KAY -YARDLEY
KAY Tom Driver 84661 9th Division Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery DOW 07/07/1916 Aged Laid to Rest Peronne Road Cemetery Maricourt France.
KEELEY BROTHERS
KEELEY Arthur Private 33594 9th Bn Devonshire Regiment KIA 20/10/1917 Aged 30. Born 1887 Wakefield. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth CWGC 70 Woodhouse Street. 1911 369 Dudley Road Wolverhampton Hairdresser. Laid to Rest Hooge Crater Cemetery Belgium.
KEELEY Fred Gunner 681622 A Battery 94th Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 22/03/1918 Aged 25. Born Wolverhampton 1893. Enlisted as a saddler. Landed France 05/03/1915. Remembered Pozieres Memorial France.
KENT Benjamin Hirst Lance Corporal 201704 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 10/11/1918 Aged 20. Born 1897 Leeds. Son of and Emily Husband of Mary Elizabeth Townend Married 1917 St Marks Woodhouse CWGC 8 Jackman Yard Woodhouse. Laid to Rest Mont Houn Military Cemetery France.
KINGSLEY John Thomas Bugler Rifleman 306711 2/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 19. Born 1898 Leeds. Son of James Henry and Annie Elizabeth Dufton Married 1898 Leeds Register Building 1911 44 Jubilee Street Off Woodhouse Street. Remembered Arras Memorial France.
KIRK Bertie Lance Corporal 3/7997 A Company 2nd Bn Yorkshire (Hussars) Regiment KIA 15/06/1915 Aged 27. Father Arthur Smith at his wedding. Son of Emma Husband of Maud Houlding Married 1910 St Marks Woodhouse. Maud Remarried in 1917 to Harry Peel CWGC 3 Speedwell Street Woodhouse. Remembered Le Touret Memorial France.
KIRKLEY William Private 77030 Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment KIA 28/04/1917 Aged 25. Born Leeds 1892. Son of William and Gertrude Minnie Laister Married 1890 St Marks Woodhouse. 1911 Residence 5 Eltham Grove Woodhouse Milk Deliverer. Laid to Rest Roclincourt Military Cemetery France.
KNIGHT William Sapper 164353 Royal Engineers DIED 12/02/1917 Aged 35. Born 1882 Sheffield Enlisted Leeds. Husband of Sarah Ellen Shires Married 1896 St Hildas Knowsthorpe Leeds. 1911 Residence 66 Melville Road Woodhouse Wood Turner. Laid to Rest St Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen France.
LAVERACK Tom Private 4047 D Company 11th Bn Australian Infantry KIA East of Bullecourt Village 03/05/1917 Aged 19.Born Leeds 1898 Vol 9b Page 548. Son of Henry and Emily Dean Married St John The Evangelist 1888 Vol 9b Page 680. CWGC 7 Cliffdale Grove Meanwood Road. Enlisted 04/08/1915. Landed Marsailles France 06/04/1916. February to March 1916 Hospital in Rouen with Flu. On 03/05/1917 at 03.45 am Tom along with his Battalion advanced East of Bullecourt Village Private G. P Owen 6800 reported that he had seen Tom with a bad head and shoulder wound only being recognised by his papers, having been killed by a shell along with 2nd Lt V. B. Daniel, and Pvt J. L. Slavin Military Medal and Pvt G. R. Henderson He went on to say that all four were buried in a military grave, though others reported that they were just covered on the trench parapet. RED CROSS Australian War Memorial Canberra Panel 63 and Meanwood Memorial Drive Green Road Leeds. PHOTO
LAW Walter Lance Corporal 266171 2/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 29. Husband of Alice Metcalfe Married St Phillip Wellington Street. Remembered Arras Memorial France.
LAWFORD Joseph Private 4802 1/7th Bn West Riding Regiment DOW 27/11/1917 Aged 29. Born 1888 Gomersall. Enlisted Leeds 01/03/1916 Mattress Maker 11 Jameson Avenue Meanwood. Landed Etaples France 03/08/1916. An inquest found Joseph was found Wounded 26/11/1916 just before midnight in the Chest (Accident ?) Laid to Rest Foncquevillers Military Cemetery France.
LAZENBY Joseph Private 22910 9th Bn West Riding Regiment 07/07/1916 Aged 25. Son of John and Jane CWGC 3 Marion Mount Woodhouse. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
LEDGARD Leonard Rifleman 3796 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 02/07/1916 Aged 17. Born Leeds 1898. Son of Simon and Emma Fotherby Married 1884 St Mathew Little London CWGC 25 Marion View Woodhouse Street. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
LEE Frank Stanley Lieutenant 13th Bn Rifle Brigade KIA 22/03/1918 Aged 23. Son of Phineas Waterworth and Elizabeth CWGC 398 Meanwood Road. Enlisted 28th Bn London Regiment Private 6013. Landed France 28/12/1916. Medals sent to Brother Lawrence Waterworth 434 Meanwood Road. Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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LEECH - MacFARLANE
LEECH James Lance Corporal 1/9595 2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles KIA 05/08/1917 Aged 32. Born Dublin Enlisted Leeds. Son of Edward and Ann Inscription Reads: "Requiescant in Peace" 309 Meanwood Road. Laid to Rest Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension Belgium.
LEVY George Alexander Private 267659 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 24/05/1918 Aged 25. Born Edge Hill 1893. Son of Emmanuel and Euphemia Irving Paterson 1911 26 Gipton View Apprentice Tailors Cutter. Husband of Amy Smith Married 1915 Holy Trinity Meanwood. Remembered Pozieres Memorial France.
LILLEYMAN Horace Bancroft Serjeant 7204 2nd Bn Yorkshire Regiment KIA 15/06/1915 Aged 31. (SERVED AS FRED MASSEY HIS COUSENS NAME) Born Wellingborough 1883. Son of William Charles and Mary Lovell CWGC Speedwell Street Meanwood Road. Remembered Le Touret Memorial France.
LISHMAN John Lance Corporal G/13892 1st Bn The Buffs East Kent Regiment KIA 18/09/1918 Aged 20. Born Cross Gates. Son of Thomas and Florence Salmon Married 1897. Enlisted 05/06/1916 Leeds Residence 406 Meanwood Road Occupation Twister Cotton Trade. Landed France 09/04/1917. Gun Shot Wound to Right Thigh 27/06/1917 came home Brighton until October 1917. Remembered Vis-En-Artois Memorial France.
LISTER George Stanley Private 16581 6th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 22/08/1915 Aged 27. Husband of Sarah Ellen Homes Married 1912 St Michaels Buslingthorpe CWGC 57 Craven Road Woodhouse Sarah Re married to Samuel Cassells 1920 St Michaels Buslingthorpe. Remembered Helles Memorial Gallipoli Turkey.
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LUPTON Harry Lance Corporal 45192 4th Bn South Staffordshire Regiment KIA 26/04/1918 Aged 32. Born 1896 Woodhouse. Son of James and Selina Beck Married 1881 St Marys Leeds. Husband of Maud Porritt Married 1910 Wesleyan Chapel Woodhouse Carr now Methodist Chapel Stocks Street Woodhouse Carr 1911/CWGC 4 Melville Avenue Woodhouse Street. Harry was buried where he fell and later moved. Inscription "One of the Best" Laid to Rest La Clytte Military Cemetery Belgium.
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LUPTON William Percy Private 17/838 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 20/07/1918 Aged 26. Son of Harry and Sophia Born Leeds 1892. Remembered Soissons Memorial France.
McCARTHY Tom Private 266136 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 07/01/1917 Aged ? Husband of Florence Reed Married 1913 St Michaels Buslingthorpe. Effects sent to Florence Pension of $6.10s.11d. Florence re married in 1919 to Gilfid Walker and passed away in 1934. (A Thomas Lance Corporal in Ireland no connection to Leeds). 1911 Tom McCarthy Born 1889 Bournemouth Locomotive Cleaner 16 Coggill Street Stourton. Laid to Rest Passchendaele New British Cemetery Belgium.
McDONALD A Serjeant Unknown an Alexander lived Buslingthorpe Lane 1911 Aged 14. And an Alexander Died Aged 46 in Leeds 1919. Can You Help.
MacFARLANE William Lance Corporal 33927 10th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment KIA 11/04/1917 Aged 30. Born 1887 Leeds. Son of William and Martha A Stead Married Leeds 1886. Residence 1911 29 Oxford Road Occupation tailor. Enlisted Hounslow Middlesex Army Cyclist Corps 11146. Brother Charles served in Army Cyclist Corps being discharged for being unfit for war duties. Remembered Arras Memorial France.
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MANN-MOSS
MANN Leonard Private 266549 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 13/04/1917 Aged 21. Son of Harry and Sarah A Married 1884 St Silos Hunslet CWGC 10 Cyprus Mount Woodhouse. Inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten" Laid to Rest Tilloy British Cemetery Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines France.
MATKIN James Private 266548 1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers DOW 08/04/1918 Aged 41. Husband of Eden Mitchell Married 1911 St Clements Sheepscar. Residence 7 Leicester Avenue Organ Builder. Laid to Rest Etaples Military Cemetery France.
MAWSON William Serjeant Corporal 242964 1/6th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 29. Born Woodhouse Son of George and Mary Peel. Husband of Edith Baldry Married 1913 St Michaels Buslingthorpe William at 143 Buslingthorpe Lane Electric Car Guard CWGC 17 Melville Terrace Woodhouse Re Married 1925 William Hesling St Mathias Burley. Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
MELLARD Richard Lawrence 15/881 Serjeant 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 27. Born September 1888 Scarborough. Richard had served in the 3rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment enlisting in 1908. Spent two years in India. Richard was arrested in 1911 for theft and convicted to 7 months rigorous imprisonment and discharged as a result he was resident at 27 Marion Road Woodhouse. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
MERRITT George Lance Corporal 4/8326 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED POW 11/09/1917 Aged 24. Born Leeds 1893.Son of Tom and ? 1911 Residence 3 Reeves Street Meanwood. Landed France 19/03/1915. Laid to Rest Hamburg Cemetery Germany.
METCALFE Walter Houlden Corporal 13763 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 01/04/1916 Aged 25 Military Medal. Born 1891 Leeds. Son of John Hadden and Mary Blythe Married 1873 St Georges Leeds CWGC 310 Meanwood Road.
Laid to Rest Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO
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MIDDLETON Rawden Clarke Private S/10086 1st Bn Black Watch KIA 25/09/1916 Aged 27. Born 1889 Birstall. Son of Robert and Sarah Ann Clarke Married 1887. 32 Moseley Street Pitman. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
MILLS Samuel 2nd Lieutenant 2nd Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 18/11/1916 Aged 20. Born Barnsley. Son of Edmund and Catherine Hutton CWGC King Lane Moortown late of 89 Sheepscar Street 1911 Residence 372 Meanwood Street Office Boy. The reports below state he was KIA on an attack at Beaumont Hamel on the 08/11/1916.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France. PHOTO
MITTON Arthur Private 27852 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 24/09/1918 Aged 28. Son of Thomas and Clara Orange Married St Clement Sheepscar. Husband of Eleanor Fearnley Married 1914 Leeds Registered Building CWGC 14 Howarth Place Camp Road. Inscription from Eleanor "Why Warfare O'Er Dream of Fighting Fields No More" Laid to Rest Chappelle British Cemetery Holnon France.
MOLLOY John Corporal 265464 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged Born St Edmunds Leeds. 1911 John Born 1877 No 7 Moseley Place Woodhouse. Laid to Rest Poelcapelle British Cemetery Belgium.
MONKMAN Clifford Douglas Signaller (Rifleman) 265568 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 17/11/1917 Aged 20. (Age Incorrect CWGC) Son of Henry and Ada Buttrey Married 1890 St Peter Leeds. CWGC 4 Craven Street Woodhouse. Landed France 18/08/1915. Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
MORRELL James Private (Rifleman) 2276 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 24/06/1915 Aged 23. Born 1892 Leeds. 1911 No 12 Penraevon Place Meanwood Road Tailor. Laid to Rest Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery Fleurbaix France.
MOSS Joseph Arthur Rifleman (Private) C Company 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 15/07/1916 Aged 21. Son of Benjamin and Alice Elliot Married 1884 St Michaels Buslingthorpe CWGC 8 Woodhouse Street Meanwood Road. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
MOUNTAIN - YARDLEY
MOUNTAIN Horace Private S/14695 1/7th Bn Gordon Highlanders DOW 03/08/1917 Aged 21. Son of Lindley and Louisa Farrar Married St Marks Woodhouse 39 Jubilee Road Woodhouse. Husband of Maud Keech Married 1915 St Michaels Buslingthorpe. Maud re married after Horace's Death. Enlisted into Leeds 02/10/1914 West Yorkshire Regiment Reserves. However was short sighted could not pass his firing test as could not see objects at long range could not pass to be qualified Rifleman. Accepted May 1915 Gordon Highlanders. Laid to Rest Brandhoek New Military Cemetery Belgium.
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NICHOLSON R J Corporal Unknown at this time can you help
NOBLE Herbert Serjeant 775698 C Battery 310th Brigade Royal Field Artillery 15/05/1917 Aged 31. Son of Fred and Ellen Husband of Agnes Gertrude CWGC 57 Melville Road Woodhouse Street. National Roll Great War States: Enrolled in February 1915. Served at various stations in England, before going to France in 1917. "He died Gloriously in his first engagement at the battle of Bullecourt. 57 Back Cypress Street Woodhouse". Laid to Rest H.A.C Cemetery Ecoust-St.-Main France.
NOLAN BROTHERS
NOLAN Francis Private 7298 1/6th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 23/11/1916 Aged 23. Born 1893 Hunslet. Son of Daniel and Mary Quaid Married 1886 London. 1911 No9 Mosley Place Woodhouse. Laid to Rest Hannescamps New Military Cemetery France.
NOLAN Thomas Corporal Born 1887 Leeds. 1911 Tom at 9 Moseley Place Woodhouse. Died Leeds 1921 Aged 34.
OCKLETON BROTHERS
OCKLETON James Private 17402 3rd Bn Coldstream Guards KIA 26/09/1916 Aged 32. Born Hull. Son of John and Elizabeth Bradley Smith. Enlisted Sheffield Residence Leeds. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
OCKLETON Robert Private 34264 8th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 30/09/1916 Aged 31. KIA 4 days after his brother ! 322 Meanwood Road Leeds. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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YARDLEY Norman Private 34197 Royal Army Veterinary Corps DIED Leeds 30/12/1919 Pleurisy Aged 32. Born Leeds 08/07/1886. Baptised Meanwood Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 29/07/1886 Son of William Henry and Margret Corrigan. 1911 No 2 Holborn Terrace Woodhouse a Greengrocer. Enlisted Leeds 11/03/1918. Spent time at Netley and Ripon hospitals before being transferred to Leeds in March 1919. Discharged November 1919. Did not see action in France. Unknown where Laid to Rest.