ARMLEY CHRIST CHURCH
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ARMATAGE Walter
Private 15/1647 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 24.
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1894: Born Leeds Son of John and Sarah Mann Married Howden 1882.
1894: Baptised 30th September St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Resident No 10 Station Road Armley Occupation Tenterer in a Woolen Factory. (Someone who, after cloth was dyed, stretched it on a frame, called a "Tent" for drying . This frame was fitted with hooks known as Tenterhooks)
1935: Sarah died of shock after being found burned burned after her nightdress caught fire. Resident No 10 Station Road Armley. YEP 18th October.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Arras Memorial France.
ASHBY Sidney
Ordinary Seaman J/19260 KIA H.M.S Formidable 01/01/1915 Aged 18.
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1896: Born Battersea London 01st May Son of George Edward and Lydia Agnes Kettle Married Battersea London Vol 1d Page 589.
1911: Residence No 23 Far Fold Armley Occupation Apprentice Engineer.
1914: Enlisted 01st May into Royal Navy posted to HMS Formidable 13th June.
1915: KIA on board HMS Formidable the first battleship to be sunk in WW1. Commanded by Captain Loxley was sunk by two torpedoes from German submarine U 24, about 20 miles off Start Point Portland at 2 am whilst on exercises.
The first torpedo hit the number one boiler port side, the second about 45 minutes later caused the ship to list heavily to starboard, sinking it in less than two hours. 547 men including Sidney lost their lives with 233 surviving.
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Stanningley Survivor Seaman William Henry Fletcher stated the following during an article about his escape from the Formidable.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley.
Remembered Chatham Memorial.
ASHFORTH Thomas James
Lance Corporal Rifleman 2041 1/8th West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/06/1915 Aged 43.
1872: Born St Andrews Holborn London.
1909: Married Florence Wilkin Married Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1911: Residence No 11 Park Avenue Moorfield Road Armley Occupation Motorman Leeds City Tramways.
1915: Landed France 16th April.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
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Laid to Rest Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery Fleurbaix France.
ASHTON
One of the Following Men
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Remembered on Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
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ASHTON Harry
Son of William and Ada. Husband of Amelia Emily Long Married Christchurch Armley 1913.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
ASHTON Harry
Son of James and Isabella CWGC No 15 Empress Terrace Whingate Armley.
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
ATKINSON A
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ATKINSON BROTHERS
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Sons of John and Mary Reacher Married 1880 Royston Parish Church. CWGC Mary Residence No 5 Maude Terrace Armley.
ATKINSON Frank
Private 19091 C Company Machine Gun Section 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment KIA 26/09/1916 Aged 19.
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1897: Born Holme on Spalding Moor.
1911: Residence Morr End Holme on Spalding Moor Occupation Farm Labourer.
1915: Enlisted 10th May at Beverley lying about his age giving it as 19.
1915: Landed France 08th August.
1917: 27th September one year after Franks death his Mum Mary wrote asking for further details as he was still reported as missing.
1917: Mary recieved officioal notification of Franks death on the 07th November.
1920: Memorial Scroll was sent to Franks mother Mary Residence No 11 Bosnia Place Whingate Road Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France. Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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ATKINSON Tom
Private 25535 2nd Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 15/04/1918 Aged 23.
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1895: Born Holme on Spalding Moor.
1895: Baptised 05th December Holme Upon Spalding Moor.
1911: Resident Forest Farm Holme on Spalding Moor Occupation Cowman on Farm.
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Remembered Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium.
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BATLEY George Clifford
Lance Corporal 15/1399 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 21.
1895: Born Liversedge Son of George and Eliza.
1911: No 38 Congress Street Whingate Road Armley Errand Boy.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
Remembered on Arras Memorial France.
BAXTER Ernest
Private 19991 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/07/1917 Aged 26.
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1891: Born Leeds Son of David and Elizabeth Bailey Married 1890 Wortley.
1911: No 1 Greenock Place Armley Ocupation Drawer and Twister Woollen Mill.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
BAXTER Fredrick
306362 Private 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died 31/07/1917 Aged 34.
1883: Born Peterborough
1905: Married Elizabeth Ann Armistead Christ Church Upper Armley.
1911: No 5 Paisley Place Armley Occupation Stoker Stationery Boiler.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest at Mont Huon Military Cemetery Le Treport France.
BEST Robert Henry
Private 26844 6th Bn Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/08/1917 Aged 33.
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1884: Born Armley Son of William and Susannah Parker Married 1871 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1884: Baptised 01st October Christ Church Upper Armley.
1911: Residence No 16 Harrow Street Armley Occupation Cloth Finisher.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.
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BLACKBURN Charles James Critchley
Captain D Company 5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 25/04/1918 Aged 31.
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1886: Born Bramley 09th November Son of William and Maria Holliday.
1887: Baptised 05th November St Peter Bramley.
1911: Residence No 25 The Towers Armley Occupation Wholesale Clothier.
1916: Landed France 26th September.
1918: KIA at Wytschaete Will and probate £2,225.00 to Mum Maria.
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
BROADBENT Leonard
Private 27202 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 17/08/1916 Aged .
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1892: Born Armley Son of Mathew and Caroline Sunderland Married Bramley 1878.
1898: Baptised 17th July Christ Church Upper Armley.
1911: Residence No 43 Whingate Grove Armley Occupation Degreaser.
1915: Married Edna Bailey 02nd October St Johjn the Evangalist Wortley.
1916: Reported missing 29th August YEP Residence Shown as No 36 Fox View Armley.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Somme Memorial France
BROOK Clifford
Sergeant 15/163 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 25.
1892: Born Whitkirk Son of William and Jane Ann Trenam.
1892: Baptised 06th November.
1911: Residence No 1 Carter Mount Whitkirk Occupation Clerk Engineers Office.
1914: Enlisted Leeds.
1915: Married Edith Jane Crosland 20th November St Marys Whitkirk.
1921: Effects from Will at Wakefield 16th June Cliffords Residence at time of death No 1 Carter Mount Whitkirk. Left to Edith Jane Trenam Wife of Sidney. £581.12 Shillings 4 pence.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
BROWN Clifford
Private 24080 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 27/05/1918 Aged 23.
1895: Born Leeds Son of Joseph and Sarah Quarmby Teal.
1911: Residence No 26 Lodge Avenue Armley Occupation Printers Compositor.
1918: Soldiers Effects to Father Joseph.
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Remembered Soissons War Memorial France. CLICK HERE Photo
BROWN Lawrence
Private 15/1444 C Company 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 23.
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1893: Born Armley Son of Jesse and Elizabeth Scarlett Married Christ Church Upper Armley December 1885.
1911: Residence No 40 Congress Street Whingate Armley Occupation Apprentice Cutter.
1925: Armley Wortley News obituary Parents Address 40 Congress Street Armley.
CWGC No 14 Barden Mount Armley. Enlisted Colsterdale Leeds Pals.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered on Thiepval Memorial France.
CATON - GUELDER
CATON Frederick
Second Lieutenant 215th Squadron Royal Air Force DOW 01/09/1918 Aged 19.​
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1898: Born Birmingham 22nd September Son of Charles Henry and Gertrude Alice Stephenson.
1911: Residence no 468 Skipton Road Keighley at School.
1918: Enlisted RAF 27th April residence Westbourne Moorfield Road Armley Occupation Engineer.
1918: Frederick was a passenger on a Raid to attack enemy lines at Boulay he was shot in the lung and passed away in a military Hospital at Rambervilliers.
CWGC: Parents Residence No 6 St Ives Mount Armley.
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CLICK HERE For further details of Frederick on Imperial War Museum Lives of the First World War.
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CLICK HERE Piece on Frederick in Yorkshire Post 2018.
Laid to Rest Charmes Military Cemetery Essegney France.
COCKCROFT Joseph Henry
Private 78529 12th Bn Durham Light Infantry KIA 15/06/1918 Aged 19.
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1898: Born Armley Son of William and Harriet Wooton Married All Souls Leeds 1887.
1911: Residence No 19 Aberdeen Avenue Armley at School.
1917: Enlisted Leeds 02nd March Residence No 17 Aberdeen Road Armley Occupation Clerk Aged 18 Years 5 Months. Described as being 5 Feet 2 1/2 Inches Tall.
1918: Personal effects including Photos, Wallet Note book and Religious Book sent to mother.
1919: Letter sent to parents explaining that Joseph hasd been exhumed from his resting place at Kabertaba British Cemetery and that "the removal was taken with great care and reverance and that the Army Chaplin had performed the ceremony at Josephs final resting place."
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Granezza British Cemetery Italy. CLICK HERE Photo
COLEMAN Fred
Private 28015 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 11/10/1916 Aged 25.
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1890: Born Wortley 14th August Son of Samuel George and Hannah Woodhouse Married 1888 St John The Evangelist Wortley.
1911: Residence No 10 Bosnia Street Armley Occupation Bricklayers labourer.
1914: Married Nellie Bannister Married 01st August Upper Armley Methodist Church Whingate Armley.
1915: Son Wilfred Born 1915.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Bertrancourt Military Cemetery Somme France. GOOGLE MAP
COULSON George
Lance Corporal 4/7886 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 14/09/1916 Aged
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1895: Born Armley Son of Harry and Lucy.
1911: Residence No 7 Mt Square Wortley.
1916: Death Reported in YEP 28th September.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
DEAN Harold
Private 53124 11th Bn Manchester Regiment DOW 28/09/1918 Aged 22.
1895: Born Yeadon Son of Arthur and Florrie Myers Married 1895 St John Yeadon.
1895: Baptised 20th October St Johns Yeadon.
1911: No 2 Conference Terrace Armley Occupation Warp Twister.
Enlisted Leeds Royal Army Medical Corps 794.
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Laid to Rest Bucquoy Road Cemetery Ficheux France. GOOGLE MAP
DIFFLEY George
Private 4399 2nd Bn Scots Guards KIA Polygon Wood 26/10/1914 Aged 31.
1883: Born Bilbrough Near Tadcaster Son of Thomas Born Ireland 1852 and Mary Ellen Galtress Born Stockton on Tees 1853 Married York 1873.
1909: Married Florence Gill 20th July Bramley.
1911: Residence No 11 Claremont Place Whingate Armley Occupation Domestic Coachman.
1914: Enlisted York 07th October Landed Zeebrugge Belgium. Moved to Ghent.
1914: The day before George was killed the Battalion was reduced due to casualties to one officer and 60 men.
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Belgium
Gotts Park War Memorial Armley & Bilbrough War Memorial near Tadcaster.
FIRMSTONE Frederick William
Private 59654 181st Squadron Machine Gun Corps KIA 23/03/1918 Aged 24.
1894: Born Armley Son of William Thomas and Martha Esther Musgrave Married 1872 St Peter Leeds.
1896: Baptised 03rd June christ Church Upper Armley.
1911: Residence No 2 Whingate Avenue Armley Occupation Textile Fitter.
1918: YEP 07th May Fredericks death reported.
Enlisted Leeds 5597 West Yorkshire Regiment
Laid to Rest Jerusalem War Cemetery Israel. Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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FREEMAN Thomas Flanders
Private 15587 C Company 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/08/1915 Aged 24.
1890: Born Armley Son of Edwin and Annie Eliza Heap Married 1874 St Neots.
1911: Residence No 24 Edinburgh Road Armley Occupation Woolen Merchants Clerk.
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Remembered Helles Memorial Gallipoli Turkey and Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
GLEDHILL Leonard Fitton
Private 37664 9th Bn South Lancashire Regiment DIED Bristol 16/08/1918 Aged 21.
1897: Born Armley Son of Francis and Catherine Portia
1898: Baptised 07th February Christ Church Upper Armley
1901: Brought up by Grandparents Residence No 14 Christ Church Parade Upper Armley
Laid to Rest in Family Grave Armley Cemetery Leeds CLICK HERE PHOTO
Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
GELDERD Harold
Private 41419 2/5th Bn King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment KIA 29/08/1918 Aged 18.
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1900: Born Son of James and Edith Linley.
1911: Residence No 12 Whingate Avenue Armley at School.
Laid to Rest H.A.C. Cemetery Ecoust-St.Mein France. Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
GIBSON George
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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GRAYSON George Henry
Private 39196 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 27/05/1916 Aged 36.
1880: Born Farnley. Son of George William and Ruth Bickerdike
1910: married Louie Hainsworth
1911: Residence No 42 Hill End Road Armley Occupation Tailors Cutter.
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Remembered Gotts Park War Memorial Armley.
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Remembered Soissons Memorial France.
GREAVES Allan
Private 77901 45th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps DOW 13/08/1917 Aged 20.
1898: Born Armley Son of Allan and Annie Hainsworth Married 1887 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building
1915: Enlisted Leeds 03rd November Residence No 6 Conference Road Occupation Clerk.
1916: Landed France 12th April from Southampton.
1917: Wounded in Action Gunshot wound to right knee 31st July Died 13 days later at 19:15 in No1 Australian Hospital Rouen.
Laid to Rest St. Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen France. Remembered Christ Church Memorial Armley
GUELDER (Gelder Charlie) Charles
Private 21651 7/8th Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers DOW 06/08/1917 Aged 21.
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1896: Born Son of Robert and Fanny Dobson Married 1884 St Peters Leeds Parish Church.
1911: Residence No 15 Thornton Grove Armley Occupation Brickyard Labourer.
1915: Landed France 31st December.
1917: CWGC Records Family Residence No 134 Town Street Armley.
Laid to Rest Brandhoek New Military Cemetery Ypres Belgium
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