Baildon
Ted Ambler to whose memory, this website is dedicated
The Memorial Nurses Home
The stone over the door reads:
THIS STONE WAS LAID BY OTTO ROBINSON ON BEHALF OF THE SOLDIERS & SAILORS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BAILDON WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918 26 NOVEMBER 1921 
The Memorial plaques flanking the entrance read
TO THE MEN OF BAILDON WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918 IN THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM Edward Sharp AMBLER Harold ANDERTON James J ARCHER Joseph BADLAND Arthur B BAGWORTH James W BAILEY John BAILEY Harry BAIRSTOW T BALMFORTH Frederick BARRACLOUGH Herbert BARRACLOUGH Joseph BARRACLOUGH Willie BARRACLOUGH Arthur BATHERS Frank BEECH Ernest BENTLEY Fred BIRD, served as JONES Fred BOOTH Ernest BOTTOMLEY Methodist William BOUSFIELD Burton BOWER John W BROOK Richard BROWN A Victor BRUNT William BURGESS John BUTTERFIELD George CALVERT William CALVERT F Samuel CAWTHORNE Frank CLARK Willie COX Harry CRAVEN Methodist Charles DAWSON Thomas A DOBSON James W DUCKWORTH Fred DYSON John W DYSON Ernest ELLIS Harold W FIELD Joseph FOY Frank FURNESS Percy GAMBLE Sam GELDER Methodist Chapel Norman GILKS Bernard GILL Edward GOODALL Harold GREGSON Joseph GREENWOOD Tom GREENWOOD Methodist Stanley HAIGH-LUMBY correctly Stanley Hugh LUMBY Levi HALL William HALL Gladney HALLIDAY Nathan HALLIDAY John HANNAFORD Richard HARRISON Thomas HARRISON Walter HARRISON A V HESLOP Arthur HEWITSON George HODGETTS James HODGSON Maurice S HODGSON William A HOLGATE Edward L HOLMES John HOWITT Elliott HUTTON John INGHAM Alfred JOHNSON Methodist W H JONES Horace LANCASTER Merrick LAW Panel for WW2 AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 E A BAIRSTOW W BROWN J CARTER W CATTTERALL H CAVANAGH G T CHEETHAM J H CLARIDGE V CHITTENDEN M J E CLARK J CLAYTON T COOPER F CRABBTREE A DALRYMPLE A DEAN H H DENBY R DENNEY H DOLPHIN E GREENWOOD J S GREENWOOD C HAIGH E HAINSWORTH J B HALL H HARTLEY F A S HAYNES F HERON B HICK S HIRD H HOLMES A HOOD E D HYLAND G HULL N K INGRAM J JACKSOM H JEFFREY E JOHNSON T H JOWETT E T LAVERACK 
Panel 2 on the right of the entrance
Percy LEEMING Ronald LISTER Christopher LONG Norman LONG N S LUND Tom C LUND Cameron MARGETTS Michael E McCUEN Willie MCHUGH George MEAD Thomas METCALF Arnold MIDDLETON Herbert MIDGLEY J A V MIDGLEY W MIDGLEY William MIDGLEY Cecil MITCHELL Jessie MITCHELL Bryan MITCHELSON Walter MURGATROYD Methodist Chapel Willie MURGATROYD Charlie NEWALL Arthur W NEWSHOLME B NICHOLSON Chas W M NICHOLSON Bert NORTH J ODDY William PEAL Nelson PEEL John PEEL Percival PEMBERTON Sam PITTS Joseph N PULLAN James W PULLAN Maurice RAISBECK William RAISTRICK Percy RASPIN Arthur RAWSTRON Arthur ROBINSON Ernest ROBINSON William ROBINSON Stanley B ROOMN Leonard SCOTT Charles SIMMONDS J SKEATE John W SLINGSBY Ephraim SMITH Harold SMITH S SMITH H STONEY Norman C STUDLEY Harold SUTCLIFFE G TARRANT Ernest TAYLOR JOHN W TAYLOR Methodist W THOMPSON THOMSON WILLIE Methodist FRANK WADDINGTON F WADKINS WILLIAM R WARDMAN CHARLES A WATSON THOMAS H WEIGHTMAN Methodist ALFRED G WHITEHEAD G N WHITEHEAD H WHITEHEAD J WHITEHEAD TOM WHITEHEAD Methodist JOE WHITLEY JOHN C WHITTAKER LEONARD WILDMAN HARRY WILKINSON ARNOLD J WILSON Panel for WW2 AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 R E LEACH G W LEE D MANN T E MACKRILL C MASH E MELLOR A MURGATROYD T McMAHON L C NASH I NEALE H NEWMAN I OGDEN N E PETTY G A PHELPS I PLEWS A POLLARD C W POOLE C H QUERIPEL D RAWNSLEY G READ W L REES J S SHARP W SIMMONDS J S SINGLETON L J STACEY J STIRK C THOMPSON H H THOMPSON M THOMPSON H THORP G TURNER J TURNER P R UNWIN L N VAUDIN E A O VAUGHAN-BENTLEY R J WADSWORTH J S WALTON A H WETTONE J WHITAKER L WHITAKER R WHITFIELD J S WIGGLESWORTH E O WILDMAN R D WILLIAMS W WATSON W H ZILLESSEN 
St John's Church Baildon, Hall Cliffe, Shipley
The Memorial in Baildon Methodist Church, Newton Way
Baildon Golf Club, Moorgate, Baildon
ROLL OF HONOUR
O BENTLEY F H BENTLEY A E BANNISTER H ASTBURY E ALLAN J BREAKS W BAILEY G BARKER E BOTTOMLEY H BRODERICK J COMBER FANNY CLOUGH F DENTON A DEAN B DENNISON J ELLIS F FOSTER W FAWCETT W C FORRYAN + C FORREST W F FAWCETT H FIELD + S HAIGH LUMBY + R HOOPER H A JOWETT A HEWITSON F HAINSWORTH B HICK M HENTON Rev J H HARDY + W V KELLET W KERSHAW + W H LUND H E LEYLAND + C LUND Dr G E MACKVIE E MARSDEN G M McCORMIK J R R ODDY H OXLEY P PROCTER A PEMBERTON J W PARKINSON F PALEY + R PENDLEBURY + O ROBINSON A RHODES J ROBINSON A ROBINSON D YEOWARD EMILY ROSS P ROBERTSHAW H RODGERS A RHODES R E ROTHERAY S H SELLERS J L SOMERS T SUNTER Rev A E SIDEBOTHAM H STEEL W SEDGEWICK A STEEL F E St ACKLETON J STEEL + A SYKES F TATTERSALL P A TOWN J D VAUGHAN C A WATSON + S H WRAY H WHITEHEAD D W H WALKER C W WOOD J WHITE THE GIFT OF ONE OF OUR MEMBERS Mr CHARLES FORREST OCTOBER 1916 
Baildon Moravian Roll of Honour awaiting an image
At the top is the Moravian emblem with the latin inscription which translates as Our Lamb has conquered let us follow him At the bottom is another latin inscription: Not me but my country TO OUR BRAVE BOYS WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 FRED S DYSON JOHN W DYSON HAROLD FIELD JOHN HANNAFORD HARRY JENNINGS HORACE LANCASTER JESSE MITCHELL PERCIVAL PEMBERTON ERNEST ROBINSON I cannot read the inscription Fred Bell John T Bell Joshua Bell Willie Bell Maurice C Bland Raymond Bland Walter Copley John W Craven Jesse Ellis John Ellis Leonard Ellis George W Fawcett William Fawcett Fredk R Greenwood Herbert J Greenwood Leonard Haithwaite Arthur Halliday Ellis Halliday Holmes Halliday William Halliday William W Holmes Benjamin Hutton Mary Hutton Francis H Lancaster Sydney Lancaster Frank Leach Frank Lee Joshua Lee George Mackway T Edward M Macleavy Edward Marsden George W Oddy Archie W Pemberton Stanley Pemberton Harry Platt Joseph Ratcliffe Arthur Robinson Harold Robinson Otto Robinson Wm H Robinson Harry Royston Herbert Royston John T Senior Watson L Terry Arthur Thornton Alfred Walsh Daniel B Whymark Edward W Whymark 
Memorial to the Fallen at the company C F Taylor and Co Ltd, Lower Holme Mills, Baildon.
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT & WORLD WARS 1914-1918 Pte H NORTH DWR GNR J LOGAN RA PTE D W MOORLAND WYR PTE P GATH DWR 1939-1945 MAJ N J Ingram RAC CAPT ED Hyland RA F/SGT G Hull RAF TPR George Arthur Phelps RAC A/B J. Turner RN PTE C Poole KOYLI
Some Fallen from WW2 who are not on a Memorial
William Peter BLEWITT Sub-Lieutenant (A), HMS Ark Royal, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve He died on active service whilst a passenger on the ss Aguila on 19 August 1941. He was 21 He is remembered on bay 2 panel 6 of the Lee on Solent Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Arthur and Ellen Dorothy Blewitt of Baildon BA Hons (Cantab) Further information Aguila loaded general cargo in Liverpool and embarked at least 86 Royal Navy personnel bound for Gibraltar and six civilian passengers. The RN personnel included nine Fleet Air Arm, seven Royal Naval Patrol Service, three RNR, 11 RNVR, 22 Women's Royal Naval Service (Wrens) and 35 others. The 22 Wrens were all volunteers for duties at Gibraltar. 12 as cypher officers and 10 as wireless operators. Also with them was a QARNNS nurse, Sister Kate Gribble. Aguila was one of 23 merchant ships that formed Convoy OG 71, which left Liverpool on 13 August. On 17 August a Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor sighted OG 71, and the next day it became the first convoy to be attacked by a U-boat wolfpack. HMS Bath fell behind while defending the convoy, and in the small hours of 19 August at 0205 hrs she was torpedoed and sunk by U-204 400 nautical miles (740 km) southwest of Ireland.Three minutes later U-559 attacked the main convoy about 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) west of Ushant, sinking the cargo ship Alva. The corvette HMS Hydrangea went to rescue Bath's urvivors, thus further depleting OG 71's escort, while HMS Campanula and the Irish Clonlara rescued Alva 's survivors. Two hours later the wolfpack again attacked OG 71, and U-201 torpedoed and sank Aguila and the cargo ship Ciscar. The corvette HMS Wallflower rescued. The tug Empire Oak rescued six of Aguila 's crew, but on 22 August west of Porto U-564 sank her The wolfpack attack continued until 23 August, and OG 71's total losses were eight of her 23 merchant ships plus two of her escorts. Harry BOOCOCK Gunner, 277 Battery, 68 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Army no 1642725 He died on active service on 19 October 1942. He was 28 He is buried in grave IV E 3 Caserta War Cemetery, Italy Additional Information He was the son of Charles and Edith Mary Boocock of Baildon Further information The 68 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was created in 1940 and moved to Egypt in August 1941 and became part of the 8th Army – The Desert Rats. The regiment was captured at Tobruk on 20 June 1942 fighting alongside Polish Forces. There was an Italian Prisoner of War Camp in the village of Caserta and I suspect that is why he was buried here. Donald Ernest BOTTOMLEY Sergeant Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 458 (RAAF) Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no 987758 He died on active service on 2 August 1942. He was 22 He is buried in grave 1 K 2 Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Thomas and Carrie Bottomley of Baildon Further information Wellington VIII, LB195 FU, took off from RAF Protville, Tunisia at 20.40 hours on an anti-submarine patrol escorting convoy, Parcel. At 00.20 hours the aircraft suddenly lost all contact . All six of the crew were recorded as missing Lewis BREWER Flight Sergeant, A Flight, 19 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1301456 He died on active service on 11 October 1944. He was 24 He is remembered on panel 215 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Thomas William and Nerenah Brewer Baildon and the husband of Hilda Joyce Brewer of Baildon Further information Wellington X NC721, -F of 19 OTU took off from RAF Kinloss at 20.04 hours for dual circuit training at night. While in the circuit at 20.09 hours the aircraft collided with a Wellington of B Flight and crashed into Burghead Bay. No survivors were found, 5 died. The other aircraft landed safely Frederick Richard Thomas BURNETT Lieutenant & Quartermaster, Royal Army Medical Corps. Army no 236321 He died on active service on 11 August 1944. He was 44. He is buried in churchyard of St Peter’s Church, Torksey Additional Information He was the son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Burnett and the husband of Raney Burnett of Baildon John CLAYTON Sergeant Air Gunner, 139 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 951057 He died on active service on 7 July 1941 He was 24 He is buried in plot 1 row E grave 14 Bergen General Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Frederick and Louisa Clayton of Baildon Further information Blenheim IV V6084 XD- took off from RAF Horsham Saint Faith near Norwich at 11.42 hours on an anti-shipping operation. The aircraft was hit by flak and crashed off Scheveningen, Holland. The crew of three were all killed Thomas COOPER Fusilier, 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers Army no 4622931 He died on active service on 10 March 1943. He had been wounded on 8 March in the first Arakan Campaign in Burma. He was 29 He is remembered on face 9 of the Rangoon Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Nelson and Emma Cooper and the husband of Constance Cooper of Baildon William Harry DEEBANK Gunner, 122 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 910639 He died as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese on 19 September 1943. He was 24 He is buried in Coll grave 6 C 62-67 Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Harry and Ethel Deebank of Woodbottom, Baildon It is entirely probable that he was forced to work on the Burma-Siam Railway construction. Joseph Arthur DEWHIRST Flight Lieutenant, 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAF no 45953 He died on active service on 18 July 1943, He was 28 He is remembered on panel 119 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William and Eliza Dewhirst and the husband of Anne Dewhirst of Baildon Further information Liberator Mk V BZ731 D53 took off from RAF Thorney Island near Chichester on a 'Musketry' (anti-submarine) patrol on 18 July 1943. An SOS was received at 1205 hours while a fix was being sent on the radio, but nothing was further heard. 7 crew were killed Frank FEARNLEY Sergeant, 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force, RAF no 580369 He died on active service on 17 May 1940 He was 24 He is remembered on panel 14 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Frank and Alice Fearnley of Baildon Further information 82 Squadron flying Blenheims, played a prominent part in 2 Group's offensive against shipping in the English Channel and the North Sea, and "fringe" targets on the Continent. Twice (17/05 and 13/08) during the summer of 1940 it was almost wiped out, On 17 May 1940, twelve aircraft of 82 Squadron, based at Watton in Norfolk, took off to attack troop concentrations at Gembloux, Belgium, where the German army was sweeping West towards the Channel ports. They were supposed to have a Hurricane fighter escort but they were intercepted earlier and they had to proceed without escort. As they reached their target, 15 German Bf-109 fighters attacked them. Eleven of the squadron were shot down and the survivor (P8858, UX-W), badly damaged did manage to reach RAF Watton but it was later written off due to the damage it had sustained Frank Fearnley: Bristol Blenheim IV Type 142L, P4851, UX-N took off 04.50 hours from RAF Watton on an operation to Gembloux. F/O Fordham was reported safe but both his crew, Sergeant Frank Fearnley and Corporal Allen G. Richards DFM were lost. Later in the day, the London Gazette published the news of Cpl Richards award of the DFM Ernest Claude IBBOTSON Sergeant Wireless Operator, 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no 988498 He died on active service on 29 August 1942. He was 22 He is buried in coll grave 11 F 4-12 Durnbach War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Harry Milson and Florence Mabel Ibbotson of Baildon Ralph KITCHEN Private, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Army no 14557862 He died on active service on 18 August 1944. He was 30 He is buried in grave 2 B 19 Imphal War Cemetery, India Additional Information He was the son of George and Mabel O Kitchen of Baildon Green Edward LODGE Serjeant, 1st Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, Royal Armoured Corps Army no 4617622 He died on active service on 4 December 1946 after peace was declared. He was 27 He is buried in sec C grave 186 Charlestown Cemetery, Baildon Additional Information He was the son of James Arthur and Hannah Lodge and the husband of Greta Lodge of Baildon Harold George PITTS Aircraftman 1st Class, Royal Air Force attached to 767 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy. RAF no 523122 He died on active service on 21 August 1941 after peace was declared. He was 31 He is buried in grave Compt D North Border grave 45 Arbroath Western Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of William J Pitts and of Annie Pitts of Baildon John Edward SHARKEY Gunner, 255 Light Aircraft Battery 129 (21st Battalion, City of London Regiment ) Royal Artillery Army no 1812937 He died whilst on active service on 11 June 1946 after peace was declared. He was 31. He is buried in sec B grave 537 Charlestown Cemetery, Baildon Additional Information He was the son of Charles and Elizabeth Ann Sharkey and the husband of Rita Sharkey of Baildon John SHAW Private, East Yorkshire Regiment. Army no 4346363 He died whilst on active service on 27 March 1940. He was 23 He is buried in sec A grave 25 Wilsden Cemetery, Bingley Additional Information He was the son of William and Alice Hannah Shaw of Baildon Leonard Harry TYAS Serjeant, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) attached to 7th Battalion Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) Army no 2059486 He died whilst on active service in Saltaire on 14 December 1945 after peace was declared. He was 32 He is buried in sec B grave 364 Charlestown Cemetery, Baildon Additional Information He was the son of Andrew and Florence Maud Tyas of Baildon and the husband of Olive Tyas of Baildon His death is registered in the civil registration but I have not established the circumstances of his death. Raymond WORTLEY Private, Pioneer Corps. Army no 13118219 He died whilst on active service on 3 August 1944. He was 45. He is buried in sec A grave 676 Charlestown Cemetery Baildon Additional Information He was the son of Robert and Eliza Wortley of Baildon and the husband of Emily Elizabeth Wortley of Shipley. His death is registered in the civil registration but I have not established the circumstances of his death. |
Edward (Ted) Sharp AMBLER Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, 3 Guards Brigade, Guards Division He was killed in action on 8 May 1918. He was shot while he was on a night time patrol in No Mans Land by a sentry from his own company. He was 20. He is buried in grave XII B 5 Warlincourte Halte British Cemetery, Saulty. Additional information He was the son of Sam and Emily Beatrice Ambler, Hoyle Court, Baildon He is also remembered on the Scottish Memorial and Tonbridge School and on the Nurses Houses Memorial. My Uncle Harold ANDERTON Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no. 24515 He died from his wounds on 1 January 1917. He was 19 He is buried in grave VI R 18 Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ypres Additional information He was the son of Thomas and Emma Anderton, 3 Primrose Row, Tong Park, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. James Illingworth ARCHER Corporal, C Battery, 177th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 64207. He died from his wounds on 30 March 1918 at a Casualty Clearing Station in Namps au Val. He was 29. He is buried in grave I B 13 Namps au Val British Cemetery in Picardy Additional information He was the husband of Annie Illingworth Archer, 7 Adelaide Street, Woodbottom, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Joseph BADLAND Private, 2nd Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment, 6 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no 6850 He was killed in action on 23 October 1914 at the battle of Langemarck. He was 29. He is remembered on panel 35 and 37 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information He was the son of Sarah Ann and the late Joseph Badland, 41 Whitehall Road, Walsall and the husband of Alice Badland, 63 Spout Lane, Caldmore, Walsall I am not sure that this is the correct soldier but he is the only candidate with the correct name. I have spotted Francis Joseph Badland of the Army Service Corps who was invalided out of the Army in 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge but that is all I found. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Arthur B BAGWORTH Private, 25th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Army no G/36106 He was discharged from the Army on 21 September 1917 on medical grounds. He was awarded The Silver War Badge He died on 9 December 1920. He was 32. Additional Information He was the husband of Edith Bagworth He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. James William BAILEY Private, 13th (Service) Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 62 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 30/340 He died from his wounds on 16 June 1917 although normally there is a burial. He was 36 He is remembered on Bay 2 and 3 of the Arras Memorial Additional information He was the brother of Charles Edward Bailey, 31 Providence Row, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John BAILEY Poss Private 2nd/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 186 Brigade, 62nd Division. Army no. 13184 He died from his wounds on 22 November 1917 having been wounded at the Battle of Cambrai. He was 23 He is buried in grave II F 21 Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt. Additional Information He was the son of Thomas and Grace Bailey, 11 High Fold, North Gate, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Harry BAIRSTOW Private, 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s), 154 Brigade, 51st Division. Army no. 201713 He died from his wounds on 11 April 1917. He had probably been wounded during the Battle of the Scarpe. He was 33 He is buried in grave II A 18 Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension Additional information He was the husband of Ethel T Bairstow, Seaforth Cottage, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Thomas BALMFORTH Lance Corporal, 1st/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 202927 He died from his wounds on 26 July 1917 received in the fighting in the Flanders coastal area He is buried in grave II L 17 Coxyde Military Cemetery, near Koksijde, Belgium He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Additional Information This is the right name BUT I do not know if it is the right person as there are three Yorkshiremen with this name who died BALMFORTH, Thomas Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Army no 3815. He died on 13 July 1916. He was 32 BALMFORTH, THOMAS Shoeing Smith, B Battery, 312th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 786133 He died on 27 July 1918. BALMFORTH, TOM Private, 2nd/7th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Army no 306576. He died on 8 August 1917. He was 21 Frederick W BARRACLOUGH Driver, 29th Reserve Park, Army Service Corps. Army no. T4/061378 He died on 7 July 1916, probably from illness. He was 32 He is buried in grave 205 Lembet Road, Military Cemetery, Salonika, Greece Additional information He was the of husband of Elizabeth Barraclough, 32 Tong Park, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Herbert BARRACLOUGH Private, 11th (Service) Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 68 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no. 7525 He was killed in action on 7 July 1916. He is remembered on pier and face 10B, 11B and 12B of the Thiepval Memorial Additional information He was the son of Eliza Barraclough, 73 Tong Park, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Joseph BARRACLOUGH Private. 462nd Protection Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps. Army no. 72238. He was formerly with The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Army no. 3711 He died on 10 October 1918 when a Mail Boat, RMS Leinster was torpedoed and many soldiers were killed. It is also recorded that he had previously been wounded whilst he was serving in France in the front lines. He was 33 He is buried in grave CE, New Plot 723 Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin Additional information He was the son of George and Alotta Barraclough of Shipley. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. The Royal Defence Corps was formed in August 1917 by converting the (Home Service) Garrison Battalions of the infantry regiments. Soldiers in these battalions were generally either too old or medically unfit for active front-line service; the Home Service status indicated they were unable to be transferred overseas. 18 battalions were converted. The role of the Corps was to provide troops for security and guard duties in the UK in key locations such as ports or bridges. It also provided guards for PoW camps. In many respects, they fulfilled the same role as the Local Defence Volunteers or the later Home Service Force in WW2 He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Willie BARRACLOUGH Private, Labour Corps. Army no. 427894. He was formerly with Training Reserve 81st Battalion. Army no. TR5/45885 He died on 13 December 1918. He was 24. He is buried in grave L 122 Windhill Methodist Cemetery, Shipley Additional information He was the son of George and Eliza Barraclough, Tong Park, Shipley. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Arthur BATHER Private, 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Army no 409752 He died from his wounds on 22 September 1916 in hospital at Boulogne. He was 27. He is buried in grave VIII C 152 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Thomas and Margret Bather, 1 Adelaide Street, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Frank BEECH Lance Corporal, 1st/8th Battalion (Leeds Rifles), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no. 18/1096 He was killed in action during the battle of Poelcappelle on 9 October 1917. He is remembered on panel 42-47 and 162 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional information He was the son of Charles H and Harriet Beech, 2 Sandals Road, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Ernest BENTLEY Private, 2nd Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 71 Brigade, 6th Division. Army no. 97884 He died from his wounds on 20 September 1918 probably received during the Battle of Epéhy. He was 19 He is buried in grave I E 8 Brie British Cemetery Additional information He was the son of William and Mary Ann Bentley, 4 Hall Cliffs, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Fred BIRD Frederick A (Fred) BIRD, served as JONES Private, 2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, 14 Brigade, 5th Division. Army no 9478 He was killed in action on 18 October 1914 at the battle of la Bassée He is remembered on panel 34 & 35 of Le Touret Memorial Additional Information He was the husband of Agnes L Bird, 3 Kelcliffe, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Fred BOOTH Private, 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 18 Brigade, 6th Division. Army no 40740 He was killed in action on 16 April 1917 fighting on Hill 70, Lens He is buried in grave I A 20 Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Ernest BOTTOMLEY Private, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 12 Brigade, 4th Division. Army no. 28814 He died from his wounds on 3 May 1917 received during the third Battle for the Scarpe. He was 28. He is remembered on bay 6 of the Arras Memorial Additional information He was the husband of Elizabeth Burnett (formerly Bottomley), 6 Esholt Lane, Baildon He appears on the Methodist and Nurses Houses Memorials. William BOUSFIELD Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no. 235342 He was killed in action at the Battle of Menin Road Ridge, Ypres on 20 September 1917. He was 25 He is remembered on Panel 52 to 54 and 162A of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional information He was the son of Thomas and Mary Bousfield, 11 James Street, Wood Bottom and the husband of Minnie Bousfield, 14 Sun Place, Baildon Wood Bottom. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Burton BOWER Corporal, 9th (Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 32 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no. 16/1255 He died from his wounds on 6 October 1918. He had probably been wounded in the assaults on the Hindenburg Line He was 38 He is buried in grave VII B 36 Duisans British Cemetery Etrun. Additional information He was the son of Jonas and Ann Bower of Bingley and the husband of Grace Bower, 21 Briar Garth, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John William BROOK Corporal, 2nd/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 185 Brigade, 62nd Division. Army no. 240758 He was killed in action in the Battle of Bullecourt on 3 May 1917. He is remembered on bay 4 of the Arras Memorial He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Richard BROWN Private, 58th Company, The Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 19 Battalion, 19th Division. Army no. 64175 He was killed in action on 21 September 1918. He was 32. He is remembered on panel 10 of the Vis en Artois Memorial Additional information He was the son of Peter and Jane Brown, Barnsley Buildings, Baildon and the husband of Annie Brown, 43 Baildon Road, Wood Bottom, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Arnold Victor BRUNT Private, 18th (Service) Battalion (2nd Bradford), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no 18/1331 He was killed in action during the third Battle of the Scarpe on 3 May 1917. He was 27 He is remembered on bay 4 of the Arras Memorial. Additional information He was the son of Mr J Brunt 37, Springcliffe, Bradford. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. William BURGESS Private, 1st/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 147 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no. 2488 He died from his wounds on 3 July 1916. He was 24 Additional information He was the son of Joseph and Frances Burgess. He is remembered on pier and face 6A and 6B of the Thiepval Memorial. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John BUTTERFIELD Pioneer, 3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Pioneers. Army no 104160 He died on active service on 24 May 1916. He was 29 He is buried in grave I N 7 Menin Road South Military Cemetery Additional Information In 1901 he is in a Boys Home. When he joined up in 1914, he had served in the Army. I suspect that he had been orphaned some time earlier which begs the question as to why he is on the Baildon Memorial. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. George CALVERT No idea on this one. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. William (Willie) CALVERT Private, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Army no 40165 George Calvert, 14 Adelaide Street, Baildon He was born in 1898 and I think that he died aged 47 in 1946. So… He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Frederick Samuel CAWTHORN Gunner, 294th Siege Battery, The Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 362884 He was killed in action on 26 September 1917. He was 40. He is buried in grave VII D 7 The Huts Cemetery near Ypres Additional information He was the son of Samuel and Lucy Cawthorn and the husband of Lily Maud Smith Cawthorn, 31 East Parade, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Frank CLARK Bombardier, A Battery, 232nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 795699 He was killed in action on 27 April 1917. He was 20. He is remembered on bay 1 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Daniel and Nora Clark, The Angel Hotel, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Willie COX Gunner, 73rd Battery, 5th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no. 82402 He was killed in action on 4 March 1917 probably in the attack on Vimy Ridge. He was 37 He is buried in grave IV E 16 Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont St Eloi, near Arras Additional information He was the brother of Albert Cox, 3 Browgate, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Harry CRAVEN Private, 27th Battalion (Manitoba Regiment) , Canadian Infantry. Army no 152330 He died from his wounds on 25 September 1916 in no 10 General Hospital in Rouen. He was 25 He is buried in grave B 18 49 St Sever Cemetery, Rouen Additional Information He was the son of Abraham and Nancy Craven of Baildon He appears on the Methodist and Nurses Houses Memorials. Charles DAWSON Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no. 6710 He died from his wounds on 16 September 1916. He had been wounded at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette and then nursed by the Field Ambulance Service who were working in the vicinity He is buried in grave H 1 Authuile Military Cemetery, Somme He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Thomas Arthur DOBSON Private, A Company, 2nd/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 186 Brigade, 62nd Division. Army no. 267114 He died from his wounds on 14 September 1917. At this time there was no major battle. Maybe it was as a result of one of the daily incidents in trench warfare. He was 24. He is buried in grave I E 25 Favreuil British Cemetery, north of Bapaume Additional information He was the son of Walker and Annie Isabella Dobson, Tilney, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a native of Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. James William DUCKWORTH Private, C Company, 21st (Service) Battalion (Wool Textile Pioneers), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 4th Division. Army no. 21/591 He died from his wounds on 3 October 1917 probably incurred during the Battle of Polygon Wood. He was 20 He is buried in grave VI G 3 Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium Additional information He was the son of William and Tabitha Duckworth. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Fredrick Selby DYSON Private, 1st/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Army no 2589 He was killed in action on 25 July 1916. He was 21 He is remembered on pier and face 2A, 2C and 2D of the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Joseph and the late Sarah Ann Dyson of Angel Street, Baildon He is on the Moravian Memorial And his brother John William DYSON Serjeant, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Army no 849. He was transferred to Army no (22204?) 38th Company, The Labour Corps. He was killed in action on 7 August 1917 near Ypres. He was 29 He is buried in grave IV A 10 Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension Additional Information He was the son of Joseph Dyson of Angel Street, Baildon and the late Sarah Ann Dyson He is on the Nurses Houses and the Moravian Memorials Ernest ELLIS Private, 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s, Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), 73 Brigade, 24th Division. Army no. 15250. He was formerly with the Training Reserve Battalion. Army no. 58576 He was killed in action in the Battle of Pilckem Ridge, part of the Battle of Passchendaele on 31 July 1917. He was 19 He is remembered on panel 44 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional information He was the son of Timothy and Florence Ellis, 19 East Parade, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Harold William FIELD Second Lieutenant, IX Corps Cyclist Battalion, Army Cyclist Corps He was killed in action on 27 May 1918. At the time his battalion was involved in attempting to hold the German offensive on the Aisne. He was 24 He is buried in grave Sp Mem No 1 Montcornet Military Cemetery, Flanders Additional Information He was the son of William Taylor and Hannah Field, Rockmount, Bank Crest, Baildon and in the family business, Field Sons & Co, Southgate, Bradford. He is remembered on the Nurses Home, the Golf Club and the Moravian Memorials William Cartwright FORRYAN Pioneer, E Special Company, Royal Engineers. Army no 225027 He died on active service on 5 October 1917. He was 38 He is buried in grave I C 31 Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Thélus, France Additional Information He was the son of John George and Elizabeth Forryan and the husband of Gladys Annie Keith (formerly Forryan) of Chauvin, Alberta, Canada. He was born at Nottingham and he is remembered on the Memorial there at St Stephen’s Church, Hyson Green. He lived at 74 Southfield Square, Bradford. His unit was involved in gas warfare. Mike Lawson records that: He died as a result of accidental injuries October 5th 1917. (a Court of Enquiry was held). He is remembered on the Golf Club Memorial Joseph FOY Private, Labour Corps. Army no. 117925. He was formerly with The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Army no. 18525 He died on 24 January 1919. He is buried in grave S 106 Nab Wood Cemetery, Shipley He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Frank Edward FURNESS Private, 21st (Service) Battalion, (Wool Textile Pioneers), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 4th Division. Army no. 21/329 He was killed in action on 29 March 1918. He was 30 He is buried in grave D 10 Mindel Trench British Cemetery, St Laurent-Blagny, Arras Additional information He was the son of Charles and Sarah Furness He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Percy GAMBLE Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Border Regiment, 33 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no. 28060. He was formerly with the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry. Army no. 3247 He died on 5 March 1917. He was 30 He was the son of the late Rev. John and of Mary Gamble, Loweswater Vicarage, Cockermouth and the husband of Edith Gamble, 5 Fountain Buildings, Baildon. He is buried in grave I I 75 Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme Additional information At the time of his death, Varennes was a hospital centre He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Percy GATH Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 52 Brigade, 17th Division. Army no 266327 He was killed in action on 9 September 1918 on the Somme. He was 29 He is buried in grave II C 9 Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Joseph A and Mary Elizabeth Gath He is remembered on the Memorial to the Fallen at C F Taylor and Co Ltd, Lower Holme Mills, Baildon Sam Moxon GELDER DCM Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 436 and then Army no 795248 He was discharged from the Army on 7 July 1917 as a result of being wounded in the knee and awarded the Silver War Badge. He died from pneumonia on 17 July 1918. He was 23 He is buried in the SW part of the churchyard of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Baildon. Additional information He was the son of Clara Watson, 1 West Grove, Baildon His name is on the Methodist and Nurses House Memorial Norman GILKS Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no. 24658 He died from his wounds on 3 February 1917. He was 19 He is buried in grave II N 27 Grove Town Cemetery, Maulte Additional information He was the son of Joseph and Myra Gilks, Chevin End Farm, Guiseley. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Bernard GILL Lance Sergeant, 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Leeds), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no. 15/1238 He died from wounds received in the fighting on the Somme on 25 March 1918. He was 20 He is buried in grave I C 11 Bac du Sud, British Cemetery, Bailleulval Additional information He was the son of John and Harriet Gill, 11 Beeston Road, Leeds. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Edward GOODALL Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no. 242156 He was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme on 3 September 1916. He was 22 He is remembered on pier and face 6A & 6B of the Thiepval Memorial. Additional information He was the son of William and Sarah Goodall, 42 Northgate, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Harold GREGSON Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 52 Brigade, 17th Division. Army no. 24660 He died on 10 January 1918. He was 34 He is buried in grave IX C 8 Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt Additional information He was the husband of Mary Jane Gregson, 12 Nelson Street, Green Lane, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Joseph GREENWOOD Private, 2nd/7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 186 Brigade, 62nd Division. Army no. 306624 He was killed in action during the Battle of Bullecourt on 3 May 1917 He is remembered on bay 6 of the Arras Memorial. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Tom GREENWOOD Sapper, 23rd Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Army no. 169262 He died on 21 February 1919. He was 27 He is buried in the yard of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Baildon Additional information He was the son of William and Rachael Greenwood and the husband of Emily Greenwood, 74 St. James's Street, Nottingham. He was born at Baildon. He appears on the Methodist and Nurses Houses Memorials and on the Memorial in Stoney Royd Cemetery, Halifax. Stanley Hugh LUMBY Sergeant, 1st/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no. 240612 He was killed in action during the second Battle of Kemmel Ridge on 25 April 1918. He is remembered on panel 42 to 47 and 162 of the Tyne Cot Memorial. Additional information It would appear that his name is not Stanley HAIGH-LUMBY as it appears on the Memorial but is Stanley Hugh LUMBY. He is remembered on the Nurses Home Memorial and the Golf Club Memorial Levi HALL Sapper, 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Army no. 100798 He died from his wounds on 24 September 1916. He was 42 He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Additional information He was the husband of Maria Hall, 7 Lower Holme, Woodbottom, Shipley. He is buried in grave XVI E 12 Étaples Military Cemetery William (Willie) HALL Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 50 Brigade, 17th Division. Army no 18/528 He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 in the battle of Albert. He was 26. He is buried in grave E 1 Fricourt New Military Cemetery Additional information He was the husband of Mary Hall, 11 Queen Street, Woodbottom, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John Gladney W HALLIDAY Second Lieutenant, 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force. He was killed in action on 3 September 1918. He was 19 He was the son of William Halliday, Hawks Cliff, Bank Crest, Baildon. He lies in grave IX A 3 Heath Cemetery, Harbonnières. Additional information It would appear that his name is not Gladney HALLIDAY as it appears on the Memorial but is John Gladney W HALLIDAY. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. On the day he was killed, the squadron bombed Cambrai Railway junction. The squadron was attacked by a flight of 6 Fokker aircraft, three were shot down but second Lieutenant Halliday, an Observer, was killed. Nathan HALLIDAY Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 34 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no. 20228 He died from his wounds received during the Battle of Passchendaele on 17 August 1917. He was 21 He is buried in grave IV D 29 Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery, St Omer Additional information He was the son of Joseph and Hannah Halliday, 10 Park Lane, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John HANNAFORD Private, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 12 Brigade, 4th Division. Army no. 265305 He died probably of natural causes on 23 September 1917. He was 36 He is buried in grave I P 19 Achiet le Grand Communal Cemetery Extension Additional information He was the son of Mary Ann and the step son of William Halliday He is listed in military records as ANNIFORD J. I suspect he was born John Hanniford ad used his step-father’s name of Halliday at home but enlisted as Hannaford He is on the Nurses Houses and the Moravian Memorials The Rev James Henry HARDY Chaplain 4th Class, attached to 1st/1st Battalion, The Welsh Regiment He was killed on the battlefield on 5 May 1918. He was 45 He is buried in grave XI B 17 Nine Elms British Cemetery Additional information He was the son of Robert Henry and Charlotte Hardy and the husband of Mary Stewart Hardy, 40 Briarbank Terrace, Edinburgh He is remembered on the Golf Club Memorial Richard HARRISON Rifleman, 1st/8th Battalion (Leeds Rifles), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no. 63808 He was killed in action on 29 August 1918. He was 18 He is remembered on panel 4 of the Vis en Artois Memorial. Additional Information He was the son of Nicholson and Florence Harrison, 6 Oak Place, Tong Park, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Thomas HARRISON Private, 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s). Army no. 201786 He was killed in action on 20 September 1917. He was 29 He is remembered on panel 132 to 135 and 162A of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional information He was the son of Charles and Ellen Harrison, 5 Hollin Head, Tong Park, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Walter HARRISON Private, 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 18 Brigade, 6th Division. Army no. 16/1224 He was killed in action on 3 August 1918. He was 23 He is buried in grave V C 6 La Clytte Military Cemetery Additional information He was the son of Charles and Ellen Harrison and the husband of Dorothy Gladys Harrison of Old Bilton, Rugby. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Albert Victor HESLOP Second Lieutenant, 4 Squadron, Royal Air Force He was killed when his aircraft, an RE 8, reconnaissance and bomber biplane was involved in combat on 9 November 1918 and crashed. He was 18 He is buried in grave C 92 Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Additional information It is believed that he was brought up by Mrs Caroline Cook, 12 Spring Gardens, Baildon. His birth mother was Martha Heslop, Prospect House, Knayton, Thirsk. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. He graduated as a pilot on 30 September 1918 and joined his squadron on 16 October Lieutenant Reginald William Lane was also killed in this incident. He was 20 and had previously served with the Hampshire Regiment. He is buried in the adjoining grave Arthur HEWITSON Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no. 19387 He died of his wounds received during the Battle of the Somme on 28 September 1916. He was 30. He is buried in grave B 815 of Charlestown Cemetery, Baildon Additional information He was the son of Ada Hewitson and the late Abram Hewitson and the husband of Annie Beatrice Mary Hewitson, 14 Park Mount Avenue, Baildon. He was born in Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. George HODGETTS Private, 14th (Service) Battalion (2nd Barnsley), The York and Lancaster Regiment, 94 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no. 235134 He was killed in action in the Battle of the Lys on 29 June 1917. He was 25, He is remembered on bay 8 of the Arras Memorial Additional information He was the son of Charles and Sarah Hodgetts and the husband of Esther Alice Hodgetts, 9 George Street, Baildon, Wood Bottom He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. James Frederick HODGSON Private, 16th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Army no 16/733 He was killed in action on 12 August 1916. He was 24 He is buried in grave IV A 22 Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg l’Avoue Additional Information He was the son of Tom Harry and Ellinor Hodgson, 4 New Lane, Laisterdyke He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Maurice S HODGSON Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no 22970 He was killed in action on 8 June 1917 at the battle of Messines. He was 25. He is remembered on panel 20 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional information He was the son of Herbert Stead Hodgson, 2 Victoria Street, Baildon Road, Woodbottom, Baildon and the husband of Mabel Ashley Osborne (formerly Hodgson), 97 Kensington Street, Girlington. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. William A HOLGATE Sergeant, 20th Battalion (Central Ontario Regiment) Canadian Infantry. Army no 57657 He was killed in action on 23 May 1917. He was 25 and born in Baildon He is buried in grave II F 2 Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension Additional Information He was the son of Richard Wear and Elizabeth Holgate. Toronto Star 6 June 1917: He was wounded at the Somme. He returned to the trenches and was killed in action. His next of kin is Mrs E Brooks of Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Edward Louis HOLMES Private, 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment, 230 Brigade, 74th Division. Army no. 320827 He was killed in action on 12 January 1918. He was 24 He is buried in grave D 120 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Additional information He was the son of Mr J W and Mrs J A Holmes Cliffe Lane, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John HOWITT Private, 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Army no 3/19876. The only record that I can find of his military service is his British Army Pension record. This records that he was the husband of Emmeline Howitt, 55 Tong Park, Baildon whom he had married on 24 Oct 1914 at Guiseley Parish Church, Guiseley. There is no record of a Silver War Badge but he was discharged on 4 August 1916 as he was considered unlikely to become an efficient soldier. He was 22. He died in Autumn 1917 He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Elliott HUTTON Private, 2nd Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 150 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no. 44337 He was killed in action during the Battle of the Beaurevoir Line on 3 October 1918. He was 29 He is buried in grave I A 16 Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy Additional information He was the son of Tom and Edith Hutton and the husband of Alice Maud Hutton, 5 The Tam, Esholt Lane, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John INGHAM Private, 1st Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 9 Brigade, 3rd Division. Army no 23999 He was killed in action on 7 June 1916. He was 25 He is buried in grave I E 5 Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium Additional information He was the son of John and Sarah H Ingham of Thackley, Bradford He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Jack INGHAM MiD Sergeant 1st/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Army no. 3005 He was killed in action on 15 July 1916. He was 29 He is remembered on pier and face 2A 2C and 2D of the Thiepval Memorial Additional information He was the son of Mr W H and Mrs M A Ingham, 1 St Stephen's Terrace, West Bowling, Bradford He appears on the Nurses House Memorial. Alfred JOHNSON Private, 16th (Service) Battalion (1st Bradford), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no 16/217 He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 on the first day of the battle of the Somme. He was 27. He is buried in grave I B 4 Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps near Albert Additional Information He was the brother of Alice Hoyle, 37 Church Hill, Baildon. They were born in Barrow on Humber. He appears on the Methodist and Nurses House Memorials. William Henry JONES Possibly Lance Corporal, 1st/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Army no. 1866 He was killed in action on 9 July 1916 He is remembered on pier and face 2A 2C and 2D of the Thiepval Memorial He appears on the Nurses House Memorial. Willie KERSHAW Private, 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company, 22 Brigade, 7th Division. Army no 10140 He was killed in action on 9 October 1917 at the battle of Poelcappelle. He was 33 He is remembered on panel 7 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Abraham and Emma S Kershaw and the brother of Eleanor Willgoose, 10 Cemetery Road, Birkdale, Southport He was born and lived in Bradford. He appears on the Golf Club Memorial Horace LANCASTER Private, 1st/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Brigade, Division. Army no. 241261 He was killed in action on 25 April 1918. He was 22 He is remembered on panel 42 to 47 and 162 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional information He was the son of Sarah Ann and the late Seth Bentley Lancaster, 1 Manor Croft, Baildon He is on the Nurses Houses and the Moravian Memorials Henry Merrick Burrell LAW Second Lieutenant, 18 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. He was killed in action on 8 August 1916. He was 26 He is buried in grave B 12 Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension Additional information He was the son of Marcia F L Law, 28 Altenburg Gardens, Clapham Common, London. He appears on the Nurses House Memorial. Percy Harold LEEMING Rifleman, 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 99 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no C/7127 He was killed in action in the fighting at Miraumont on 18 February 1917. He was 20 He is buried in grave I F 26 Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Annie Leeming, 7 Silver Mill, Otley. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Henry Edmund LEYLAND Serjeant, 2nd/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Army no 5106 He died of peritonitis whilst on active service on 14 December 1916. He was 34 He is buried in grave 1065 St Oswald Churchyard, Guiseley Additional Information He was the son of Elizabeth E Leyland of Wharfedale and William Leyland (who appears to be in the USA) and the husband of Marian Leyland. He appears on the Nurses House Memorial and the Golf Club Memorial Reginald LISTER Private, 1st/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 240163 He was killed in action 25 April 1918 at Kemmel Ridge. He was 20 He is remembered on panel 42 to 47 and 162 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Phoebe Jane Lister, 34 Thorpe Street, Shearbridge, Bradford, and the late George Maxwell Lister. He is on the Nurses Memorial and the Titus Salt School Memorial. On the Nurses Memorial he is recorded as Ronald James William LOGAN Gunner, A Battery, 48th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 21482 He died on 17 September 1917 from the wounds he had received. He was 21 He is buried in grave VI A 31 Duisans British Cemetery, Étrun Additional Information He was the son of James and Eliza Jane Logan, 4 Firth Place, Cromwell Road, Shipley He is remembered on the Memorial to the Fallen at C F Taylor and Co Ltd, Lower Holme Mills, Baildon and also at Bethel Baptist Chapel and Rosse Street Baptist Chapel Christopher LONG Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 32 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no 10657 He was killed in action in the Gallipoli Landings at Sulva Bay on 9 August 1915. He was 30 He is remembered on panel 47-51 of the Helles Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Louisa Long, St John Street, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Norman LONG Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), 8 Brigade, 3rd Division. Army no 271385. He was formerly Army no 5774 with the Scottish Rifles He was killed in action at the battle of the Selle on 23 October 1918. He was 21 He is buried in grave B 3 Capelle Beaudignies Road Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of William and Jane Long, Ivy Lea, 6 St James Place, Otley Road, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Norman S LUND Private, 11th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no 18/1526 He was killed in action in the battle of the Transloy Ridges on 7 October 1916. He was 22 He is buried in grave IV K 8 Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont Additional Information He was the son of Francis and Sarah Lund, 37 Fair Bank, Windhill, Shipley. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Tom Clough LUND Lieutenant 1st/4th Battalion The Northumberland Fusiliers, 149 Brigade, 50th Division. He was killed in action on 23 March 1918 at the battle of St Quentin. He was 29 He is remembered on anel 16-18 of the Pozières Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Harry and Florence J Lund, Earl's Craig, Ben Rhydding, Ilkley. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John Theodore Cameron MARGETTS Private, C Company, 1st/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 2220 He died from his wounds on 11 December 1915. He was 23 He is buried in grave D 13 Hospital Farm Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of William John and Clare Charlotte Margetts, Beckford Vicarage, Tewkesbury. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Michael Edward McCUEN Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no 24528 He died from his wounds on 24 April 1917. He was 19. He is buried in grave XII A 17 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Daniel and Eliza McCuen, Tong Park, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Willie MCHUGH Corporal, 9th (Service) Battalion, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), 64 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no 42989. He was formerly Army no 28497 with the Northumberland Fusiliers He died on 1 May 1917 from his wounds which he received on the Scarpe. He was 26. He is buried in grave I D 8 Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux Additional Information He was the son of Bridget McHugh, 66 Tong Park, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. George MEAD Private 1st/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 268629 He was killed in action on 9 October 1917 at the battle of Poelcapelle. He was 19 He is remembered on panel 42-47 & 162 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Jesse and Elizabeth Mead, 1 Thorn House, Otley Road, Charlestown, Shipley He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Thomas METCALFE DCM Lance Serjeant, 8th Battalion (Leeds Rifles), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 22211 He was killed in action on 27 September 1918 the day the village was retaken. He is buried in grave I E 8 Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Mrs Sarah Metcalfe, Tong Park, Baildon He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Arnold Charles Victor MIDDLETON Lance Corporal, 12th (Service) Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 62 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no 7455 He was killed in action on 13 July 1916 at the battle of Albert. He was 22 He is remembered on pier and face 10B, 11B & 12B of the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Fred and Rosa Fanny Middleton, Moordale, Treshfield, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Herbert MIDGLEY Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Army no 241604 He was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He was 25 He is remembered on bay 6 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Mrs Mary Ann Midgley, 11 Spring Cliffe Street, Green Lane, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John Alexander Val MIDGLEY Lance Corporal, 55th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Army no 28554 He died from his wounds on 20 October 1915. He was 20. He is buried in grave IV F 60 Bethune Town Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of John and Sarah Midgley, 5 East Parade, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. And his brother William MIDGLEY Private, 9th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Army no 50629 He was killed in action on 18 November 1917. He was 28. He is remembered on panel 32 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Additional Information He was the son of John and Sarah Midgley, 5 East Parade, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Walter MIDGLEY Private, 16th (Service) Battalion (1st Bradford), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no 32633 He was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He was 38 He is remembered on bay 4 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the brother of Joseph Midgley, 1 Ashfield Street, Knowle Park, Keighley. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Cecil MITCHELL Lance Corporal, 63rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Army no 83623. He was formerly Army no 7387 with the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 21 August 1918 in the fighting around the village when the West Riding Division recaptured it. He was 37 He is buried in grave IV E 18 Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory Additional Information He was the son of Herbert and Elizabeth A Mitchell, Clayton and the husband of Lillie Mitchell, 41 Cranbourne Road, Daisy Hill, Bradford He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Jesse MITCHELL Private, 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 23 Brigade, 8th Division. Army no 32169 He died from his wounds on 30 March 1918. He was probably in hospital in Rouen. He was 21 He is buried in grave P IX I 12B St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Additional information He was the son of Thomas and Ada Mitchell, 12 Binswell Fold He is on the Nurses Houses and the Moravian Memorials Bryan MITCHELSON Private, 15th/17th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no 62169 He died from his wounds on 29 May 1918. Wimereux was a hospital centre. He was 19. He is buried in grave XI G 1A Wimereux Communal Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Mary Jane Mitchelson, Glen Ings, Lucy Hall Drive, Baildon He was serving with The Durham Light Infantry when he was wounded. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial D W Moorland according to the Christchurch War Memorial, Windhill, Shipley it should be Thomas W not D W? Thomas William MORLAND Private, 15th/17th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 93 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no 38210 He was killed in action on 24 March 1918 at the battle of Bapaume. He was 21 He is remembered on bay 4 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Leonard and Fanny Morland of Shipley He is also remembered on the Memorial to the Fallen at C F Taylor and Co Ltd, Lower Holme Mills, Baildon and at Christ Church War Memorial, Windhill, Shipley Walter MURGATROYD Private, 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 23 Brigade, 8th Division. Army no 242209 He was killed in action on 27 November 1917. He was 25. He is remembered on panel 42 to 47 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information He was the son of John and Elizabeth Murgatroyd, 21 East Parade, Baildon and the husband of Edith Murgatroyd, 35 Park Road, Carr Lane, Windhill, Shipley His name is on the Methodist and Nurses House Memorials William (Willie) MURGATROYD Private, 16th (Service) Battalion (1st Bradford), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31 Division. Army no 38351 He was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He is remembered on bay 4 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was born in Baildon but there were several William Murgatroyds born in the 1890s so it is difficult to identify him He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Charles (Charlie) NEWALL Farrier Serjeant, Berkshire Yeomanry. Army no 4446 He died from his wounds on 28 November 1917. He was 32. He is buried in grave H 20 Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel Additional Information He was the son of Albert and Maria Newall, 21 Adelaide Street, Woodbottom, Baildon He had served in the Anglo-Boer War with 3rd Dragoon Guards. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Arthur William NEWSHOLME Lance Corporal, 16th (Service) Battalion (1st Bradford), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31 Division. Army no 16/781 He was killed in action on 27 February 1917 in an attack on the German rear-guard by the 31st Division. He was 25 He is buried in row A Owl Trench Cemetery, Hebuterne Additional Information He was the son of Arthur Wight and Agnes Newsholme, Temple Rhydding, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Charles NICHOLSON Lance Serjeant, 2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 2 Brigade, 1st Division Army no 4745 He was killed in action on 27 December 1914 in the defence of Givenchy. He is remembered on panel 32 and 33 of Le Touret Memorial He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Charles Wilfred Milner NICHOLSON Private, 18th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, 2 Brigade, 1st Division. Army no 41406 He was killed in action on 19 August 1917. He was 21. He is buried in grave II H 14 Templeux le Guerard British Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Charles Henry and Clara Elizabeth Nicholson, 18 Lower Holme, Baildon He was born in Heath, Wakefield. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Bertie NORTH Private, 1st/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 300162 He was killed in action on 5 August 1917. He was 36. He is buried in grave II D 9 Coxyde Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the husband of Hannah S North, 7 George Street, Wood Bottom, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Harry NORTH Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 32 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no 11414 He died on 22 August 1915 from the wounds he had received. I suspect that he died on a Hospital Ship He is remembered on panel 117 to 119 of the Helles Memorial Additional Information He is remembered on the Memorial to the Fallen at C F Taylor and Co Ltd, Lower Holme Mills, Baildon James ODDY Private, 21st (Service) Battalion (Wool Textile Pioneers), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Pioneer Battalion to 4th Division. Army no 211856 He was killed in action on 19 October 1916. He was 26 He is buried in grave III W 9 Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs Additional information He was the son of James and the late Sarah Oddy. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. There are two others who share this name and it could well be one of the other two especially as the plaque does not specify a forename Fred PALEY Private, A Company, 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Army no G/29685 He died from his wounds on 27 August 1918 in Hospital in Étaples. He was 25 He is buried in grave LXVII G 29 Étaples Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Joseph and Amy Paley of Methley and the husband of Annie Theresa Paley of Bradford He is remembered on the Golf Club Memorial William PEAL Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Army no 12298 He was killed in action on 26 April 1916. He was 32. He is remembered on panel 6 of the Ploegsteert Memorial Additional information At the time of his death, this Battalion was in Egypt so he had probably been posted He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Nelson PEEL Private Royal Army Medical Corps. Army no 96118 He died on active service on 20 February 1920. He was 28 He is buried in plot F grave 173 Capuccini Naval Cemetery Malta Additional information He was the son of Sarah and the late William Peel of Shipley. In 1911 they had moved to Gillingham He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John PEEL Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Army no 50519 transferred to Army no. 368137 with 736th Company, Labour Corps. He died on active service on 9 December 1919. He was 24. He is buried in grave VI A 4 Cologne Southern Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Arthur and Sarah Peel, 17 Lower Holme, Wood Bottom, Baildon. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Percival (Percy) PEMBERTON MM Serjeant, 5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 267955 He was killed in action on 26 August 1918. He was 26. He is buried in grave I C 3 Gomiecourt South Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Samuel and Mary Jane Pemberton, 2 Wainman Street, Baildon He is on the Nurses Houses and the Moravian Memorials Richard PENDLEBURY Corporal, 44th Special Service Company, 4th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Army no 479541 He died whilst on active service near Bridlington on 7 July 1918. He is buried in grave C 121 Nab Wood Cemetery, Shipley Additional Information He was husband of Maud Mary Pendlebury He is remembered on the Golf Club Memorial Samuel (Sam) PITTS Private, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Brigade, Division. Army no 26319 He was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He was 35. He is remembered on bay 1 & 2 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Mrs Alice Pitts, 6 Tong Park, Baildon Joseph Naylor PULLAN Able Seaman HMS Defence Royal Navy RN no J/34627 Date of Death 31 May 1916. He was 20. He is remembered on panel 12 of the Plymouth Naval Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Michael and Mary Elizabeth Pullan of Shipley. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. James W PULLAN He served as George Johnson Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 35546 He died at home on 12 April 1915 and his death is registered in Bradford Registration District. He was 25 He is buried in South Screen Wall V C 19 Anfield Cemetery Liverpool Additional Information His address on enlistment in 1914 was 12 Dominion Street, Belmont Road, Liverpool and he was a hairdresser He is a bit of a mystery who was discharged on 19 November 1914 as he was no longer fit for military service He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Maurice RAISBECK Private, 2nd/7th Battalion (Leeds Rifles), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 185 Brigade, 62nd Division. Army no 306618 He was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He was 23. He is remembered on bay 6 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Lewis and Sarah Raisbeck, Greenroyd, Coach Road, Baildon. Also spelt Morris He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. William RAISTRICK Private, 1st/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Army no 235211 Died Date of Death 25 July 1917. He was 28. He is buried in grave I K 9 Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux Additional Information He was the son of William and Mary Ann Raistrick of Baildon and the husband of Janet Raistrick, Union Street, Stockton-on-Tees. He appears on the Nurses Houses Memorial. PERCY RISPIN Not Raspin as stated on the memorial Private 5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), Brigade, Division. Army no 22601 He was killed in action on 26 May 1918. He was 19 He is buried in grave XX C 12 Bienvillers Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the Grandson of George Rispin, Longscales Farm, Birstwith, Harrogate with whom he is living in both the 1901 and 1911 censuses and the illegitimate son of Mary Ann Docker. It is also recorded that he was both Church of England and a Wesleyan. When he signed up, he was living at Lynton House, Northgate, Baildon. He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Arthur RAWSTRON Private, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s), 19th Indian Brigade, 7th Meerut Division. Army no S/8031. He was killed in action on 22 April 1916. He was 25. He is remembered on panel 37 & 64 of the Basra Memorial Additional information He was the son of Arthur and Emily Rawstron and the husband of Maude Rawstron. In the 1911 census they were living at Ford House Farm, Buck Lane, Baildon He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Arthur ROBINSON Able Seaman, HMS President, Royal Navy. RNVRS no Tyneside Z/10102 He died in Baildon on 6 September 1920. He was 36 He is buried in grave to the south of the Church in the churchyard of the Moravian Church, Baildon Additional Information He was the son of Harry and Harriet Robinson, Heather House, Baildon. His death is recorded in the Civil Registers so I suspect it probable that his war service was the contributing factor He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Ernest ROBINSON Private, 1st Battalion, The Connaught Rangers, 7 Indian Brigade, 3rd Indian Division. Army no 6185. He was formerly Army no 32873 with 9th Training Battalion He died probably of natural causes on 7 June 1917. He was 22 He is buried in grave III P 8 Basra War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of James and Sarah Robinson, 9 Perseverance Street, Baildon. He had served in India where he contracted malaria and Mesopotamia, where he got smallpox. He is on the Nurses Houses and the Moravian Memorials William ROBINSON Another occasion where there is a choice: William Victor ROBINSON Probably Private, 2nd/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Army no 7676 He died on active service in England on 4 October 1916. He was 19. He is buried in grave L L 20 churchyard of St Paul’s Church, Denholme Gate OR Willie ROBINSON But it could be: Sapper, 18th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Army no 480226 He was killed in action on 19 July 1917 near Ypres. He is buried in grave II A 46 Perth Cemetery (China Wall) Additional Information He was born in Bradford and lived in Shipley He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Stanley Ben ROOUM Private, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), 23 Brigade, 8th Division. Army no 52496. He was formerly Army no 41889 with The York and Lancaster Regiment. He was killed in action on 11 August 1917 near Ypres. He was 29 He is buried in grave III C 25 Reninghelst New Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Ben and Martha Ann Rooum and the husband of Martha Ann Rooum, 7 Hudson Buildings, Green Lane, Baildon. I have checked this, his wife and his mother did have the same names! He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial and at The Bethel Baptist Chapel. Leonard SCOTT Private, 1st/8th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), 167 Brigade, 56 Division. Army no G/52162. He was formerly Army no G/39867 with the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) He was killed in action on 30 November 1917 during the German Counter Attacks at the battle of Cambrai. He was 35 He is remembered on panel 9 of the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval Additional Information He was the husband of Lily Scott, 4 Chelmsford Terrace, Dial Street, Leeds. or Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 185 Brigade, 62nd Division. Army no 265545 He died on 21 July 1918 from his wounds received at the battle of Tardenois. He was 23 He is buried in grave A 26 Sezanne Communal Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Sarah Jane Scott, 9 Rutland Place, Burley Street, Leeds He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Charles SIMMONDS I believe this was Charles Henry SIMMONS Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no 25216 He was killed in action on 27 October 1918 in the Battle for Vittorio Veneto. He was 20 He is buried in plot 2 row C grave 10 Tezze British Cemetery italy Additional Information He was the son of Wallace and Ada Simmons, 14 North Parade, Allerton, Bradford He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John Robert SKEATH Private, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 10 Brigade, 4th Division. . Army no 25564 He was killed in action on 30 August 1918 at the battle of the Scarpe. He was 21. He is buried in grave I E 26 Vis en Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt Additional Information He was the son of Robert and Eliza Skeath, 46 High Street, Stamford He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John W SLINGSBY Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 32 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no 40945 He was killed in action on 30 November 1916 on the Somme. He was 21 He is buried in grave II E 1 Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel Additional Information He was the son of Herbert Duckworth and Harriet Slingsby of Baildon and the husband of Ethel Slingsby, 1 Chester Street, Horton Lane, Bradford He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Ephraim SMITH Serjeant, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no 3/13161 He was killed in action on 20 September 1916 at the battle of Flers Courcellette. He was 23 He is buried in grave C 1 Peake Wood Cemetery, Fricourt Additional Information He was the son of Jonas and Mary Ann Smith, Ogden, Halifax and the husband of Mary Smith, 10 Tentercroft, Baildon. He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Harold Howard SMITH Private, C Company, 18th (Service) Battalion (2nd Bradford), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 106 Brigade, 35th Division. Army no 18/544 He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 on the forst day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 21 He is remembered on pier and face 2A, 2C & 2D of the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information He was the son of David and Emma Smith, 31 Sowden Street, Great Horton, Bradford, The only Harold Smith from the Bradford area He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Sam SMITH Private, 4th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 7209 He died, probably of natural causes, on 11 March 1917. He is buried in grave III G 22 Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1 He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John STEEL Private, 1st/6th (Perthshire) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 153 Brigade, 51st Division. Army no 268379. He was previously Army no 2117 with the Scottish Horse. He was killed in action on 15 October 1917 near Arras. He was 20 He is buried in grave I A 37 St Martin Calvaire British Cemetery, St Martin sur Cojeul Additional Information He was the son of James and Lily Steel, Golcar Farm, Bingley. He is remembered on the Golf Club Memorial and the Nurses Houses Memorial. Herbert STONEY Private, 1st/7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), Army no 3783 attached to 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), 148 Brigade, 49th Division. He was killed in action on 3 July 1916 at Albert. He was 28. He is buried in grave I 7 Authuile Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Margaret Stoney, Bewerley, Pateley Bridge. He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Norman Crabtree STUDLEY Private, 27th (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish), The Northumberland Fusiliers, 103 Brigade, 34th Division. Army no 47085 He died, of natural causes, on 28 April 1917. He was 36 He is remembered on bay 2 and 3 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William and Esther Ann Studley and the husband of Lilly Studley. He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Harold SUTCLIFFE Rifleman, 19th Battalion (2nd Public Works Pioneers), The King's Royal Rifle Corps, Pioneer Battalion for 41st Division. Army no C/985 He died from his wounds on 23 August 1918. He is buried in grave Marle German Cem Mem 15 Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Walter and Janet Sutcliffe, 15 Lower Holme, Shipley He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. George TARRANT Lance Corporal, 16th (Service) Battalion (1st Bradford), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no 16/455 He died from his wounds on 12 June 1916. He was 25 He is buried in grave B 3 Beauval Communal Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of George and Elizabeth Tarrant, Bull's Lodge, Waterlooville, Cosham He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. Ernest TAYLOR Private, 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 16 Brigade, 6th Division. Army no 52567. He was formerly Army no 31771 with The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). He was killed in action on 21 March 1918 at St Quentin. He was 30 He is remembered on bay 4 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Fred and Ann Taylor, Hill House, Baildon and the husband of Olive I Taylor, 54 Cliffe Road, Bradford He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial. John William TAYLOR MM MSM Serjeant, 25th Division, Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Army no 313146. He was formerly Army no 63143 with the Royal Field Artillery He was killed in action on 28 September 1918. He was 28 He is buried in grave II F 17 Templeux le Guerard British Cemetery, the Somme Additional Information He was the son of William and Mary Ann Taylor who were living in Manor Fold, Baildon in 1901 His name is on the Methodist and Nurses House Memorials William (Willie) THOMPSON Private, 2nd/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 185 Brigade, 62nd Division. Army no 241298 He was killed in action on 3 May 1917 in the fighting at Bullecourt. He was 21 He is remembered on bay 4 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William and Angelina Thompson, 8 Manor Croft, Baildon His name is on the Methodist and Nurses House Memorial W THOMPSON Possibly William THOMPSON Driver, 517th Heavy Transport Company, Army Service Corps Army no T/382761 He died, probably from natural causes, on 21 October 1918. He was 34 He is buried in grave O 340 War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo Additional Information He was the son of William Greenwell and Ellen Matilda Thompson, 1 Belgrave Road, Keighley His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial Frank Oddy WADDINGTON Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 69 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no 17754 He was killed in action near Ypres on 14 November 1916. He was 21. He is buried in grave VI P 26 Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) near Ypres Additional Information He was the son of Craven and the late Alice Waddington, 28 Whike's View, Whetley Hill, Bradford His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial F WADKINS I cannot identify him but his name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial William Raper WARDMAN Private, 5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 32505 He died from his wounds on 31 August 1918 in the Casualty Clearing Station that was in the village. He was 19. He is buried in grave I F 6 Bac du Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval Additional Information He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Wardman of Baildon His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial Charlie Arthur WATSON Company Serjeant Major, A Company, 16th (Service) Battalion (1st Bradford), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31st Division. Army no 16/73 He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 40 He is remembered on pier and face 2A 2C and 2D of the Thiepval Memorial Additional Information He was the husband of Nellie Watson, 4 East Parade, Baildon. He had previously served in the Anglo-Boer War and had been besieged at Ladysmith. He is remembered on the Nurses Home Memorial and the Golf Club Memorial Thomas H WEIGHTMAN Private, 25th (Service) Battalion (Frontiersmen), The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Army no G/36125 There are two reports. He was killed in action and also that he died of malaria on 3 August 1917. He was 22 He is buried in grave 5 H 4 Dar es Salaam War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Isabella Weightman, 26 Brook Hill, Baildon. He is remembered on the Nurses Home, Methodist and Golf Club Memorials Alfred Gordon WHITEHEAD Captain, 25th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. He was formerly with 6th Battalion The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), He was killed in action on 29 January 1918. He had been on a photo reconnaissance mission and was initially posted as missing. He was 25 He is buried in grave VI J 16 Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of the late William Alfred and Sarah Ann Whitehead. He was born in Baildon. His probate record has his address as Langley, Baildon His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial His brother is the next entry Geoffrey Nield WHITEHEAD Second Lieutenant, 11th Balloon Company, Royal Flying Corps He was killed in action on 15 October 1917. He was 29 He is buried in grave I E 11 Duhallow A D S Cemetery near Ypres Additional Information He was the son of William Alfred and Sarah Ann Whitehead of Baildon and the husband of Kathleen Whitehead, Aketon Close, Spofforth, Harrogate. His address for probate was Reevadale, Menston-in-Wharfedale. I have not found any detail of his last hours. The Balloon Companies are not well recorded. His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial Henry WHITEHEAD Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps, Motor Transport. He had also served in the Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment) He died on 4 March 1919 at the Hotel Metropole, Blackpool. He was 23 He is buried in grave G 52 Nab Wood Cemetery, Shipley Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Alice Whitehead, Hawkswood, Baildon. He had been discharged from the Army and his death is recorded in the Civil Registers. His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial Jasper Macintyre WHITEHEAD Private, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 149 Brigade, 50th Division Army no 92287. He was formerly Army no 96558 with 19th Battalion. He was killed in action on 19 September 1918. He was 19 He is buried in grave I H 11 Epéhy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epéhy Additional Information He was the son of John Henry and Sarah Whitehead of Apperley Bridge His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial Tom WHITEHEAD Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. Army no 22965. He was formerly Army no 15490 with The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) He was killed in action on 25 April 1918 during the second Battle of Kemmel Ridge. He was 22 He is remembered on panel 42-47 and 162 of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional information His name is on the Methodist and Nurses House Memorial Joseph WHITLEY Private 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, 18 Brigade, 6 Division. Army no 35934 He was reported missing as from 21 March 1918 which was during the battle of St Quentin and he was later presumed dead. He was 32 He is remembered on bay 8 of the Arras Memorial. He was 32 Additional Information He was the son of Tom Whitley of Pudsey and the husband of Mabel Whitley, 4 St Helena, Denholme His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial John Charlton WHITTAKER Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) He was killed in action near Ypres on 28 April 1918. He was 21 He is remembered on panel 82 to 85 and 162A of the Tyne Cot Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Frederick William and Barbara Jane Whittaker, Temple Rhydding, Baildon His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial Leonard WILDMAN Rifleman, 16th (Service) Battalion (Church Lads Brigade), The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 100 Brigade, 33rd Division. Army no C/996 He was killed in action near Bethune on 6 February 1916. He was 21. He is buried in grave L 2 Cambrin Churchyard Extension Additional Information He was the son of Clara Annie and the late Benjamin T Wildman, 10 Otley Road, Wood Bottom, Baildon His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial Harry WILKINSON Private, 7th (Service) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s), 26 Brigade, 9th Division. Army no 201444 He died from his wounds on 21 October 1918 after the Battle of Courtrai. He was 21 He is buried in grave XXXV A 50 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of John and Frances Wilkinson, Woodview, Baildon Green His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial Arnold Joseph WILSON Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 8 Brigade, 3rd Division. Army no 27305. He was formerly Army no 151754 with the Royal Field Artillery He was killed in action on 3 May 1917 during the third Battle of the Scarpe. He was 29 He is remembered on bay 4 and 5 of the Arras Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Emma Wilson His name is on the Nurses Houses Memorial The Fallen in WW2 Edward Akeroyd BAIRSTOW Pilot Officer, 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 64907 He died on active service on 26 February 1942. He was 20 He is buried in coll grave 1 F 6-8 Kiel War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Harold and Rebecca Bairstow of Bridlington Further information Wellington II, W5440 PH took off from RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire on an operation to Kiel to attack the floating dock. They are presumed to have been shot down in the target area by anti-aircraft fire. All six of the crew were killed and are buried in the Kiel Cemetery. William BROWN Corporal, 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Army no 4464920 He died on active service on 13 June 1944 just a week after the D Day landings. He was 28 He is buried in grave XIV J 14 Bayeux War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Ezra Jubilee and Lena Brown and the husband of Isabella Brown of Bradford I believe this is the right man but please tell me if you know better. Jack CARTER Gunner, 165 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 1532741 He died on active service on 19 July 1945. He was 27 He is buried in grave 1A A 7 Hamburg Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of William Henry and Clara Carter and the husband of Marjorie Carter of Manningham I have not established why he died after Peace was declared. or John Denis CARTER Pilot Officer, 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 172825 He died on active service on 4 May 1944. He was 21 He is buried in coll grave 1-3 Beauchery Communal Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of John Marsden and Doris Gertrude Carter of Bradford Further information Lancaster III JB405 PH-H took off at 21.48 hours from RAF Wickenby in Lincolnshire on an operation to Mailly le Camp. It is not clear why it crashed but 7 crew were killed and one taken prisoner. William CATTERALL Gunner, 4 (Durham) Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 932481. He died on active service on 14 November 1942 just after the Allied Victory at El Alamein. He was 24 He is remembered on column 34 of the Alamein Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William and Mary Ellen Catterall and the husband of Josephine Elizabeth E Catterall of Hounslow Henry CAVANAGH Private, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Army no 3604650 He died in England whilst on active service on 27 January 1946. It is probable that he had been fighting in the Burma Campaign as part of the Forgotten Army. He was 25 He is buried in sec C grave 478 Charlestown Cemetery, Baildon Additional Information He was the son of William Henry and Hester L Cavanagh of Baildon. His brother William Henry CAVANAGH also died on service but the family appear to be from Hull! George Thomas CHEETHAM Sergeant Wirelesss Operator/Air Gunner, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 951748 He died on active service on 3 June 1941. He was 22 He is buried in grave V C 9 Leopoldsburg War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of George Thomas and Alice Louisa Cheetham of Tong Park Further information Hampden I AD797 VN took off from RAF Lindholme near Thorne, Yorkshire for an operation to Dusseldorf. All four of the crew are buried in Leopoldsburg War Cemetery. I have not identified the reason for the aircraft being lost John Henry CLARIDGE Private, Army Catering Corps and Special Air Service Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no 2598942 He died on active service on 30 November 1944. He was 22 He is remembered on panel 13 of the Cassino Memorial Further information John Claridge was part of a small force of Special Air Service who were dropped behind enemy lines in Italy in groups of 4 men and engaged in sabotaging the railways. There is a contemporary report stating that Lance-Corporal BENNET, Private CLARIDGE and Flying Officer PITOUT are known to have been captured in the MAIELLA on 6 May 1944. F/O PITOUT has been reported as Prisoner of War but no further news of BENNETT or CLARIDGE has been received. But there is a separate mention of Private Leslie Charles BENNETT 10584880, Royal Army Ordnance Corps and Special Air Service Regiment, AAC who died age 24 on 10 May 1944. The son of Walter and Clara Bennett who is remembered with honour on panel 12 of the Cassino Memorial Victor Thomas CHITTENDEN Serjeant, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Army no 5730356 He died on active service on 4 June 1944. He was 23 He is buried in coll grave 13 A 1-3 Taukkyan War Cemetery in Burma. This cemetery contains the burials from other smaller battlefield burial sites which could not be maintained. Additional Information He was the son of Thomas Francis and Violet Lillian Chittenden of Bilton Malcolm James Edward CLARK Lance Corporal, Intelligence Corps. Army no 97003883 He died on 17 August 1945. He was 31 He is remembered on panel 1 Bournemouth Crematorium Additional Information He was the son of James and Marion Clark and the husband of Mary Clark of Baildon. His death is recorded in the civil registration which suggests that he had been invalided from the Army John CLAYTON Sergeant Air Gunner, 139 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 951057 He died on active service on 7 July 1941. He was 24 He is buried in plot 1 row E grave 14 Bergen General Cemetery in Holland Additional Information He was the son of Frederick and Louisa Clayton of Baildon Further information Blenheim IV, V6084 XD took off from RAF Horsham St Faith near Norwich. The aircraft was hit by flak off Schevevinggen, Holland. All three of the crew were killed. RAF Horsham St Faith is now Norwich International Airport Thomas COOPER Fusilier, 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Army no 4622931 He died on active service during the first Arakan Campaign in Burma on 10 March 1943. He was 29 He is remembered on face 9 of the Rangoon Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Nelson and Emma Cooper and the husband of Constance Cooper of Baildon Frank CRABTREE Warrant Officer Class I, Staff Sergeant Major, Royal Army Service Corps Army no S/2754221 formerly Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) He died on active service on 7 December 1942. He was a passenger on ss Ceramic which was transporting troops to Sydney when it was sunk by the German Submarine U-515. . He was 28 He is remembered on panel 15 column 2 of the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Walter and Annie Crabtree and the husband of Laura Crabtree of Hedon, Yorkshire See also Harry Dolphin Further information On 3 November 1942 Ceramic left Liverpool for Australia via Saint Helena and South Africa. She was carrying 377 passengers, 264 crew, 14 gunners and 12,362 tons of cargo. 30 of her British Army passengers were QAIMNS nursing sisters. 12 were children, the youngest being a year old baby girl. Six were doctors, five of whom were South African. Ceramic sailed with Convoy ON 149 until it dispersed as scheduled in the North Atlantic. She then continued unescorted as planned. At midnight on 6–7 December, in cold weather and rough seas in mid-Atlantic, the german submarine U-515 hit Ceramic with a single torpedo. These were followed two or three minutes later by two more that hit Ceramic 's engine room, stopping her engines and her electric lighting. The liner radioed a distress signal, which was received by the Emerald-class cruiser HMS Enterprise. The crippled liner stayed afloat and her complement abandoned ship in good order, launching about eight lifeboats all full of survivors The cruiser HMS Enterprise received Ceramic 's distress signal. It was very stormy and raining. The heavy sea capsized some of the lifeboats and left many people struggling in the water. Those boats that were not capsized stayed afloat only by constant baling. Next morning the BdU ordered U-515 to return to the position of the sinking to find out the ship's destination. The U-boat commander, Werner Henke, decided to rescue the Ceramic's skipper. In heavy seas, he sighted one of the lifeboats and its occupants waved to him. The storm was now almost Force 10 and almost swamping U-515 's conning tower, so Henke ordered his crew to make do with the first survivor they could find. This was Sapper Eric Munday, RE, whom they rescued and took prisoner aboard the submarine. No other occupants of the lifeboats survived. Eric Munday was kept prisoner aboard U-515 for a month, until she completed her patrol. When she returned to Lorient, Brittany on 6 January 1943 he was landed at Keroman Submarine Base and sent to Stalag VIII-B in Upper Silesia, where he remained a prisoner of war until 1945. He was the only survivor. Angus DALRYMPLE Flight Lieutenant Bomb Aimer, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 112765 He died on active service on 25 April 1944. He was 30 He is buried in grave Coll grave 2 J 8-13 Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium Additional Information He was the son of William and Cordelia Elizabeth Dalrymple of Baildon Further information Halifax III LW515 EY-A took off at 21.43 hours from RAF Breighton near Selby on an operation to Karlshune. The aircraft crashed near Leuven, Belgium. All seven of the crew were killed Robert Allan DEAN Gunner, 80 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 1463230 He died on active service in the Battle of Singapore on 10 February 1942. He was 25 He is remembered on column 17 of the Singapore Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Alfred and Kate Dean of Baildon Herbert Hartley DENBY Sergeant Pilot, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 338233 He died on active service on 24 March 1945 He is buried in grave 34 B 1 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery He was a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment. He died at Arnhem Raymond DENNEY Ordnance Artificer 4th Class, HMS Neptune, Royal Navy. RN no C/MX 59500 He died on active service 19 December 1941. He was 26 He is remembered on panel 48, 3 of the Chatham Naval Memorial Additional Information He was the son of John Robert and Minnie Denney and the husband of Jeannie McGiffin Denney of Cosham Further information HMS Neptune was leading 'Force K', a Cruiser raiding squadron. Their task was to destroy German and Italian convoys carrying troops and supplies to Libya, in support of Rommel's army in North Africa. On the afternoon of 18 December the squadron was despatched to intercept an important enemy convoy bound for Tripoli. The three cruisers of 'Force K', HMS Neptune, HMS Aurora and HMS Penelope, supported by the destroyers HMS Kandahar, HMS Lance, HMS Lively and HMS Havock, were steaming south, in single line ahead on a dark, stormy night when at 0106 am, HMS Neptune struck a mine. HMS Aurora her next astern, hauled out to starboard but only a minute later she too exploded a mine; two minutes later an explosion buffeted Penelope's port side abreast the bridge. HMS Neptune going full astern hit another mine, which wrecked her steering gear and propellers and brought her to a standstill. The cruiser force had run into a minefield in a depth of water and at a distance from land which made it utterly unexpected. HMS Aurora contrived to turn and steam out of the field without further catastrophe, followed by HMS Penelope. They were 15 miles from Tripoli and it was nearly dawn. The damage to HMS Aurora had reduced her maximum speed to 10 knots. The risk of sending another ship into the minefield to tow HMS Neptune out was hardly justified but the need to save life made it imperative. The destroyers HMS Kandahar and HMS Lively then entered the minefield in an attempt to reach HMS Neptune and tow her out. HMS Penelope was edging cautiously towards her when, at 0318, HMS Kandahar struck a mine. HMS Neptune flashed a warning : "Keep away". At 0403 she struck a fourth mine which exploded amidships. This was more than her hull could take; she slowly turned over and sank Harry DOLPHIN Sapper, Royal Engineers Army no 2151815 He died on active service between 6 and 7 December 1942 He was a passenger on ss Ceramic which was transporting troops to Sydney when it was sunk by the German Submarine U-515. He was 33 He is remembered on panel 5 column 3 of the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial Additional Information See also Frank Crabtree Further information On 3 November 1942 Ceramic left Liverpool for Australia via Saint Helena and South Africa. She was carrying 377 passengers, 264 crew, 14 gunners and 12,362 tons of cargo. 30 of her British Army passengers were QAIMNS nursing sisters. 12 were children, the youngest being a one-year-old baby girl. Six were doctors, five of whom were South African. Ceramic sailed with Convoy ON 149 until it dispersed as scheduled in the North Atlantic. She then continued unescorted as planned. At midnight on 6–7 December, in cold weather and rough seas in mid-Atlantic, U-515 hit Ceramic with a single torpedo. These were followed two or three minutes later by two more that hit Ceramic 's engine room, stopping her engines and her electric lighting. The liner radioed a distress signal, which was received by the Emerald-class cruiser HMS Enterprise. The crippled liner stayed afloat and her complement abandoned ship in good order, launching about eight lifeboats all full of survivors The cruiser HMS Enterprise received Ceramic 's distress signal it was very stormy and raining. The heavy sea capsized some of the lifeboats and left many people struggling in the water. Those boats that were not capsized stayed afloat only by constant baling. Next morning the BdU ordered U-515 to return to the position of the sinking to find out the ship's destination. About noon the U-boat commander, Kapitänleutnant Werner Henke, decided to rescue the Ceramic's skipper. In heavy seas, he sighted one of the lifeboats and its occupants waved to him. The storm was now almost Force 10 and almost swamping U-515 's conning tower, so Henke ordered his crew to make do with the first survivor they could find. This turned out to be Sapper Eric Munday of the Royal Engineers, whom they rescued from the water and took prisoner aboard the submarine. No other occupants of the lifeboats survived. Eric Munday was kept prisoner aboard U-515 for a month, including Christmas and New Year, until she completed her patrol. When she returned to Lorient, Brittany on 6 January 1943 he was landed at Keroman Submarine Base and sent to Stalag VIII-B in Upper Silesia, where he remained a prisoner of war until 1945. He was the only survivor. Eric GREENWOOD Sergeant, 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 987862 He died on active service on 15 May 1942. He was 27. He is remembered on panel 84 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Hilda Greenwood of Baildon Further information A reconnaissance and anti-shipping squadron, part of RAF Coastal Command based at RAF Wattisham near Stowmarket and equipped with Bristol Beaufighters. It was engaged in reconnaissance and convoy escort duties. It is most likely that he was lost over the North Sea but I cannot find any detail. John Brian GREENWOOD Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1458102 16 June 1944. He was 21 He is remembered on column 279 of the Alamein Memorial Additional Information He was the son of James Naylor and Marian Greenwood of Riddlesden, Keighley The name on the memorial is J S GREENWOOD but I suspect the S is a typo Further information He was flying Wellington X - LN867 of 77 Operational Training Unit based in Qastiina which was an RAF station in Palestine founded in 1942 and used by 77 OTU to train night bomber crews using the Vickers Wellington. 5 of the crew were killed Cyril HAIGH Lance Corporal, 7 Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Army no 1478986 I suspect that he died from his wounds on 19 April 1941. He was 24 He is remembered on panel 1 Bradford Crematorium Additional Information He was the son of Thomas and Florrie Haigh of Baildon. Please tell me if you have better information Edwin HAINSWORTH Sergeant Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 75 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1360695 He died on active service 6 April 1942. He was 28 He is buried in grave 1 D 20 Rheinberg War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of John William Hicks and Charity Hainsworth and the husband of Elizabeth Hainsworth of Baildon Further information Wellington III X3489 AA took off from RAF Feltwell near Thetford, Norfolk on an operation to Koln. The pilot was the Squadron Commander. The crew were all killed and are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery. John B HALL Leading Aircraftman 2715 Squadron, RAF Regiment, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1356175 He died on active service on 3 September 1943. He was 35 He is buried in row 3 grave 4 in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church, North Weald Bassett, Essex Additional Information He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Hall of Bradford Further information His role would have been in ground defence so he may well have been killed in an enemy attack Horace HARTLEY Sergeant Flight Engineer, 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no 1596168 He died on active service on 4 April 1945. He was 36 He is buried in coll grave 14 J 10-14 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin Additional Information He was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Hartley and the husband of Margaret Rae Hartley, of Charlestown, Shipley Further information Lancaster III ME301 BQ-K took off from RAF North Killingholme, north Lincolnshire at 21.04 hours on an operation to Lutzkendorf to attack synthetic oil production facilities. All the crew were killed. The cause of the crash is not known. Francis Albert Skuce HAYNES Leading Aircraftman, 99 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 610705 He died on active service on 18 April 1940. He was 19 He is remembered on Panel 23 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William Edward & Margaret Haynes of Baildon Further information The first bombing raids were launched on 17 April 1940 during the German invasion of Norway. The main targets were enemy occupied airfields at Stavanger, Kristiansand, and Aalborg; oil storage facilities were also attacked. On several occasions six of the Squadron's Wellingtons crossed the North Sea to attack these targets and it was on one of these raids on the night of 17/18 April 1940 that Vickers Wellington IA P9234 was lost without trace on a raid on Stavanger. All six of the crew died as the Search and Rescue Operations carried out over the North Sea failed to find any trace. Francis Wheater HERON Flight Sergeant Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1038772 He died on active service on 27 February 1945. He was 22 He is buried in Coll grave 8 A 1-5 Rheinberg War Cemetery Further information Handley Page Halifax III LL579 MP-L took off from RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor at 13.23 hours on an operation to Mainz. The aircraft crashed in the target area. 5 of the crew died but the pilot and another were taken prisoner Benjamin HICK MC TD Major, 79 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 2288 He died on active service on 8 June 1944 just after the invasion of Europe. He was 45 He is remembered on panel 11 column 1, the Bayeux Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Benjamin and Gertrude Hick of Baildon and the husband of Violet Prest Hick of Baildon Sidney HIRD Driver, A Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Army no 855044 He died on active service on 8 September 1939. I suspect he died in a training accident just a few days after the declaration of war. He was 19 He is buried in sec Z grave 205 Windhill Methodist Cemetery, Shipley Additional Information He was the son of Allan and Mary Hird of Baildon Harold HOLMES Aircraftman 2nd Class, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1451453 He died on active service on 29 April 1942. He was 21 He is buried in row 5 grave 1 in the churchyard of St John’s Church, Baildon Additional Information He was the son of Charles and Margaret Holmes of Baildon Further information I am not certain but I believe that he died in the same bombing raid on York as Flight Lieutenant Leonard OTTEY, RAF 43207 when bombs hit their digs. Any confirmation would be welcome Alec Vincent HOOD Leading Aircraftman, 230 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 971133 He died on active service on 29 December 1943. He was 24 He is buried in block 16 grave 46 Forest Road Cemetery, Nairobi Additional Information He was the son of Alfred Vincent and Mary Elizabeth Hood of Knaresborough Further information Sunderland EJ140 was on a non-operational flight when it crashed into a hillside in bad weather. All of the crew were killed and they are buried in the Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery Alec Hood was a Fitter so perhaps the aircraft was being tested. Eric David HYLAND Captain, 68 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 207334 He died on active service on 16 June 1944 just 10 days after the invasion of France. He was 27 He is buried in grave III A 1A La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres, Normandy Additional Information He was the son of Harry Hugh and Annie Hyland of Shipley and the husband of Ethel Hyland of Shipley. He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial and Memorial to the Fallen at C F Taylor and Co Ltd, Lower Holme Mills, Baildon George HULL Sergeant Flight Engineer, 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1541699 He died on active service on 22 June 1943. He was 31 He is buried in plot EE grave 1 Woensel General Cemetery, Eindhoven Additional Information He was the son of Ernest William and Florence Hull of Shipley and the husband of Matilda Hull of Saltaire. He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial and Memorial to the Fallen at C F Taylor and Co Ltd, Lower Holme Mills, Baildon Further information Lancaster I, W4377 DX took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire at 23.16 hours. The aircraft crashed north of Boxtel in Holland at 02.50 hours. All seven of the crew died Norman James INGRAM Major, 145th (8th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Army no 149373 He died on active service on 18 September 1944 in the fighting to break through the Rimini Line. He was 25 He is buried in grave XII B 3 Coriano Ridge War Cemetery near Rimini Additional Information He was the son of Harold Percy and Mary Elizabeth Ingram of Ilkley. He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial and Memorial to the Fallen at C F Taylor and Co Ltd, Lower Holme Mills, Baildon Further information Coriano Ridge was the last important ridge in the way of the Allies in the Adriatic in the autumn of 1944. Its capture was the key to Rimini and eventually to the River Po. German troops, aided by bad weather, resisted all attacks on their positions between 4 and 12 September 1944. On the night of 12 September the Eighth Army reopened its attack on the Ridge, which was successful, but was the start of a week of the heaviest fighting since Cassino in May John JACKSON Flight Sergeant Navigator/Bomber, 297 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1479509 He died on active service on 10 October 1943. He was 21. He is buried in sec B grave 634 Charlestown Cemetery, Baildon Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Mabel Jackson of Baildon Harry JEFFREY Driver, 51st Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Army no 2368848 He died on active service on 18 March 1945. He was 40 He is buried in plot RR grave 47 Woensel General Cemetery, Eindhoven. This was a Hospital Centre so it is likely that he died of his wounds Additional Information He was the son of George and Sarah Ann Jeffrey and the husband of Annie Jeffrey of Pudsey Eric Cansfield JOHNSON Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1308331 He died on active service on 24 November 1944. He was 29. He is buried in sec Q cons grave 520 Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford Additional Information He was the son of Harry and Clara Johnson of Bradford and the husband of Elsie Johnson of Baildon Thomas Horrocks JOWETT Second Radio Officer, SS Empire Turnstone (London) Merchant Navy) He died on active service on 22 October 1942. He was 21 He is remembered on panel 46 of the Tower Hill Memorial Additional Information He was the son of John Crabtree Jowett and Katherine Jowett of Baildon Further information This ship was given on 4 February 1941 to Britain by the US Maritime Commission and renamed Empire Turnstone by the Ministry of War Transport. On 10 October 1942 the Empire Turnstone sailed in convoy ONS-136 and experienced engine trouble and turned back on 21 October. At 00.53 hours on 23 October, the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by the German Submarine U-621 southwest of Iceland. 39 of the crew and seven gunners were lost. Edward Townley LAVERACK Pilot Officer Pilot, 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 87065 He died on active service on 8 April 1941. He was 26 He is buried in row A grave 2 Pihen-Les-Guines Communal Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Arthur and Eleanor Laverack of Baildon Further information Hampden I, AD899 KM took off from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire on a gardening operation to lay mines off Calais and crashed 10 kms south west of the town. All four of the crew were killed Ronald E LEACH Private, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no 14569089 He died on active service on 29 June 1945 after the European ceasefire of 8 May. He was 20 He is buried in plot 63 row 6 grave 16 Brugge General Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of William Edward and Caroline Leach of Baildon G W LEE possibly, George William LEE Private, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Service No: 4696124 He died on active service on 15 April 1942 Age: 26 He is remembered on face 16 of the Rangoon Memorial Further information When the Japanese invaded Burma, 2nd Battalion formed part of the pitifully small and ill-equipped force which tried to hold them up; it was the first British Battalion to engage the Japanese in Burma. During the retreat from Moulmein to Rangoon, the Battalion lost heavily in a number of actions, particularly at the Battles of Bilin and Sittang, in this battle the river bridge was blown before the Battalion reached it. The Battalion was withdrawn, but during the retreat northwards through Burma to India was fully engaged again. On reaching Imphal in India the Battalion was only eighty strong. On 11 April, the Japanese 33rd Division attacked the Indian 48th Brigade at the oil fields at Yenangyaung, using captured British tanks to support the assault. On 16 April, nearly 7,000 British troops were encircled by equal number of Japanese troops. General Sun Liren arrived with the 113th Regiment of the Chinese 38th Division, 1,121-strong, on 17 April. Sun arrived without artillery or tank support. The Chinese attacked southward, while Major General Bruce Scott led the British 1st Burma Division against Pin Chaung. Although Yenangyaung still fell under Japanese control at the end, nearly 7,000 British troops were saved from capture or destruction. Donald Hubert MANN Serjeant, 85 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no 1457210 He died as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese on 5 September 1942. He was 26 September He is buried in grave 2 G 39 Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Hubert Edward and Constance Mann, nephew of Ada Elizabeth Trenouth of Cross Hills, Keighley Further information He was a prisoner who had been forced to work by the Japanese on the construction of the Burma – Siam Railway Thomas Edward MACKRILL Sergeant, 462 (RAAF) Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 944296 He died on active service on 9 February 1943 when the Halifax in which he was flying crashed killing all of its crew. He was 24 He is remembered on column 271 of the Alamein Memorial Additional Information He was the son of James and Ada Mackrill and the husband of Marie Mackrill, of Charlestown He was based at RAF Fayid in Egypt Clarence Mons MASH Company Sargeant Major, Warrant Officer Class II, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Army no 5497174 He was killed in action on 3 September 1944. He was 28 He is buried in grave II D 69 Gradara War Cemetery near Rimini Additional Information He was the husband of Norah Mash Eric MELLOR Private, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Army no 14732771 He was killed on active service on 2 May 1945 during the Burma Campaign. He was 22 He is remembered on face 6 of the Rangoon Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William and Ada Mellor of Shipley A MURGATROYD possibly Alec MURGATROYD Private, 13th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool). Army no 4465019 He died on active service on 1 October 1943 He is remembered on face 5 of the Rangoon Memorial Further information The 13th Battalion, King's Regiment, was raised in October 1940 for coastal defence in England! The battalion sailed for India in December 1941, coinciding with Japan's entrance into the war. The 13th Battalion contained many men categorised as old or of a medically downgraded condition and few men were well trained for fighting in India or the Far East. When Japan occupied Burma in 1942, the Allies formed a unit to penetrate deep behind Japanese lines from India. The 13th King's provided the majority of the British contingent for the "Chindits", which was designated as 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and commanded by Brigadier Orde Wingate. So whilst I have found very little information, we can salute him as a Chindit T McMAHON possibly Thomas John McMAHON Sergeant Air Gunner, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1179931 He died on active service on 4 May 1943 in defending Malta He is buried in RC Sec (Men's) Plot P Coll grave 2 Naval Cemetery Capuccini, Malta 69 Squadron was a Reconnaissance Squadron formed in Malta in 1941 Leonard Charles NASH Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 916757 He died on active service on 31 May 1941. He was 20 He is remembered on column 244 of the Alamein Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Edward Thomas and Violet May Nash of Weymouth Further information The date of his death is the final day before Crete was overrun by the German forces. As a member of the RAF groundcrew he would have been working to evacuate as many as possible whilst the airfields were under heavy attack. The Air Forces panels of the Alamein Memorial commemorate more than 3,000 Allied airmen who died in the campaigns in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Greece, Crete and the Aegean, Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Somalilands, the Sudan, East Africa, Aden and Madagascar, who have no known grave. Jack NEALE Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1880131 He died on active service on 6 February 1945. He was 35 He is buried in coll grave 25 E 10-16 Brookwood Military Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of George and Maud Neale of Baildon and the husband of Evelyn Phyllis C G Neale of Baildon Further information Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 9 February 1945 23 KILLED IN AIR CRASH. PLANE HITS RIDGE ON THE DOWNS. TWENTY-THREE servicemen were killed when an aircraft crashed into the Downs at Wilmington (Sussex) on Tuesday. The crew and occupants of the 'plane were 17 members of the RAF, three of the RCAF, two of the RAAF, and one of the RNZAF. The 'plane, a Dakota, hit a high ridge of the Downs and crashed in a coppice nearly at the foot of the slope, where it burst into flames. All the occupants were almost certainly killed instantly. Henry NEWMAN Trooper, 25th Dragoons, Royal Armoured Corps. Army no 4345447 He died on active service probably in the fighting for a key vantage point called Point 551 on 7 April 1944. He was 25 He is buried in grave 11 F 23 Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Ann Newman of Baildon John Duncan OGDEN Aircraftman 2nd Class, Pilot Under Training, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 2201720 He died on active service on 30 January 1945. He was 19 He is buried in Mil Plot Grave 11 Old Town Cemetery, Vereeniging, South Africa Additional Information He was the son of Harold and Alice Ogden of Baildon Further information John Ogden was in South Africa training to be a pilot at 22 Air Service Training Unit He was killed when Harvard IIa – 7138 crashed. Norman Farrar PETTY Sergeant, Air Gunner, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1542943 He died on active service on 2 December 1943. He was 29 He is buried in grave 5 G 21 Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Additional Information He was the husband of Nellie Petty of Baildon Green Further information Lancaster I ED601 EM-N took off at 16.37 hours from RAF Spilsby in Lincolnshire on an operation to Berlin. The aircraft crashed near Saslow. George Arthur PHELPS Trooper, 145th Regiment (8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Royal Armoured Corps. Army no 4624177 He died on active service on 5 September 1944 in the fighting to break through the Gothic Line. He was 32 He is buried in grave IV C 5 Ancona War Cemetery, Rimini Additional Information He was the son of Willie and Ida Phelps of Baildon He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial and Memorial to the Fallen at C F Taylor and Co Ltd, Lower Holme Mills, Baildon 145 RAC was part of 21st Tank Brigade which was sent to join British Eighth Army in Italy in May 1944. There it took part in I Canadian Corps' operations to force the Gothic Line and then the Rimini Line. James PLEWS Lance Corporal, 279 General Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Army no T/247411 He died on active service on 13 September 1943 which is just 10 days after the Allied landings in Salerno, Italy. He was 32 He is buried in grave III E 37 Salerno War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of John and Elizabeth Plews of Leeds and the husband of Claudine Plews of Leeds Arthur POLLARD Private, 1/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Army no 4975391 He was killed on active service on 8 June 1940 which is in the immediate aftermath of the Dunkirk evacuation. He was 21 He is buried in row D, grave 5 Incheville Communal Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of John William and Eliza Pollard and the husband of Gladys Pollard of Princeville, Bradford Charles William POOLE Private, 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Army no 4693217 He was killed on active service on 14 July 1943 which is just 5 days after the Allied landings in Sicily. He was 25 He is buried in grave IV G 8 Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily Additional Information He was the son of Sam and Bertha Poole and the husband of Renee Poole of Morecambe He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial and Memorial to the Fallen at C F Taylor and Co Ltd, Lower Holme Mills, Baildon C H QUERIPEL I believe he was from Jersey, Channel Islands Charles Harold QUERIPEL Bombardier, 85 Battery, 47 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Army no 1547152 He was killed on active service on 1 October 1943. He was 29 He is buried in grave IV D 49 Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Additional Information He was the son of Archibald and Annie Queripel and the husband of Hilda Louisa Queripel of Preston, Dorset Denton Lupton RAWNSLEY Sub-Lieutenant, HM MTB 738, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve He died from wounds on 4 August 1944 that he had received. He was 20 He is buried in grave Sec U Grave 261 Nab Wood Cemetery Shipley Additional Information He was the son of Clifford Parrish and Grace Margaret Rawnsley of Baildon Further information Motor Torpedo Boat TB.738 was involved in a surface action on 15 July 1944 and Denton L Rawnsley was wounded G READ I have not identified him William Leslie Schlater REES Sergeant, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 978350 He was killed on active service on 9 July 1942. He was 24 He is remembered on panel 92 of the Runnymede Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William David and Amy Amelia Rees and the husband of Anne Rees of Baildon Further information Lancaster I R5861 ZN took off at 23.59 hours from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on a mission to Wilhelmshaven. It is believed that the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed into the sea. All 7 of the crew died. John Sebastian SHARP Steward, HMS Hood Royal Navy. RN no P/LX 23538 He was killed on active service on 24 May 1941. He was 22 He is remembered on panel 58, column 1 of Portsmouth Naval Memorial Additional Information He was the son of John Sebastian and Eva May Sharp of Shipley Further information In May 1941, HMS Hood and the battleship HMS Prince of Wales were ordered to intercept the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which were en route to the Atlantic to attack convoys. On 24 May 1941, early in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, HMS Hood was struck by several German shells, exploded and sank. 1,415 crew were lost W SIMMONDS No one has been identified John Sidney SINGLETON Private, 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Army no 46166 97 He was killed on active service on 4 February 1944 in the fighting near Monte Cassino. He was 23 He is remembered on panel 7 of the Cassino Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William Sidney and Lena Singleton, of Freshwater, Isle of Wight Leslie John STACEY Private, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Army no 7959600 He was killed on active service in the Burma Campaign on 8 May 1944. He was 22 He is remembered on face 6 of the Rangoon Memorial Additional Information He was the son of William and Lily Stacey Sam Midgeley STACEY Gunner, 277 Battery, 70 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Army no 892892 He was killed on active service on 23 September 1944 in the campaign to liberate Italy. He was 25 He is buried in grave XVIII C 6 Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Fredrick and Harriet Stacey and the husband of Dorothy Stacey of Baildon John Henry STIRK Sergeant Observer, 15 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 999188 He died on active service on 17 September 1942. He was 30 He is buried in plot 1 row A grave 14 Bergen General Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Henry and Maude Ellis Stirk of Baildon Further information Wellington IC X9920 took off from RAF Harwell, Berkshire at 20.02 hours. The aircraft was shot down by Lt Eberhard Gardiewski of II/NJG2 and crashed between Heiloo and Alkmaar, Nord Holland. All six of the crew are buried in the same cemetery. Charlie THOMPSON Lance Corporal, 5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Army no 4348113 He was killed on active service at El Alamein between 23 and 25 July 1942. He was 28 He is remembered on column 57 of the Alamein Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Charlie and Ethel Thompson of Baildon Green Harold Hugh THOMPSON Serjeant, 59th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, Royal Armoured Corps Army no 4542062 He died on active service, I suspect that he died from the wounds that he had received on 11 August 1944. He was 27. He is buried in Sec U Grave 259 Nab Wood Cemetery, Shipley Additional Information He was the son of Hubert Arthur and Edith Thompson of Baildon and the husband of Helen Thompson of Baildon Mark THOMPSON Signalman, 18th Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Army no 2364921 He died as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese on 28 September 1943. At the time he was part of the slave labour force of the Japanese Army constructing the Burma Siam Railway. He was 37. He is buried in grave 2 E 52 Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Additional Information He was the husband of Martha Rose Thompson of Baildon Harry THORP Driver, 51st Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. Army no 2589570 He was killed on active service between 11 and 12 June 1940 in the aftermath of the Dunkirk evacuation. He was 25 He is remembered on column 31 of the Dunkirk Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Thomas William and Alice Thorp George TURNER Colour Serjeant, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Army no 3604516 He was killed on active service on 1 March 1945 in the Burma Campaign. He was 31 He is buried in grave 19 B 9 Taukkyan War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Charles Henry and Isabella Turner of Shipley and the husband of Elsie Turner of Shipley. J TURNER He is remembered on the Nurses Houses Memorial and Memorial to the Fallen at C F Taylor and Co Ltd, Lower Holme Mills, Baildon These both include J Turner RN. Sadly there are many sailors of this name who died and I cannot narrow it down - yet Peter Roystone UNWIN Private, 5th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Army no 14406753 He died on active service on 19 August 1944 in the fighting in Normandy. He was 18 He is buried in grave III E 16 Bayeux War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Robert Paul and Elisabeth Daisy Unwin of Baildon L N VAUDIN This is a surname from Guernsey but I cannot trace anyone of this name Enoch Arthur Oswold VAUGHAN-BENTLEY Corporal 805 LCV (P) Flotilla. Royal Marines RM no PO/X 113690 He died on active service on 18 June 1944. He was 19 He is remembered on panel 87, column 2 of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial He was the son of William Vaughan and Annie Bentley Further information It is not recorded where his Landing Craft Vehicle was lost but it is probable that he was engaged in ferrying men and materials onto the Normandy beaches in support of the invasion Richard Jowett WADSWORTH Sub-Lieutenant (A) HMS Saker Fleet Air Arm. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve He died on active service on 14 August 1944. He was 21 He is buried in grave lot 169 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Cemetery, New Hampshire, USA Further information Richard Wadsworth's Corsair III, JS671 was involved in a head on collision at 8,000 feet with another aircraft of 1849 Squadron near Clinton, Maine, USA. HMS Saker was a shore based transit accommodation of the Royal Navy during World War II located just outside of New York. It became the collective title for Royal Navy personnel serving in the United States of America. It was used by crews picking up ships allocated to the Royal Navy under the provisions of Lend-Lease and by crews sent to collect ships that had been undergoing long term repair/refitting at U.S. dockyards. Jack Smith WALTON Private, 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Army no 14612480 He died on active service on 22 February 1944 in the battle to break through the Gothic Line in Italy. He was 33 He is buried in grave XIX H 5 Cassino War Cemetery, Italy Additional Information He was the son of William and Emily Jane Walton and the husband of Edith Walton of Baildon Albert Henry WETTONE Warrant Officer Navigator, 605 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1151961 He died on active service on 8 June 1944. He was 23 He is buried in grave 100 Old Communal Cemetery, Villeneuve-St Georges Additional Information He was the son of Albert and Winifred Constance Wekone of Baildon Further information Mosquito FB Mk VI NS941 took off from RAF Manston, Kent in on an operation to Coulommiers. It was reported missing near Villeneuve St. Georges. Both the crew, F/Lt Denys Henson H GATHERCOLE (pilot) RAFVR 88873 and) Albert Henry WETTONE (nav.) were killed John Dracup WHITTAKER Second Radio Officer MV Sutlej (London) Merchant Navy He died on active service on 26 February 1944. He was 19 He is remembered on panel 105 of the Tower Hill Memorial Additional Information He was the son of Wilfrid and Edith Whittaker of Hartshead Moor Further information Sutlej MV was a British Cargo Motor Vessel of 5,187 tons built in 1940 On the 26th February 1944 she was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-37 in Indian Ocean whilst on passage from Aden to Freemantle. During the third war patrol of the Japanese submarine I-37 in early 1944, the Captain, Nakagawa Hajime, committed the most horrendous war crimes against the crews of merchant ships, using the deck gun to kill surviving crew and sinking lifeboats. The victims ware: British Chivalry (13 machine gunned), Sutlej (50 machine-gunned) and Ascot (45 machine gunned). Post war history In January 1947, Nakagawa pleaded guilty for his wartime crimes before the International Military Tribunal in Tokyo. He was sentenced to 8 years hard labour. In 1978, research found him responsible for having sunk the Australian hospital ship HMAS Centaur, while he was commander of I-177 (268 killed) Leslie WHITAKER Gunner, 107th (The South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery. Army no: 954357 He died on active service on 31 October 1942 during the second battle of El Alamein. He was 23 He is buried in grave 8 E 5 Tripoli War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Horace and Alice Whitaker of Bradford Robert WHITFIELD Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Army no 10602258 He died on active service on 29 March 1943. This was a key time in clearing the country of the German, Italian and Vichy French forces. He is buried in grave 1 C 17 Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery, Tunisia Additional Information He was the son of Harry and Frances Whitfield of Baildon John Spencer WIGGLESWORTH Flying Officer, 67 Squadron, Royal Air Force Army no 42930 He died on active service on 6 February 1942 Age: 21 He is buried in grave 3 B 15 Rangoon War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of John Charles Dobby and Alice Wigglesworth of Little Chalfont Further information 67 Squadron were flying Brewster Buffalos in defence of Rangoon. He was killed whilst flying in Buffalo W8123 which crashed into a paddy field following an engine failure on taking-off from Toungoo. Edgar Owen WILDMAN DCM Company Sergeant Major, Class II, 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Army no 2987111 He died on active service on 24 March 1945. He was 26 He is buried in grave 60 B 6 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Additional Information He was the son of Elsie Wildman and stepson of Charley W Lumby of Baildon Ronald D WILLIAMS Possibly, Boy 1st Class, HMS Maori, Royal Navy. RN no D/JX 194757 He died on active service on 15 February 1942. He was 18 He is buried in grave Prot Sec (Men's) plot F coll grave 89 Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta Additional Information He was the son of David and Florrie Williams of Normanton Further information HMS Maori had served with the 14th Destroyer Flotilla during the Battle of Cape Bon in December 1941. On 12 February 1942 HMS Maori was attacked by enemy aircraft and sank at her moorings in the Malta Grand Harbour with the loss of just one of her crew W WATSON Possibly, William Edward Prior WATSON Captain, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Army no 160944 He died on active service on 5 April 1944. He was 24 He is buried in grave XIV G 8 Cassino War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of James and Jessie Burton Watson of Hedon. Further information The 2nd Somersets arrived in Italy in March 1944 and served in the Italian Campaign as part of the British Eighth Army in many battles such as that of Monte Cassino. At the time of his death, the Allies were trying to break through the german Gustav Line that was delaying the advance through Italy. Walter Harold ZILLESSEN Pilot Officer, 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAF no 89302 He died on active service on 17 July 1941. He was 23 He is buried in grave 7 E 5 Sage War Cemetery Additional Information He was the son of Eric Max Theodor and Rosetta Mary Zillessen and the husband of Nina Zillessen of Chatham Further information 86 Squadron was in Coastal Command and equipped in July 1941 with Beaufort Torpedo bombers which were engaged on mine-laying duties. It was on one of these very early sorties from their base at RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire that Walter Zillessen was shot down over north Germany and killed. |