ARMLEY ST BARTHOLOMEW
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MACE - STONEY
MACE - MYERS
MACE Herbert
Private 8424 2nd Bn Yorkshire Regiment KIA 04/11/1914 Aged 25.
1890: Born 29th November Armley Son of John Born India and Elizabeth Barker Born Leeds Married 1889 St John The Baptist New Wortley.
1891: Baptised 30th June Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, New Wortley
1911: Residence with West Yorkshire Regiment Strensall Camp York.
1914: In Malta August on outbreak of war landed Southampton 25th September.
1914: Landed France 05th October.
CWGC: Parents Resident No 10 Cayton Street Armley Road Armley.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Belgium.
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MANUEL Joseph
Private 307780 1/5th Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged .
1894: Born 15th April Son of James and Mary Hannah Turner Married St Peters 1884.
1901: Residence No 255 Tong Road Wortley.
1904: Committed to Shadwell Children's Reformatory Centre for habitually wandering.
1910: Released from above reformatory centre 15th April Aged 16, sent to live with Mathew Hall Beckside Farm Aberford.
1911: Sent to a council owned property no 57 The Populars Ravensthorpe near Dewsbury.
1914: Finished his apprentership Enlisted Mirfield.
1915: Visited the school 25th May whilst in West Riding Regiment stationed at Doncaster.
1919: Soldiers effects gives details of pension amounts to Mum Mary Hannah and mentions brothers Herbert and John, sisters Florence Mar and Annie M.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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MARTEN William Stanley
Private 130479 Labour Corps 4th Bn Kings Royal Liverpool Regiment DIED 08/11/1918 Aged 25.
1893: Born Liverpool Son of Thomas Abraham and Alice Halliday Married 1890 Toxteth Park Liverpool.
1918: Married Phoebe Wright 23rd September Christ Church Upper Armley.
1918: Passed away Oakdean Hospital Rainhill Lancashire
CWGC: Residence of Phoebe No 11 Modder Terrace Armley.
Laid to Rest Allerton Liverpool Cemetery. CLICK HERE
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MARSDEN Joseph
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Private 19560 2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment KIA 06/04/1916 Aged 46.
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1875: Son of Joseph
1897: Married Rachel Urwin St Peters Leeds.
1911: Residence No 25 Crab Lane Armley Occupation Striker in a Blacksmiths.
1915: Enlisted Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 24280
1920s: National Roll of The Great War Page no 5161. Residence No 15 North Place Armley.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Basra War Memorial Iraq.
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Serjeant Corporal 242964 1/6th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 29.
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1888: Born Woodhouse Son of George and Mary Peel.
1925: Edith Re Married to William Hesling St Mathias Burley.
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
MAYEW John E M
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MEECHAM Harry H
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METCALFE John William.
Gunner 58609 37th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery KIA 22/07/1916 Aged 29.
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1887: Born Leeds Son of John and Isabella Groves
1887: Baptised 18th September Methodist New Connection Chapel Zion Street Bank Leeds Residence No 3 Abbott Street Armley.
1911: Residence No 1 Salisbury Avenue Armley Occupation Tailors Cutter.
1915: Married Alice Grindrod 11th November St Bartholomews Armley.
1916: Killed in Action and Laid to Rest Map Coordinates 57D. X. 29. a. 6. 4. near where he fell alongside Corporal William George Hall of Cambridge and Gunner Joseph Murphy of Belfaxst both part of 37th Siege Battery.
1916: Johns will effects were given to his Wife Alice £112. 5 shillings and 6 pence.
1919: 10th May 113rd Labour Company removed John to his final resting place where lies today at peace.
1922: Alice remarried to Harry Marston Lishman St Mary of Bethany Wortley.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley and Southfield Methodist Church Armley.
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Laid to Rest Dantzig Alley Britsh Cemetery Mametz France.
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MEAD John William
Private 6119 2nd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment DOW 03/01/1915 Aged 37.
1878: Born Long Marston Stratford on Avon.
1916: Married Annie Elizabeth Remarried to John Worsnop
CWGC: Annies Residence No 6 Albion Street Tong Road Wortley.
Inscription
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"Sleep on Dearly Beloved Wife and Children"
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Laid to Rest Merville Communal Cemetery France.
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MIDDLETON Ernest
Guardsman 15005 2nd Bn Scots Guards DOW 03/04/1918 Aged 24.
1894: Born Leeds Son of John and Lillian Wilkinson Married 1892 St John The Baptist New Wortley.
1895: Baptised 23rd October Holy trinity Armley Hall.
1911: Residence No 3 Southfield Street Tong Road Armley Occupation Glass Painter and Embosser.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Grave Inscription
AT GODS COMMAND HE FELL.
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Laid to Rest Etaples Military Cemetery France.
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MIDGLEY Thomas
Company Quartermaster Serjeant 380326 25th Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment 13/06/1917 Aged 27.
1890: Born Leeds Son of Harry and Hannah Gregson Married 1890 CWGC Strawberry Lane Armley.
1911: Residenc Woodhead Grange Over Sands Occupation Assistant Dairy Man.
1917: Reported to have been killed in Enemy Air Raid.
Acknowledgment and thanks to Nigel Hemming (South AFRICA)
Laid to Rest Grange Over Sands Cemetery.
MYERS Fred
Private 37818 17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 17/09/1917 Aged 25.
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1891: Born Leeds Son of John and Elizabeth.
1911: Residence No 9 Mitford Place Armley Occupation Manager in Tailors Shop (Messrs Hymans Ltd)
1916: Married Ida Annie Taylor All Souls Leeds.
1920: Ida Remarried to Arnold Harper Leeds Registry Office.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
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Tincourt New British Cemetery France.
NORTHFIELD - PRESTON
NORTHFIELD Ernest
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1896: Born 05th September Leeds Son of John William and Harriett Pollard Married 1894 All Saints Leeds.
1896: Baptised 08th November All Saints Leeds.
1909: convicted in Leeds 23rd June of stealing a pair of boots. Ernesrt was sentenced to three years at the Shadwell Childrens Centre.
1911: Residence No 17 Wilton Street Parliement Road Armley. Also shown at Industrial School for Boys at Moortown Lane Shadwell.
1911: Ernest absconded on the 20th October and was foound three days later in Roundhay Park.
Acknowledgment West Yorkshire Archive Service. (Hover Click to Zoom.)
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley.
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NUTTER Wilfred
Corporal 13380 6th Bn Dorsetshire Regiment DOW 12/06/1918 Aged 28.
1891: Born Hunslet Son of William Walter and Martha Ann Married 1891 Emmanuel Leeds.
1891: Baptised 08th October.
1911: residence No 54 Runcorn Street Occupation Labourer.
1912: Married Doris May Wonnop 18th February St Simon Leeds.
1920: Doris remarried to John Peel.
CWGC: 17 Parliament Terrace Armley Road.
Inscription
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"If Death is a Price of Victory He Won it in Full"
Laid to Rest Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery and Extension France. CLICK HERE
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OSTICK Walter
No record can be found of a Walter Ostick the nearest surname is Gostick Details:
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Private 6286 1st Bn Northamptonshire Regiment 17/09/1914 Aged Remembered La Ferte sous Jouarre France.
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PADGETT Horace
Private 306335 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 30/09/1918 Aged 22.
1896: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 395 Son of Joe and Louisa Jane Maples Married 1st January 1896.
1896: Baptised 25th March Christ Church Armley.
1911: Residence No 2 Flaxton Street Occupation worked in a Leather Tannery.
1925: Mother Louisa Jane Passed away.
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Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Belgium.
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PAGET Frederick
Private 12/1522 12th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment KIA 06/08/1916 Aged 28.
1887: Born 05th September Armley Son of John and Rebecca Redshaw Married 1885 St Peter Leeds.
1887: Baptised 25th September St Bartholomew Armley
1911: Residence No 11 Oriental Street Armley Occupation Carpet & Linoleum Fitter.
1916: Leeds Mercury Tuesday 21st August reported Fredericks death Residence No 11 Oriental Street Wesley Road Armley.
Remembered Gotts Park Armley
Laid to Rest St Vaast Military Cemetery Richebourg-l'Avoue France.
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PRESTON Abraham
Private 38310 10th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 15/11/1916 Aged 20.
1896: Born Batley Son of Richardson and Selina Wentworth Married 1892 Batley.
1911: Residence No 23 Parliament Place Armley.
1914: Enlisted Leeds 09th December.
1916: Landed France 31st January.
1916: Wounded in action recieving a Gun Shot Wound taken to hospital in Cumbria 21st June.
1916: Sent back to France 12th October.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
PINKNEY - RICHARDSON
PINKNEY Harry
Private 2391 3rd Dragoon Guards Household Cavalry DOW 28/08/1915 Aged 25.
1890: Born Leeds Son of Christopher and Alice Ellis Married 1889 St Matthew Little London
1891: Residence No 13 Stapleton terrace Armley.
1911: Residence No 1 St Cavalry Brigade 3rd Dragoons Aldershot.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
Laid to Rest Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery Armentieres France.
PICKARD Harry
Private 28891 2/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 20/07/1918 Aged 21
To be confirmed Harry Hargreave Aged 53 ? 32 Wesley Road Armley.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Marfaux British Cemetery France.
POLLARD Clifford
Private 53250 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry KIA 29/03/1918 Aged 23.
Son of Joseph and Elizabeth M Haywood Married 1891 St Peter Leeds 109 Tong Road Armley.
1915: Enlisted Leeds 15th December Aged 20 Residence No 2 Shawbury Lane Tong Road Armley Occupation Hairdresser.
1916: Landed Boulogne France 16th December.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Pozieres Memorial France.
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POLLARD Richard
Lance Corporal 11603 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry KIA 23/04/1918 Aged 23.
1895: Born Armley Son of Walter Died 1896 and Rachel Myers Married 1894 St Peter Leeds.
1912: Enlisted Leeds Aged 17 West Yorkshire Regiment.
1916: GSW to Foot and Ankle Sent back to England.
1921: Medals sent to 6 Lupton Road Armley.
1923: Mum Rachel Remarried to William Patterson Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Remembered Pozieres Memorial France.
POCKETT Norman
Driver 1567 Army Service Corps DIED 21/08/1916 Aged 30.
1886: Born Armley 25th January Son of Joseph Thomas and Ellen Louisa.
1901: Baptised St Bartholomew Armley 07th October.
1911: Married Daisy Punter.
1911: Residence No 141 Shakespeare Crescent Manor Park Essex Occupation Stove and Gtrate Maker in Iron Foundry.
1915: Enlisted 14th April.
1916: Discharged from Army 19th June.
1919: Daisy remarried to James M Moody.
1987: Daisy Passed away Aged 94.
Laid to Rest Barking Rippleside Cemetery Essex. CLICK HERE
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PULLAN Joseph Robert
Rifleman 3/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment 07/09/1916 Aged 18.
1897: Born New Wortley Son of George Stockwell Pullan and Sarah Ann Stephenson.
1911: Residence No 2 Gladstone Street Occupation Errand Boy in Glass Traders.
1916: Joseph accidentally drowned whilst in training at Clipstone Camp Nottinghamshire.
CWGC: Residence No 6 Margaret Street Hall Lane Armley.
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Mis Spelling of Pullein In Memorial Book
Laid to Test Armley Hill Top Cemetery Leeds.
RAYNER William Harrison
Private 47355 2/8th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers KIA 21/03/1918 Aged 19.
1898: Born Armley 01st October Son of James and Fanny Harrison Dobson Married 1894 St Bartholomew Armley.
1898: Baptised 02nd November St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 21 Abbott Terrace Armley at School.
Enlisted Leeds 39217 West Yorks Regiment.
1938: Williams Mum Fanny passed away and was remembered on her gravestone in Armley Hill Top Cemetery.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery France.
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REDSHAW Thomas Smith
Acting Bombardier 26813 Royal Field Artillery KIA 30/10/1917 Aged 27.
1890: Born Armley Son of William Henry Smith Francis Amelia Harwood Married 1880 St John The Evangelist Wortley.
1907: Married Sally Field Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1911: residence No 37 Cedar Avenue.
1915: Landed France 25th July.
1918: Alice Re married to William Oddy.
Laid to Rest Nine Elms British Cemetery
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RICHARDSON Harold
Private 2304 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 08/12/1915 Aged 22.
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1893: Son of Frederick William and Laura Eleanor Appleyard Married 1887 St John The Baptist New Wortley.
1911: Residence No 176 Town Street Armley Occupation Insurance Clerk.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Essex Farm Cemetery Belgium.
RICHARDSON -ROBINSON
RICHARDSON Sidney (Sydney) Brown
Private 15/760 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 26.
1890: Son of George Robert and Elizabeth Adams Married 1887 St Mathias Burley.
1911: Residence No 111 Ley Lane Armley Occupation Cloth Finisher.
1915: Married Rosalind Hallam St Bartholomew Armley CWGC 14 Masham Street Tong Road Armley.
1920: Roselind remarried to William Beck Lee in Armley.
CLICK HERE PHOTO OF SYDNEY
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Serre Cemetery No 1 Somme France.
Private 17/1717 17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 31/08/1917 Aged 22.
1895: Born 06th July Son of Arthur and Mary Askham Married 1894 St Bartholomew Armley.
1895: Baptised 01st September St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 10 Pickering Terrace Armley Road Occupation Spindle Cleaner.
1918: Yorkshire Post 29th Mat repoorted James passing parents residence as Salisbury Avenue Armley.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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RILEY Albert
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RIDLEY Herbert
Private 32808 12th Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers KIA 28/08/1918 Aged Born Horsforth.
Son of John William and Ann 1901 family lived in Headingley.
1915: Married Christine Cameron Anderson Married Glasgow.
Enlisted Glasgow Residence 129 Garthland Rise Glasgow.
Laid to Rest Caestre Military Cemetery France.
ROBERTS Joseph
Private 115300 193rd Company Labour Corps KIA 11/06/1917 Aged 21.
1895: Born 16th February Son Of William and Ann E CWGC 7 Cricketer's Place Armley. Formerly 528 West Yorkshire Regiment.
1896: Baptised 15th January St John the Evangalist Wortley.
1911: Residence No 12 Sugden Fold Armley at School.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.
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RHODES William
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ROBINSON Arthur
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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ROBINSON Walter
Remembered Gotts ParkWar Memorial Armley.
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SMART -STONES
SMART James
Bugler 1691 1/7th Bn Yorkshire Regiment DOW 16/07/1915 Aged 18.
1897: Born Armley 19th January Son of John H and Edith E Wingfield (Nicholson) Married 1895 St Johns Baptist New Wortley.
1897: Baptised 14th February St Mathew St John The Baptist New Wortley.
1911: Living with Grandmother Residence No 36 Gledhow Street Armley Occupation Shovel Maker.
1915: Landed France 16th April.
1915: Passed away Wounds Received Royal Victoria Hospital Netley Hampshire.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest New Wortley Cemetery. PHOTO GRAVE TO BE SOURCED
SANDERSON John
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1879: Born Armley Son of Thomas.
1915: Married Edith H Crawford Christ Church Upper Armley.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Book Armley
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STANILAND Richard Edwin
Private 266546 8th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers DOW 07/12/1917 Aged 23.
1894: Born Leeds Son of George Henry and Edith Long Married 1893 St George Leeds.
1894: Baptised 17th June St George Leeds.
1911: Residence No 1 Margaret Street Hall Lane Armley Occupation Turner In Engineering Works.
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Surname Misspelled on St Bartholomew Memorial Book.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley.
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Laid to Rest Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery Extension France.
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SANDS Percival
Private TR5/127484 7th Bn Training Reserve DIED 12/11/1918 Aged 18.
1900: Born Armley Son of George and Eleanor Robinson Married 1898 St Clement Sheepscar.
1911: Residence Newsom Green Woodlesford Leeds at Schoool.
CWGC: Parents Residence No 9 Salisbury Terrace Armley Lodge Road.
1918: Died Military Hospital Ripon.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery Leeds.
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STEELE Edmund
Private 12840 109th Company Machine Gun Corps KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 16.
1899: Born 20th November Holbeck Son of Edmund Died 1928 and Florence Fowler Married 28th December 1891.
1900: Baptised 17th January New Wortley.
1911: Residence No 5 Tennant Place Armley at School.
1916: Edmund and the 109th Company Machine Gun Corps joined the 36th Ulster Division on the 23rd January. Edmund lost his life on the attack on Thioepval on the first day of the Somme offensive.
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Edmund is the second youngest boy from Leeds Killed on the 01st July. Horace Ilas of the 15th Bn West Yorkshire regiment being the youngest being born 22nd January 1900.
Remembered Gotts Park war Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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SEDGWICK Thomas William
Guardsman 2688155 2nd Bn Scots Guards DIED 28/08/1920 Aged 43.
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1877: Born Melsonby Darlington Son of Edward and Christiana Robinson Married 1872.
1903: Married Emma Dixon Married 1903 St Bartholomew Armley
1911: Residence No 15 Aviary Grove Armley Occupation Steel Plate layer.
1915: Landed France 25th May.
First wife Mary Ann Neave Died 1902.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery Leeds
SMITH Arthur
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STOTT Henry
Private 19949 6th Bn Kings Own Scottish Borderers DOW 13/07/1916 Aged 31.
1884: Born Glasgow Son of Mathew Waddington and Mary.
1885: Baptised 04th January St John St Barnabus Holbeck.
1909: Married Clara Pinkney Married 30th January St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No16 New Princess St Holbeck Occupation Plate Moulder.
1917: Soldiers Died Recorded Henry passing on the 04th July.
CWGC: 89 Simpson Street Armley.
Acknowledgment to James Luck for the above Photos.
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Laid to Rest Perronne Road Cemetery Mericourt France.
STONEY John
Rifleman R/41447 Kings Royal Rifles Attached 9th Bn Queen Victoria's Rifles KIA 25/08/1918 Aged 18.
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1900: Born Leeds Son of John and Sarah Orphin Married 1896 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building
1911: Residence No 18 Grasmere Place Tong Road Armley at School.
1915: Enlisted Leeds.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Vis-En-Artois Memorial France.
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