AMBRIDGE Albert Edward Private 25081 1st Bn King's Liverpool Regiment KIA First day Battle of Loos 25/09/1915 Aged 16. Born Hunslet December 1898 Vol 9b Page 265. Son of John William and Rose Hannah Binks Married Hunslet June 1894 Vol 9b Page 383 of 143 Dewsbury Road. Laid to Rest Cambrin Military Cemetery otherwise known as Cambrin Chateau Cemetery France.
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AMES Charles William Rifleman 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 08/09/1915 Aged 45. Born Fermoy Ireland 1871.Son of Charles William and Mary Ann. Husband of Martha Hogg Married Holbeck December 1892 Vol 9b Page 521 Martha Died 1911 Aged 39. Charles remarried to Kate Merrion Barber at Hunslet September 1912 Vol 9b Page 1230. Landed France 15/04/1915. Laid to Rest Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery Ieper Belgium. CWGC 3 Gaskell Street Dewsbury Road.
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APPLEYARD Hilton Ordinary Seaman J/63202 HMS Opal Drowned 12/01/1918 Aged 20. Born Temple Newson 10/12/1897 Vol 9b Page 294. Son of Joseph Henry and Alice Barker Married St Luke Beeston Hill 1891. CWGC/1911 Residence 16 Kimberley View Harehills Lane Occupation Apprentice Butcher. Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Hunslet Moor St Peters.
ARMITAGE Robson Private 17/799 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died 22/04/1918 Aged (One Born 1890 and One 1894 Both Wortley)
Robert Lies next to Private Robert Cowan Thomson Of The Black Watch.
Remembered South Entrance of Morbecque Churchyard France. PHOTO X 2
ARNOLD Joseph Second Lieutenant 18th Bn Attached 1/5th Manchester Regiment KIA 02/09/1918 Aged 32. Born Leeds Son of Thomas. Husband of Marie McCaffrey Married Hunslet District Registered Building June 1914 Vol 9b Page 1175. CWGC 19 Longroyd Terrace Burton Road Leeds. 1911 158 Queen Street Stourton. Laid to Rest Manchester Cemetery Riencourt-les-Bapaume France. Leeds Roll of Honour.
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ASHWORTH Herbert Private 15/1313 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916. Born Hunslet December 1891 Vol 9b Page 281. Son of Charles Henry and Esther Stainsby Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor September 1890 Vol 9b Page465. 1911 Black Bull Street South East Leeds Occupation Printer. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France (Leeds Great War)
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ATHA Charles Private 24484 1/6th Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 18/03/1918 Aged 30. Born Hunslet June 1888 Vol 9b Page 295. Son of John Thomas and Sarah Louisa Hollingsworth Married St Jude Potteryfield Hunslet June 1886 Vol 9b Page 399. 1911 residence 4 Chesney Mount Hunslet Occupation Compositor. Enlisted Leeds 32481 Yorkshire Regiment. Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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AVERY Charles Private 6298 3rd Bn Scots Guards 31/12/1917 Aged 30. Born Mitcham Surrey Son of Charles and Sarah Hodgson Married Wandsworth December 1881 Vol 1d Page 1037. CWGC 14 Selkirk Street Dewsbury Road. Laid to Rest Mitcham Church Road Burial Ground.
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AVERY Walter Private 201387 1/4th Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers 20/09/1918 Aged 20. Born Mitcham June 1898 Vol 2a Page 304. Brother of Charles mentioned above. Son of Charles Sarah Hodgson Married Wandsworth December 1881 Vol 1d Page 1037. 1911 8 Southmount Street Holbeck. Laid to Rest Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension France.
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BALL Fred Rifleman 59119 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 27/09/1918 Aged 19. Born Hunslet 1899 Son of Frederick Elliott Ball and Harriet Ann Holdsworth Married Hunslet June 1898 Vol 9b Page 496. 1911 Residence 46 Gamet Road Dewsbury Road Hunslet. Remembered on Vis-En-Artois Memorial France.
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BARBER John William Private 38833 2/7th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 31.Born Hunslet March 1886 Vol 9b Page 303. Son of William and Maria Carlena Xuereb Born Malta 1861. I can only presume William met Maria whilst serving in the Army. Marias sister Rosetta married James Bryce at the Army Barracks in Gibralter. Formerly 187298 Royal Engineers. Laid to Rest Tyne Cot Cemetery Belgium
BARROW Edward Sales Rifleman 49009 "D" Company 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 32. Born Hunslet September 1885 Vol 9b Page 257. Son of George Sales and Sarah Elizabeth L Garratt Married 1882 at St Matthew Holbeck. CWGC Edward Married Charlotte Ann . 1911 Residence 1 Lockwood Yard Burton Street Hunslet. Occupation Greengrocer Living with Brother Edward Sales and Wife. Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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BAXTER Joseph Private 65071 16th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers Died of Wounds 02/10/1918 Aged ?. Laid to Rest La Baraque British Cemetery Bellenglise Aisne France. Only one in Leeds Great War Three living Hunslet 1911.
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BECKETT Benjamin Buckle Private 13022 8th Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died of Wounds at Manchester 13/07/1916 Aged 21. Born Hunslet 1895 Vol 9b Page 274. Son of Benjamin and Eva Beckett Both died 1915. 1911 Residence 45 Monkton Terrace Hunslet. Medal index states Entered War 26/08/1915. Laid to Rest Manchester Southern Cemetery.
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BELLWOOD Edwin Private 13972 24th Company Machine Gun Corps Died of Wounds 48th Clearing Station 01/05/1917 Aged 19. Born Hunslet June 1898 Vol 9b Page 270. Son of Fred and Annie Newport Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor 1897 Vol 9b Page 512. 1911 Residence 14 Monkton Street Dewsbury Road Hunslet. Enlisted Leeds. Medal Index states 87th Tank Regiment Battalion 68928. Laid to Rest La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery Peronne Somme France
BERRY John Thomas Private 1696 3rd Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps. KIA 22/08/1918 Aged 32. Born York June 1885 Vol 9d Page 10. Son of Atley and Married Elizabeth Smith York March 1875 Vol 9d Page 51. Husband of Nellie Firth Married Hunslet District Registered Building 1918 Vol 9b Page 1050. 1911 Living with Sister Lillian and her family in Halifax Occupation Mason's Labourer. CWGC Garden House Osmondthorpe Lane Leeds.
Laid to Rest Gommecourt British Cemetery No.2 Hebuterne France. PHOTO
BINKS Albert Private 12124 12th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 29. Born Hunslet 1886 Vol 9b Page 273. Son of William Henry and Sarah Dobson Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor September 1874 Vol 9b Page 407. Husband of Florence Woodruff Married Holbeck District Registered Building June 1910 Vol 9b Page 930. 1911 Dunbar Street Hunslet Leeds Occupation Coal Miner. Son Ronald 1911 Albert 1913.
Laid to Rest Euston Road Cemetery Colincamps Somme France. PHOTO
BINKS Arthur Private 111184 25th Bn Durham Light Infantry Passed away Influenza Harton Hospital South Shields 27/11/1918 Aged 20.Born Hunslet 1899 Vol 9b Page 233. Son of George and Agnes Ratcliffe Married St Jude Potteryfield Hunslet Vol 9b Page 372. 1901 Residence 2 Burton Place Dewsbury Road. Enlisted York 07/03/1917 Aged 17 yrs 11 mths. Deserted 28/12/1917 Rejoined Army 11/09/1918 Court Martialed 90 days detention 10/09/1918. Laid to Rest Hunslet Old Cemetery.
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BINKS George Either 1/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 or 1/7th Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 14/04/1918 Both Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium Brother of Arthur mentioned above. Born Hunslet December 1895 Vol 9b Page 280.
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BIRKETT Edward Private 25558 13th Bn Yorkshire Regiment KIA 23/02/1917 Aged 19. Born Hunslet 1897 Vol 9b Page 297. Son of John Edward and Isabella Ireland Beadle Married St John, Newton Leeds Sptember 1888 Vol 9b Page 744. 1911 Residence 43 Woodview Mount Dewsbury Road. Occupation Boiler Maker trains. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France. Leeds Great War
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BIRKHEAD Joseph Private 24202 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/08/1916 Aged ?. At least three possibles in 1901 and 1911 Census in Hunslet.
Laid to Rest Vermelles British Cemetery France. PHOTO
BLAKE Valentine Private 21010 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA Aged 26. Born Whitwood nr Castleford 1891 Vol 9c Page 142. Son of John Valentine Born Bengal India. and Annie Eliza Spencer Married Leeds Registered Building 1884 Vol 9b Page 609. 1911 Residence 11 Royal Terrace Hunslet Occupation Bottle Hand Wetters Off ? at a Glass Bottle Makers. Husband of Lillian Driver Married December 1913 St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor Vol 9b Page 964. Landed Balkans 19/09/1915. Remembered on Menin Gate Ypres Belgium.
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BLAKER Albert Private 3496 2nd Bn South Lancashire Regiment 02/08/1918 Aged 33. Born Hunslet 1883 Vol 9b Page 291. Son of William and Jane Anne Booth Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor 1877. Husband of Catherine Matilda Geldard Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor 1904 Vol 9b Page 491. 1911 81 Birley Street Pendleton Salford. Landed France 18/03/1915. CWGC 18, Elcho Street Dewsbury Road.
Below Message From Wife Catherine Matilda
Laid to Rest Poelcapelle British Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO X 2
BOOCOCK Clifford Corporal 3/2413 2nd Bn York and Lancaster Regiment Died of Wounds 30/12/1914 Aged 19. Born Hunslet 1895 Vol 9b Page 278. Son of George and Mary Alice Madeley Married St Jude Potteryfield Hunslet 1885 Vol 9b Page 423. 1911 Residence 107 Carlton Road South Elmsall Occupation Shop Assistant Grocery. Laid to rest Bailleul Communal Cemetery Nord France.
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BOYNE Thomas Trousdale Rifleman 305386 8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died of Wounds 16/04/1917 Aged 32. Born Holbeck 1884 Vol 9b Page 338 Son of Thomas Bland and Sarah Elizabeth Trousdale Married at St Luke Beeston Hill 1883 Vol 9b Page 429. 1911 Residence 25 Westbourne Avenue Hunslet Occupation Clothiers Stock Cutter. Laid to Rest Wimereux Communal Cemetery France.
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BRAMHILL Fred Private 7352 2nd Bn York And Lancaster Regiment 12/10/1916 Aged 32. Born Hunslet 1884 Son of John and Jane E Longthorn Married St Jude Potteryfield 1871. 1911 Residence 1st Bn York And Lancaster Regiment Napier Barracks Karachi India (Now Pakistan) Remembered on Thiepval Memorial France.
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BRECKIN Alfred Private 20739 9th Bn Cheshire Regiment Died 08/11/1918 at 13th 14th or 15th Convelesant Depot Tourgeville France Aged 27. Born Hunslet 1891 Vol 9b Page 278. Son of Alfred and Isabella Mitten Married St Matthew Little London Leeds 1870 Vol 9b Page 502. 1911 Residence 11 Primrose Lane Burton Road Hunslet Occupation Clerk. Laid to Rest Tourgeville Military Cemetery Calvados France.
BROADBENT Lawrence Frank Corporal 265536 Royal Engineers Attached 21st Railway Train Crew Company. KIA 21/10/1917 Aged 31. Born Hunslet 1886 Vol 9b Page 297 Son of Frank and Sarah Ann Turner Married Halifax 1876 Vol 9a Page 646. Husband of Rhoda Ann Masterman Married September Leeds Registered Building 1910 Vol 9b Page 951. 1911 Residence 6 Glencoe View Occupation fish dealer.
Laid to Rest Reninghelst New Military Cemetery Belgium. PHOTYO
BROOK Leonard Private 21/674 1/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died 17/04/1918 Aged Born Hunslet 1893 Vol 9a Page 271. Son of Willliam and Harriett Turner Married Christ Church Leeds June 1893 Vol 9b Page 686. 1911 residence 17 Derby Terrace Hunslet Occupation Maltsters Labourer. Medal Index States KIA 01/07/1916. Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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BULLOUGH Albert Private 4/8189 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 12/08/1915 Aged 23. Born Hunslet 1893 Vol 9b Page 288. Son of John Arthur and Maria Dunderdale Married St Mary the Virgin Hunslet 1883. 1911 Residence 46 Berwick Street Hunslet Occupation glass worker. Entered France 07/03/1915. Laid to Rest Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery Fleurbaix France.
BURN Ernest Private 266082 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment MIA 12/05/1917 Aged 19. Born Hunslet 1897 Vol 9b Page 254. Son of Herbert William and Amelia Ellis Married St Mary the Virgin Hunslet Vol 9b Page 437. 1911 Residence 8 Selborne Street Roxburgh Road Dewsbury Road. CWGC Enlisted 1914.
Remembered on Arras Memorial France. PHOTO
BURNETT Arthur Bernard Rifleman 1666 2/7th West Yorkshire Regiment Died 19/05/1915 Aged 27. Born Leeds 1888. Son of Emmott and Isobel Wilkinson Married Leeds Registered Building 1882. 1911 Residence 16 Selkirk Street Hunslet Occupation Labourer Out Of Work. Husband of Lily Bulmer Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor March 1915 Vol 9b Page 703. Lily Remarried in 1920 to Austin Harris . CWGC 32 Galway Terrace Beeston Road. Laid to Rest Lawnswood Cemetery Leeds.
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CAIN Samuel Lesley Phillips Lance Corporal 23497 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 21. Born Leeds 1896 Vol 9b Page 569. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Ellen Jagger Married Huddersfield 1894 Vol 9a Page 405 1911 Residence 55 Barrack Stree Leeds Occupation Cabinet Maker. CWGC 63 Meadow Road Holbeck. Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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CAIN Oswald William Private 202194 2/4th Bn Leicestershire Regiment KIA 23/03/1918 Aged 20. Born Leeds 1898 Vol 9b Page 567. Son of Charles James and Hannah Blanche Chesher Married 1895 Vol 9b Page 879 at Leeds Registered Building 1911 Residence 3 Dewsbury Terrace Hunslet Occupation Errand Boy. Original Service Number 6265 CWGC 7 Alpha Street Dewsbury Road. Remembered on Arras Memorial France.
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CAIN Stanley James Private 25577 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 29/07/1917 Aged 20. Brother of Oswald Remembered above. Born Leeds 1896 Vol 9b Page 381. 1911 Residence 3 Dewsbury Terrace Hunslet Occupation Errand Boy.
Laid to Rest Hooge Crater Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO