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TETLEYS BREWERY HUNSLET
 

Unveiled and dedicated Friday 22nd November 1922 by Major General H R Davies it remembers the 236 employees who served during the war and the 25 who gave their lives.

ARCHBELL Tom Corporal 780963 D Battery Royal Field Artillery KIA 03/11/1917 Aged 26. Department Yard. Born Leeds 18/04/1892 Son of James Died March 1916 and Susan Spence. Husband of Ethel Turner Married St Saviour Cross Green 1912 Died 1914. Residence 1911 14 St Hilders Road Occupation Game keeper. Tom remarried to Ethal Pick Married 1915 All Saints Leeds. Enlisted Otley November 1914.

                                         

                                           Remembered Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium.

BARKER Walter  Private 41155 11th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 07/06/1917 Aged 34. Department Drayman. Son of Walter and Ellen Husband of Ruth. Enlisted Leeds January 1916. Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Belgium

BROOK Leonard Private 21/674 1/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died 17/04/1918 Aged 25.Department Bottling.  Born Hunslet 1893. Son of Willliam and Harriett Turner Married Christ Church Leeds June 1893. 1911 residence 17 Derby Terrace Hunslet Occupation Maltsters Labourer. Enlisted February 1916. Medal Index States KIA 01/07/1916. Remembered  Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium also St Peters Church Hunslet Moor. 

CARNEY John Private 3/10649 2nd Bn West Riding Regiment DOW 05/05/1915 Aged 18. Department Bottling. Born 1897 Leeds.  Son of Thomas and Julia Corcoron Married 1896 Holbeck District Registered Building 1911 No 5 Hall Court Occupation Errand Boy CWGC 10 Salem Place.  Enlisted Leeds August 1914.(Not James who was in the army in 1911 in India same regiment he lost his life with in WW1) Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium and St Marys Hunslet.

GILLIGAN Charles Lance Corporal 7294 2nd Bn West Riding Regiment DOW 07/04/1915 Aged 32. Department Cellers. Born Leeds 08/04/1882. Son of Thomas and Sarah Bellhouse Married 1878 St Peters. Husband of Georgina Hodgson Married St Johns 1912. Georgina remarried to William H Ridyard in 1916. Enlisted Leeds August 1914.  Brother James KIA 11/11/1914. Laid to Rest Ramparts Cemetery Lille Gate France.

GOODWILL Stanley Private 14/28067 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 23/08/1916 Aged 26. Department Drayman.. Born 1890 Scarborough Son of George CWGC 9 Harcourt Avenue Seamer Road Scarborough. Husband of S CWGC  32 Cardigan Terrace Kirkstall Road. Enlisted Leeds April 1916. Laid to Rest La Neuville British Cemetery Corbie Somme France.

HANSON Frank Freeman Private 15409 1St Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers DOW 09/01/1916 Aged 28.Department Office. Born Bramley 1888. Son of Job and Rebecca 19111 Lawrel Villas Armley Occupation a Clerk in Clarks Brewery. Enlisted Leeds November 1914. Laid to Rest Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Belgium. Also remembered Armley War Memorial Gotts Park Armley.

HARGRAVE R (Herbert) Private 38407 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA Retreat from Mons 21/10/1914 Aged ?. Department Mash Room. Enlisted Leeds August 1914. Remembered Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium

 

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 HARRISON William Edward 182nd Siegy Battery Gunner 143536 Royal Garrison Artillery KIA 19/10/1918 Aged 35. Department Drayman. Husband of Elizabeth CWGC/Tetley Remeberence Book 10 Elsworth Place, Armley. see armley !   

LUMB Fred Guardsman 7889 Scots Guards KIA 11/11/1914 Aged 21. Department Yard. Born Leeds Son of Alfred and Harriett Burrow Married 1889 St Stephen  Burmantofts CWGC 4 Foundry Street Saxton Lane. 1911 9 St Ann's Square Labourer. Enlisted Leeds August 1914. Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.

McGUINNESS John Robert Private 368655 West Yorkshire Regiment Died of Consumption at Home 27/05/1918 Aged 20 .Department Cellar Office.Son of John Robert and Eliza CWGC 22 Ingleton Street. Enlisted Leeds December 1915 York and Lancs Regiment. Laid to Rest Hunslet Old Cemetery Leeds. 

PEARCE Edward James Rifleman 2778 7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 07/05/1915 Aged 17 Department Bottling. Born Norwich. Son of Edward James and Rosa Ellen Baker CWGC of 13 Canvas Street Holbeck Native of Norfolk. 1911 Resident Burton Upon Trent was at School father employed as a brewery worker. Edward was originally laid to rest Winchester Post Military Cemetery Rue-du-Bacquerot alongside 119 other men.  Laid to Rest Aubers Ridge British Cemetery France.

REVELEY William Acting Company Serjeant Major 17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 22/10/1916 Aged 26. Department Office. Son of Simpson and Martha W Smith Married 1883 Hunslet District Registered Building. Husband of Gladys Whitaker Married 1914 St Luke, Beeston Hill CWGC 49 Highfield Street Beeston Hill. 1911 Residence 7  Pulleyn Street South Brooke Street Occupation Brewery Clerk. 

                                                      

                                                      Laid to Rest Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery Arras France.  photo

RICHMOND Thomas William Corporal 19039 6th Bn Yorkshire Regiment (Hussars) 27/08/1917 Aged 28. Department Store Room. Born Leeds 1889. Son of William and Ellen Hogg. Husband of Martha Littlewood Married 1908 Christ Church Leeds. Residence 1911 20 Gloucester Street Occupation Brewers Labourer  Enlisted Leeds November 1914 into the Yorkshire Light Infantry.  Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.

ROTHERFORTH Charles Herbert Private 38054 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 29.(Leeds Pals) Department Drayman. Born Leeds 1888. Son of Fred and Eliza 1911 residence 10 Thomas Street Occupation Brewers Drayman. Enlisted Leeds October 1916.  Laid to Rest Orchard Dump Cemetery Arleux-en-Gohelle France.

SIMS (Simms) John Rifleman 267031 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died at Home of Consumption Hunslet 1920 Aged 28. Gassed at Nieuport Belgium. Department Bottling. Born Rusholme Manchester 1892. Son of John T and Margaret Foster Married 1890 St Matthew Holbeck. 1911 Residence 5 Huntley Place Hunslet Occupation Bottler of Beer and Stout. Enlisted Leeds October 1915. Laid to Rest Unknown. also Remembered St Peters Dewsbury Road.

SMITH A  Gunner Royal Field Artillery KIA  Department Drayman. Enlisted October 1915.Can You Help

 

SMITH G W TO WHITWELL  

SMITH George William Private 41737 2/4th Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 12/09/1918 Aged 30. Department Drayman. Born 1888 Hnmanby Near Filey. Enlisted Leeds October 1916. Laid to Rest Hermies Hill British Cemetery France. Remembered St Peters Dewsbury Road.

STEAD Willie Lance Corporal S/23959 7th Bn Cameron Highlanders Died 28/03/1918 Aged 32. Department Office. Born Leeds 1885. Son of Timothy and Emma Holliday Married 1877. CWGC/1911 Residence 8 Craven Street Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occupation Brewers Clerk. enlisted Leeds January 1916. Remembered on Arras Memorial France. Also Remembered St Peters Dewsbury Road.

SUTCLIFFE Ernest Rifleman (Signaler) 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 22. Department Stone Room. Son of Thomas and Isabella Fawcett Married 1893 St Mary the Virgin Hunslet CWGC 36 Sheldon Street Holbeck. 1911 Ernest employed as an Iron Turner. Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.

WALES Richard E Private 11619 8th Bn West Riding Regiment 05/05/1915 Aged 27. Department Yard. Born Son of Joseph and Fanny CWGC 27 Waterloo Street.  Husband of Lily Emily CWGC 12 Bowman Lane Hunslet Road. Enlisted Leeds January 1916. Remembered Helles Memorial Turkey. Also Remembered St Marys Hunslet

WELLS George Walter Private 265941 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 18/09/1918 Aged 21. Son of George and Louisa Bayley Married 1896 Leeds Registered Building CWGC 43 Meadow Road. Enlisted Bradford August 1914. Awarded Military Medal. Laid to Rest Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery France. 

WHITWELL Harry Gunner 216390 26th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Died Pneumonia 16/12/1918 Aged 38. Department Office Porter. Born 1879 Hunslet 1879. Son of Thomas and Emma Lawrence Married Hunslet 1878. Husband of Alice Whincup Married Hunslet 1903. CWGC/1911 Residence 23 Addington Street Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occupation Office Porter at Brewery. Laid to rest Etaples Military Cemetery France Also Remembered Dewsbury Road

WILSON J W 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Can You Help..

WRIGHT Harold Private 202285 1/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 18/06/1918 Aged 33. Department Drayman. Born Cottingham near Hull Son of Francis Hardy Wright and Emma of 10 Gibson Street Driffield. 1911 Residence Boarder at 3 Jermond Place Hunslet Occupation Carter in Brewery. Enlisted York 1916. Laid to Rest Esquelbecq Military Cemetery France.

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