the following index was compiled by eric jackson from the ...pontefractfhs.org.uk/pdf/ww1.pdf ·...

$: The following Index was compiled by Eric Jackson from the ...pontefractfhs.org.uk/PDF/WW1.pdf · The following Index was compiled by Eric Jackson from the Roll of Honour kept in Pontefract$
ABBREVATIONS USED:

RN - ROYAL NAVYKOYLI - KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRYRNVR - ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

SEC - SECTIONCOY - COMPANYSP. COY. - SPECIAL COMPANYBTY - BATTERYBN - BATTALIONREG - REGIMENTBDE - BRIGADE

DCM - DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDALMC - MILITARY CROSSMM - MILITARY MEDAL

LIEUT - LIEUTENANT AB - ABLE SEAMANLANCE CORP - LANCE CORPORALCSM - COMPANY SERGEANT MAJORQMS - QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT

The following Index was compiled by Eric Jackson from the Roll of Honour kept in Pontefract library; the two War Memorials, one in Old Church graveyard and the other in St Giles’ church and information found on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website and information given by families of the deceased has been added to this list.

Some of the people named in the Roll of Honour & on the War Memorials have not yet been identified.

If anyone has information on the unidentified persons in this index please contact the Pontefract FHS, ([email protected]) We would like to complete as much of the missing information as possible.

NAME INITIAL OR GIVEN NAME & AWARDS

RANK SERVICE NUMBER UNIT DIED CEMETERY OR MEMORIAL

AGE NEXT OF KIN AND/OR ADDRESS

ABBOTT Abraham Private 240445 2/5th KOYLI 27/11/1917 Roccuigny Cemetery Manancourt France III A 16

ACKROYD Harry

ADDERSLEY Charles Cadet Inns of Court Training Corp 23/10/1917 Belper Cemetery 31 Son of William and Harriet Addersley

AMIES Arthur George 2nd Lieutenant 1/5th Bn York & Lancaster Regiment

09/10/1917 Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium

23 Husband of Annis Amies. Son of Thomas James and Alice Georgina Amies of Spring Bank Pontefract

ARCHDALE Edgar Private 39603 3rd Ambulance Flotilla, Royal Army Medical Corps

01/10/1917 Longuenesse (St. Omer) Cemetery, St. Omer, France

20 Son of John and Mary Archdale, 2 Poplar Villas Halfpenny Lane

ARCHDALE Horace Bombardier 80912 C Bty. 187th Bde Royal Field Artillery

29/07/1917 Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Kemmel, Belgium

21 Son of John and Mary Archdale, 2 Poplar Villas Halfpenny Lane

ARCHER Dick Private 43350 7th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment 23/03/1918 Dernancourt Communal Cemetery, France

29 Son of Jack and Annie Archer of Pontefract, husband of Beatrice of 122 Queen Street, Leeds

ARCHER R T

ARCHER William Private 1899 5th Bn KOYLI 04/10/1915 Lijssenthoek Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium

20 Son of Fred and Alice Archer, 40 Queen Street, Pontefract

ASHALL Robert Driver 57748 25th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery

13/07/1917 Ypres (Mennin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

29 Son of Robert and Hannah Ashall, Henrietta Street, Featherstone, husband of Nellie, 57 Albert Street, Featherstone

ASHER Edwin Able Seaman KW/535 Drake Bn. R.N. Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

11/05/1915 Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey

22 Son of Joseph and Eva Asher, of Newgate, Pontefract

ATHORN Harry Private 24886 103rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

24/07/1918 Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontoire, France

34 Husband of Ann Elizabeth Athorn of Ings Farm, Southgate, Pontefract

AUSTWICK Stanley Lance Corporal PS/10498 8th Bn Royal Fusiliers 03/08/1916 21 Son of Fred and Harriet Mary Austwick of Pontefract




BAINBRIDGE William Rifleman 3793 3rd/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

27/02/1918 Pontefract Cemetery 48 Son of William Bainbridge of 4 Fox Terrace, Old Church, Pontefract; husband of the late Kate Bainbridge. Born at Leeds

BAKER S Private 18184 3rd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers

13/06/1915 Pontefract Cemetery

BAKER William Sergeant 18185 1st/4th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers

28/03/1918 Poziers Memorial, France 28 Husband of A. M. Baker, 76 South Bailygate, Pontefract

BARBER Arthur Private 13382 The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

19/06/1917 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

26 Son of Alfred and Ada Barber, of Market Place, Pontefract

BARBER Fred Robinson Private 47388 Northumberland Fusiliers 25th (Tyneside Irish) Bn.

04/09/1917 Arras Hautes –Pyrenees France

Husband of Annie Elizabeth of 11 Denwell Terrace, Pontefract

BARNES Stephen Private 17984 9th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)


BARRACLOUGH Thomas Private 77937 15th Bn Durham Light Infantry 09/05/1918 Soissons Memorial, France 19 Son of Arthur and Sarah Hannah Barraclough, Welland Cottages, Old Church, Pontefract

BARRETT Christopher Able Seaman Anson Batt Royal Nav Div 04/06/1915 Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey

21 Enlisted 3/9/16 3rd KOYLI transfered RNVR 10/9/1914

BEAUMONT George Robert Private 35374 6th Bn KOYLI 23/09/1917 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium

BECKETT Helena Munitions Factory Worker, Barnbow, West Yorkshire

05/12/1916 Pontefract Cemetery Wife of John Thomas Beckett residing at 11 Denwell Terrace Pontefract Yorkshire. Also sister to Fred Robinson Barber.

BENGE Robert Private 9545 2nd Bn KOYLI 09/04/1915 Ypres (Mennin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

BENNETT Albert Sergeant 12/273 12th Bn KOYLI 13/04/1918 Outtersteene Communal Cemetery, Bailleul, France

24 Son of Emma Sarah Birks (formerly Bennet), & the late J T Bennett, 52 Prince of Wales Terrace.

BENNETT John Private 3780 B Coy, 5th Bn KOYLI 20/11/1915 Hospital Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

20 Son of John Thomas and Mary Emma Bennett




BINGLEY H Private 5525 12th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers

07/03/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France

BIRKBY John Edward Private 12th Btl KOYLI Discharged with TB 1/7/1916 No Record of Death

BOOTHMAN William Private 3880 1st 5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

28/09/1916 Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval

27 Son of John and Annie Boothman, Pontefract

BRADY Christopher Private 1105 KOYLI (Depot) 03/05/1919 Pontefract Cemetery 54 Husband of Isabella J. Brady, of 17 Arnold Rd., Whetley Hill, Bradford. Served in the Burma War

BRATLEY Clifford William Private 13th Bn York & Lancaster Regiment

11/04/1918 Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium

25 Mayor’s Walk, Pontefract

BRAY William Private 202496 2/4th KOYLI 20/11/1917 Hermes Hill Cemetery IIA 24

BRIGGS John William Private G/4844 4th Bn Royal Fusiliers 24/06/1915 Calais Southern Cemetery, France

25 Son of William and Elizabeth Briggs of Pontefract

BROCKLEY Thomas Private 265943 Yorkshire Regiment 26/11/1918 Pontefract Cemetery

BROOKES Harold Thomas Private 241143 King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 1st/5th Bn

27/03/1918 Arras Memorial, France Only son of Arthur Thomas and Sarah Ann Brooks of 5 Eagle Terrace, Mill Dam, Old Church, Pontefract

BROWN Charles

BROWN F S

BROWN Herbert Private 3/27053 South Wales Borderers 4th Bn 28/12/1917 Pontefract Cemetery

BULLOCK Harry Private 12798 12th Bn KOYLI 28/04/1918 Cologne Southern Cemetery

BULLOCK J




BULLOCK John Private 3300 5th Bn Leicestershire Regiment

01/07/1916 Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France

37 Son of Henry and Margery Bullock, Post Office Yard, Pontefract

BULLOCK Thomas

BULLOCK Willie Private 32977 2nd Bn York & Lancaster Regiment

27/09/1918 St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France

20 Son of William and Sarah Bullock, Grabham Yard, Cornmarket

BURGESS J

BURNLEY Benjamin Company Sergeant Major

12740 8th Bn York & Lancaster Regiment

01/07/1916 Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuile Wood, France

29 Husband of Elizabeth Burnley

BURNLEY Benjamin William Private 6393 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)

27/10/1918 Pontefract Cemetery 34 Husband of L A. Watson (formerly Burnley), 11 New Town, Pontefract

BUTLER Charles Private 63550 2nd Bn KOYLI 30/09/1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, France

18 Son of John and Charlotte Butler, 20 Booths, Old Church Pontefract

BUTLER William

BUTTERFIELD A Private 41301 D Coy.5th Bn KOYLI 28/03/1918 Arras Memorial, France 23 Son of Mrs. Harriet Butterfield, 11 Grove Town, Pontefract

CAMPSALL Lawrence Able Seaman KW/396 Drake Bn. R.N. Div. RNVR 06/09/1915 Skew Bridge Cemetery, Seddülbahir, Turkey

27 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Campsall, husband of Mary Ann Jones, formerly Campsall, of 14 Duke St. Tanshelf

CARDALL J E Lance Corporal 3/1652 3rd Bn KOYLI 07/06/1916 Pontefract Cemetery

CARR R Gunner 69293 483rd Royal Garrison Artillery 25/05/1917 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

28 Son of Joshua and Emma Carr, Hartley Place, Bondgate.

CHAMBERS Fred

CHAPPELL William Lance Corporal 14862 12th Bn Gloucestershire Regiment

25/10/1919 Pontefract Cemetery Son of Mrs. Annie E. Chappell of 11 Ackworth Road, Pontefract




CHILDS James Private 9912 Irish Guards 2nd Bn. 27/09/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 27 Son of Mrs. Catherine Childs, of 12, Trinity Square, Horsefair, Pontefract.

CLARK E

CLEGG Thomas Private 15300 9th Bn York & Lancaster Regiment

01/07/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 27 Brother of Mrs. W. Gent, 27 Prince of Wales Terrace.

CLOUGH J W

COLLINS John Pioneer 120181 8th Labour Bn. Royal Engineers

17/11/1915 Hollybrook Memorial Southampton

54 Husband of Clara Collins, 3 Baxtergate, Pontefract

COOKE Charles Earnshaw (Mc)

Lieutenant 1/9th Bn Manchester Regiment

24/05/1917 St. Server Cemetery, Rouen, France

20 Son of Fred W. and Emmie L. Cooke of Monkhill House, Pontefract

CRABTREE Henry Ewart Private 28934 11th Bn East Yorkshire Reg 12/07/1918 Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium

20 Son of Charles R. and Harriet R. Crabtree, Banks Avenue

CREWE Thomas William Private 19559 2nd Bn Leicestershire Reg 22/02/1917 Basra Memorial, Iraq 21 Son of Mr. H. D. and Mrs. H. M. Crewe, 61 Prince of Wales Terrace, Pontefract.

CUNNINGHAM Thomas

DAVEY Wilfred Rifleman 59178 8th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

20/07/1918 Marfaux British Cemetery 19 Son of Tom and Annie Davey (widower) Back Street, Pontefract

DAVIES Cyrus Sergeant 11162 9th Bn KOYLI 16/09/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France

DAVIES Edward Private 12/332 5th Btl KOYLI 27/03/1918 Arras Memorial Bay 7 31

DAVIES Ernest Private 41188 2nd Bn South Wales Borderers 21/10/1917 Etaples Military Cemetery, France

27 Son of Matthew and Mary Jane Davies & husband of Hilda Annie Davis of Pontefract

DAVIES Zaccheus Private 11404 6th Bn KOYLI 01/08/1915 Ypres (Mennin Gate) Memorial, Belgium




DAWSON John Arthur Serjeant 3/4568 York and Lancaster Regiment (Depot)

05/04/1916 Pontefract Cemetery 46 Husband of Mary E. Dawson of 36 Meredith Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield

DEAN George Private 12th Bn KOYLI 07/04/1917 Aubigny Cemetery, France Married Ada Sinfield Pontefract 1914 born Lancashire

DEPLEDGE C E

DEPLEDGE George Cookson Rifleman R/19475 11th B Kings Royal Rifle Corps

07/06/1917 Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France

24 Son of Joseph and Mary A. Depledge, Stella House, Knottingley Rd Pontefract

DIXON Fred Corporal 12/337 12th Bn KOYLI 17/11/1914 Pontefract Cemetery

DIXON Harold Private 33281 9th Btl KOYLI 24/08/1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, France

DOYLE T Private 3/2669 3rd Bn KOYLI 10/10/1914 Pontefract Cemetery

DUKER Thomas Private 52464 2nd Bn Middlesex Regiment 28/11/1917 Nine Elms British Cemetery, Thelus, France

DUNWELL Tom Private 16516 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

21/03/1918 Arras Memorial, France 36 Husband of Rose Ann Dunwell, 18 Crown & Anchor Yard

EARLEY Fredrick Gunner 165336 A Bty. 84th Bde Royal Field Artillery

09/05/1918 Hedon Road Cemetery, Hull 31 Son of George William and Mary Earley, 226 Waterloo Street, Hull & husband of Mary Hannah Earley 4 Driver’s Row, Pontefract

EDGARS William

ENGLAND Alfred Private 60835 Welch Regt 29/11/1917 Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France

25 Married Evelyn Leighton Nov 1914

ENGLAND Fred Private 34128 15th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment

28/06/1918 Tannay British Cemetery Thiennes, France

21 Son of George and Annis England of Northgate

ENGLAND Thomas Greaser Mercantile Marine on S.S. “Drina” (Belfast)

01/03/1917 Tower Hill Memorial, London

58 Son of Mary England and the late George England; husband of the late Eliza England. Born at Pontefract.




EXLEY Alfred Tennyson 2nd Lieutenant Royal Air Force 22/04/1918 Pontefract Cemetery 26 Son of the late George Exley and of Susan Selina Exley

FEATHER F W 9th Bn Royal Scots 10/04/1917 Ste. Catherine Cemetery, France

FELLOWS Samuel Corporal 241401 2/5th KOYLI 20/11/1917 Hermes Hill Cemetery II D4 28

FEW Jane Munitions Factory Worker, Barnbow, West Yorkshire


FIELDHOUSE John Alfred Private 2017 1/5th Bn KOYLI 26/07/1917 Talana Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

FIELDHOUSE Peter Private 240868 5th Bn KOYLI 28/03/1918 Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery Souchez, France

FINN Patrick Private 11480 6th Bn KOYLI 20/09/1915 Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium

16 Son of Patrick and Mary Finn, 13 Smyth Street, Pontefract

FINN Thomas Sapper 190583 277th Railway Coy. Royal Engineers

03/07/1917 Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium

31 Son of Patrick and Mary Finn, 13 Smyth Street, Pontefract

FIRTH Ernest Company QMS 240012 5th Bn. KOYLI 11/11/1918 Etaples Military Cemetery, France

27 Son of James and Eusebia Firth of Pontefract

FLYNN M

FOSTER William

FOX John Private 25907 D Coy. 8th Bn. KOYLI 01/07/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 19 Son of Charles and Frances Fox, 4 Walkergate, Pontefract

FOX Percy James Private 16712 9th Bn. York & Lancaster Reg 01/07/1916 Serre Road Cemetery no 2, Beaumont-Hamel, France

FRAIN James Edward Private 240257 4th Bn KOYLI 23/10/1918 Pontefract Cemetery 29 Husband of M. A. Blackburn (formerly Frain) of 2 Shackleton’s Yard. Old Church, Pontefract




FRANCE George Esau Driver 32516 460th Bty. 15th Bde. Royal Horse Artillery

26/10/1917 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium

19 Son of Tom and Sarah Jane France, 11 Wordsworth Yard, Beastfair, Pontefract

FRANCE James Private 240793 5th Bn. KOYLI 27/03/1918 Arras Memorial, France 28 Son of Azariah and Eliza France of Outwood Wakefield & husband of Lily Jewitt, formerly France, 10 Trinity Square, Pontefract

FRANCE Thomas Stanley Gunner 70103 79th Bty. Royal Field Artillery 29/07/1917 Plumstead Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa.

FRASER William Robert Gunner 154681 136th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery

10/11/1917 Outtersteene Communal Cemetery, Bailleul, France

FURBANK Broughton Hurdus Private 19609 9th Btl KOYLI 03/07/1916 Mericourt L Abbe Communal Cemetery

28

FYNN John Robert Private 21054 9th Coy. Royal Army Ordnance Corps

27/03/1919 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

37 Husband of Mabel Fynn, 42 Love Lane Terrace

GARBUTT Harry Private Mar-57 2nd Bn KOYLI 18/04/1915 Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

GARFORTH William Henry Private 12/369 2nd Bn KOYLI 11/08/1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, France

GARLICK Joseph P Pioneer 220231 No.2 Sp. Coy. Royal Engineers 29/08/1918 Houchin Cemetery, France 37 Son of John and Emma Garlick, of Newtown, Pontefract & husband of Lillie Garlick, 3, Banks Avenue, Pontefract

GARNER Albert Private M/373075 M.T. Depot (Grove Park) Army Service Corps

02/11/1918 Harehills Cemetery Leeds 23 Husband of Lily Garner of 5 Drivers Row Pontefract

GELDER William Dickinson Private 27564 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards 28/09/1918 Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, France

21 Son of James and Elizabeth Gelder of 1 Weeland Terrace, Old Church, Pontefract

GELL Chrisopher Stowell 2nd Lieutenant 1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

18/09/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 19 Son of the Rev. Canon William and Helen Gell, The Vicarage, Pontefract

GILES Percy Wilfrid Private 302710 13th Bn Durham Light Infantry 10/10/1917 Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Belgium

32 Son of James G. and Frances Giles of Dewsbury & husband of Elizabeth Jane Giles of 13 Avenue Terrace, Pontefract




GILL James

GLASSBY George Henry Private 240785 2nd/5th Bn KOYLI 27/11/1917 Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France

GLOVER John Private 20771 1st Btl KOYLI 20/10/1915 Woburn Abbey Cemetery Cuinchy 1G3

29

GOODIER Charles

GORDON James Albert (Order Of St. George 4th Class)

Sergeant L/6844 4th Bn Tank Corps 20/03/1920 Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Istanbul, Turkey

27 Son of Francis John and Frances Jane Gordon, 12 Denwell Terrace Pontefract

GORDON Norman Private 16101 A” Coy. 10th Bn. KOYLI 17/09/1916 Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France

23 Son of Alfred Alonzo and Margaret Gordon of Pontefract

GOTT Tom Sergeant 46472 13th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers

16/06/1917 Arras Memorial, France 32 Son of Mrs. Sarah Gott,13 Reams Terrace, Pontefract

GOTT William Rifleman R/11049 C” Coy. 9th Bn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps

30/07/1915 Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

23 Son of William and Mary Gott of 3 Princess St & husband of Eliza Cockeram (formerly Gott) of 3 Poplar Terrace Pontefract

GREAVES Benjamin Stringer AB J/18615 H.M.S. “Paragon.” Royal Navy

17/03/1917 Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Portsmouth, Hampshire, U K

20 Son of Wilks Holmes & Charlotte Greaves, The Rose & Crown Hotel, Skipton; native of Carleton Pontefract

HANSON Abram

HANSON Mark Pioneer 144680 145th Bde. Signals, Royal Engineers


23 Son of Joshua and Mabel Hanson, 28 Fairfield Av. Pontefract

HARDCASTLE Robert Alfred Private 318757 2nd Bn Yorkshire Regiment 15/06/1915 Le Touret Memorial, France

HARGREAVES Arthur Rifleman Y/1410 1st Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps

10/03/1915 Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France

40 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hargreaves & husband of Deborah Hargreaves, 12, Freeman’s Yard Pontefract




HARRIS Hg

HARRISON George W Lance Corporal 17530 8th York and Lancaster Regt 01/07/1916 Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France

HARRISON John Private 512026 1st Btl Northumberland Fusileers

21/09/1918 Sunken Road Cemtery Bois’eux ST Marc IID 22

Son of Mr E Harrison 17 Queen Street Pontefract

HARRISON Joseph Corporal 1758 1st/5th Bn. KOYLI 04/09/1916 Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, France

23 Son of George and Isabella Harrison of 7 Ramsden’s Yard Pontefract

HARTLEY Thomas Harold Private 11544 99th Coy, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

01/08/1916 Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme, France

18 Son of Albert and Sarah Ann Hartley, 5 Watergate, Pontefract

HARVEY John Lister Private S/43863 5th Bn. Gordon Highlanders 28/07/1918 Soissons Memorial, France 24 Son of John Joseph and Ada Harvey of Micklegate, Pontefract

HAWLEY Harold Sergeant 2041 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers

26/12/1916 A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, France

24 Son of George and Sarah Hawley of Friarwood, Pontefract

HAYCROFT Fred Farrier 47224 18th Queen mary’s Hussars 30/06/1918 Vevey St Martins Cemetery 4

31

HEATON Robert Private 12/834 12th Btl KOYLI 13/04/1918 Ploegstreat Memorial Ypre panel 8

39 Wife Harriet Heaton Carelton View Pontefract

HECKINGBOTTOM Edwin Private 12/833 12th Bn. KOYLI 22/10/1917 White House Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

HECKINGBOTTOM George Corporal WR/125298 279th Railway Coy. Royal Engineers

20/02/1919 Pontefract Cemetery 31 Son of George William Heckingbottom; husband of Edith A. Asquith (formerly Heckingbottom) of Paradise Hill, Pontefract, born at Carlton

HEELEY Joseph Henry

HEPWORTH Henry Private 2672 1st/5th Bn. KOYLI 01/05/1915 White City Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France

36 Husband of E. Hepworth, 4 Northgate Pontefract

HEPWORTH Thomas Private 30736 Kings Own Scottish Borderers 06/04/1918 Ypre Arrondissement Axford Rd Cemetery VF 27

32




HESELTINE Arthur John Lance Corporal 26966 7th Bn. KOYLI 16/08/1917 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium

23 Son of Arthur John and Sarah Ann Heseltine, 2 Granville Terrace, Tanshelf Drive, Pontefract

HESELTINE William Sedgewick Private 5893 1st Btl East Lancashire Regiment

04/01/1916 Hamel Military Cemetery Beaumont Hamel

38

HIGGINS Jim Private 11882 9th Bn. York & Lancaster Regiment

01/07/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France

HIGGINS Percy Private 39773 ‘D’ Bn. KOYLI, transferred to 386th Coy. Labour Corps


HIGGINS Samuel (Mm) Private 19202 9th Bn. York & Lancaster Regiment

31/10/1918 Tezze British Military Cemetery, Treviso, Italy

32 Son of Mrs. C. Higgins of Pontefract

HILEY Frank Captain (Rose From The Ranks)

8th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment 13/02/1918 Giavera British Cemetery, Italy

24 Son of Thomas and Jane Ann Hiley of the Greyhound Hotel, Pontefract

HILL Albert Private 240159 8th Bn KOYLI 15/06/1918 Granezza British Cemetery, Italy

26 Son of Ephraim and Alice Hill of Pontefract

HILLABY Eric Crowther Flight Sub-Lieutenant

1st Sqdn. Royal Naval Air Service

06/07/1917 Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

19 Son of Arthur & Mary Hillaby of Bournemouth, born in Pontefract

HOBSON Herbert Private 1/4th York and Lancaster Regt ( Hallamshire Bt)

22/07/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 32

HODGSON Jack Private 18657 1st Bn Grenadier Guards 17/06/1915 Gorre British & Indian Cemetery, France

21 Son of Mrs. Sophia Hodgson, 4 Hartley Place, Bondgate, Pontefract

HOLLAND Joseph Private 8805 2nd Bt Northumberland Fusileers

30/03/1915 Dranoutre Cemetery II K 3 38

HOLROYD Harry Rifleman 6652 9th Btl Rifle Brigade 04/04/1918 Poziers Memorial, France 23 Son of James and Elizabeth Holroyd. Formerly T/37251 Army Service Corps

HOLROYD Joe Rifleman C/1331 16th Bn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps

10/05/1916 Bethune Town Cemetery, France

19 Son of James and Elizabeth Holroyd of Jubilee Place, Pontefract

HOLROYD Wiliam Private 241136 1/5th Bn KOYLI 13/06/1917 Estaires Communal Cemetery Extension, France

22 Son of George and Catharine Holroyd, 19 Denwell Terrace, Pontefract




HOPKINSON Harold Private 41715 15th/17th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

27/03/1918 Moyenneville (Two Tree) Cemetery, France

20 Son of Mrs. J. W. Hopkinson, 5 Elm Terrace Pontefract

HOPWOOD Robert Sergeant 74 1st/5th Bn. KOYLI 27/07/1915 Talana Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

HOULDER A (Missing From Roll Of Honour)

Private 30980 2nd Bn KOYLI 11/02/1917 Ten Tree Alley Cemetery, Puisieux, France

27 Son of John and Sarah Houlder, 4 Wilcock’s Buildings, Black Walk, Pontefract

HOULDER John Walter Private 39732 9th Bn KOYLI 03/04/1918 Saulcourt Church Yard Guyencourt-Saulcourt, France

HOWARD Lawrence George Private 24078 8th Bn. KOYLI 01/07/1916 Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuile Wood, France

19 Son of George and Lucy Howard, 9 St George Terrace, Tanshelf, Pontefract

HOWARTH Henry Lance Corporal 19023 2nd Bt Suffolk Regiment 02/03/1916 Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

Formerly 20666 Hussars of the Line

HUGGINS A (Mm) Private 26093 7th Bn KOYLI 30/11/1917 Flesquiers Hill British Cemetery, France

21 Son of Robert and Margaret Huggins of Walkergate, Pontefract

ILLINGWORTH Alfred Rifleman 373252 (6306) 8th Bn London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

05/04/1917 Bedford House Cemetery 19 Son of J. A. and Clara Illingworth, 4 Carleton Terrace

JACKSON Fred Private 1856 1st/5th Bn KOYLI 03/06/1915 White City Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France

21 Son of William and Elizabeth Jackson, Street, Bernard’s Av. Pontefract

JACKSON G T Sergeant 15889 12th/13th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers


JENKINSON Frederick W Private 17/1054 17th Btl West Yorkshire Regiment

08/06/1916 Le Touret Military Cemetery 37 Wife Annie Elizabeth Jenkinson 3 Beech Street Tanshelf

JEPSON Charles Edwin Private 92937 1/9th Bn Durham Light Infantry

12/09/1918 Ruyaul Court Cemetery, France

19 Son of Ellis and Mary Annie Jepson, 2 Castle Vale, Knottingley Road, Pontefract

JOHNSON Leonard Wallace Private 2102 1st/5th Bn. KOYLI 27/05/1915 Bois-Grenier Communal Cemetery, France

JOHNSON Stephen Private 5496 1st Btl Lancashire Fusileers 21/08/1915 Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey




JOHNSON Sydney Ernest Private 20526 KOYLI 04/10/1915 Loos Memorial, France

JOLLEY William

JONES Charles

JONES Peter

JONES W

JONES William Philip Sergeant 240895 1/5th Bn KOYLI 14/03/1917 Pontefract Cemetery 43 Son of William and Mary Ann Jones; husband of Alice Jones, 12, Elm Street, Grovetown, Pontefract. Served in the South African Campaign. Born in Walsall

JOWETT Raynor Private S/24846 7th Btl Seaforth Highlanders 11/04/1918 Bus House Cemetery Ypre

KEIGHLEY William Stanley Rifleman C/669 16th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps

15/07/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 20 Son of Mr & Mrs W. H. Y. Keighley, 1 Friarwood Terrace, Pontefract

KENNEDY J

KENWORTHY William Herbert Private 241286 5th Bn KOYLI 16/04/1918 Poziers Memorial, France

KIMMEDY John Private 47383 7th Bn KOYLI 30/11/1917 Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France

KNIGHT Henry Private 2912 1/5th KOYLI 19/09/1915 Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France

23 Son of Henry and Elizabeth Knight




LAW G E Private 2129 12th Bn KOYLI (Labour Corps)

20/02/1919 Pontefract Cemetery In the same grave is buried Q.M.S. H. WAITE, 61524. Royal Defence Corps. Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. 23rd Oct., 1921. Age 65. Served in the South African Campaign

LEACH (LEECH) Charles Private 42212 16th Bn Royal Scots 09/10/1917 Cement House Cemetery, Langemark, Belgium

29 Son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Leach, Mill Hill, Pontefract

LEDGER John 122998 Labour Bn., Royal Engineers 11/01/1918 Le Cateau Military Cemetery Harriet Ledger, The Booths, Pontefract

LEDGER John 478805 709th Coy., Labour Corps 11/01/1918 Le Cateau Military Cemetery Harriet Ledger, The Booths, Pontefract

LEEK Harry Sergeant 36 1/5th Bn KOYLI 25/05/1915 White City Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France

37 Husband of Annie Leek, 46 Fairfield Av Pontefract

LEMM John Private 2320 2nd Bt Royal Munster Fusileers

11/05/1916 St Patricks Cemetery Loos III H 34

29 Married Annie Fowler May 2013. Formerly No 15552 KOYLI

LEMM Joseph Private 52489 2/4th KOYLI 04/11/1918 Ruesnes Communal Cemetery, France

26 Brother of John Lemm

LENG Albert Ernest Private 240754 7th Bn KOYLI 27/09/1917 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium

31 Husband of Betsy Leng, 136, Linton Mount, Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract

LENG Donald Private 10262 A” Coy. 1st Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment

01/07/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 18 Son of Alfred and Ada Leng of Hope Cottage, Pontefract

LENG Richard De Lacy, (Dcm, Mm)

Sergeant 241031 2nd Bn KOYLI 08/11/1918 Premont British Cemetery, France

22 Son of Alfred and Ada Leng of Hope Cottage, Pontefract

LEWIN Arthur Private 25828 6th Bn. KOYLI 12/10/1916 Pontefract Cemetery 20 Son of the late Harry Lewin & Jane Traunter (formerly Lewin), 27 Love Lane Terrace, Pontefract

LEWIS Arthur Private 12/437 12th Btl KOYLI 13/04/1918 Ploegstreat Memorial Ypre panel 8

20 Wife Mary Lewis 52 Prince of Wales Terrace Tanshelf

LINDLEY Thomas Private 241171 1st/4th Bn. KOYLI 22/09/1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, France

21 Son of Beckwith and Eleanor Lindley, 52 Queen Street, Pontefract




LISTER John William Sapper 237075 19th Railway Operating Coy. Royal Engineers

06/06/1917 Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece

31 Son of William and Susan Lister of Westboro’ Cottage, Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract

LODGE Robert Corporal 31025 9th Bn. KOYLI 04/10/1917 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium

37 Husband of Nellie Lodge, 193, Willow Park, Pontefract

LOWDEN Eric Private 10094 Honourable Artillery Coy 09/10/1917 New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

19 Son of Edwin Gott & Annie E. Lowden of Springbank, Pontefract

LUND Ernest Private 45882 7th Btl York and Lancaster Regt

02/05/1918 St Server Cemetery Extension Rouen

22 Married Pontefract 1916 Living Hartlings Place Bondgate.

MACDONALD Samuel Corporal 5/2312 1st/5th Bn KOYLI 26/02/1915 Pontefract Cemetery 37 Husband of Mary Jane Macdonald of Grove Town, Pontefract

MACHEN William Henry Lance Corporal 4016 9th Btl West Yorkshire Regiment


35 Formerly 8/13427 York and Lancaster Regt.

MAHON R James Trooper 21831 1st Btl Yorkshire Hussars 11/07/1918 Rawalpindi War Cemetery 38

MAHONEY Thomas Sergeant 20629 No. 4 Depot, Royal Field Artillery

15/10/1919 Pontefract Cemetery 36 Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Murray. Born at Pontefract.

MALURE William

MARKWICK Albert E Private 19486 2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment

08/03/1916 Basra Memorial, Iraq

MARKWICK William G Private 47572 1st Bn KOYLI 03/10/1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, France

24 Son of Henry Markwick, 17 Anderson St Tanshelf, Pontefract

MARTIN J Serjeant Mar-64 KOYLI 20/04/1915 Pontefract Cemetery

MASON Sydney Private 52354 2nd/4th Bn. KOYLI 25/08/1918 Gomiecourt South Cemetery, France

22 Son of Walter & Elizabeth Jane Mason, 9 York Street, Tanshelf Pontefract

MASON Trevor Private 957 10th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment

07/01/1916 Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 1 C

MAYS John William Private 29404 10/11th Btl Highland Light Infantry

23/04/1917 Arras Memorial, France 26




MCGUIRE P Private 13203 8th Bn KOYLI 09/12/1914 Pontefract Cemetery

MCKAY T Private 14894 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

28/04/1916 Pontefract Cemetery 39 Son of the late Edward and Susannah McKay

MCNEIL Joseph Lance Corporal 14925 10th Btl West Yorkshire Regiment

04/09/1918 Vin en Artois British Cemtery

29 in 1911 living in Back Northgate

MELLOR Samuel Sergeant 555 2nd Bn Rhodesia Regiment 11/03/1916 Taveta Military Cemetery, Kenya

38 Son of Joseph and Emily Mellor. Born at Pontefract

MERCER Jack (John) Private 39589 7th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment

04/11/1918 Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, France

22

METCALF J C Lance Corporal 9677 2nd Bn. York & Lancaster Regiment

27/07/1915 St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France

19 Son of Mr. George & Mrs. E. Metcalfe, 16 Cleaves Row Pontefract

MILLET Arthur Private 2176 1st/5th Bn. KOYLI 18/06/1915 White City Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France

19 Son of Alfred & Alice Millett, 20 Newgate, Pontefract

MILLET James Thomas Gunner 307582 2nd/1st Lowland City of Edinburgh Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery

22/05/1917 Cojeul British Cemetery, St Martin-sur-Cojeul, France

27 Son of Thomas & Clara Millett, 8 Spring Garden Cottages, Crab Hill, Pontefract

MILLS Thomas Private 15176 6th Bn. York & Lancaster Regiment

29/09/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 35 Husband of Mary Ann Mills, 105 Southgate, Pontefract

MILNER Ernest Private 9355 2nd Bn. KOYLI 26/08/1914 La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France

28 Son of Joseph & Mary Ann Milner of Sheffield & husband of Ada Hanson (formerly Milner), 17 Anderson Street, Tanshelf, Pontefract

MITCHELL George Frederick Private 41190 25th Bn Durham Light Infantry

24/01/1917 Pontefract Cemetery 30 Son of Helen and the late William Mitchell of 102 Wakefield Road, Pontefract

MOFFITT Edwin Driver 218966 “B” Bty. 4th Reserve Bde Royal Field Artillery

06/08/1919 CARLETON NEW BURIAL GROUND, PONTEFRACT

Husband of Edith Moffitt of 20 Union Grove, Chapeltown Road, Leeds

MOFFITT Septimus Private 240716 KOYLI 16/08/1920 CARLETON NEW BURIAL GROUND, PONTEFRACT

38 Son of James and Elizabeth Moffitt; husband of Alice Moffitt of 8 Carleton Green, Pontefract. Born at Hartlepool




MOORE John

MORAN William Private Mar-94 2nd Bn York and Lancaster Regiment

23/10/1918 Pontefract Cemetery 42 Son of Michael and Ellen Moran of 4 Fox Terrace, Old Church, Pontefract

MORLEY Richard Herbert Regimental QMS 1 1st/5th Bn. KOYLI 06/02/1916 Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France

48 Son of Thomas and Margaret Morley

MORRAN Joseph Private 7776 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards 24/09/1914 Les Gonards Cemetery, Versailles, France

35 Son of Michael and Julia Ann Morran, Lingard Yard, Ferrybridge

MOXON Ernest (Mm) Private 18139 6th Bn. KOYLI & 2nd/4th Bn London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

25/04/1918 Poziers Memorial, France

MOXON Victor Private 5539 1st/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

10/08/1916 Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension, France

29 Son of John and Sarah Moxon of Pontefract

MULLIGAN Thomas Private 9501 8th Bn. KOYLI 01/07/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 25 Son of Michael and Ellen Mulligan of Pontefract

MYERS Fred Rifleman 4591 1/8th Bn London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

23/09/1916 Etaples Military Cemetery, France

23 Son of Emma and the late Benjamin Myers of Mill Dam, Pontefract

NEAL Arthur Sergeant 240025 1/5th KOYLI 05/07/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 26 in 1911 living in Front Street Tanshelf

NICHOLLS James

NICHOLSON Arthur Private 240763 2nd/5th Bn. KOYLI 01/04/1918 Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No1, France

44 Son of Alfred and Annie Nicholson of Beastfair & husband of Annie Gertrude Nicholson, 2 Victoria Street, Tanshelf, Pontefract

NICHOLSON Geoffrey Wolstenholme

Private 9592 2nd Bn. Honourable Artillery Company

23/10/1918 Tezze British Military Cemetery, Treviso, Italy

20 Son of John and Elizabeth Nicholson of Pontefract

NICHOLSON Leonard Sampson 2nd Lieutenant “E” Coy. 12th Bn. London Regiment (The Rangers)


24 Son of the late John and Elizabeth Nicholson of Pontefract




NICKLIN William Private 241140 10th Bn. KOYLI 04/10/1917 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium

26 Son of the late Joseph and Eliza Nicklin of Pontefract & husband of Violet Nicklin of Doncaster

O’HARA Henry Private 12789 1st Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment

29/09/1915 Loos Memorial, France

O’LEARY Alfred George William

Sergeant 12837 6th Bn York & Lancaster Regiment


32 Son of Colour Serjeant Arthur and Sarah Wesley O’Leary of Pontefract & husband of Sarah Ann Sedgwick (formerly O’Leary) of Settle

O’LEARY Harry Frederick Private 8297 2nd Bn York & Lancaster Regiment


28 Son of Arthur and Sarah O’Leary; husband of Elsie O’Leary of Weybridge, Surrey, born Pontefract

OGLEY Edwin Arthur Private 40799 18th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

29/07/1917 Arras Memorial, France 37 Son of Henry and Sarah Ogley of Burton Salmon & husband of Eliza Ann Ogley, 21 King Street, Pontefract

PACKARD Frederick (Long Service And Good Conduct Medal)

Sergeant 3/3106 3rd Bn. KOYLI 13/01/1918 Pontefract Cemetery 44 Son of Charles and Elizabeth Packard of Woodbridge, Ipswich. Served in the Tirah and South African Campaigns

PAGDIN Fred Private 1794 1st/5th Bn. KOYLI 12/11/1915 Talana Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

20 Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Pagdin, 5 Hope Villas, Tanshelf, Pontefract

PALMER Thomas Private G/68582 22nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers 20/12/1917 Pontefract Cemetery 18 Son of Thomas and Harriet Palmer. Born at Pontefract.

PARKER F

PARKIN John Thomas 2/7th Bn. KOYLI 18/05/1915 Carrington (St. John) Churchyard

PEATFIELD William Edward Sergeant 1759 1/5th KOYLI 28/08/1916 Aveluy Wood Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France

40 Son of William and Ada Peatfield

PERRY Thomas Sapper 82998 174th Coy. Royal Engineers 04/06/1916 Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, France

32 Son of William and Harriett Perry of Linton Mount, Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract

PETTIT H




PHILLIPS Edward William Lance Corporal 65520 206th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

17/06/1917 Arras Memorial, France 19 Son of Edward and Mary Phillips of South View, Addisleigh Terrace, Pontefract

POCKLINGTON Wilfred Private 40383 2nd/6th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment

24/09/1917 New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

19 Son of Harry and Mabel Pocklington, 19 King Street, Pontefract

POINTON Frank Private 29843 11th Bn South Wales Borderers 23/08/1917 Cement House Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, Belgium

PONSONBY Arthur Gunner 262720 120th Bty. 27th Bde. Royal Field Artillery

24/09/1918 Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, France

POSLIFF Albert Private 66994 2nd Bn. KOYLI 27/10/1918 St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France

POWELL F Private 16063 KOYLI (Depot) 14/09/1914 Pontefract Cemetery

POWELL Thomas Private 3/569 9th Btl KOYLI 01/07/1916 Gordon Dump Cemetery Ovillier Lane Boiselle IVQ9

PRINCE William Private 33061 6th Bn. KOYLI 24/08/1917 New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

40 Husband of Mary E. Prince, 27 Fairfield Avenue, Pontefract

PROCTOR Walter Private 3936 1/5th KOYLI 13/11/1915 Bard Cottage Cemetery 1G 12

36 Wife Lily Proctor

RHODES Ernest William Private 81840 22nd Bn. Durham Light Infantry

27/05/1918 Soissons Memorial, France 18 Son of Albert and Harriett Rhodes, Woodland, Villas, 68 Wakefield Road, Pontefract

RICHARDSON Walter Private 38639 1/5th KOYLI 23/08/1918 29

RUDDLESDEN Charles Sydney Rifleman C/928 16th Bn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps

20/05/1917 Arras Memorial, France

RUSHFORTH Gilbert Private 14914 West Yorkshire Regiment 27/09/1915 No Known Grave 22 married Cecilia in Pontefract 1914

RYDER Patrick Private 28865 7th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

12/07/1916 Philosophe British Cemetery, France




SCARTH Ernest Gunner 111253 B Bty, 87th Bde Royal Field Artillery

09/05/1918 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

24 Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Scarth of Friarwood, Pontefract

SCARTH Leslie William Charles

SCHOFIELD Walter Rifleman 86932 Rifle Brigade 04/10/1917 21 Son of William and Ellen Schofield

SCOLTOCK William Private 241653 2/5th Bn. KOYLI 03/05/1917 Arras Memorial, France 19 Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Scoltock, 8 Maud’s Yard, Pontefract

SCOTT Joseph Herbert Gunner 177212 19th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery

21/03/1918 Poziers Memorial, France 25 Son of John and Emily Scott, 28 Queen’s Street, Pontefract & husband of Annie, 27 Ashton Road, Glasshoughton

SCOTT Wiiliam Rifleman 2155 Munster Rifles 26/08/1915 No Known Grave 29 Wife Nellie Scott. Attested as 13031York and Lancaster Regt 1914

SHAW Walter Private 21434 1st Btl KOYLI 01/10/1915 Arras Rd Cemetery Roclincourt IIIK1

SHAY Charles Private 30966 6th Bn. KOYLI 12/03/1917 Beaurains Road Cemetery, Beaurains, France

25 Brother of Mr. W. H. Shay of Ferrybridge Road, Pontefract

SHEASBY Edward Joseph Private 25585 1st Btl Cameronians 20/07/1916 No Known Grave 18 Son of Henry and Alice Sheasby. Formerly C/797 Kings Royal Rife Corps

SHELTON William Henry Sergeant 20651 2nd Bn. KOYLI 18/11/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France

SHERBURN Albert Private 21458 4th Bn Grenadier Guards 25/09/1916 Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France

SHILLAKER James Herbert Sapper 476553 461st Field Coy. Royal Engineers

01/08/1918 Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France

25 Son of Thomas Henry and Charlotte Shillaker, 1 Linden Terr. Pontefract

SHIPLEY Arthur Hammond Butler

2nd Lieutenant A Coy. 6th Bn Yorkshire Regiment

27/09/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 21 Son of the Rev. Arthur Granville & Caroline Mary Ellen Shipley of All Saint’s Vicarage, Pontefract

SIMMS John Trooper 23595 Yorkshire Hussars 16/06/1916 Corbie Communal Cemetery 40 Wife Jean Simms




SIMPSON Arthur Private 47947 27th Btl Northumberland Fusileers Tyneside Scots)

28/04/1917 No Known Grave

SKIDMORE John Henry Private 240622 1/5th KOYLI 19/07/1917 Ramscappelle Rd Cemetery Veurne IC4

25 Son of Peter and Emily Skidmore

SLATER Frank Private 241182 5th Bn. KOYLI 03/11/1918 Ruesnes Communal Cemetery, France

32 Husband of Florence Slater, 13 Avenue Street, Fitzwilliam, Pontefract

SLATER George Thornton Private 60811 York & Lancashire Regiment 12/11/1918 Busigny Communal Cemetery Ext

29 The eldest son of Oliver Slater, Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract and his former wife, Mary Wright (née Thornton) of Ferrybridge. George was the husband of Mary Ann Slater (née Harrison) of Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract

SLATER Herbet Hilton Gunner 80902 85th Bty. Royal Field Artillery 22/07/1915 Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France

18 Son of Oliver and Annie Slater of Mark Buildings, Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract

SMITH Charles

SMITH E Sapper 273707 Royal Engineers 01/07/1920 Pontefract Cemetery

SMITH Ernest John Major 7th Bn. KOYLI 28/12/1915 Merville Communal Cemetery, France

40 Son of Frederick William and Annie Smith of Bradford & husband of Matilda, 33 Priory Glen Pontefract

SMITH F Private 11437 1st Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry


SMITH George

SMITH John Charles

SMITH Robert Henry




SMITH Thomas

SOUTHWELL Richard Coote Bugler C/678 16th Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps

28/01/1916 Loos Memorial, France 20 Son of Richard Coote & Lily Southwell of Mill Lane, Pontefract

SPURR George Edwin Private G/8360 13th Bn. Middlesex Regiment 31/07/1917 Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

STEEL Walter (DCM) Sergeant 2414 1st/5th Bn KOYLI 01/08/1916 Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France

27 Husband of Doris Steel, 13 Freeman’s Yard, Pontefract

STEPHENS John Private 12857 12th Bn KOYLI 17/11/1918 Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France

29 Son of Sarah and the late Thomas Stephens of Pontefract

STONES Bernard Gunner 203763 “B” Bty. 83rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery

16/11/1917 Pontefract Cemetery 21 Son of George Henry and Sarah Ann Stones of Pontefract

STRANGWARD Oliver Private 30285 8th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13/04/1917 Basra Memorial, Iraq

SUTHERLAND William Company Sergeant Major

240150 1/5th KOYLI 09/10/1917 No Known Grave

SYKES H

TANKARD George Private 14933 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own)

10/12/1915 Etaples Military Cemetery, France

21 Son of Robert and Emma Tankard of Pontefract

TATE John Private 15201 1st Btl York and Lancaster 08/05/1915 No Known Grave

TATE John James

TAYLOR C

TAYLOR Edwin Private 33474 15th Btl West Yorkshire Regiment

03/05/1917 No Known Grave 30

TAYLOR H




TAYLOR H (Harry, Harold). Private 2219 5th Bn KOYLI 14/06/1915 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

25 Son of Herbert and M. A. Taylor, Schofield Buildings, Ladybalk.

TAYLOR Herbert Private 53743 1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

08/10/1918 Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France

19 Son of William and Rose Taylor, School Cottage, Derry Lane, Pontefract.

TAYLOR Joseph Vickers Lance Corporal 20512 2nd Bn KOYLI 01/07/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 20 Foster-son of JW & Emma Knappy, 9 Oak Street, Grovetown, Pontefract.

TAYLOR Thomas Private 54302 Manchester Regiment 01/03/1918 Villeret Church Yard B6 Formerly 205317 KOYLI

TERRY Frank Private 16081 9th Bn KOYLI 01/07/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 27 Son of Mrs. E. Terry, ‘Strawberry Cottage’, South Baileygate, Pontefract

THIRSK John Robert Private 39880 10th Btl KOYLI 23/07/1917 Cojeul British Cemetery, St Martin-sur-Cojeul, France

19 Son of William and Sarah Ann Thirsk

THOMASON James

THOMPSON Arthur Victor

THOMPSON George Arthur Lance Corporal 240525 5th Bn KOYLI 28/05/1918 Bienvillers Military Cemetery, France

32 Son of Harry and Jennie Thompson; husband of Elizabeth Thompson, 2 Weeland Cottages, Old Church, Pontefract

THOMPSON Richard Shoeing Smith 6959 “A” Sqdn. 20th Hussars 01/11/1918 Pontefract Cemetery 25 Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson, 6 Star Buildings, Pontefract

TINDALE William (Edgar) Private 12/529/ 12th Btl KOYLI 25/03/1918 No Known Grave 30

TOLAN E Private 3/2521 KOYLI 11/07/1914 Pontefract Cemetery

TOMLIN Frederick Private 6734 2nd Bt Kings Own Scottish Borderers

22/10/1914 No Known Grave 37 Reservist recalled to the Colours Served in South Africa

TOMLINSON John Lance Corporal 201889 1st/4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders

25/04/1917 Duisans British Cemetery, France

25 Son of John and Charlotte Ann Tomlinson of Northgate, Pontefract




TOWLER Tommy

TRUEMAN Stanley Swales

TURNER Albert Dennis Private 35410 8th Bn. KOYLI 06/02/1917 Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Ypres, Belgium

19 Son of Denis and Bertha Turner, 38 Newgate, Pontefract

TURNER Charles Private 301759 “A” Coy. 1st/8th Bn. Durham Light Infantry

21/06/1917 Arras Memorial, France 36 Brother of John Turner, 11 Northland View, Back Northgate, Pontefract

TURNER Edwin Private 23557 12th Bn, South Wales Borderers

25/11/1917 Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France

21 Son of John & Sarah Ann Turner residing at 16 Denwell Terrace, Pontefract., Brother of John, George Henry & Mary Lucy Turner. The fourth member of the Turner family to be killed in WW1

TURNER George Henry Private 14302 10th Bn, Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)

11/06/1916 Vermelles British Cemetery, France

22 Son of John & Sarah Ann Turner residing at 16 Denwell Terrace, Pontefract., Brother of John, Edwin & Mary Lucy Turner. Husband of Edith Turner. The second member of the Turner family to be killed in WW1

TURNER J J

TURNER John Private 1824 1st/5th Bn, KOYLI 08/02/1916 London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium

24 Son of John & Sarah Ann Turner residing at 16 Denwell Terrace, Pontefract. Brother of George Henry, Edwin & Mary Lucy Turner. The first member of the Turner family to be killed in WW1




TURNER Mary Lucy Munitions Factory Worker, Barnbow, West Yorkshire

03/09/1917 19 Daughter of John & Sarah Ann Turner residing at 16 Denwell Terrace, Pontefract. Sister of John, George Henry & Edwin Turner. Died of TNT poisoning due to her work at Barnbow Munitions Factory. She is the third member of the Turner family to die due to WW1

TWIBEY Arthur Private 21240 6th Btl Royal Dublin Fusileers 19/11/1915 Chatby ( Alexandria) War Cemtery and Memorial B112

45 Wife Annie Twibey

URSELL Henry Sefton Private 5884 1st Btl York and Lancaster 08/05/1915 No Known Grave 36

VAUGHAN Alfred Gunner 103670 191st Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery

25/06/1917 Faubourg-d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France

20 Son of John and Lily Vaughan, 5 Nags Head Yard, Ropergate, Pontefract

WADSWORTH James H Private 16100 7th Btl KOYLI 06/03/1916 Bard Cottage Cemetery 1 D9 30

WAGNER Stanley Lawrence Private 45470 20th Bn Durham Light Infantry 25/03/1918 Puchevillers British Cemetery, France

21 Son of G. E. and Pollie Wagner, 11 Lady Walk (Ladybalk?) Pontefract

WAITE Charles Arthur

WALKER Fred Lance Corporal 26989 4th Btl South Wales Borders 23/05/1915 Amara Cemetery NIII G16 24 Son of Arthur and Alice Walker

WALKER James Private 13476 2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment

03/05/1918 Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium

Husband of Mrs. A. E. Walker, 3 Ash Street, Grovetown, Pontefract

WALKER James Walter (Mm) Sergeant 240119 5th Bn KOYLI 27/03/1918 Arras Memorial, France Son of Charles Walker of Cutsyke & husband of Kathleen Hudson, (formerly Walker), Kimberley House, Newtown, Pontefract

WALKER Joe Private 235162 9th Bn KOYLI 04/10/1917 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium

28 Son of Emma Walker of Westfield Terrace, Tanshelf Drive, Pontefract




WALKER John Francis Lance Corporal 40282 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)


22 Son of Francis Henry and Ruth Walker of Woodbine Terrace, Tanshelf Drive, Pontefract

WALKER W H

WALLER George William Driver 25970 Royal Artillery 03/08/1917 Brandhoek New Cemetery IIIb 12

23 Son of Tom and Jane Waller

WALTERS Fred

WARD Belfred

WARD Clarence Guardsman 15393 Coldstream Guards 14/09/1916 No Known Grave

WARD Eric Private 241557 26th TF Btl South Staffordshire Regt

06/05/1918 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

WARD Walter Horace Private 200749 1st Btl Queens Own Cameron Highlanders

03/09/1916 No Known Grave

WEBB Joseph Private 20216 9th Btl KOYLI 19/02/1917 Cambrai Cemetery G 50 44

WEBSTER George William Private 58629 58th Bn Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

16/04/1918 Bouchoir New British Cemetery, France

21 Son of Horace and Annie Catherine Webster of Valley Cafe, Pontefract

WESTWOOD James Rifleman 42846 12th Bn Royal Irish Rifles 10/08/1917 Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

32 Husband of Fanny Westwood, 19 Bar House Terrace, Pontefract

WHELEHAN Thomas Colour Serjeant 917 York and Lancaster Regiment 23/12/1916 Pontefract Cemetery 52 Husband of Lily Whelehan of Farleigh Cottages, Wakefield Road, Pontefract

WHITE Henry

WILBY George Private 11646 7th Btl York and Lancaster Regt

11/03/1916 Voormezeele Cemetery Ypres

30 Wife Violet Wilby

WILBY James Private 2176 7th Btl Royal Munster Rifles 07/12/1915 No Known Grave




WILBY James William Private 27750 1st Btl Lancashire Fusileers 01/07/1916 Beaumont Hamel British Cemetery

21 Son of William and Mary Wilby. Formerly 23731 KOYLI

WILBY W L

WILCE Richard Private 40076 9th Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers 16/08/1917 Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium

30 Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wilce,17 Northgate, Pontefract

WILDMAN John Thomas Private 15102 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

14/07/1916 Thiepval Memorial, France 26 Son of Frank and Elizabeth Wildman; husband of Bess Wilson (formerly Wildman), 7 Newtown, Pontefract

WILEMAN J C

WILLIAMS Joseph

WILMOT Joseph Private 590 & 115344 17th Bn Labour Corps West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) transferred to (115344) 193rd Coy.


28 Son of Elizabeth Wilmot, Lemon Alley, Pontefract husband of Elizabeth Wilmot (formerly Belcher)

WILSON Alfred Private G18228 7th Btl Royal West Kent Regt 23/07/1917 No Known Grave 28 Formerly Ps/10455 Royal Fusileers Son of Arthur William and Charlotte Ann Wilson, of Low Ackworth

WILSON C

WILSON David

WILSON Francis Gunner 162250 330th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery

03/03/1918 Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France

21 Son of John and Frances Wilson, 2 Tanshelf Drive, Pontefract

WILSON George Private 41327 9th Bn KOYLI 08/11/1918 Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel Hessen, Germany

21 Son of James and Mary Wilson, 3 Tanner’s Row, Old Church, Pontefract

WILSON George Edward (Dcm)

Private 2914 1st/5th Bn KOYLI 06/07/1916 Aveluy Wood Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France

31 Son of George D. Wilson, ‘Roseneath’, Wakefield Road, Pontefract




WILSON Henry Lance Corporal S/9170 1st Btl Rifle Brigade 01/07/1916 Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France

31

WILSON Willie Private 241637 1/5th KOYLI 23/05/1917 Vielle Chapelle Cemetery Lacouture 1 D 8

28 Son of Francis and Harriet Wilson, Ropergate Pontefract

WINN Michael Private 3551 1st/4th Bn The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

04/10/1916 Carnoy Military Cemetery, France

WINTERBURN Wilfred Private 16318 7th Bn KOYLI 14/03/1916 Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

WITHERS Edmund James Private 22806 6th Bn Yorkshire Regiment 09/04/1918 Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France

23 Son of Edmund & the late Jane Withers, 1 Cliffe Villas, Tanshelf Drive, Pontefract

WOOBEY Victor William Able Seaman J/30477 H.M.S. “Narbrough” Royal Navy

12/01/1918 Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Portsmouth, Hampshire, U K

20 Son of Thomas William and Mary Jane Woobey, 19 Caleton View, Swan Hill, Pontefract

WOOD F W Lance Corporal G/51275 26th Bn Middlesex Regiment 10/11/1918 Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece

39 Son of William and Mary Wood of Blyth, Northumberland, husband of Mary Jane Wood, 1 Bond St. Bondgate, Pontefract

WOODALL J W Private 241508 5th Bn KOYLI 30/09/1918 Lowrie Cemetery, Havrincourt, France

WOODCOCK Cecil James Private 25993 8th Bn KOYLI 10/06/1917 Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

23 Son of William and Emily Woodcock, 37 Ropergate, Pontefract

WOODHEAD Fred Driver “B” Bty. 1st Bde Royal Field Artillery

20/03/1919 Pontefract Cemetery 50

WOOLGER F Drummer 10029 York and Lancaster Regiment (Depot)


WROE Ernest William Private 38428 9th Bn Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

26/05/1918 Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, France

19 Son of W. H. and Ann Wroe, 9 Love Lane Terrace Pontefract

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