SecretLeeds - History, culture and architecture in Leeds

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Thu 30 Sep, 2010 12:56 pm

just watched a programme with michael palin,on the last hours of world war1.a guy called george ellison from edmond street,off york street was the last british casualty.can anyone throw up a map of the area,circa 1918?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 30 Sep, 2010 8:10 pm

I'm assuming it's York Street by Marsh Lane, no Edmond Street on the 1908 map and nothing for edmond/edmund on Leodis.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 30 Sep, 2010 8:20 pm

but a bit of digging find this:Private George Ellison L/126435th (Royal Irish) LancersDied on 11th November 1918 aged 25Husband of Hannah Ellison of 49 Edmund Street, Bank, LeedsIt was to the south of marsh lane station, under what is now Dolphin Street.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 30 Sep, 2010 9:31 pm

I've had a mooch around on Leodis and the closest it seems to get is...Dolphin Street! A couple of photos of that and Richmond Street that give you a feel for the area. Edmund Street is back to backs with a pub on the corner. I wonder what happened to his wife.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Thu 30 Sep, 2010 9:33 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Private George Ellison L/126435th (Royal Irish) LancersDied on 11th November 1918 aged 25Husband of Hannah Ellison of 49 Edmund Street, Bank, Leeds Oh what a wicked tragedy - surely 11th November 1918 at 11am was the final cease fire which brought WW1 to a close ??

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 30 Sep, 2010 9:38 pm

He wasn't alone. There were 11,000 casualties on that day, many even though the armistice was signed at 5am to come into force at 11 am. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7696021.stmThis article says he was 40

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 30 Sep, 2010 9:53 pm

By an irony of fate he was buried a few yards from the first British casualty. http://www.webmatters.net/cwgc/st_symphorien.htm

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Fri 01 Oct, 2010 1:09 am

BLAKEY wrote: Cardiarms wrote: Private George Ellison L/126435th (Royal Irish) LancersDied on 11th November 1918 aged 25Husband of Hannah Ellison of 49 Edmund Street, Bank, Leeds Oh what a wicked tragedy - surely 11th November 1918 at 11am was the final cease fire which brought WW1 to a close ?? Reading one of the BBC sites earlier - lots of French Soldiers were killedafter George,the French were apparently so ashamed of these events that the gravestones recorded the date of death as the 10th.

Post by **cnosni** » Fri 01 Oct, 2010 2:14 am

dogduke wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Cardiarms wrote: Private George Ellison L/126435th (Royal Irish) LancersDied on 11th November 1918 aged 25Husband of Hannah Ellison of 49 Edmund Street, Bank, Leeds Oh what a wicked tragedy - surely 11th November 1918 at 11am was the final cease fire which brought WW1 to a close ?? Reading one of the BBC sites earlier - lots of French Soldiers were killedafter George,the French were apparently so ashamed of these events that the gravestones recorded the date of death as the 10th. Indeed.And some daft yank commander decided he would have a crach at the germans before 11am,just to make a name for himself.

Post by **cnosni** » Fri 01 Oct, 2010 2:28 am

Name: ELLISON, GEORGE EDWIN Initials: G E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers Age: 40 Date of Death: 11/11/1918 Service No: L/12643 Additional information: Son of James W. and Mary Ellison; husband of Hannah Maria Ellison, of 49, Edmund Street, Bank, Leeds. Believed to be the last British battle casualty of the war. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 23. Cemetery: ST. SYMPHORIEN MILITARY CEMETERY -source Commonwealth War Graves Commssion

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