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Pateley Bridge Burials and not on Memorial
 
Burial not on memorial
 
MOORHOUSE, Emanuel   known as Manney
Private, 4th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Army no 76710
He died from pneumonia whilst on active service on Wednesday 10 July 1918 in the VAD Military Hospital, West Hartlepool. He was 28.
He was the son of John and Sarah A Moorhouse and the husband of Mary Moorhouse, Folly Gill, Darley, Harrogate.
He is buried in Pateley Bridge Cemetery and his gravestone is inscribed In Loving Memory of My Dear Husband from His Wife and Children
 
VERITY, Harry Foster 
Driver, Training Depot (Aldershot), Royal Engineers. Army no 173585.
He died on military service on Tuesday 18 July 1916. He was 24.
He was the son of Jonathan and Mary Verity and the husband of Margaret Verity, Town Head, Long Preston. He was born at Bewerley.
He is buried in Pateley Bridge Cemetery.
 
 
Not on memorial
 
BIELBY, Thomas Crawford 
Corporal, B Company, 13th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 121 Brigade, 40th Division.  Army no 241075.
He was killed in action on Friday 18 January 1918. He was 26.
He was the son of John William and Maria Bielby, Scarborough and the husband of Elsie C Bielby, 17 New Street, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory and his headstone is inscribed He Died That We Might Live.
 
BUSFIELD, Whitehead
Private, 16th (Service) Battalion (1st Bradford), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 93 Brigade, 31st Division.  Army no 32002.
He was killed in action on Monday 13 November 1916 in the Battle of the Ancre. He was 23.
He was the son of Martha and the late William Busfield, Low Farsipe, (is it Farside?) Greenhow Hill, Pateley Bridge
He is buried in Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps
 
ELLIOTT, George
Serjeant, 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars, 2 Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.  Army no 6547.
He was killed in action on Tuesday 20 October 1914 in the battle of Messines. He was 38.
He was the son of Sarah Barfe, 6 Railway Cottage, Millfield Road, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Ploegsteert Memorial.
 
HARKER, Richard
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, 12 Brigade, 4th Division.  Army no 24693. He had also served as Private, Army no 32838 with The King's (Liverpool Regiment).
He was killed in action on Tuesday 9 October 1917 at the Battle of Poelcapelle. He was 23.
He was the son of John and Betty Harker, Raygill House, Ramsgill.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
 
HARKER, Robert Percy 
Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’ Own (North Staffordshire Regiment), 17 Brigade, 6th Division.
He was killed in action on Saturday 20 March 1915. He was 42.
He was the son of William Harker, Pateley Bridge. He had enlisted in Honorary Artillery Company in August 1914.
He is buried in Chapelle d’Armentières Old Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed 'Tisn't Life That Matters 'Tis The Courage You Bring to It'”
 
HEPBURN, Eric 
Private, 28th Battalion. Canadian Infantry, Saskatchewan Regiment. CEF no 886170.
He died on active service on Saturday 11 August 1917. He was 23.
He was the son of Robert M and Edith Hepburn, The Vicarage, Middlesmoor, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed: From the ground there blossoms red Life that shall endless be.
He states on his Attestation that he was a Presbyterian.
 
MASSHEDER, Arthur 
Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 32 Brigade, 11th Division.  Army no 15547.
He was killed in action on Sunday 22 August 1915 during the fighting at Sulva. He was 29.
He was the son of Benjamin and Louisa Massheder, Harrogate and the husband of Maggie Harvey (formerly Massheder), High Street, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Helles Memorial.
 
METCALFE, Joseph
Gunner, 49th Division, Royal Field Artillery.  Army no 148903.
He died on active service on Tuesday 27 February 1917. He was 27.
He was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Metcalfe, Lofthouse, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in St. Pol Communal Cemetery Extension.
 
MILLWARD, Tom
Private, A Company, 1st/4th Battalion TF, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 7196.
He died whilst on active service on Sunday 18 March 1917. He was 19.
He was the son of Joseph and Sarah Ellen Millward, Glasshouses, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Calais Southern Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Too Dearly Loved to Be Forgotten.
 
PEARSON, William Forbert 
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, 2 Brigade, 1st Division.  Army no G/5879.
He was killed in action on Sunday 20 August 1916 during the Battle of Pozieres Ridge. He was 25.
He was the son of James and Sophia E. Pearson, 7 Lustre Street, Keighley. Born at Pateley Bridge
He is buried in Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont.
 
RAW, Edward
Private, 12th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 9 Brigade, 3rd Division.  Army no 36789.
He was killed in action on Thursday 3 May 1917 during the third battle of the Scarpe. He was 29.
He was the husband of Alice Raw, Goose Green, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Arras Memorial.
 
SHARROCK, Henry William 
Gunner, 5 Battery, 2nd Brigade, Australian Field Artillery. AIF no 3662.
He was killed in action on Sunday 21 July 1918. He was 21.
He was the son of Thomas Sharrock and the husband of Elsie Sharrock, Raikes Farm, Wilsill, Pateley Bridge. He was born in Home Rule, New South Wales.
He is buried in Le Peuplier Military Cemetery, Caestre, France and his headstone is inscribed Though Death Divides Still Memory Clings From his Wife And Son.
 
TELFER, Thomas
Lance Corporal, 6th (Morayshire) Battalion TF, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s), 152 Brigade, 51st Division.  Army no 267484.
He died from his wounds on Saturday 23 March 1918. He was 24.
He was the son of Thomas and Elliott Telfer, Angram, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Grevillers British Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Safely in His Care & Keeping.
 
WATSON, Horace 
Lance Corporal, 8th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Army no 33407. He had also served as Private, Army no 4229 with The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment).
He was killed in action on Saturday 2 December 1916. He was 21.
He was the son of John W D and Sarah Watson, Swaine Royd Farm, Allerton, near Bradford and previously in Pudsey, Leeds. He enlisted in Perth in November 1915 and he was born in Greenhow Hill, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Faithful unto Death.
 
WILLIAMS, Charles William
Private, 17th (Service) Battalion (2nd Leeds), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 106 Brigade, 35th Division.  Army no 37878.
He died from his wounds on Saturday 1 September 1917. He was 33.
He was the son of Clara and the late Frederick Williams, The Lodge, Beverley, Pateley Bridge. He was born in Leeds.
He is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Until the Day Breaks.
 
WHINCUP, John Richard 
Serjeant Major, 22nd Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry).  Army no 121305. He had also served with 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers. Army no 671.
He died on active service on Sunday 23 November 1919. He was 29.
He was the son of Richard and Ellen Whincup, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Quetta Government Cemetery and remembered on the India Gate Memorial, Delhi.
 

Transcriptions of the War Memorials in Pateley Bridge  WW1 and WW2
 
 
There is a framed Memorial Plaque in St Cuthbert’s Church for WW1
 
1914 -1919
 
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
 
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
 
 
STANLEY BLAKEBOROUGH     HARRIS LEEMING                    JOHN W SIMPSON  
DONALD G BLAKEBOROUGH   KENNETH B MCKENZIE           ARTHUR G SNOW 
RICHARD B CARLING               FREDERICK PHILLIPS              HERBERT STONEY
HORACE CLAYTON                  MAURICE M PICKARD              JOSEPH STONEY
WILLIAM CORKISH                   GEORGE POUNDER                HERBERT SWALE    
TOM ELLIS                               NORMAN PRATT                      LEONARD SWALE
FRED GOSPEL                         EDWARD RAW                         JOHN THACKRAY  
ROBERT P HARKER                 ERNEST C RICHMOND             THOMAS THACKRAY
WALTER INGLEBY                   JOHN H SHEPHERD                GEORGE THORPE
HENRY KNOWLES                   HERBERT SHILLITO                  HARRY WALKER
ROBERT E LAWSON                CLAUD M SIMPSON                 HARRY B WARING
LOFTAS LAYFIELD                                                                   ROBERT WILMOT 
 
MAKE THEM TO BE NUMERED WITH THY SAINTS IN GLORY EVERLASTING
 
NB These men also appear on the Civic Memorial
 
The Civic War Memorial
 
 
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF PATELEY/ BRIDGE WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918
 
TOM ATKINSON                                   WILLIAM METCALFE
ARCHIBALD BAINES                            FREDERICK GEORGE
STANLEY BLAKEBOROUGH                                        PHILLIPS
DONALD GLADSTONE                         MAURICE M PICKARD
BLAKEBOROUGH MM              GEORGE POUNDER
CHARLES ERIC IVAN                           NORMAN PRATT
CALVERT                     EDWARD RAW
RICHARD BOLLAND                             GEORGE RAW
CARLING                     ERNEST EDWIN
JOSEPH RANDOLPH                                                   RICHMOND
CLARKE                       JOHN HALL SHEPHERD
HORACE CLAYTON                             HERBERT SHILLITO
WILLIAM CORKISH                               CLAUDE MIDDLETON  
TOM ELLIS                                                                   SIMPSON
JOHN WILLIAM GILL                            JOHN WILLIAM SIMPSON
EDWIN  GRANGE                                 GEORGE ARTHUR SNOW
JOHN  HACKNEY                                 HAROLD ERNEST SPENCE
ALBERT HAITHWAITE                           HAROLD STOBBS
WILLIAM HOLDSWORTH                      HERBERT STONEY
GEORGE OSWALD HORNER               JOSEPH STONEY
ALBERT HULLAN                                 HERBERT SWALES
WALTER INGLEBY                               LEONARD SWALES
HENRY KNOWLES                               EDWIN SWIRES
ROBERT E LAWSON                            THOMAS HERBERT
LOFTAS LAYFIELD                                                       THACKERY                              
HARRIS LEEMING                                THOMAS THACKRAY
HAROLD MARSHALL                            GEORGE THORPE
KENNETH BUCHANAN                         HARRY WALKER
MCKENZIE                   HARRY BROWN WARING
GEORGE CHRISTOPHER                    ROBERT WILKINSON
METCALFE                   ROBERT WILMOT
 
 
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/ MEN OF PATELEY BRIDGE/
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT/ WAR 1914-1918 AND RETURNED.
 
ABBOTT F W                GREEN G                     LUTY H                        SPITTLEHOUSE J
ABBOTT W B                GRIFFITHS G               MALLABY T                  STOBBS S
ALLANSON J                GROVES G                  MANN A                       STOBBS W E
ARMINSON J               HACKNEY H                 MARSHALL H               STONEY E
ATKINSON A                HACKNEY W                MCCALLUM A              STONEY J H
ATKINSON F                HAIGH E                      MCCALLUM C              STONEY H
ATKINSON G                HAIGH J                       MCCALLUM J               STONEY D W
W ATKINSON                HALLAM W B                METCALFE G               STOREY H
BAGSHAW J                HANLEY E T                 METCALFE GEO          STOREY HARRY
BAILEY T                      HANNAM J                   METCALFE J                STOREY HERBERT
BALES J T                    HANNAM W H              METCALFE J E             STOREY JAS
BARKER A                   HARDCASTLE G E       MILNER T                     STOREY JNO
BARKER H                   HEATON G                   MOORE A                    STOREY JOS
BARKER W T                HEATON J                    MOORE C                    STOREY T
BELL F                         HEATON T                    MOORE R W                STOREY W H
BELL R G                     HELMSLEY R               MOORE W                    SUMMERSALL C
BENNETT C                 HIRD E                         MOORHOUSE H           SUMMERSALL H
BENNETT S                 HODGSON C                NETTLETON J              SUTTILL J
BENTLEY A                  HOLDSWORTH JNO     W NETTLETON              SUTTILL R
BEST A                        HOLDSWORTH JOS     NEWBOULD J              SWALES J
BLAKEBOROUGH F     HOLMES R F                NEWBOULD W             SWALES T A
BLAKEBOROUGH H     HOLMES W                  ODDIE W                      SWIRES J T
BLAKEBOROUGH J      HUDSON A                   PARKER G F                SWIRES W
BOWES D                    HULSE E                      PARKER T                    THACKRAY R
BOWES J                     HULSE J                      PICKARD S                  THACKRAY T
BOWES JNO                HUTCHINSON S           PORT W F P                 THORPE F
BRADBURY W              I'ANSON A E                POUNDER A                THORPE J
BROWN J W                 I'ANSON H                    POUNDER H                THORPE W
BUSFIELD F                 E INMAN                       POUNDER W                VERITY T
CALVERT B                  J INMAN                       RAW J R                       WALKER C
CALVERT J                  M INMAN                      REDGRAVE J               WALKER H J
CAMERON A                N D INMAN                   REDGRAVE JNO          WALKER J
CARLING G                  W B INMAN                   RICHMOND C               WALKER T
CARLING J                   C JACKSON                 RICHMOND E               WARD M
CHADWICK W              A JEFFERSON             RICHMOND J E            WARDMAN JOS
CLARKE E                    JEFFERSON F             RICHMOND W              WEATHERHED A
CLARKE G                   JEFFERSON S             RICHMOND W E           WARDMAN JNO
CLARKE P                    JEFFERSON W            ROBINSON F               WEATHERHEAD J
COCKSHOTT E            JOHNSON W A             ROBINSON W H           WEATHERHEAD R
COWLING D M             KENDALL W W             ROBINSON W H           WEATHERHEAD W E
COWLING F                 KINGDON F M              ROBINSON L                WEST A
COWLING F G              KINGHAM A                 SEDGEWICK T             WEST H J
CRADDOCK J              KIRKBRIGHT F             SEDGEWICK W            WHITEHEAD J R
DERRICK W                 KIRKBRIGHT J             SHAKERLEY E A          WHITEHEAD S
DUNN T F                     KIRKBRIGHT T             SHUTTLEWORTH C H  WILKINSON A
ELLIOTT J W                KIRKBRIGHT WM         SHUTTLEWORTH F     WILKINSON C
FALKNER F                  KIRKBRIGHT W            SHUTTLEWORTH T      WILKINSON H F
FAWCETT E                 KNOWLES G                SIMPSON A                  WILKINSON T
FAWCETT W                KNOWLES W                SIMPSON GEO             WILKINSON W
FENWICK H A              LAYFIELD A                 SIMPSON G                 WINN H
FIFE N B                      LAYFIELD W                SIMPSON H N              WINN W H
FLINT J                        LEE C H                       SIMPSON J N               WILSON E
GARNER J R                LEEMING J                  SIMPSON R L               WOODHOUSE H
GELDART A                 LIGHT R                       SMITH B                       WOODHOUSE W
GELDART C                 LINDSAY D                  SMITH H O                   WRAY G
GELDART J                  LOCKWOOD J              SMITH J L                    WRAY H
GRAHAM J                   LOFTHOUSE H             SMITHSON J                WRAY HUBERT
GRAHAM JIM               LONGSTER G R           SNOW C                       WRAY J L
GREEN A                     LONGSTER H               SPENCE A                   YATES B
GREEN F                     LONGSTER W E           SPENCE J                    YATES JNO
YATES JOS
 
IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF PATELEY BRIDGE
WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR
1939-1945
 
WALTER BARFORD DFC
GEORGE DINSDALE
HENRY A GAMBLE
J KIMBER HILL
JOHN HUDSON
ROBERT E LONGSTER
WILLIAM H NINNESS
ARTHUR RICHMOND
JACK RICHMOND DFM
JOHN ROBERT SMITH
WILLIAM SWALE
ALFRED TAYLOR
 
The names on the Memorial Plaque in St Cuthbert’s Church are identical but it is headed:
 
1939 - 1945
 
The WW1 Memorial in St Cuthbert's Church has additional names of the Fallen
 
Fred Gospel                Robert P Harker         John Thackray
 
 
​War Memorial in Pateley Bridge WW1 and WW2
 
 
Those who Fell in WW1
 
ATKINSON, Tom
Lance Corporal, 25th (Service) Battalion (Tyneside Irish), The Northumberland Fusiliers, 102 Brigade, 34th Division.  Army no 38947. He had also served as Private, Army no 37785 with The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
He died from his wounds on Tuesday 2 April 1918. He was 23.
He was the son of John and Sarah A Atkinson, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Braine-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery. All 33 of the burials in this cemetery are those of Prisoners of War of the German Army.
 
BAINES, George William Archibald known as Archie
Lance Corporal, 2nd/5th Battalion TF, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 185 Brigade, 62nd Division.  Army no 201671
He was killed in action on Thursday 3 May 1917 in the Battle of Bullecourt. He was 27.
He was the son of Alfred and Jane Baines, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Arras Memorial.
 
BLAKEBOROUGH, Stanley
Lance Corporal, 11th (Service) Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 68 Brigade, 23rd Division.  Army no 16038.
He was killed in action on Saturday 13 October 1917 in the fighting at Passchendaele. He was 21.
He was the son of Harry and Mary E Blakeborough, 33 Electric Avenue, Harrogate.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
And his brother
BLAKEBOROUGH, Donald Gladstone                   MM
Private, C Company, 13th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 68 Brigade, 23rd Division.  Army no 24701.
He was killed in action on Tuesday 1 January 1918 probably near where he lies. He was 20.
He was the son of Harry and Mary E Blakeborough, 33 Electric Avenue. Harrogate. He was born in Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory and his headstone is inscribed Also in Memory of Stanley, His Brother Killed in Action Grave Unknown.
 
CALVERT, Charles Eric Ivan
Private, 2nd Battalion, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), 97 Brigade,32nd Division.  Army no 52016. He had also served as Private, Army no 93078 with 8th Training Reserve Battalion.
He died from his wounds on Friday 4 October 1918 after the fighting on the Hindenburg Line. He was 19.
He was the son of Harry and Maggie Calvert, 8 High Hartley Street, Glusburn, Keighley. He was born at Sutton-in-Craven, Keighley.
He is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Safe in Thy Holy Keeping There Would I Rest.
 
CARLING, Richard Bolland
Private, 8th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force.  Army no 81131.
He was killed in action on Wednesday 14 June 1916 probably at Mount Sorrel near Ypres. He was 29.
He was the son of Edward and the late Mary J Carling, High Street, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
 
CLARK, Joseph Randolph
Spelt without E in SWD and CWGC. On the memorial he is given an e.
Private, 9th (Service) Battalion (Co Armagh), Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers), 108 Brigade, 36th Division.  Army no 40010. He had also served as Private, Army no 34465 with The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
He was killed in action on Thursday 16 August 1917 at the Battle of Langemarck. He was 31.
He was the son of Joseph and Mary Clarke, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
 
CLAYTON, Horace
Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).  Army no 22730. He had also served as Private with15th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
He was killed in action on Saturday 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme.. He was 25
He was the son of John H and Grace Clayton, Wath, Pateley Bridge
He is buried in Serre Road Cemetery No 3, Puisieux
 
CORKISH, William F            
Driver, 91st Brigade HQ, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 29487
He died on active service on Sunday 5 January 1919. He was 29.
He was the son of John and Margaret Corkish.
He is buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 2.
                                   
ELLIS, Thomas  known as Tom
Private, 2nd Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 83 Brigade, 28th Division.  Army no 15731
He died whilst on active service on Monday 2 April 1917 in Macedonia.  He was 32.
He was the son of Edward and Alice Ellis, Market Square, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Lembet Road Military Cemetery, Salonika, Greece and his headstone is inscribed Rest in Peace
 
GILL, John William 
Private, 1st/4th Battalion TF, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 147 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 6296.
He died from his wounds on Thursday 1 March 1917. He was 26.
He was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Gill and the husband of husband of Mabel Gill, 119 Parkside Road, West Bowling, Bradford. He was born at Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.
 
GOSPEL Fred
Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).  Army no 3/9621.
He died on active service on Monday 31 July 1916. He was 29.
He was the son of William and Margaret Gospel and the husband of Caroline Holdsworth (formerly Gospel), 13 Hampton Place, Idle, Bradford.
He is buried in Beckett Street Cemetery, Leeds.
 
GRANGE, Edwin 
Private, 12th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales (West Yorkshire Regiment), 9 Brigade, 3rd Division.  Army no 203857.
He was killed in action on Monday 24 September 1917 near Ypres. He was 24.
He was the son of John (Jack) and Emma Grange, Pinfold, Glasshouses, and the husband of May H Lawcoch (formerly Grange), Market Terrace, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
 
HACKNEY, John 
Corporal, 2nd/5th Battalion TF, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 185 Brigade, 62nd Division.  Army no 201094.
He died from his wounds on Saturday 26 May 1917. He was probably wounded in the fighting on the Hindenburg Line. He was 36.
He was the son of George and Catherine Hackney and the husband of Beatrice Hackney, High Fold, Glasshouses, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Gone but Not Forgotten.
 
HAITHWAITE, Albert
Fireman, SS Boorara, Mercantile Marine
He died at sea on Wednesday 20 March 1918. The SS Boorara was torpedoed by a German submarine UB 31 in the English Channel on 20 March but managed to make Southampton. Five crew were killed. He was 28.
He was the son of Frederick W and Elizabeth Haithwaite, Smelthouses, Summerbridge.
He is buried in Hollybrook Cemetery Southampton
 
HARKER, Robert Parkinson
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, 12 Brigade, 4th Division.  Army no 37836.
He died from his wounds on Wednesday 11 April 1917. He was probably wounded during the first Battle of the Scarpe. He was 24.
He was the son of John P and the late Betsy Harker, Totterington, Lancashire.
He is buried in Haute-Avesnes British Cemetery.
 
HOLDSWORTH, William Stoney Herbert
Private, 15th/17th Battalion TF, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Army no 32360.
He died as a Prisoner of War of the German Army on Tuesday 5 November 1918. He was 31.
He was the husband of Hetty Wilson (formerly Holdsworth), Chapel Terrace, Glasshouse, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel and his headstone is inscribed Worthy Of Everlasting Love.
 
HORNER, George Oswald
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 23 Brigade, 8th Division.  Army no 28841.
He was killed in action (presumed dead) on Wednesday 25 October 1916 in the fighting on the Somme. He was 18.
He was the son of George and Emma Horner, Glasshouses.
He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial.
 
HULLAH, Albert
Private, 12th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 9 Brigade, 3rd Division.  Army no 38250
He was killed in action on Monday 9 April 1917 during the first Battle of the Scarpe. He was 31.
He was the son of William and Sarah A Hullah, High Plain Farm, Glasshouses, Pateley Bridge and the husband of Margaret K Hullah, Blazefield, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy les Mofflaines.
 
INGLEBY, Walter Brown
Trooper, Household Battalion, 10 Brigade, 4th Division. This had been formed as an infantry Battalion with personnel from the Household Cavalry Reserve Regiments.  Army no 2319.
He was killed in action on Friday 12 October 1917 at the first Battle of Passchendaele.  He was 24.
He was the son of William and Sabina Ingleby, High Plain, Glasshouses, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
 
KNOWLES, Henry
Private, 2nd Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 21 Brigade, 30th Division.  Army no 24177 .
He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 20.
He was the son of George and Ellen Knowles, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz.
 
LAWSON, Robert Edward 
Private, 1st/4th Battalion TF, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 149 Brigade, 50th Division.  Army no 68972
He was killed in action (presumed dead) on Monday 27 May 1918 in the Battle of Aisne. He was 18.
He was the son of David and Eleanor, Bay Horse Inn, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Soissons Memorial.
 
LAYFIELD, Loftas    
Private, 2nd/5th Battalion TF, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 185 Brigade, 62nd Division.  Army no 49256
He died from his wounds on Tuesday 23 July 1918. He had probably been wounded in the Battle of Tardenois. He was 39.
He was the son of Loftas and Elizabeth Layfield and the husband of Ada Layfield, Mount View Terrace, Pateley Bridge
He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.
 
LEEMING, Harris
Private, 8th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Army no 16480. He had also served as Private, Army no 45960 with the Royal Army Medical Corps.
He died from his wounds on Tuesday 13 November 1917 in Hospital in Endell Street, London. This was the only Military Hospital staffed and managed by women. He was 27.
He was the son of Joseph and Ann Leeming, Bridgehouse Gate, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Pateley Bridge Cemetery.
 
MARSHALL, Harold
Private,14th (Service) Battalion (2nd Barnsley), The York and Lancaster Regiment, 94 Brigade, 31st Division.  Army no 25899.
He was killed in action on Friday 29 June 1917 in the Battle of Arras and particularly at Oppy Wood.. He was 24.
He was the son of Thomas (Tom) and the late Annie Marshall and the husband of Grace Marshall, Layfield, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Arras Memorial.
 
MCKENZIE, Kenneth Buchanan    
Captain, 123rd Outram's Rifles attached to 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force). 
He was killed in action on Saturday 25 September 1915 during the fighting at Neuve Chapelle. He was 34.
He was the son of A. G. and Isabella McKenzie, Sunderland and the husband of Nancy U. McKenzie, Ramsgate.
Educated at Oatlands School, Harrogate, and Rugby.
He is remembered on The Neuve-Chapelle Memorial.
 
METCALFE, George Christopher  
Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps.
He died whilst on active service on Sunday 16 March 1919.
He is buried in Lucknow Cantonment Military Cemetery.
There is also
METCALFE, George
Private, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, 3 Guards Brigade, Guards Division.  Army no 2652.
He was killed in action on Sunday 19 November 1916 on the Somme battlefields.
He was born in Pateley Bridge.
He was the son of John Frederick Metcalfe, 8 Christina Street, Harrogate.
He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial.
 
METCALFE, William
Private, 10th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 50 Brigade, 17th Division.  Army no 16251.
He was killed in action on Saturday 1 July 1916, another, the third, from Pateley Bridge who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 20.
He was the son of Harriet and the late William Metcalfe, "J Hostel," Sea Village, Angram, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Fricourt New Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Though Death Divides Still Memory Clings
 
PHILLIPS, Frederick George
Captain, 5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division. 
He was killed in action on Thursday 25 April 1918 during the second Battle of Kemmel Ridge. He was 32.
He was the adopted son of Mr. G. Lumsden, VD, Fog Close, Pateley Bridge
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial
 
PICKARD, Maurice Mouncey
Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 32 Brigade, 11th Division.  Army no 14299.
He died, probably of natural causes, on Saturday 22 January 1916 in 19th Stationary Hospital, Kephalos. He was 19.
He was the son of Alice Pickard but his legatee was his grandmother Mary E Pickard. The 1911 Census records that he was with his Uncle and Aunt, Thomas and Mary A Pickard, Hill Top Farm, Middleton, Ilkley.
He is buried in Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey.
 
POUNDER, George
Corporal, 1st/5th Battalion. The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 2205.
He died from his wounds on Wednesday 4 October 1916. He had probably been wounded a few days earlier at the Battle of Flers Corcelette. He was 25.
He was the son of Eliza Waring, Parlin Road, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension and his headstone is inscribed Rest in Peace
 
PRATT, Norman
Private, 11th (Service) Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 68 Brigade, 23rd Division.  Army no 46627.
He was killed in action on Monday 24 September 1917 during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge. He was 21.
He was the Grandson of James Pratt, Pateley Bridge
He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
 
RAW, Edward
Private, 12th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 9 Brigade, 3rd Division.  Army no 36789
He was killed in action on Thursday 3 May 1917 in the third Battle of the Scarpe. He was 29.
He was the son of the late Joseph and Mary Raw and the husband of Alice Raw, Goose Green, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Arras Memorial.
 
RAW, George MARTIN
Lance Corporal, 1st/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 1154.
He was killed in action on Monday 11 October 1915 near Ypres. He was 27.
He was the son of John B and Margaret Raw and the husband of Olivia Raw, 41 Victor Road, Manningham, Bradford.
He is buried in Essex Farm Cemetery.
 
RICHMOND, Ernest Edwin
Private, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 1st Guards Brigade, Guards Division.  Army no 26752.
He was killed in action on Wednesday 10 October 1917 in the fighting at Poelcapelle. He was 20.
He was the son of William and Elizabeth Richmond, 30 Vale Lane, Oakworth, Keighley.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
 
SHEPHERD, John Hall
Driver, 147th Brigade Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery.  Army no 43755.
He drowned on Friday 16 April 1915. He was 34.
He was the son of the late George and H Shepherd and the husband of Alice M H Shepherd, 20 Sun Street, Stanningley, Leeds.
He is remembered on The Helles Memorial.
 
SHILLITO, Herbert
Private, 14th (Home Service) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Army no 45048. He had been transferred to 547th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. Army no 441512.
He died in Chester War Hospital on Monday 28 October 1918 from “illness”. He was 33.
He was the son of Richard and Emily L Shillito, Hunslet, Leeds and the husband of Lily Shilito.
He is buried in Hunslet Old Cemetery, Leeds.
 
SIMPSON, Claude Middleton
Lance Corporal, A Company, 8th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 36 Brigade, 12th Division.  Army no PS/7827.
He died from his wounds on Wednesday 11 April 1917. He was probably injured in the first Battle of the Scarpe. He was 25.
He was the son of Alfred and Ada Simpson, Pateley Bridge and the husband of Hannah E Simpson, 15 Graver Lane, Clayton Bridge, Manchester.
He is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun and his headstone is inscribed We Cannot Lord Thy Purpose See but All is Well That's Done by Thee.
 
SIMPSON, John Wade
Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, 29 Brigade, 10th Division.  Army no 10313.
He died from his wounds on Thursday 23 December 1915 which was the time of the retreat from Serbia. He was 28.
He was the son of Tom W and Elizabeth Simpson, Bailey Gap, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Sofia War Cemetery, Bulgaria.
 
SNOW, George Arthur
Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 52 Brigade, 17th Division.  Army no 12229.
He was killed in action on Wednesday 26 April 1916. He was 19.
He was the son of William and Mary Snow, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentières.
 
SPENCE, Ernest Harold
Private, 18th (Service) Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, (2nd South East Lancashire) Brigade, Division.  Army no 33421. He also served as Private, Army no 152931 with the Royal Field Artillery.
He died in hospital on Monday 19 March 1917. He was 18.
He was the son of Thomas and Sarah A Spence, Knott Side Farm, Pateley Bridge. He was born in Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Étaples Military Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed A Loving Son Both True and Kind A Beautiful Memory Left Behind.
 
STOBBS, Harold
Private, 16th Mobile Veterinary Section, Army Veterinary Corps.  Army no SE/24653
He died in 28 GA ? on Wednesday 20 November 1918. He was 30.
He was the son of Jane Neal, formerly Stobbs, and the late Joseph Stobbs, Glencoe Terrace, Glasshouses, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.
 
STONEY, Herbert
Private, 1st/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Army no 3783 attached to 1st/5th Battalion TF, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 148 Brigade, 49th Division. 
He was killed in action on Sunday 23 July 1916 in the fighting on Pozieres Ridge. He was 28.
He was the son of Margaret Stoney, Bewerley, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Authuile Military Cemetery, Authuille and his headstone is inscribed With Loving Remembrance from Mother and Sister and All.
 
STONEY, Joseph
Private, 1st Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Army no 21581. He had also served as Private, Army no 21811 with The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
He died on active service on 10 May 1917. He was 32.
He was the son of Christopher and Margaret Stoney, Bewerley, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town. He was presumably en route to join his regiment in India.
 
SWALES, Herbert
Lance Corporal, 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles), The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 124 Brigade,41st Division.  Army no C/12972.
He was killed in action on Saturday 7 October 1916 fighting on the Transloy Ridges. He was 25.
He was the son of Isabel and the late Thomas Swales, Mill Yard, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial.
 
SWALES, Leonard
Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment),146 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 3638. 
He died from his wounds on Monday 7 August 1916. He was 20.
He was the son of Thomas and Isabel Swales, Bents Farm, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Pateley Bridge Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Also in Memory of his Brother Herbert Lance Cpl K R R C Killed in Action 7 Oct.1916.
 
SWIRES, Edwin
Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 200332.
He was killed in action on Tuesday 9 October 1917 in the battle of Poelcappelle. He was 23.
He was the son of Tom and Harriet Swires, High Street, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
 
THACKERY, Thomas Herbert
I have not discovered his military unit.
His Probate records reveal that he lived at 12 Albert Terrace, Glasshouses and died on April 1921 at Becketts Park Hospital, Leeds. He was 34.
He was the son of George and Annie L Thackery, Pateley Bridge and his Father, George Thackery, a hemp spinning over-looker was his Executor.
I suspect that he was Private, Army no 200328 previously Army no 1731 with The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) who had served in France from April 1915.
I have not found any record of his discharge on medical grounds.
 
THACKRAY, John 
Rifleman, 1st/7th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 267986.
He was killed in action on Saturday 28 July 1917. He was 20.
He was the son of Fred and Ada Thackray,
He is remembered on The Nieuport Memorial.
 
THACKRAY, Thomas
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 23 Brigade, 8th Division.  Army no 28901.
He was killed in action on Saturday 28 October 1916 during the attack on le Transloy, Somme. He was 31 and born in Ramsgill.
He was the son of William and the late Hannah Thackray, Ramsgill.
He is remembered on The Thiepval Memorial.
 
THORPE, George
Gunner, 18th Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 44549.
He died on military service on Saturday 16 November 1918.
He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
                                               
WALKER, Harry
Private, 21st  Battalion (Service) (Wool Textile Pioneers), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 4th Division.  Army no 29375.
He died from his wounds on Sunday 13 May 1917 after the Battle of the Scarpe. He was 21.
He was the son of Henry and Rose Walker.
He is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun and his headstone is inscribed At Rest.
 
WARING, Harry Brown
Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 200336.
He was killed in action on Tuesday 9 October 1917 at the battle of Poelcapelle. He was 22.
He was the son of John B and Eliza Waring, Park Road, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Tyne Cot Memorial.
 
WILKINSON, Robert
Private, Motor Transport Spare Parts Depot, Army Service Corps.  Army no DM2/096829
He died on active service on Sunday 20 January 1918. He was 24.
He was the son of Thomas Wilkinson, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery.
 
WILMOT, Robert also recorded as WILMOTT, Robert
Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 146 Brigade, 49th Division.  Army no 1330.
He was killed in action on Sunday 19 December 1915 in the first phosgene gas attack. He was 19.
He was the son of Thomas and Margaret Wilmott, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Essex Farm Cemetery.
Robert Wilmott was born in 1896 and was christened with that spelling.
 
 
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BARFOD, Walter       DFC
Flying Officer/Observer, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAF no 48726.
He was killed on active military service on Saturday 7 November 1942. He was 29.
He was the son of Anthony and Gertrude Barfod and the husband of Elsie Barfod, Pateley Bridge
He is buried in Wevelgem Communal Cemetery
Additional information
Boston III Z2157 OM- took off at 14.00 hours from RAF Great Massingham. The aircraft hit a high-tension cable and crashed into a pond at Lietard Farm near Menin, Belgium. All 4 of the crew were killed.
 
DINSDALE, George
Sergeant Flight Engineer, 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1596611.
He was killed on active military service on Friday 9 March 1945. He was 33.
He was the son of Joseph and Grace Dinsdale, Pateley Bridge and the husband of Ruby Dinsdale, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Pateley Bridge Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Resting Where No Shadows Fall in God's Garden He Awaits Us All.
Additional information
He was killed on a training flight when Halifax VII NA317 (or NE317) of 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit crashed half a mile north of RAF Abbot’s Bromley, Shropshire.
 
GAMBLE, Henry Alan 
Trooper, 46th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, Royal Armoured Corps. Army no 4540198.
He was killed in action on Thursday 16 September 1943, this was just two weeks after the Allied Landings in mainland Italy. He was 24.
He was the son of James H and Margaret Gamble and the husband of Eileen Gamble, Glasshouses.
He is buried in Salerno War Cemetery.
 
HILL, J Kimber
Sergeant, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1053799.
He was killed on active military service on Wednesday 25 March 1942. He was 21.
He was the son of Stephen Henry and Cicely Clare Hill, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Runnymede Memorial.
Additional information
Manchester I L7390 ZN- of 106 Squadron took off from RAF Coningsby took off at 20.00 hours. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter from 6/NJG 2 and it crashed at 22.28 hours through the ice of the IJsselmeer, Holland. The crew were all killed.
 
HUDSON, John
Serjeant, Army Catering Corps attached to 1st Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Army no 4686130.
He died on active military service on Tuesday 8 December 1942. He was 35.
He was the son of Tom and Clara E Hudson, Pateley Bridge and the husband of Annie Hudson, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Tehran War Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Here in my Heart a memory is kept of one I loved and will never Forget.
Additional information
On this day in 1942, a riot broke out. Students and others demanded an increased bread ration. I suspect that John Hudson, Catering Corps died in this riot.
 
LONGSTER, Robert E
Sergeant, 100 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAF no 546539.
He died on active military service on Saturday 12 June 1943. He was 24.
He was the son of William E and Mary J Longster, Pateley Bridge.
He is remembered on The Runnymede Memorial.
Additional information
Lancaster III ED786 HW-F took off from RAF Grimsby on an operation to Dusseldorf. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 00.40 hours into the Oosterschelde, Holland. All 8 of the crew died.
 
NINNESS, William Halse 
Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Army no 4542310.
He died on active military service on Tuesday 15 February 1944 during the often-forgotten Burma Campaign. He was 29.
He was the son of William J and Lavinia Ninness, Pateley Bridge.
He is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Rangoon.
 
RICHMOND, Arthur
Sergeant, 199 Squadron, Royal Air Force RAFVR no 1315723.
Friday 5 November 1943. He was 20. He was born in Pateley Bridge
He was the son of Frederick and Doreen Edna Richmond, Bowling.
He is remembered on The Runnymede Memorial.
Additional information
Stirling III EP453 EX-F of 199 Squadron took off from RAF Lakenheath on a (sea) mine laying mission at 16.00 hours on 4 November. The aircraft was lost without trace. All 7 of the crew died.
And his older brother
RICHMOND, Jack                  DFM
Flight Sergeant, 211 Squadron, Royal Air Force RAF no 550946
Sunday 25 January 1942 He was 22
He was the son of Frederick and Doreen Edna Richmond, West Bowling
He is remembered on The el Alamein Memorial
Additional information
Blenheim IV took off at 15.18 hours from (RAF) Bu Amud in a mission in co-operation with the Army intending to bomb Axis traffic on the Antalat-Agedabia road. Flak damage caused engine failure and the pilot force landed. Jack Richmond was killed.
 
SMITH, John Robert known as Jack
It could be:
Serjeant, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Army no 6911079.
He died on active service on Friday 21 March 1941 during the most decisive battle of the war in East Africa. He was 34.
He was the son of Herbert and Jane Smith and the husband of Helen M Smith, Bradford.
He is buried in Keren War Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed In Loving Memory of My Dear Husband Jack. He Died that Others Might Live. RIP
 
SWALE, William
Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Army no 7691570.
He died on active service on Thursday 1 June 1944. This was the time when the Allied Forces broke through the German Defences around Anzio. He was 31.
He was the son of George and Eliza Swale, Glasshouses.
He is buried in Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio and his headstone is inscribed God Be with William Till We All Meet Again.
 
TAYLOR, Alfred
Able Seaman, HMS President III, SS Darcoila, Royal Navy P/J 104782.
He died on active service at sea on Saturday 28 September 1940. He was 41.
He was the son of William and Anna M Taylor and the husband of Ethel Taylor, Glasshouses.
He is remembered on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Additional information
Ss Darcoila was torpedoed in the Atlantic to the west of Ireland and sank with the loss of all 31 crew. All records suggest that she sank on 26 September but CWGC records his death two days later.
HMS President III was the RN shore base which supplied RN personnel to act as Gunners on merchant navy vessels.
 
 
 

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