ARMLEY GOTTS PARK
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ABBIS - BRIGGS
ABBIS - BAIRSTOW
Corporal 153350 43rd Bn Canadian Infantry Manitoba Regiment KIA 08/10/1916 Aged 24.
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1900: Rosina Died Aged 30 giving birth to Son Reuben Albert.
1901: Arthurs father remarried to Rose Ellen Stapleton in June.
1911: Residence No 20 Armley Park Road Occupation Railway Telegraphist.
1912: Arrived Halifax Nova Scotia 23rd March1912 on board the Victorian.
Laid to Rest Regina Trench Cemetery Grandcourt Somme France.
Remembered on Canadian Virtual Memorial.
ADDIS BROTHERS
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Sons of Daniel and Annie Houseman Married Bradford 1877. Daniel was a platelayer for the North Eastern Railway and whilst working on some points near Armley station during a snowstorm he was hit by the 10.18 Bradford to Leeds Express. Daniel passed away aged 64, twenty minutes after arriving at Leeds General Infirmary.
ADDIS Charles
Rifleman 267282 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 25/04/1918 Aged 35.
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1883: Born Leeds.
1914-1918: Enlisted Leeds. Residence 4 Aviary Street Armley Occupation Warehouseman.
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
ADDIS John Houseman
Pioneer 193545 Base Signal Depot Royal Engineers Died 04/04/1917 Aged 38.
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1879: Born Aldbrough.
1901: Married Annie Blythe St Bartholomew Church Armley Residence 1 Belle Vue Square Upper Armley.
1916: Johns Daughter Kellie Born Aged 9 months. (photo below)
Laid to Rest Dar Es Salem War Cemetery Tanzania
ALLEN Cyril
Gunner 128068 D Battery 68th Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 02/10/1918 Aged 24.
1894: Born Armley Son of James and Sarah Ann Richardson Married Kirton Lyndsey 1881.
1911: Residence No 37 Middle Cross Street Armley Occupation Drapers Assistant.
1914-1917: Enlisted Leeds.
1918: Originally Laid to Rest St Helene British Cemetery with other three members of his team CLICK HERE
Cyrils Sister Edith Married Wilfred Stanton who died at Home he lays at rest in Armley Cemetery he is also remembered on this War Memorial.
Remembered Southfield Methodist Chapel War Memorial Armley.
Special Memorial Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Somme France.
ANDREW Harry
Sapper 521955 432nd Field Company Royal Engineers KIA 12/09/1917 Aged 20.
1897: Born Wortley Son of John Edwin and Sarah.
1915: Enlisted Leeds 16th November Occupation Painter 29 Ceder Place Armley.
Laid to Rest Coxyde Military Cemetery Belgium.
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ANSON Herbert
Gunner 348958 17th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery DIED 02/01/1918 Aged 41.
1877: Born Castleford Son of Andrew and Sarah Ann Wade Married Bolton Percy 1867.
1900: Married Maud Poole Glossop 1900.
1911: Resident No 3666 Castleford Road Normanton Occupation Assistant Superintendent Insurance Company.
Enlisted Leeds.
Laid to Rest Beaumetz Crossroads Cemetery Beaumetz-les-Cambrai France.
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ARMATAGE Ernest George
Second Lieutenant 4th Special Company Royal Engineers KIA 14/07/1918 Aged 21.
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1895: Born Leeds 08th February Son of Benjamin and Clara Tattersall Married St Peters Leeds 1890.
1895: Baptised 23rd March St Bartholomew Armley. (Armitage)
1911: Residence No 17 Athlone Terrace Armley Occupation Clerk in a Tanners.
1917: Gained his Commission 17th October
CWGC 17 Athlone Terrace Armley Occupation Tannery Clerk.
Enlisted Leeds Highland Infantry Division 5904.
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Grave Inscription
"HE LAID HIS GIFTS ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY AND DYING LIVES"
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley
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Laid to Rest Sucrerie Cemetery Ablain-St. Nazaire France. Photo CLICK HERE
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ARMATAGE Walter
Private 15/1647 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 24.
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1894: Born Leeds Son of John and Sarah Mann Married Howden 1882.
1894: Baptised 30th September St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Resident No 10 Station Road Armley Occupation Tenterer in a Woolen Factory. (Someone who, after cloth was dyed, stretched it on a frame, called a "Tent" for drying . This frame was fitted with hooks known as Tenterhooks)
1935: Sarah died of shock after being found burned after her nightdress caught fire. Resident No 10 Station Road Armley. YEP 18th October.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
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Remembered Arras Memorial France.
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ARNOLD George
Private 15843 11th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 20/09/1917 Aged 24.
1894: Born Armley Baptised Armley Hall Holy Trinity 27th September. Son of Thomas Walter Died 1906 and Eliza Jane Claypham Married St John Moor Allerton 1881.
1905: Mother Eliza Jane passed away.
1911: Residence No 16 Club Row Pinfold Lane Armley Occupation Iron Driller Living with Brother.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
ASHBY Sidney
Ordinary Seaman J/19260 KIA H.M.S Formidable 01/01/1915 Aged 18.
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1896: Born Battersea London 01st May Son of George Edward and Lydia Agnes Kettle Married Battersea London Vol 1d Page 589.
1911: Residence No 23 Far Fold Armley Occupation Apprentice Engineer.
1914: Enlisted 01st May into Royal Navy posted to HMS Formidable 13th June.
1915: KIA on board HMS Formidable the first battleship to be sunk in WW1. Commanded by Captain Loxley was sunk by two torpedoes from German submarine U 24, about 20 miles off Start Point Portland at 2 am whilst on exercises.
The first torpedo hit the number one boiler port side, the second about 45 minutes later caused the ship to list heavily to starboard, sinking it in less than two hours. 547 men including Sidney lost their lives with 233 surviving.
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Stanningley Survivor Seaman William Henry Fletcher stated the following during an article about his escape from the Formidable.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley & Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
Remembered Chatham Memorial
ASHFORTH Thomas James
Lance Corporal/Rifleman 2041 1/8th West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/06/1915 Aged 43.
1872: Born St Andrews Holborn London.
1909: Married Florence Wilkin Married Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1911: Residence No 11 Park Avenue Moorfield Road Armley Occupation Motorman Leeds City Tramways.
1915: Landed France 16th April.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
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Laid to Rest Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery Fleurbaix France.
ASHTON
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One of the Following Men
ASHTON Harry
Son of William and Ada. Husband of Amelia Emily Long Married Christchurch Armley 1913.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
ASHTON Harry
Son of James and Isabella CWGC 15 Empress Terrace Whingate Armley.
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
ASKHAM
William Henry Sapper R/252009 Royal Engineers Died at Home 16/02/1919 Aged 40.
1879: Born Holbeck Son of Charles William and Ann.
1905: Married Betsy Jane Marsh at St Bartholomew's Church Armley. They had two children Florrie and William H.
1911: Residence No 23 Main Road Armley Occupation Platelayer Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery Leeds
ATKINSON Frank
Private 19091 C Company Machine Gun Section 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment KIA 26/09/1916 Aged 19.
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1897: Born Holme on Spalding Moor Son of John and Mary Reacher.
1911: Residence Morr End Holme on Spalding Moor Occupation Farm Labourer.
1915: Enlisted 10th May at Beverley lying about his age giving it as 19.
1915: Landed France 08th August.
1917: 27th September one year after Franks death his Mum Mary wrote asking for further details as he was still reported as missing.
1917: Mary received official notification of Franks death on the 07th November.
1918: Franks Brother Tom KIA 15/04/1918 Aged 23 Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
1920: Memorial Scroll was sent to Franks mother Mary Residence No 11 Bosnia Place Whingate Road Armley.
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Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
ATKINSON John Joseph
Private 52355 1/6th Bn North Staffordshire Regiment Electrocuted 21/05/1919 Aged 20.
1898: Born Leeds Son of John and Annie 2 Southfield Place Tong Road Armley.
1916: Enlisted Leeds 02nd March
1917: Called up for service 14th March.
Laid to Rest Les Baraques Military Cemetery Sangatte France.
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AUDAER Ernest Clifford
Second Lieutenant 15th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Salford Battalion KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 24.
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1892: Born Armley 14th February Son of Walter Walker and Clara Cuthbert Married St Lukes Sheepscar Leeds 1892.
1911: Residence No 117 Tong Road Armley Occupation Dentist in his fathers practice.
1916: Entered France 15th June.
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Photo of Ernest CLICK HERE
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France
BACON Harold
Staff Sergeant S4/128153 C Company 1st/15th Bn London Regiment Army Service Corps KIA 02/09/1918 Aged 24. Military Service Medal.
1895: Born Armley Son of John William and Clara Eliza Hill Married St Peters Leeds 1883.
1915: Enlisted Leeds 13th September Occupation Clerk. Residence 91 Hall Road Armley.
1915: Landed France 21 September.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley
Remembered Vis-En-Artois Memorial France.
BARKER BROTHERS
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Sons of James and Alma Dockray Married 1884 St Peters Church Leeds.
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BARKER Alfred
Fitter 156664 123rd Battery Royal Field Artillery KIA 29/09/1917 Aged 24.
1893: Born Armley.
1911: Residence 5 Aviary View Armley Frame Fitter In Ironworks.
1916: Brother John Edward DOW 04th June Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley
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Laid to Rest Locre Hospice Cemetery Belgium.
BARKER John Edward
Private 18989 8th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry DOW 04/06/1916 Aged 26.
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1890: Born Armley 11th April. Baptised Providence Chapel Armley 25th May.
1911: Residence No 5 Avery View Armley Occupation Frame Fitter In Ironworks.
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Laid to Rest Heilly Station Cemetery Mericourt-L'Abbe France.
BARLOW Francis Harrison
Private 8214 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died POW 31/03/1917 Aged 32.
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1888: Born Wortley Son of John Barlow and Eliza of 15 Claremont Street Armley.
1911: Was in same Battalion at Connaught Barracks Rawalpindi Punjab India.
1917: Leeds Mercury reported 20th June that Frank had died whilst a prisoner of war in Germany.
Laid to Rest Nikolai Cemetery Latvia.
BARNES Henry James
Private 25245 17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 09/05/1917 Aged 28.
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1889: Born Malton 1889 Son of Robert and Annie Sophia Married 1887 Norfolk.
1911: Residence No 79 Elford Grove Roundhay Occupation Tailor.
Laid to Rest at Seraucourt-le-Grand British Cemetery France.
BARNHAM George
Private 25548 6th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 08/03/1917 Aged 23.
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1893: Born Leeds 1893 Son of Dick and Hannah Glaves Married 1883 St John The Baptist New Wortley.
1911: George lived with his parents and Brother William Alfred and was employed as a Coal Miner hence why he enlisted into the KOYLI the Miners Battalion.
1916: Married Theresa Reacher The Methodist Chapel Holdsworth Street New Wortley.
1917: wife Theresa was residing at 132 Town Street Armley.
Laid to Rest Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery Arras France.
BARRACLOUGH Ellis
Private 18393 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 27.
1889: Born Churwell Son of John Henry and Ellen Ellis Married Dewsbury 1880.
1911: 42 Holdforth Street Wortley. Occupation Municipal labourer.
1912: Married Sarah Jane Batty St Bartholomew Armley 1912.
1915: Enlisted Leeds March 1915. Landed France 13/07/1915 Fought at Ypres, and
1916: KIA First day of the Somme at Fricourt which saw some of the heaviest fighting on the Somme.
1917: Sarah Remarried to Frederik Pearse Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley
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Laid to Rest in one of the four big graves for the 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Fricourt New Military Cemetery Somme France.
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BARRACLOUGH Frank
Private 41084 8th Bn King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment KIA 27/09/1918 Aged 19.
1899: Born Armley Son of William and Elizabeth Bisby Married 1892 St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence 9 Cayton Street Armley.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Gotts Park
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Remembered on Vis-en-Artois Memorial France.
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BASTOW Charles Ratcliffe
Rifleman 307086 B Company 1st/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died 13/08/1916 Aged 25.
1891: Born Armley Son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Lister Married at St Peters Church 1888.
1911: No 7 Addingham Street Whingate Armley.
1914-1916: Enlisted York 5293.
1920: CWGC 13 Claremont Terrace Whingate Armley.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France. Surname Misspelled on Memorial
BATLEY - BRIGGS
BATLEY
George Clifford
Lance Corporal 15/1399 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 21.
1895: Born Liversedge Son of George and Eliza.
1911: No 38 Congress Street Whingate Road Armley Errand Boy.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
Remembered on Arras Memorial France.
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BATTY Edgar
Private 3360 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 41.
1876: Born Leeds Son of William and Isabella Hiley Married 1873 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1899: Married Emalia Skelton Married Holbeck District Registered Building.
Remembered on Arras Memorial France.
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BAXTER Ernest
Private 19991 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/07/1917 Aged 26.
1891: Born Leeds Son of David and Elizabeth Bailey Married 1890 Wortley.
1911: No 1 Greenock Place Armley Ocupation Drawer and Twister Woollen Mill.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
BAXTER Fredrick
306362 Private 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died 31/07/1917 Aged 34.
1883: Born Peterborough
1905: Married Elizabeth Ann Armistead Christ Church Upper Armley.
1911: No 5 Paisley Place Armley Occupation Stoker Stationery Boiler.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
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Laid to Rest at Mont Huon Military Cemetery Le Treport France.
BAXTER Walter
Private 50526 10th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers DOW 26/09/1919 Aged 21.
1898: Born Leeds Son of William Clayton and Mary Elizabeth Whitaker Married St Mathias Burley Leeds 1894.
1898: Baptised 21st December at St mathias Burley.
1911: Residence No 4 Nunington Street Canal Road Armley at School.
1917: Enlisted Leeds March.
1918: Sent to France January . CWGC 4 Nunington Street Armley.
1919: Severely wounded at Rheims 26th September and Died of Wounds at the 53rd General Hospital the same day .Laid to rest two days later.
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National Roll of the Great War States he died 26/09/1918 and was buried in Wimereux.
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Remembered Armley Methodist Church War Memorial Branch Road Armley.
Inscription
"Whilst we remember the sacrifice is not in vain"
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Laid to Rest Terlincthun British Cemetery Wimille Boulogne France.
BEASLEY Charles Thomas
Private 60815 25th Tyneside Irish Bn Northumberland Fusiliers KIA 11/04/1918 Aged 39.
1879: Born Armley 28th October Son of George and Clara Mawson Married at St Peter Church Leeds June 1879.
1901: Married Florence Bolland Coates St Bartholomew Church Armley.
1911: Residence No 1 Geranium Street Holbeck Occupation Window Cleaner.
1923: Remembered in Irelands Memorial Records.
Enlisted Leeds into West Yorkshire Regiment 38642.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial
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Remembered on Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium
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BEECROFT Walter
Private 57400 14th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers KIA 27/10/1917 Aged 32.
1879: Born 05th May Leeds Son of Albion and Sarah Lawton Married St Peter 1877.
1880: Baptised 24th May St Bartholomews Armley.
1911: Residence No 10 Beech Terrace Armley Occupation Forge Plate Dresser.
1915: Married Louisa Ross Married 1 St Bartholomews Church Armley.
1915-1917: Enlisted Leeds into Royal Engineers Service Number 179877.
Beecroft Brothers Walter Percy and Harry ?
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial
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Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium
Bell Harry
Private 17/805 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 16/08/1917 Aged
Born Leeds. Enlisted Leeds.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.
Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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BELL John Scott
Second Lieutenant 15th Field Company Royal Engineers KIA 01/08/1917 Aged 27.
1890: Born Glasgow Scotland Son of John Scott and Sarah McKillep
1911: Residence No 12 Laurel Terrace Armley Occupation Student Engineer.
1911-1915: Attended Leeds University taking an engineering course being a Member of Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
1915: Employed by the Bradford Dyers Association.
1915: Enlisted 15th May Leeds into 223rd Field Company Royal Engineers Service Number 98534.
1915: Posted to Mediteranean 20th December.
1916: Promoted to Corporal 15th January then Sergeant 25th March.
1917: Commissioned on the 23rd February.
1917: Reported to have been killed by shell fire.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial
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Laid to Rest in Hooge Crater Cemetery Belgium.
BENNETT
Charles Henry Corporal 776260 C Battery 210th Brigade Royal Field Artillery DOW 22/09/1917 Aged 29.
1888: Born Armley Son of James and Mary Annie Pennington Married St John The Baptist New Wortley 1883.
Enlisted Leeds.
1911: No 4 Strawberry Place Armley Occupation Clerk.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial
Laid to Rest in The Huts Cemetery Ieper Belgium.
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BENNETT Sylvester
Rifleman 7395 2nd Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps DOW 09/05/1915 Aged 26.
1889: Born 27th January Armley Son of Charles Herbert and Martha Ramsdale Married St Peters Church 1882.
1889: Baptised 21st April St Peters Bramley.
1906: Enlisted Bradford 12th September Occupation Blacksmiths Striker. Residence 31 Leamington Terrace Armley.
1914: Landed France Le Havre 13th August one of the Old Contemptible's.
1920: Pension to ffather Charles Herbert Residence No 31 Leamington Terrace Armley.
Remembered on Le Touret Memorial France.
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BEST Robert Henry
Private 26844 6th Bn Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/08/1917 Aged 33.
1884: Born Armley Son of William and Susannah Parker Married 1871 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1884: Baptised 01st October Christ Church Upper Armley.
1911: Residence No 16 Harrow Street Armley Occupation Cloth Finisher.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.
BETTLES Lawrence Ewart
Rifleman 306852 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 26/03/1918-30/03/1918 Aged 34.
1883: Born Armley Son of James and Clara Jane Fairburn Married 1881 at St Mary the Virgin Hunslet.
1898: Lawrence was found guilty 5th April alongside Fred Wright of two burglaries one at Mary Ann Ives stealing one pistol eighteen candles and one candle and at the home of James Moor where they were caught. Bound over on bail for £5.00 until ssentancing.
1911: Residence No 33 Leamington Street Tong Road Armley Occupation Labourer.
1914-1918: Enlisted Leeds Service Number 4882.
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Laid to Rest Gommecourt British Cemetery France.
Inscription " Until the Dawn Breaks and the Shadows Free Away
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Laid to Rest Gommecourt British Cemetery France.
BILTON BROTHERS
Sons of Mathew Parkinson and Margaret Thompson Married St Peters Gildersome 1885.
1920s Residence No 4 Barnet Terrace Armley
BILTON George
Private 24004 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 21/03/1918 Aged 23.
1895: Born Armley
1911: Residence No 22 Cricketers Street Armley Occupation Brickmaker.
1916: Enlisted Leeds January. Saw action at Battles of Somme, Ypres and Cambrai.
1920s: National Roll of Great War "He joined the great white army of valiant souls"
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Remembered on Arras Memorial France.
BILTON Parkinson
Rifleman 306017 2/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA Cambrai 22/11/1917 Aged 24.
1893: Born Armley.
1911: Residence No 22 Cricketers Street Armley Occupation Brickmaker.
1914: Enlisted Leeds 14th August Service Number 10624 6th Bn Yorkshire Regiment Described as being 5ft 3 inches tall Blue eyes.
Was quickly Discharged unlikley to make a soldier.
1915: Re Enlisted January 1915 saw action Ypres and the Somme.
1920s: National Roll of Great War "He passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self sacrifice"
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial
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Remembered Cambrai Memorial France
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BINKS George
Rifleman 202202 1/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 24.
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1893: Born Armley 14th September Son of Joseph and Sarah Jane Booker Married at St Peters Church Leeds 1893.
1893: Baptised 15th October St Bartholomews Armley.
1911: Residence No 27 Town Street Armley Occupation Shipping Clerk.
1918: Pension records state Mother Sarah Jane Residing Golden Lion Hotel Armley Road.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial
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FAMILY GRAVE AT ARMLEY HILL TOP CEMETERY PHOTO TO BE TAKEN. Remembered tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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BLACKBURN Ernest
Rifleman R/25080 9th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps KIA 15/09/1916 Aged 31.
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1885: Born 16th August Carter Street Wakefield Son of James and Eliza CWGC 68A Westgate Dewsbury.
1886: Baptised 4th July All Saints Wakefield.
1911: Residence No 63 Westgate Dewsbury Occupation Assistant School Master.
1912: Married Sarah Ann Smith Married Dewsbury.
1917: Will probate at Wakefield left Sarah Ann £249.14 Shillings 2 pence Sarah Residence No 7 Moorfield Avenue Armley..
1922: CWGC Gave wife Sarah Ann Residence as No 24 Highthorne Street Upper Armley.
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Remembered Armley Mills War Memorial Armley.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
BODDY George
Private 21721 1st Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 04/10/1915.
1895: Born Batley Son of Thomas and Sarah Morley Pullan Married March 1887 St Michael Buslingthorpe Leeds.
1911: Residence No 10 Aston View Bramley Occupation Factory Operative Warehouse.
1920s: CWGC Parents at No 2 Barley Corn Yard Town Street Armley.
Remembered Loos Memorial France
BODDY James Herbert Barker
Private 38563 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 19.
1898: Born Cheriton Folkestone Son of Louisa Remmaried to Edward Poll in 1914.
1900: Brother Robert W Born India
1902: Sister Ethel M Born India.
1911: Residence No 8 Marsden Street Wortley at School.
1914-1916: Enlisted Leeds.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley
Remembered on Arras Memorial France.
BOND Francis Conyers
Private 32570 8th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 07/06/1917 Aged 30.
1887: Born Kirk Smeaton Son of John Charles and Sarah White Married Darrington 1874.
1911: Residence No 13 Middle Cross Street Armley Occupation Warehouseman in a Wool Warehouse.
1912: Married Emily Ann Day St Peter Church Leeds 26th June.
1915: Enlisted Leeds 11th December Residence Oak Hotel Canal Street Armley.
1917: Landed Boulogne France 26th April. Training started at Etaples the next day.
1924: Emily Ann remarried to Francis Brother John Walter Bramley registry Office.
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.
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BOTTOMLEY Tom Collins Espar
Company Sergeant Major 3165 A Company 13th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps KIA 29/06/1916 Aged 34.
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1882: Born Brighouse 1882 Son of Walter and Annie Booth Married Halifax 1881.
1907: Married Husband Edith Caulfield Married St Mary of Bethany Wortley.
1911: Serving in India 3rd Bn King Royal Rifle Corps.
1911-1913: Wife Edith passed away in India.
1913: Remarried to Edith Fanny Newman in Karachi India Now Pakistan.
1914-1915: Those Who Died records following Re Enlisted in Leeds. Whilst Residence in Balham London.
1915: Landed France 30th July.
Laid to Rest Berles-au-Bois Churchyard Extension France.
BOYES Douglas
Rifleman R/33487 21st Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps DOW 27/03/1918 Aged 33.
1885: Born Bradford Son of George Edward and Mary Elizabeth Speight Married Bradford 1876.
1911: Residence 48 Bayswater Row Harehills Occupation Drapers Assistant.
1913: Married Esther Elizabeth Turner Married 11th August St Bartholomew Armley.
1914-1917: Enlisted Leeds.
PERMISSION ENGEN 2 ANCESTORY
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial
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Laid to Rest Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension France.
BOYLE Frederick
Sergeant 82793 Number 3 Bn Machine Gun Corps KIA 22/03/1918 Aged 26.
1892: Born Darlington Son of Thomas and Mary Jane.
1911: Residence No 31 Brooklyn Place Armley Occupation Warehouseman Clothiers.
1914: Enlisted Leeds 06th August Captain Francis A Lupton being the Attesting Officer Service Number 1889 Rifleman 8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
1915: Landed Le Harve France 25th April.
1915: Wounded Gun Shot Wound to Ankle 23rd May Sent to Engalnd for treatment.
1916: Married Nellie Russell St Bartholomew Armley
1916: Transferred Machine Gun Corps and promoted Sergeant.
1917: Landed back in France 26th April.
1918: Nellie gave address as 26 Kilburn Road Wortley.
1923: Wife Nellie remarried to Percy Kilburn at Bramley Holbeck registry Office.
1978: Nellie passed away in Leeds
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial
Laid to Rest Ham British Cemetery Muille-Villette France.
BRADSTOCK Harold
Corporal 265737 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/09/1916 Aged 21.
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1896: Born Bramley Son of Edward John R and Eleanor Tyler Married at St George Hanover Square London.
1911: Residence No 45 Tong Road Bramley Occupation Apprentice Electrical Engineers fitter.
1914-1915: Enlisted Leeds Original Service Number 2944.
1915: Landed France 15th April.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
BRAGINTON Henry Thomas
Private 8279 Royal Defence Corps Died Leeds 02/05/1919 Aged 55.
1866: Born Brieley Hill Staffordshire Son of Charles and Phoebe Hughes Married Dudley 1863.
1894: Married Jane Wetherill Bradford Cathedral.
1898: Residence no 3 St Johns Street Bradford Occupation Brass Polisher.
1911: Residence No 3 Abyssinia Street West Leeds Occupation Bill Poster.
1919: Discharged 03rd February. Passed away Tuberculosis and Meningitis.
1919: Laid to Rest 13th May Residence No Cobmore Street Armley.
1919: Pension records state Jane was Residence No 6 Cobnore Street Oldfield Lane Wortley.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Plot/Grave No 2772.
BRIGGS Edward
Bugler S/11375 1st Bn Rifle Brigade KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 20.
1895: Born Leeds 23rd September Son of Joe and Adelaide Rawling Married Hunslet District Registered Building 1893.
1902: Mother Adelaide Remarried to Thomas Rochford St Matthew Holbeck.
1911: Residence No 18 Strawberry Mount Occupation Assisted Fire wood Business.
1914: Enlisted Leeds 29th September Royal Army Medical Corps 38011.
1915: Landed France 13th July appointed Bugler on the 26th July.
1919: Medals to be sent to his mother Adelaide.
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Edwards sister Ada Married Arthur Poulter who won the Victoria Cross in 1918.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France