BEESTON HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
THIS POSTCARD WAS PUBLISHED BEFORE THE END OF THE WAR DATE UNKNOWN.
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FIVE OF THE MEN GAVE THEIR LIVES THE OTHER THIRTEEN REMEMBERED ON IT SURVIVED THE WAR
COOK BROTHERS
Sons of John and Jane Ann Marley Married Trimdon Grange Co Durham 1888.
COOK Arthur
Gunner Royal Navy DIED 1938
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1895: Born Trimdon Durham
1911: Arthur trained at the Royal Naval Training Establishment Shotley Near Ipswich.
1920: Married Mabel Harris Portsmouth.
1938: Rose to Rank of Lieutenant passing away 25th September from Heart Failure at St Peters Hospital London.
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COOK John
Private (Lance Corporal) 16696 York and Lancaster Regiment Died of Wounds 30/09/1918 Aged 25.
1893: Born Trimdon Durham.
1911: Residence No 32 Cemetery Road Beeston Hill Occupation Grocer Assistant.
1914: Enlisted Leeds 19th September, Described as Being 5 Deet 10 Inches Tall Hazel Eyes with Brown Hair.
1915: Landed France 27th August.
1916: Received Gun Shot Wound to the Back 07th July.
1917: On the 6th October suffered from sever Gas Poisoning.
1917: Granted leave 28th November until 8th December Residence No 32 Cemetery Road Beeston Hill.
1919: Personal effects sent to Mother Jane Ann including, Wallett, Postcards, Photos,Letters.
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Laid to Rest Dranoutre Military Cemetery Belgium.
DENNIS Walter
Private 2618 18th (Queen Mary Royal) Hussars KIA 16/05/1915 Aged 24.
1891: Born Son of John William and Lucy Sunman.
1911: Serving in 18th Hussars based at Aliwal Military Barracks Aliwal Barracks South Tidworth Hampshire.
1914: Boarded Southampton 15th August Landed Bolougne France Part of the Original British Expeditionary Force 12 days after the outbreak of war on the 16th August.
CWGC: Parents Residence No 38 Tilbury Mount Elland Road Holbeck.
Courtesy of Nancy Wright
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Belgium.
FIRTH Mathew
Private 2373 Officers Training Corps Born Leeds April 1896.
Son of Mathew and
1915: Enlisted Leeds 26th May into West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery Residence 109 Lodge Lane Beeston Hill.
1917: Landed Le Harve 05th January.
1919: Discharged 07th July Residence No 14 Fewstone Street Beeston Hill.
1920: Married Dorothy Stead Married Beeston Hill Wesleyan Church 05th April.
Survived the War.
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GOODMAN BROTHERS
Sons of Alfred and Sarah Shires Married St Thomas Leeds Leylands 1881.
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GOODMAN Alfred
Telegraphist Royal Navy.
1897: Born Leeds Son of Alfred and Sarah.
1911: Residence No 34 Recreation Place Elland Road Holbeck.
Survived The War
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GOODMAN Harry
Driver M/35079 612th Military Transport Company Royal Army Medical Corps Died 10/05/1920 Aged 26.
1894: Born Leeds 1894.
1911: Residence No 34 Recreation Place Elland Road Holbeck Occupation Umbrella Maker.
Laid to Rest Sedgley All Saints Churchyard East Extension Staffordshire.
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GUY Harold Neasdon
Private Royal Army Medical Corps.
1896: Born Hunslet Son of Stephen and Clara.
1901: There was a Guy family living in Barton Mount Beeston Hill Holbeck in 1901.
1920: Married Mary Ragan Married Holbeck 1920.
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Survived the War.
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HAINSWORTH Arthur
Private 2nd North Lancashire Regiment.
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1884: Born Pudsey Residence 22 Buckton Street Beeston Hill.
1906: Married Mary Ellen Taylor in Rochdale.
1911: Residence no 22 Buckton Street Holbeck Occupation Welder.
Survived the War.
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HAIST John
Sergeant 15/412 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Leeds Pals DOW 03/05/1917 Aged 27.
1890: Born Hunslet Son of James and Annie Plowman Married 14/02/1888 Hunslet Baptist Chapel.
1911: Residence No 59 Rydale Place Holbeck Occupation Locomotive Engineers Draughtsman.
1914: Enlisted Leeds Town Hall Trained Colsterdale
1915: Landed Egypt 22nd December.
1916: Fought on the first day of the Somme with the Leeds Pals 01st July.
Copyright Imperial War Museum.
Remembered on Arras Memorial Somme France.
HOWSON George
Private 1270 Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers 15076 DOW 01/10/1916 Aged 19.
1897: Born Leeds Son of John and Hannah Bucktrout.
1897: Baptised 27th January Christ Church Armley.
1911: Residence No 7 Nichols Place Off Sweet Street Holbeck Occupation Glass Hand.
1915: Landed Balkans 11th November.
CWGC: Parents Residence No 14 Hills Yard Meadow Lane Holbeck.
Laid to Rest Puchevillers British Cemetery France.
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McGREGOR Clarence Duncan
Private 1675 Royal Army Medical Corps Died June 1978 Wakefield.
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1897: Born 19th March.
1913: Enlisted Leeds 14th April Into Territorial Army Occupation Butcher Residence 1 Cranbrook Avenue Beeston Hill.
1915: Landed Le Harve 14th April.
1919: Discharged 27th April.
1922: Married Dorothy Irene Miller Married Hunslet.
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Survived the War
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PROCTOR Thomas Edward
Corporal 792 Royal Field Artillery.
1894: Born Holbeck Son of Fred and Emily Lawrence Married 1893 Holy Trinity Armley Hall.
1911: Residence No 20 Tilbury Terrace Elland Road Occupation Joiner.
1915: Landed 17th April France.
1916: Married Edith Welbourne St Matthew Holbeck.
1919: Transferred Labour Corps 444956 Discharged 07th March.
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PUCOCK H
Private Royal Army Medical Corps
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ROBINSON J C
Private Bn West Yorkshire Regiment
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WORLEY Thomas William
Private Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
1874: Born Leeds Son of Edward and Sarah Franklin.
1894: Married Sarah Ann Makin Married St Jude Potteryfield.
1930: Daughter Mary Married St Luke Beeston Hill.
Survived the War. Died Leeds 1953.
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DAVIS A F
Private West Yorkshire Regiment
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ROBINSON G
Private Scottish Borderers
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SMITH A
West Yorkshire Regiment
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