Interesting Comment and Facts about The Harrogate Terriers
A Roll of Honour and medal lists of 2,000 officers and men known to have served during the war to end all wars is contained in the book.
General Haig accused the Terriers of being “too sleepy” to fight well on the Somme
Excelling at the Battle of Thiepval Ridge, and then again at Passchendaele in 1917 General Haig could no longer use them as a convenient scapegoats for his own failures.
John Sheehan’s book ‘Harrogate Terriers’ traces individual stories of tragedy and heroism during the Great War. In the book he uses personal and military diaries, with hundreds of carefully selected newspaper extracts, letters and photographs
The terriers included all trades and groups including teachers, tradesmen, apprentices, lawyers, musicians, sportsmen and whole families.
Other battles included the Battle of Aubers Ridge, Ypres a rear-guard action on the Menin Road, Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, and action at Cambrai and Valenciennes.
Corporal Harry Holmes from St. Mary’s Walk in Harrogate was wounded in 2015 declared missing at the Battle of The Somme where he died on 28th September 2016. For more see Harrogate Advertiser
