Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse
Special Memorial Lawnswood Cemetery
Panels No 1 and No 2
ANDERSON - CLARK
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ANDERSON Peter
Lance Corporal 38964 Royal Engineers attached 1 Company Depot West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 26/02/1919 Aged 23.
1895: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 580. Son of Thomas Wade and Mary Elizabeth Whitaker, Married Leeds 1880.
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1911: Resident No 311 Roundhay Road Occupation Assistant in Woolen Warehouse.
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1918: May 22nd death of father Thomas W. Laid to Rest Family Grave No 13505.
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1919: February 26th Peter Died of Wounds at York Military Hospital. February 29th, Laid to Rest 12.00 hrsFamily Grave No 13505.
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1924: Probate of Will at Wakefield shows he left his mother £831.14 shillings and his address was 6 Davies Avenue Roundhay.
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1945: February 2nd Death of Mother Mary E. Laid to Rest Family Grave No 13505
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Yorkshire Evening Post 28/02/1919
Laid To Rest Grave/ Plot No 13505 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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BAILEY Herbert
Private 475008 8th Bn Canadian Infantry Manitoba Regiment DIED GSW Head 10/11/1918 Aged 38.
1880: Born Leeds May 13th, Baptised Emmanuel Church Woodhouse Lane November 7th. Son of Alfred Born Leeds 1856 and Lydia Dinsdale Brook Born Leeds 1861 Married 1879 St George Leeds.
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1911: Residence 28 Wolseley Terr Cambridge Road Woodhouse, Occupation Mechanic at a Gas works.
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1915: July 21st Enlisted at Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, Occupation Wire Worker. Attestation papers describe Herbert as being 5ft 3 inches tall, having a Fair Complexion, Blue eyes and Brown hair. 28th November Married Edith Alden at United Methodist Church Roundhay Road.
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1918: Brother Ernest Driver Royal Field Artillery Killed in Action May 27th. Laid to Rest Bucquoy Road Cemetery Ficheux Somme France.
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1918: Reported wounded Gun Shot Wound to Right Ear September 29th.
1918: Admitted to hospital October 1st.
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1918: Operated November 9th at 17.15 pm. Passed away at 11.30 am November 10th at Manor County of London War Hospital Epsom Surrey. Wife Edith was residing 6 Banstead Grove Roundhay Road Harehills, his mother Lydia shown as 6 Midgley View Woodhouse.
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1918: November 18 Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 1173.
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1936: June 15th Herberts Mother Lydia died. Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave No 1100.
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Yorkshire Evening Post 10th November 1919
Laid to Rest Grave/Plot No 1173 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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BALDWIN Joseph Walter
Corporal 18772 3rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED Pneumonia 05/01/1919 Aged 38.
1880: Born Leeds November 17th.
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1892: Baptised January 15th at Leeds St Peters (Parish Church)
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Son of Wilfred and Annie Elizabeth Brown.
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1906: Married Annie Hare August 26th at St Jude Hunslet.
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1919: Residence shown as 25 Kendal Terrace Joseph passed away in Tynemouth Military Hospital Whitley Bay of the Spanish Flu Pneumonia leaving two sons.
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1919: Laid to Rest 08th January at 15.00 hrs with full military honours.
Yorkshire Evening Post 07th January 1919
Laid to Rest Grave/Plot No 1331 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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BARRACLOUGH Harry
Private 80333 Machine Gun Corps (Motor Branch) DIED 15/11/1918 Aged 24.
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1894: Born Brighouse 22nd August Son of John and Florence Nichols.
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1899: Baptised 25th June All Souls Church Blackman Lane.
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1900: Father John passed away 25th July Laid to Rest Woodhouse Cemetery Grave/Plot no 4324.
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1911: Residence No 9 Northbrook Street Chapel Allerton, Occupation Apprentice Joiner.
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1914-1917: Those Who Died record shows Enlisted Leeds into the West Yorkshire Regiment Service No 23855. Medal Index shows Enlisted into Welsh Fusiliers Service No 45539.
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1917: Mum Florence passed away 16th December Laid to Rest alongside her husband at Woodhouse Cemetery Grave/Plot No 4324.
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1918: Passed away whilst convalescing from wounds and Pneumonia at Cork Military Hospital Ireland.
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1918: Laid to Rest 23rd November.
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Laid to Rest Grave 11012 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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BECKWITH Thomas
Rifleman 1430 D Company 1/7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 12/08/1914 Aged 37.
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1891: Born Leeds Baptised St John Moor Allerton 22nd February. Son of John Died 13/01/1919 Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 12949 and Alice Tipling.
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1900: Married Edith Mary Fawcett 04th June at St Johns the Baptist and St Barnabas Holbeck.
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1914: Enlisted 09th August in Leeds Residence 14 Kelsall Terrace Burley Lodge Road Occupation Boot Rivetter.
1914: Thrown off his horse 12th August in Briggate whilst the Leeds Rifles were on their way to board a train at Marsh Lane Station to go to Selby. Thomas passed away at Leeds general Infirmary from a suspected fractured skull, leaving four children Edith never married again. Thomas death was reported around the country including the Birmingham Daily Post.
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1914: Laid to Rest 14th August at 15.15 hrs.
Inscription on Grave
"Ever in our Thoughts from his Loving wife and family"
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Laid to Rest Grave No 11012 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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BELL Harold
Private 267410 1/6th Bn West Riding Regiment DOW 10/07/1920 Aged 22.
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1897: Born Otley 08th September Baptised 03rd December at All Saints Otley. Son of George Haddington and Hannah Balmforth.
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1915: Enlisted Otley 15th January was Resident at No 4 North View Burley in Wharfedale.
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1920: Passed away at Killingbeck Hospital his passing being described as Gas Poisoning.
Laid to Rest Grave No 1278 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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BELL George Henry Burnett
Private 242693 4th Reserve Bn Northumberland Fusiliers DIED Hull Royal Infirmary 17/12/1917 Aged 40.
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1877: Born Torquay. Son of Thomas and Eliza.
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1903: Husband of Elizabeth Ellen Tucker Married 1903 in district of St Thomas in Devon. The couple had carried out their marriage Bans at All Souls Church Blackman Lane.
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1911: Residence No 22 Leicester Grove Blackman Lane Occupation Hotel Waiter.
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1918: Wakefield 22nd May Probate Will, George left effects of £268, 9 Shillings and 9 Pence to his wife Elizabeth.
Laid to Rest Grave/Plot No 3701 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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BIRCH Ernest
Private 26395 3rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 19/05/1916 Aged 26.
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1890:Baptised 20th April at St Thomas Leeds. Son of Harry a Bailiff and Henrietta Seaton Married 24/12/1883 St Peters Leeds Parish Church.
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1911: Residence No 7 Hartley Street, North Street Occupation Tailor Presser.
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1913: Married Mary Ann Naylor St John The Evangalist.
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1916: Passed away from Pneumonia Whitley Bay Hospital.
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1916: Laid to Rest 23rd May at 15.00 hrs.
Laid to Rest Grave/Plot No 10980 Leeds General Cemetery.
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BOULTON Ernest
Private 42151 Depot Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry DOW 28/10/1918 Aged 35.
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1883: Baptised 20th May at St Georges alongside his elder sister Alice Mary. Son of Robert a Railway Employee and Alice Elizabeth Bunney Married 1877 St Georges.
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1908: Birth of Step Daughter Alice Sullivan.
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1911: Residence No 10 Caroline Street Occupation a Railway Porter.
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1912: Married Jane Sullivan (nee Marwood) Leeds Registry Office.
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1912: Birth of Daughter lillian.
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1914: Death of Father Robert 01st June.
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1915: Death of Daughter Ethel aged 7 Months Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grav/Plot No 1054.
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1916: Birth of Son Ernest.
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1914-1918: Enlisted Leeds into Northumberland Fusiliers Service Number 32/849.
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1918: Passed away from influenza and Pneumonia contracted whilst on active service at Pontefract Military Hospital leaving four children. Lilian, Ethel, Ernest and May.
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1918: Pension records state Residance 21 Fountain Street.
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1919: Birth of Daughter May, 29th May.
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1921: Ernest Mum remarried 14th May to Bernard Macken Leeds Registry Office.
Yorkshire Evening Post 28th October 1919.
Laid to Rest Grave/Plot No 1349 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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BRIGGS Herbert
Corporal WR/320643 Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport DIED 29/10/1918 Aged 28.
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1890: Born Leeds Son of Benjamin and Annie.
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1911: Residence No 7 Westfield Terrace Burley Occupation Blacksmith Striker.
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1912: Married Lily Clifford Married 12th December at Leeds Registry office.
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1915: December Enlisted in Leeds, residence No 9 Pollard Street New Wortley Occupation Blacksmith. Described as being 5ft 8 inchest tall with a chest size of 38.
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1918: 06th November Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery.
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Herbert never saw service abroad and whilst stationed in Ramsgate was taken ill on the 27/10/1918 and admitted to a temporary hospital in the town. His condition got worse and he was sent by ambulance to a facility in Sandwich. On admission Herbert is reported to have been " Deeply cyanosed, restless, delirious, with a pulse of 120.
In spite of all stimulating treatment strychnine, brandy, hot bottles, oxygen" Herbert never rallied and passed away at 17.05 on the 29/10/1918, of Influenza (Spanish Flu) and Broncho Pneumonia.
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Lily can be seen in his service records requesting Herberts personal effects and many months after he died she received a 9ct gold ring, a watch, a purse and metal belt buckle.
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Laid to Rest Grave/Plot No 510 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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BRINING Edwin
Private 60299 169th Protection Unit Royal Defence Corps DIED 22/11/1918 Aged 21.
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1896: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 405. Son of Thomas and Alice Armitage Married 1875.
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1910: Death of father Thomas 16th February, laid to rest 19th February Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No10635.
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1911: Residence No 8 Bagby Road, at School.
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1918: Married (Cissy) Eliza Ann Marsden 06th February at St Georges Leeds.
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1918: Died St Peters Hall Durham.
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Yorkshire Evening Post 21st November 1918.
Laid to Rest in a Mass Grave No 5410 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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BUSFIELD Herbert
Private 3216 151st Protection Company Royal Defence Corps DIED 28/07/1918 Aged 43.
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1873: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 524. Son of James and Annie Sadler.
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1874: Baptised 01st January St Michaels Buslingthorpe.
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1893: Found Guilty at Leeds Assizes on the 18th October alongside Harry Stoner of stealing from a Charles Herbert Powell a gold watch, a gold chain, a purse containing 7 shillings and a pendant all a total value of £6.00. Sentenced to three months hard labour.
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1903: Married Clara Elizabeth Card 28th February St Cuthberts York.
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1915: Residence 8 Harold Avenue Burley, Occupation Warehouseman.
Enlisted and served in the Kings Own Scottish borderers Service Number 4814. Died Leeds Royal Infirmary as a result of an Accident reported that he was run over at the Leeds steelworks.
Laid to Rest Grave/Plot No 12172 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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BUTTERWOOD Arthur
Corporal 16717 6th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment DOW 20/11/1916 Aged 21.
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1895: Born 09th November South Elmsall, Son of George and Elizabeth Cook.
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1896: Baptised South Kirkby All Saints 02nd December.
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1915: Enlisted Harrogate 22nd March Occupation Miner. Landed Egypt 15th October.
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1916: Landed France 26th June. Passed away multiple gun shot wounds at the 3rd London General Military Hospital Wandsworth.
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1920: His mother Elizabeth was living Fartham Street Kirkstall Road.
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Laid to Rest Grave/Plot No 1871 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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CLARK Frank
Private 4830 Guardsman 3rd Bn Scots Guards DOW 31/05/1915 Aged 29.
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1885: Born 27th October Leeds. Son of Edward and Emma Haigh Married 06/10/1883 Leeds Registry Building.
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1886: Baptised 04th July St John The Baptist New Wortley.
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1911: Residence 21 Brunel Street Armley Road. Occupation Westend Tailors Porter.
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1915: Died of Wounds Endell Street Hospital London.
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Laid to Rest Grave/Plot No 10966 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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CLARK George
Sapper WR/256264 Royal Engineers DIED Consumption 22/07/1920 Aged 29.
1890: Born Goole 13th November. Son of Titus and Mary Ann Walker they Married 25/12/1887 St John Leeds.
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1899: Titus George Father passed away.
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1904: Mary Mum remarried to George Hampton Brabiner.
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1911: Resided LincolnField Row Newtown Leeds Occupation Bottle Washer.
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1917: Married Nellie Rotherforth All Souls Blackman Lane.
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1920: CWGC states Nellie was residing No 6 Claro Road Servia Road Woodhouse.
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1920: George Died at Home No 6 Claro Road and was Laid to Rest 27th July.
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Laid to Rest Grave/Plot No 9236 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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CLARK - GREENWOOD
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CLARK Osmond
Private 33342 3rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED Double Pneumonia Whitley Bay 01/07/1916 Aged 30.
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1885: Born Leeds 1885 Vol 9b Page 508. Son of Arthur a hatters shop assistant and Elizabeth, both born in Derby.
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1906: Married to Eliza Mary Peniston at St Michaels Buslingthorpe.
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1909: Birth of Son Osmond 03rd April.
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1911: Residence No 25 Servia Street Occupation Post Man.
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1912: Death of Wife Eliza Mary Vol 9b Page 378.
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1915: Married Edith Lee Hall Leeds Registry Building.
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1916: Birth of Daughter Rose 01st February.
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1916: Laid to Rest 05th July, CWGC No 15 Lofthouse Place Blackman Lane.
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Laid to Rest Grave/Plot No 10976 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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CUSWORTH George
Company Serjeant Major 26807 (265073) 1/7th Bn (Leeds Rifles) West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 02/06/1919 Aged 25.
AWARDS:
Croix De Guerre Belgium.
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1894: Born 30th April 48 Willow Place. Son of Charles and Rebecca Brown.
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1895: Baptised 06th March St Matthias Church Burley.
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1911: No 18, Hartwell Place Kirkstall Occupation Mechanical Labourer.
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1914: Enlisted August in Leeds, Trained Selby and Gainsborough.
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1915: Landed Bolougne France 15th April.
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1917: Awarded Croix De Guerre alongside those in the 1/7th Bn WYR for action in November of that year.
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1918: 16th April George was captured by the Germans in Belgium and was held as a prisoner at Dulman Prisoner of War Camp Haltern-Sythen Germany.
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1918: Distinguished Conduct Medal 17th April. "For Conspicuous courage and ability throughout the campaign. He has shown admirable coolness and pluck in times of stress. He took charge when his officer was wounded and organised his line whilst wounded himself. He subsequently did valuable work as Regimental Sergeant Major".
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1919: Died from disease and amputation. Pension left to his mother Rebecca 12 Elden Street off Wordworth Street Kirkstall Road.
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1920: George in his will left £118.00 to his mother who had remarried surname White.
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Laid to Rest alongside Private J Hill in Grave No 319 07/06/1919 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
Remembered St Peters Church (Leeds Parish Church)
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DE BUSSEY William
Gunner 127205 Royal Field Artillery DIED Spanish Flu Roundhay Road War Hospital 08/11/1918 Aged 35.
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1882: Born Stowe Massachusetts U.S.A. Son of James and Elizabeth Gregory Married Leeds Registry Office 1882.
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1910: 14th May Married Edith Houlgate at St Georges Leeds.
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1911: Residence No 16 Nineveh Crescent Holbeck Occupation Warehouseman.
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1913: Birth of Son William 15th August.
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1915: November Volunteered in Leeds deemed unfit for war duties and worked as a shoeing smith at various camps across England.
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1916: Death of brother Walter a Second Lieutenant in the RAF died as a prisoner of war. Originally Laid to Rest at Deerlyck German Cemetery his Grave being lost. Now Remembered at Daizeele British Cemetery Belgium. Walter is Remembered on the Armley Gotts Park War Memorial.
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1918: 12th November Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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1919: Pension 16th May records state Edith resident 23 Normanton Grove Beeston Hill.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 7369.
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DENT William
Private 15/1593 15th Bn Leeds Pals West Yorkshire Regiment DOW 09/07/1916 Aged 21.
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1895: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 516. Son of Henry a publican and Mary Lindley Married St Johns 1881.
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1911: Residence 20 Cobden Place Occupation Pork Butcher.
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1914: Enlisted September 1914 Leeds Town Hall trained at Colsterdale.
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1915: Landed Egypt in December.
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1916: Wounded 1st July attacking village of Sierre the first day of the Somme.
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1916: 09th July Was being transported to Glasgow on a Hospital train when reported he collapsed near Carlisle and passed away.
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1917: Pension 01st March to Mum Mary Resident 20 Cobden Place Claypit Lane.
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Laid to Rest in the family Grave No 5913 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
Remembered St Johns War Memorial Leeds city Centre.
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DOBSON Albert
Rifleman 266050 1/7th Bn (LeedsRifles) West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 26/12/1918 Aged 34.
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1884: Born Leeds Volb Page 906. Son of Joseph William and Esther Hannah Dixon Married 1884 Leeds Registry Office.
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1890: Baptised St Martins Potternewton.
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1911: Residence 99 Buslingthorpe Lane Occupation Labourer.
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1918: Passed away Septic Poisoning at Killingbeck War Hospital.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 7369.
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Remembered St Michaels Buslingthorpe War Memorial (Memorial Now Inside St Marks Woodhouse)
DRURY Arthur Thomas
Driver T4/044969 Royal Army Service Corps Died 11/10/1918 Aged 31.
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1887: Born 28th March Tunstead Norfolk. Son of Robert Philipo and Martha Preston Married Norfolk 1872.
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1888: Baptised 13th MaySt Marys Tunstead Norfolk.
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1911: Residence Anchor Street Tunstead Occupation Farm Labourer.
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1913: Married Hannah Mary Shepherd St Marys Tunstead Norfolk Vol 4b Page 91.
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1915: Enlisted 22nd January.
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1918: Discharged from Army 19th February.
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1918: Passed away Seacroft Hospital Advanced Phithisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
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1918: Laid to Rest 16th October Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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1919: Pension to go to Wife Hannah Mary Resident York Hospital 6th Avenue N W Moose Bay Saskatchewan Canada.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 6248.
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EALES John Arthur White
Private 3rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 08/08/1918 Aged 26.
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1892: Born Leeds. Son of and Annie Elizabeth POMPHREY DIED 19041918 ? research Annie clues census etc
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1916: Died 08th August Clipstone Camp Nottinghamshire of an Epileptic Fit.
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1916: Laid to Rest 12th August.
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1917: Pension 7 Shillings for life to Johns Mum Residence shown as 12 North West View Woodhouse.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 619.
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EARY Walter
Private 24952 West Riding Regiment Died 18/11/1918 Aged 28.
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1890: Born Preston Suffolk, Son of William and Salmone.
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1914: Married Alice Mullaney 31st January Christ Church Upper Armley.
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1916: Enlisted Leeds 20th January. Residence Easy Road East End Park, Occupation Labourer. Described as being 5ft 4 inches tall,
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1916: Landed France 14th August Bolougne France.
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1916: Birth of Daughter Florence 05th August.
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1918: Admitted to Military Hospital in Whalley 30th September with a tumour.
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1918: Walter Died from a malignant tumour at 18.30 records state tumour aggregated by active service.
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1919: Death plaques sent to Wife Alice Resident at 2 Howarth Place Camp Road.
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1953: Death of Wife Alice Aged 77 Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 5432.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 848.
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FENTON Samuel
Abel Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Died 10/12/1918 Aged 28.
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1890: Born Leeds 30th November. Son of
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1911: Residence 13 Legal Row Cromwell Street Newtown (Burmantofts) Occupation House Painter.
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1914: Enlisted Leeds 03rd September Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
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1914: Transferred to Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve MS Collingwood Battalion 08th September.
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1914: Samual was part of a force of 700 that was sent to Antwerp to relieve the Belgiums. They were shelled for three days and subsequently suffered over 500 casualties only 22 men made it back to England. Samuel like many others was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Holland.
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1917: Married Ivy Dawson Vol 9bPage 722.
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1918: Repatriated from on 19th November.
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1918: Samuel was found drowned in the Leeds Liverpool Canel near Whithall Bridge Holbeck.
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1925: Ivy remarried to Arthur Turner. Residence Pogsons Row The Green Seacroft.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 5534.
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FIELD William
Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No 1 Depot DIED 12/05/1917 Aged 57.
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1862: Born Kirkstall 05th April. Son of Joseph Henry Bloomer and Sarah Jane Brown.
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1911: Single and Residing with Sister at 11 Willow Grove Kirkstall Occupation Forger in a steel works.
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1917: Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Affection of the Lungs.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 10389.
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FINISTER Thomas W
Private 268309 West Yorkshire Regiment Died 26/04/1919 Aged 48.
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1874: Born Holbeck vol 9b Page 342. Son of William and Elizabeth Ragg.
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1893: Married Annie Eliza Smith 01st April St Simons Kirkstall.
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1896: Death of Thomas Father William Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 5837.
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1911: Resident 30 Allerton Terrace Kirkstall Road Occupation Oil Burner at Adolph Hess & Brothers Oil Distillers & Refiners Paperweight Kirkstall Road.
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1915: Enlisted Leeds 17th July. Reports of Bronchitis starting.
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1918: April served in Ireland.
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1919: January returned from Ireland was suffering from Chronic Bronchitis reason given as Cold and Exposure.
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1919: Died of Bronchitis Double Pneumonia (Spanish Flu) whilst serving with 668th Home Service Employment Company Labour Corps Service Number 251888.
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1919: Pension states Eliza was residing No 88 Dennison Street off Burley Road.
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1953: Death of wife Eliza Annie Aged 88 Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse alongside Thomas Grave/Plot No 1238.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 1238.
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FRANCE Harry
Private TR/5/107280 51st Graduated Bn West Yorkshire Regiment DIED 10/07/1918 Aged 18.
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1899: Born Leeds 24th September. Son of William Frederick and Frances Amies Barker.
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1901: Baptised St Simons Kirkstall 25th September.
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1911: No 42 Meynell Street Kirstall Road.
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1916: Death of Mother Frances 07th November Laid to Rest Leeds general Cemetery Waoodhouse Grave/Plot No 10922.
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1917: Enlisted Leeds Sent to Clipstone Nottinghamshire 27th October.
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1918: Died at Worksop Military Hospital from Pneumonia (Spanish Flu).
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1942: Brother George Died Aged 31 20th June Langholme Dumfrieshire Scotland a Trooper in the Royal Armoured Corps. Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 954.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 359.
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FRYER Joseph Henry
Driver 850112 Royal Field Artillery DIED 20/11/1918 Aged 31.
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1887: Born Leeds Vol 9b Son of George Frederick and Margaret Oddy.
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1891: Death of Mother Margaret Laid to Rest 07th January Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 12709.
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1898: Death of Josephs Father George Laid to Rst 08th February Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 12709.
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1909: Enlisted Leeds 05th February, was serving in the Territorial Army of 1st West Riding Ambulance brigade as a Driver. Joseph is described as being 5ft 4 inches tall Brown DEyes with Dark Brown Hair.
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1911: Residence Abbassia Cairo Egypt. Serving in Army "Y" Battery Royal Field Artillery Rank Driver. Trade shown as Joiner.
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1915: Landed France 17th January.
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1915: 29th December admited to Hospital for Atrophy of both legs.
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1917: Discharged 31st December no longer for fit for war service due to Atrophy of the legs (a wasting of the leg muscles).
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1918: Died Bronchial Pneumonia (Spanish Flu) in a nursing home No 30 Clarendon Road Headingley. Laid to Rest alongside his father and mother in grave/Plot No 12709 Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
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1919: Probate Will London 1st January. Residence given as 35 Hanover Square. Effects of £3,117,19 Shillings to Brother George Yates Fryer and Sister Ida Mary Fryer.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 12709.
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GREENWOOD James
Private 33998 Gordon Highlanders DIED 06/08/1919 Aged 18.
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1901: Born Whitby Son of Joseph and Catherine Constance Ross.
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1911: Residence 16 Cliff Street Whitby at School.
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1919: Passed away at Seacroft Infections Hospital from Diphtheria.
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1919: Laid to Rest 09th August in the same Grave/Plot No 1239 as Gunner R Hunt see below for details.
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1920: Pension records show James Mother Residing No 25 Southend Avenue Bramley.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot No 1239.
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