LEEDS GENERAL CEMETERY WOODHOUSE
World War Two Special Memorial
The Special Memorial at Lawnswood Cemetery Remembers 24 Men who Served in World War Two and were Laid to Rest at Peace in Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse.
This page also Remembers Clifford Orange whos name will be added to the Memorial at Lawnswood by the Commonwealth Grave Commision in the future.
The Commonwealth War Graves Register which would have been held at the Entrance of Leeds General Cemetery for visitors to pay their respects to the fallen of World War Two.
PANELS 6 & 7 BLAMIRE - WELSH
BLAMIRE Norman Victor
Lance Corporal T/78818 Royal Service Corps DIED 04/04/1945 Aged 34.
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1911: Born February Leeds Vol 9b Page 349. Son of William and Sarah Jane.
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1911: Residence No 52 Stanhope Street Kirkstall Road father William Occupation worker in a Leather Manufacturers.
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1936: Married Sarah Alicia Delaney at Castle Ward Northumberland.
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1945: Passed away in Leeds Vol 9b Page 415.
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1945: Laid to Rest 07th April Plot Number 298B. Occupation Motor Driver Residence No 2 Lea Farm Row.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 2198B
CHADWICK George Herbert
Gunner 14369155 Royal Artillery No2 Air Landing Anti Tank Battery DOW 28/05/1944 Aged 19.
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1924: Born Leeds Son of Thomas and Esther Wild Married 1907 St Michaels Buslingthorpe.
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1944: Died Oakham Rutland Vol 7a Page 335.
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1944: Laid to Rest Grave/Plot Number 10803 02nd June Residence No 11 Scott Hall Drive.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Woodhouse Grave/Plot number 10803
COLLINS John Thomas
Private 7264388 Royal Army Medical Corps 31/05/1947 Aged 29.
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1918: Born York Vol 9d Page 69. Son of Joseph and Cathrine
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1943: Married Violet Ethel Brechin All Saints Church Leeds.
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1947: Laid to Rest 03rd June Grave/Plot Number 790. Residence No 6 Woodbridge Road.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 790.
COUPLAND Ronald Alfred
Aircraftsman 2nd Class 1434983 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 06/07/1942 Aged 20.
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1922: Born Leeds Son of Alfred and Mable Mabel Augusta Holden Married All Souls Church York Road 07th September 1918.
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1940: Leader of his own Swing Band winner of the Yorkshire Swing Band Competition.
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1942: Passed away due to Accident Bucklow Cheshire Residence of family No 4 Matlock Terrace.
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1942: Laid to Rest 13th July Grave/Plot No 12419.
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1942: Passing of Mother Mable 20th August Aged 50.1964: Passing of father Alfred Laid to Rest in same Grave as Son Ronald and Wife Mabel.
Inscription on Grave
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Beautiful Memories a Smiling Face
A broken link
we can never replace.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery 13th July Grave/Plot No 12419.
DICKINSON Maurice
Gunner 14533382 9th Bn Middlesex Regiment Royal Artillery 25/12/1944 Aged 20.
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1924: Born 1924 Vol 9b Page 468. Son of Albert and Alice Beverley Married 1916 St Matthews Little London Leeds.
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1939: Father Albert passed away Laid to Rest Leeds general Cemetery Grave/Plot No 13586 alongside his parents.
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1944: Passed Away Uxbridge Middlesex Vol No 3a Page 140.
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1944: Laid to Rest in Family Grave/Plot No 13586 Leeds General Cemetery 29th December. Residence No 216 Burley Road.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 13586.
DOBSON Bernard
Gunner 11275084 400 Battery 5th Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regiment Accident 03/09/1942 Aged 28.
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1914: Born Leeds 09th September Vol 9b Page 375. Son of Frederick and Minnie Catherine Oliver Married 1915 Leeds Registry Office.
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1937: Married Rose Cohen St Clement Sheepscar Leeds. CWGC of Roundhay.
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1939: Residence No 5 Leonard Place Occupation Leather Worker.
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1942: Passed away due to a fall in the blackout in Kent Vol 2a Page 1353.
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1942: Laid to Rest 08th September Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 4501.
Inscription on Grave
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With Undying love To My Devoted
And Faithful Husband
His Wife Rose.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 4501.
ENGLAND Ernest
Corporal 2655191 1st Bn Coldstream Guards DOW 02/06/1940 Aged 30.
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1909: Born Armley Vol 9b Page 296. Son of Eli and Annie Towler married 1908 St John The Evangelist Wortley.
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1911: Residence No 21 Albany Street Armley.
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1937: Husband of Cecilia Pearson Leeds Registry Office.
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1940: Passed away from Wounds received at the Evacuation of Dunkirk.
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1940: Laid to Rest Leeds general Cemetery 06th June Grave/Plot No 9632. Family Residence no 101 Sheepscar Street.
Inscription on Grave
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Father, In Thy Generous Keeping
Leave We Now
Thy Servant Sleeping.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 9632.
FRANCE George
Trooper 4625212 Royal Armoured Corps 8th Bn West Ridding Regiment 20/06/1942 Aged 31.
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1911: Born Leeds 14th June Vol 9b Page 601. Son of William Frederick and Frances Barker Married 1895 St Simons Leeds.
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1938: Husband of Emily Carless Married Leeds Registry Office.
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1939: Residence No 8 Danborough Street Occupation Coal Man.
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1942: Passed away Langholme Dumfriesshire Scotland.
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1942: Laid to Rest 25th June in a Paupers Grave alongside 18 others and in the same plot as a Paupers Grave from 1859 Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 954. Family Residence No 13 Willow Grove.
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Note: Incorrect Age given on CWGC Website.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 954.
FUREY William
Telegraphist C/JX 403521 His Majesty Motor Torpedo Boat 728 Royal Navy KIA 19/09/1944 Aged 19 .
Mentioned in Dispatches.
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1924: Born 20th October Leeds Vol 9b Page 407. Son of William and Lillian Alderson Married 1923 Emmanual Church Leeds.
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1939: Residence No 15 Ganton Mount Occupation Tailors Trimmer.
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1944: Reported to have been killed during surface action alongside JENKINS Michael Ordinary Seaman C/JX 405892 Aged 19 who was Laid to Rest at Scarborough.
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1944: Laid to Rest 23rd September alongside his grandfather Harry Alderson Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 10669A.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 10669A
HEALD Albert Edward
Bombardier 11055460 361 Battery Royal Artillery DOW 07/07/1944 Aged 32.
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1912: Born Son of Charles Henry and Margaret Ann Stone Married 1905 Leeds Registry Office.
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1939: Residence No 99 Belle Vue Road Occupation Tailors Cutter.
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1944: Passed away due to Wounds in Oxfordshire Vol 3a Page 1477.
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1944: Laid To Rest 12th July Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 235.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 235
HENDERSON Frederick
Private 13006684 Pioneer Corps 20/02/1944 Aged 48.
1896: Born Son of Joseph and May
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1927: Husband of Lily Coates Married Leeds Registry Office Vol 9b Page 539. CWGC of Hawksworth
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1944: Passed away in Leeds Vol 9b Page 575.
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1944: Laid to Rest 23rd February Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 236. Residence No 160 Vesper Road Kirkstall.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 236
LITTLE Harry
Gunner 11007015 27th Light Artillery Regiment Royal Artillery 24/10/1946 Aged 24.
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1924: Born Son of Thomas and Maud Whitaker Married 1919 St Mary of Bethany New Wortley.
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1939: Residence No 83 Burley Lodge Terrace Occupation Printers Apprentice.
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1946: Passed away from Cancer. Residence No 83 Burley Lodge Terrace.
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1946: Laid to Rest 28th October Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 10266
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Inscription on Grave
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In Everlasting Memory
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 235
ORANGE Clifford
Corporal T/62720 Royal Army Service Corps 07/06/1940 Aged 29.
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Note: Clifford is not Remembered on the War Memorial in Lawnswood the Commonwealth War Graves Commission are aware and are in the process of adding his name to the panel.
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1910: Born Leeds 17th February Vol 9b Page 399 at No 127 Buslingthorpe Lane Meanwood Son of William Herbert and Margaret Townsley Married 1902 St Michaels Buslingthorpe.
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1921: Husband of Eunice Young Married Leeds Registry Building.
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1940: Lost his Life in a Motor Bike Accident Scotland. Family Residence No 3 Spa Buildings Meanwood.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 235
PRICE Donald Jack
Gunner 880043 287 Battery Royal Artillery 10/05/1940 Aged 19.
1922: Born Reading Vol 2c Page 661. Son of Thomas Daniel and Annie Elizabeth May Littlejohn Married 1914 Barnet CWGC States Westbrook Margate.
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1940: Passed away whilst suffering from Depression Carlton Barracks Meanwood Leeds.
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1940: Laid to Rest 11th May Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 897.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 897
REVELLE Frank
Gunner 959916 2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery 29/03/1942 Aged 24.
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1917: Born Leeds Mothers surname Revell born out of wedlock ? Vol 9b Page 380. CWGC States Son of Dorothea.
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1942: Passed away due to an Accident in Norfolk Residence No 14 Hawaith Terrace.
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1942: Laid to Rest 02nd April Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 12490.
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1947: Passing of Mother 10th June Dorothy Laid to Rest alongside Frank.
Grave Inscription
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TimePasses
But Memories Never Fade
Of a Dearly Loved Son
And Brother
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 12490
RHODES Thomas Ernest
Sergeant 1623802 21 Operational Training Unit RAF Volunteer Reserve 31/08/1944 Aged 20.
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1924: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 430. Son of Thomas and Dorothy Sawyer Married 1919 St Michaels Buslingthorpe.
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1944: Passed away due to an Operations Accident. Residence No 65 Melville Road Woodhouse.
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1944: Thomas was a Navigator onboard BK135 a Vickers Wellington Bomber taking off from Moreton-In-The-Marsh on a cross country exercise when the plane flew into a thunderstorm and crashed killing all 7 crew including Thomas. CLICK HERE For other details of BK135 Crew.
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1944: Laid to Rest 06th September Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 10140.
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1960: Thomas father passed away 13th February Aged 65 and was Laid next to him in the same Grave/Plot no 10140
Reported 04th September in Yorkshire Evening Post
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Grave Inscription
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Theres One Thing In Life
That Never Alters
Thats The memory
Dear Son of You
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 10140.
RILEY Peter
Private 7629752 Attached Leeds Rifles 45th Royal Tank Regiment 24/12/1940 Aged 20.
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1920: Born Ormskirk Lancashire Vol 8b Page 2153. Mothers Surname Farbrace. (Yorkshirer Post December 1940)
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1940: Passed away due to a fractured skull when the lorry he was travelling in collided with a bus junction of Geldard Road and Whitehall Road.
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1940: Laid to Rest 28th December Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 801. Residence No 663 Grimshaw House.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 801.
SCOTT Walter
Flight Sergeant 1474110 149th East India Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve KIA 27/11/1944 Aged 23.
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1921: Born Leeds Son of Walter and Ellen Leach Married 1921 St Michaels Buslingthorpe.
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1944: Walter was posted to 149 Squadron based at Mildenhall in Suffolk. He was a Wireless Operator onboard Lancaster Bomber BI NF971.
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Flying out of RAF Methwold Suffolk on a bombing raid over Cologne Walter was fatally injured by a splinter from a bomb. The aircraft made an otherwise safe return to base and landed at 17:01.
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1944: Laid to Rest 02nd December Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 433. Residence No 13 Laycock Street.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 433.
THOMPSON Cecil
Private 4547743 6th Bn West Riding Regiment 10/03/1943 Aged 18.
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1925: Born Son of Christopher.
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1943: Passed away due to Accident.
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1943: Laid to Rest over Guinee Graves from 1905 on the 16th March Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 393. Residence No 303 Wharfedale Avenue.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 393.
THOMPSON Robert Ernest
Corporal 13005135 Corps of Military Police 28/12/1944 Aged
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1900: Born 22nd June Wakefield Vol 9c Page 24.
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1930: Husband of Laura Jane Parker Married Leeds Registry Office.
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1939: Residence No 9 Wellclose Road Occupation Dustman.
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1944: Laid to Rest 01st January 1945 Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 234. Residence Mountains Yard.
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1979: Roberts Wife Laura passed away Aged 79 and Lays at Rest Lawnswood Cemetery.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 234.
THOMPSON William Yeaman
Able Seaman P/J 40218 H.M.S Victory Royal Navy 06/12/1943 Aged 44.
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1899: Born 14th April Gateshead Vol 10a Page 1029. Son of John Nicholson and Jane Yeaman
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1915: Enlisted Royal Navy seeing service through the first world war and leaving the Navy in 1929.
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1929: Re Enlisted into the Royal Navy.
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1939: Husband of Marjorie Wilson Married St Michaels Buslingthorpe. CWGC of Woodhouse.
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1942: Naval records show William as being invalided from the Navy at Haslam Hospital Hampshire.
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1943: Laid to Rest 09th December Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 447.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 447.
TIDD Kenneth John
Gunner 889067 17th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 30/07/1940 Aged 19.
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1920: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 717. Mothers Surname Gillespie.
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1940: Passed away Accident Aldershot Vol 2c Page 510.
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1940: Laid to Rest 05th August Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot 5659. Residence Burley Road.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 5659.
WALTON George
Private 13034749 Pioneer Corps 18/09/1940 Aged 26.
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1914: Born 23rd February Leeds Vol 9b Page Son of George William and Maude Hawkshaw Married 1911 St Philips Wellington Street Leeds.
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1939: Residence No 21 Lloyd Street occupation Ladies Coats and Costumes.
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1940: Laid to Rest 23rd September Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 896. Residence No 45 Lloyd Street.
Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 896.
WELLS Frank
Captain 232941 12th Royal Artillery 05/04/1946 Aged 24.
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1922: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 682. Son of Ernest and Ivy Bett Married Lincoln 1920 Vol 7a Page 1672.
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1945: Husband of Rosa Holmes Married St Simons Leeds CWGC States of Barry Glamorgan Wales.
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1946: Passed away at Pinderfields Emergency Hospital Wakefield Anthrax ?.
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1946: Laid to Rest 09th April Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 14224. Residence no 91 Burley Lodge Road.
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1947: Probate and Will 20th March at Wakefield left £330.00 to Wife Rosa.
Grave Inscription
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What Stands If Freedom Fall ?
Who Does if England Live ?
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 14224.
WELSH Edgar Thomas
Corporal 7346962 Royal Army Medical Corps 13/12/1947 Aged 53.
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1894: Born Leeds Vol 9b Page 540. Son of Thomas and Maria Cartwright Married 29th June 1890 St John The Evangalist
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1911: Residence No 8 Merrion Street Occupation Fish Salesman.
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1919: Husband of Gladys Roberts Married 1919 Leeds Registry Building CWGC States Seacroft
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1947: Laid to Rest 17th December Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 13723. Residence No 14 Dundass Street.
Grave Inscription
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Peacefully Sleeping
Free From Pain
We would not Wake Him
To Suffer Again.
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Laid to Rest Leeds General Cemetery Grave/Plot No 13723
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