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SHAW - WALKER

SHAW Walter Edwin

Air Mechanic 248792 2nd Class Royal Air Force DIED 10/11/1918 Aged 39.

1879: Born Leeds 18th September Son of George and Helen YEP 11/11/1918.

1901: Father George passed away 5th December.

1910: Mother Helen remarried William Thomas Hornby St Peters Leeds.

1918: Enlisted Royal Flying Corps 31st January Occupation Auctioneer. YEP reported that he worked at Revis and Shaw Auctioneers.

described as Being 5 feet 6/1/4 inchest tall Grey Eyes Grey Haid scar on his nose.

1918: Passed away Lowestoft Isolation Hospital Influenza Pneumonia ( Spanish Flu) Mother Residence No 209 Hyde Park Road.

1918: Laid to Rest 15th November next to his father.

1935: Mother Helen Passed away 10th December Laid to Rest next to Walter in the family plot.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/ Plot No 14424

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SHEARD Arthur

Staff Serjeant 408011 Royal Army Medical Corps 16/04/1919 Aged 29.

1890: Born Leeds, Son of Samuel and Ann Foulds.

1907: Death of Mother Ann aged 52 26th March Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 395.

1911: Residence No 30 Rosebank Road Woodsley Road Occupation Compositor.

1914: Enlisted Leeds 7 days after war was declared on the 10th August, Arthur saw service at Becketts Park known in WW1 as the 2nd Northern General Hospital.

1918: Admitted 2nd February to the Blackpool Borough Sanatorium for Tuberculosis of the left lung.

1918: Discharged no longer fit for war service 21st March. Arthur was described as being 5ft 8 inches tall with blue eyes and brown hair.

1919: Passed away in Seacroft Hospital laid to Rest 19th April.

1930: Death of Father Samuel Aged 77 Laid to Rest next to Arthur in Grave/Plot No 9942.

1936: Death of Sister Hilda aged 50 Laid to Rest next to Arthur in Grave/Plot No 9942.

Acknowledgments and thank you to Alun Ursell for granting permission to use the above photo of Arthur

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 9942.

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SHIPSTONE Ernest

Private 4/8344 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment 13/10/1919 Aged 21.

1898: Born Leeds 06th May Son of William and Esther Ann Cass.

1898: Baptised 22nd May.

1901. Passing of Mum Esther 10th November Aged 34 Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 6232.

1911: Residence at Leeds Guardians of the Poor School No 34 Hamilton Avenue Chapeltown Road.

1914: Enlisted 8 days after war was declared 11th August in Leeds, giving his age as 17 Years 90 Days Old. Described as being 5feet 4 inches tall with brown eyes and hair.

1916: Posted France 19th April. 06th June Head Left side of Chest wounds due to a shell explosion.

1917: Posted back to France 15th August at Loos recived Gun Shot wound to the head.

1917: Discharged 28th October due to Gun Shot Wounds to head 60 per cent damage reported and his right eye was destroyed.

1919: Passed away at Leeds Infirmary from his wounds Laid to rest 16th October.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 6750.

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SHIRES William

Private 20953 King's Own Scottish Borderers Depot 10/10/1917 Aged 29.

1886: Born Ilkley 14th October Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Kendal.

1886: Baptised All Saints Church Ilkley 28th November.

1902: Passing of Mother Elizabeth 27th May Aged 49. Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 3759

1904: Passing of Father Thomas 14th December Aged 55 Laid to Rest next to her Husband Thomas.

1915: Landed France 28th October.

1917: Passed away reason unknown.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 3759.

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SMITH John James

Private 12147 7th Reserve Cavalry Regiment 26/04/1916 Aged 53.

1873: Born Alston Cumberland Son of Henry and Elizabeth Raine.

1896: Married May Taylor 17th November Farnham Surrey.

1911: Residence No 66 Craven Road Woodhouse Occupation Groom Coachman.

1916: Passed away from Aneurism of the Aorta Tidworth Hampshire Laid to Rest 01st May.

Acknowledgments and thank you to -------- for granting permission to use the above photo of James

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 10668 .

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STANHOPE Charley

Gunner 167368 321st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery 08/06/1918 Aged 38.

1880: Born Leeds Son of Alfred and Hannah Wilkinson.

1893: Leeds Times reported 8th July that Charley had passed an examination for the Leeds Technical Scholership the prize being free train fares and cost to attend a secondary school for two years.

1901: Residence No 5 Chestnut Grove Calverley Occupation Clothing Assistant.

1905: Married Emily Light 14th August at All Souls Church Leeds.

1911: Residence No 42 Harold View Burley.

1918: Passed away Killingbeck East War Hospital due to Nephritis (Inflamation of the Kidneys) Laid to Rest 12th June. 12152

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 12152.

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STANLEY Fred

Private 25466 West Riding Regiment 02/11/1917 Aged 42.

1876: Born Myton Hull 6th December Son of Alfred and Marcella Johnson.

1897: Married Kathleen Clare at Hull Registry Office.

1911: Residence No 39 Harold Grove Cardigan Road Occupation Bricklayer.

1917: Passed away Tuberculosis of the Lung Grantham Military Hospital. Kathleen was residing 251 Park Lane in Leeds. Laid to Rest 06th November.

1920: CWGC Gave Kathleen residence as No 110 Council Avenue North Road Gipsyville Hull.

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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 10926.

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STRAW Lionel Edwin V

Private 8329 4th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment 02/04/1917 Aged 27.

1890: Born Ossett Son of Arthur and Harriett Annie Place.

1911: Married Amy Liddle in Wakefield 25th November.

1914: Enlisted Leeds 8th August.

1915: Discharged no longer fit for service 23rd June Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

1917: Passed away Laid to Rest 05th April.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 6182.

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SUGGITT Arthur

Acting Bombardier 777 1st/1st Battery Royal Field Artillery DOW 25/11/1915 Aged 42.

1874: Born Slingsby Son of John and Mary.

1904: Married Rose Halton 28th January St Martins Potternewton.

1911: Residence 28 Saville Street Wellington Street Occupation Dray Man London and Yorkshire Railway.

1915: Landed France 14th April.

1915: Passed away at the Infirmary Stoke on Trent due to the effects of Gas Poisoning. Laid to Rest 30th November.

1917: Rose re married to Henry Rodgers.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 522.

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THOMPSON George Edward

Private 26463 Royal Scots DOW 28/06/1918 Aged 28.

1890: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 547. Son of Abraham and Sarah Elizabeth.

1911: Residence No 1 North West View Woodhouse Occupation General Paper Pointer.

1914: Passing of mother Sarah Aged 59 13th May Laid to rst Family Plot Grave/Plot 9442.

1914: Passing of Father Abraham aged 60 21st September Laid tpo Rest Family /GravePlot 9442.

1915: Enlisted Leeds 19th August. Described as being 5feet 4 inches tall

1916: Passing of brother Joseph Aged 36 29th May. Joseph was suffering from stress and was due to enlist he sadly cut his own throat being found by his wife Laid to Rest in family Grave/plot 9442.

1917: Discharged 17th October.

1918: Probate details gave James Frank Foulkes £172. 9 Shillings Residence for Goerge was No 9 Hanover Street Park Lane.

1918: Passed away effects of Gas Poisoning Laid to Rest in the family plot Grave/Plot 9442 01st July.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 9442.

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THORNHILL Arthur William

Private 25650 C Company 4th BnWest Yorkshire Regiment DIED 16/03/1916 Aged 24.

1891: Born Walsall Son of Arthur and Sarah Ann Guest.

1911: Residence 58 Caledonian Road Occupation Tailor Cutter.

1916: Passed away Pneumonia 1st Northern General Hospital Newcastle Laid to Rest 21st March.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 10669.

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TODD Charles Samuel

Private 20393 Durham Light infantry DIED Aged 10/12/1916 Aged 38.

1879: Born Leeds Baptised St Mathews Little London 30th January Born Son of John and Emma Whitehead.

1901: Passing of Father John.

1914: Passing of Mother Emma Laid to Rest Aged 75 01st January 1915 Grave/Plt No 10755.

1916: Enlisted Leeds 02nd March Residence No 178 New Camp Road Occupation Boot Riveter.

1916: Passed away Colchester Military Hospital from Bronchitis. Laid to Rest 15th December next Grave to his Mother.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 10076.

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TURNER Joseph Henry

Sapper 83846 Royal Engineers DIED 14/04/1916 Aged 46.

1874: Born Leeds 17th October Son of Joseph Kirkby and Margaret.

1876: Baptised St Marks Woodhouse 05th April.

1911: Passing of Mother Margaret Aged Aged 72 17th January Laid top Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 3344.

1911: Passing of Father John Aged 70 07th August Laid to Rest next to his wife Grave/Plot No 3344.

1916: Passed away From Pneumonia Laid to Rest 18th April.

1926: Passing of brother 25th October John 25th October Aged 46, who was a Serjeant in the Royal Air Force in WW1 Service Number 32038. Laid to rest next to Joseph in Grave/Plot 3344.

1931: Passing of Sister Alice(Leadbetter) Aged 46 29th January Laid to rest in family plot 3344.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 3344.

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WALKER Frederick William

Company Quartermaster Serjeant 5417 3rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 07/12/1915 Aged 34.

1882: Born Huddersfield Son of Joseph Briggs and Emma Stancliffe.

1899-1902 Frederick fought in the Boar war seeing two years five months service in South Africa.

1902-03: Posted to India with the West Yorkshire Regiment spending 10 years there.

1909: As a Serjeant Frederick on the 07th April was initiated into the Free Masons in Rawal Pindi India.

1911: Residence Connaught Barracks Rawal Pindi Punjab India 7th April Serving in the 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Rank Corporal.

1911-1913: Returned to England and to Leeds working as a postman.

1914: At the outbreak of war was a reservist in the West Yorkshires. Landed as part of the original British Expeditionary Force being an Old Contemptible being Injured at the battle of the Aisne spending time in Hospital in Oxford.

1915: Passed away from Meningitis whilst visiting his Brother Norman at Alcester Terrace Harehills. B

1917: Grave registration report 27th July States that Fredericks grave stone was paid for by his brother Norman and other Serjeants and Warrant Officers of the West Yorkshire Regiment.

YEP 11th December 1915

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 12344.

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WALKER Walter Wilfred

Private 203914 4th Bn Yorkshire Regiment DIED 14/04/1917 Aged 19.

1898: Born Hurworth on Tees nr Darlington Son of William Cornelius Oldershaw and Elizabeth Harrison Married 1880 Vol 10a Page 33.

1911: Residence No 13 Leicester Terrace at School.

1917: Walter sadly committed suicide at Catterick Military Hospital and was Laid to Rest on the 18th April. Grave Registration 17th July states War Grave.

1919: Passing of father William Aged 61 18th January Laid next to Walter.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 1174.

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WHITAKER. - WOOD

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WHITAKER Charles

Private 76819 Royal Army Medical Corps DOW 23/11/1918 Aged 23.

1895: Born Leeds Son of John a Clerk and Emma.

1911: Residence No 17 Spring Grove Terrace Burley.

1915: Enlisted Leeds 1st November being described as 5ft 8.5 inches tall with a Fair complexion occupation Packer.

1916: Left Southampton 6th November landing a day later at Rouen France.

1917: Wounded in action 31st December.

1918: Returned to duty 01st January.

1918: Wounded in action 4th September sent to 14th General Hospital Wimeraux France. Leaving for England on the 8th September.

1918: Admitted to No 3 Northern General Hospital Sheffield 08th September for sever left leg and buttock wounds caused by shrapnel.

1918: Recorded as passing away at 08.00 hrs on the 23rd November. Charles was Laid to Rest 28th November Next to His Father.

1922: Mother Emma received 2 war medals for Charles on 5th June.

1926: Pension documents show Charles Mum Emma was Residing at No 3 Hall Grove Hyde Park.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 10336.

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WHITAKER John Digby

Driver 1689 Royal Field Artillery DIED 20/11/1917 Aged 39.

1878: Born Leeds 21st January Son of John and Ann Heseltine.

1878: Baptised 03rd April St Marks Woodhouse.

1907: Married Jane Hogg St Michaels Buslingthorpe.

1911: Residence No 1A Craven Street Woodhouse Occupation Oil Refiner.

1915: Enlisted Leeds 04th January.

1915: Landed France 12th July.

1916: Discharged Herne Bay Kent no longer fit for war duty 03rd May due to constant pain in chest and difficulty breathing.

1917: Passed away Heart Condition Killingbeck Hospital Leeds Laid to Rest 24th November.

1952: Passing of Wife Jane in Edinburgh Scotland.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 617.

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WILLSON

Frank Regon Private 31143 9th Bn Royal Defence Corps DIED 16/03/1918 Aged 43.

1877: Born Leeds 28th July Son of John a Tailor and Martha Ann Grey.

1897: Enlisted Bradford into the Royal Artillery.

1898: Posted to Mauritius.

1904: Posted Back to England 15th November.

1906: Married Clara Burrow Vol 9b Page 1037 St Marks Woodhouse.

1909: Discharged from Army 18th September after serving his term of 12 years service.

1911: Residence No 13 Hawes Place Woodhouse Occupation Oil Warehouseman.

1918: Passed away Military Hospital in Ripon. Laid to Rest 20th March.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 6054.

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WILSHAW

Arthur Cromwell Sampson

Lance Corporal 15005 3rd Bn Lincolnshire Regiment DIED 13/02/1915 Aged 36.

1879: Born Halifax Son of Joseph and Annie.

1897: Enlisted Lincoln 15th July. Being described as being 5 feet 6 inches tall brown eyes and fair hair.

1899: Posted to India 23rd February.

1904: Posted as a reservist still living in India working as a Warden.

1905: Married Mabel Maria Clarissa D'Sylva 11th February in Madras India.

1909: Discharged from the Army.

1909: Joined the freemasons 31st July in Calcutta India.

1914: Called up to Lincolnshire Regiment.

1915: Passed away cause Ruptured Blood Vessel. Laid to Rest 17th February.

1915: Wife Mabel Died Aged 39 at Becketts Park Hospital 21st February Being Laid to Rest in the next Grave/Plot to Arthur 10737.

1917: Passing of Father Joseph Aged 70 12th September Laid next to Arthur in Grave/Plot No 10736.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 10736.

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WOOD

David Arthur Rifleman 3/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 14/03/1917 Aged 40.

1876: Born Son of Samuel and Louise.

1897: Married Emma Eliza Jackson 27th December St George Leeds.

1899: Birth of Daughter Emma Eliza.

1911: Residence No 14 Chatham Street Occupation Cattel Drover.

1917: Passed away Seacroft Hospital Pulmonary Tuberculosis Laid to Rest 19th March 1834

David alongside Wife Emma and Daughter Emma Eliza Photo kind permission of Steve Rodgers

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 1834.

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WOOD John Arthur

Corporal 1015 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 01/09/1918 Aged 31.

1887: Born Leeds Son of John and Sarah.

1910: Married Charlotte Sarah Wetherell 21st September Leeds Parish Church St Peter.

1911: Residence 21 Broomfield Crescent Headingley Occupation Bank Cashier.

1918: Discharged 26th April.

1918: Passed away Ilkley Pulmonary Tuberculosis Laid to Rest 05th September.

Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 13226.

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