Harrogate Herald - 3rd January 1917
Sapper H Tipling, who is a prisoner in
Germany, writing home to his mother at 11 Roker Road, Harrogate,
says :
I am in the best of health, hoping you are the same.
I received the boots, leather and nails, and thank Mr Breare for
them. Three parcels I received together and four of your one day.
They had all been delayed, but were in good condition. Remember me
to all.
Harrogate Herald - 8th August 1917
W H Breare letter
A letter has come from Herbert Tipling, son
of Mrs Tipling, 11 Roker Road, Harrogate, who is a prisoner
in Germany. He says he keeps getting the parcels sent by Mr Breare
through the agency of the Royal Engineers. He asks for books. I am
sorry that it will not be possible to send reading matter to
Germany. If I should happen to find a way of doing so I will not
forget Herbert Tipling, nor any of my friends, who are
prisoners in Germany. By the way, I want to explain something. I am
frequently asking for help fro prisoners in Germany, but in reality
the fund is that of the Advertiser, and that paper should have
credit for it. It is a great privilege, however, for me to do what I
can to help that fund, and this I never cease to do.
Harrogate Herald - 8th August 1917
W H Breare letter
I have just received a letter from Mrs J Tipling,
of 17 Lanthorn Road, Frizinghall, Bradford, saying she has received
a letter from her husband, Corporal Tipling, of the West
Yorks, stating that he is in Passmore Edwards Hospital, London,
suffering from the effects of gas, but is improving very nicely. He
is the eldest son of Mrs Tipling, Roker Road, Harrogate, and
brother of Sapper H Tipling, who is a prisoner of war in
Germany. There seems to have been quite a number of gas cases
recently. I wish you boys would keep a constant eye on your gas
helmets. I shall not forget in a hurry that gas attack of December
19th, 1915, which caught so many of our brave lads. They were
unprepared then, and one Harrogate boy in his haste to warn the
others forgot his own helmet and died of gas poisoning. You could
help each other a lot if you reminded those about you occasionally
that there were such things as gas helmets and should always be
within reach.
Harrogate Herald – 8th August 1917
Mrs J Tipling, of 17 Lynthorne Road,
Frizinghall, Bradford, has received a letter from her husband, Corporal
Tipling, West Yorks, stating that he is in the Passmore Edwards'
Hospital, London, suffering from the effects of gas, but is
improving very nicely. He is the eldest son of Mrs Tipling,
Roker Road, Harrogate, and a brother of Sapper H Tipling, who
is a Prisoner of War in Germany.
