St Bartholomew Chadwick-Guy | Leeds War Memorials

CHADWICK Frederick William

Private 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 36865 26/06/1917 Aged 21.

1896: Born Leeds Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Kirby Married 1896 Holy Trinity Armley Hall Enlisted York August 1915.

1917: National Roll of Great War "Severely wounded Arras 25/06/1917".

CWGC Parents Residing No 7 Abbott Road Armley.

Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley

Inscription

"Thinking that remembrance, though unspoken, may reach him where he sleeps."

Laid to Rest Etaples Military Cemetery France.

CHILD Kenneth Hearne

Brother of Wilfred

I have no idea what the connection to Armley these two boys have

CLOUGH George William

Serjeant 390596 9th Bn London Regiment KIA 16/08/1917 Aged 31.

1886: Born Armley 04th February Son of Joseph and Rhoda Roberts Married 1882 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.

1893: Baptised 22nd October St Bartholomew.

1915: Married Mabel Dodson

CWGC: Parents Residence No 117 Harrogate Road Moortown.

Laid to Rest Tyne Cot Cemetery Belgium.

CHILD Wilfred

Brother of Kenneth above both Hull connections.

COLLIER George

Second Lieutenant 8th Division Bn Machine Gun Corps 09/08/1918 Aged 22.

1896: Born Weymouth Dorset Son of James William and Ann Pilling.

1896: Baptised 06th February Weymouth Holy Trinity Church.

1911: Residence No 31 Middle Cross Street Armley at School.

Laid to Rest Aubigny Communal Extension France.

COLBY Clifford

Private 17732 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA around Heudecourt 31/03/1917 Aged 25.

1893: George William and Priscilla Walker.

1893: Baptised 21st December St Cuthberts Hunslet Moor.

1911: Residence No

1915: Landed France 19th March war diary states Bn moved to trenches on the 25th March.

1917: Bn was in the vicinity of Heaudecourt when Clifford lost his life the diary states 29th March heavy rifle and machine gun fire and 7 men were killed.

CROWTHER James

Unknown Can You Help

COOTE Walter

Corporal 6188 1st Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry DOW Neuve Eglise 05/01/1915 Aged 33.

1881: Born 12th July Leeds Son of Frederick and Maria Pickersgill Married 1877 Pontefract.

1881: Baptised 02nd August New Wortley Wesleyan methodist Chapel.

1899: Enlisted 06th September.

1909: Employed Kippax postal service.

1911: Residence No 6 Malmesbury Street Wortley Occupation Postman.

1915: Leeds Mercury Reported Walters death 15th January.

1915: Will left to mum Maria £26.00 Pounds Residence No 23 Percy Street Tong Road Armley

Laid to Rest Wulverghem Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery Belgium.

COLDHAM Harold Dan

Pioneer 98378 87th Field Company Royal Engineers DOW 26/10/1917 Aged 20.

1897: Born 14th January Hachford Bridge Essex Son of Alice Hart CWGC Hatfield Peverel Witham Essex.

1897: Baptised 14th February Essex.

1911: Residence No 21 Genoa Road Wortley Occupation Labourer Living with his uncle.

1914: Enlisted Leeds.

1915: Landed Egypt 29th December.

Laid to Rest Duisans British Cemetery Etrun France.

COLLETT Albert Edward

T/327134 665th H.T.Company Army Service Corps Spanish Flu Royal Herbert Hospital Woolwich 09/11/1918 Aged 31.

1887: Born Armley August.

1909: Married Margaret Hunter McDonald Married 05th September St Bartholomew Armley.

1911: Residence No 53 Simpson Street Tong Road Armley Occupation Conductor Leeds City Tramways.

1915: Enlisted Leeds 06th December Residence No 39 Parsonage View Tong Road Armley Occupation Tram Driver Leeds Corporation Tramways.

1917: Landed Le Harve 10th September onboard SS Londonderry.

1918: Margaret was still living in England.

CWGC Shows Wife Margaret Residence as No 67 Esplanade Kaiti Gisborne New Zealand.

Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.

Laid to Rest Upper and Lower Wortley Cemetery Leeds.

PHOTO OF GRAVE TO BE ADDED

COX William

Able Seaman H.M.S. Vanguard 09/07/1917 Aged 21.

1895: Born Leeds 07th May Son of William and Mary Ellen Craven Married 1885 St John The Baptist New Wortley.

1911: Residence No 29 Elsworth Street Armley Road Occupation Grocers Assistant.

1917: William was on board HMS Vanguard off Scapa Flow when she suddenly blew up at around midnight, it is thought it was caused by a magazine explosion in one of the two magazines which served the amidships turrets P and Q. 804 men were reported to be lost.

Williams Brother George Frederick lost a son in WW2 whilst serving on HMS Mahratta

Able Seaman George Frederick Cox. CLICK HERE.

Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.

Remembered Chatham Naval Memorial.

CROFTON George

Private 3/8508 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/09/1916 Aged 25.

1891: Born Armley Son of George Frederick and Sarah.

1898: George re married.

1911: Residence No 10 Cottingham Street Armley Occupation at Leeds Forge Labourer in the Flue Department.

1916: Leeds Mercury announced George passing residence No 8 Esholt Street Armley.

Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley

Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.

DALBY - DOWNING

DALBY Richard Alfred

Serjeant 2937 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 24/11/1915 Aged 40.

1876: Born 01st March Leeds Son of Richard and Mary E CWGC Mentioned in Dispatches.

1901: Married Mary Lewis St Clements Little London.

1911: Residence No 1 Highthorne Grove Armley.

1915: Landed France 15th April.

Laid to Rest Essex Farm Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO

DALTON Noel

One on record no relation to Armley ?

DAWSON Robert

Gunner 165580 30/04/1917 A Battery 62nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery Aged 26.

Born Son of William and Martha E Rigg Married 1889 Bramley Registry Office.

1911: Residence No 22 Cecil Street Armley O0ccupation Clerk.

1916: Married Annie Sykes 22nd April St Bartholomew Armley.

CWGC Residence of Wife Annie No 33 Salisbury Grove Armley.

Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley

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Armley Methodist Church Memorial Branch Road Armley

Laid to Rest Bunyans Cemetery Tilloy-les-Mofflaines France.

D'ARCY George Arthur

Private 34431 9th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 09/06/1917 Aged 20.

1897: Born Armley Son of Charles and Sarah Chaffer Married 1894 St Matthew Little London Leeds.

CWGC No 11 Ramsey Street Hall Lane Armley.

Enlisted Leeds West Yorkshire Regiment 34431.

Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.

Remembered Menin Gate Memorial Ypres Belgium.

DAVEY Samuel Edgar

Sergeant 13093 15/17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 19/07/1918 Aged 23. Military Medal.

1895: Born Armley Son of Samuel and Charlotte Beecroft Married 1874 St Peter Leeds.

1911: Residence No 4 Aviary View Armley Occupation Driver at a Laundry.

CWGC: Spelled DAVY

Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.

Remembered Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium.

DIXON George or DIXON George

Unknown can you help possibly brother of Walter below.

DIXON Walter

Private 235455 Lincolnshire Regiment KIA 21/03/1918 Aged ?

1889: Born Hunslet Son of William and Ann Harrison.

1911: Residence No 11 Pear Street Occupation Tool Fitter in Ironworks.

Enlisted Leeds 1996 West Yorkshire Regiment.

Remembered Pozieres Memorial France.

DIXON Joseph Edward

Rifleman 5154 2/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 17/02/1917 Aged

1886: Born Leeds Son of George and Charlotte

1911: Residence No 19 Leamington Terrace Armley Occupation Finisher Cloth Woollen Factory.

CWGC Parents at No 20 Cheltenham Street Tong Road Armley.

Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.

Laid to Rest Auchonvillers Military Cemetery Somme France.

DINSDALE Herbert James

Private /8224 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 28/08/1917 Aged 22.

1895: Born Pocklington 1895. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hodgson Married York 1883.

1911: Residence No 13 Garfield Avenue Armley Road.

Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.

Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.

DOWNING Tom

Private 8861 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 11/03/1915 Aged 26.

1888: Born 08th August Armley Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Prince Married 1881 St Peters Leeds.

1888: Baptised 28th August Holy Trinity Church Armley.

1911: Residence No 26 Filey Street Armley Occupation Post Boy.

CWGC Silver Boyd Terrace Wortley.

Laid to Rest Merville Communal Cemetery France.

DURRANT John

Unknown Can You Help Clifford Durrant was KIA ?

ELLIOTT BROTHERS

Sons of John and Mary Ann Gibson 1911 both were living at No 12 Salisbury Grove Armley.

ELLIOTT Ernest

Private S/20153 1st Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 03/01/1919 Aged 24.

1893: Born 12th April Armley Baptised 31st December St Bartholomew Armley.

1911: Occupation Costume Clerk.

1915-1916: Enlisted Leeds Royal Army Medical Corps 70806.

1916: Landed Salonica.

1919: Passed away Influenza (Spanish Flu)

Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.

Laid to Rest Haider Pasha Cemetery Istanbul Turkey.

ELLIOTT Fred

Private 33235 1/5th Bn King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment DOW 30/11/1917 Aged 30.

1887: Born Armley 24th March Baptised Armley Holy Trinity Church 17th April.

1911: Residence No 18 Harrison St Barron In Furness Occupation Meat Salesman.

Enlisted Barrow in Furness.

Remembered Gottts Park War Memorial Armley.

Remembered Cambrai Memorial Louverval France.

ESCRIIT Albert

Died Leeds 1925 no other details can you assist

FEATHER Harry

Signaller/Saddler 32256 150th Battery Royal Field Artillery KIA 14/04/1918 Aged 21.

1897: Son of John and Emma CWGC 6 Cardigan Terrace Kirkstall Road.

1897: Baptised 28th July St Matthias Burley.

1911: Residence No 14 Ravensburgh Street Kirkstall Road Occupation Gas Stove Engineer.

Laid to Rest Morbecque British Cemetery France.

FRYER Albert Victor

Lance Corporal 371147 2/8th Bn London Regiment Post Office Rifles DOW 14/12/1917 Aged 30.

1888: Born 12th December Leeds Son of Jonathan Barley and Bridget Meade.

1906: Married Ada Maud Smith St Peters Hunslet Moor.

1911: Father Resideng No 11 Bath View Bramley.

1917: Passed away at No 46 Casualty Clearing Station Etaples France.

PHOTO Courtesy of to be asked...

Laid to Rest Mendinghem Military Cemetery Belgium

FOXTON Herbert

Lance Corporal 15/350 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 31/07/1917 Aged 24.

1893: Born Dringhouses York Son of Richard and Emily Dickson Married 1883.

1911: Residence Jim Phain Dringhouses York Occupation assistant in family Business.

CWGC States Member of the firm Foxton Brothers and Company Town Street Mills Armley.

1914: Enlisted Leeds Pals September 1914.

1915: L;anded Egypt 22nd December.

1917: Leeds Mercury 20th August reported Herberts passing

1918: Will and effects of £113.00 left to his father. Herberts address given as 9 Aberdeen Grove Armley.

Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.

FOLEY Thomas

Ordinary Seaman J/43706 Drowned 12/01/1918 Aged 21.

1896: Born Leeds 10th March.

1897: Baptised 19th October.

1911: 60 Salisbury Road Armley.

1918: Onboard HMS Narborough which was wrecked after colliding with its sister ship HMS Opal which had hit Rocks at 21.27 in a snow storm off Scapa Flow 188 lives from both ships were lost, only one survivor William Sissons being found.

CLICK HERE for a more in depth story of the incident.

Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.

Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial

FOSTER Claud

Private 41867 8th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers KIA 08/10/1918 Aged 31.

1887: Born Throstel Nest Pannel Son of Thomas Hornshaw Died 1913 and Alice Chambers Married 1886

1909: Married Selina Catherine Bishop Married Weslyan Methodist Church Wesley Road Armley.

1911: Residence No 3 Kimberley St Featherstone Occupatiuon Postman.

1919: Will probate left £100.00 to Wife Selina who was Resident at No 6 Aviary View Armley.

Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.

Laid to Rest Naves Communal Cemetery Extension France.

GARNETT Harry

Lance Corporal 307481 C Company 2/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 27/03/1918 Aged 25.

1892: Born Armley Son of William and Martha Ainscough Married 1888 St Peter Leeds

1911: Residence No 58 Armley Grove Place Armley Occupation Hairdresser.

1913: Married Olive Watson St Peter Bramley

1914: Daughter Blanche Born

1915: Daughter Lillian Born.

Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.

Remembered Arras Memorial France.

GARNETT Ernest

Signaller 174562 405th Battery 37th Brigade Royal Field Artillery 27/12/1918 Aged 30.

1888: Born Son of Walter and Annie Drake.

1917: Married Mary Elizabeth Greaves 05th March Mount Zion Methodist Chapel Pudsey Residence No 2 Winchester Mount Armley Occupation Gunner in Royal Field Artillery.

CWGC 50 Denmark Street Harrogate

Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.

Inscription

DEARLY LOVED IN LIFE REMEMBERED IN DEATH

Laid to Rest Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Egypt.

GATEHOUSE Walter

RAF No 2 Aircraft Repair Depot DIED 19/10/1918 Aged 32 11 Months.

1884: Born Leeds September

1909: Married Florence Selina Nettleton 01st May All Hallows Bardsey.

1911: Residence No 27 Harrow Street Whingate Terrace Armley Occupation House Painter

1916: Enlisted Royal Flying Corps 07th June Occupation Painter.

1918: Joined the newly formed Royal Air Force 01st April. Described as being 5 feet 6 Inches Tall.

1918: Passed away Leeds East Hospital Becketts Park Stomach Cancer.

1954: Florence never remarried passing away in Leeds.

Remembered St Bartholomews War Memorial Armley.

Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery Leeds

PHOTO OF GRAVE TO BE SOURCED.

GOODSON Arthur Godfrey

2nd Lieutenant 24th Bn Australian Infantry KIA at Pozieres on 03/08/1916 Aged 30.

1886: Born Bramley 13th June Son of James and Elizabeth Lockley Married Leeds 1880.

1886: Baptised 05th September St Bartholomew Armley.

1911: Residence No 38 Chapel Lane Armley Occupation Teacher Secondary School.

1911: Emigrated to Australia.

1914: Played football for Melbourne Thistle.

1915: Captained the Local England team that Played Scotland. In match reports, references to Goodson abound. As a "Roy of the Rovers" type centre-half, he was everywhere: breaking up play; heading clear; delivering good long balls to his forwards; and scoring free kicks, penalty kicks and goals from open play

1915: Family were residing at No 38 Chapel Lane Armley Leeds.

1915: Married Ada Craig Baird of Learmouth Victoria.

1915: Enlisted Melbourne 14th June being described as being 5 feet 11 inches tall Blue Eyes Light brown Hair Occupation Science Master at Scotch College Melbourne Arthur had attended Leeds University.

1916: Embarked with the 9th Reinforcements on 16 February on board H.M.A.T A69 Warilda gave Fathers address as No 38 Chapel Lane Armley. CLICK HERE

1917: Arthurs personal effects were sent to his father in Leeds for the attention of his wife who was still in Australia. This was a Sealed Leather trunk containing personal effects.

1919: Originally Laid to rest near where he fell 50 yards west of cemetery post Pozieres. CLICK HERE