St Peters Church Hunslet Moor Dewsbury Road
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ELMER William Private 39959 10th Bn Worcestershire Regiment KIA 25/10/1916 Aged 23. Born Leeds 1894. Son of John and Harriet Crossley Married St Jude Potteryfield Vol 9b Page 493. CWGC/19911 Residence 3 Linden Street Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occupation Compositor. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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ELSWORTH Ernest Edgar Lance Corporal 3263 2nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers Died 08/05/1915 Aged 28. Born Hunslet 1887. Son of Edwin and Mary Ann Garnett StepSon of Henry Thomas and Mary Ann Flowers 1911 Residence Allerton Bywater Castleford. Landed France 16/01/1915. Remembered on Menin Gate Memorial Ypres Belgium.
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EYRE Tom Private 4/8238 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 28/09/1916 Aged 25.(CWGC 22) Born Leeds 1891. Son of Charles Gordon and Janet Woolmer Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor 1890. Husband of Harriet Ann Pycock Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor 1912. 1911 Residence 11 Brompton Mount Hunslet Occupation Harrier under Ground in Mine. Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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FALL Reginald Private 140903 21st Bn Machine Gun Corps KIA 24/03/1918 Aged 28. Born Topcliffe 1890. Son of George and Jane Married Topcliffe December 1867 Vol 9d Page 803. Husband of Eliza Ellis Married 1911 Hunslet. Residence 3 Berwick Place Hunslet. Occupation Labourer. Son Reginald Born Hunslet December 1915. CWGC 16 Busk Street Moor Crescent Road. Dewsbury Road. Enlisted into West Yorkshire Regiment 4752. Remembered on Pozieres Memorial Somme France.
FINLEY Joseph Hardwick Private 21/176 21st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 04/10/1917 Aged 33. Born Leeds 1885. Son of Samuel and Willis Smith Married Leeds 1884. Husband of Annie Newby Married Hunslet 1906. 1911 Residence 9 Cranbrook Street Hunslet. Occupation By Product Worker Ovens.
Laid to Rest Cement House Cemetery Langemark Belgium. PHOTO
FIRTH Charles Enlisted Private M2/102039 8th G.H.Q. Reserve Mechanical Transport Company Army Service Corps 07/08/1918 Aged 25. Born Leeds. Son of Matthew and Violet Ann Atha Married Hunslet September 1890 Vol 9b Page 457. CWGC 14, Freestone Street Lady Pit Lane Beeston. Enlisted Grove Park 30/05/1915. Charles Died at the 51st Casuality Clearing Station from a contusion of the left lung. Probably recieved form a shell blast which caused chest trauma. Laid to Rest Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension Nord France.
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FLETCHER Samuel Thomas Private 5424 1/7th Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 18/09/1916 Aged 21. Born Allerton 1895 Son of Tom and Alicia Louise 1911 Residence 14 Primrose Walk Churwell. Occupation Warper. Rememberd on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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FOX Leonard Ewart Rifleman 2695 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA Battle of Aubers Ridge and Festubert 15/05/1915 Aged 17. Born Hunslet 1898. Son of Arthur and Letitia Annie Whittaker Married Leeds 1895. Landed France 16/04/1915. Laid to Rest Aubers Ridge British Cemetery Aubers France.
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FREEMAN James Ambrose Private 38588 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 24/09/1918 Aged 30. Born Leeds 1888. Son of John and Polly Hoyle Married Leeds 1882. Husband of Ann Regan Married Leeds 1910. 1911 Residence 66 Wheat Street Occupation Colour Mixer Wallpaper Stainer. Laid to Rest Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension France.
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GILPIN Herbert Private S/17698 6th Bn Gordon Highlanders KIA 11/04/1918 Aged 28. Born Hunslet 1890. Son of George and Mary Hinsliffe Married Hunslet March 1877. 1911 Residence 3 Ingleton Terrace Beeston Hill Hunslet. Occupation Coal Miner Ripper Underground. Husband of Florence Gibbin Married Hunslet December 1913. Remembered on Loos Memorial Loos-en-Gohelle France.
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GOMERSALL Walter Private 268079 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 27. Born Hunslet 1890. Son of Thomas and Maria Goldthorpe Married Hunslet December 1870. 1911 Residence 13 Gordon Road Hunslet. Occupation Labourer. Enlisted West Yorkshires Service Number 4501 then 6594 Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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GOSNEY William Thomas Gunner 819 1st West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 04/06/1915 Aged 20. Born London 1894. Son of John Thomas and Martha Townsin Married Kensington 1891. 1911 Residence 19 Freestone Terrace Hunslet. Occupation Fitter Mechanical Engineering. Laid to Rest Y Farm Military Cemetery Bois Grenier France.
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GREEN Thomas Arthur Bombardier 775245 "B" Battery 245th Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 29/11/1917 Aged 26. Born Hunslet 1891. Son of Henry and Eliza Ann Slater Married Leeds 1875. CWGC Son of Mrs M Kilburn 10 Disraeli Place Dewsbury Road. Lodger in 1911 with Mary Kilburn Residence 16 Oakley Grove Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occupation Copper Cooperidge. Laid to Rest Reninghelst New Military Cemetery Belgium.
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HAINSWORTH Thomas Henry Private 60853 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 29/05/1918 Aged 19. Born Hunslet December 1898. Son of George Edward and Annie Smithers Married Bradford 1896. CWGC 7 Crossland Terrace Dewsbury Road. 1911 Residence 10 Dobson Grove Hunslet at School.
Remembered on Soissons Memorial Aisne France.
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HARDCASTLE Arthur Private 31825 14th Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers DOW 22/10/1918 Aged 37. Born Morley 1881. Son of Robert and Ann Married Dewsbury 1878. Husband of Julia Scholes Married Morley. CWGC 51 Derby Crescent, Dewsbury Road. 1911 Residence 10 Henry Place Morley. Occupation Shop Assistant. Enlisted into Royal Army Medical Corps 37466. Landed Egypt 02/04/1915. Laid to Rest Etaples Military Cemetery France.
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HARDWICK William Guardsman 28391 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards KIA attacking Sanders Keep a German Fortification 27/09/1918 Aged 32. Born Hunslet 1885. Husband of Laura Armitage Married 1909 Leeds. 1911 Residence 57 Monkton St Dewsbury Road. Occupation Carter. Laid to Rest Sanders Keep Military Cemetery Graincourt-les-Havrincourt France.
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HARDY Benjamin Gunner 108233 265th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Died of Gun Shot Wound to Abdomen 08/04/1918 Aged 35. Born Rothwell 1882. Son of William and Arabella Chadwick Married Leeds 1882. Enlisted Leeds 04/12/1915. Residence 27 Mariner Terrace Dewsbury Road. Laid to Rest St. Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen France.
HARKER Herbert John Able Seaman KP/436 Drake Bn Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 09/05/1915 Aged 20. Born Hunslet 23/11/1895. Son of James and Elizabeth Endeacott Married Hunslet December 1909. 1911 Residence 7 Williamson Terrace Hunslet. Occupation Apprentice Engine Fitter. Enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 03/09/1914 Transferred to RNVR at Crystal Palace 10/09/1914. Remembered on Helles Memorial Galipoli Turkey.
HARRISON Thomas Nelson Born Hunslet September 1886 Vol 9b Page 275. Son of John and Elizabeth Married Husband of Lucy Banks Died 1910 Aged 25 Married Hunslet 1909 Vol 9b Page 437. 1911 Residence 5 Emma St Hunslet. Occupation Coal Miner Hewer. (UNKNOWN AS YET)
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HARTLEY Herbert Private 3/9774 3rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died at Home 08/10/1914 Aged 38. Born Hunslet 1876. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Hewson Married Leeds 1866 Vol 9b Page 690. Husband of Beatrice Helen Forster Married Leeds 1896. 1911 Residence 29 Admiral Street Dewsbury Road. Occupation Foundry Labourer. Laid to Rest Leeds Beckett Street Cemetery Burmantofts.
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HAWKINS Kirby Private 36960 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 29/05/1918 Aged 19. Born Leeds 1899. Son of Fred and Florence Smith Married Scarborough 1894. CWGC 76 Jack Lane Hunslet. Laid to Rest Pernes British Cemetery France.
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HAYWOOD Alfred Private 40267 7/8th Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers KIA 15/09/1916 Aged 24. Born Hunslet 1892. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hopwood Married Holbeck 1877. Husband of Emma Rogers Married Hunslet 1915/ 1911 Residence 10 Freestone Street Hunslet. Occupation Coopers Apprentice Brewery. Enlisted Lincolnshire Regiment 27204. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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HEMSLEY Frederick James Private PO/17244 Portsmouth Bn Royal Marine Light Infantry KIA 06/05/1915 Aged 18. Born Basford 12/01/1897. Son of James and Edith Graves Married Leeds 1890. Enlisted York 20/04/1914. Served with the Portsmouth Battalion at Dunkirk and in the Defence of Antwerp between 19/09/1914 and 13/10/1914. All Portsmouth Battalion casualties recorded by the CWGC as died on the 6th of May 1915 were most likely killed in the charge up Razor-Back hill, Monash Valley Gallipoli on the 3rd May 1915, but may have been killed at Anzac Beachhead on any date between 28/04/1915 and 03/05/1915. Remembered on Helles Memorial Galipoli Turkey.
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HENDERSON Frank Private 12686 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 08/07/1916 Aged 21. Born Bedlington Co Durham 1895. Son of George and Sarah. 1911 Residence 4 Garnet Crescent Burton Road Hunslet Occupation Errand Boy Test House. Laid to Rest Etaples Military Cemetery France.
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HILL Harold Lance Sergeant 15417 8th Bn Somerset Light Infantry DOW 04/07/1916 Aged 24. Born Holbeck 1891. Son of George and Mary Jane Dalton Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor 1889. 1911 Residence 117 Elland Road Holbeck Occupation Metal Driller Engineering Steam Plaough Works. Landed France 08/09/1915. CWGC 23 Westwood Terrace Dewsbury Road. Laid to Rest Heilly Station Cemetery Mericourt-l'Abbe Somme France.
HILLS Harry Bland Private 17222 1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers KIA 27/03/1916 Aged 31. Born Huddersfield 1885. Son of Henry and Lena Bland Married Tadcaster. Husband of Lily Driver Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor 1908. 1911 Residence 13 Selkirk Terrace Dewsbury Road. Occupation Furniture Salesman. Remembered on Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.
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HINCHCLIFFE John Private 50056 2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers KIA 26/10/1918 Aged 19. Born Hunslet 1899. Son of James Alfred and Barbara Hunter Married St Mary the Virgin Hunslet 1899. CWGC 6 Primrose Lane Burton Road Dewsbury Road. Laid to Rest Preseau Communal Cemetery Extension France.
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HIRST Alfred Private 10394 "A" Company 1st Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 04/10/1915 Aged 25. Born Hunslet 1890. Son of Samuel and Caroline Taylor Married Holbeck 1875. 1911 Residence 1 Burton Terrace Dewsbury Road. Occupation Bricklayer's Labourer. Landed France 15/01/1915.
Remembered on Loos Memorial Loos-en-Gohelle France. PHOTO
HIRST Harry Private 24348 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards KIA 10/11/1918 Aged ? ?. Born Huddersfield. Husband of Alice M Silverwood Married Huddersfield 1915. Enlisted Leeds into 2/4th Bn West Riding Regiment. CWGC Blooming Rose Inn (Burton Row Dewsbury Road) Laid to Rest Villers-Pol Communal Cemetery Extension France.