ARMLEY GOTTS PARK
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WALTON - KISBY
WALTON - WHITTAKER
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WALTON James Ewart
Private 24886 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 16/08/1917 Aged 26.
1891: Born Birstall Son of Smith and Annie Gothard Married 1885 Birstall.
1892: Baptised 03rd April St Matthais Burley
1911: Residence No 10 Highthorne Street Armley Occupation Pattern Weaver Student.
1914-1916: Enlisted Leeds 28588 Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Occupation Pattern Weaver Student.
1916: Married Alice Lock Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building
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Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
WARD Edgar George
Royal Air Force 7375 No. 2 School, Navigation and Bomb Dropping DIED 22/04/1919 Aged 22.
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1895: Son of William Rhodes Ward and Ada Evelyn Lawton Married 1890 St Peters Leeds.
1911: Residence No 6 Cromer Terrace Avenue Armley Occupation Apprentice Engineer.
1915: Enlisted Royal Flying Corps 03rd August Aged 20 described as being 5 feet 8 1/4 inches tall.
1917: Embarked France 48 Squadron 04th March until 17th June when he was invalided home with Trench Fever..
1919: Killed in Air Accident see details below
Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery
WARD George Cecil
Second Lieutenant B Company 8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 23.
1893: Born Monmouthshire Son of William George and Ada Anne Harris Married High Wycombe 1875.
1911: Residence No 4 Roscoe Terrace Armley at School.
1915: Landed France 21st September.
1916: War Diary states the West Yorkshires were in Thiepval Wood on the 01st July and 2 officers were killed.
CWGC: Parents Residence Frogmore Town Street Upper Armley.
Inscription
NOBLY FOUGHT LOVE ETERNAL AND TRIUMPHANT
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Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley.
Laid to Rest Connaught Cemetery Thiepval Somme France.
WATERHOUSE Edgar
Private 36847 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 25/09/1917 Aged 19.
1897: Born Keighley 21st December Son of Christopher and Clara Heaton Married 1895 Keighley.
1898: Baptised 25th April Temple Street Weslyan methodist Church Keighley.
1911: Residence No 57 Salisbury Road Armley Occupation Boot Dealers Assistant.
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
WATKINS Fred
Gunner 127871 Z41st Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery 22/07/1917 Aged 22.
1895: Born New Wortley 22 April Son of Arthur James and Elizabeth Annie Taylor Married 1889 Pancras London.
1895: Baptised 22nd May St mary of Bethany New Wortley.
1911: Residence No 5 Pasture Mount Armley Occupation Printers Apprentice
Laid alongside his PAL Driver F Thompson 70210.
Laid to Rest Mendinghem Military Cemetery Belgium.
WATKINSON BROTHERS
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Son of Alfred Newton Died Armley Aged 38 1909 and Sarah Eliza Slingsby Married 1884 St Peter Leeds.
WATKINSON John
Private 31806 16th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1917 Aged 19.
1897: Born 18th January Armley
1897: Baptised 23rd February.
1911: Residence No 40 Cedar Avenue Armley Occupation Cloth Finisher.
Remembered Arras Memorial France.
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WATKINSON Robert
Private 7911 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 22/09/1914 Aged 29.
1885: Born Armley
1911: Residence India with the West Yorkshire Regiment.
1912:-1914: Bus Conductor Leeds City Tramways.
1914: Reported 03rd November Robert had been killed Residence No 40 Cedar Mount Armley.
Remembered La Ferte-Sou-Jouarre Memorial France.
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WATSON James
Corporal 15309 9th Bn Yorkshire Regiment KIA 10/07/1916 Aged 36.
1880: Born Leeds Son of John
1907: Married 19th January Sarah Ann Thompson St Peters Leeds.
1914: Enlisted Leeds Residence Armley.
1915: Landed France 27th August.
1916: James was buried near where he fell Map Referance 57d.x.16.c.s.6. being identified by his disc and a letter which had the address No 26 Brown Street.
1919: Wife Sarah A mentioned on soldiers effects registry.
Laid to Rest Serre Road Cemetery No 2 Somme France.
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Three on Record I think it is highly likely that it is Wilson Watson who's address was in Stanningley.
The other two have connections to Hunslet.
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WEBB W
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Can You Help not Certain.
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WEBSTER A
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WEBSTER BROTHERS
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Son of Richard and Mary Ann Willis Married 1891 Aysgarth.
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WEBSTER Michael Harold
Lieutenant 13th Bn Attached 16th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 22.
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1894: Born Keighley
Enlisted Highland Light Infantry 22878.
1915: Landed France 23rd August Father at No 3 The Hollies Tong Road Armley.
1917: Left his father £85.00 in his will.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France. CLICK HERE
WEBSTER Mathew Willis
Bombardier 795547 62nd Division Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery KIA 15/03/1918 Aged 21.
Born Armley.
CWGC 3 The Hollies Wesley Road Armley.
Laid to Rest Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension France.
WELLDON Herbert Arthur
Private 27053 West Yorkshire Regiment Attached 18th Company Labour Corps KIA 10/04/1918 Aged 22.
1896: Born New Wortley Son of William and Elizabeth Hall Married 1872 Lincolnshire.
1911: Residence No 26 Florence Road Armley Occupation Printer.
Laid to Rest Bucquoy Road Cemetery Ficheux France.
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WEST Norman Frederick
Lance Corporal C Company 15/965 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 22.
1894: Born Armley Son of George Enos and Jane Marsden Married 1888 Leeds Registered Building.
CWGC: Residence Fairmount Upper Armley.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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WETHERILL James William
Rifleman 305815 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 20.
1897: Born Leeds Son of James William and Emma Mortimer Married 1886 St. John the Evangelist New Wortley.
1911: Residence No 41 Leamington Terrace Tong Rd Armley Occupation Railway Guard.
1915: Landed France 16th April.
1917: KIA Battle of Poelcapple.
1923: Remembered family grave Armley Cemetery CLICK HERE
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
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WHITAKER BROTHERS
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Sons of John William and Mary
Both Harry and John William Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
WHITAKER Harry
Driver 781146 D Battery 246th Brigade Royal Field Artillery 13/10/1918 Aged 23.
1895: Born Woodhouse Leeds 09th April.
1895: Baptised All Souls Leeds 09th May Residence No 3 Craven Street Woodhouse.
CWGC: Father Residence No 19 Dewhirst Street Tong Road Armley.
Laid to Rest Naves Communal Cemetery Extension France.
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WHITAKER John William
Private 19943 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 01/07/1916 Aged 19.
Laid to Rest Fricourt New Military Cemetery Somme France.
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WHITE Arthur
Private 306398 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 02/05/1917 Aged 19.
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1898: Born Leeds son of Lancelot and Margaret Ann Robinson
1911: Residence No 1 Empress Place Wortley at School.
Inscription
LOVED,HONOURED,REMEMBERED
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Laid to Rest Lavantie Military Cemetery La Gorgue Franc
WHITE H
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WHITE W
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WHITELEY BROTHERS
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Sons of John and Mary Lucy Walker Married Leeds Registered Building. 1920: Mary remmaried to Albert Hollings at St Bartholomew Armley.
WHITELEY Ernest
Gunner 888 4th West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery KIA 01/10/1916 Aged 21.
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1895: Born Hunslet
1912: Enlisted Leeds Territorials 06TH March Occupation Electrician in Post Office. Described as being 5 feet 7 inches tall.
1914: Called up as reserve two days after outbreak of war 05th August.
1920: Mum Mary Lucy Remarried to Albert Hollings 1920 St Bartholomew Armley.
CWGC: Mothers Residence No 54 Fitzarthur Street Armley.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley and Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
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Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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WHITELEY John Walker
Air Mechanic First Class 6237 Royal Flying Corps KIA 25/03/1918 Aged 19.
1898: Born Leeds 08th June.
1898: Baptised St Peters Church Leeds Parish Church 14th August.
1917: Married
CWGC: Mothers Residence 54 Fitzarthur Street Armley.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley and Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
Remembered Arras Flying Services Memorial France.
WHITELOCK John Alfred
Gunner 785254 A Battery 26th Brigade Royal Field Artillery DIED 26/11/1918 Aged 22.
1896: Born New Wortley Son of Alfred and Annie Elizabeth Bastow Married 1878 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
1901: Baptised 28th august St Mary Bethany New Wortley.
1911: Residence No 37 Tong Road Armley Occupation Errand Boy.
1915: Landed France 10th July.
1918: Died at the 20th General Hospital Camiers France.
Laid to Rest Etaples Military Cemetery France.
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WHITLEY Benjamin
Private 3rd Bn 32702 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry DIED 06/08/1917 Aged 42.
1865: Born Leeds.
1890s: Served in South Africa Campaign.
1908: Married Ada Brook 25th December St Peters Leeds.
1909: Discharged from Army 1909. Served inPunjab India.
1911: Residence No 131 Town Street Armley Occupation Tailor a knife cutter.
1914: Discharged 1914 Residence No 131 Town Street Armley.
Laid to Rest Harehills Cemetery Leeds.
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WHITTAKER Harold
Lance Corporal 9818 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 14/10/1916 Aged 21.
1895: Born Armley Son of William and Ann E Lister Married 1893 St Andrew Leeds.
1895: Baptised 09th January St Mathias Burley.
1916: Married Lucy Paget 19th January St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 14 Winker Green Armley Occupation Carrier in a Brick Yard.
1916: Passed away wounds at 34th 1st West Lancashire Casualty Clearing Station this was a tented hospital behind the lines that was mobile and moved around during the wafr.
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Laid to Rest Grove Town Cemetery Meaulte France.
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Acknowledgment Graham Pickles Leeds
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Laid to Rest Grove Town Cemetery Meaulte France.
WHITWORTH - KISBY
WHITWORTH Fred
Able Seaman Tyneside 2/7681 Drake Bn KIA 01/11/1917 Aged 25.
1892: Born 06th November Armley Son of William and Martha Whitehead Married 1883 Dewsbury.
1911: Residence No 33 Conference Place Armley Occupation Apprentice Electrical Engineer.
1915: Enlisted 08th October.
1916: Drafted to Drake Bn 21st November.
1916: Suffered from trench foot 12th December.
1917: Married Annie Elizabeth Merritt St Peter Bramley 01st July.
CWGC: Residence No 29 Harrow Street Armley.
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Naval Record States the following:
The report of this man's death was notified very late 27/11/1917. He is the only RND Rating buried in the Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery Extension Boesinghe.
This being his original burial site as reported in January 1918. There are no casualties noted in the Drake Bn War Diary 31/10/1917-2/11/1917. It seems most likely that he was wounded/killed with the two stretcher parties supplied for 190th Brigade Operations 29-30/10/1917 & his death was overlooked till much later in November 1917.
Brother William Private 40292 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 25/09/1917 Aged 29
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Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
Laid to Rest Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery Extension Boesinghe Belgium.
WILKINSON George Harry
Private 53586 13th Bn 1st Barnsley York and Lancaster Regiment KIA 30/09/1918 Aged 20.
1897: Born Armley Son of Joseph and Jane
1917: Enlisted Leeds 11th April 44929 Yorkshire Light Infantry Residence No 7 Whingate Grove Armley.
1918: Landed Boulogne France 14th June sailed from Margate.
1918: Gassed 03rd September Contaminated water from a shell hole was used with Porridge and George along with many other men was severely gassed. Reported that a Private S R Lowther 241886 was court marshalled for this act !.
1919: George was Laid to Rest when he passed away and his body moved 11th December to Strand military Cemetery.
Laid to Rest Strand Military Cemetery Belgium.
WILKINSON Harold
Private 50849 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment 24/08/1918 Aged 22.
1896: Born Leeds Son of Frederick and Annie.
1911: Residence No 2 Barmouth View Hunslet.
Enlisted Leeds 31883 West Yorkshire Regiment.
1920: Pension and personal effects sent to mother Annie. Residence at Enlistment Hunslet.
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Remembered Vis-En-Artois Memorial France.
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WILKINSON Joseph Henry
Corporal 15/983 A Company 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED at Home 06/01/1919 Aged 31.
1888: Born Headingley Son of Joseph and Mary Hanson Married 1883 St Peter Leeds.
1911: Residence No 40 Mitford Hall Armley.
1914: Enlisted Leeds Corporal 13th September Occupation Accountant Residence No 93 Gledhow Street Armley.
1915: Married Selena Whitaker Wilson she Died 1970 at St Bartholomew Armley.
1917: Discharged 22nd March Gun Shot Wound to Head.
1919: Passing of Mother Mary 14th February Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery.
Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery.
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WILLS Arthur Baxter
Private 46650 11th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers KIA 23/12/1917 Aged 37.
1880: Born Birmingham Son of William and Sarah.
1910: Married Ada Webster West Bromwich.
1911: Residence No 40 Arley Terrace Armley Occupation Special Order Clerk.
Laid to Rest Giavera British Cemetery Arcade Italy.
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WILSON BROTHERS (ALEXANDER AND CLARENCE)
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Son of David and Frances Harris Married 1880 Bramley and Holbeck District Registered Building.
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WILSON Alexander Greig
Private 7488 2nd Bn Yorkshire Regiment DIED Prisoner of War 26/11/1914 Aged 34.
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1881: Born Leeds.
1883: Baptised 02nd August St Mathew Leeds.
1911: Had already enlisted into the Army stationed Strensall Camp York
1913: Married Maud Watmough St Peter Leeds 09th March.
1914: Landed France 05th October.
1914: Reported by the United States Embassy that Alexander was a prisoner of war.
1918: Maud Remarried in Huddersfield to John W Rafton.
CWGC: Residence No 51 Holdforth Street New Wortley.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley.
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Laid to Rest Hamburg Cemetery.
WILSON Clarence Greig
Rifleman 2742 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 10/12/1915 Aged 21.
1893: Born Armley 18th May.
1894: Baptised 12th August St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 127 Gelderd Road New Wortley Occupation Invoice Clerk.
1915: Landed France 15th April.
Remembered St Bartholomew War Memorial Book Armley.
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Inscription
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FOR OTHERS IN THE HOUR OF TRIAL HE FAILED NOT GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Laid to Rest Essex Farm Cemetery Belgium.
WILSON Benjamin James
Leading Stoker K/20850 Royal Navy HMS Hampshire KIA 05/06/1916 Aged 28.
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1888: Born 08th August Leeds Son of George.
1909: Married Minnie Verity 07th December St Peter Leeds.
1913: enlisted 23rd October Described as being 5 ft 5 inches tall Brown Hair Brown Eyes, scar on left eyebrow mole on right breast tattoo on right forearm of horseshoe and girls head. Tattoo on Left forearm clasped hands heart and nude girl.
CWGC: Son-in-law of William Verity Residence No 10 Bosnia Terrace Whingate Armley.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
Remembered Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
WILSON John Christopher
Private 33937 1/6th Bn West Riding Regiment KIA 01/11/1918 Aged 19.
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1899: Born Marske Swale North Yorkshire Son of Nathan Hird and Alice Mary Hall Married 1894 Marske Swale
1911: Residence Lee Farm Wilsden Bradford at School.
1917: Enlisted Leeds 29th January West Yorkshire Regiment Residecne No 30 Whingate Armley Occupation Warehouseman called up for servcie 03rd October.
1918: Left Folkestone for Etaples France 21st May.
1918: Transferred 24th May to West Riding Regiment.
1918: Service Record States KIA or DOW Shortly after 18:30.
1919: Personal effects sent back to family including damaged wallet metal watch photos war roll card metal chain and key.
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Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Armley
Laid to Rest Preseau Communal Cemetery Extension France. CLICK HERE
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WILSON John William
Lance Corporal 2491 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 12/08/1915 Aged 35.
1880: Born Wortley 16th June Son of William and Mary Jane Kirkby.
1906: Married Sarah Elizabeth Wade 22nd February Parish Church Upper Armley.
1911: Residence No 31 Harrow Street Wortley Occupation Packer in Gas Store Manufacturers.
1914: Enlisted Leeds 12th September
De Ruvigneys Roll of honour paragraph.
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Laid to Rest Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Belgium.
WILSON William Naylor
Private 202693 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/10/1917 Aged 19.
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1898: Born Armley 11th January Son of John and Louie
1898: Baptised 03rd April Armley Holy Trinity Church
1911: Residence No 82 Bruce Street New Wortley at School.
Enlisted Leeds Resident Armley at Enlistment.
Remembered Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium.
WOOD Joseph
Private 47169 Transferred to Labour Corps DIED at Home 15/01/1921 Aged 30.
1891: Born Leeds Son of
Enlisted Leeds 1/6th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Mary CWGC 16 New Inn Street Long Road Wortley.
1919: Discharged from Army 10th November
Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery
WOOD Alexander Leslie
Corporal 301461 50th Signal Company Royal Engineers KIA 27/03/1918 Aged 21.
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1897: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 576 Son of Harcourt and Mabel Ewing.
1911: Residence Stonebridge Cottage Pipe and Nook Lane Wortley Occupation Mechanical Student.
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Laid to Rest Heath Cemetery Harbonnieres France.
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WOODS Fred
Private 28317 7th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment KIA 09/02/1917 Aged 19.
1896: Born 22nd March Armley Son of James William and Lavinia Mattison Married 1891 St Mary the Virgin Hunslet.
1896: Baptised 13th May St Bartholomew Armley.
1911: Residence No 51 Fearnley Street Tong Road Armley Occupation Apprentice Joiner.
1915: Enlisted 19th November 1915 in Skipton.
1916: Landed France 04th November.
Remembered Thiepval Memorial Somme France.
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WOOF John Harry
Lance Corporal 306621 1/8th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 26/03/1918 Aged 23.
1895: Born Selby Son of Harry and Sarah Ann Triffit Married 1892 Selby.
1895: Baptised 01st December in Selby.
1911: Residence No 11 Oban Terrace Armley Occupation Grocers Boy.
Remembered Christ Church War Memorial Window Armley.
Laid to Rest Gommercourt British Cemetery No 2 Hebuterne France.
WORSNOP Edgar
Lieutenant 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment KIA 07/08/1915 Aged 26.
1889: Born 03rd February Armley Son of James and Elizabeth Ringrose.
1889: Baptised 31st March St Bartholomew Armley.
1915: Married Louise Powis 12th April St Bartholomew Armley Louise passed away Southport 1966.
1915: Landed Gallipoli 10th July.
1915: Medal Card shows DOW 07th August then an entry KIA 30th June 1916:
1915: Will probate left £230.00 to Louise.
Remembered Helles Memorial Gallipoli Turkey.
WORSNOP William Walter
Private 50982 1st Bn Durham Light Infantry Died 05:50 18/05/1917 Cannock Chase Military Hospital Aged 30.
1886: Born Armley 20th December Son of Thomas and Ellen Slater Married 1883 St Peter Leeds.
1892: Baptised 03rd September St stephens Kirkstall.
1911: Reidence No 6 Cottingham St Armley Occupation Horse Driver fpor Leeds Coprporation.
Enlisted Leeds 27089 West Yorkshire Regiment Residence No 6 Cottingham Street Armley.
1917: Leeds Mercury 29th May reported William had died in hospital Residence Cottingham Street Armley Road Armley.
Laid to Rest Armley Cemetery
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Second World War
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MARSHALL Douglas
Bombardier 907557 185th Field Regiment Royal Artillery KIA 28/06/1944 Aged 24.
CWGC Son of James Field and Ethel of Armley.
1944: Yorkshire Post 15th August reported Douglas death Residence No 24 Christ Church View Armley.
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Inscription
NOT GONE FROM MEMORY NOR FROM LOVE BUT JUST TO REST IN HEAVEN ABOVE
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Laid to Rest Ranville War cemetery France.
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KISBY Kenneth
Private 4746296 York and Lancaster Regiment DIED 21/03/19141 Aged 20.
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CWGC Son of Henry Herbert Robinson and Annie Elizabeth of Armley
1941: Attached 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment killed whilst fighting the Italians and Laid to Rest Fort Dologorodoc Cheren.
1942: Kenneth was re buried 07th October where he lies at peace today.
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Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR SON AND BROTHER
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Laid to Rest Keren War Cemetery Eritrea Africa. CLICK HERE