1/5 york and lancaster regiment

[charlotte_kennedy2]

Hello

Does anyone have a picture of the commanding officer Lt Col Steven Rhodes from WW1 of the 1/5th York and Lancaster regiment?

Thanks
Charlotte

[cashew]

Possibly. ? 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/York-Lancaster-Regiment-Archive-Photographs/dp/075242047X

His name wasn't Steven, it was Stephen, he was awarded the DSO, and he had also served in the Kings Liverpool Regiment, he was knighted in 1931.

That Battalion was formed in Rotherham.

The Imperial War Museum has a film of him unveiling the Rawmarsh and Parkgate War Memorial near Rotherham in 1928.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060010559

Although, in their description of the War Memorial, they refer to him ( seemingly mistakenly ), as J.P. Rhodes, perhaps he was also a Justice of the Peace and his name should have read Rhodes J.P.

http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2665/fromUkniwmSearch/1

That War Memorial is in the care of Rotherham Council and I'll bet that they have pictures of the unveiling either in their records or in the relevant local Public Records Office, and also, it's unveiling would certainly have been covered in the local press, and if the local newspapers from that period are still in existence, they will probably have a record of the event.

The person to speak to at the Council is probably this person...

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
 Jon Bell
 Assistant Conservation Officer
www.rotherham.gov.uk 

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