NeilH
@eryneil.bsky.social
Aerospace Engineer specialising in Fatigue & Damage Tolerance analysis, amateur military historian and East Riding Yeomanry researcher/collector/author/obsessive
Another East Riding Yeomanry grave bagging trip today around the Riding...
Maj. Clive Wilson DSO, Kirkella
Sgt. Maj. Wilkinson Brown DCM, 1st Royal Dragoons (ERY Permanent Staff RSM), Beverley
Pte Clifford Pickard, Bridlington
#Forrard #lestweforget
Maj. Clive Wilson DSO, Kirkella
Sgt. Maj. Wilkinson Brown DCM, 1st Royal Dragoons (ERY Permanent Staff RSM), Beverley
Pte Clifford Pickard, Bridlington
#Forrard #lestweforget
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Another East Riding Yeomanry grave bagging trip today around the Riding...
Maj. Clive Wilson DSO, Kirkella
Sgt. Maj. Wilkinson Brown DCM, 1st Royal Dragoons (ERY Permanent Staff RSM), Beverley
Pte Clifford Pickard, Bridlington
#Forrard #lestweforget
Maj. Clive Wilson DSO, Kirkella
Sgt. Maj. Wilkinson Brown DCM, 1st Royal Dragoons (ERY Permanent Staff RSM), Beverley
Pte Clifford Pickard, Bridlington
#Forrard #lestweforget
He is also remembered on the Howden War Memorial, the City and Midland Bank Memorial in London & the memorial in St Mary’s Church, Kirby Fleetham (where his parents resided at the time of his death)
#Forrard #LestWeForget 3/3
#Forrard #LestWeForget 3/3
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
He is also remembered on the Howden War Memorial, the City and Midland Bank Memorial in London & the memorial in St Mary’s Church, Kirby Fleetham (where his parents resided at the time of his death)
#Forrard #LestWeForget 3/3
#Forrard #LestWeForget 3/3
He was 23 years old & the son of Thomas & Rosamond Burgess, of Eastfield House, Pickering, East Yorks & enlisted 7 Sept 1914. He worked at the Howden Branch of the Midland Bank.
He is buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
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He is buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
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November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
He was 23 years old & the son of Thomas & Rosamond Burgess, of Eastfield House, Pickering, East Yorks & enlisted 7 Sept 1914. He worked at the Howden Branch of the Midland Bank.
He is buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
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He is buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
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#OTD 21 Nov 1917 50413 Pte Lionel Calam Burgess C Sqn 1/1 East Riding Yeomanry died of wounds in 24 Stationary Hospital, Kantara, Egypt.
He was wounded in the preceding days, possibly on the 16that Amwas (shell fire) or 17th at Ludd (MG fire) 1/3
He was wounded in the preceding days, possibly on the 16that Amwas (shell fire) or 17th at Ludd (MG fire) 1/3
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#OTD 21 Nov 1917 50413 Pte Lionel Calam Burgess C Sqn 1/1 East Riding Yeomanry died of wounds in 24 Stationary Hospital, Kantara, Egypt.
He was wounded in the preceding days, possibly on the 16that Amwas (shell fire) or 17th at Ludd (MG fire) 1/3
He was wounded in the preceding days, possibly on the 16that Amwas (shell fire) or 17th at Ludd (MG fire) 1/3
Remembering the men of the East Riding Yeomanry who lost their lives in peace and war #Forrard #LestWeForget
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Remembering the men of the East Riding Yeomanry who lost their lives in peace and war #Forrard #LestWeForget
Sgt Dry had been with the 1 ERY during the 1940 campaign, being evacuated at Dunkirk. #Forrard #LestWeForget #WW2
Learn more about the ERY in the NW Europe campaign in Vol 3 of my history of the East Riding Yeomanry – Yeomen Forrard! available from leonaur.com 5/5
Learn more about the ERY in the NW Europe campaign in Vol 3 of my history of the East Riding Yeomanry – Yeomen Forrard! available from leonaur.com 5/5
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Sgt Dry had been with the 1 ERY during the 1940 campaign, being evacuated at Dunkirk. #Forrard #LestWeForget #WW2
Learn more about the ERY in the NW Europe campaign in Vol 3 of my history of the East Riding Yeomanry – Yeomen Forrard! available from leonaur.com 5/5
Learn more about the ERY in the NW Europe campaign in Vol 3 of my history of the East Riding Yeomanry – Yeomen Forrard! available from leonaur.com 5/5
Sergeant Dry was taken to a temporary hospital set up in the Roman Catholic girls’ school at Sint Oedenrode, where he died of his wounds. He was buried in the Roman Catholic churchyard. I visited his @cwgc.bsky.social grave earlier this year 4/5
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Sergeant Dry was taken to a temporary hospital set up in the Roman Catholic girls’ school at Sint Oedenrode, where he died of his wounds. He was buried in the Roman Catholic churchyard. I visited his @cwgc.bsky.social grave earlier this year 4/5
about 15 or 16 in the German infantry, he was only a young boy, hidden behind this big slab of concrete with this crack in it”.
Cpl Les Timms thought "the most dreadful thing was losing George Dry with a gaping head wound” 3/5
Cpl Les Timms thought "the most dreadful thing was losing George Dry with a gaping head wound” 3/5
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
about 15 or 16 in the German infantry, he was only a young boy, hidden behind this big slab of concrete with this crack in it”.
Cpl Les Timms thought "the most dreadful thing was losing George Dry with a gaping head wound” 3/5
Cpl Les Timms thought "the most dreadful thing was losing George Dry with a gaping head wound” 3/5
#OTD 24 October 1944 7887779 Sergeant George Dry, East Riding Yeomanry, was killed in action during an assault crossing of the river Dommel in the Netherlands 1/5
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
#OTD 24 October 1944 7887779 Sergeant George Dry, East Riding Yeomanry, was killed in action during an assault crossing of the river Dommel in the Netherlands 1/5
Rainy visit to HMS Iron Duke, affiliated to the city of Hull 🌨🌨🌨
September 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Rainy visit to HMS Iron Duke, affiliated to the city of Hull 🌨🌨🌨
He was killed in action 9 months later. He is buried in Tyne Cot @cwgc.bsky.social Cemetery where I visited his grave earlier this month
#Forrard #WW1 #EastYorkshire #LestWeForget
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#Forrard #WW1 #EastYorkshire #LestWeForget
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September 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
He was killed in action 9 months later. He is buried in Tyne Cot @cwgc.bsky.social Cemetery where I visited his grave earlier this month
#Forrard #WW1 #EastYorkshire #LestWeForget
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#Forrard #WW1 #EastYorkshire #LestWeForget
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Three formerly ERY members of 102nd (East Riding Yeomanry and Lincolnshire Yeomanry) Battalion MGC killed in the final battles of WW1 #forrard #lestweforget
September 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Three formerly ERY members of 102nd (East Riding Yeomanry and Lincolnshire Yeomanry) Battalion MGC killed in the final battles of WW1 #forrard #lestweforget
Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate 8/9/2025. Always a moving event #lestweforget #wewillrememberthem #weshallnotgrowold
September 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate 8/9/2025. Always a moving event #lestweforget #wewillrememberthem #weshallnotgrowold
More East Riding Yeomanry graves from May 1940 scattered around Cassel #forrard #lestweforget
September 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
More East Riding Yeomanry graves from May 1940 scattered around Cassel #forrard #lestweforget
Tyne Cot is the largest @CWGC cemetery by burials.
I came to find Harry Abbis, 102nd (East Riding Yeomanry & Lincolnshire Yeomanry) Battalion, MGC, whose Death Penny I have in my collection & is currently on display at Burton Constable Hall #lestweforget #forrard
I came to find Harry Abbis, 102nd (East Riding Yeomanry & Lincolnshire Yeomanry) Battalion, MGC, whose Death Penny I have in my collection & is currently on display at Burton Constable Hall #lestweforget #forrard
September 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Tyne Cot is the largest @CWGC cemetery by burials.
I came to find Harry Abbis, 102nd (East Riding Yeomanry & Lincolnshire Yeomanry) Battalion, MGC, whose Death Penny I have in my collection & is currently on display at Burton Constable Hall #lestweforget #forrard
I came to find Harry Abbis, 102nd (East Riding Yeomanry & Lincolnshire Yeomanry) Battalion, MGC, whose Death Penny I have in my collection & is currently on display at Burton Constable Hall #lestweforget #forrard
Cassel 8/9/2025 strategic hilltop town in Flanders where 145 Brigade with the 1st East Riding Yeomanry attached were surrounded and overwhelmed on the night of 29th/30th May 1940. Disappointingly the plaque commemorating 145 Bde has been removed #Forrard
September 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Cassel 8/9/2025 strategic hilltop town in Flanders where 145 Brigade with the 1st East Riding Yeomanry attached were surrounded and overwhelmed on the night of 29th/30th May 1940. Disappointingly the plaque commemorating 145 Bde has been removed #Forrard
V1 launch site at Bois des Huit-Rues
September 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
V1 launch site at Bois des Huit-Rues
September 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The 4 East Riding Yeomanry casualties in the Dunkirk town cemetery #Dunkirk #OperationDynamo #LestWeForget
September 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The 4 East Riding Yeomanry casualties in the Dunkirk town cemetery #Dunkirk #OperationDynamo #LestWeForget
Dunkirk, Bray Dunes and the Dunkirk Museum 7/9/2025. The museum is quite French oriented but excellent #Dunkirk #OperationDynamo
September 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Dunkirk, Bray Dunes and the Dunkirk Museum 7/9/2025. The museum is quite French oriented but excellent #Dunkirk #OperationDynamo
Dunkirk Memorial to the Missing, including those of the East Riding Yeomanry with no known grave, 7/9/2025 #Dunkirk #OperationDynamo
September 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Dunkirk Memorial to the Missing, including those of the East Riding Yeomanry with no known grave, 7/9/2025 #Dunkirk #OperationDynamo
Quick solo battlefield trip this weekend taking in the Battle of France and Dunkirk. First stop Oye-Plage and 7886664 Kenneth Wingate East Riding Yeomanry KIA 29th May 1940 #lestweforget
September 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Quick solo battlefield trip this weekend taking in the Battle of France and Dunkirk. First stop Oye-Plage and 7886664 Kenneth Wingate East Riding Yeomanry KIA 29th May 1940 #lestweforget
A date for the diary for anyone interested in seeing my East Riding Yeomanry collection 'in the wild' and learning more about the history of the Regiment from yours truly!😀#Forrard
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July 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A date for the diary for anyone interested in seeing my East Riding Yeomanry collection 'in the wild' and learning more about the history of the Regiment from yours truly!😀#Forrard
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You can read more about the incident, via eyewitness accounts, in Volume 3 of my ERY History 'Yeomen Forrard!' leonaur.com/index.php?ro...
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June 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
You can read more about the incident, via eyewitness accounts, in Volume 3 of my ERY History 'Yeomen Forrard!' leonaur.com/index.php?ro...
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