Headingley War Memorial
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CAUNTER (CAUNT) HARRY Private 267078 2/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 17/05/1917 Aged 28. Born Leeds 1888. Son of Henry Gribban and Husband of Edith Mary Wyan Married St Peters Leeds 1914. Edith re married William T Robson at St Chads Headingley 1925. CWGC 2 Thornville Avenue Hyde Park. Laid to Rest Etaples Military Cemetery France.
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CHEATTER Francis William Lance Serjeant 268505 2/6th Bn Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 19/05/1917 Aged 39. Born Leeds 1877. Son of William and Matilda Blagg Married Nottingham 1865. Husband of Ada Wedderspoon Married 1907 All Hallows with St Simon Leeds. 1911 16 St Michaels Terrace Headingley Commercial Traveller.
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Laid to Rest 24/05/1917 15.15 at Horsforth Cemetery. PHOTO
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DIGBY Joseph Private 1/4th Bn Essex Regiment KIA 03/11/1917 Aged 33. Born Ripon 1884. Son of William Ebeneazer and Elizabeth Horner Married Ripon 1877. Husband of Minnie James Married 1914 St Michaels Headingley. 1911 15 Willow Terrace Road Commercial Traveller. CWGC 47, St. Mark's Street. Enlisted Leeds Army Service Corps M/272625. Laid to Rest Gaza War Cemetery Palestine.
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HARRIS Christopher Samuel Second Lieutenant 6th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 27/05/1917 Aged 20. Born Leeds 1897. Son of Phillip and Hannah Kirk Married St Mary the Virgin Middleton 1889. CWGC 14 Newport View Headingley. Medal Index Ley House South Milford. Landed France 17/06/1916. Remembered Loos Memorial France.
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HUDSON Robert Arthur Lieutenant Colonel 8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 37. Born Headingley 1880. Son of Robert and Hannah Booth Married 1872 Aston Birmingham. CWGC Weetwood Mount Far Headingley. Husband of Mary Vera Senior Married 1908. CWGC Highfield Headingley. Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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KEY Henry Gunner 143329 49th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery KIA 30/10/1917 Aged 29. Born Headingley 1888. Son of William R and Sarah Jane Husband of Annie Barber Married 1911 St Margaret Leeds CWGC 27 Albert Road Morecambe. Annie re married in 1922 to Thomas E Pearson in Morecombe. 1911 41 Harold Grove Burley Machine Knife Cutter.
KEYWORTH Joseph Private 26285 2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers Attached Machine Gun Corps KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 21. Born Headingley 02/03/1895. Baptised St Michaels Headingley. Enlisted Leeds Royal Field Artillery 14860. Sister Emme Gave Her Life at Barnbow Accident also Remembered on the Memorial. Laid to Rest Cement House Cemetery Belgium.
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MITCHELL Alan Eric Corporal 40894 27th Tyneside Irish Battalion KIA 09/04/1917 Aged 22. Born Leeds 1895. Son of Frederick a Woollen Manufacturer and Fannie 1901 Family residing Gledhow. 1911 Alan was at a private school in Reading. 1911 Parents 23 Card
igan Road Headingley. Enlisted Leeds Town Hall September 1914 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment. Remembered Arras Memorial France.
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REAM Norman Scholes Private 761966 1/28th Bn London Regiment Artists Rifles KIA 30/10/1917 Aged 30. Born Tanshelf Pontefract 1887. Son of Joseph Fox and Clara Loiusa Scholes Married Tanshelf 1886. CWGC 30 Manor Terrace Headingley Bank Clerk. Enlisted Leeds 11/12/1915. Landed France 16/02/1917.
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Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium. PHOTO
RICHARDSON Basil James Second Lieutenant 8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 19. Born Leeds 1898. Son of William and Beatrice Boyle Married 15/01/1891 Headingley Non Conformist Chapel. Enlisted 4th Bn Cameroons 4716. Landed France 06/08/1916. Commissioned 25/04/1917.
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Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium. PHOTO
SANDIFORTH BROTHERS Sons of John Died 27/02/1929 Laid to Rest after a service at St Michaels at Lawnswood Cemetery and Mary Cartwright Married 1876 St Michael Headingley
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Brother Arthur Also remembered on Headingley War Memorial 1915.
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SANDIFORTH Frank Serjeant 775032 C Battery 310th Brigade Royal Field Artillery 16/04/1917 Aged 32. Born Leeds 1885. Brother of Arthur Remembered Headingley War Memorial Panel 1915.
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Laid H.A.C Cemetery Ecoust-St.Mein France. PHOTO ?
SANDIFORTH Fred Private 23259 1st Bn Canterbury Regiment New Zealand Expeditionary Force KIA 12/10/1917 Aged 29. Born 11/01/1888 Headingley Baptised St Michaels Headingley. Son of John and Mary Cartwright Married 1876 St Michael Headingley. Residence 1911 Hawkes Bay Napier New Zealand. Husband of Mary. Brother of Frank and Arthur Remembered on Headingley War Memorial. Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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SIBSON George Private 23479 B Company 32nd Bn Royal Fusiliers KIA 29/04/1917 Aged 38. Born Rothwell 1879. Son of George and Mary Hawley Married 1869 St George Leeds Residence 1911 20 Newport View Headingley Bankers Clerk. CWGC Brother of Mrs. Suffield 27 Broadfield Road Moss Side Manchester. This was sister Lilly Married Wilfred G Suffield Chorlton 1923. This detail proves this man as George Born Rothwell 1879. (George Sibson Died 1920 Leeds Aged 31 Laid to Rest Harehills.) CWGC gives Wrong Age as 31. Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.
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SOWREY Thomas Anthony Private 76276 37th General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps KIA 12/03/1917 Aged 27. Born Wortley 1889. Only son of Joshua and Mary Hannah Harrison Married 1888 St John The Evangelist Wortley De Leeds. CWGC/Enlistment 59 Headingley Mount Headingley. 1911 The Arcade Cross Gates Stationer & Fancy Dealers Assistant. Enlisted Aldershot 29/10/1915. Gives age as 21. Went to Salonika 15/06/1916.
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Laid to Rest Mikra British Cemetery Kalamaria Greece. PHOTO
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