York and Lancs miscellaneous medals

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Medals inherited from George Symes of unrelated members of the York and Lancs regiment

Military General Service Medal

• James Eccles 2/84th Foot - bars show Nivelle and Nive James Eccles (abt.1787-1870)
  • The Battles of the Nive (9–13 December 1813) were fought towards the end of the Peninsular War.
  • James Eccles was in a military record in 1793-1815. The medal was awarded in 1848 and only to surviving claimants.^[1]

Indian Mutiny Medal

• J Driscoll 84th Regt bar shows Lucknow Jeremiah Driscoll (abt.1834-1904)
  • Jeremiah Driscoll was in a military record. He was a private in the 84th Foot (service number 34). He was born about 1834 at Drenwigh Dunnanway Cork and at the age of 42 admitted as a Chelsea Pensioner 25 Apr 1876. He died in 1904.^[2]

New Zealand Medal

• J Cook 65th Regt
  • New Zealand War Medal
  • Maybe Cook, Joseph Private Service Number 3573 1861 Duty Location Auckland, New Zealand 65th (The 2nd Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment Of Foot Archive Reference WO 12/7440^[3]
  • Possibly J Howlet Cook; Service Date: 1845-1866; Campaign or Service: New Zealand; Regiment or Unit Name: 65th Regiment of Foot; Regimental Number: 2294.^[4]
  • But there is another John Cooke serving in New Zealand with reegimental number 330

Egypt Medal

• 2549 Lce Sgt H Haycock 1/ York & Lanc regt 29th Feb 1884; also Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Khedive's Star Henry Haycocks (abt.1860-)
  • Henry Haycocks; Service Date: 1884-1886; Service Place: Sudan; Campaign or Service: Sudan; Regiment or Unit Name: 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment; service number was 2549.^[5]
  • Distinguished Conduct Medal received from Queen Victoria July 1884
  • Haycocks apparently mentioned on Page 2 of 7 Jul 1884 Issue of London Magnet . Similarly Penny Illustrated Paper 12 July 1884 : " the face of the enemy, when his superior officer, Captain Littledale, was severely wounded at El Teb. LANCE-SERGEANT HENRY HAYCOCKS, 1st York and Lancashire, assisted in capturing a battery of four guns, and was among the first to rush the pits sheltering "[1]
  • Not the same man as: Queen’s South Africa, bar Cape Colony, 208 Serjt H.J. Haycock, Duke of Edinburgh’s Volunteer Rifles. Also served as a Sergeant of 2 other units and being involved in the Matebele War of 1893. BUT Henry James “Harry” Haycock was born during 1867 in Coventry, Warwickshire. At the age of 18 he left home to enlist with the British Army, joining the East Yorkshire Regiment on 5th October 1885. So too young^[6]
  • Hy Haycocks was discharged on 4 March 1885. He was in the 1/York & Lanc (service number 2549).^[7]
  • Hy Haycocks - Regiment: York & Lancaster Regiment - 65th & 84th Foot; Attestation date: 29 Oct 1880; Discharge date: 04 Mar 1885. He purchased his discharge. ^[8]
• 1904 Private 2nd battalion Joseph Witt (abt.1850-abt.1920) bar shows Tel-el-Kebir. As well as the Egypt Medal he has the Khedive's Star

British South Africa Company Medal

• 2891 Pte E Havron 2nd battalion Edward Havron (abt.1873-abt.1897)
  • E Havron of the 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment was in a military record in Africa; Campaign or Service: Matabele Wars, 1893-1897. His service number was 2891.^[9]
  • Image of the roll states he died at Bulawayo (present day Zimbabwe). Roll compiled 1897 for award earned 1896 so presumably died 1896 or 1897.

South Africa

• 4651 Pte J Edley 1/ York & Lanc regt various South African bars including 1901 John Charles Edley (1877-1952)
  • J C Edley was in two military records in 1899-1902; South Africa - Second Boer War; Regiment or Unit Name: 1st Battalion York & Lancaster. His service number was 4651. He was entitled to the South Africa Medal and clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Tugeln Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, and Laing's Nek.^[10][11]

World War 1:

• 7806 Pte Costello Y & L Regt 1914 bar James Costello (1885-)
  • James Costello joined the regiment in 1904. His service number was 7806. He was aged 20, born Jarrow, occupation at the time of attestation was labourer.^[12]
  • 1914 Star North Staffordshire Regiment, York & Lancaster Regiment roll compiled 14 May 1918 7806 Private J Costello. Discharged 16 Jan 1916 Para 392/XVI^[13]
  • James Costello has a brief entry on Lives of First World War: Source information ID: 969142 Reference: WO372/5 Title: Medal Index Card^[14]
  • James was in a military record. He was in the York & Lancaster (service number 7806, 54233/D). He survived the war and recieved a pension^[15]
• 15728 L/Cpl. J. Priestley Y. & L. Regt. James Priestley M M (1883-abt.1930)
  • J Priestley received the Military Medal. He was a L Corporal in the York and Lancaster Regiment (service number 15728).^[16]

Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

• Issued in the reign of Queen Victoria to Colour Sergeant R. Bronson (actually Brobson) of the 65th Regiment and 640 Qr. Mr. Sgt D. Heneghan 84th Regt.
  • Robert Brobson (1806-1881) medal issued 1845
  • Dennis Heneghan (1838-) medal issued 1877
• Sgt Kaye of the York and Lanc Regt was issued the medal in the reign of King Edward VII. John Henry Kaye (1871-1949)

Sources

1. ↑ Military: "UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949"
   National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Class: WO 100; Piece: 8
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1686 #89064 (accessed 29 March 2023)
   Name: James Eccles; Service Date: 1793-1815; Service Place: Europe; Campaign or Service: Napoleonic Wars; Regiment or Unit Name: 84th Regiment of Foot.
2. ↑ Military: "UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925"
   Royal Hospital Chelsea: Length of Service Pensions, Admission Books; Class: WO 117; Piece Number: 24
   Ancestry au Record 60917 #2321 (accessed 29 March 2023)
   Name: Jeremiah Driscoll; Pension Admission or Examination Age: 42; Birth Year: abt 1834; Pension Admission or Examination Date: 25 Apr 1876; Regiment: 84th Foot; Rank: Pte; Regimental Number: 34.
3. ↑ 1861 Worldwide army index (from https://au.forceswarrecords.com/record/749019950/cook-joseph-1861-worldwide-army-index )
4. ↑ Military: "UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949"
   National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Class: WO 100; Piece: 18
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1686 #2016195 (accessed 9 April 2023)
   Name: J Howlet Cook; Service Date: 1845-1866; Service Place: New Zealand; Campaign or Service: New Zealand; Regiment or Unit Name: 65th Regiment of Foot; Regimental Number: 2294.
5. ↑ Military: "UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949"
   National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Class: WO 100; Piece: 66
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1686 #849859 (accessed 29 March 2023)
   Name: Henry Haycocks; Service Date: 1884-1886; Service Place: Sudan; Campaign or Service: Sudan; Regiment or Unit Name: 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment; Regimental Number: 2549.
6. ↑ Medal sold https://www.liverpoolmedals.com/product/queens-south-africa-medal-d-e-o-v-r
7. ↑ Military: "UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925"
   Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners; Class: WO 121; Piece Number: 242
   Ancestry au Record 60917 #382075 (accessed 29 March 2023)
   Name: Hy Haycocks; Discharge Date: 4 Mar 1885; Regiment: 1/York & Lanc; Rank: Pte.; Regimental Number: 2549.
8. ↑ Military: "Chelsea Pensioners Discharge Documents 1760-1887"
   Archive: The National Archives; Series: Wo 121 - Chelsea: Pensioners' Discharge Documents 1760-1887; Reference: WO 121
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 29 March 2023)
   First name(s): Hd; Last name: Haycocks; Regiment: York & Lancaster Regiment - 65th & 84th Foot; Attestation date: 29 Oct 1880; Discharge date: 04 Mar 1885; Discharge corps: York & Lancaster Regiment - 65th & 84th Foot; Document type: Discharge; Box: 0242.
9. ↑ Military: "UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949"
   National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Class: WO 100; Piece: 77
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1686 #1271722 (accessed 29 March 2023)
   Name: E Havron; Service Date: 1893-1897; Service Place: Africa; Campaign or Service: Matabele Wars; Regiment or Unit Name: 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment; Regimental Number: 2891.
10. ↑ Military: "UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949"
    National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Class: WO 100; Piece: 200
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1686 #364422 (accessed 29 March 2023)
    Name: J C Edley; Service Date: 1899-1902; Service Place: South Africa; Campaign or Service: South Africa - Second Boer War; Regiment or Unit Name: 1st Battalion York & Lancaster; Regimental Number: 4651.
11. ↑ Military: "UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949"
    National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Class: WO 100; Piece: 341
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1686 #42050 (accessed 29 March 2023)
    Name: J C Edley; Service Date: 1899-1902; Service Place: South Africa; Campaign or Service: South Africa - Second Boer War; Regiment or Unit Name: 1st Battalion York and Lancaster; Regimental Number: 4651.
12. ↑ Military: "UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920"
    The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War WO363
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1219 #345683 (accessed 1 April 2023)
    Name: James Costello; Gender: Male; Enlistment Age: 20; Birth Place: Farrow, Durham, England; Military Date: 1904; Relationship to Soldier: Self (Head); Regimental Number: 7806; Regiment Name: York and Lancaster Regiment; Number of Images: 19; Form Title: Short Service Attestation.
13. ↑ Military: "UK, World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920"
    The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War. WO329; Ref: 2472
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5119 #6334589 (accessed 1 April 2023)
    Name: J Costello; Military Year: 1914; Rank: Private; Unit: 2nd Battalion; Company: WO 329; Regiment or Corps: North Staffordshire Reg, York & Lancaster Reg; Regiment Number: 7806; Medal Awarded: 1914 Star.
14. ↑ Lives of First World War https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/969142
15. ↑ Military: "UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923"
    Western Front Association; London, England; WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers; Reference: 048/0181/COS-COT; Reference Number: 2/Mc/1943
    Ancestry au Record 61588 #157419029 (accessed 1 April 2023)
    Name: James Costello; Record Type: Card; Service Number: 7806, 54233/D; Corps, Regiment or Unit: York & Laucaster; Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers; Description: Other Ranks Survived; Next of Kin: James Costello.
16. ↑ Military: "UK, British Army Recipients of the Military Medal, 1914-1920"
    British Army Recipients of the Military Medal 1914-1920. Uckfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom: The Naval and Military Press
    Ancestry au Record 60997 #56637 (accessed 9 April 2023)
    Name: J Priestley; Regimental Number: 15728; Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment; Rank: L Corporal; Medals: Military Medal.