ARMLEY ST BARTHOLOMEW
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GRUNWELL - LANG
GRUNWELL William
Bombardier 790044 460th Battery 15th Brigade Royal Field Artillery DOW 12/10/1917 Aged 21.
1896: Leeds Born Son of Richard and Martha Oddy Married 1883 St Marks Woodhouse.
1896: Baptised 04th March St Phillips Leeds.
1911: Residence No 22 Filey Street Armley Occupation Bottler at a Brewery.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
Laid to Rest Mont Huon Military Cemetery Le Treport France.
HALL John Samuel
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One Born in 1883 Leeds no records fit Forces.
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HALL William Newsome
Private 7862 2nd Bn Canadian Infantry DOW 29/04/1915 Aged 22.
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1892: Born Leeds 06th July Son of Henry and Agnes Newsom Married 1892 St Hilda Leeds Knowsthorpe.
1914: Residence No1 Hope Crescent Leeds.
1914: Enlisted Enlisted 21st September Valcartier Occupation Machinist.
1915: Died Of Wounds at Rawl Pindi British General Hospital Wimereux France.
Remembered Canada Virtual Memorial CLICK HERE
Copyright and Reproduced by kind Permission of Gillian Wright
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Inscription
HIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL SOUL WHICH ENDEARED HIM TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Wimereux Communal Cemetery France.
HANSON Frank Freeman
Private 15409 1st Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers DOW 19/01/1916 Aged 28.
1888: Born Armley Son of Job and Rebecca Eleanor Parker.
1911: Residence No 1 Lawrel Villas Armley Occupation Clerk in a Brewery.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Belgium
HARRISON Fred Swayne (Swain)
Private 39022 Lancashire Fusiliers KIA Passchendaele 16/01/1918 Aged 27.
1890: Born Leeds 25th February Son of Samuel Holdsworth and Sarah Ann Heywood.
1911: Residence No 35 Bell Vue Street York Occupation Drapers Assistant.
1916: Married Elsie Gertrude Neale St Bartholomew's CWGC 16a Harehills Road Harehills.
1916: Fred left Elsie £1172.00 in his will Elsies Residence shown as 4 Stanningley Road Armley.
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Brother Ernest Gave His life 08th September 1918 Aged 34. CLICK HERE
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Rememberd Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
HARRISON William Edward
Gunner 143536 182nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery KIA 18/10/1918 Aged 35.
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1883: Born Marton with Grafton Yorkshire Son of Sarah Ann (Married John Holmes 1886 Spofforth)
1908: Married Elizabeth Dwyer St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 44 Primrose Road Beckett Street.
1918: William was Killed in Action and Laid to Rest alongside two others from his Battery Gunner J Waugh and 2nd Lieutenant A J Willis. All were identified by Clothing and the cross at Map Referance 51B.J.23.D.2.2.
1920: Re buried Highland Cemetery.
CWGC: Wife Resident No 10 Elsworth Place Armley.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
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Laid to Rest Highland Cemetery Le Cateau France.
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HARWOOD BROTHERS
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Sons of Alfred and Edith Maria Johnson Married 1881 St Andrew Leeds.
HARWOOD James Harry
Private 25694 6th Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 23/07/1916 Aged 20.
1895: Born Leeds Baptised 11th December Christ Church Upper Armley Son of Alfred and Edith Maria Johnson Married 1881 St Andrews Leeds..
1911: Residence No 66 Tower Lane Occupation Labourer.
1916: Brother Alfred Gave his life 16th September Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley and Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
1917: Brother Joseph Gave his life 28th May. Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley and Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley and Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley
Laid to Rest Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery Arras France.
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HATFIELD Benjamin
Lance Corporal 17768 11th Bn Notts and Derby Regiment LIA 01/07/1916 Aged 35.
1880: Born 27th Leeds September Son of Joseph and Priscilla Duffield Married 1876 Hunslet District Registered Building.
1880: Baptised 25th October St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 14 Privilege St Wortley Occupation Bottler Mineral Water Works.
1916: Reported in YEP 04th August and below Leeds Mercury 05th August Residence No 14 Privilege Street Wortley.
Laid to Rest Serre No2 Cemetery Somme France
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HAIGH - INMAN
HAIGH - INMAN
HAIGH Edward Towler
Private 23393 6th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment KIA 15/02/1917 Aged 20.
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1897: Born Armley 13th June Son of Alfred and Emily
1899: Baptised 12th February St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 48 Town Street Armley Occupation Errand Boy.
Enlisted Leeds into Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Service Number 26665.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Amara War Cemetery Iraq.
HALDENBY William
Guardsman 15858 1st Bn Scots Guards KIA 14/10/1917 Aged 36.
1881: Born Burmantofts Son of William Samuel and Elizabeth Dawtrey Married 1880 St Stephen Burmantofts.
1905: Married Mary Ann Wright Married St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence Sackville Street Ravensthorpe Occupation Case Fitter.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Bleuet Farm Belgium.
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HARLAND John George
Only one on record from Newcastle. Unknown
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HEMSLEY Horace
Private 39511 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED POW 28/11/1917 Aged 32.
Born Bradford Son of Thomas and Sarah Taylor Married 1891 St Luke Beeston Hill.
1905: Married Elizabeth Ann Kaye Married Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1911: Residence No 64 Grange St New Wortley Occupation Dyer.
CWGC: Wife Elizabeth Residence No 17 Britannia Place Tong Road Armley.
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Inscription
STILL MEMORIES CLING
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Hamburg Cemetery Germany.
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HELSTRIP Herbert
Guardsman 8381 2nd Bn Scots Guards DIED POW 21/12/1917 Aged 27.
1890: Born Armley Son of Walter and Clara Crowther Married 1878 St Peter Leeds.
1911: Residence No 5 Salisbury Avenue Armley Occupation Crane Driver.
1914: Landed France 07th October.
Laid to Rest Cologne Southern Cemetery Germany.
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HOLDEN Herbert
Private 31151 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment KIA 25/09/1916 Aged 26.
1891: Born Leeds Son of Ben and Elizabeth
1911: Residence No 4 Cardwell Terrace Armley Occupation Painter.
1915: Enlisted Leeds 15th December West Yorkshire Regiment 25101 Occupation Painter
1916: Landed Le Harve 22nd June. Transferred to East Yorkshires 14th September.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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HUFFINGLEY HUFFINLEY Albert
Private 1669 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 24/05/1915 Aged 19.
1896: Born New Wortley Son of Lawrence and Elizabeth Vasey Married 1892 St Peter Leeds.
CWGC 52 Cardigan View Kirkstall Road
1911: Residence No 2 Eyres Place Armley.
Laid to Rest Estaires Communal Cemetery France.
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HOWARD Thomas
Private 403060 1st/2nd West Riding Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps DOW 24/03/1918 Aged
Born Hunslet.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Nine Elms British Cemetery Belgium. all to be checked
INMAN John
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Inman family were residing 1911: 6 Branch Place Low Wortley. Could be relatives.
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JACKSON - KETTLEWELL.
JACKSON Alfred
Corporal 3/10050 2nd Bn West Riding Regiment DOW 09/06/1915 Aged 21.
1894: Born Armley Son of William and Mary Ellen Wardle Married 1885 Leeds Registered Building.
1894: Baptised St Clements 14th March.
1911: Residence No 2 Belfort Place Sackville Street Occupation Labourer
CWGC: Residence No 2 Florence Place Amberley Road Armley.
Inscription
THOUGH DEATH DIVIDES STILL MEMORY CLINGS REST IN PEACE
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Boulogne Eastern Cemetery France.
JACKSON Benjamin
Private 23992 9th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 16/09/1917 Aged 24.
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1892: Born Wortley.
1911: Residence No 12 Southfield View Armley Occupation Labourer in Iron Foundry.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
JACKSON Frank William
Private 26095 13th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment DOW 30/07/1917 Aged 20.
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1896: Born Bicester Son of Harry Felix and Sarah Jane Pickford Married Northampton 1891.
CWGC: Residence No 70 Ridge Road Armley.
1915: Enlisted Leeds 12th November Occupation Clerk on Railway. Went to Gibraltar Barracks Leeds.
1916: Landed France 23rd October.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
La Targette British Cemetery Neuville-St. Vaast France.
JENNINGS James Samuel
Private 408141 Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Northern General Hospital Leeds DIED 28/08/1917 Aged 46.
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1871: Son of James William and Annie Elizabeth Wood.
1894: Married Clara Jane Jackson St Andrew Leeds.
1911: Residence No 11 Airedale Place Occupation Tailor.
1915: Enlisted Becketts Park 30th August Occupation Tailor.
1917: Passed Away at Becketts Park from Bronco Pneumonia.
1920: Wife Clara Residing at No 17 Tennant Street Armley Road Armley.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery Leeds.
JOHNSON George
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
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JOHNSON Louis
Private S/29753 Royal Army Veterinary Corps DIED Exeter 26/09/1918 Aged 23.
1894: Born Skipton Son of Louis and Martha Hannah Hawkins Married 1891 Skipton.
1911: Residence No 12 Armley Lodge Road at School.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery Leeds
KETTLEWELL Percy Hunter
Serjeant 3354 1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers DIED 28/03/1918 Aged 33.
1885: Born Armley 13th June Son of Thomas and Grace Hunter Married 1884 St Peters Leeds.
1885:Baptised 02nd August St Bartholomew.
1911: Residence No 29 Mount Preston Occupation Bank Clerk.
1914: CWGC states Came from India with 2nd Bn in December.
1915: CWGC States proceeded to France January.
1920: Percys Will and effects left to his Brother Herbert £1,900.00 address given as Hollywell Grove Armley.
Acknowledgment many thanks to Steve Waterhouse for the photo
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Remembered Arras Memorial France.
KING - LANG
KING William
Unknown Can You Help...
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FATHER AND SON ALBERT AND GEORGE MYERS KIRK
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KIRK Albert
Lance Corporal 3939 2/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 26/02/1917 Aged 42.
1874: Born Leeds.
1897: Married Ada Thorp St John The Baptist New Wortley.
1911: Residence No 6 Barnett Square Tram Conductor Leeds City Council.
1917: Reported in YEP 02nd March that Albert was lying seriously ill in a casualty clearing station.
Father of George Myers Remembered Below.
KIRK George Myers
12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 19.
1898: Born Leeds 21st June Son of Albert Remembered above and Ada Thorp.
1898: Baptised 09th February.
1917: Reported missing in YEP 05th June.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Arras Memorial France.
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KITCHING Arthur William
Private 27636 7th Bn Shropshire Light Infantry DOW 20/05/1918 Aged 30.
1888: Born 17th December Leeds Son of Albert and Ellen
1911: Residence Blue Hill Cottage Wortley Occupation Book Keeper.
1914: Married Lillian Mary Sneath 11th April Christ Church Upper Armley.
CWGC: Lillians Residence No7 Hawthorn Place New Wortley.
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Inscription
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DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF LILIAN KITCHING TILL THE RESURRECTION MORN
Laid to Rest Pernes British Cemetery France. CLICK HERE
KNOPWOOD Thomas Walter
Private 11925 7th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 30/11/1917 Aged 19.
1898: Born Armley 12th February Son of James Ada Emily 18 Strawberry Road Armley.
1898: Baptised 06th March St Bartholomews Armley.
1911: Residence no 18 Strawberry Road Occupation Tea Delivery Man.
1918: Death of Father James Aged 62.
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Brother of James Remembered alongside Thomas on Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Remembered Cambrai Memorial Louverval France.
LANCASTER Cecil
Private 307557 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 17/05/1918 Aged 27.
1891: Born 28th December Leeds Son of Frederick and Emily Senior Married St Peters 1873.
1891: Baptised St Bartholomew Armley 03rd March.
1901: Residence Salisbury Avenue Armley at School.
1911: Residence No 7 Lumley Grove Burley Occupation Cutter In Clothing Factory.
1916: Married Elsie Butler Married 22nd January Holy Trinity Rothwell Residence No 146 Wood Lane Rothwell.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Bienvillers Military Cemetery France.
LAMPEN Alexander D
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I believe this is Charles Alexander Dudley Lampen Son of Canon Charles Dudley Lampen unsure of the Armley Connection.
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LANE George
Private S/40376 1st Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders KIA 22/09/1916 Aged 20.
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1896: Born 23rd September Leeds Son of Thomas Collins and Annie Drury Married 1889 Christ Church Armley.
1897: Baptised 31st March St John the Baptist New Wortley.
1911: Residence No 6 Mount Terrace Glasshouse Street Hunslet Occupation Worked in a Glass Bottle Works.
1916: George Passed away one day after his 20th Birthday.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
LAING Fred
Private 3955 1/4th Bn Seaforth Highlanders KIA 05/08/1916 Aged 32.
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1884: Born Armley Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Fletcher Married 1880 St Peter Leeds
1905: Married Harriett Broadbent St Peter Leeds.
1911: Residence No 3 Ramsey Terrace Occupation Iron Moulder.
1915: Landed France 10th November.
1916: Fred was laid to rest at map No 62D reference F.4.a.8.8.
1922: Fred was exhumed along with 15 other men by the 13th Labour Company and moved to Dantzig Alley.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Dantzig Alley British Cemetery France
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