Roll of Honour - Yorkshire

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SHELLEY
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

ADDY	Norman	Private 205535, 4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) transferred to 465181, 212th Area Employment Company, Labour Corps. Died on service 24 September 1918. Aged 27. Born Shelley, Yorks, enlisted Huddersfield, Yorks. Son of Arthur and Eliza Addy, of Far Bank, Shelley, Huddersfield. Buried in LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row E. Grave 26.
ARMITAGE	Albert	No further information currently available
ARMITAGE	Henry Vincent aka Harry	Private 241006, 2nd/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 3 May 1917. Aged 21. Enlisted Huddersfield. Son of Willie Armitage, of Old Post Office Yard, Shelley, Huddersfield. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.
ARMITAGE	Vincent	Private 42240, 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment formerly 46761, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 28 May 1918. Aged 18. Born and resident Shelley, Yorks, enlisted Huddersfield, Yorks. Son of Ben and Louisa Armitage, of Bankbottom Shelley, Huddersfield. No known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France.
BARDEN	Fred	Private 21961, 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action 10 August 1916. Born Thunder Bridge, York, resident and enlisted Huddersfield, Yorks. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 4 A and 4 D.
BARNICOT	John Livingstone	[Listed as John Livingston BARBICOT on CWGC/SDGW] Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion [CWGC] or 3rd Battalion [SDGW], Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 22 December 1916. Aged 19. Born at Shelley, Yorks. Only son of Richard and Gertrude Barnicot, of Woodside, Grimscar, Huddersfield. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row F. Grave 33.
BARROWCLOUGH	Benjamin	Private 81360, 1st/8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) formerly 52405, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 20 October 1918. Aged 27. Born Huddersfield, enlisted Halifax. Husband of Martha Ann Barrowclough, of Beckett, Kirkburton, Huddersfield. Born 1 May 1891. Baptised 17 April 1892 at St Paul's Parish Church, Armitage Bridge. Married 13 August 1915 at Shelley, Emmanuel Parish Church, to Martha Ann Shaw and then residing at Wood Nook, Shelley. Enlisted Halifax 31 May 1918. Buried in BELLE VUE BRITISH CEMETERY, BRIASTRE, Nord, France. Row A. Grave 4. Also commemorated on the Kirkburton War Memorial
BOTTERILL	Christopher Thomas	[Spelt BOTTRILL on SDGW/CWGC] Sergeant 6837, 16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 25. Born Shelley, Huddersfield, resident Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, enlisted Manchester. Son of Christopher George Bottrill, of 53, Keppel Rd., Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C.
BRAWN	Ernest	Private 30440, 2nd/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment formerly 3/31749, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment). Died of wounds 20 November 1917. born Shelley, Huddersfield, Yorks, resident Thurstonland, Yorks, enlisted Huddersfield. Son of Mr. J. Brawn, of Lumb House Farm, Thurstonland, Huddersfield. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row D. Grave 43.
BRAWN	George Henry	Private 22548 [SDGW] or 22549 [CWGC], 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards formerly 3864, 1st Life Guards, 73rd Household Battalion. Died of wounds 2 September 1918. Born Bretton, Yorks, enlisted Huddersfield. Buried in MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot VII. Row E. Grave 3B.
BROOK	Charles William	Temporary 2nd Lieutenant, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Resident Glen View, Shelley. Husband of Hilda Brook, she was born 19 September 1892. [Details from British Armed Forces, First World War Disability & Retirement Payments For Officers & Nurses]
BROOK	James	No further information currently available
CHARLESWORTH	Fred	Rifleman 260060 [CWGC] or 260050 [SDGW], 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force). Killed in action 10 November 1917. Aged 39. Born Kirkburton, Yorks, enlisted Halifax, Yorks. Son of John and Martha Charlesworth, of Dene Rd., Kirkheaton; husband of Amy Hilda Charlesworth, of Town End, Shelley, Huddersfield. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 129 and 130.
COE	Harry	Private 30652, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment). Died of wounds in United Kingdom 15 April 1918. Aged 21. Born Crosland Moor, Yorks, resident Shepley, Yorks, enlisted Halifax. Son of John Henry and Annie Elizabeth Coe, of Heymoor House, Shepley, Huddersfield. Buried in SHELLEY (EMMANUEL) CHURCHYARD, Yorkshire. Grave 350.
DEARNLEY	George	No further information currently available
HAIGH	Willie	No further information currently available
HALL	John	Private TR5/209748, 52nd Battalion (Graduated Battalion), Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Died on service in United Kingdom 14 July 1918. Aged 18. Born Huddersfield, enlisted Halifax, Yorkshire. Son of Mrs. Annie Hall, of Town End, Shelley. Buried in SHELLEY (EMMANUEL) CHURCHYARD, Yorkshire. Grave 200.
HOLSEY	Wilfred	Private 42392, 24th Battalion (Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 6 November 1916. Born Saltburn, Yorks, enlisted Huddersfield. Buried in CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, Nord, France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 38.
HOPKIN	Thomas	No further information currently available
IRVINE	David	No further information currently available
IRVINE	Harry	No further information currently available
JONES	[Charles] Ernest	Ordinary Seaman J/79340, H.M.S. "Lady Cory Wright," Royal Navy. KDied when his ship was sunk 26 March 1918. Aged 18. Born 10 July 1899 in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Baptised 30 August 1899 in Stocksbridge Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Manchester Road, Sheffield, son of Charles and Florence Edith Jones. Son of Florence Edith Jones, of Bank Side, Shelley, Huddersfield. Prior to enlisted he was a Labourer at Size Works. Enlisted 10 October 1917 for duration of hostilities, height 5 feet 8 inches, chest 35½ inches, brown haiur, blue eyes, fresh complexion. In the 1901 census he was aged 1, born Deepcar, Yorkshire, son of Chares and Florence Jones, resident Florence Buildings, 5, Stocksbridge, Wortley, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 27.
KIRK	Joe	Private 23285, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 4 November 1918. Aged 20. Born Shelley, Yorkshire, enlisted Huddersfield. Adopted son of John Henry and Hannah Beaumont, of Bankfoot Lane, Netherton, Huddersfield. Buried in CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS, Nord, France. Plot III. Row D. Grave 3.
LACEY	Alfred	No further information currently available
LISTER	Tom	No further information currently available
MALLORY	Walter	Private 29718, 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 20 September 1917. Aged 20. Born Burley-In-Wharfedale, Yorks, resident Kirkburton, Yorks, enlisted Huddersfield. Son of Herbert and Alice Mallory, of Thunderbridge, Kirkburton, Huddersfield. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 82 to 85.
NOWELL	Percy	Private 32035, 20th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (served in several battalions of the D.L.I. including Depot, 15th, 12th, 4th, 25th, 20th). Killed in action 31 July 1917. Born and resident Shelley, Yorks, enlisted 29 April 1916 Huddersfield. Son of ben Nowell, of Bank Side, Shelley, Huddersfield. Attested aged 20 years 5 months, resident Bankside, Shelley, a Woollen Wacker by trade, single, height 5 feet 5½ inches, weight 108 lbs, chest 31-34 inches. Previously suffered wounds to the back when in action admitted 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, returned to England 13 January 1917, joined 4th Battalion, D.L.I. 19 February 1917, posted to 20th Battalion, D.L.I. 20 June 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 36.
PEARSON	John Allen	No further information currently available
RODEN	Arthur	Gunner 127576, 199th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 29 December 1917. Aged 32. Born Sandiway, Cheshire, resident Osmaston, Derby, enlisted Huddersfield. Baptisede 26 July 1885 in Weaverham, Cheshire, son of John and Fanny Roden. Son of Fanny Roden, of Sandiway, Cheshire, and the late John Roden; husband of Ada Mary (nee Waterman) Roden, of St. Edith's Cottages, Kemsing, Sevenoaks, married in Kemsing, St Mary the Virgin, 17 April 1912. In the 1891 census he was aged 6, born Gorstage, Cheshire, a scholar, son of John and Fanny Roden, resident Cassia Green, Marton Road, Marton, Northwich, Cheshire. His father died in Arpil 1892. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born Sandiway, Cheshire. a kennelman, boarding at Foust Kennels, Sandiway, Cheshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 25, unmarried, born Sandiway, Cheshire, a Domestic Gardener, resident Cottage Over Stables, Nunsmere, Sandiway, Marton, Cheshire. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row G. Grave 13. See also Kemsing War Memorial, Kent * Link with Shelley, Yorkshire, not established *
ROLLINSON	James Willie aka James William	Gunner 113140, 262nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 1 July 1917. Aged 23. Born and resident Shelley, Yorks, enlisted Huddersfield. Son of Mrs. Ben Rollinson, of Woodbine House, Shelley, Huddersfield, Yorks. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row E. Grave 2.
ROWLANDS	George Oswald	Sergeant 33333, 170th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 1743, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 3 June 1917. Aged 24. Born Emley, Wakefield, Yorks, resident Shelley, enlisted Kirkburton. Husband of Mabel Sylvia Rowlands, of Linfit Lane, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, Yorks. Buried in RUE-DU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 10.
SENIOR	Amos	Private 54899, 1st/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Died on service 14 December 1918. Aged 28. Born Shelley, Huddersfield, Yorks, enlisted Penistone, Yorks. Son of Job and Ann Senior, of 92, Kirgate, Huddersfield. Buried in BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY, Brandenburg, Germany. Plot VIII. Row G. Grave 2.
SENIOR	Hilbert	[Listed as A H SENIOR on CWGC] Private 43736, 11th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) formerly 17315, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 7 October 1916. Enlisted Huddersfield, Yorks. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Shelley, Yorkshire, son of Seth and Harriet Senior, resident Hill Top, Shelley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Darton, Sheffield, a Millhand Doffer, son of Seth and Harriett Ann Senior, resident Roydhouse, Shelley, Hudderfsield, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). Buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row K. Grave 5.
SHAW	Douglas	Driver L/25805, "C" Battery, 168th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. DiKilled in actioned 30 June 1916. Aged 22. Resident and enlisted Huddersfield. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Shaw, of "Heymoor," Abbey Rd., Shepley, Huddersfield. Buried in BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 21.
SILVERWOOD, MM	Hugh	Guardsman 18668, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died 6 June 1921. Aged 33. Baptised 27 May 1888 in Salterhebble, Yorkshire, son of Henry and Emma Silverwood. Husband of Edith (nee Lodge) Silverwood, of Far Bank, Shelley, married April to June Quarter 1912 in Huddersfield Registration District, Yorkshire. Awarded the Military Medal [London Gazette 10 April 1918]. In the 1891 census he was aged 3, born Shipley, Yorkshire, a scholar, son of Henry and Emma Silverwood, resident Old Heymoor House, Hey Moorhouse Common, Shepley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). In the 1901 census he was aged 13, born Shelley, Yorkshire, son of Henry and Emma Silverwood, resident Far Bank, Shelley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). In the 1911 census he was aged 23, born Shipley, Yorkshire, a Pattern Healder, son of henry and Emma Silverwood, resident Far Bank, Shelley, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). Buried in SHELLEY (EMMANUEL) CHURCHYARD, Yorkshire. Row O. Grave 641.
SMITH	Harry	Private 260075, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers formerly 260075, 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force). Died of wounds 19 October 1918. Born Shelley, Yorks, enlisted Halifax, Yorks. Buried in VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY, Aisne, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 8.
SMITH	Norman	Private 46115, 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died on service 5 June 1917. Aged 22. Born Shelley, Yorks, enlisted Huddersfield. Son of Joe and Charlotte Smith, of Bank End, Shelley, Huddersfield. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 2 and 3.
TANN	William Henry	Lance Corporal 68440, 7th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 29392, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 17 November 1917. Aged 23. Born Shelley, Yorkshire, resident Milnesbridge, enlisted Huddersfield. Son of Herbert and Ada Tann; husband of Ada Goodall (formerly Tann), of 5, Ramsden Mill Lane, Linthwaite, Huddersfield. Buried in GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row A. Grave 7.
THORPE	Charles Morton aka Charlie	[Spelt THORP on CWGC and SDGW] Lance Corporal 202630 [202530 on SDGW], 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) formerly 5909, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Killed in action 22 September 1918. Born Kirkburton, enlisted Holmfirth. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Kirkburton, Yorkshire, a Twister, son of Joseph Henry and Sarah Jane Thorpe, resident Bank Side, Shelley, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 8.
WRAY	Harry	Private 325783 formerly 7427, 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry formerly 7427, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 23 February 1917. Aged 25. Born Shipley, resident Shelley, enlisted Halifax. Son of Carter and Mary Wray; husband of Ivy Wray, of the Post Office, Shelley, Huddersfield. Buried in ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 5.
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SHELLEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945
BARDEN	Alfred Vernon CecilC	Pilot Officer (Air Bomber) 157645, 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Flying out of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on night operations in a Handley Page Halifax V, serial number LK664, he died when his aircraft crashed at Welda, SW of Warburg, Germany on flight 22 October 1943. Aged 18. Son of Cecil Eli and Minnie Barden, of Shelley, Yorkshire. Buried in HANOVER WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 11. Row F. Grave 12. Stained glass window within the church: Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends To the Glory of God And in proud and loving memory of Pilot Officer Alfred Vernon Cecil Barden Age 18 years, only son of Minnie and the late Cecil Barden who gave his life on 22-23 Oct 1943 on flight operations over Germany Inserted by his Mother and four sisters
BROOKE	Albert	[Listed as BROOKE on memorial] Gunner 11269842, 93 Lt. A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 24 March 1945. Aged 33. Husband of Dorothy Ethna Brooke, of Shelley, Yorkshire. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 54. Row C. Grave 14.
CUNNINGHAM	Anthony	Gunner 1532087, 7 Heavy A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 19 April 1942. Aged 24. Son of James Cunningham, and of Elizabeth Cunningham, of Shelley, Huddersfield. Buried in IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY, Malta. Plot 2. Row 6. Collective grave 3.
DOBSON	Robert Ebinor	Private 4748477, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Died 5 August 1944. Aged 26. Son of Frederick Ebinor Dobson and Lily Dobson; husband of Vera Dobson, of Shelley, Yorkshire. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma). Plot 6. Row E. Grave 5.
HEELEY	Arthur	Flying Officer 157528, East Kirkby Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in the briefing room at RAF East Kirkby when the station was attacked by a Ju 88 as part of Operation Gisela 4 March 1945. Aged 22. Son of Fred and Gladys Heeley, of Shelley. Buried in SILKSTONE (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Yorkshire. Row C. Grave 9.
IRVINE	Reginald aka Reggie	Stoker 1st Class D/KX 93437, H.M.S. Huntley (Hunt Class Minesweeper), Royal Navy. Died at sea when his ship was sunk by German aircraft about 30 nautical miles west of Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 31 January 1941. Aged 23. Born 25 September 1918 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Son of H. Irvine, and of Ethel Mary Irvine, of Deepcar, Yorkshire. In the 1921 census he was aged 2, born Shelley, Yorkshire, son of Ethel M Irvine, resident Bank Side, Shelley, Yorkshire (West Riding). No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 53, Column 1.
KAYE	Sam	Private 4621929, 2nd/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Died 19 January 1942. Aged 26. Son of Joe Edward Kaye and Ethel Kaye, of Shelley; husband of Edith Kaye, of Shelley. Buried in SHELLEY (EMMANUEL) CHURCHYARD, Yorkshire. Row K. Grave 452.
LEAR	Thomas	Private 7593951, 158 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 11 March 1944. Aged 23. Son of Ernest and Annie Mary Lear, of Shelley, Yorkshire. Buried in BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO, Italy. Plot VII. Row B. Grave 9.
NOBLE	Leonard	Guardsman 2661860, Coldstream Guards. Died 31 December 1941. Aged 25. Son of Charles Edward and Marion Noble, of Shelley; husband of Mary Noble, of Shelley. Buried in SHELLEY (EMMANUEL) CHURCHYARD, Yorkshire. Row P. Grave 704.
ROTHERY	Geoffrey	Major 22962, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps formerly of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Died 10 March 1943. Aged 39. Son of William Umpleby Rothery and Clara Rothery; husband of Kathleen Rothery, of Kirkburton, Yorkshire. Buried in MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot 4. Row A. Grave 4.
SHEFFIELD	Clifford	Guardsman 2721295, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Died 4 February 1944. Aged 29. Foster-son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Froggatt; husband of Ruby Sheffield, of Royston, Yorkshire. Buried in ANZIO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot IV. Row T. Grave 7.

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