HARRY ARMITAGE PRIVATE NO. 203561 1892-1918 Harry Armitage was born on 22 nd February 1892 in Crosland Moor, the son of John and Elizabeth Armitage of 87 College Street, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland Moor Council School, later working as a gardener at the Crosland Moor Institution. Harry was a playing member of the Crosland Moor Public Handbell Ringers and a member of the congregation at St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor. Harry enlisted in Huddersfield in February 1916, serving with the 1/5 th Battalion Duke of th Battalion, on the Western Front. At the time of his death, the Battalion was engaged in the Final Advance in Picardy (17 th October 11 th November 1918), the hardest-fought of the final offensive actions. es ceased, and died on 2 nd November 1918 of multiple wounds and loss of blood following the amputation of a leg at the 34 th Casualty Clearing Station. Harry is buried in Grévillers British Cemetery near Bapaume in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France, the final resting place of 2,106 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Buried with Harry in the Grévillers British Cemetery is Harold Haigh of Crosland Moor, who served with the Manchester Regiment and died of his wounds on 29 th September 1918. Died Age 26 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor Huddersfield Drill Hall
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WALTER EDWARD ARMITAGE SERGEANT NO. G/14597 EAST KENT REGIMENT 1889-1918 Walter Edward Armitage was born in 1889 at West End, Skelmanthorpe and baptised at West Clayton on 18 th August 1889. The son of Charles Stead Armitage and Mary Elizabeth née Burton, his father died on 17 th June 1898 and his mother re-married on 21 st October 1911 to Daniel Mellor Roebuck, subsequently living at 15 Cross Street, Crosland Moor. Walter attended the National School at Skelmanthorpe and the Higher Grade College in Huddersfield, and later was in business as a butcher at Crosland Moor. Walter enlisted in Huddersfield on 21 st September 1916, serving firstly with the 13 th and 2 nd Battalions The Yorkshire Regiment, and afterwards with the 7 th Battalion East Kent Regiment, rising to the rank of Sergeant. Walter was killed-in-action in France on 26 th August 1918 attacking enemy positions east of Albert, during the Second Battle of the Somme. He is buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery at Mametz in the Somme Department of France, the final resting place of 2,053 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Died Age 29 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
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JOHN DENNIS ARNOLD PRIVATE NO. 32838 1899 1918 John Dennis Arnold was born on 14 th January 1899 at Middleton Villa, Swinton near Rotherham, the son Mrs Harrilena Arnold subsequently of 11 Marsden Road, Huddersfield. He attended Swinton National School, later working in the wool blending department of Messrs. George Mallinson and Sons Limited of Linthwaite. He was John enlisted on 17 th September 1917, serving with the 1/4 th Battalion Duke of th April 1918 the German Army launched an offensive in Flanders with the objective of capturing key railway and supply roads and cutting off the British Second Army British Army to fight it out to the end. The offensive, known as The Battle of the Lys, was to last until 29 th April 1918. The 1/4 th Battalion Duke o entrenched in the area of Hazebrouck in the Nord Department of France, was given orders to hold the line at all costs. On 15 th April 1918 John received wounds to his spine and died at the No. 64 Casualty Clearing Station. He is buried at Mendinghem Military Cemetery in Proven, near to Poperinghe in Flanders. The cemetery is the final resting place of 2,391 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Died Age 19 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
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HERBERT BAILEY PRIVATE NO. 352242 LABOUR CORPS 1888 1917 Herbert Bailey was born in 1888 in Fewston, near Harrogate, the son of Benson and Louisa Bailey, subsequently of The Ivy House Inn at Crosland Moor. He attended the Thorpe Board School at Idle, Bradford, later working as a spinner. Herbert married Florence Edith Bennett of Sefton Cottages, Meltham, on 21 st February 1914 at St. Herbert enlisted on 22 nd June 1916, serving with the Training Reserve, and later with the 80 th, and 160 th Companies of the Labour Corps. Responsible for building and maintaining the huge network of roads, railways, canals, buildings, camps, stores and communication systems needed for the war, the Labour Corps companies were manned by officers and as well as labourers from many parts of the empire. Although considered non-combatants, the Labour Corps companies were frequently deployed in forward areas, often under heavy fire, and many were killed or wounded. Herbert was killed-in-action on 22 nd December 1917 during the course of the Battle of Cambrai (2 nd November to 30 th December 1917). He is buried in Ribecourt Road Cemetery, Trescault in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France, the final resting place of 250 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War., was wounded on 5 th December 1917 at Ypres, Flanders and died of his wounds at the No. 24 General Hospital at Étaples, France on 27 th January 1918. He is buried in Étaples Military Cemetery. Buried with Herbert in the Ribecourt Road Cemetery is Herbert Beaumont of Crosland Moor, who served with The Manchester Regiment and was killed on 27 th September 1918. Died age 29 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
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LEONARD BAILEY PRIVATE NO. 307683 WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT 1886 1918 Leonard Bailey was born in 1886 in Fewston, near Harrogate, the son of Benson and Louisa Bailey subsequently of the Ivy House Inn at Crosland Moor. He attended the Thorpe Board School at Idle, Bradford, later working as a moulder. Leonard served with the 1/8 th Regiment on the Western Front. In the aftermath of the Battle of Passchendaele (31 st July to 6 November 1917), the Battalion was alternating between front line and reserve duty near Ypres in Flanders. On 5 th December 1917 the Battalion was sent to provide Brigade support in the form of working parties at Garter Point near Ypres. Leonard was severely wounded on this day and was sent to the No. 24 General Hospital at Étaples in France. He died of his wounds at the hospital on 27 th January 1918 and is buried in Étaples Military Cemetery in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France. The Cemetery is the final resting place of 10,771 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Crosland Moor men buried with Leonard in the Étaples Military Cemetery are John France who died on 5 th May 1917, and Peter Royston who died on 20 th December 1916. th Company of the Labour Corps, had been killed-in-action on 22 nd December 1917 during the course of the Battle of Cambrai, and is buried in Ribecourt Road Cemetery, Trescault in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France. Died Age 32 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
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WILLIE BALMFORD PRIVATE NO. 24638 1887 1917 Willie Balmford was born in 1887 at Cleveland Road, Marsh, the son of Ratcliffe and Louisa Balmford. He attended Crosland Moor Council School, later working for Messrs. Firth and Wilson, Wholesale Grocers. Whilst on home leave, on 23 rd December 1916 he married Lily Wood, a worsted weaver living at 3 Devonshire Street, Lockwood. Willie enlisted in Huddersfield on 11 th October 1915, serving with the 9 th Battalion Duke the 9 th Battalio th April 16 th June 1917) in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France. Launched to support a larger French offensive, the opening battles were encouraging but the offensive turned to an attritional struggle with a terrible cost in casualties. On 25 th April 1917 the 9 th -in-action at Monchy-le-Preux, near Arras. Willie has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial to the Missing in the Faubourg Memorial commemorates 35,942 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War and have no known graves. The following Crosland Moor men are also commemorated on this Memorial: Sykes Dobson John Heywood Ernest Hills Lewis Townend Herbert Hardy Joseph Heywood Frank Redfearn Harry Wood Died Age 29 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor Milton Independent Church
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NORMAN HANSON BAMFORTH PRIVATE NO. 31687 YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT 1890-1918 Norman Hanson Bamforth was born on 1 st October 1890 at 97 Barton Road, Crosland Moor, the son of Edward and Hannah Bamforth. He attended Crosland Moor Council School, later working as a pattern weaver at Messrs. John Crowther and Sons, Union Mills, Milnsbridge. Norman enlisted on 6 th November 1914, serving with the 1/5 th Battalion the Duke of iment and later the 13 th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. Sent to the Western Front on 14 th April 1915, Norman was wounded in November 1915, but returned to the front following his recovery. 11 th April 1918 was the day of Field Marshall Sir Douglas Army to fight it out to the end. On this day the 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment was engaged in The Battles of the Lys (9 th April 29 th April 1918), the offensive launched by the German Army in Flanders with the objective of capturing key railway and supply roads and cutting off the British Second Army at Ypres. Norman was killed-inaction on 12 th April 1918 during the course of this battle. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing which stands in Berkshire Cemetery Extension, near Mesen (Messines) in Flanders. The Memorial commemorates 11,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War and have no known graves. Crosland Moor men commemorated with Norman on the Ploegsteert Memorial are Wilfrid Ellis killed 12 th April 1918, Harry Pearson killed 16 th April 1918, and Arthur Taylor killed 13 th May 1918. The sounding of the Last Post still takes place at the Memorial on the first Friday of each month at 7 p.m. Died Aged 27 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
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WILLIAM MATTHEW BARDSLEY LANCE CORPORAL NO. 10679 ROYAL FUSILIERS 1884-1916 William Matthew Bardsley was born on 3 rd December 1884 in Giffnock, Glasgow the son of Joshua and Emma Bardsley. He attended Rossall Public School in Fleetwood, Lancashire, later working as a chemist. On 9 th October 1912 he married Emma Dawson at Christ Church, Linthwaite, afterwards setting up home at Cowlersley House, Milnsbridge. William enlisted in Huddersfield in April 1916, serving with the 29 th (Reserve), and later the 23 rd Battalion (1 st - st July 18 th November 1916), probably the most ill-famed battle of The Great War when the British suffered 60,000 casualties on the first day alone, 20,000 of them fatal. In the final days of the offensive, the British attacked at Ancre. The general assault was launched amidst a tremendous artillery bombardment in darkness and thick fog at 5.45 a.m. on Monday 13 th November. The attackers had to contend with deep mud, heavy enemy fire and poor visibility. William was killed-in-action during the course of this attack and is buried at Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 in the village of Serre in the Somme Department of France. The Cemetery is the final resting place of 7,127 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Died Age 31 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor Milnsbridge War Memorial
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HAROLD BATES PRIVATE NO. 8862 MANCHESTER REGIMENT Harold Bates was the son of Mr. H.B. Bates of 50 May Street, Crosland Moor. He worked for Messrs. W. and P. Holroyd, painters and decorators, High Street, Huddersfield. Harold is noted to have served for three years with the colours and been a reservist for nine years, and was certainly already at the front in the early days of the war, serving with the 2 nd Battalion Manchester Regiment. Harold was killed-in-action at Wulverghem, just south of Ypres in Flanders, on 11th January 1915. He was the first of the Crosland Moor men commemorated on the Memorial Window to be killed. repeated) when the British and German troops had met half way between the trenches to talk and exchange cigarettes. An account of the activities of the 2 nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment records that on Christmas Day there had been some firing by the artillery at dawn, but that this had died away as if by mutual consent towards breakfast time. Afterwards the men had met the Bavarians in the trenches opposite them and exchanged cigarettes. Harold is buried in Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe Military Cemetery near Mesen (Messines) in Flanders, the final resting place of 202 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
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HERBERT BEAUMONT PRIVATE NO. 400317 THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT 1889-1918 Herbert Beaumont was born on 14 th June 1889 at Moorfield Farm, Crosland Moor, the son of Thomas Albert and Sarah Jane Beaumont, later of 21 Hawthorne Terrace, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland Moor Board School and Higher Grade School, Huddersfield. On 3 rd January 1914 Herbert married Ethel Sykes of Salendine Nook at the Wesleyan Church, Lambs Hall Road, Longwood. After their marriage, Herbert and Ethel lived at 230 Wardley Street, Walkden, with Herbert working as a tailor in Manchester. Herbert enlisted on 29 th June 1916, serving with the 8 th Lancashire Fusiliers and later the 28 th, 8 th and finally the 1/5 th Battalion The Manchester Regiment. He was killed- in-action at Havrincourt Wood, near Cambrai, France on 27 th September 1918 during the first day line toward Cambrai in France. This battle was one of the large scale offensives of the whose victories are recorded as ranking amongst the greatest-ever British military achievements. Herbert is buried in Ribecourt Road Cemetery, Trescault in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France, the final resting place of 250 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Harold Haigh of Crosland Moor, serving with the 1/8 th Battalion The Manchester Regiment, died in this same battle and is buried nearby in the Grévillers British Cemetery. Buried with Herbert in the Ribecourt Road Cemetery is Herbert Bailey of Crosland Moor, who served with the 160 th Company Labour Corps and died on 22 nd December 1917. Died age 29 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor Crosland Moor Wesleyan Church
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HARRY BEAUMONT PRIVATE NO. 200727 DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY 1892-1918 Harry Beaumont was born on 11 th November 1892 at Matlock Street, Crosland Moor, the son of Thomas and Mary Beaumont subsequently of 43 Park Road West, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland Moor Church School, later working as a weaver. Harry enlisted at Milnsbridge on 24 th April 1916, serving with the 1/5 th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry on the Western Front. On 21 st March 1918 the Germany Army launched a large scale offensive (The First Battles of the Somme 1918 : 21 st March 5 th April 1918) with the aim of separating the British and French armies and seizing the Channel Ports. At the time in camp at Bayonvillers undertaking training, the Battalion was sent at short notice to the forward area to hold the line near to Brie. Harry was killedin-action during this offensive on 24 th March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozières Memorial to the Missing in the Somme Department of France. The Memorial commemorates 14,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War and have no known graves. Died Age 25 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
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WILLIAM EDWARD BEAUMONT PRIVATE NO. 98452 MACHINE GUN CORPS 1894-1917 William Edward Beaumont was born on 5 th June 1894 at Hawthorne Terrace, Crosland Moor, the son of James and Clara Beaumont. He attended Crosland Moor Board School, Moor Methodist Church and of the Sunday School. William enlisted in Huddersfield on 15 th January 1917, serving with the 55 th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) on the Western Front. The Machine Gun Corps had been created by Royal Warrant on 14 th October 1915, with a specialist Machine Gun Company to be attached to each Infantry Brigade. On 31 st July 1917 the British launched the Battle of Passchendaele, the attempt to break out of the confines of the salient of trenches around Ypres in Flanders, which became infamous for the mud and for the scale of casualties. William was killed on 10 th October 1917 during the course of this action, and is buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery at Boezinghe near Ypres in Flanders. The Cemetery is the final resting place of 1,639 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Died Age 23 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
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PERCY HOWARD BEARDSELL PRIVATE NO. 41590 NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS 1892-1917 Percy Howard Beardsell was born on 21 st June 1892 in Lockwood, the son of Arthur and Mary Beardsell subsequently of 35 Charles Street, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland Moor Council School, later working as a scourer and miller. Percy enlisted on 7 th February 1915, serving with the Northumberland Fusiliers. He served in the Mediterranean Theatre of War at Gallipoli from where he was invalided home at the end of 1915 with a duodenal ulcer. Following two months in hospital, he was discharged and at Easter 1916 was sent to France where he served for ten months before once again being invalided home to England with a tuberculosis infection and gastro-enteritis. On 9 th July 1917 Percy was discharged from the army as no longer physically fit to serve. He died at home of dysentery on 17 th November 1917 and is buried in Lockwood Cemetery, Huddersfield. His younger brother Norman was also discharged from the army on 7th March 1918 due to tuberculosis and died at home on 2 nd May 1919. The brothers are buried together at Lockwood Cemetery. Died Age 25 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
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NORMAN BEARDSELL PRIVATE NO. TR5/102016 NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS 1898-1919 Norman Beardsell was born on 14 th November 1898 in Crosland Moor, the son of Arthur and Mary Beardsell of 35 Charles Street, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland Moor Council School, later working as a woollen piecer. Norman enlisted on 14 th November 1916 and was called up for service in May 1917, joining the 52 nd Training Reserve of the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was sent to France on 6 th January 1918 but was returned to England shortly thereafter, being discharged from the army on 7th March 1918 as no longer physically fit to serve due to tuberculosis. He died at home on 2 nd May 1919 and is buried in Lockwood Cemetery, Huddersfield. His older brother Percy was also discharged from the army on 9 th July 1917 as no longer physically fit to serve, and died at home of dysentery on 17 th November 1917. The brothers are buried together at Lockwood Cemetery, Huddersfield. Died Age 20 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
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ARTHUR FREDERICK BOULTON PRIVATE NO. 11340 1890-1917 Arthur Frederick Boulton was born on 7 th August 1890 at Berry Brow, the son of Arthur Frederick and Henrietta Boulton subsequently of 19 Scholes Road, Birkby. He attended Sons Limited at Prospect Ironworks, Lockwood. At the time of enlistment, he lived with his sister, Mrs. Tom Berry, at 63 Lightcliffe Road, Crosland Moor. Arthur enlisted on 27 th August 1914, serving with the 10 th Battalion the Duke of Battalion was engaged in the Battle of Passchendaele (31 st July 10 th November 1917), the attempt to break out of the confines of the salient of trenches around Ypres in Flanders, which became infamous for the mud and for the scale of casualties. On 16 th October the Battalion moved into the line at the Railway Dugouts at Zillebeke, and on 18 th October Arthur was killed-in-action. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing which forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery at Zonnebeke in Flanders. The Memorial commemorates 35,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War and have no known graves. Crosland Moor men commemorated with Arthur on the Tyne Cot Memorial are Gilbert Halstead killed 26 th September 1917, William Smith killed 20 th September 1917, and Brooksbank Thompson killed 8 th May 1918. Died Age 27 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
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NORMAN BOOTHROYD PRIVATE NO. 29840 1891-1917 Norman Boothroyd was born on 30 th September 1891 in Crosland Moor, the son of Friend and Caroline Boothroyd subsequently of 3 Barton Road, Crosland Moor. He worked as a steam wagon driver in the teazing department of Messrs. Gledhill Brothers of Longroyd Bridge. He was a member of the congregation of Crosland Moor Wesleyan Chapel. Norman enlisted on 30 th November 1916, serving with the 9 th Battalion Duke of th April 1917, joining the Battalion in the field on 29 th April in the Arras sector. On 9 th April th April 16 th June 1917);; launched to support a larger French offensive, the opening battles were encouraging but the offensive turned to an attritional struggle with a terrible cost in casualties. On 10 th May Norman th May 1917 of his wounds at the No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. He is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension in Aubigny-en-Artois in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France, the final resting place of 2,771 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Died Age 25 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor Crosland Moor Wesleyan Church Lockwood Cemetery Memorial
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LEWIS BOTTOMLEY PRIVATE NO. S/18016 CAMERON HIGHLANDERS 1887 1916 Lewis Bottomley was born on 23 rd June 1887 at Crosland Moor, the son of Ben and Mary Bottomley subsequently of 3 Ivy Street, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland Moor Board School, later working as a weaver for a woollen manufacturer. At the time of his enlistment he was living at 10 Cuddyside, Peebles, Scotland, working as a carter. Lewis enlisted on 3 rd May 1915, serving with the 1 st Highlanders on the Western Front. He landed in France on 14 th July 1915 and fought with the Cameron Highlanders during the Battle of Loos (25 th September 15 th October 1915) and the following Actions of Spring. The Somme offensive was launched on 1 st July 1916, probably the most ill-famed battle of The Great War when the British suffered 60,000 casualties on the first day alone, 20,000 of them fatal. Before his death, the Battalion had fought in the Battle of Albert (1 st 13 th July), the Battle of Bazentin (14 th 17 th July), and the Battle of Pozières (23 rd July 3 rd September). Lewis was killed-inaction on 18 th August 1916 during the course of this last battle;; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing in the Somme Department of France. The Memorial commemorates more than 72,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War and have no known graves. Crosland Moor men commemorated with Lewis on the Thiepval Memorial are Thomas Crossland killed 1 st July 1916, Lewis Harrison killed 18 th September 1916, and Cyril Jones killed 7 th October 1916. Died age 29 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
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HARTLEY TOLSON BROADBENT GUNNER NO. 11177 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 1897-1917 Hartley Tolson Broadbent was born on 3 rd September 1897 at Moldgreen, the son of Willie Broadbent, a Police Officer, and his wife Kathleen subsequently of 11 Thornton Lodge, Crosland Moor. He attended Primrose Hill and Crosland Moor Council Schools, later working as a clerk at Messrs. David Brown and Sons, Park Works, Crosland Moor. Hartley enlisted on 20 th 150 th Brigade. The horse-drawn units of the Royal Field Artillery operated the medium calibre guns and howitzers, and later the heavy trench mortars, deployed close to the front line. Hartley embarked for France in November 1916, and at the time of his death was serving on the Western Front in the battlefields at Ypres in Flanders. He was killedin-action on 24 th July 1917 and is buried at Brandhoek Military Cemetery in Flanders, the final resting place of 669 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Buried in the neighbouring Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3 is Percy Taylor from Crosland Moor, who served with the Army Service Corps and died on 20 th August 1917. Died Age 19 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
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COLONEL BROOK PRIVATE NO. 204216 DUKE OF 1881-1917 Colonel Brook was born in 1881 in Crosland Moor, the son of Emma Brook of 43 Barton Road, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland Moor Council School, later working for Robert McAlpine and Sons and as a stonemason at Linthwaite. He was a member of the 1905, afterwards setting up home at 48 Barton Road, Crosland Moor. Mabel later lived at 168 Blackmoorfoot Road Crosland Moor. Colonel enlisted in Huddersfield on 29 th September 1916, serving with the 1/4 th Battalion in April 1917 and by August 1917 the Battalion was forming part of the coast defence at De Panne in Flanders. Colonel suffered severe gunshot wounds to the chest whilst in the front line at Nieuport, and died of his wounds in the 39 th Casualty Clearing Station at Oosthoek on 10 th August 1917. He is buried in Adinkerke Military Cemetery in De Panne, Flanders, the final resting place of 168 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Died Age 35 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
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HORACE BROOK M.M. CORPORAL NO. 27585 MACHINE GUN CORPS (INFANTRY) 1893-1918 Elizabeth Brook subsequently of 408 Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor. He attended Mount Pleasant and Spring Grove Council Schools, later working as a shop assistant, and subsequently Relief Manager, at W.H. Smith Booksellers and Stationers in Market Place, Huddersfield. Horace enlisted in Huddersfield on 20 th Jan (West Riding) Regiment, he was transferred almost immediately to the 120 Company th Battalion Machine Gun Corps. The Machine Gun Corps had been created by Royal Warrant on 14 th October 1915, with a specialist Machine Gun Company to be attached to each Infantry Brigade. Horace left Southampton on 16 th June 1916, landing the next day at Le Havre and joined the British Expeditionary Force in France, serving on the Western Front. He was awarded the Military Medal on 3 rd May 1918, a decoration given for gallantry and devotion to duty when under fire in battle on land, and on 5 th May 1918 was promoted to the rank of Corporal. The British offensive, known as The Second Battles of the Somme, began on 21 st August 1918 during which Horace was killed-in-action on 24 th August 1918. He is buried in Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France, the final resting place of 1,424 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Died Age 25 ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor Rehoboth Baptist Chapel
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