St Peters Church Hunslet Moor Dewsbury Road
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McLAREN Samuel Gunner 133851 303rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery DOW 20/07/1917 Aged 30. Born Flamborough 1886 Vol 9d Page 339. Son of William Shaw and Elizabeth Baldry Married 1885. Husband of Edith A Pinder Married 1912 St Mary the Virgin Hunslet. 1911 Residence 12 Back Houghton Grove Hunslet Occupation Grocers Assistant.
Samuel Lies at Piece in the same Grave as Driver Hugh McPhail
Laid to Rest Mendinghem Military Cemetery Poperinge Belgium. PHOTO X2
MERRITT Edgar Private 60858 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 28/07/1918 Aged 20.Born Holbeck 1898. Son of William and Ellen Riding Married St Peter with St Cuthbert, Hunslet Moor 1897. 1911 Residence 18 Colenso Place Holbeck at School.
Laid to Rest Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery France. PHOTO
MILLER John Henry Private 16747 10th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 03/07/1916 Aged 31.Born Hunslet 1885. Son of Husband of Alice Clark Married St Matthew Holbeck 23/02/1908. 1911 Residence 10 Fulham Terrace Beeston Hill Occupation Bricklayer Labourer. Enlisted Leeds 03/10/1914 into 3rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment 15319. Transferred 08/10/1914 into York and Lancaster Bn. Deserted 25/08/1915 Rejoined next day 26/08/1915. Landed France 09/09/1915. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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MILNER Thomas Engine Room Artificer 4th Class M/15569 Royal Navy H.M.S. "Queen Mary " Battle of Jutland 31/05/1916 Aged 24. Born 1892 Stone Staffordshire. Son of John William and Sarah Ann Dunwell Married Hunslet District Registered Building 1881. 1911 Residence 15 Ladbroke Place Hunslet Occupation Apprentice Enginer Fitter. CWGC 16 Mariner Terrace Dewsbury Road. Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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MITCHELL J To be Researched.
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MOLLAN Robert Harold Private 7719 D Company 2nd Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 10/11/1914 Aged 29. Born Leeds 1885. Vol Page Son of John William and Agnes Grasby Married St George Leeds 1880. 1911/CWGC Residence 76 Lady Pit Lane Beeston Hill Hunslet Occupation Postman (7 years in G.P.O Leeds.) Enlisted Leeds 10/12/1903 TA West Riding Regiment Occupation Clerk. Called up 04/08/1914. Landed France 13/08/1914 Remembered on Menin Gate Ypres Belgium.
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MORLEY Robert Private 140573 8th Bn Machine Gun Corps KIA 27/05/1918 Aged 34. Born Chapeltown 1885. Son of Robert and Martha Mary Parrish Married Altrincham 1884. 1911 Residence 22 Bude Road Hunslet Occupation Cooper at a Cooper and Cask dealers. CWGC 39 Mount Place Dewsbury Road. Enlisted leeds into West Yorkshire Regiment 4510. Laid to Rest Sissonne British Cemetery Aisne France.
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MORRIS E To be Researched.
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MORTIMER F To be Researched.
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MOSS Harry Walter J/84318 Ordinary Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. "Victory I" Barracks Died 14/04/1918 Aged 18. Born Cape Town South Africa. Son of Walter and Sarah Jane 1911/CWGC Residence 13 Disraeli Street Dewsbury Road at School. Laid to Rest Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery Gosport Hampshire.
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MOWER Robert Private 56429 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 05/09/1918 Aged 20. Born Hunslet 1897. Son of John Hannah Elizabeth Malham Married Hunslet District Registered Building. 1911 Residence 7 Cranbrook Place Hunslet Occupation Grocers Errand Boy. Remembered on Vis-en-Artois Memorial France.
MULVANEY Thomas James Sergeant 265343 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 24. Born Bengal India 1883. Son of James Born Limerick Ireland and 1911 Residence 23 Beverley View Hunslet Occupation Tailors Cutter at Wholesale Clothing Factory.
Laid to Rest Passchendaele New British Cemetery Zonnebeke Belgium. PHOTO X 2
MUMBY William Sergeant 8138 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 31/12/1914 Aged 26. Born Leeds 1888. Residence Sobram Barracks Circular Road Colchester Occupation Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment. Laid to Rest Strand Military Cemetery Belgium.
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MUNRO James Private 17/117 17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW at Home 30/08/1916 Aged 19. Born Hunslet 1897. Son of Hugh and Sarah Ann Scott Married St Peter Leeds 1886. 1911 Residence 16 Dunbar Street Hunslet Occupation Miner. Laid to Rest Holbeck Cemetery Leeds.
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MURPHY John Private 2949 2nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers KIA 03/02/1915 Aged 22. Born Hunslet 1892. Son of Robert and Sarah Scores Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor 1880. CWGC 40 Berwick Street Dewsbury Road Hunslet. Remembered on Menin Gate Ypres Belgium.
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MYLAND John Pioneer WR/41460 Roads and Quarries Bn Royal Engineers Died at Home 20/10/1918 Aged 46. Born Hunslet 1870. Son of Thaddius and Martha Malt Married Leeds Registered Building 1868 . Husband of Annie Gale Married St Mary the Virgin Hunslet 1897. 1911 Residence 7 Dane Street Hunslet Occupation Compositor in a Printing Works. CWGC 11 Gars Street Dewsbury Road. Laid to Rest Holbeck Cemetery Leeds.
NICHOLSON E W To be Researched
NICHOLSON W To be Researched
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NORTON Harry Lance Corporal 202907 1/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 24. Son of CWGC 15 Berwick Place Roxburgh Road Dewsbury Road Enlisted into West Yorkshires 1835 then 6014. Landed France 15/04/1915. Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
OATES George Arthur Private 8670 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 11/03/1915 Aged 27. Born Hunslet December 1887. Son of Frederick and Katherine Burras Married Holbeck 1979. 1901 Residence 4 Turkey Street Hunslet. 1911 Residence Connaught Barracks Rawal Pindi India Occupation Private 1st West Yorkshire Regiment. Landed France 05/11/1914.
Remembered Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium. PHORTO
PAPE Charles Baldwin Private 60847 15/17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 19/07/1918 Aged 19. Born Holbeck 1899 . CWGC Nephew of Thomas Baldwin of 6 Craven Street Dewsbury Road.
Remembered on Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium. PHORO
PARKER Albert Able Seaman KW/771 Drake Bn Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve KIA 16/07/1915 Aged 27. Born Hunslet 11/12/1888. Son of George and Jane Ripley Married St Cuthbert Hunslet 1888. Enlisted 02/09/1914 into King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry transferred into Navy 07/09/1914. Residence 20 Bridgewater Place South Acomb Road Hunslet Occupation a fireman at the Wheldale Coal Company Castleford.
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Royal Navy record states Formerly served 1 year 8 months as Stoker RN, & 3 years 8 months in the Merchant service, Annand Line. States he was invalided from the service for bad teeth when aged 20. Teeth, though not good, come up to present standard for the RND. 1914 Star issued to father 08/07/1919 V.B. issued to Father" CWGC 17 Windsor Terrace Hunslet Reported to have been "Buried in communication trench leading from E11 to E12b". Remembered on Helles Memorial Gallipoli turkey.
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PARKER Clifford Sergeant 101798 29th Bn Durham Light Infantry KIA 14/10/1918 Aged 25. Born Hunslet 1893. Son of Harry and Emma Noon Married St Barnabas Holbeck 1891. Enlisted into West Yorkshire Regiment 27114. 1911 Residence 23 Tempest Road Beeston Hill. Laid to Rest Kandahar Farm Cemetery Near Ieper Belgium.
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PARKIN Charles Private 40245 18th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 16/11/1916 Aged 19. Born Hunslet 1897. Son of John and Charlotte Broadbent Passed away Hunslet 1899. Married Christ Church Leeds 1882. 1911 Residence 17 Disraeli Terrace Hunslet Occupation Apprentice Fitter Iron Foundry.
Laid to Rest Couin British Cemetery France. PHOTO
PARR Fred Private/Rifleman 3507 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 11/07/1916 Aged 24. Born Hunslet 1892. Son of George and Martha Broadley Married St Peter with St Cuthbert Hunslet Moor 1885. 1911 Residence 6 Emma Street Hunslet Occupation Clth Finisher. Landed France 29/06/1915. Laid to Rest Blighty Valley Cemetery Authuile Wood Somme France.
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PAUL Alfred Private 15/708 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW at Home 24/07/1916 Aged 23. Born Hunslet 1893. Son of Robert and Martha Borwell Married Holbeck District Registered Building 1876. 1911 Residence 181 Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occupation Draper Assistant. Landed Egypt 22/12/1915. Laid to rest Holbeck Cemetery Leeds.
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PAWSON Edward Swain Private 31095 7th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment KIA 02/09/1918 Aged 21. Born Leeds 1897. StepSon of Arthur Walker and Son of Emily Swain Married Leeds Registered Building 1898. Enlisted Leeds 16/11/1915 Aged 18 Yrs 9 Months into West Yorkshire Regiment 4609. Residence 50 Prospect Terrace Hunslet Moor Occupation Assistant at Book stall. Landed France 26/06/1916. Gun Shot Wound Right Hand October 1916. 28/01/1919 Emily recieved his Wrist Watch Silver Cahin Cap Badge Metal Match Box and his Disk. Remembered on Vis-en-Artois Memorial France.
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PEARSE Frank to Be Checked on name ?
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PEARSE William John Gunner 183706 19th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery KIA 19/10/1917 Aged 36. Born Ellerton 1880. Son of Thomas and Ruth Pickup Married Ellerton March 1876. Husband of Emma Hirst Senior Married Dewsbury 1909. 1911 Residence 7 Woodhouse Hill View Hunslet Occupation Grocery Stores Manager.
Laid to Rest Canada Farm Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO
PEARSON Tom Private 11959 6th Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 28/8/1916 Aged 24. Born Holbeck 1892. Son of George and Emma Booth Married 1889. 1911 Residence 11 Westwood Grove Hunslet Occupation Counter Maker. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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PEARSON Walter Lance Corporal 37006 17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 19/08/1917 Aged 22. Born 1895. Son of George and Mary Cuddy Married St Peter Leeds 1889. 1901/CWGC 7 Monkton Place Dewsbury Road. 1911 Residence 22 Station St Walsall Occupation Variety Artist on Stage. Laid to Rest Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Somme France.
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PICKLES Walter Private 32367 D Company 15th/17th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 27/03/1918 Aged 33. Born Hunslet 1884. Son of William and Isabella Forrest Married Ripon 1883. Husband of Edith Leach Married St Luke Beeston Hill 1911. 1911 Residence 30 Beverley Avenue Hunslet Occupation Compositor. CWGC 16 St. Luke's Terrace Beeston Hill. Remembered on Arras Memorial Arras France.
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PLACE Alfred Petty Officer DEV/J3080 2nd Drake Bn Royal Naval Division Accidentally killed by explosion of a hand grenade at Blandford 16/06/1916 Aged 31. Born Hunslet 1885. Son of William and Rhoda Lumb Married Hunslet 1874. Husband of Beatrice Annie Batty Married Hunslet 1910. Residence 1911 12 Brompton Row Hunslet. Occupation Joiner. Enlisted 19/09/1916. Laid to rest Hunslet Cemetery Leeds.
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Awarded Albert Medal. Mentioned in London Gazette 01/01/1918 Page 143: "During grenade practice at Blandford, a live bomb thrown by one of the men under instruction, fell back into the trench. Petty Officer Place rushed forward, pulled back two men who were in front of him & attempted to reach the grenade, with the intention of throwing it over the parapet. Unfortunately, the bomb exploded & inflicted fatal injuries on him. By his coolness & self-sacrifice, he probably saved the lives of three other men."
POLLARD James Henry Private 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 12/01/1918 Aged 28. Born Hunslet 1890. Son of Charles and Betsy Ann Blakey Married Hunslet 1887. Husband of Mabel Berridge Married Hunslet 1912. Residence at time of James death 84 Moor Crescent Road Dewsbury Road.
Laid to Rest Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO