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Wilfred Gleadhill was born in Beverley the 19 Feb 1890 and baptised at Beverley Minster the 6 Apr 1890. He was one of six sons born to James Henry Gleadhill and Elizabeth Gleadhill (nee Hardy), both of Beverley, who married in 1882. Wilfred’s father was a chalk pit labourer. The family was living at Grosvenor Place, off Cartwright Lane, at the time of Wilfred’s birth but later lived at 13 Sloe Lane. Wilfred is recorded on the 1911 census as a beastman at Dearing Farm, Walkington Wold. In January 1912 he became an attendant at the East Riding Asylum, Broadgate and was working there when he enlisted at West Hull R.O. on 14 Dec 1914.
Wilfred joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, specifically the 2nd/3rd Northumbrian Field Ambulance, later serving in the 1st/3rd Northumbrian Field Ambulance. Initially Wilfred was in the TA but opted for service abroad and as such arrived in France the 20 Apr 1915. His Field Ambulance was part of 50th (Northumbrian) Division in which many men from Beverley served. Before joining the British Army of Occupation in Germany at the end of the war he had had three spells in hospital, he also had 96 hours Field Punishment No.1 for failure to appear on parade in December 1915 and Field Punishment No.2 for “irregular conduct” in February 1917. Despite this he was however classified as a “very good” soldier.
After the war Wilfred returned to work at Broadgate and in 1923 was registered officially as a mental nurse. In 1940, in Sheffield, he married Mabel Wainwright. He died at the East Riding General Hospital in Driffield on 27 Dec 1972; after living at Newbegin in Hornsea
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