARIA
SKELTON
CECIL HAROLD
28/04/1915
17
DARDANELLES
SLIMMON
THOMAS
22/08/1915
41
DARDANELLES
SMITH
ROBERT RONALD TATE
24/02/1918
28
LASSASI, G.E.A.
SMITH
THOMAS
08/06/1918
39
PALESTINE
SPENCE
HENRY
26/06/1915
21
GALLIP.
STEAD
TOM
13/10/1915
31
GALLIP.
STEWART
JOHN
18/09/1918
30
SALONIKA
TALBOT
JAMES EDWARD
26/07/1916
38
SALONIKA
TATE
WILLIAM HUME
11/10/1918
26
SALONIKA
TROTTER
ALICK DUNBAR
18/09/1918
23
PIP RIDGE, BALKANS
WARD
FRANK
26/11/1918
18
MESOP.
WARD
FRANCIS RICHARD
31/12/1917
25
E. MED.
WAUD
WILLIAM ALFRED
19/02/1917
23
MESOP.
WEBSTER
THOMAS PEARSON
03/09/1917
29
SALONIKA
WEBSTER
WILLIAM HALDER
08/08/1915
22
GALLIP.
WHELDON
ALBERT VICTOR
26/09/1918
31
BAGHDAD
WINWOOD
THOMAS
26/10/1917
27
E. AFR.
Thanks for support from: Ken & Linda Haywood’s “City of York World War 1 Index”; York St John University and ‘BABITME’ conference (17-18 June 2016); York Local History Societies.