York - Jalland Memorial

The memorial commemorating Stephen Jalland is in All Saints, Pavement.

The memorial is inscribed as follows:

To the Glory of God
and in Loving Memory of
Stephen Jalland MA Oxon.
Lieut 6th Batt. East York Regt
who was killed in action at
Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli on
Aug 9th 1915. Aged 26 years
R.I.P.
Pulchrum est Pro Patria Mori”

Jalland, Stephen
Lieutenant 6th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th August 1915. Commemorated Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 51 to 54. Commemorated on a memorial in All Saints, Pavement and in The King’s Book

A photo of Stephen Jalland's name on the Helles Memorial. Thanks to Sue and Alan Curragh for the photo.

The photograph of Stephen Jalland was published in the Yorkshire Herald on 4th September 1915. He was also mentioned in the following editions:

28th August 1915

“The casualty lists issued by the Press Bureau last night contained the names of two York officers who are reported missing at the Dardanelles:

The first is Lieut. S. Jalland, of the 6th (Service) Battalion of the East Yorks., a son of Mr W. H. Jalland, the well-known York surgeon. Lieut. Jalland joined the service on the 8th of December last year.”

31st August 1915

“Lieut. Stephen Jalland of the 6th (Service) Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, who is officially “missing” from the British Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, as stated in our columns yesterday, is a son of Mr W. H. Jalland, of St. Leonard’s House, Museum street, York, the well-known surgeon. Lieut. Jalland, who is 25 years of age, and is Mr Jalland’s youngest son, was educated at Uppingham and Lincoln College, Oxford. He early distinguished himself as a student and took the degree of M.A., and also obtained honours in natural science and classics. He left Oxford shortly before the war broke out, and commenced business with a firm of land agents at Cambridge. He had been a member of the Oxford Officers’ Training Corps, and when war was declared applied for a commission. He obtained this in September and was attached to the 6th Batt. East Yorkshire Regiment, receiving his full lieutenancy in December. He entered into training with the battalion at Belton Park, Grantham and Witley Camp and sailed for the Dardanelles at the beginning of July. Lieut. Jalland was a close friend of Captain N. D. Pringle, of the same battalion, who has been killed in action. Both were at Oxford together, and joined the army at the same time.”

The following extract is from a poem written by Lieut. John Still, who served in the 6th East Yorkshire Regiment with Stephen Jalland. John Still was captured on 9th August 1915 the day Stephen was killed. The poem, The Ballard of Suvla Bay” was written whilst he was a prisoner and was published in a volume called “Poems in Captivity” in London in the 1920’s.

THE BALLAD OF SUVLA BAY

III. STEPHEN JALLAND

Cheery and mellow, and quick of wit;
Lovable too, with his twinkling eye,
His wicked jest, and his caustic hit,
A merry philosopher, full of grit,
Whose fund of gaiety never ran dry.

One of the best of companions true;
The happiest heart when things were bad;
Stephen, we often long for you
To help our dull captivity through;
But, wherever you are, you can't be sad.