Colonel Everatt Hind of Goole (K.O.Y.L.I.)
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There is a brass memorial plaque in Goole Parish Church, on the north wall of the nave, which carries the inscription :
To the Memory of / Everatt Hind / Colonel 4th Battn / King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry / who died at Murren, Switzerland / December 31st 1926 / and was buried at Interlaken.
This was reported in the Goole Times, Friday, 7th January 1927:
DEATH OF COLONEL HIND
FORMER COMMANDER OF LOCAL VOLUNTEERS
Intimation was received in Goole on Friday last of the death of Col. W. Everatt Hind, V.D., at the Palace Hotel, Murren, Switzerland, where he was on holiday. Colonel Hind was formerly a well-known public man in Goole, and for many years was in charge of the local Volunteer Company of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. In 1914, at the commencement of the Great War, he was called upon and was in charge of the 2nd Company of the 4th Battalion, K.O.Y.L.I., and did not return to reside in the town.
He was exceedingly popular in the town and for many years served
on the Goole Urban District Council and other local public bodies.
He was a well-known solicitor, and took over the business which
his father left when he died, and was in partnership with Mr J.
Burniston.
Colonel Hind joined the Goole Company of the 1st V.B. Yorkshire
Light Infantry in 1882 and after serving three years was appointed
lieutenant, and successively captain, major and lieutenant-colonel
of the 1st V.B.K.O.Y.L.I. On the formation of the Territorial
Forces in 1908, Lieut-Colonel Hind retained command of the battalion,
which became the 4th Battalion K.O.Y.L.I., and retired from that
rank in December 1913; and in February 1914 was promoted to the
rank of colonel.
Colonel Hind took up service in London and was for many years
engaged in assisting the Government in the settlement of German
and other claims.
The deceased was one of the promoters of the Thorne Water Company
and was an active director.
He will be remembered by many as a man of fine character in every
way and of military bearing. The Volunteers had especially a great
regard for the deceased, as he was a prime mover in their organisation
locally. He had resided for the greater part of his life in Goole
and Brough. The deceased was in the early sixties and leaves a
widow. The remains were interred at Interlaken, Switzerland, on
Monday.