PICKERING Percy Private PLY/108S Plymouth Bn RMLI KIA CWGC 03/05/1915 Naval Record 26/04/1915 Y Beach Aged 20. Born 12/09/1894 Crowle Doncaster Naval record Son of  Kate 80 Beckett Road Wheatley Doncaster later of 141 Tempest Road Dewsbury Road Leeds.  Remembered Helles Memorial Turkey.

LEDGER Arthur Lance Corporal CH/9067 Chatham Bn RMLI 04/05/1915 Aged 35. Born 29/08/1879 Kirkstall. Son of James and Elizabeth Lewell Married London. Husband of Johanna Child 1904 Burley Road Baptist Chapel Naval Record 15 Sandford Road Kirkstall. 11 Springfield Place Kirkstall Postman Saw action at Ostend, Dunkirk & Antwerp in 1914. Remembered Helles Memorial Turkey.

HEMSLEY Frederick James Private PO/17244 Portsmouth Bn KIA 06/05/1915 Aged 18. Born Basford 12/01/1897. Son of James and Edith Graves Married 1890 Leeds Registered Building. Enlisted York 20/04/1914. Served with the Portsmouth Battalion at Dunkirk and in the Defence of Antwerp between 19/09/1914 and 13/10/1914. All Portsmouth Battalion casualties recorded by the CWGC as died on the 06/05/1915 were most likely killed in the charge up Razor-Back hill, Monash Valley Gallipoli on the 03/05/1916, but may have been killed at Anzac Beachhead on any date between 28/04/1915 and 03/05/1915. Remembered on Helles Memorial Galipoli Turkey.

THOMPSON Frank Private PLY/131/S Plymouth Bn KIA 06/05/1915 Aged 24. Born 12/04/1890 Hunslet. Son of Thomas and Louisa Dixon Married 1885 Hunslet District Registered Building 1 Garden Place off Bezza Street Hunslet. Naval Record Buried about the same date by men of the 2nd Field Company Divisional Engineers RND. Reported by Officer Commanding 2nd Field Company Divisional Engineers. Remembered Helles Memorial Turkey.

DUCKWORTH Albert Robinson Private PLY/614S Plymouth Bn No 4 Company Died Stray Shell 13/05/1915 Aged 25. Born Leeds  16/04/1890. Son of Henry and Mary Enlisted Manchester 10/11/1914 Occupation railway Signalman at Hemsworth. Brother of Lieutenant Herbert Hartley KIA 24/03/1918. Naval Record Killed by a stray shell in Rest Camp at Cape Helles.

Private Horace Bruckshaw KIA 28/04/1917 Remembered Arras Memorial wrote 13/05/1915 Enjoyed a good long night's sleep for we were very tired. Our artillery has been bombarding since yesterday afternoon. We dug a hole in the ground first thing & put a waterproof sheet in it, which we filled with water. Stripping ourselves we then enjoyed a much needed bath. Soon after we had completed our rough & ready toilet a big shell dropped right in amongst us knocking out seven or eight. Pollard & Madden were two victims out of our section. Duckworth, the man who did such good work in the landing was blown to atoms. Remembered on Helles Memorial Turkey.

McCORMACK Sydney Private CH/18498 Chatham Bn RMLI DOW 28/05/1915 Aged 18. Born 20/07/1896 Burley. Son of  William H and Margaret CWGC 5 Walter Street Kirkstall Road. Died of Wounds in 11th Casualty Clearing Station GSW Left Thigh. Laid to Rest Lancashire Landing Cemetery Turkey. 

DYE Osborne PLY/142S Plymouth Company Killed by Shell 06/06/1915 Aged 22. Born 13/12/1892. Wortley Son of Robert Back and Ada Alberta Cox Married 1889 St Silas Hunslet CWGC 41 Green Hill Lane Wortley. Enlisted 12/09/1914 Leeds. Naval Record  Buried in the Plymouth Lines 06/06/1915 by the Reverand C W G Moore. Brother of Private Harry KIA 08/11/1917 Aged 27 and Rifleman Frederick KIA 13/05/1915 Aged 19.  Private Horace Bruckshaw KIA 28/04/1917 Remembered Arras Memorial Wrote "In the evening we got shelled and I had a very narrow escape. I was standing in the open when a large shrapnel shell burst just in front. Bullets simply rained all round me, one even striking my boot. I fell into some bushes, which were against me, instinct telling me to take any cover that offered. It would have been too late to stop any damage being done however. There was one chap killed and about three wounded by that shell, who like myself were caught in the open. Laid to Rest Redoubt Cemetery Helles Turkey.

SMITH Robert Brown CH/720S Chatham Bn DOW 15th General Hospital Alexandria 19/07/1915 Aged 16. Born 06/02/1899 Guiseley. Lied about age to enlist. Son of George Francis and Sarah Ann. Laid to Rest Chatby War Memorial Cemetery Alexandria Egypt. 

LANDEY Samuel (Solomon) Private PO/894(S) Cyclist Company Royal Marine Light Infantry Died Dysentery Imbros 19/10/1915 Aged 28. Born Leylands Leeds 18/05/1887. Son of Isaac Died 1937 and Charlotte Born 1861 Died Leeds 1935. Royal Naval records State 8 Brunswick Terrace Leeds. Royal Marine War Graves Roll States Fiancee Miss Margaret Curry 17 Morningside Manningham Bradford. Sams Brother Morris Married Rose Joseph 1912 Beth Hamedrash Hagodel Synagogue Newton Road. Laid to Rest Lancashire Landing Cemetery Cape Helles Gallipoli Turkey. (British Book of Jewry 8 Brunswick Terrace)

BARBER George Frederick Private PO/899S 1st Royal Marine Bn KIA 11/11/1915 Aged 29. Born 20/06/1886 Leeds. Son of George and Eliza Naylor Married 1872 St Matthew Chapel Allerton CWGC 50 Green Road Meanwood Insurance Inspector. Enlisted 19/04/1915. Embarked RM Brigade 18/8/1915 joined Bn. at Cape Helles 02/09/1915. Laid to Rest Redoubt Cemetery Helles Turkey.

1916

DURHAM Arthur Private PO/18357 HMS Invincible KIA Battle of Jutland 31/05/1916 Aged 19. Born Bramley 09/03/1897. Son of John Thomas and Mary Ann Gush Married 1899 St Peter Leeds Naval Record/CWGC 13 Aston Street Bramley. Brother of Private Edmund Frederick  KIA 16/09/1917 Laid to Rest Ypres Reservoir Cemetery Belgium. Arthur is Remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. 

FLETCHER James PO/18358 HMS Invincible KIA Battle of Jutland 31/05/1916 Aged 20. Born 25/11/1896 Hunslet. Son of Thomas Born Egypt and Mary McFarlane Married 1891 Hunslet District Registered Building Naval Record 9 Askern Terrace Hunslet. Remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

WESTNUTT Alfred Private PO/828S 2nd Royal Marine Bn KIA 14/06/1916 Aged 21. Born 11/05/1895 Leeds. Son of John Mathew and Elizabeth Liddall Married 1883 St Mathias Burley Naval Record 6 Herbert Street Canal Street Wellington Road Wortley.  Laid to Rest Tranchée de Mecknes Cemetery Aix-Noulette France.

SIMPSON John Edward Private PO/18289 2nd Royal Marine Bn Attached 188th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery 03/08/1916 Aged 19. Born Leeds 23/08/1896. Son of John W and Louisa Naval Record 10 Upper Woollsworth Street Leeds. 1st RM Bn War Diary 03/08/1916 Front Line Trenches Angres II Sector. An explosion occurred in a Dugout in which was stowed about 100 rounds of Stokes Gun Ammo. The Dugout was completely wrecked & 1 Corporal & 4 Privates of the 188th Trench Mortar Battery were killed. No knowledge as to how explosion occurred. Laid to Rest Tranchée de Mecknes Cemetery Aix-Noulette France.