Headingley War Memorial
1914-1916 LEIGH - HARMER
1914
LEIGH (J) Tom Gunner 30457 56th Battery Royal Field Artillery KIA 14/09/1914 Aged 30. Born Liverpool. Son of James and Eleanor Husband of Blanche May Scarth Married 1907 Leeds Registered Building. 1911 3 Trealawn Avenue Ash Road Occupation Grocer. Blanche remarried to Marchbanks Tom landed in France 16/08/1914. 15/01/1920 Blanche applied for Toms 1914 star medal she was residing 15 Stewart Street Dalmuir Glasgow. (J Incorrect on memorial)
Remembered La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial France photo
PEARSON William Rifleman 3442 2nd Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps Died Tetanus Norwich 11/11/1914 Aged 29. Born Leeds 1885. Residence 1911 1st Bn KRRC New Barracks Gosport Hampshire.
Laid to Rest Norwich Cemetery. pHOTO ?
WHITE Alfred William Stoker 1st Class SS/106882 HMS Hawke KIA 15/10/1914 Aged 24. Born Bermondsey London. SEE HMS HAWKE
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BENTON George Cyril Gunner 1487 1st/1st West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery 11/06/1915 Aged 17. Born Leeds 1897. Son of Walford John and Alice McGee Married London 1888. Residence 1911 no 1 Chestnut Avenue Hyde Park at School. BROTHER John Walford Remembered Below 1916. Laid to Rest Ration Farm Military Cemetery La Chapelle-d'Armentieres France.
DIXON Harry Yorston Second Lieutenant 11th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment Attached 9th Bn Manchester Regiment KIA 13/07/1915 Aged 30. Born Leeds. Son of William Yorston and Ann Eliza Lockwood Married 1879 St Mathias Burley. CWGC 17 Manor Terrace Headingley.
Laid to Rest Redoubt Cemetery Helles Gallipoli Turkey. PHOTO
GRUNDY Geoffrey Stewart Private 1362 A Company 1st Bn Honourable Artillery Company KIA 14/04/1915 Aged 28. Born Leeds 1886. Son of George Graham Stewart and Joanna Taylor Married 1885 St Peter Leeds CWGC Whernside Woodlane Headingley. Enlisted Armoury House London. originally laid to rest in grave 2 at Elzenwalle Cemetery. Epitaph on grave reads "For God His King and Country, That Others might Live in Freedom"
Laid to Rest Voormezeele Enclosure No 3 Belgium. PHOTO
GUDGEON Alfred Private 2367 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 07/08/1915 Aged 36. Born Leeds 1879. Son of William and Martha Husband of Caroline Burnett Married 1902 St Chads Far Headingley. 1911 Residence 7 Chapel Terrace Headingley Fish Salesman. Children Edna and Stanley.
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Belgium. PHOTO
KING Robert Holmes Private 11628 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 28/10/1915 Aged 24. Born Leeds. Son of Arthur and Lily CWGC 21 Granby View Headingley. Husband of Clara Ellen Hargrave Married 1915 Leeds Registered Building CWGC 34 Winfield Mount Blackman Lane.
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium. PHOTO
MIDGLEY Ellis Reginald Second Lieutenant 1/5th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 17/11/1915 Aged 24. Born Leeds
26/04/1891 Baptised Headingley Hill Chapel 14/06/1891. Son of Alderman Ellis Crowther an Alderman of the City of Leeds and Justice of the Peace and Margaret Lee Married Halifax 1877. Husband of Lucy May Brown Married 1915 Leeds Registered Building CWGC 50 Spencer Street Accrington. Enlisted Leeds West Yorkshire Regiment 644 Commissioned 09/05/1915 Landed France 19/10/1915.
Laid to Rest Bard Cottage Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO
SANDIFORTH Arthur Private 5/2967 1/5th Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 01/10/1915 Aged 22. Born Leeds 1893. Son of John and Mary Cartwright Married 1876 St Michael Headingley CWGC 6 Alma Cottages Headingley. Enlisted Huddersfield 03/09/1914. Left Southampton on SS Matheran landed France 08/09/1915. Brother Frank Remembered on Memorial KIA 16/04/1917.
Laid to Rest New Irish Farm Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO
1916
ALEXANDER Arthur Private 13082 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/03/1916 Aged 19. Son of James Craig and Catherine Loughran Married Gateshead 1880 CWGC 14 Grimthorpe Street Ash Road Headingley. 1911 no 17 Wilton Grove Headingley Errand Boy at a Chemists. Arthur was originally laid to rest map reference 28 O 4 b 87 the cross was broken and a cigarette case was found on him.
Laid to Rest Voormezeele Enclosure No 3 Belgium. PHOTO
BENNETT Frederick George SEE MOOR ALLERTON
BENTON John Walford Second Lieutenant 19th Bn Attached 11th Bn Sherwood Foresters KIA 28/09/1916 Aged 25. Born Sheffield 1891. Son of Walford John and Alice McGee Married London 1888. Residence 1911, 1 Chestnut Avenue Hyde Park Student. BROTHER George Cyril Remembered Above 1915.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France. PHOTO
BERRIMAN Fred Leading Stoker 31/05/1916 SEE HMS INVINCIBLE
BEVERLEY Bernard Private 15/46 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 20. Born Brockley London 1896. Son of William Thomas and Elizabeth Margaret Frances Weston Married 1884 CWGC 3 Winstanley Terrace Victoria Road. The family did not conformation of Bernard's death until April 1917.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France. PHOTO
BOTTOMLEY John Cecil Second Lieutenant 8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/09/1916 Aged 20. Born Headingley 09/01/1896. Baptised St Michaels Headingley 14/06/1896. Son of James and Clara Elizabeth Jowett Married Bradford 1887 Enlisted Leeds 10/05/1909 Regents Park Terrace Hyde Park.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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BOWMAN William Powell SEE RFC PAGE
BROOK Cecil Frederick Second Lieutenant 9th Bn Attached 8th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment DIED 05/04/1916 Aged 24. Born Bath 1892. Son of Frederick William and Mary Jane Beaumont Married Huddersfield 1890. CWGC Rosemont 2 Kingsway Harrogate. Residence 1911 20 Woodland Park Road Headingley. Died of Pneumonia
Laid to Rest Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO
BROUGH G (K) Charles Lance Corporal 17683 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 07/08/1916 Aged 22. Born 26/06/1894. Baptised All Souls Leeds. Son of Charles and Annie 1911 11 Broomfield Terrace Headingley at High School. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France. (K) incorrect on war memorial.
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CASSON Harry Stuart Private 15/180 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 29. Born Leeds 1888. Son of William Henry H and Mary Hannah Speedy Married Whitby 1883. CWGC 63 Richmond Avenue Headingley. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
COLLISHAW Joseph Private 13/158 13th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 24. Born Leeds 1882 Son of John and Annie Maria Cheesman Married 1874 St Michael's Headingley. Husband of Annie Ada McGrath Married 1908 Leeds Registered Building. Residence 1911 59 William Street Lock Lane Castleford Plumber. Enlisted Barnsley. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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DAVID Lionel Adolph David Second Lieutenant A Company 7th Bn Yorkshire Regiment 01/07/1916 Aged 25. Born London 1891. Son of Alexander and Beatrice Marian CWGC Claremont Monk Bridge Road Headingley. 1911/Medal Index Card 161 Victoria Road Headingley Clerk In Woollen Business. Laid to Rest Dantzig Alley British Cemetery Mametz France.
DYKES Edward Serjeant 15/56 17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 29/07/1916 Aged 22. Born Leeds 1894. Son of Samuel and Lucy Leng Married 1880 Leeds Registered Building 1911 2 Granby View Headingley Shop Assistant.
HANSON W Only Walter on CWGC Record Armley.
HARMER R C only Harmers found in Headingley 1911 Thuscoate 185 Kirkstall Lane Headingley Gerald who gave his life 11/08/1916.