St Peters Church Hunslet Moor Dewsbury Road
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WAITE George Henry Private 7238 10th Bn Royal Fusiliers KIA 15/07/1916 Aged 28. Born Hunslet 1888. Son of George Henry and Sarah. Stepson of Elijha and Sarah Wilde. 1911 Residence 4 Fairford Terrace Hunslet Occupation Shop Assistant Grocer. Enlisted Wolverhampton into 18th Bn Royal Fusiliers. Landed France 14/11/1915. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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WALTON Alf Victor Private 25291 3rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died at Home Hunslet December 1920 Vol 9b Page 498 Aged 30. Born Hunslet 1889. Son of William Henry and Fanny Jackson Married Bramley 1877. 1911 Residence 8 Beverley View Hunslet Occupation Grocers Warehouseman Gallons Ltd Ingrham Road Holbeck. Enlisted Leeds 11/12/1915. Occupation Motor Driver. Landed France 15/06/1915 Gun Shot Wound to Lower Jaw and Fractured skull sent home May 1917. Discharged 17/01/1918 due to injury. Given a Silver War Badge Number 338700. Buried ? Can You Help.
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WALTON Fred Private 15768 11th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 05/07/1916 Aged ? Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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WARD Benjamin Rifleman R/14288 13th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps KIA 23/08/1918 Aged 24. Born January 1894 Jack Lane Hunslet. Son of Christopher and Sarah Ann Ryan Married Hunslet 1882. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Barrow Married 1914 Hunslet. 1911 Lodger at 8 Lord Street Belinda Street Hunslet Occupation Slag Sorter Leeds Steel Works. Enlisted Leeds Aged 21 Yrs 6 Months old on the 28/06/1915. Residence 9 Borough Street Dewsbury Road Hunslet. Landed France 21/01/1916 Transferred to Special Brigade Royal Engineers 20/03/1916. Wounded in Action 11/06/1916 Shrapnel wound in both legs and groin. Transferred to Etaples Hospital Boulogne 12/06/1916, then to England on the 16/06/1916 on Hospital Ship Cambria, wounds reported as being severe. Annie was granted a war pension on the 10/03/1919 of 25/5 for her and the two children. Laid to Rest Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension France.
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WARD E To Be Varified. Benjamin above had brother Ernest Born 1903.
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WATERTON Charles Lance Corporal 17727 5th Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry KIA 24/08/1916 Aged 21. Born Hunslet 1895. Son of John Williams and Annie Marsh Married Hunslet 1884. 1911 Residence 11 Longwood Terrace Hunslet Occupation Moulder. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
WATSON Lawrence 2nd Corporal 193098 2nd Special Company Royal Engineers KIA 25/05/1918 Aged 21 AWARD Military Medal. Born Hunslet Son of William and Florence Hopton Married Hunslet 1896. 1911 Residence 32a Iveridge Terrace Hunslet Occupation Pit Boy Under Ground Colliery.
Laid to Rest La Kreule Military Cemetery Hazebrouck France. PHOTO
WEBB Albert Sergeant 23801 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 28/08/1917 Aged 21. Born Leeds 1896. Son of Benjamin and Sarah Green Married Leeds 1894. 1911 Residence 5 Greaves Place Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occupation Junior Clerk at Axle Manufacturer. Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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WEBSTER Lawrence KP/435 Drake Bn Royal Navy Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve KIA 08/05/1915 Aged 19. Born Hunslet 1895. Son of Joseph Henry and Ada Craighill Married St Matthew Holbeck 1889. 1911/CWGC Residence 11 Williamson Terrace Dewsbury Road Hunslet Ocupation Labourer In Printing Shop. Enlisted 04/09/1914 into King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 12453 transferred to RNVR at Crystal Palace 10/09/1914. Documented as being Buried in rear of trench in front Eski Lines. Remembered Helles Memorial Gallipoli Turkey.
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WESTCOMBE Harry Private 12628 8th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 35. Born Hunslet 1881. Son of Herbert Died 1927 and Emma Briggs Married Leeds 1876. Husband of Julia Gibbons Married Hunslet 1913. 1911 Residence 25 Rowland Road Dewsbury Road Occupation Driller Trevon Beail Department Steel Works. Harry Enlisted in 1912 then again 04/09/1914 Occupation Bricklayer. Landed France 27/08/1915. Laid to Rest Lonsdale Cemetery Authuille Somme France.
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WESTCOMBE Herbert Private 38455 "D" Company 21st Bn Manchester Regiment KIA 11/05/1917 Aged 38 Born Hunslet 1879 Vol 9b Page 314.Brother of Harry above. Husband of Susannah Ridyard Married Salford 1904. 1911 residence 14 Maleham St Broughton Manchester Occupation Shopkeeper Fish And Chips Potatoes. Enlisted Salford.
Remembered on Arras Memorial France. PHOTO
WHITAKER Leslie Lance Corporal 12468 1st Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 08/05/1915 Aged 20. Born Hunslet 1894. Son of George Alfred and Lillian Mann Married Leeds 1892. 1911 Residence 120 Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occupation Shop Assistant at a Hay And Corn Dealer's (His father was Manager of the Shop) Enlisted Leeds 1914 Landed France 16/03/1915. Remembered on Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.
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WHITE Albert Private 48043 1/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 17/06/1918 Aged 19. Born Leeds June 1900. Son of John Fielding and Sarah Jane Dillon Married Hunslet 1897. 1911 Residence 43 Bismark Street Hunslet at School. Enlisted Leeds into Durham Light Infantry 64486. Remembered on Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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WHITEHEAD James Lawrence Corporal 300099 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 23/04/1917 Aged 30.Born Bramley 1887 Vol 9b Page 361. Son of John William and Ada Husband of Alice Saville Married Hunslet 1915. CWGC 1 Mario Street Dewsbury Road Hunslet. Remembered on Arras Memorial France.
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WHITWELL Harry Gunner 216390 26th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery DOW 16/12/1918 Aged 38. Born 1879 Hunslet 1879. Son of Thomas and Emma Lawrence Married Hunslet 1878. Husband of Alice Whincup Married Hunslet 1903. CWGC/1911 Residence 23 Addington Street Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occupation Office Porter at Brewery. Laid to rest Etaples Military Cemetery France.
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WIDD Horace Driver 26346 "D" Battery 250th Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 29/03/1918 Aged 25. Born Hunslet 1892. Son of John and Emma Blanchard Married Hunslet 1886. CWGC 1911 Residence 3 Oulton Street Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occupation Machine Hand Cabinet Maker. Enlisted Leeds 09/09/1914. Landed France 23/08/1915. Laid to Rest Moreuil Communal Cemetery Allied Extension Somme France.
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WIGGLESWORTH (Wrigglesworth) James Private 4/8137 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 26/10/1916 Aged 19. Born Leeds 1896. Son of James CWGC 10 Derby Crescent Dewsbury Road Hunslet. 1911 Residence 13 Canning Street Hunslet Occupation Screw Worker at Screw Works. Landed France 19/03/1915. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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WILLIAMS Smithson Brankling Private 8067 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 20/10/1914 Aged 27. Born Hunslet 1887. Son of Charles and Sarah Brankling Married Kirkstall 1864. 1911 Residence Connaught Barracks Rawal Pindi Punjab India Occupation Private 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment. Landed France 08/09/1914. Remembered on Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium.
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WILSHIRE George William Lance Corporal 38531 1st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers DOW 25/11/1917 Aged 31. Born Leeds 1886. Son of William and Annie Emery Married Leeds 1881. 1911 Residence 10 Hanover Grove Leeds Occupation Assurance Agent. Enlisted Leeds into Northumberland Fusiliers 32627. Laid to Rest Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery Manancourt Somme France.
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WILSON Charles William Private 12017 7th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 26/09/1916 Aged 19. Born Hunslet 1897. Son of Charles and Mary Alma. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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WINTERBURN Samuel Private 12931 8th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KIA 01/10/1916 Aged 37. Born Hunslet 1879. Son of John W and Sarah. Husband of Eliza Roberts Marrried St Mary of Bethany Wortley 1902. 1911 Residence 13 Monkton Place Hunslet Occupation Coal Miner. Landed France 26/08/1915. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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WOFFENDEN Edward Private 15/1003 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 22.(Brother of Tom Below) Born Dewsbury 1894. Son of Albert Edward and Mary Eliza Dawson Married Dewsbury 1885. CWGC 4 Linden Grove Dewsbury Road Hunslet. Landed Egypt 22/12/1915.
Remembered on Arras Memorial France. PHOTO
WOFFENDEN Tom Lance Corporal 300097 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 13/04/1917 Aged 25.(Brother of Edward Above) Born Dewsbury 1892. Husband of Annie Elmy Married St Luke, Beeston Hill 1916.
Remembered on Arras Memorial France. PHOTO
WOODRUFF William Holmes Rifleman/Private 2176 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 08/10/1915 Aged 25. Born Meanwood Leeds 1890. Son of Joseph William and Jane Holmes Married Leeds 1889. 1901 Residence 40 Moor Crescent Road Hunslet. Landed France 15/04/1915.
Laid to Rest Ferme-Olivier Cemetery Belgium. PHOTO
WOOLAS Arthur Sidney Leading Seaman J/1284 H.M.S. "Vivid" Royal Navy 29/08/1918 Aged 27. Son of Joseph and Mary Husband of Lily. CWGC St. John's Vicarage Penzance. Laid to Rest St Austell Cemetery Cornwall.
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WORMALD Frederick Able Seaman W/154 Anson Bn Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve KIA 13/11/1916 Aged 22. Born Leeds 23/10/1894. Son of Harry and Maria Holling Married Hunslet 1889. 1911 Residence 7 Clovelley Place Ladypit Lane Hunslet Occupation Moulder Iron Core Maker. Enlisted 02/09/1914 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 15300 Transferred to RNVR 08/09/1914. Laid to Rest Ancre British Cemetery Beaumont-Hamel Somme France.
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WRIGGLESWORTH John Abson Lance Corporal 2714 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/07/1916 Aged 20. Born Hunslet 1896. Son of John Metcalf and Ellen Abson Married Hunslet. 1911 Residence 25 Freestone Terrace Hunslet Occupation Office Boy in Engineering Works. Landed France 16/04/1915. Remembered on Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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WYERS Robert Private/Rifleman 3106 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 25/03/1917 Aged 28. Born Hunslet 1888. Son of Edward and Hannah Parsons Married 1884. CWGC/1911 Residence 23 Lockwood Yard Burton Street Dewsbury Road Hunslet Occcupation Blacksmith's Striker. Laid to Rest Laventie Military Cemetery La Gorgue France.
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