Harrogate Herald - 18th April 1917
Letters
Private A G Trowsdale says :
I must apologise for not writing before to thank you
for the Herald which I receive weekly, but we have had a fairly busy
time and have only nine days ago finished an 80 mile route march,
and on Easter Sunday we did an 11 miles march. When in the trenches
the last time, about a month ago, in the regiment which relieved us
I met Howard Horner. I think you will remember him - he was
in the local "Terriers" before the war, and I think he is
now CSM. He is the only Harrogate man I have met out here. What do
you think to the war now? What with America coming in and the
Germans retreating, I think things are bucking up, and I expect to
be home in "civvies" for Xmas. I must close now, hoping
you are A1, and again thanking you for the paper.
Harrogate Herald - 2nd May 1917
Roll of Honour
Private A G Trowsdale, HAC, son of Mr
Trowsdale, of Knaresborough Road, Harrogate, was wounded in the
back after the recent fighting by a piece shrapnel after he had been
through several engagements from which he came out all right. He
received the wound as he was going to the rest camp. He is now at
the Wharncliffe War Hospital, Sheffield.
Harrogate Herald - 2nd May 1917
W H Breare letter
I have just had Mr Trowsdale [Probably : Arthur
E Trowsdale, commission agent, Ingleneuk, 18 Knaresborough Road]
in, who has told me that his son, Private L Trowsdale, who
won the Military Medal some time ago, has just been presented with a
bar for bravery at Ypres. His brother, A G Trowsdale, has
been through lively times, and came out all right, but going back
for a rest he got a shrapnel splinter in his back, and is now in
Wharncliffe Hospital, Sheffield. His wound is giving no cause for
anxiety, I am happy to say.
Harrogate Herald - 23rd May 1917
Letters
Thanking Mr W H Breare for the Herald, P H Lawtry
says :
It was like a ray of sunshine to us Harrogate boys.
Before I had had the paper a day I had six more Harrogate men
wanting to borrow it. Of course I said, "With pleasure, after
me". We are all so very pleased to hear of Trowsdale's
further decoration. He was one of our very best pals, always on the
spot when wanted. We are away from the trenches. Pte Dickinson
is also down here.
Harrogate Herald - 18th July 1917
W H Breare letter
I told you at the time that Private A G Trowsdale,
HAC, was wounded. On Monday he came over to see me fresh from
hospital. He got his wound on the 25th of April, and after an
operation in France was transferred to Sheffield. In addition to his
would he was suffering from trench fever, and then he developed
diphtheria. After a sick furlough he will have to report to his
depot in London. But he is not fit yet, though bright and able to
get about. Trowsdale told me that the only Harrogate man he
had met was Company Sergeant Major Howard Horner. It was one
dark night about 12 o'clock that the Beechwood Boys came to relieve
his lot. He shouted out to ask if there was a Harrogate lad amongst
them, and Horner, recognising his voice, immediately replied. They
had a chat, and, of course, much of their talk was of home. Trowsdale
is the son of Mr Trowsdale, of Knaresborough Road. The three
brothers are in the Army. Private Leslie Trowsdale is in the
West Yorks; Private Obrey [Aubrey?] Trowsdale connected with
the transports; Private A G Trowsdale is the youngest of the
brothers. Before the war he worked for Mr R T Hodgson,
ironmonger; in fact, had nearly served his apprenticeship.
Harrogate Herald - 19th December 1917
W H Breare letter
Quite a long time ago I told you Private A L
Trowsdale, son of Mr Trowsdale, of Knaresborough Road,
had won the Military Medal. He is now in Italy. I have had his
brother, Private A G Trowsdale, in to see me. He, too, will
probably be in Italy by now. A G Trowsdale was looking the
picture of health when I saw him, and I think anticipating Italy
with pleasure rather than regret.
Harrogate Herald - 25th December 1918
W H Breare letter
I had three soldiers in to see me on Monday. First came Private
A G Trowsdale, son of Mr and Mrs Trowsdale, Knaresborough
Road, who was just about to return to France. He is now doing guards
at GHQ. He was wounded, and has been back just twelve months. His
brother, it will remembered, won the Military Medal. He is now in
Italy, and hoping to be over soon on leave. Private Frank Smith
is with the Trench Mortar Company. He was exempt until last October.
He assisted his father before the war in his cabbing business, and
stood on the Montpelier stand. He has no Harrogate men with him, but
Burton, of Masham, is in his lot. Private G Beckwith
is one of three brothers serving, the sons of Mr and Mrs Beckwith,
13 Regent Grove, Harrogate. He joined up in January, 1915, and went
to the Dardanelles, then to Egypt, and next to France. He met with
an accident, and was sent to Nottingham Hospital. After discharge he
was sent to York, from there to Ripon, then to Whitley Bay. He is
going all right. His brother, Sapper H W Beckwith, joined up
at the beginning of 1917, and for a time followed his trade as a
shoemaker in England, but is now in Ireland. Harry Beckwith,
a younger brother, went out to France in March, and is with a
pioneer battalion. Private Pert gave me a call, likewise Private
W White, of the Koylies. He went to Egypt in 1915, and came back
to France the following year. He was mentioned in despatches, but
being a miner has been discharged. He has been gassed, but remained
on duty.
