ARMLEY GOTTS PARK
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BROADBENT - CURTIS
BROADBENT - CHADWICK
BROADBENT Clifford
Private 5295 D Company 1st/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 12/09/1916 Aged 21.
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1895: Born Bramley Son of Samuel and Francis Frankland Married All Hallows with St Simon Leeds 1888. Residence
1911: Residence No 20 Ellis Square Theaker Lane Armley Occupation Grocers Assistant.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley
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Laid to Rest Ste Marie Cemetery Le Harve France.
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BROADBENT Leonard
Private 27202 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 17/08/1916 Aged .
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1892: Born Armley Son of Mathew and Caroline Sunderland Married Bramley 1878.
1898: Baptised 17th July Christ Church Upper Armley.
1911: Residence No 43 Whingate Grove Armley Occupation Degreaser.
1915: Married Edna Bailey 02nd October St Johjn the Evangalist Wortley.
1916: Reported missing 29th August YEP Residence Shown as No 36 Fox View Armley.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Somme Memorial France.
BROGDEN George Henry
Private 23428 9th Bn Yorkshire Regiment KIA 08/08/1916 Aged 25.
1891: Born Leeds Son of Arthur Edward and Emma Baldwin Married Leeds 1885. Residence
1911: Residence No 56 Theaker Lane Armley Occupation Mill Hand Fettler.
1914-1915: Enlisted Leeds.
1915: Landed France 05th December.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle France.
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BROOK Clifford
Sergeant 15/163 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 25.
1892: Born Whitkirk Son of William and Jane Ann Trenam.
1892: Baptised 06th November.
1911: Residence No 1 Carter Mount Whitkirk Occupation Clerk Engineers Office.
1914: Enlisted Leeds.
1915: Married Edith Jane Crosland 20th November St Marys Whitkirk.
1921: Effects from Will at Wakefield 16th June Cliffords Residence at time of death No 1 Carter Mount Whitkirk. Left to Edith Jane Trenam Wife of Sidney. £581.12 Shillings 4 pence.
Remembered Christchurch Memorial Window Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial France.
BROOK Herbert
Private 34365 8th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 07/06/1917 Aged 29.
1888: Born Leeds Son of William Garibaldi and Mary Ann Lane Married Holy Trinity Armley 1888.
1909: Enlisted Bradford 16th April into the 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment 9112. s
1911: Residence Connaught Barracks Rawal Pindi India serving with the 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
1914: Landed in France 05th November 1914 Herbert was classed as an old contemptible being part of the original British Expeditionary Force and suffered from Frost Bite and was sent home.
1915: Returned to France in September.
1915-1917: Herbert was sent to the Mediteranean before returning to Belgium.
1918: Personal effects were sent to his mother at 48 Havelock Street Wellington Road New Wortley.
1919: Death Penny and Scroll was sent to father at No 12 Southfield View Armley.
1921-1923: Herbert was found at map Reference 28.I.30.b.40.70 alongside 6 others being identified by his service Disc and name on Clothing. Being re buried where he lies at peace today.
Remembered Southfield Methodist Church War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Bedford House Cemetery Belgium.
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BROOK William
Private 34061 C Company 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 27/08/1917 Aged 35.
1881: Born Armley 16th September Son of Henry and Hannah.
1881: Baptised 25th March St bartholomews Armley.
1910: Married Dorothy Maude Kathleen Bates Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1911: Residence No 9 Greenock Street Armley Occupation Architect's Assistant.
"Ever Remembered"
Laid to Rest Maroc British Cemetery France
BROWN John Charles
Private 307469 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 25/07/1917 Aged 30.
1887: Born Armley Son of Sarah Ann Born 1864 no father.
1911: Residence No 3 St Johns Place Whitehall Road New Wortley Occupation Cabinet Maker.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley
Laid to Rest Mont Huon Military Cemetery Le Treport France
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BROWN Lawrence
Private 15/1444 C Company 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 23.
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1893: Born Armley Son of Jesse and Elizabeth Scarlett Married Christ Church Upper Armley December 1885.
1911: Residence No 40 Congress Street Whingate Armley Occupation Apprentice Cutter.
1925: Armley Wortley News obituary Parents Address 40 Congress Street Armley.
CWGC No 14 Barden Mount Armley. Enlisted Colsterdale Leeds Pals.
Remembered Christchurch War Memorial Window Armley.
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Remembered on Thiepval Memorial France.
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BROWN Mayer Frank
Private 50950 9th Bn Cheshire Regiment DOW Gunshot Wound to the Abdomen 16/09/1918 Aged 34.
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1884: Born Terford Lincolnshire Son of
1907: Married Lucy Ellen Betts Married 30th January Sharnbrook Bedfordshire.
1915: Enlisted Leeds 09th December Residence No 23 Chichester Street Armley Occupation Private Nursing Home Porter.
1917: Landed Boulogne France 04th April.
1918: Gassed 08th June.
1918: Lucy received the following telegram
"C/698 Deeply Regret to inform you your husband 50950 Private Brown Cheshire Regiment died from wounds 16th September at 32 clearing station France. I am to express my sympathy and regret of the army council in your sad bereavement."
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Laid to Rest Lapugnoy Military Cemetery France 19/09/1918.
BROWNING William
Lance Corporal 32533 C Company 12th Service Bn Highland Light Infantry KIA /08/1918 Aged 28.
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1890: Born Wortley Son of Daniel Adolphus and Fanny Moore Married Pewsey 1879.
1901: Residence No 21 Cedar Street Armley. 1
1911: No 83 Town School 33 Theaker Lane Armley Occupation Clothiers Shop Assistant.
1916: Married Florence Marriott St Marks Church Woodhouse.
CWGC 26 Ganton Place Woodhouse. Enlisted Hamilton Scotland.
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"At Rest"
Laid to Rest Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Somme France.
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BRUINES Bertie
Private 25334 C Company 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 26.
1891: Born Armley Son of George William and Mary Wilkinson Married St Peter Leeds 1885.
1911: Residence No 6 Brooklyn Terrace Armley Occupation Cabinet Makers Apprentice. Enlisted Leeds.
Remembered Arras Memorial France
BUCKLE Henderson
Private 18762 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 13/06/1917 Aged 34.
1883: Born Bramley 05th May Son of Joseph and Hannah Henderson Married St Peter Leeds 1873.
1899: Hannah remarried to George Ellis Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1907: Married Edith Johnson St Peter Bramley.
1911: Residence No 2 Bramley Terrace Bramley Occupation Railway Shunter. Two daughters Annie Camm and Elsie.
1915: Enlisted Leeds Landed Gallipoli Turkey 21st September.
1917: Saturday 07th July Yorkshire Post reported death of Henderson giving family residence of No 20 Filey Street Armley Road.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered on Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Belgium.
BURNETT John Clifford
Private 53018 2/6th Bn Durham Light Infantry DOW GSW to the back and side at 39 District Hospital 07/09/1918 Aged 26.
1892: Born Armley Son of Benjamin and Sarah Elizabeth Pearson Married 1886.
1915: Enlisted Leeds 02nd December West Yorkshire Regiment Service Number 24864, Residence 52 Armley Grove Place.
1916: Landed France 24th June 02nd July admitted to 2nd Birmingham War Hospital frost bite in hand from Rouen.
1917: Transfered to Durham Light Infantry 30th April.
1918: Back to France 05th May 29th June Admitted to hospital Influenza.
Laid to Rest Aire Communal Cemetery France.
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BUTTERWORTH Archibald (Archie) James
Corporal 15/1574 11th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 20/09/1917 Aged 23 Award Military Medal.
1894: Born Otley 04th February Son of Lucy Baptised 18th September Otley All Saints.
1911: Residence No 12 Denmark Street Gateshead Occupation Music Hall Artist.
1914: Enlisted into Leeds Pals 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment at Colsterdale.
CWGC Nephew of Eliza M 22 Dewhurst Street Tong Road Armley.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium
BUTTERWORTH William Brook
Private 24493 2nd Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 34.
1883: Born Yeadon Son of Joseph Brook and Ada.
1903: Married Jane Ann Rogers St Bartholomew Armley 03rd September.
1916: Enlisted Leeds 14th July Yorkshire Regiment Service Number 32496. Residence No 1 Pennant Place Armley Occupation Bricklayer. 1916: Landed France 20th October
1917: Laid to Rest 19th May.
Brown's Copse Cemetery Roeux France.
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CALVERT Herbert
Private 34482 18th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 37.
1879: Born Holbeck 29th November Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Parkinson Married Hunslet 1874
1908: Married Margaret Frances Pinkney St Bartholomew Church Armley 06th July.
1911: Residence No 7 Allerton Terrace Kirkstall Road Occupation Newspaper Hawker.
CWGC Wife Margaret at No 89 Simpson Street Armley.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley
Remembered Arras Memorial France.
CAMPBELL John Reginald S
Private 20008 9th Bn Essex Regiment KIA 09/04/1917 Aged 19.
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1897: Born Armley Son of John Marks and Mary Whitham Married All Hallows with St Simon Leeds 1896.
1911: Residence No 28 Main Street Armley Occupation Grocers Boy.
Enlisted Royal Horse and Field Artillery 32758.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.
Remembered Arras Memorial France
CARRICK Ernest
Private 201697 9th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers KIA 24/10/1918 Aged 23.
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1895: Born Hunslet Son of John and Harriett Carrick.
1901: Adopted son of Theophilia Cox and Sarah Elizabeth Cox .
1911: Residence No 14 Strawberry Place Armley Occupation Iron turner Living with Sister Nellie
Enlisted Leeds.
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Laid to Rest Bermerain Communal Cemetery France.
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CARRISS W L
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.
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CARTER Harry
Pioneer 24019 331st Company Royal Engineers (Road Making in France) Died of Wounds at home 1919 Aged 40.
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1879: Born Armley Son of Fred and Lily. Husband of Florrie Juckes Married St Bartholomew Armley 21/01/1916.
1911: Residence No 10 Oriental Street Armley. Occupation Carman Barman.
1915: Enlisted 03rsd December.
1918: Admitted to hospital with TB March Discharged 27th May
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Unknown
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CARTER Wilfred
Private 65476 1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers DOW 06/06/1918 Aged 39.
1879: Born Leeds Son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Knapton Lowe Married 1875 Christ Church Upper Armley.
1903: Married Bertha Powell Married 02nd June St Mary of Bethany Wortley CWGC 6 James Street Tong Road New Wortley.
1911: Residence No 4 Gilpin View Armley Occupation Reader In Printing Office.
1914-1917: Enlisted Leeds 54957 West Yorkshire Regiment.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Pernes British Cemetery France.
CARTER William Cuthbertson
Private 41806 10th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry DOW 25/10/1917 Aged 28.
1889: Born Leeds Son of Richard and Mary Ann Cuthbertson Married St Matthew Little London Leeds 1883.
1911: Residence No 15 Salisbury Avenue Armley Occupation Card Box Maker.
1913: Married Emily Howitt 14th June St Bartholomew Armley.
1917: Passed away at No 22General Hospital Etaples France.
1923: Emily Remarried to Percy C Barber at Holy Trinity Armley Hall.
CWGC 4 Southfield Place Tong Road Armley.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley and Southfield Methodist Church Armley.
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Laid to Rest Etaples Military Cemetery France.
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CAWOOD Wilfred
Private 10770 2nd Bn Yorkshire Regiment KIA 29/09/1919 Aged 30.
1889: Born Leeds Son of Henry and Elizabeth H Tinker Married 1881 Leeds Registered Building.
1911: Residence No 2 Redshaw Mount Tong Road Armley Occupation Labourer For a Cloth Mill.
1915: Enlisted Leeds Landed Balkans 14th July.
CWGC Parents Residing No 31 Renison Street New Wortley.
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Remembered Vis-En-Artois Memorial France.
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CHADWICK Frederick William
Private 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 36865 26/06/1917 Aged 21.
1896: Born Leeds Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Kirby Married 1896 Holy Trinity Armley Hall Enlisted York August 1915.
1917: National Roll of Great War "Severely wounded Arras 25/06/1917".
CWGC Parents Residing No 7 Abbott Road Armley.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley
Inscription
"Thinking that remembrance, though unspoken, may reach him where he sleeps."
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Laid to Rest Etaples Military Cemetery France.
CHAPMAN - CURTIS
CHAPMAN Arthur Allsop
Lieutenant 7th Bn Attached 9th Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 25/04/1917 Aged 21.
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1895: Born Great Gonerby Grantham Lincolnshire Son of Henry a Schoolmaster and Sabina Allsop Married 1888.
1911: Residence No 20 Athlone Grove Armley. Educated West Leeds High School.
1915: Supplement to the London Gazette 9th September records that Arthur was to be commissioned 23rd August he was a cadet in the Leeds University Contingent.
1917: Landed France 18th January.
1917: Arthur was Killed in Action whilst leading an attack at Monchy La Preux France.
1918: Leeds Mercury 19th March reported that a memorial tablet to Arthur was palced in St Bartholomews Church Armley where he had previously been a member of the Choir
1933: Passing of father Henry 13th October. Arthur is remembered on the family grave stone Armley Hill Top Cemetery. CLICK HERE.
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Originally Laid to Rest Feuchy Chapel Quarry Cemetery Feuchy 200 Metres from where Arthur now lies
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​Remembered Unknown Memorial Leeds Town Hall.
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Laid to Rest Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery Wancourt France.
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CHAPMAN Eric
Corporal 2209 C Company 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 22/09/1917 Aged 20.
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1896: Born Leeds Son of Frederick and Julia Anne Brown Married 1879.
1911: No 4 Whingate Armley Occupation Insurance Clerk.
CWGC River View Llangollen Denbighshire.
Remembered Unknown Memorial Leeds Town Hall
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Laid to Rest Essex Farm Cemetery Belgium.
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CHAPMAN George
Serjeant 267467 2/6th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment 03/05/1917 Aged 32.
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1911: Residence No 4 Leamington Terrace Tong Road Armley.
Married Alice Mary
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Remembered Arras Memorial France.
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CHAPMAN Herbert Dent
Private 15/191 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 33.
1883: Born Armley Vol 9b Page 561 Son of George and Alice Dent.
Enlisted Leeds.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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CHARTERS Frederick Robson
Private 37627 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/04/1917 Aged 26.
1891: Born Delph Son of John and Sarah Residence No 49 Aubreys House Armley.
1915: Married Leah Teal Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
Remembered Arras Memorial France.
CLARKE Algernon Charles
Gunner 222955 C Battery 256th Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 07/07/1918 Aged 35.
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Born Kettering Son of Charles and Avis Ward Married Kettering 1881.
1914: Married Elsie L Thrippleton Married Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1920: Elsie remarried to Joseph Curry Christ Church Upper Armley
CWGC No 8 Highthorne Grove Upper Armley.
Laid to Rest Ecoivres Military Cemetery Mont-St. Eloi France. GOOGLE MAP.
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COCKCROFT Joseph Henry
Private 78529 12th Bn Durham Light Infantry KIA 15/06/1918 Aged 19.
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1898: Born Armley Son of William and Harriet Wooton Married All Souls Leeds 1887.
1911: Residence No 19 Aberdeen Avenue Armley at School.
1917: Enlisted Leeds 02nd March Residence No 17 Aberdeen Road Armley Occupation Clerk Aged 18 Years 5 Months. Described as being 5 Feet 2 1/2 Inches Tall.
1918: Personal effects including Photos, Wallet Note book and Religious Book sent to mother.
1919: Letter sent to parents explaining that Joseph hasd been exhumed from his resting place at Kabertaba British Cemetery and that "the removal was taken with great care and reverance and that the Army Chaplin had performed the ceremony at Josephs final resting place."
Remembered Christ Church Memorial Window Armley.
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Laid to Rest Granezza British Cemetery Italy. CLICK HERE Photo
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COLEMAN Fred
Private 28015 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 11/10/1916 Aged 25.
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1890: Born Wortley 14th August Son of Samuel George and Hannah Woodhouse Married 1888 St John The Evangelist Wortley.
1911: Residence No 10 Bosnia Street Armley Occupation Bricklayers labourer.
1914: Married Nellie Bannister Married 01st August Upper Armley Methodist Church Whingate Armley.
1915: Son Wilfred Born 1915.
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Remembered Christ Church Memorial Window Armley.
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Laid to Rest Bertrancourt Military Cemetery Somme France. GOOGLE MAP
COLLETT BROTHERS
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Sons of Albert and Mary Ellen Lawton Died 1910, they Married in 1883 Leeds Registered Building.
COLLETT Albert Edward
T/327134 665th H.T.Company Army Service Corps Spanish Flu Royal Herbert Hospital Woolwich 09/11/1918 Aged 31.
1887: Born Armley August.
1891: Baptised St Mathews 18th May Residence No 7 Bosnia terrace Armley.
1909: Married Margaret Hunter McDonald Married 05th September St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 53 Simpson Street Tong Road Armley Occupation Conductor Leeds City Tramways.
1915: Enlisted Leeds 06th December Residence No 39 Parsonage View Tong Road Armley Occupation Tram Driver Leeds Corporation Tramways.
1917: Landed Le Harve 10th September onboard SS Londonderry.
1918: Margaret was still living in England.
CWGC Shows Wife Margaret Residence as No 67 Esplanade Kaiti Gisborne New Zealand.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley
Laid to Rest Upper and Lower Wortley Cemetery Leeds.
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COLLETT Walter
Private 306477 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 25/07/1917 Aged 20.
1897: Born Armley Brother of Albert Edward Remembered above.
1911: Residence No 31 Ceder mount Armley Occupation Cloth Finisher.
Laid to Rest Coxyde Military Cemetery Belgium.
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CONWAY William
Private 29502 14th Bn Highland Light Infantry KIA 28/11/1917 Aged 19.
1897: Born Armley 05th August Son of Frederick and Eliza Haggis Died 1901 Aged 34, Married 1892 Holy Trinity Armley Hall.
1901: Passing of mother Eliza.
1902: Frederick re married to Maria Smith.
CWGC No 4 Barleycorn Street Whitehall Road.
Enlisted Leeds 24688 West Yorkshire Regiment.
Remembered Cambrai Memorial Louverval France.
COOPER Harold
Private 5545 2nd Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 07/08/1915 Aged 33.
1882: Born Bramley Son of Joseph and Hannah.
1914: Enlisted Leeds August. Seeing action at Neuve Chapelle, Hill 60 and Ypres.
1915: Residence No 8 Nunington Avenue Armley.
National Roll of Great War
"Thinking that Remembrance, though unspoken, may reach him where he sleeps."
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.
COOPER William Henry
Private 28795 16th Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry DIED 16/02/1919 Aged 23.
1896: Born Wortley Son of Rufus and Hannah Mills Married 1892 St Peter Leeds.
Enlisted Leeds 28383 West Yorkshire Regiment
CWGC No 36 Cedar Mount Armley. .
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Laid to Rest Cologne Southern Cemetery Germany.
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COPLEY Arthur George
Sapper 84061 211th Field Company Royal Engineers KIA 12/04/1918 Aged 34.
1884: Born Lincoln Son of Albert Edward and Louisa Graves Curtis Married 1883.
1911: Residence Armley Jail Occupation Prison Warder.
1915: Married Elizabeth Alice Newhouse Married District of Lunesdale Lancashire.
1915: Arthur was a Prison Warden at Armley Prison Leeds. Landed Egypt 21st December.
CWGC: No 36 Main Street Hornby Lancaster.
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Remembered Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium. GOOGLE MAP
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COX HENRY
Private 98808 40th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers 02/01/1920 Aged 22.
1898: Born Armley Son of Isaac and Francis Ann Wormald Married 1888 Holy Trinity Armley Hall
CWGC No 11 Goodwin Street Upper Wortley.
Enlisted West Yorkshire Regiment 56553.
Laid to Rest Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Belgium
COX HERBERT
Private 307141 1/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 25/04/1918 Aged 29.
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1889: Born 01st August Armley Son of Joseph Thomas and Sarah Ann
1889: Christened 02nd October St Marks Woodhouse.
1917: Married Jessie Prockter 15th December St Bartholomew Armley.
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium. GOOGLE MAP
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COX William
Able Seaman H.M.S. Vanguard 09/07/1917 Aged 21.
1895: Born Leeds 07th May Son of William and Mary Ellen Craven Married 1885 St John The Baptist New Wortley.
1911: Residence No 29 Elsworth Street Armley Road Occupation Grocers Assistant.
1917: William was on board HMS Vanguard off Scapa Flow when she suddenly blew up at around midnight, it is thought it was caused by a magazine explosion in one of the two magazines which served the amidships turrets P and Q. 804 men were reported to be lost.
Williams Brother George Frederick lost a son in WW2 whilst serving on HMS Mahratta
Able Seaman George Frederick Cox. CLICK HERE.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley.
Remembered Chatham Naval Memorial.
CRAVEN Arthur
Private 41312 6th Bn Leicestershire Regiment DOW 26/08/1918 Aged 19.
1898: Born Wortley 26th November Son of Samuel and Esther Ellen Wilson Married 1889 St Peter Leeds.
1899: Baptised 15th August
1911: Residence No 37 Shaftesbury Street Wortley at School.
1924: Passing of Father William.
1925: Passing of Mother Elizabeth.
CWGC No 24 Barden Mount Whingate Armley.
Inscription on Grave
LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE FROM MOTHER, FATHER AND BROTHER
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Laid to Rest Bagneux British Cemetery Gezaincourt Somme France. GOOGLE MAP
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CRAVEN Gilbert
Rifleman 62709 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 11/10/1918 Aged 19.
1899: Born Wortley July Son of William and Elizabeth Harland Atkinson Married 1889 St Peters Leeds.
1917: Enlisted Leeds 03rd November Residence No 38 Florence Road Armley Occupation Clerk.
1918: Landed Boulogne 22nd May Joined his Bn 24th May.
Laid to Rest Niagara Cemetery Iwuy France. GOOGLE MAP
CRAVEN William Henry
Sapper 174730 Inland Waterways and Docks Royal Engineers 30/08/1917 Aged 38.
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1878: Born Kirkstall 26th December Son of Joshua Stansfield and Eliza Slater Married 1875 St Mathias Burley.
1880: Baptised 17th March St Stephen Kirkstall.
1905: Married Sarah Ann May St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 4 Drury Street Armley Occcupation Blacksmith.
CWGC No 16 Pratts Terrace Commercial Road Kirkstall.
Remembered Basra Memorial Iraq.
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CROFTON George
Private 3/8508 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/09/1916 Aged 25.
1891: Born Armley Son of George Frederick and Sarah.
1898: George re married.
1911: Residence No 10 Cottingham Street Armley Occupation at Leeds Forge Labourer Flue Department
1916: Leeds Mercury announced George passing Residence No 8 Esholt Street Armley.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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CROSS William
Driver T/17748 Royal Service Corps Attached Northumberland Hussars DIED 06/02/1915 Aged 32.
1887: Born Louth Son of Askew and Sarah CWGC Great Carlton Lincolnshire.
1910: Married Elizabeth Fox Married Brunswick Methodist Chapel, Lovell Park Road.
CWGC No 25 Parliament Road Armley.
Laid to Rest Merville Communal Cemetery France. GOOGLE MAP
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CURTIS Samuel Brunyee
Private 10696 2nd Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 08/09/1914 Aged 21.
1893: Born York Son of Albert Edward and Elizabeth Marshall.
1901: Residence No 7 Cedar Road Armley.
1914: Enlisted Leeds. Landed France 31st August.
Laid to Rest Hautrage Military Cemetery Belgium. GOOGLE MAP