ARMLEY ST BARTHOLOMEW
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SCHOFIELD - WHITLEY
SCHOFIELD - SWINDELL
SCHOFIELD Harold
Private 475201 27th Bn Canadian Infantry Manitoba Regiment KIA Courcelette 15/09/1916 Aged 22.
1892: Born 27th August Leeds Son of Robert Sam Died 1906 and Keturah Wilson Died 1935 Married Bradford 1881.
1915: Enlisted Winnipeg 27th July Occupation Steam Fitter.
CWGC: Mum Residence No 7 Mitford Terrace Hall Lane Armley.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Remembered Vimy Memorial France.
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SCOBEY Francis Henry
Driver 81215 D Battery 178th Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 27/09/1918 Aged 41.
1877: Born York Son of Francis and Mary Harbotle.
1908: Married Mary Ellen Acaster St Olaves York.
1911: Residence No 53 Hartes Terrace York Occupation Draper Assistant.
Connection to Armley Margaret Jane Scobey Married in 1904 St Bartholomew Armley.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension France.
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SNOWDEN John Edward
Serjeant 265684 2/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 27/07/1917 Aged 24.
1893: Born Armley Son of John Edward and Annie Amelia Worsnop Married 1890 St Mathias Burley.
1911: Residence No 4 Esholt Armley Road Occupation Firer in Iron Foundry.
1917: Leeds Mercury reported 29th August that John had been killed Residence shown as No 4 Esholt Street Armley Road Armley.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery Nieuwpoort Belgium.
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STORR William
Rifleman R/10163 4th Bn Kings Royal Rifles DOW 10/05/1915 Aged 19.
1895: Born Leeds. Son of Alfred and Sarah Shelton Married 1886 Nottinghamshire.
1911: Residence No 31 Genn Row Armley Occupation Crane Driver.
1913: Married Edith Hurst St Bartholomew Armley.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.
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Thomas Wycherley Private 15/1278 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 18.
1898: Born Armley 09th March Son of Jacob Marshall and Annie Wycherley Married 1889 Mansfield
1898: Baptised 10th April St Bartholomews Armley.
1911: Residence No 11 Salisbury Avenue Armley at School.
1914: Enlisted Leeds Town Hall Residence No 11 Salisbury Avenue Armley
1915: Landed Egypt 22nd December.
1916: Reported Wounded in Leeds mercury 13th July.
Courtesy of Olwynn Swindell
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Remembered St Bartholomew Remembrance Book Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
TAYLOR - THACKRAY
TAYLOR Charles
Private 17/161 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 39.
1877: Born York Son of Mary
1899: Married Susan Cade Woods 25th December in Hull.
1911: Residence No 120 Ley Lane Armley Occupation Iron Worker.
1916: Yorkshire Evening Post Reported Charles death 09th August.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Fricourt New Military Cemetery Somme France
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TAYLOR Sydney Dixon
Private 115329 193rd Company Labour Corps KIA 11/06/1917 Aged 21.
1896: Born Leeds Son of Charles Henry and Emma Dixon Married 1899 St Peter Leeds
1911: Residence No 20 Cedar Road Carcroft Armley Occupation Milk Deliverer.
Enlisted Leeds 1722 West Yorkshire Regiment.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Belgium.
THACKRAH Benjamin Webster
Rifleman 202878 20th Bn Rifle Brigade DIED 18/02/1917 Aged 53.
1864: Born St Stephens Leeds Son of Frederick Webster and Sarah Brayshaw Married Leeds 1857.
1887: Married Rebecca Wood St Hilda Knowsthorpe Leeds. 39 Granny Lane Low Wortley.
1911: Residence No 39 Granny Lane Low Wortley Occupation Iron Turner.
1914: Enlisted 31st August Leeds aged 49 and 11 months old into the 7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment 2385.
1916: Landed Egypt 03rd January
1917: Benjamin was found Dead near Preston barracks Cairo with both thighs and his left arm broken, Reported very likely Benjamin was hit by a car on the road.
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Armley.
Remembered Cairo War Memorial Egypt.
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THACKRAH Herbert
Rifleman 270262 1/7th West Yorkshire Bn KIA 10/04/1918 Aged 23.
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1895: Born Leeds Son of Albert and Mary Ann Johnson.
1911: Herbert was brought up by Thomas Coates and Emily Cobb Residence East Keswick Occupation Cart Man.
1917: Married Lily Jackson 15th September St Bartholomew Armley.
1918: Wife Lily Residence No 2 Florence Place Armley Road received war pension.
1920: Lily remarried to Frederick Myers.
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Laid to Rest Bedford House Cemetery Belgium.
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TOMLINSON - WARD
TOMLINSON James Walsham Walker
Private 12770 8th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment 26/09/1915 Aged 18.
1896: Born Brigg Son of John Thomas and Mary Eva Walker Married Birkenhead 1896
1911: Residence No 23 Fearnley Street Armley Occupation Errand Boy.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Remembered Loos Memorial France.
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TOMLINSON W
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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TOULSON Samuel Usherwood (Misspelled on CWGC Tolson)
Private 3/17258 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 12/05/1917 Aged 27.
1890: Born Kirkstall 01st May Son of Albert Usherwood and Mary Jane Davies Married 1889 Leeds Registered Building.
1890: Baptised St Stephens Kirkstall 07th June.
1910: Married Florence M Giles St Peter Leeds 13th August.
1911: Residence No 1 Winker Green Armley Occupation Mill Hand.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Red Cross Corner Cemetery Beugny France.
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WALKER Charles Owen
Private 4007 9th Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers KIA 16/08/1917 Aged 25.
1892: Born Leeds Son of John 4 Park Row.
1914: Enlisted 31st August Leeds into West Yorkshire Regiment Service Number 11711 Occupation Butcher.
1915: Married Hilda Wrigglesworth 31st July St Bartholomew Armley.
1915: Landed France 11th December.
1916: Injured 17th June Gun Shot Wound to Right Arm sent home. 29th November Landed back in France.
1917: Wife Hildas Residence No 15 Elsworth Street Armley.
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
WADDINGTON BROTHERS
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Sons of Arthur and Annie Elizabeth Hoole Married 1892 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building CWGC 47 Tong Road Armley.
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WADDINGTON Rowland
Private 25712 C Company 15/17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 12/04/1918 Aged 21.
1897: Born Armley 02nd January.
1898: Baptised 04th November St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 47 Tong Road Armley Occupation aged 14 Office Boy.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium.
WADDINGTON Joseph
Private 13263 C Company 3rd Bn Dorsetshire Regiment DIED 11/07/1916 Aged 23.
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1911: Residence No 47 Tong Road Armley Occupation Draper Assistant.
1914: Enlisted 05th September Leeds 14536 Hussars Of The Line.
1916: Salonika Dysentery 21st June.
1916: Died of Dysentery St Andrews Military Hospital Malta.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Pieta Military Cemetery Malta.
WARDLE Willie
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WADDLE George William
Private 23980 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/07/1916 Aged 21.
1895: Born 14th March Armley Known as Willie Son of Edward Clark Born Kirkstall Died 1908 and Mary A Johnson Married 1894 Holy Trinity Armley Hall.
1896: Baptised 07th June St Simons Leeds.
1910: Mary remarried to John Shackleton No 1 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1911: Residence No 47 Gledhow Street Armley at School.
1916: Leeds Mercury 04th August Reported Georges death Residence No 24 Butts Street Armley.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
WARD George Cecil
Second Lieutenant B Company 8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 23.
1893: Born Monmouthshire Son of William George and Ada Anne Harris Married High Wycombe 1875.
1911: Residence No 4 Roscoe Terrace Armley at School.
1915: Landed France 21st September.
1916: War Diary states the West Yorkshires were in Thiepval Wood on the 01st July and 2 officers were killed.
CWGC: Parents Residence Frogmore Town Street Upper Armley.
Inscription
NOBLY FOUGHT LOVE ETERNAL AND TRIUMPHANT
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Laid to Rest Connaught Cemetery Thiepval Somme France.
WAGSTAFFE - WHITLEY
WAGSTAFF Robert Henry
Private 20515 8th Bn Yorkshire Regiment 04/10/1916 Aged 42.
1874: Born Doncaster Son of Robert and Barbara Ann Platts Married Doncaster 1870.
1897: Married Emily Adams MarriedSt Wilfreds Calverley
1904: Sent to prison for 7 years.
CWGC: Emilys Residence No Residence No 21 Binks Street Armley Road.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley.
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Laid to Rest Adanac Military Cemetery France.
WEBSTER BROTHERS
Michael Harold, Mathew Willis
Sons of Richard and Mary Ann Willis Married 1891 Aysgarth.
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WEBSTER Michael Harold
Lieutenant 13th Bn Attached 16th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 22.
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1894: Born Keighley
1911: Residence No 15 Thornhill Road Wortley at School.
1914-15: Enlisted Highland Light Infantry 22878.
1915: Landed France 23rd August Father at No 3 The Hollies Tong Road Armley.
1917: Left his father £85.00 in his will.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France. CLICK HERE
WEBSTER Mathew Willis
Bombardier 795547 62nd Division Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery DOW 15/03/1918 Aged 21.
Born Armley.
1911: Residence No 15 Thornhill Road Wortley Occupation worked in fathers shop.
1918: Passed away 42nd Casualty Clearing Station.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension France.
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WEBSTER Arthur
Gunner 161974 111th Battery Royal Field Artillery KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 38. Born 1879.
1879: Born Leeds Son of John William and Elizabeth. Husband of Emily Noble Married 1900 St Clement Sheepscar.
1911: Residence No 20 The Mount Lower Wortley Occupation Fireman on LNW Railway.
Laid to Rest Menin Road South Military Cemetery Belgium.
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WILSON BROTHERS (ALEXANDER AND CLARENCE)
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Son of David and Frances Harris Married 1880 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
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WILSON Alexander Greig
Private 7488 2nd Bn Yorkshire Regiment DIED Prisoner of War 26/11/1914 Aged 34.
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1881: Born Leeds.
1883: Baptised 02nd August St Mathew Leeds.
1911: Had already enlisted into the Army stationed Strensall Camp York
1913: Married Maud Watmough St Peter Leeds 09th March.
1914: Landed France 05th October.
1914: Reported by the United States Embassy that Alexander was a prisoner of war.
1918: Maud Remarried in Huddersfield to John W Rafton.
CWGC: Residence No 51 Holdforth Street New Wortley.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Hamburg Cemetery Germany.
WILSON Clarence Greig
Rifleman 2742 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 10/12/1915 Aged 21.
1893: Born Armley 18th May.
1894: Baptised 12th August St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 127 Gelderd Road New Wortley Occupation Invoice Clerk.
1915: Landed France 15th April.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Inscription
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FOR OTHERS IN THE HOUR OF TRIAL HE FAILED NOT GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Laid to Rest Essex Farm Cemetery Belgium.
Gunner 95872 Royal Field Artillery KIA 26/09/1917 Aged 28.
1889: Born Leeds 20th January Son of George and Emma Elliott married 1882 St John The Evangelist.
1889: Baptised St Peter Leeds 17th February.
1911: Residence No 14 Roseneath Place Wortley Leeds
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Laid to Rest Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension Belgium. CLICK HERE
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WILSON Harry
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WILSON William Naylor
Private 202693 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 19.
1898: Born 11th January Leeds Son of John and Louie Naylor Married 1893 St James Wetherby.
1898: Baptised 03rd April Armley Holy Trinity.
1911: Residence No 82 Bruce St New Wortley at School.
1916: Enlisted Leeds 07th June Residence No 80 Grasmere Avenue Tong Road Armley Occupation Packer in a Woolen Factory.
1917: Landed Calais France 16th January joining his Bn in the Field 20th January.
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Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium. Also Gotts Park.
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WHITELEY BROTHERS
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Sons of John and Mary Lucy Walker Married Leeds Registered Building.
1920: Mary remmaried to Albert Hollings at St Bartholomew Armley.
WHITELEY Ernest
Gunner 888 4th West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 01/10/1916 Aged 21.
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1895: Born Hunslet
1912: Enlisted Leeds Territorials 06TH March Occupation Electrician in Post Office. Described as being 5 feet 7 inches tall.
1914: Called up as reserve two days after outbreak of war 05th August.
1920: Mum Mary Lucy Remarried to Albert Hollings 1920 St Bartholomew Armley.
CWGC: Mothers Residence No 54 Fitzarthur Street Armley.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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WHITELEY John Walker
Air Mechanic First Class 6237 Royal Flying Corps KIA 25/03/1918 Aged 19.
1898: Born Leeds 08th June.
1898: Baptised St Peters Church Leeds Parish Church 14th August.
1917: Married
CWGC: Mothers Residence 54 Fitzarthur Street Armley.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.