St Peters Church Hunslet Moor Dewsbury Road
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ELLIS William Herbert Engine Room Artificer 4th Class M/15950 Royal Navy H.M.S. "Invincible" 31/05/1916 Battle of Jutland Aged 43. Born Hunslet 1873 Vol 9b Page 319. Husband of Mary Townend Married All Saints Leeds Vol 9b Page 716. 1911 Residence 15 Burlow Row Hunslet Occupation Boilermaker. Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
CAMERON Fred Private 34249 2/5th Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 25/08/1918 Aged 18. Born Bramley March 1900 Vol 9b Page 350. Son of Charles Walter and Harriett Swift Married Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building March 1895 Vol 9b Page 378. Enlisted Leeds 01/09/1917 Aged 17 yrs 9 Months. Residence 11 Jesmond Street Dewsbury Road Occupation Collier. Landed France 18/07/1918. Laid to Rest Gomiecourt South Cemetery France.
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CARR Herbert Sergeant 58727 57th Company Machine Gun Corps DOW 06/08/1918 Aged 31.Croix de Guerre Belgium. Born Holbeck September 1887 Vol 9b Page 316. Son of John and Emma (Born Rugby) 1911 Residence 30 Carlton Row Holbeck. Occupation Coachsmiths Striker. Husband of Annie Chadwick Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor December 1914 Vol 9b Page 953. Laid to Rest Terlincthun British Cemetery France.
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CARTER Albert Naylor Private 205113 1/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 19. Born Leeds December 1897 Vol 9b Page 415. Son of Thomas Naylor and Mary Ellen Craddock Married St Mary the Virgin Hunslet March 1897 Vol 9b Page 306. 1911 Residence 13 Waterton Terrace Grove Road Hunslet. Occupation Core Maker Iron Foundry.
Laid to Rest Poelcapelle British Cemetery Belgium. POHOTO
CASTLE Herbert Private 2353 1/5th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 14/08/1915 Aged. Born 1911 Residence 7 Spring Street Moorthorpe South Elmsall Son of.
Laid to Rest Talana Farm Cemetery Ieper Belgium. PHOTO
CATHERALL George Lance Corporal 8/13023 9th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry MIA 16/09/1916 Aged 21. Born 1896 Son of William and Alice Parker Married St Matthew Holbeck September 1892 Vol 9b Page 533. 1911 Residence 26 Derby Crescent Dewsbury Road. Occupation Boiler Maker Traction Engineer. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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CHAMBERS Arthur Private 40252 18th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 25/10/1916 Aged 28. Born Hunslet June 1888 Vol 9b Page 27? Son of William and Isabella Todd Married St Peter Leeds September 1880 Vol 9b Page 564. 1911 Residence 103 Hunslet Hall Road Occupation Iron Turner in a tool shop.
Laid to Rest Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery France. PHOTO
CHAPLIN Charles Private 201509 1/5th Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers KIA Gaza 23/10/1917 Aged 22. Born Hunslet 1895 Vol 9b Page 289. Son of Arthur and Eliza Gouldthorpe Married St Peter Leeds 1871 Vol 9b Page 453. 1911 Cannot find Charles however his Brother James resided at 11 Monkton Terrace Hunslet. Laid to Rest Gaza War Cemetery Israel.
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CHAPMAN Laurie Private 20399 18th Bn Army Cyclist Corps KIA 08/09/1917 Aged 23. Born Hunslet March 1894 Vol 9b Page 287 Son of Edward and Mary Eleanor Servant Married St Barnabas Holbeck September 1893 Vol 9b Page 521. CWGC 6 Linden Terrace Dewsbury Road. 1911 Residence 19 Ingleton Terrace Beeston Hill Hunslet. Occupation Letterpress Printer Machine Minder Originaly enlisted into 112th West Riding Cycle Division. Laid to Rest Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery Ieper Belgium.
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CHILD Charles William Private 14228 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/04/1916 Aged 36.(Brother of William Below) Born Hunslet 1880 Vol 9b Page 319. Son of William and Eliza Middleton Married Hunslet District Registered Building 1876 Vol 9b Page 390. 1911/CWGC Residence 10 Roxburgh Road Dewsbury Road Occupation Cart Driver Coal.
Laid to Rest Reninghelst New Military Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO
CHILD William Private 23650 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 02/07/1916 Aged 19.(Brother of Charles Above) Born Hunslet 1896 Vol 9b Page 278. Son of William and Eliza Middleton Married Hunslet District Registered Building 1876 Vol 9b Page 390. 1911 Residence 10 Roxburgh Road Hunslet. Occupation Baker Fancy. Laid to Rest Puchevillers British Cemetery Somme France.
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CLAPHAM Rowland Hill Lance Corporal 3280 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/09/1916 Aged 24. Born Hunslet March 1892 Vol 9b Page 239. Son of Joe and Polly Burdakin Married St Peter with St Cuthbert, Hunslet Moor March 1886 Vol 9b Page 307. 1911 Residence 18 Dow Place Hunslet. Occupation Moulders Assistant in Iron Foundrey. Entered France 15/04/1915. Remembered Thiepval Memorial France.
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CLAPHAM Thomas Acting Corporal 22908 6th Bn Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 23. Born Hunslet 1894 Vol 9b Page 24? Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Driver Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor December 1889 Vol 9b Page 451. 1911 Residence 12 Berwick Street Hunslet Occupation Core Maker. Husband of Mary Jane Fenwick Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor September 1915 Vol 9b Page 1392. Mary remarried to Bernard Simpson in 1919. Entered War 21/11/1915. Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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CLAY Leonard Sergeant 8737 Sergeant 2nd Bn East Lancashire Regiment KIA 09/05/1915 Aged 29. Born Leeds 1896 Vol 9b Page 487 CWGC Nephew of Emily Wright of 23 Primrose Lane Dewsbury Road. Husband of Harriett Scott Married St Mary the Virgin Hunslet 1916 Vol 9b Page 895.
Remembered on Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium. PHOTO
CLIBBENS William George Private 373480 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died 26/01/1917 Aged 29. Born Leicester December 1887 Vol 7a Page 189. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth. Husband of Ellen Dickinson Married Hunslet District Registered Building December 1909 Vol 9b Page 534. 1911 Residence 18 Northcote Terrace Hunslet. Occupation Butcher Journeyman. Laid to Rest Wimereux Communal Cemetery France.
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CORNER Harold 1379 Born Brother of Tom Mentioned below. Born Holbeck 1891 Vol 9b Page 312. 1911 Residence 1 Creskell Grove Holbeck Occupation Boiler Maker. Enlisted 7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds Rifles) 30/06/1910. Discharged 29th September 1914. Unknown when died or where buried.
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CORNER Tom Private 10937 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/08/1915 Aged 31. Born Hunslet December 1883 Vol 9b Page 267. Son of Tom and Hannah Naylor Married Leeds Registered Building December 1869 Vol 9b Page 655. Husband of Emily Winterburn Married All Saints Leeds December 1905 Vol 9b Page 812. 1911 Residence 14 Nellie Crescent Upper Accomadation Road. (Parents were living at 1 Creskell Grove Holbeck) Occupation Iron Driller. Remembered on Helles Memorial Gallipoli Turkey.
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CRAMPTON William Private S/40458 8/10th Bn Gordon Highlanders DOW Hospital Etaples 18/04/1917 Aged 29. Born Leeds 1888 Vol 9b Page 515. Son of Edward and Ann Dale Married Scarborough December 1883 Vol 9d Page 724. 1911 Residence 25 Woodview Street Dewsbury Road. Occupation Leather Finisher. Enlisted into Cameron Highlanders S/25856. Laid to Rest Etaples Military Hospital France.
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CRAVEN James Private 3150 "B" Company 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 28/12/1915 Aged 25. Born Hunslet September 1890 Vol 9b Page 257. Son of Alfred and Mary Jane Brent Married Leeds December 1872 Vol 9b Page 677. Husband of Hilda Smith Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor June 1915 Vol 9b Page 1360. 1911 Residence 15 Disraeli Terrace Hunslet. Entered France 29/06/1915. Medal index states Died of Wounds it can be assumed James was buried but the location was lost hence Remembered on Ypres Menin Gate Belgium. CWGC 40 Greenmount Street Beeston Hill.
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CRAWFORD Richard Private 35866 1/5th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 35. Born Barnard Castle December 1882 Vol 10a Page 181. Son of John and Elizabeth. 1901 Residence 22 Larchfield Terrace Hunslet. Occupation Iron Moulder. Husband of Annie Carter Married Zion Chapel Joseph Street Hunslet 1911 Vol 9b Page 1027. Enlisted into West Yorkshire Regiment 39877. Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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CRAWSHAW Edward Rifleman 268068 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died at Home 30/11/1918 Aged 26. Born Hunslet 1891 Vol 9b Page 246. Son of Tom Henry and Elizabeth Parker Married Hunslet District Registered Building June 1877 Vol 9b Page 394. 1911 Residence 1 Monkton Road Hunslet. Occupation Butcher. Laid to Rest Leeds Holbeck Cemetery.
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CROWTHER Albert Corporal 15/1879 15/17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 19/07/1918 Aged 25. Born Hunslet 1891 Vol 9b. Son of George and Jemima Batt Married St Mary the Virgin HunsletJune 1890 Vol 9b Page 410. 1911 Residence 2 Brandon Terrace Wetherby. Occupation Hairdressers Assistant. CWGC 82, Moor Crescent Road Dewsbury Road. Laid to Rest Merville Communal Cemetery Extension France.
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DALE Harry Lister Driver 149389 "C" Battery 173rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery DOW 23/12/1917 Aged 26. Born Topcliffe September 1891 Vol 9d Page 413. Son of John Smith and Nancy Mary Lister Married Topcliffe March 1889 Vol 9d Page 575. CWGC 25 Grove Hall Drive Dewsbury Road. Laid to Rest Mont Huon Military Cemetery Le Treport France.
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DALE John Charles Private 412216 Canadian Infantry Nova Scotia Regiment KIA 16/08/1917 Aged 23.Brother of Harry Lister above.Born 19/10/1894 Topcliffe Vol 9d Page 434. Details of Attestation Enlisted 25/02/1915 Belleville Canada. Occupation Clerk. Fair Complexion Brown Eyes Light Brown Hair 5ft 3.5 Inches Tall. John gave his next of kin as his father the address was on Dewsbury Road. Remembered on Vimy Ridge Memorial France.
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DAVIS Samuel Lance Corporal 12309 2nd Bn Bedfordshire Regiment KIA 30/08/1918 Aged 29. Born Grantham 1889 Vol 7a Page 489. Son of James and Christina Colquhoun Married Leeds Registered Building 1881 Vol 9b Page 845. 1911 Residence 189 Dewsbury Road Occupation Drapers Assistant. Remembered on Vis-En-Artois Memorial France.
DAWE Robert Private 17/259 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 10/05/1918 Aged 25. Born Whitby 1892 Vol 9d Page 467. Son of John and Emma Jane Snell Married St Peter Leeds Vol 9b Page 505. 1911 Residence 78 Burlington Road Occupation Plumbers Apprentice.
Laid to Rest Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO X 2
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DENISON Henry Sergeant 111852 "C" Battery 174th Brigade Royal Field Artillery 01/09/1918 Aged 23. Shown as Harry on CWGC and Soldiers Died Record, Harris in 1901 Henry in 1911. Born Hunslet 1895 Vol 9b Page 262. Son of Alfred and Ellen Smith Married St Barnabas Holbeck 1891 Vol 9b Page 1911 Residence 5 Disraeli Street Hunslet Occupation Butcher. CWGC 6 Westwood View Lady Pit Lane Beeston Hill.
Laid to Rest Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery Arras France. PHOTO
DICKINSON Harry Private 4/8239 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 22. Born Hunslet 1894 Vol 9b Page 268. Son of Walter Herbert and Hannah Buckle Married St Mary the Virgin Hunslet 1896 Vol 9b Page 471. CWGC 22 Elcho Street Dewsbury Road. 1911 Residence 7 Selbourne St Hunslet Occupation Coal Miner. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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DODGSON Freeman Private 42596 1/10th Bn Manchester Regiment DIED of Bronchial Pneumonia 04/03/1919 Aged 23. Born Hunslet 1896 Vol 9b Page 265. Son of Joseph Henry and Ellen Kitchen Married St Matthew Holbeck 1891 Vol 9b Page 550. CWGC/1911 Residence 9 Elcho Street Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occupation Stone Napper Labourer. Enlisted Leeds 20/06/1916 into 99th Training Division 77488. Transferred to Manchesters 19/06/1917. Freemans Brother William named his Son Freeman in 1924. Laid to Rest Charleroi Communal Cemetery Belgium.
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DONALD George Ernest Private 60131 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 24/09/1918 Aged 19. Born Holbeck Vol 9b Page 332. Son of John Martin and Agnes Mary Married Wiltshire Vol 5a Page 301. Residence 1911 32 Sunbeam Street Beeston Hill Hunslet. Laid to Rest Chapelle British Cemetery Aisne France.
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DOWNES Willie Private 29614 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 21/03/1918 Aged 21. Born Hunslet 1897 Vol 9b Page 268. Son Of Thomas William and Emma Maria Verity Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor 1885 Vol 9b Page 377. 1911 Residence 17 Burton Grove Dewsbury Road Occupation Warehouse Boy. Remembered on Arras Memorial Arras FranceELDIN James Arthur Private/Rifleman 561019 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 24/10/1918 Aged 22. Born Holbeck 1896 Vol 9b Page 647. Son of Arthur and Ada Hudson Married Christ Church Leeds 1890 Vol 9b Page 513. CWGC/1911 Residence 13 Selkirk Terrace Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occupation Iron Founder. Enlisted Leeds. Laid to Rest Carnieres Communal Cemetery Extension