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TOOKE Bernard Captain 3rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 28. Born Leeds 1889. Son of William Oldham and Jane Ann France Married 1886 Leeds Registered Building 1911 At Leeds University living with parents 32 Reservoir Street. Benjamin Cecil his brother RNAS Learned to fly 11/11/1915. Emigrated Australia. Remembered Arras Memorial France.

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TOWN Charles Aubrey Captain 11th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 20/09/1917 Aged 32. Son of John and Maria C CWGC 24 North Grange Road Headingley. Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.

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WATSON Mark Sanderson Second Lieutenant 1st Bn Highland Light Infantry KIA Kut Iraq 11/01/1917 Aged 22.  Born Chester 15/05/1895. Son of Reverend Richard William Minister of Headingley Wesleyan Church and Isabel Sanderson  Commissioned August 1915 Served with Indian Expeditionary Force Mesopotamia (Iraq) KIA on right bank of the River Tigris whilst attacking the Turks. Lieutenant Colonel Deacon wrote "He was a capable young officer of great promise" Chaplain Dr Ewing "He was held in universal affection and esteem because of his fine qualities and mind of heart, his soldieries spirit and gracious manhood. He was a splendid fellow and died a glorious death, and your sorrow may well be mingled with no little thankfulness and pride."   Remembered Basra Memorial Iraq.

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WINDSOR James Clemont Rifleman 305285 2/8th Bn Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 20/11/1917 Aged 21. Born Leeds 1896. Son of William and Annie Maria Whitteron Married 1894 Holbeck District Registered Building CWGC 4 Graham View Burley. Laid to Rest Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery Villers-Plouich France.

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ALCOCK Randal Arthur Second Lieutenant 7th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/09/1918 Aged 32. Born Belper. Son of John and Lucy CWGC 9 Albert Street Belper. Unknown what connection to Leeds. Laid to Rest Bancourt British Cemetery France.

ALLMAN Francis William Lance Corporal S4/263617 Forage Clerk Army Service Corps Died at Home 29/10/1918 Aged 22. Born Leeds 1896. Son of Fred and Elizabeth Westaway Married St Mathias Burley 1895. Residence 1911 5 Wrangthorn Avenue Hyde Park Shop Assistant. Enlisted Leeds 31/10/1916. Cancer Right Testicle Discharged 20/09/1918. Laid to Rest Lawnswood Cemetery Leeds.

BAINES Frank Oliver Private 40655 16th Entrenching Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry late 6th Bn KIA 31/03/1918 Aged 19. Born Leeds 1898. Son of William and Florence Married St Silas Hunslet 1893 CWGC 11 Chapel Place Headingley. Remembered PozieresMemorialFrance.

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BECKER John Edward Lieutenant London Divisional Signal Company Royal Engineers KIA Between 20/09/1918 and 21/09/1918 Aged 30.  Born Dewsbury Son of Edward and Jessie Mary Drew Married Edmonton London 1886. CWGC High Garth North Hill Road Headingley. CWGC Also served in Uganda (1914) on Gallipoli (1915) and Salonica (1916). 1911 Living with family occupation wool dyer. Enlisted into Uganda Volunteer Reserve. Laid to Rest Dar-Es-Salaam Upanga Road Cemetery Tanzania Africa.

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BRADLEY Crowther Spencer Private 39535 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 28/09/1918 Aged 40. Born 1879 Huddersfield. Son of Demosthenes and Betsy Ellen Taylor Married Huddersfield 1873. Husband of Sarah Taylor Married Huddersfield 1905. CWGC 24 Reservoir Street Woodhouse Lane. Laid to Rest Chapelle British Cemetery Holnon France.

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BRAYSHAY William Wright KIA 11/10/1918 Aged 33 of 11 Southfield Place Armley.

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BRIGGS Orriel Captain 8th Bn Somerset Light Infantry KIA 04/11/1918 Aged 30. Born Leeds 1888. Baptised Leeds All Hollows October 1888. Son of Charles William and Sophia Cox Married Leeds Old Souls 1887. Husband of Edith May Longfield Married 1916 St Michaels Headingley. CWGC Morton House 57 Regent Road Great Yarmouth. 1911 Occupation Clerk Residing 19 Chestnut Avenue Kirkstall. Enlisted Leeds Pals September 1914 Commissioned October 1914. Landed France September 1915 Wounded December 1915. Went to Ripon. Transferred to Somerset's as Captain December 1917. Reported that Orriel was shot through the heart by a German sniper whilst leading a raiding party. Laid to Rest Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension France. ANCESTORY PHOTO GRAVE AND PICTURE.

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CALVERT Harry Private 65271 2/4th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry DOW 29/08/1918 Aged 40. Born 1877. Son of William Edgar and Charlotte Hannah King Married 1872 Scarborough. Husband of Blanche Roberts Married 1915 St Margaret Leeds. CWGC 11 Meadow View Brudenell Road Headingley. Enlisted Leeds West Yorkshire Regiment 49013. Laid to Rest Mont Houn Military Cemetery France.

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CHORLEY Arthur Reginald Captain 2/4th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry DOW 28/04/1918 Aged 47. Born Leeds 1870. Son of Charles Roberts CWGC Architect and Mary Hannah Sutton Married Congleton 1866. Husband of Georgina Martha Hornsby Married London 1907 CWGC 78 Nightingale Lane London SW 12. 1911 11 Heathfield Terrace Far Headingley. Enlisted as a Private 1914. Landed France 13/04/1915. Laid to Rest Boulogne Eastern Cemetery France.

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FAIRBURN John Gunner 201394 A Battery 88th Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 07/09/1918 Aged 22. Born Leeds 1896. Son of Arthur and Emily Sophia Leach Married 1894 CWGC 5 Grimthorpe Place Ash Road Headingley. Landed France 24/08/1915 Royal Army Service Corps. Laid to Rest Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery Lacouture France. FISHER Bertram see RAF PAGE 

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GARNETT Egerton Private 15/36115/17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED Influenza 06/11/1918 Aged 25. Born Horsforth 1893. Son of Edwin and Emily Aspinall Married 1893 Salford. 1911 a Clerk in fathers woollen factory 13 St Michaels Terrace Headingley. Enlisted Leeds pals 10/09/1914 went to Egypt served with pals 01/07/1916 at Somme. Wounded Cambrai offensive sent to Rouen No 83 Hospital 28/11/1917.  Laid to Rest Terlincthun British Cemetery Wimille France. His NCO wrote "We shall all remember his bright and cheery manner. and look back through memory's page and feel proud that god acquainted us with such a noble upright and clean living lad." photo page 66 vol 5 durugniys.