Harrogate Herald - 1st December 1915
Letters received from our soldiers :
S Pattison
Harrogate Herald - 30th August 1916
Writing to his sister-in-law, Mrs D S Bell, Corporal
"Billy" Bell sends copy of a letter from the OC 9th Yorks
Regiment, in which his brother Donald was, which will be of interest
to our readers. It states :
"In reply to your letter of the 2nd August,
Royal Engineers your brother Second Lieutenant Donald Simpson Bell,
who was killed on July 10th, he is buried in Cantalmaison, near
Albert, on the right-hand side just as one enters the village. I can
see no harm in giving you this information now, as we are far away
from there. He was buried close to where he fell, and there is a
redoubt close there called 'Bell's Redoubt' after him. He was a
noble soldier and a braver fellow never stepped, and he is an
irreparable loss to the Battalion". During the week, continues
Corporal Bell, a Sergeant of the Royal Field Artillery accosted me,
and it turned out to be Pattison, but although he knew me I
did not recognise him. Had no time for a chat, as I was with a large
fatigue party marching.
Harrogate Herald - 1st August 1917
Roll of Honour
Mrs Pattison, 25 Tower Street, Harrogate, has
received telegrams stating that her son QMS S Pattison, was
seriously wounded on the 21st ult., after serving in France since
the beginning of the war. Until recently he has been in the RFA, but
a short time ago was transferred to the Heavy Trench Mortar Battery.
The following are copies of the two telegrams she has received, and
on Saturday she had a letter from one of the nursing staff at Rouen
saying they are now hopeful of his recovery : "Regret to inform
you that 63207, QMS S Pattison, RFA, is dangerously ill at 2
Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, France, suffering from shell
wound, face and scalp. Permission to visit cannot be
granted".
Harrogate Herald - 29th August 1917
Quarter Master Sergeant S Pattison, Royal Field Artillery,
of Tower Street, Harrogate, has been brought to the Kingston War
Hospital, Leicester.
