ARMLEY CHRIST CHURCH
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HAIGH Edward Towler
Private 23393 6th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment KIA 15/02/1917 Aged 20.
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1897: Born Armley 13th June Son of Alfred and Emily
1899: Baptised 12th February St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 48 Town Street Armley Occupation Errand Boy.
Enlisted Leeds into Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Service Number 26665.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley and Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Amara War Cemetery Iraq.
HANSON Walter Roland
Gunner 84450 231st Siege battery Royal Garrison Artillery 02/05/1918 Aged 30.
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1888: Son of John and Amelia Proctor Married Leeds 1877.
1911: Residence No 19 Barden Terrace Conference Road Armley Occupation Iron Turner in Foundry.
1915: Enlisted Leeds 02nd December Residence No 23 Barden Place Conference Road Armley previously was working in National Shell Factory in Leeds. Described as being 5 feet 5 inches tall.
1916: Posted to France 8th June.
1918: Passed away from Wounds to Right Shoulder and punctured Chest at No 3 Canadian Clearing Station Doullens France.
1921: Father received Walters War Medals 16th September.
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Laid to Rest Doullens Communal Cemetery No 2 France.
HARDING Charles
Died Newark 1917 Aged 35.
1882: Born Hull Son of Charles William and Mary.
1911: Residence No 73 Abingdon Street Occupation Turner in a Motor Works.
1916: Brother James Dobson Gave His life 07th July. Residence of Charles No 7 Whingate Road Wortley.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
HARVEY Reginald Potter
Gunner 99577 154th Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 28/08/1916 Aged 20.
1896: Born Leeds Son of William Edward Petter and Fanny Lily Ludkin Married
1911: Residence No 13 Barden Mount Whingate Road Armley Printing Trade Helper In Warehouse.
1915: Landed France 31st November.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery France.
HARWOOD BROTHERS
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Sons of Alfred and Edith Maria Johnson Married 1881 St Andrew Leeds.
HARWOOD Alfred
Private 21874 Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry DOW 16/09/1916 Aged 25.
1891: Born Leeds. Baptised Christ Church Armley 16th September.
1910: Married Amy Brown Married 1910 Holy Trinity Armley Hall.
1911: Residence No 5 Redshaw Terrace, Tong Road Occupation Boot Finisher.
1927: Amy re married to Harry Allison at Bramley & Holbeck Registered Building.
CWGC No 2 Barleycorn Yard Town Street Armley.
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Inscription on Grave
"IN LOVING MEMORY FROM WIFE AND SONS GEORGE AND JOHN".
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
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Laid to Rest Grove Town Cemetery Meaulte France.
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HARWOOD Joseph
Private 36891 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 28/05/1917 Aged 28.
1889: Born Armley.
1911: Residence No 11 Hereford Street Occupation Labourer.
1913: Married Edith Oakley Married St Bartholomew Armley.
1917: Edith Re married to James Gray at St Bartholomew Armley.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
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Laid to Rest Maroc British Cemetery Grenay France.
HARWOOD James Harry
Private 25694 6th Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 23/07/1916 Aged 20.
1895: Born Leeds. Baptised 11th December Christ Church Upper Armley.
1911: Residence No 66 Tower Lane Occupation Labourer.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley and Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery Arras France.
HOARD Henry Herbert Hoare
2nd Lieutenant 21st Tyneside Scottish Bn Northumberland Fusiliers KIA 09/09/1917 Aged 34.
1882: Born Bradford 13th October Son of Arthur Hoare and Ellen Wigglesworth Married 1880.
1911: Residence No 27 Mere Street Rochdale Occupation Newspaper Journalist.
1913: Married Esther Mary Scott 13th August Holy Trinity Church Littlebrough.
1917: Posted to Bouvincourt to the Battalion alongside 2nd Lieutenant F Hardy from Divisional Training on 3rd September.
1917: Regimental Diary's records that on the 9th September at 12.15 am a barrage was laid down for an attack on the German Front Trench Henry alongside 2nd Lieutenant F Hardy was reported to have been killed in action between the 9th and 11th September.
1918: London Probate and Will Left £200 11 Shillings to Wife Esther Mary.
1922: Wife Esther Mary Residence Marsham Street Westminster London applied for Henrys Medals.
1960: Esther Mary passed away Kensington London having never remarried Aged 88.
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Henry is remembered on a plaque within Christ Church Details being found on the Imperial War Museum Memorials site. CLICK HERE
Laid to Rest Jeancourt Communal Cemetery France.
HODGES William Andrew
Private 19135 B Company 6th Bn Yorkshire Regiment KIA 24/04/1918 Aged 21.
1896: Born Dulwich London Son of Alfred and Catherine Hannah Walker Married South Kirkby 1891.
1897: Baptised All Saints South Lambert London.
1911: Residence with Grand parents No 70 Town Street Armley Occupation
CWGC: Mother Catherine Residence No 7 Stanley View Colton Road Armley.
1919: Obituary in YEP from Mabel ? This shows the many girlfriend fiancés that were left behind to suffer the grief of losing a loved one.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Cambrin Military Cemetery France.
Acknowledgment to Len
HORSFIELD Herbert Henry
Private TR5/208603 53rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 12/05/1918 Aged 18.
1900: Born Leeds 1900 Son of Herbert and Susan Beresford Married 1895 St Luke Sheepscar.
1911: Residence No 5 Belle Vue Place Town Street Armley at School.
1918: Passed away Scarlet Fever at Cannock Chase Military Hospital.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery.
HOWARD Fred
Private 37261 11th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 02/07/1917 Aged ?
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium
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HOWARD Frederick
Private 85104 35th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers KIA 09/09/1918 Aged 19.
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1899: Born Leeds Son of James Walker.
1911: Residence No 23 Kings Road Kirkstall.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Loos Memorial France.
HOWE Albert
Private S/13700 1st Bn Seaforth Highlanders KIA 22/02/1917 Aged 34.
Born Son of Charles Andrew and Margaret
1907: Married Minnie Crowther Silver Royd Hill Chapel Tong Road Upper Wortley
1911: Residence No 13 Greenock Street Armley Insurance Agent.
1911-1915: Band member of The Volunteer Bearer Company.
CWGC: Residence of Wife Minnie No 11 Aberdeen Drive Upper Armley.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
Remembered Basra War Memorial Iraq.
JACKSON Frank William
Private 26095 13th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment DOW 30/07/1917 Aged 20.
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1896: Born Bicester Son of Harry Felix and Sarah Jane Pickford Married Northampton 1891.
CWGC: Residence No 70 Ridge Road Armley.
1915: Enlisted Leeds 12th November Occupation Clerk on Railway. Went to Gibraltar Barracks Leeds.
1916: Landed France 23rd October.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley and Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
La Targette British Cemetery Neuville-St. Vaast France.
JACKSON Harry
Private 12750 11th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 04/07/1916 Aged 24.
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1892: Born Armley Son of Thomas and Jane
1911: Residence No 1 Bosnia Terrace Armley Occupation Brickyard Labourer.
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Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
JOHNSON G
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JOHNSON PAWSON
JOHNSON Henry Ernest
Rifleman 242571 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 30.
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1886: Born 06th December Armley Son of William Henry and Sophia Steel.
1911: Residence No 42 Armley Grove Place Tong Road Occupation Clerk.
1916: Married Edith Fletcher 08th July CWGC No 8 Edinburgh Terrace Upper Armley.
1919: Will left £225.10 shilling 09th April to Wife Edith Residence No 42 Armley Grove Place Armley
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
JENKINSON Albert
Rifleman R/27509 17th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps DOW 29/10/1917 Aged 21.
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1895: Born Halifax Son of David and Rebecca Robertshaw Married 1893 Halifax.
1895: Baptised St John the Baptist Halifax.
1911: Residence No 3 Colmore Place Wortley Occupation Apprentice Barber.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Etaples Military Cemetery France.
KAY William SERVED AS LYNES
Rifleman 266890 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 27/07/1917 Aged 20.
1897: Born Armley Son of Arthur and Mary Ellen Lynes Married 1898 St Mathias Burley.
CWGC No 6 Modder Terrace Armley.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Coxyde Military Cemetery Belgium.
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KENDRICK (BORN MARTIN) Vere
Private 8093 13th Bn Yorkshire Regiment KIA 13/04/1918 Aged 24.
1894: Born VERE MARTIN Leeds Son of George and Mary Jane Ripley Married George Martin 1892.
1897: Mary Jane Re married to Samuel Kendrick.
1911: Residence no 7 The Heights Armley Occupation Brusher In Finishing Room Cloth Manufacturing.
1915: Landed Balkans 21st November.
1919: Vere was laid to rest near where he fell and was moved being identified by a disc on his body.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery Steenwerck France.
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KERSHAW John Edwin
Gunner 796589 62nd Division Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery DIED 16/11/1918 Aged 21.
1897: Born Upper Armley Son of Wilfred and Henrietta Harrison Married 1883 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1900: Baptised Christ Church Upper Armley 10th October.
1911: Residence No 11 Highthorne View Armley at School.
1918: Passed away from Pneumonia Spanish Flu.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
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Laid to Rest St Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen France.
LANGLEY A
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MAY John William
Lance Corporal 21087 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 15/08/1916 Aged 19.
1896: Born Armley Son of Henry and Elizabeth Morton Married 1877 St John The Baptist New Wortley
1911: Residence No 8 Thornton Grove Whingate Armley Occupation Office Clerk.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Couin British Cemetery France.
MILLER John Anderson
Lance Corporal 15/647 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 28.
1888: Born New Farnley Son of Stephen and Sarah Ann Gomersall Married 1887 St Michael Farnley.
1888: Baptised 13th March Armley.
1911: Residence No 28 Bishopsgate Street York Occupation Clerk.
1914: Enlisted Leeds.
1915: Landed Egypt 22nd December.
1916: Landed Marseilles then moved to the Somme.
CWGC: Residence N0 1 Conference Place Whingate Road Armley.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
MILNES W
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MYERS Harold
Private 29001 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/08/1917 Aged 26.
Born Leeds Son of John and Elizabeth.
1911: Residence No 14 Louis Street.
1916: Married Euphemia Ogilvy Thomson Grimsby.
CWGC 160 Milkstone Road Rochdale.
1918: Father John passed away Laid to Rest Becketts Park Cemetery Leeds Harold was remembered on the grave stone CLICK HERE
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Tyne Cot Cemetery Belgium.
NAYLOR Charles
Lance Corporal 25181 15/17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 24/03/1918 Aged 27.
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1890: Born Son of Thomas and Mary Ellen
1890: Baptised 08th June Methodist Chapel.
1911: Residence No 37 Addingham Street Wortley Occupation Labourer in a Woollen mill alongside his father.
1919: Mother Mary Ellen Residence No 9 St Georges Terrace Camp Road Meanwood.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Remembered Arras Memorial France.
NAYLOR F
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NEWBOULD John
Driver 1008 1st/1st West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 13/06/1915 Aged 20.
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1895: Born Armley Son of Ralph and Susannah Tuley Married Bradford 1892.
1914: Enlisted Leeds 13th April. Residence No 79 Ridge Road Armley..
1915: Landed France 13th January.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery Fleurbaix France.
NICHOLSON Edward Austin
Private 60850 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 29/05/1918 Aged 20.
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1898: Born Pannel Near Harrogate Son of Edwin and Everilda Annie Todd.
1901: Residence No 18 Park Royal Parish of Christchurch Armley.
1911: Residence Osborne House Victoria Park Kirkstall at School
Enlisted Yorkshire Hussars Service Number 331303.
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Remembered Soissons War Memorial France.
ODDY Charles
Private 43200 14th Bn Durham Light Infantry KIA 21/04/1917 Aged 33.
1884: Born Leeds Son of George and Jane Nussey Married 1879 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building
CWGC 10 Genoa Road Armley
1906: Married Clelia Amos Christ Church Upper Armley.
1911: Residence no 5 Fearnley Street Tong Road Armley. Occupation Letterpress Machine Minder in a printers.
CWGC 17 Edinburgh Place Armley.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
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Remembered Loos Memorial France.
PAWSON George William
Gunner 111229 D Battery 48th Brigade Royal Field Artillery DOW 14/08/1916 Aged 23.
1893: Born Allerton Bywater Son of Albert and Hannah Louisa 1911 33 Cedar Place Armley.
1915: Married Lily Dixon Married Christ Church Upper Armley Lily
1920: Lily Remarried to Leonard Holland Christ Church Upper Armley
CWGC: Lily Residence No 2 Congress Street Whingate Road Armley.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
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Laid to Rest Dantzig Alley British Cemetery Mametz France.
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