Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) | III.H.212 | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.135 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 58C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | Military Cross | ||
Family :
Son of Frank and ann Elizabeth Southern of 18 Wright St HullService Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment |
1/4th Battalion August 1914 : in Londesborough Barracks, Hull. Part of York and Durham Brigade, Northumbrian Division. 17 April 1915 : landed at Boulogne. 12 May 1915 : formation became 150th Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division. 15 July 1918 : reduced to cadre and transferred to Lines of Communication. 16 August 1918 :transferred to 116th Brigade, 39th Division. 7 November 1918 : demobilised in France. |
| Action : The Final Advance in Flanders |
28 September - 11 November 1918. As the pressure mounted in other sectors the opportunity was seized to escape the confines of the Ypres Salient. Within five days the British Second Army had pushed the Germans back over the 1917 battlefield and were advancing on Courtrai. After action at Courtrai the advance continued into Belgium until the Armistice on 11th November.
Detail :
Hull Daily Mail 08 October 1918 "Capt. T.W. Southern, M.C., killed in action September 29th, 1918, was educated at Hull Grammar School. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in December, 1915, and later, receiving a commission in the East Yorkshire Regiment, left for service abroad, and was made acting-captain within six weeks of being out. The War Office list, dated July 26th, awarding him the Military Cross, gave the following particulars:- " He organised two counter-attacks, and by his cool leadership inflicted severe casualties. Several times he obtained valuable information, and on one occasion when all communication was cut he passed through a heavy barrage in an endeavour to inform the guns of a good target of massed enemy." Captain Southern before joining the Army was many years with Mssrs Pyman, Bell and Co., coal and timber exporters, of Hull. Capt. Southern was superintendent of the De la Pole Division of St. John Ambulance Corps and commandant of the De la Pole V.A.D. Detachment, a member of the committee of the Botanic Ward Conservative Association, and secretary of the Junior Unionist Association. He was also a Past Warden of the Holderness Lodge of Freemasons.
In a letter to the parents Lieut.-Col. S.H Ferrand writes:- "It is with very great sorrow and regret I write to tell you that your son, Captain T.W. Southern, was killed in action on the 29th September. I have no words good enough to express to you my appreciation for his excellent work with his battalion. He was most thorough and conscientious, and a great organiser, and I don't know how I shall manage without him. He was killed instantaneously by a splinter of shell in the head, and was buried in the English cemetery at Bailleul.""
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Holderness No. 3563 E.C. | Yorkshire (North & East Ridings) |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
17th June 1912 | 16th September 1912 | 18th November 1912 |
First initiate of Holderness Lodge. Junior Warden
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley