One of the outstanding features of recruiting in Craven in the early
days of the war was a unique and entirely successful effort by Mr. H.
G. Tunstill, of Otterburn, who at that time represented the Settle
district on the West Riding County Council.
Mr. Tunstill arrived home from Russia on August 20th, 1914, and very
shortly afterwards issued a stirring appeal for ninety-nine men to
join him in making a company of one hundred for enlistment in Lord
Kitchener’s army. The appeal was addressed more particularly to Mr.
Tunstill’s constituents in the neighbourhood of Settle, and a series
of meetings were arranged. At many of these enthusiastic scenes
were witnessed, and after a campaign extending from the 7th to the
18th of September close upon one hundred men had been obtained, and
they paraded at Settle on the 19th. After going through the usual
attestation formalities they were royally entertained at the Ashfield
and Golden Lion Hotels, Mr. W. Morrison presiding at the former place,
and Mr. W. Simpson, Catteral Hall, at the latter. Subsequently there
was an entertainment at the Victoria Hall where clothing, comforts and
fruit were distributed.
The men left for their depot at Halifax amid memorable scenes. They
assembled in Settle Market Place at 7 a.m., and, after a parting speech
by Mr. Morrison, were marched to the station headed by the Brass
Band and accompanied by a large crowd. The train steamed out of the
station amid cheering, the detonation of fog signals and much waving of
handkerchiefs.
At Silsden, Mr. Tunstill’s men were met by another batch of recruits
and marched into Keighley. It was something in the nature of a
triumphal progress, followed by an inspection on the Town Hall Square
by the Mayor (Mr. W. A. Brigg) and other local gentlemen. They departed
for Halifax in the afternoon by special train and were inspected by
Col. Thorold, the officer commanding the depot, who publicly thanked
Mr. Tunstill for his services in obtaining such a fine body of
men. Two days later they were drafted to Frensham, near Aldershot,
and ultimately became “A” Company of the 10th Battalion Duke of
Wellington’s Regiment. Then followed a period of rigorous training in
which the men acquitted themselves very creditably.
Meanwhile Mr. Tunstill had been offered and accepted a commission and
was gazetted Captain in November, 1914. The Battalion went to France
in August, 1915, and Captain Tunstill remained with the Company until
October, 1916, when he was sent to England with a damaged knee and
ankle. He became unfit for active service, but performed valuable
work in connection with the training of recruits in England. He was
mentioned in dispatches in December, 1916. The Company saw much
fighting in France and also served with distinction in Italy.
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Captain Preston.]
CAPTAIN THOMAS HOWARTH PRESTON, East Lancashire Regiment,
the only surviving son of the late John Preston and Mrs. Preston,
of Mearbeck, Longpreston. He served through the South African War,
receiving the Queen’s Medal with three clasps, and was mentioned in
despatches. He was awarded the Royal Geographical Society’s Diploma in
1913. His only brother, 2nd Lieut. J. S. Preston, 1st Bn. Royal Scots,
died at Dewetsdorp, during the South African War. Captain Preston was
killed in action in Flanders on November 17th, 1914, and was 34 years
of age.
[Illustration: Captain Stackhouse.]
CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. STACKHOUSE, eldest son of the late Major
Stackhouse, J.P., of Ingfield Hall, Settle, and Mrs. Stackhouse, of the
Grange, Casterton, Kirby Lonsdale, and husband of Theodora Charlotte
Stackhouse, of “Laguna,” Suffolk Rd., Bournemouth. This gallant
officer, the owner of a considerable estate in the Settle district,
was killed in action in France on March 12th, 1915, aged 32 years,
and his death plunged one of the oldest families in the neighbourhood
into mourning. Captain Stackhouse was born in 1883, educated at Harrow
and Sandhurst, whence he gained a commission in the 4th Lancashire
Fusiliers, and when the latter Regiment was disbanded in 1906, he was
offered a Lieutenancy in the 2nd Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby).
He received his captaincy in 1913. Prior to going to the front in
October, 1914, the deceased officer was Adjutant to the 10th Bn. Of a
cheery and kindly nature, he was extremely popular with his men, ever
ready to help and encourage them, and his delightful personality made
him a host of friends. He was a keen sportsman, polo, shooting and
motoring being his favourite recreations.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Kirk.]
2ND LIEUT. GERALD KIRK (The King’s Own Lancaster) Regiment
(Territorials) a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Kirk, of Greenwood
Leghe, Ingleton. When the war broke out, Gerald Kirk joined the King’s
Own Lancashire Territorials as a private. He was quickly marked out for
promotion, and a commission was offered to him before he had completed
his training and embarked for the front. He met his death in the fierce
fighting in France on April 24th, 1915, and the news was received
with general regret in the Ingleton district, where he was a popular
figure and a general favourite. He was a clean and clever sportsman. In
particular, he loved Association football, and was identified for many
years with the Ingleton Football Club as Captain, in which capacity he
frequently led his men to victory. At the invitation of the Bradford
City Club he played with that combination as an amateur at centre
half; later he played for Leeds City, after which he again threw in
his lot with the Ingleton Club and remained with them after taking up
his residence at Warton. The deceased officer was one of the original
promoters of the Ingleton Conservative Club, and acted as its first
Hon. Secretary until his removal to the Carnforth district. The same
qualities he exhibited on the football field were prominent on the
field of battle. On March 9th, 1916, at St. Mary’s Church, Ingleton, a
memorial tablet to the deceased officer’s memory was unveiled by the
Vicar (the Rev. J. Llewellyn). It bears the following inscription:--“In
loving memory of Gerald Kirk, 2nd Lieut., 5th Bttn. King’s Own Royal
Lancaster Regt., son of Alfred S. and Isabella Kirk, of Greenwood
Leghe, Ingleton. Born July 14th, 1883; died at Poperinghe, Belgium,
April 24th, 1915, of wounds received at St. Julien the previous day.
This tablet is erected by his wife.”
[Illustration: Captain Ellis.]
CAPTAIN T. M. ELLIS, son of Dr. W. H. Ellis, formerly of
Ravenshaw, Carleton, Skipton, was killed in action in France on April
18th, 1915. Captain Ellis, who was unmarried, saw service in the South
African War in the 33rd Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment.
In 1909, he returned to Bradford and acted as Adjutant to the 6th Bn.
West Yorkshire Regt. (T.). At the expiration of his term of office, he
rejoined the 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington’s, then stationed at Dublin.
At the outbreak of war, the “Duke’s” had a rough experience, and at
the battle of Mons, Captain Ellis and a few others penetrated right
through the German lines and were unable to retrace their steps, being
posted by the military as missing. For days, Captain Ellis and his
companions were befriended by Belgian peasants, being disguised and
hidden in straw in barns. They were conducted across country by night,
and eventually reached the coast. Captain Ellis embarked at Ostend and
reached England in safety, subsequently enjoying a brief furlough at
his father’s house, Oak Avenue, Manningham. When next he crossed to
France, he was attached to the West Yorkshire Regiment, with which he
was serving when he met his death.
[Illustration: Captain Ermen.]
CAPTAIN G. H. ERMEN, of the 2/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington’s
(West Riding) Regiment, of Milton House, Gargrave, who, in civil life,
was general manager of the Belle Vue Mills of the English Sewing Cotton
Company at Skipton, died at his residence on May 4th, 1915, aged 38
years. At the outbreak of war, Captain Ermen relinquished his position
to take up military duties. He had previously held a commission in the
6th Bn. Manchesters, with which regiment he saw service in the South
African War. He was gazetted Captain in the first Reserve Bn. of the
6th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, which was raised at Skipton under
Colonel R. E. Williamson, V.D., and remained at Headquarters until the
battalion was transferred to Derby. While stationed at Doncaster, Capt.
Ermen was appointed Adjutant to the Battalion, but had not long enjoyed
this distinction before he was compelled to return home on sick leave
and died, as stated, to the sincere regret of many sorrowing friends.
Capt. Ermen took a keen interest in the National Reserve Movement, and
was Officer Commanding the Skipton Companies, in the organization of
which he took a prominent and useful part.
[Illustration: Lieut. Knowles.]
LIEUT. HEDLEY KNOWLES, ⅙th Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding)
Regiment, the first Skipton officer to give his life for King and
Country. Lieut. Knowles was the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Knowles,
The Arches, Skipton. The news of his death was received with very
deep regret, for he had, by his geniality of disposition, earned the
affection of a wide circle of friends. The deceased officer, who was
twenty-two years of age, was destined for the legal profession, and
had before him a career of much promise. The outbreak of war saw
him, with typical British patriotism, eager to take his part in the
momentous struggle. He had joined the 6th Bn. Duke of Wellington’s
Regiment in 1913, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. It was while training
in camp at Marske that the Territorial Force was ordered to mobilize,
and he went with his Bn. to Immingham, where they went into training,
and accompanied them later to Healing, Riby and Doncaster. Later
he accompanied his Battalion to France, where he proved himself a
thorough and capable officer. It was while acting as instructor to a
school of bomb throwing that he met his sad end, being killed by the
premature explosion of a rifle grenade on May 30th, 1915. Death was
instantaneous, and the whole regiment sincerely grieved the loss of one
who had made himself a general favourite with both officers and men. As
one of the officers, in communicating the painful news to his parents,
said, “He was an excellent soldier and a thorough sportsman. He had no
fear, his only wish being to serve his King and Country, for which he
has given his life.”
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Bargh.]
2ND LIEUT. GEORGE BARGH, the King’s Liverpool Regiment, son
of Mrs. Bargh, of Procter’s Farm, Wray, near Lancaster, reported
killed in action on May 10th, 1915. News reached Mrs. Bargh from Col.
Wallace, 1st Suffolk Regt., who was a prisoner of war in Germany, that
on that date her son was shot in the head, just before the Germans took
the trenches, as he was bandaging a wounded soldier, and was killed
instantly. Lieut. Bargh received his early education at Halifax, and
subsequently obtained his B.Sc. at University College, Reading. He
afterwards became a teacher at Hawes Council School. He accepted his
commission in the King’s Liverpool Regiment early in 1914.
[Illustration: Lieut. Morkill]
LIEUT. R. F. MORKILL, East Lancashire Regiment and Royal
Flying Corps, second son of Mr. J. W. Morkill, J.P., of Newfield
Hall, Bell Busk, met his death on June 22nd, 1915, following injuries
received in a flying accident at Gosport, and the sad event cast a
deep gloom over the Craven District, where the family is well known
and highly respected. Lieut. Morkill, who was attached to the East
Lancashire Regiment, went to the front in Sept. 1914, and was on active
service continuously up to February, 1915. On returning to England,
he was transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as a probationer and
qualified as an aviator only a week before he met his untimely end. Two
years previously, Lieut. Morkill had obtained a Pilot’s Certificate at
the Eastbourne Flying School. On June 22nd, he was ordered to make the
flight from Gosport to Shoreham and back. The machine was certified to
be in perfect order. According to the evidence at the inquest Lieut.
Morkill was preparing to start on the return journey from Shoreham. The
engine was running satisfactorily, but a leak was observed in the oil
cistern. After a new pipe had been fitted the journey was commenced.
When up about 200 feet, the engine missed once or twice and appeared to
stop, due, as was subsequently ascertained, to a mechanical fracture.
The aeroplane came to the ground and Lieut. Morkill was found to have
been crushed by the wreckage. He died as the result of his injuries in
his 23rd year. He married in Sept. 1914, Ellen Mary, youngest daughter
of the late Mr. T. L. Wilkinson, Neasham Abbey, Darlington.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Petty.]
2ND LIEUT. NELSON WIDDUP PETTY, Lancashire Fusiliers, brother
of Mr. James Petty, Gordon Street, Sutton. Lieut. Petty enlisted nearly
eleven years before the war as a private in the Lancashire Fusiliers,
and had seen service in Malta, Egypt, Aden, South Africa and India.
When war was declared, he returned from India as a sergeant, but was
promoted in January, 1915, to the rank of 2nd Lieut. After a short stay
in training he went out with the British Forces to the Dardanelles,
where he met his death on the 28th June, 1915.
[Illustration: Lieut. Slingsby.]
LIEUT. ANTHONY E. K. SLINGSBY, ⅙th Duke of Wellington’s (West
Riding) Regiment, son of Mr. J. A. Slingsby, J.P., and Mrs. Slingsby of
Carla Beck, Carleton, Skipton, was killed in action in France on July
14th, 1915. Lieut. Slingsby, who was well-known and very popular in the
Craven district, was first at School at St. Edmunds, Hindhead, Surrey,
and subsequently at St. Peter’s College, Radley, near Oxford. He then
won an Exhibition at Exeter College, Oxford, where he remained in
residence four years. During his stay, Lieut. Slingsby was Captain of
Boats and President of the College Committee. Returning to Carleton, he
interested himself in the Boy Scout movement; became, subsequently, a
District Scout Commissioner, and later was attached to the Headquarter
Staff. The interrupted manœuvres at Marske in July, 1914, were the
first Lieut. Slingsby attended as a Territorial Officer. Lieut.
Slingsby, who was 26 years of age, was one of five brothers serving
their King and Country in the great war, two of whom afterwards gave
their lives in the same great cause.
[Illustration: Second Lieut. Spencer.]
2ND LIEUT. J. A. C. SPENCER, 9th West Yorkshire Regiment, was
reported missing in August, 1915. He was 24 years of age and was the
only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Spencer, of Lydget, Keighley. Before
joining the Army he was connected with the firm of P. W. Spencer,
Lothersdale. He obtained a commission early in September, 1914, and
in July, 1915, he left for Gallipoli, and took part in the landing at
Suvla Bay in the following August. All hope of his safety was soon
given up, as two brother officers, who were quite near him at the time,
stated that at dawn on the 9th August, after leading his men up to the
firing line, he was hit and fell without a sound and never moved again.
These officers were certain that he was killed instantaneously: half
an hour later the ground was given up and was never re-taken. Nothing
further could be heard of him, and in July, 1916, it was officially
reported that he was “killed in action.”
[Illustration: Lieut. Supple.]
LIEUT. E. J. C. SUPPLE, ⅙th Duke of Wellington’s (West
Riding) Regiment, youngest son of Mr. E. K. Supple, late of the Irish
Constabulary, was formerly a Master at Skipton Grammar School; he
died of wounds received in action. Lieut. Supple joined the 6th Bn.
in March, 1909, as a private. In 1911 he was promoted Lance Corporal
and took his discharge in 1913. After the outbreak of war he obtained
a commission and rejoined his old regiment. Lieut. Supple was a keen
sportsman, and for some seasons played half-back with the well-known
London Irish Team. Lieut. Supple was admitted to Wimbereux General
Hospital on August 22nd, 1915, suffering from gunshot wounds through
both thighs, and died the same day.
[Illustration: Lieut. Lister.]
LIEUT. THE HON. C. A. LISTER, Royal Marines, of the Hood
Battalion, was wounded in Gallipoli, August 24th, 1915, and succumbed
to his injuries on August 28th, 1915. Lieut. Lister was the only
surviving son and heir of Lord Ribblesdale, of Gisburne Park. His
elder brother was killed in action at Vidballi in Somaliland in 1904.
Lieut. Lister went to the Dardanelles in the Spring of 1915 to take up
a post as interpreter on board one of the warships there. Formerly in
the Diplomatic Service, his first position was in the British Embassy
at Rome, whence he was transferred to Constantinople, where he was
stationed at the outbreak of war. He joined the Royal Naval Division
with which he went to the Dardanelles. His mother, the late Lady
Ribblesdale, was a daughter of the late Sir Charles Tennant, Bart., a
sister of Mrs. Asquith, wife of the Ex-Prime Minister.
[Illustration: Lieut. Sheffield.]
LIEUT. SURTEES SHEFFIELD, 2nd Hampshire Regiment, who was
reported missing on August 6th, 1915, was afterwards officially
reported to have been killed on that date. Lieut. Sheffield had only
left hospital at Alexandria five days before he met his death. At the
outbreak of war he was rubber planting in Malaga, and at once returned
to England to take up his commission, which he had resigned after the
South African War. For that campaign he held the Queen’s Medal with
three clasps, and the King’s Medal with two clasps, the former being
personally presented to him by King Edward at Buckingham Palace in
July, 1901, in recognition of his distinguished gallantry at Retief’s
Nek. Lieut. Sheffield was in his 38th year, and was the youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sheffield, and brother of Mrs. Wayte Hicks, of West
House, Dent.
[Illustration: Capt. Morrison.]
CAPTAIN MORRISON, 6th Bn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment,
formerly of Bentham, died of wounds received in the Dardanelles,
August, 1915. For over twenty years, Capt. Morrison was a Presbyterian,
but latterly became an earnest Churchman. He was studying for the
Church when war was declared, under the Vicar of St. Margaret’s,
Bentham, and he acted as Hon. Lay Reader for about five years at
Sacriston, Durham. For a few months he acted at Bentham in the same
capacity, and made many friends there. Capt. Morrison was 30 years of
age, and came from Sacriston with Mr. Bartley, when the latter was
appointed Vicar of St. Margaret’s Church.
[Illustration: Lieut. Brooks.]
LIEUT. LESLIE BROOKS, 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment, the youngest
son of Mr. J. B. Brooks, Finstall, Bromsgrove, who married, on November
14th, 1914, Blanche, elder daughter of Mr. A. J. Birley, J.P., of
Throstle Nest, Thornton-in-Craven, was killed in action in France on
September 25th, 1915. Lieut. Brooks was educated at Uppingham and Clare
College, Cambridge. He joined the 4th West Yorkshire Regiment, Special
Reserve, on the outbreak of war, was attached to the 2nd Lincolnshire
Regiment in May, 1915, and then went to the front.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. McIntyre.]
2ND LIEUT. J. C. MCINTYRE, 2nd Yorkshire Regiment, son of
Mr. A. McIntyre, of Ings Avenue, Skipton, was reported wounded and
missing on September 25th, 1915, and died a prisoner of war in Germany.
Lieut. McIntyre was a former Captain of Ermysted’s Grammar School,
Skipton, and St. John’s College, York. He enlisted as a private in
the Gordon Highlanders shortly after the outbreak of hostilities, and
was first stationed at Aberdeen. Subsequently he transferred to the
Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, with which he trained at Stirling and
Salisbury Plain. He attained the rank of sergeant, and also held a
gymnastic instructor’s certificate, having passed through the school
at Aldershot. Early in April, 1915, he was gazetted to the 11th South
Lancashire Regiment, but was later transferred to the 2nd Yorkshire
Regiment, with which regiment he went to the front.
[Illustration: Captain Preston.]
CAPTAIN P. C. PRESTON, 7th Norfolk Regiment, of Shrublands,
Swaffham, Norfolk, second son of the late Captain John Norcliffe
Preston, Flasby Hall, Gargrave, was killed between the 12th and 15th
October, 1915. Captain Preston had seen previous service in Lumsden’s
Horse in the South African War and possessed two medals. He joined the
Forces soon after war broke out and proceeded to France. For several
years he lived in Swaffham, being head of the firm of Chamberlayne &
Co., merchants. He interested himself in many branches of sport, and
was an enthusiastic cricket and tennis player.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Jennings.]
2ND LIEUT. BASIL SPENCER JENNINGS, 14th West Yorkshire
Regiment, son of Mrs. J. S. Jennings, of Cononley Hall, died from
wounds received in action in Gallipoli, on the 7th November, 1915.
Lieut. Jennings, who was 25 years of age, was in Morocco when the
war broke out; he returned to England and enlisted in King Edward’s
Horse, and was afterwards given a commission in the 14th West Yorkshire
Regt. He went out to Suvla Bay in September, 1915, attached to the 6th
Yorkshire Regiment. He gave his life in a noble deed. On the night of
the 5th November, 1915, he went to the trenches to rescue a wounded
soldier; he was sniped and died from his wounds two days later. Lieut.
Jennings was for some years connected with the firm of P. W. Spencer,
quarry owners, Lothersdale. He was educated at Sedbergh, and for a few
seasons he played Rugby Union in the Skipton team. This officer and
his cousin, Lieut. J. A. C. Spencer, of whom we give a portrait and
biography in this book, were grandsons of the late Mr. Peter William
Spencer, of Raygill, Lothersdale.
[Illustration: Lieut. Whitaker.]
LIEUT. T. S. WHITAKER, ⅙th Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding)
Regiment, only son of the late Mr. Thomas Whitaker, J.P., and Mrs.
Whitaker, Walton House, Burley-in-Wharfedale, was killed in action
in France, on 7th November, 1915. Lieut. Whitaker, who was an old
Sedberghian, obtained his commission in the ⅙th Duke of Wellington’s
Regt. from the O.T.C. in August, 1914, and went to France with the
Batt. in April, 1915. Originally he was Machine Gun Officer, but
latterly had charge of the bombers.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Carson.]
2ND LIEUT. T. W. CARSON, ⅙th Duke of Wellington’s (West
Riding) Regiment, younger son of Mrs. Carson, Salisbury Street,
Skipton, who was reported missing since December, 28th, 1915, was
afterwards officially presumed killed. Lieut. Carson joined the 2/6th
Duke of Wellington’s Regiment in September, 1914, relinquishing an
appointment with a firm of solicitors in North Wales. He went to France
on November 1st, 1915, and for a time was attached to an Entrenching
Battn. He had only joined the ⅙th Battn. about a fortnight prior
to being reported missing. He was 31 years of age and educated at
Lancaster Grammar School and the Merchant Tailors’ School, Liverpool.
He was prominently identified with the Boy Scout movement.
[Illustration: Capt. Slingsby, M.C.]
CAPTAIN ARTHUR MORRIS SLINGSBY, M.C., 56th Punjaubi Rifles,
second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Slingsby, of Carla Beck, Carleton,
fell in action on March 8th, 1916, in Mesopotamia. Captain Slingsby
was with General Aylmer’s force proceeding to the relief of General
Townshend and his beleaguered army at Kut. Educated at Aysgarth School
and Wellington College, Sandhurst, Captain Slingsby, who was 30 years
of age, chose the Army as his profession, and passed into the Indian
Army in February, 1904. He was a noted climber and a member of the
Alpine Club, and did much survey work, particularly of virgin peaks in
India, under Government orders. He was in India when war broke out, and
his first experience of fighting was in Egypt, where he took part in
the battle of Ismaliu.
[Illustration: 2nd. Lieut. Pickles.]
2ND LIEUT. HARRY THORNTON PICKLES, 3rd Bn. Duke of
Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment (S.R.). second son of Mr. Stephen
Pickles, J.P., C.C., of Raysgill, Barnoldswick, was killed in action
on April 26th, 1916. He was 26 years of age. Lieut. Pickles joined
the army in September, 1914, enlisting as a private in the 10th Duke
of Wellington’s Regt. After a period of training at Frensham Camp,
he was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lieut. and transferred to the 3rd
Res. Bn. at North Shields. He was drafted out to France in January,
1916. Educated at Silcoates School, near Wakefield, where he spent
five years, leaving at the age of 17, he went to Victoria University,
Manchester, taking his B.A. degree with honours before the age of 20.
The M.A. degree was conferred upon him the following year. He was
married at Lewisham the week before leaving England, his bride being
Miss Ada Heuf, of New Eltham, Kent.
[Illustration: Lieut. Brown.]
LIEUT. CHRISTOPHER W. BROWN, Royal Scots Fusiliers, was killed
in action in France on April 30th, 1916. Lieut. Brown was the youngest
son of the Rev. C. V. and Mrs. Brown, of Embsay Vicarage, near Skipton,
and grandson of the late Mr. J. R. Wilkinson, of Burnside, Skipton.
He was born at Embsay on November 15th, 1892, and educated at Skipton
and Pocklington Grammar Schools. At Pocklington, he gained a Dolman
Exhibition tenable at St. John’s College, Cambridge. He entered St.
John’s College in October, 1911, and three years later took honours in
the Historical Tripos. On the outbreak of war, he at once volunteered
for service and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Special
Reserve of Officers, eventually being gazetted to the Royal Scots
Fusiliers. He was wounded at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915, and again at
Hooge in September, 1915. He was promoted Lieut. in the summer of 1915,
and at the time of his death was in command of a company.
[Illustration: Lieut. Brownsworth.]
LIEUT. EDMUND BROWNSWORTH, Leicestershire Regiment, youngest
son of the late Mr. David Brownsworth, artist, and Mrs. Brownsworth,
of Skipton, died in the 10th Casualty Clearing Station at Abule, on
May 29th, 1916. He received the first rudiments of education under
Mr. Alfred Hartley at the Skipton National School and, later, after a
period of training, was apprenticed to the Merchant Service. After many
extended cruises, he left the sea on account of ill-health. Later, he
joined the army and rose to the rank of Sergeant in the Leicestershire
Regiment, and in that capacity went out to France in November, 1914. He
so distinguished himself that the Brigadier-General recommended him for
a commission. He was gazetted to his old regiment in April, 1915, as a
2nd Lieut., being advanced in November to a Temporary Lieutenancy.
[Illustration: Lieut. Slingsby.]
LIEUT. STEPHEN SLINGSBY, H.M.S. “_Defence_,” fourth son of Mr.
J. A. Slingsby and Mrs. Slingsby, Carla Beck, Carleton, was killed in
action in the North Sea in June, 1916. The deceased officer was born on
the 20th June, 1892, and was educated at St. Edmund’s School, Hindhead,
and underwent training for his career in the Navy at the Royal Naval
College at Osborne and Dartmouth, and on H.M.S. “_Cornwall_.” His ships
included the “_Warrior_,” “_Cochrane_,” “_Comet_,” and the “_Defence_.”
At the outbreak of war he was Sub-Lieut. on the “_Comet_,” a destroyer,
and was posted to the “_Defence_” as Lieut. (E) in September, 1915. He
was the holder of the Medal of the Royal Life Saving Society, which he
won at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, in July, 1909.
[Illustration: Lieut. Gomersall.]
LIEUT. WILLIAM ELLIS GOMERSALL, 22nd Manchester Regiment,
eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Gomersall, of 69, Queen’s Road,
Urmston, Manchester, and nephew of the late Rev. W. J. Gomersall,
was killed in action on July 1st, 1916. Lieut. Gomersall was born at
Hellifield and was 21 years of age. He was educated at Manchester
Grammar School and passed his Classical Matriculation in 1911. He
was a member of the Grammar School O.T.C. and Lieut. in the Urmston
(Manchester) Company of the Church Lads’ Brigade. He also held the
certificate of the Royal Life Saving Society and St. John Ambulance
Society. Soon after outbreak of war, he enlisted as a private in the
Public Schools Brigade, Manchester Bn. After several months’ training
at Epsom, he was selected for a commission in the 23rd Bn. Manchester
Regiment, but was afterwards transferred to the 22nd Bn. After being
promoted to full Lieut. on May 11th, 1915, he entered a course at the
Royal Staff College, Camberley, and eventually accompanied his regiment
to France where he met his death.
[Illustration: Major Metcalfe.]
MAJOR JOHN CHAYTER METCALFE, Cheshire Regiment, killed in
action July 3rd, 1916. The deceased officer, who was 34 years of age,
was the only son of the late Major John A. Metcalfe, of Ings House,
Hawes, and resided at King Edward’s Place, Wanborough, Wilts. He served
with the 3rd West Yorkshire Regiment during the South African War,
where he was for some time temporary Aide-de-Camp to the late Lord
Cloughton. He afterwards received a commission in the 13th Hussars. He
left the army in 1906, took up racing, and was a successful amateur
steeplechase rider and breeder of thoroughbred horses. When the war
commenced, he enlisted in the Public Schools Corps, and in October,
1914, received a commission in the Cheshire Regiment, being gazetted
Temporary Major in September, 1915. His grandfather, who resided at
Hawes, was Chaplain to the Duke of Wellington, and his uncle, the late
Dr. Parker, was for years the vicar of Hawes.
[Illustration: Lieut. Fisher.]
LIEUT. HENRY BRYAN FISHER, 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, the
younger son of Dr. G. E. Fisher, of Skipton, died in hospital from
severe wounds in both thighs, in July, 1916. The deceased officer, who
was only 20 years of age, was educated at Colwall School and Winchester
College, and afterwards went to Canada, where he was engaged in farming
with his uncle, Mr. Arthur Fisher. After the outbreak of war, he
returned to England to enlist, and receiving a commission was gazetted
to the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Parsons.]
2ND LIEUT. ERNEST PARSONS, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding)
Regiment (attached 1st Welsh Regt.), died from fever in the Malaria
Hospital, at Salonica, on July 24th, 1916. Lieut. Parsons left Chili
in November, 1914, where he had an excellent railway appointment, with
twenty-eight other Englishmen, who had come along with him 11,000
miles to offer their services to the country. They drilled daily on
board ship, and on arrival in England enlisted early in 1915. Lieut.
Parsons received his commission, and after being stationed at Woolwich,
Aldershot and Basingstoke, he sailed for Egypt in November, 1915. In
May, 1916, he was transferred to Salonica. Lieut. Parsons was the
younger son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Parsons, School House, Rathmell, where
he was born. He was 25 years of age.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Dinsdale.]
2ND LIEUT. FRANK DINSDALE, York & Lancaster Regiment, son of
Mr. & Mrs. Jas. Dinsdale, Show Cote, Askrigg, was reported wounded and
missing on July 1st, 1916, and afterwards officially presumed killed
in action. Lieut. Dinsdale received his commission from the Leeds
University O.T.C. in Sept. 1915, and went to France in June 1916.
[Illustration: Lieut. Fryer.]
2ND LIEUT. JAMES W. FRYER, Northumberland Fusiliers, only
son of the late Major J. W. Fryer and Mrs. Fryer, now of “Kingarth,”
Fenham, Newcastle, and formerly of Hawes, killed in action on July
1st, 1916. He joined the Northumberland Fusiliers shortly after the
outbreak of war. Prior to joining the forces he was articled clerk to
Messrs. Dickinson, Millar & Turnbull, Solicitors, Newcastle, and had
successfully passed his first examinations, and was hoping to qualify
his final when he joined the Colours.
[Illustration: Major Maufe.]
MAJOR S. BROADBENT MAUFE, West Yorkshire Regt., died of wounds
on July 5th, 1916. The late Major Maufe was the eldest son of Frederick
Broadbent and Helen Mann Maufe, of Warlbeck, Ilkley, and husband of
Hilda Maufe, of Acomb, York. He was educated at Uppingham and Clare
College, joined the army in 1910, and was mentioned in despatches.
[Illustration: Capt. Horsfall.]
CAPTAIN CEDRIC F. HORSFALL, ⅙th Duke of Wellington’s (West
Riding) Regiment, eldest son of Sir John and Lady Horsfall, of
Hayfield, Glusburn, was killed in action in France on September 18th,
1916. Captain Horsfall, who was a popular figure in Craven, joined
the Army at the outbreak of hostilities. Prior to doing so, he was in
partnership with his father at Hayfield Mills. When his regiment went
to the front, he was a 2nd Lieut., and a few months’ service gained him
his Captaincy, but not before he had been wounded twice. It was in May,
1916, that he returned to active service. Up to joining the forces he
had taken a deep interest in politics. He was a member of the Sutton
Baptist Church, and was 26 years of age.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Goodall.]
2ND LIEUT. ARTHUR C. GOODALL, Yorkshire Regiment (Green
Howards), nephew of Mr. and Mrs. J. Goodall, of “New Zealand,”
Crosshills, killed in action in France, November 6th, 1916.
Lieut. Goodall was a member of the Durham Light Infantry (T) when
hostilities broke out. Shortly after the outbreak, he was promoted
to non-commissioned rank and went to the Front in April, 1915. In
December, 1915, he received a well-earned commission, but in March,
1916, he was invalided home. Lieut. Goodall was well-known in the
Crosshills district, where he resided for some time.
[Illustration: Lieut. Cutliffe Hyne.]
LIEUT. G. C. H. CUTLIFFE HYNE, Irish Guards, only son of Mr.
C. J. Cutliffe Hyne, of Kettlewell, the well-known Yorkshire novelist,
died on November 21st, 1916, at the home of the Hon. Mrs. F. Guest,
used as a Military Hospital, in Park Lane, London. The interment took
place on November 25th, 1916, with military honours, at Kettlewell.
Lieut. Hyne, who was in his 19th year, figured in a notable deed of
gallantry, which resulted in the saving of all his guns, but seventeen
men out of twenty-five in his gun company became casualties. He was
wounded about the middle of September, 1916, and taken to the hospital
named above.
[Illustration: Lieut. Snowden.]
LIEUT. JASPER WHITFIELD SNOWDEN, Worcestershire Regiment, the
only son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Snowden, of the Garth, Embsay, and
grandson of the late Rev. John Snowden, Vicar of Ilkley, was born at
Bradford, in 1896. The deceased officer commenced his education at the
Bradford Grammar School, and in 1909 went to Rossall School. He took
a keen interest in sport and the study of natural history, and gained
several prizes from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
From the very first he was an enthusiastic and active member of the
Officers’ Training Corps, and was in Camp at Tidworth when war broke
out. He volunteered for service and was given a commission in the above
regiment, was sent to France on February 17th, 1915, and was wounded
at St. Eloi, in May. In September he was sent to the Dardanelles
where, owing to an attack of dysentery, he went into hospital. He soon
rejoined his Bn. in Egypt, and later was drafted to Mesopotamia where
he was again wounded on April 5th, 1916. He was afterwards sent to
India where he was for some months on sick leave. He returned to the
Tigris Line at the end of January, and fell in action on February 25th,
1917.
[Illustration: Lieut. Wilson.]
LIEUT. ALEC. WILSON, 1st Herefordshire Regiment (T.F.), son
of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Wilson, J.P., of Lothersdale. Lieut. Wilson,
whose stay at Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton, extended from 1906
to 1913, and included the honoured position of Captain, was articled
in the estate office of the Marquis of Abergavenny. When war broke
out he at once joined the above regiment as 2nd Lieut. He went out
to the Dardanelles in August, 1915, and went through that trying and
devastating campaign. Following the evacuation, Lieut. Wilson was sent
to Egypt, where he was killed on March 26th, 1917.
[Illustration: Lieut. Whaley.]
LIEUT. FRANK WHALEY, Yorkshire Regiment, the youngest son
of the Rev. F. W. Whaley, Vicar of Horton-in-Ribblesdale, was killed
in action on March 31st, 1917. He joined the Royal Fusiliers (Public
Schools Battalion) as a private soon after the outbreak of war, and,
after serving at the Front in France for six months in 1915-1916, was
sent home to train for a commission, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. on 26th
September, 1916. He joined his regiment in France early in November,
1916.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Broughton.]
2ND LIEUT. THOMAS D. BROUGHTON, King’s Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry, son of the late Mr. Thomas Broughton and Mrs. Broughton, of
Park House, Highfield Terrace, Skipton, died in hospital in April,
1917, from wounds received in action. After leaving school, Lieut.
Broughton attended the Technical College, Bradford, for several years,
and subsequently joined the firm of Messrs. H. A. Gray & Co., Valley
Mills, Bradford. He joined the Artists’ Rifles in November, 1915,
and after the usual training at Camberley Staff College, was given a
commission in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Goodman.]
2ND LIEUT. ERIC G. GOODMAN, Dorsetshire Regiment, who was
killed in action in France on April 12th, 1917, was a son of Dr. and
Mrs. T. H. Goodman, 39, High Street, Haverhill, Suffolk, and a relative
of Nurse Beresford, of Skipton. Twenty-two years of age, Lieut. Goodman
received his education at Epsom College and Skipton Grammar School,
being at the latter School Captain of the Rugby and Cricket teams and
sports champion in 1910. In 1913, he joined the Civil Service Rifles,
and on August 4th, 1914, he volunteered for service. He went to France
in March, 1915, and was twice wounded.
[Illustration: Lieut. Bellamy.]
LIEUT. T. B. BELLAMY, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment,
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Bellamy, Chapel Hill, Skipton, died from wounds
received in action in Mesopotamia on April 30th, 1917. Formerly a
traveller for Mr. John Mollet, ironmonger, Bradford, Lieut. Bellamy
enlisted as a private in the R.F.A. a month after the outbreak of
war, and in 1915 accepted the offer of a commission, and was posted
to the regiment named. After taking part in the opening operations
in Mesopotamia, he went to India on sick leave, but returned to the
Near East at Christmas, 1916, and, along with two other officers of an
advanced guard, was the first to enter Baghdad.
[Illustration: Capt. Hook.]
CAPTAIN CYRIL HOOK, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in
action on April 23rd, 1917, was the second son of Sergt.-Major and Mrs.
Hook (late of Bangalore), and grandson of the late Sergt.-Major Hook,
of Settle. He was 21 years of age, and joined the Manchester Regiment
as a 2nd Lieut. He went to the Front in November, 1915, being wounded
in the July advance, but returned to active service again in November,
1916. Before the outbreak of war he was with Messrs. Mather & Platt, of
Manchester, and a member of the Broughton Park Rugby Club.
[Illustration: Capt. Mackay.]
CAPTAIN JAMES BRUCE MACKAY, West Yorkshire Regiment, was the
elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mackay, 11, High Street, Skipton.
Thirty-two years of age, he enlisted as a private in the Hussars
during the month following the outbreak of war, and, after twelve
months’ training at Colchester, accepted a commission and was gazetted
2nd Lieut., being posted to the West Yorkshire Regt., proceeding to
France in July, 1916. He took part in the battle of the Somme, and his
promotion to the rank of Captain came on the battlefield. He was killed
in action on May 3rd, 1917. He was educated at the Skipton Grammar
School, and prior to enlisting was an Inspector in the London district
for Messrs. Freeman, Hardy & Willis, boot manufacturers.
[Illustration: Lieut. Marlor.]
2ND LIEUT. ERIC MARLOR, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding)
Regiment, son of Mr. Frank Marlor, Close House, Settle. Joined the
Artists’ Rifles, December 15th, 1915, as a private. He afterwards
entered the Cadet School, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. of the 2/6th Duke
of Wellington’s Regt., in September, 1916. In December of the same year
he was attached to the 2/7th Duke of Wellington’s Regt., and went to
France in January, 1917. He was reported missing May 3rd, 1917, in the
attack on Bullecourt, and was last seen passing through the German wire
at the head of his men. Neither 2nd Lieut. Marlor nor any of his men
reported missing on that day have ever been traced or heard of, and the
War Office has officially presumed their deaths.
[Illustration: Capt. Bennett.]
CAPTAIN CLAUDE D. BENNETT, 2/6th Duke of Wellington’s (West
Riding) Regiment, was the son of the late Mr. John Bennett, of Airedale
Terrace, Skipton. The deceased officer was wounded in May, 1917, but he
made a good recovery and returned to France on Wednesday, July 11th,
1917, exactly a week before he received the wounds which resulted in
his death the same day. After leaving Skipton Grammar School, Captain
Bennett served an apprenticeship to the teaching profession with the
late Mr. W. H. Walker, of the Water Street Council School, Skipton, and
later went to Westminster College to complete his training. Afterwards,
for a time, he was a teacher at the Water Street School, where he
remained about twelve months. From this school he was transferred to
the staff of the Old British School at Skipton, and afterwards was for
four years assistant master at the Brougham Street Council School,
Skipton. Subsequently he was appointed headmaster of Langcliffe Council
School. Captain Bennett, who was 30 years of age, started service in
the Army as 2nd Lieut., and his promotion was rapid.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Gill.]
2ND LIEUT. FRANK HUBERT GILL, West Yorkshire Regiment, met
his death in action on August 16th, 1917. He was the youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Gill, of Park Avenue, Skipton. Twenty-three years
of age, deceased was educated at the Water Street Wesleyan Higher
Grade School, and Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton. Before the war,
he held a commission in the local Cadet Corps, but on the outbreak
of hostilities, he joined the ⅙th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment as
a private, with which he served in France for twenty-three months.
Subsequently he was granted a commission, and returned home in the
early part of 1917 to undergo the necessary training for his new duties
in a school at Fleet. Afterwards he was attached to the West Yorkshire
Regiment, and again proceeded to the front about five weeks before he
met his death.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Lodge.]
2ND LIEUT. B. G. LODGE, Durham Light Infantry, was killed in
action on August 24th, 1917. Deceased, who was 23 years of age, joined
the Royal Fusiliers in December, 1914. After training at several camps,
he went to France with his regiment in November, 1915, returned to
England in April, 1916, and was gazetted on the 9th August, 1916, as
2nd Lieut. in the Special Reserve D.L.I. In September, 1916, he again
went out to France, and after acting as Company Bombing Officer, he was
Battn. Bombing Officer and Intelligence Officer until he was killed.
He was educated at the Minster Yard School, York, Yorebridge Grammar
School and Giggleswick School, where he was a member of the O.T.C.
[Illustration: Capt. M. D. W. Maude.]
CAPTAIN M. D. W. MAUDE, Yorkshire Regiment, younger son of
Lt.-Col. and Mrs. Maude, The Fleets, Rylstone-in-Craven, died in a
military hospital at Dover, on October 14th, 1917, from wounds received
in action. Captain Maude went to France in 1914 with the seventh
division, and was in the first battle of Ypres. He was mentioned in
despatches after the battle of the Somme. He was 27 years of age, and
was attached to the West Yorkshire Regiment (Special Reserve).
[Illustration: Capt. G. W. E. Maude.]
CAPT. G. W. E. MAUDE, died of pneumonia at Peshawar, India,
November 5th, 1919. Gerald William Edward Maude was the elder and only
surviving son of Lieut.-Colonel W. W. and Mrs. Maude, The Fleets,
Rylstone-in-Craven. Capt. Maude had served eight years in India with
his regiment, the 1st Battalion, A.P.W.O., Yorkshire Regiment (Green
Howards), and in the spring of 1919 he was badly wounded by a bullet
penetrating one of his lungs near Fort Dekka in Baluchistan. After
three months sick leave in Kashmir, he recovered sufficiently to resume
duty. On being granted a year’s leave he was hoping to embark for
England on November 7th, 1919, but unfortunately he contracted a cold,
which probably affected the injured lung. Pneumonia developed, and
Captain Maude died on November 5th at the Military Hospital, Peshawar.
He leaves a widow and one little son, and was 30 years of age.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Styles, M.C.]
2ND LIEUT. H. T. STYLES, M.C., Manchester Regiment, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Styles, Harden Cottage, Austwick, was killed on October 2nd,
1917, aged 23 years.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Rodwell, M.C.]
2ND LIEUT. WM. ALBERT RODWELL, M.C., Royal Engineers, younger
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Rodwell, of West Ville, Skipton, was killed
in France on Nov. 9th, 1917. Twenty years of age, Lieut. Rodwell
was educated at the Skipton Wesleyan Higher School. He was offered
and accepted a commission in the army in October, 1915. He was then
attached to the 20th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, and went to France in
May, 1916.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Gladstone.]
2ND LIEUT. RALPH O. GLADSTONE, Royal Engineers, of Holme Road,
Crosshills, was killed in action on November 2nd, 1917, in France.
Shortly before the outbreak of war, he was working in Spain for the
British Thomson-Houston Co., of Rugby, and, immediately on the outbreak
of hostilities he joined the Royal Engineers as a private, and went to
France in 1914. He was wounded at the first battle of Ypres. He was 27
years of age.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Watson.]
2ND LIEUT. G. W. A. WATSON, Royal Air Force, eldest son of the
late Mr. James Watson, Conistone-with-Kilnsey, was killed in action on
March 7th, 1918. Lieut. Watson was only 20 years of age, and when war
broke out he enlisted as a seaman in the Royal Naval Division. Later he
joined the Royal Air Force, and went to France only a fortnight before
he died. The deceased officer, who had a genius for invention, was
formerly an engineering student at Leeds University, and a new fuse and
engine have been made to his designs.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Atkinson.]
2ND LIEUT. VICTOR R. ATKINSON, ⅙th Duke of Wellington’s (West
Riding) Regiment, was killed in action in France on November 23rd,
1917. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. Atkinson, of “Bowerley,” Settle,
and grandson of the late Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Leeds and Harrogate.
He was educated at the Giggleswick Grammar School, where he was in the
O.T.C. He was 20 years of age.
[Illustration: Capt. Littledale.]
CAPTAIN WILLOUGHBY JOHN LITTLEDALE, Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, only son of Mr. Willoughby Aston
Littledale, formerly of Bolton-by-Bowland, was killed in action on
March 23rd, 1918. Born in 1896, he was educated at Copthorne School and
Eton, and was accepted for entrance at Trinity College, Oxford, but
on the outbreak of war proceeded instead to Sandhurst, receiving his
commission in December, 1914. He went to France in May, 1915, and was
wounded in November, 1916. He afterwards rejoined his regiment and was
killed, as stated above, when commanding his company in the front line.
[Illustration: Flight Lieut. Brookes.]
FLIGHT LIEUT. R. B. BROOKES, Royal Air Force, son of Mr. John
Brooks, Greta Villas, Ingleton, officially presumed to have been killed
on March 13th, 1918.
[Illustration: Major Walling, M.C., C. de G.]
MAJOR E. WALLING, M.C., CROIX DE GUERRE, West Yorkshire
Regiment, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Walling, Ferncliffe, Ingleton,
was killed in action at Kemmel Hill on April 23rd, 1918. Major Walling,
who was twice Mentioned in Despatches, had a brilliant scholastic
career. Obtaining a County Minor Scholarship, he went to Giggleswick
Grammar School, and there passed his Matriculation, 1st division, and
took a County Major Scholarship and a Natural Science Exhibition at
Magdalen College, Oxford. He was at Oxford four years, and was in the
hockey and football teams. He was a keen golfer and a member of the
Leeds and Ingleton Clubs. Leaving college he went as master at Dulwich,
Oxford High School, Sheffield Grammar School, and Leeds Grammar
School, where he was Senior Science Master. Prior to the war he held a
commission in the Territorial Force (Leeds Rifles), and was in camp at
Scarborough when war broke out. He joined his regiment in France early
in 1915, and served there until he was killed.
[Illustration: Lieut. Pettitt.]
LIEUT. W. PETTITT, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, of Settle,
was killed during April, 1918.
[Illustration: Lieut. G. Procter.]
LIEUT. GEORGE PROCTER, Lancashire Fusiliers, only son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Procter, Greystones, Gisburn, killed in action on April
7th, 1918, aged 24 years.
[Illustration: Lieut. Chorley, M.C.]
LIEUT. C. C. CHORLEY, M.C., Lancashire Fusiliers, of Sedbergh,
killed in France April 27th, 1918. Awarded the Military Cross for
conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.
[Illustration: Lieut. J. W. N. A. Procter, M.C.]
LIEUT. J. W. N. A. PROCTER, M.C., ⅙th Duke of Wellington’s
(West Riding) Regiment, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Procter,
Manor House, Rylstone, died from wounds on May 2nd, 1918, aged 23
years. From a letter read by the bereaved family from Brigadier General
Lewes, commanding the 147th Brigade, it appears that Lieut. Procter,
who possessed a loveable and winning personality, was wounded in battle
on April 29th, 1918, and he died at one of the base hospitals to the
deep regret of his fellow officers and men. The Brigadier General
added: “Your son was a model of an English officer and gentleman. As
regards his work, I cannot speak too highly of him; he was most able
and devoted to his duty; he was of the greatest assistance to me and
my commanding officers, and I shall be quite unable to replace him....
Your son died doing his duty in a way that could not have been done
better. We sadly mourn his loss.”
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Stocks.]
2ND LIEUT. TOM D. STOCKS, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding)
Regiment, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. James Stocks, of Airedale Villa,
Silsden, died from wounds received in action on April 16th, 1918.
Educated at the Bradford Grammar School, Lieut. Stocks, who was 21
years of age, was formerly an assistant scoutmaster of the Silsden
Parish Church Troop. Joining the Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry
as a private in April, 1915, he afterwards successfully undertook a
course of training for higher rank.
[Illustration: Lieut. Illingworth, M.C.]
LIEUT. JOHN ILLINGWORTH, M.C., West Yorkshire Regiment, of
Skipton, formerly assistant to Mr. E. G. Whittaker, registration agent
for the Skipton Division Conservative and Unionist Association, was
killed on June 3rd, 1918, aged 26 years.
[Illustration: Lieut. Kidd.]
LIEUT. E. J. C. KIDD, Royal Air Force, son of Mr. W. Kidd,
head-master of the National School, Addingham, was fatally injured on
April 9th, 1917, while acting as observer.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Campbell.]
2ND LIEUT. J. G. CAMPBELL, Yorkshire Regiment, officially
reported missing since an engagement on May 7th and 8th, 1918, was the
elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Campbell, Town Head, Austwick. He
enlisted in May, 1915, in the West Yorkshire Regiment (Bradford Pals),
and went to Egypt in December the same year. He was transferred to
France the following March, where he joined the cyclist section, in
which he stayed up to about November, when he came home to take up a
commission. He had only returned to France three weeks when he met his
death. Prior to the war he was a clerk in the employ of the Midland
Railway Co. He was 24 years of age.
[Illustration: Capt. Muller.]
CAPTAIN NORMAN MULLER, West Yorkshire Regt., younger son
of Colonel G. H. Muller, of Park Grove, Frizinghall, Bradford, was
killed in action on the Western front, on July 28th, 1918. Capt.
Muller married in January, 1915, Miss Doris Spencer Jennings, only
surviving daughter of the late Mr. J. S. Jennings, formerly of Keighley
and Harrogate, and Mrs. Jennings, of Cononley Hall. At the outbreak
of war he was a Lieut. in the West Yorkshires, and went to France
shortly after his marriage in charge of the transport of the ⅙th West
Yorkshire Regt. After service on the Ypres front he was invalided home,
but returned to France, and for a time was acting Major of his Bn. In
August, 1916, he was again invalided home, and for a time was given
duty in England, but in the spring of 1918 he was once again given
orders for service abroad. He was killed while reconnoitring. He was 32
years of age.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Butler.]
2ND LIEUT. C. F. BUTLER, Royal Field Artillery, of
Huddersfield, a former three-quarter back for the Skipton Rugby
football team, and an “Old Boy” of Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton,
was killed in action during July, 1918.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Allen.]
2ND LIEUT. H. ALLEN, Royal Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
Allen, Gayle, Hawes, missing since August 10th, 1918, after bombing the
German lines.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Lee.]
2ND LIEUT. J. V. LEE, Royal Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Lee, Belmont Bridge, Skipton, was killed in action in August,
1918, aged 22 years.
[Illustration: Lieut. Fattorini.]
LIEUT. THOMAS FATTORINI, Royal Air Force, second son of Mr.
T. Fattorini, “Rockwood,” Skipton, fell in action on August 13th,
1918, whilst flying over the enemy’s lines on a voluntary photographic
reconnaissance, aged 19 years.
[Illustration: Lieut. Barry.]
LIEUT. WILLIAM PATRICK BARRY, Duke of Wellington’s (West
Riding) Regiment, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Barry, 29, Bright
Street, Skipton, was killed on August 28th, 1918, aged 23 years. Had
been awarded the Certificate of Merit in recognition of conspicuous
gallantry and devotion to duty on the night of September 6th, 1917, and
had been recommended for the Military Cross. He was an “Old Boy” of
Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton.
[Illustration: Lieut. Jackman.]
LIEUT. J. R. JACKMAN, Royal Air Force, only son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Jackman, Hughenden, Long Preston, reported missing June
17th, 1918, since presumed killed. Educated at Sedbergh, he was in
business with his father as a wool merchant when the war broke out. He
volunteered and joined the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment,
going to France in April, 1915. He was transferred to the R.F.C. in
1917.
[Illustration: Lieut. Brassington, M.M.]
LIEUT. W. H. BRASSINGTON, M.M., Tank Corps, eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Brassington, Ribble View, Settle, killed in action near
Bapaume on August 23rd, 1918.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Burrows.]
2ND LIEUT. L. V. BURROWS, Sherwood Foresters, was the first
to enlist from the office staff of Belle Vue Mills, Skipton. Killed in
action September 1st., 1918, aged 26 years.
[Illustration: Lieut. Thornton.]
2ND LIEUT. J. H. B. THORNTON, Labour Corps, of Keswick, who
was classical master at Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton, from
September, 1914, to March, 1917, was killed in action on the Western
front on September 28th, 1918. He frequently acted as instructor to the
Skipton V.T.C. in its early days.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Bentham.]
2ND LIEUT. HARLEY BENTHAM, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding)
Regiment, of Hellifield, died in France from wounds received in action
on September 13th, 1918.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Bushby.]
2ND LIEUT. JOSEPH BRYAN BUSHBY, South Staffordshire Regiment,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bushby, Schoolhouse Farm, Marton, died on
October 9th, 1918, from wounds received on the Western front on October
4th, 1918. He was 26 years of age, and an “Old Boy” of Ermysted’s
Grammar School, Skipton, and St. John’s College, York. He was a teacher
at the Brougham Street School, Skipton, at the time he joined the Duke
of Wellington’s Regiment as a private, in September, 1914.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Crowther.]
2ND LIEUT. NORMAN CROWTHER, Cheshire Regiment, only son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Crowther, “Brooklyn,” Grassington, was killed in action
in France on October 14th, 1918, only two days after his return from
leave, aged 27 years. Educated at Pannal Ash College, Harrogate, he
left there to enter the banking profession, and when war broke out had
secured a good position in the chief office, at Leeds, of the National
and Provincial Bank of England. Enlisting in 1915, he joined the 5th
Bn. The Buffs, was granted a commission in June, 1917, and transferred
to the 3rd Cheshire Regiment, and afterwards sailed for Egypt, being
one of the expedition that went to Palestine. Had it not been for
sickness, he would have been with General Allenby at his entry to
Jerusalem. He was recalled to France in May, 1918, and saw much severe
fighting in the neighbourhood of Merville, being with the Division
which was mentioned for gallantry in action. At the time of his death
he was attached to the 15th Suffolk Yeomanry. He and one of his men
were sheltering in a shell hole when a shell buried them. When help
arrived both were dead. Lieut. Crowther was buried in a cemetery near
Chateau-de-la-Valee, about 12 miles from Lille.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Shuttleworth.]
2ND LIEUT. RICHARD WELBURY SHUTTLEWORTH, Royal Air Force, son
of Mrs. Shuttleworth, Beech Cliffe, Earby, was accidentally killed
whilst flying in England, on August 24th, 1918, aged 24 years.
[Illustration: Lieut. Lumb, M.C.]
LIEUT. J. W. LUMB, M.C., ¼th Duke of Wellington’s (West
Riding) Regiment, of Skipton formerly in practice as a solicitor in
Barnoldswick, died of wounds in France on October 30th, 1918, aged 34
years.
[Illustration: Lieut. Torney.]
LIEUT. T. F. H. TORNEY, son of Captain Hastings Torney,
R.A.M.C., was a nephew of Mrs. Sam H. Walton, Skipton, and was killed
in action September 3rd, 1918.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Matthaus.]
2ND LIEUT. LAWRENCE MATTHAUS, Royal Field Artillery, formerly
engaged in farming with Mr. Jas. Gill, Yarlsber Farm, Ingleton, was
killed in action on October 16th, 1918.
[Illustration: Lieut. Sanderson.]
LIEUT. GORDON SANDERSON, 2nd Gurkhas, Machine Gun Section,
only son of Mr. William Sanderson, of Rathmell, Settle, was killed
in action in France. The deceased officer was 28 years of age. At
the outbreak of war, he was offered an appointment as A.D.C., but
refused it, and took charge of the Machine Gun Section of the 2nd
Gurkhas. Lieut. Sanderson was a clever architectural draughtsman, being
formerly engaged in Government work in Egypt. He subsequently worked in
Edinburgh, and later was appointed superintendent of the Archæological
Survey of the North East Provinces of India. Prior to going to India,
Lieut. Sanderson was married to Miss Cowie, daughter of the late Mr. A.
Cowie, of Mentone Gardens, Edinburgh.
[Illustration: Lieut. Glibbon.]
LIEUT. JOHN BARTLEY GLIBBON, Canadian Mounted Rifles, died of
wounds in France. He was the only son of Mr. A. E. Glibbon, who was
manager of the Old Bentham Mills Spinning Co., and also manager at
Bentham Mills for the Hemp Yarn Cordage Combine before its liquidation,
and a well-known figure in Bentham. The late Lieut. Glibborn was born
at Bentham House in 1887. His mother was Miss Baldwin, a member of as
well-known Scotforth family. He emigrated to Canada, and married a
French Canadian lady who belonged to an old French Republican family.
The deceased officer obtained his early education at Miss Wilson’s
private school at Bentham, after which he went to Ackworth Friends’
Schools, near Wakefield.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Berry.]
2ND LIEUT. J. LESLIE BERRY, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding)
Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Berry, 48, Broughton Road, Skipton, who
enlisted in September, 1914, at the age of seventeen, as a private,
fell in action on October 12th, 1918.
[Illustration: Lieut. Carruthers.]
LIEUT. GORDON CARRUTHERS, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding)
Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Carruthers, of Skipton, died of wounds
received in action in France on November 20th, 1918. Lieut. Carruthers,
who had been in France about three years, was, prior to the war,
assistant master at Glusburn Council School.
[Illustration: Capt. Perks, D.S.O.]
CAPTAIN ROBERT CLEMENT PERKS, D.S.O., Duke of Wellington’s
(West Riding) Regiment, of Hebden, killed in action on October 27th,
1918, on the Italian front.
[Illustration: Dr. Pickles.]
DR. PHILLIP D. PICKLES, H.M.S. “_Russell_,” and formerly of
Earby, died in hospital at Malta as the result of injuries received
during the sinking of his ship in the Mediterranean. A son of Dr.
J. J. Pickles, Camp Road, Leeds, he was the eldest of six brothers,
all trained in the medical profession. Deceased was a member of the
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and was called up for duty on the
“_Russell_” on August 2nd, 1914. As Surgeon in the R.N.V.R., he took
part in the grand review at Spithead, and joined H.M.S. “_Russell_”
on August 2nd, 1914. Dr. Pickles was one of five brothers who joined
H.M. Forces--three in the Army and two in the Navy--four of them being
medical officers. He was 33 years of age and unmarried.
[Illustration: Lieut. Edwards.]
LIEUT. H. W. EDWARDS, West Yorkshire Regiment (Bradford Pals),
killed in action in France, resided at Manor Hill, Sutton, for a few
years, and was very well-known and popular in the village. He formed an
excellent troop of Boy Scouts in connection with St. Andrew’s Church,
Kildwick, devoted his spare time to furthering the Boy Scout movement
in the district, and for a time was District Commissioner. For over
ten years he was on the staff of the Bank of Liverpool at Keighley,
and was also manager of the Crosshills branch for a few years. At the
outbreak of hostilities he joined the ranks of the West Yorkshire
Regiment, rising to the rank of Sergeant. After about twelve months’
foreign service with the “Pals” in Egypt and France, he was promoted to
commissioned rank. His father was a Vicar of Nelson.
[Illustration: 2nd Lieut. Berry, M.C.]
2ND LIEUT. JOHN GRANVILLE BERRY, M.C., West Yorkshire
Regiment, officially reported missing on the 16th August, 1917, was
the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Berry, of Hawthorn House, Earby.
2nd Lieut. Berry was only 20 years of age, and was educated at Skipton
Grammar School. He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry and
devotion to duty in taking command of his Company, when his company
commander had become a casualty, and leading them for two days, during
which time he displayed most remarkable initiative and determination.
He attained all his objectives in the face of heavy fire, and was
repeatedly to the fore in repelling counter-attacks. His personal
gallantry won the admiration of all ranks. Lieut.-Col. Jefferies wrote
to Lieut. Berry’s father as follows:--“He was one of my very best and
trustworthy officers. He was commanding a company and would have been
a Captain had he remained with the Bn. I always knew that when he
undertook a job it would be carried out to the letter, and this is one
of the very highest recommendations it is possible to give a soldier.
The Regiment could ill afford to lose him, as officers of his type are
far from being common.”
MAJOR MOSTYN E. COOKSON, of the Royal Sussex Regiment, was
the first Officer connected with the Skipton Parliamentary Division to
give his life for his country’s honour. His name was in the official
casualty list issued by the War Office on Sept. 18th, 1914, and he
was classed among those who were missing. It was hoped that he might
have become detached from his Regiment, but on the 23rd September, the
official intimation was that he had been killed in action in France on
September 14th, 1914. The son of the late Major Cookson, of Skipton and
Settle, who was for many years Adjutant of the 3rd Vol. Bn. Duke of
Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, the deceased officer--a typical
Britisher in every sense of the word--was educated at the Skipton
Grammar School, and was one of a family held in deep respect in this
part of Craven. His youngest sister was the late Lady Holden, who,
previous to her marriage, resided with her sister at Gargrave. Major
Cookson was 46 years of age.
2ND LIEUT. HARRY RISHWORTH, 2/6th Duke of Wellington’s (West
Riding) Regiment, son of Mr. C. F. Rishworth, Moorfield, Utley,
Keighley, died on September 15th, 1918, from injuries received in a
motor accident in the Sheffield neighbourhood. Lieut. Rishworth was 22
years of age, and joined the 6th Duke of Wellington’s. He obtained a
commission in 1915, and was for some time attached to the 3/6th Duke of
Wellington’s Regt.
LIEUT.-COL. J. R. E. STANSFIELD, D.S.O., 2nd Gordon
Highlanders, died from wounds received in action in France, on
September 28th, 1915. He was the son of the late Rev. J. B. E.
Stansfield, Knightsbridge, London, a nephew of Captain Stansfield, of
Field House, Sowerby Bridge, near Halifax, and brother to Mrs. Yorke,
Halton Place, Hellifield, and was 35 years of age. In 1914, he returned
from Egypt with the 1st Gordon Highlanders, and was slightly wounded at
Ypres. He served through the South African War, was twice mentioned in
despatches, and received the D.S.O. and two medals, with eight clasps.
In 1904, he married a French lady, Yolande, daughter of the late
Major-General Marquess de Bourbel, R.E.
[Illustration: 2nd Lt. Hodgson.]
2ND LIEUT. J. HODGSON, 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hodgson, Castleberg House, Settle, was killed by
machine gun-fire in 1918, whilst gallantly leading his men into action
at the crossing of the Piave on the Italian Front. Lieut. Hodgson was
on leave only a short time before his death, and had only rejoined his
Bn. a few days before, volunteering to go up the line when he could
have remained at the base. He was an “Old Boy” of Giggleswick Grammar
School.
CAPTAIN JOHN MAUGHAN, 4th Bn. The Yorkshire Regiment, T.F.,
killed in action near Ypres on February 17th, 1916, was the eldest son
of John Maughan, of Abbey Hill, Jervaulx, Middleham, Yorks. Educated at
Marlborough College, he joined the Regiment in 1909, and was gazetted
Captain in November, 1914. He went to France with his regiment in
April, 1915, and was in action at Ypres a few days after landing,
and took part in all the subsequent engagements. He was mentioned in
General French’s Despatches.
LIEUT. HARRY R. THELWELL, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding)
Regiment, died in hospital in France from wounds on July 8th, 1916.
When war broke out Lieut. Thelwell joined the Queen Victoria Rifles, in
which regiment he had already served for four years as a private, and
went to France in October, 1914. He took part in the attack on Hill 60,
following which he was given a commission in the Duke of Wellington’s
Regt., and was again sent to France where he received his second star.
He was the only son of Mrs. Thelwell and the late Mr. Geo. Thelwell, of
Commercial Street, Leeds, and formerly of Long Preston. He was 23 years
of age, and was educated at St. Cuthbert’s College, Worksop.
2ND LIEUT. GILBERT W. WATERHOUSE, who fell in action on April
9th, 1917, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Waterhouse,
of Huntsville, Canada, and grandson of the late Mr. Wm. Hartley, of
Catteral Hall, Settle. Aged 20 years, he was educated at Toronto,
Canada, and at Cranleigh School, Surrey. He joined the Artists’ Rifles
in November, 1915, and obtained his Commission early in 1917.
2ND LIEUT. BASIL TEMPEST, Manchester Regiment, died of wounds
received in action April 25th, 1917. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs.
Tempest, Whalley Range, Manchester, and nephew of Mr. A. Tempest, The
Grove, Ilkley (formerly in business in Keighley Road, Skipton), and
grandson of the late Mr. James Tempest, of Aireville, Cononley. Before
the war he was for four years a student apprentice with Messrs. Mather
& Platt, Ltd. In 1914 he gained a Manchester University Scholarship,
and on the outbreak of hostilities he joined the University O.T.C. He
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in November, 1914, and served in France and
Macedonia.
2ND LIEUT. GEORGE CORK DALGOUTTE, Rifle Brigade, a son of
ex-P.C. Dalgoutte, at one time stationed at Skipton, was reported as
having been killed in action on May 3rd, 1917. He formerly lived at
Keighley and was an “Old Boy” of the Trade and Grammar School. He
enlisted in August, 1915, and obtained his commission about December,
1916.
COLONEL J. W. LODGE, Yorkshire Regiment, died at the Rookery,
Bishopdale, Aysgarth, on August 24th, 1917. Colonel Lodge had been
connected with the Yorkshire Regiment for over 43 years. He served with
the 3rd Bn. throughout the South African War, and was in possession
of the Queen’s Medal with three clasps, the King’s Medal with two
clasps, and the Coronation Medal. From June, 1906, to August, 1912, he
commanded the 3rd Bn. and then retired. At the outbreak of the present
war, he volunteered for service, and was appointed as second in command
of a Bn. of a Yorkshire Regiment, and afterwards was given the command
of a Special Reserve Bn., a post which he held until his death. He was
the only son of Mr. Robert Lodge, of Bishopdale, and was born in 1853.
He was educated at St. Peter’s, York, and took his M.A. at Cambridge,
and was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1883.
2ND LIEUT. C. H. LEE, Royal Garrison Artillery, was killed in
action on September 20th, 1917. Thirty-three years of age, deceased was
the son of the Rev. G. S. Lee, Rector of Benniworth, Lincolnshire, and
was formerly a mathematical master at the Skipton Grammar School. He
enlisted at the end of the summer term of 1916, and was in France about
six months. He was on the staff of the Skipton School about eighteen
months, and was previously mathematical master at Parkstone, Dorset.
CAPTAIN WM. HENRY POLLARD, died at sea on October 9th,
1917. Captain Pollard was an old Skipton Grammar School boy, and was
afterwards apprenticed with Messrs. T. & J. Harrison, ship owners,
Liverpool. He obtained his master’s certificate when twenty-four years
of age. During 1916, he was at Archangel, the ship being icebound. He
left there in May, and was on his way home when he died.
2ND LIEUT R. HALL WATT, Grenadier Guards, son of the late
Mr. E. R. B. Hall Watt, of Bishop Burton, Beverley, and of Carr Head,
Cowling, was killed in action on October 13th, 1917. Deceased was
educated at Eton and Sandhurst, and was posted to the Grenadier Guards
in the early part of 1917, leaving for France in August. He was 19
years of age.
CAPTAIN F. M. TWISLETON, M.C., New Zealand Forces, eldest son
of the late Mr. Twisleton, of Menstone, and formerly of Settle, died
on November 15th, 1917, from wounds received in action in Palestine.
Leaving England twenty years ago, he went to New Zealand. He served
through the South African War, and then returned to New Zealand. At the
outbreak of war, he came out with the Otago Mounted Rifles. He fought
through the Gallipoli campaign, where he won the M.C. He then went to
France, and afterwards to Palestine, where he met his death.
2ND LIEUT. WILLIAM H. COLES, Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr.
Wm. Coles, Station Master, Skipton. Twenty-eight years of age, Lieut.
Coles was prior to the war attached to the West Riding Territorials,
and afterwards served for five years in the Yorkshire Hussars,
attaining the rank of Quarter-master Sergeant. In November, 1916, he
was offered and accepted a commission, and was posted to the Yorkshire
Regiment. He was killed in action on December 28th, 1917.
MAJOR LEES, President of the Bentham Agricultural Society, was
killed on July 31st, 1918.
LIEUT. B. RAMSBOTTOM, son of the Rev. W. H. Ramsbottom, a
former vicar of St. Margaret’s Church, Bentham, was killed in action on
August 19th, 1918.
2ND LIEUT. W. G. BARRACLOUGH, M.C., Duke of Wellington’s
(West Riding) Regiment, elder son of Supt. H. Barraclough, West Riding
Constabulary, formerly stationed at Ingleton, was killed in action on
September 29th, 1918, aged 23 years. Had been recommended for the M.C.
2ND LIEUT. S. A. F. PILGRIM, Tank Corps, who was mortally
wounded on September 24th, 1918, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Pilgrim, Noyna Mede, Foulridge, and was just 20 years of age.
THE REV. THEODORE BAILY HARDY, V.C., D.S.O., M.C., a former
headmaster of Bentham Grammar School and domestic chaplain to the King,
died in hospital in France in October, 1918, from gunshot wounds.
2ND LIEUT. NORMAN P. CLARK, Munster Fusiliers, killed in
action, was a nephew of Mr. Edgar Wood of Skipton. After being
invalided from Gallipoli, he spent a good deal of time with Mr. Wood
and his family at Skipton. Only 23 years of age deceased was the second
son of Councillor W. Clark, of Regent Square, Doncaster (a former Mayor
of the Borough), and was articled to a firm of accountants. When the
war broke out, he immediately joined the North Staffordshire Regiment
(T.F.), and afterwards received a commission in the West Yorkshire
Regt. Subsequently, he saw service with the Munster Fusiliers, and was
in the Gallipoli campaign where he was wounded and invalided home with
dysentery. Deceased’s forefathers were Quakers, and his grandfather,
the late Mr. R. E. Clark, was one of the first County Aldermen of the
West Riding.
LIEUT. R. FORREST, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, was the
son of Mr. T. Forrest, dental surgeon, of Clitheroe and Long Preston.
He was killed in action on the Western Front. He had been employed as
Intelligence Officer. His death was caused by being struck by a piece
of shell. He was 26 years of age.
LORD LUCAS, who was killed while on active service in
France, was an enthusiastic and generous supporter of the Ribblesdale
Buckhounds, and he gave his friend and neighbour, Lord Ribblesdale,
all the support and help in his power. In the times before the war,
of such days as he could spare from the duties of his office, which
he filled with such advantage to agriculture, many were spent in the
Ribble Valley. In the hunting season, whenever in residence at Sawley
or Wigglesworth, he was never absent from a meet. He was a noble,
chivalrous and courteous gentleman.
MAJOR VIVIAN NOVELL KIDD, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding)
Regiment, son of the late Mr. William Kidd, of Otley, and a grandson
of the late Rev. P. C. Kidd, who was Rector at Skipton for many years.
Major Kidd, who was well-known in Rugby Union Football circles at
Headingley and Otley, joined the army from Sandhurst, and entered the
Duke of Wellington’s Regt. He was second in command of a Service Battn.
of the Regiment, and was expecting his promotion to Lieut.-Colonel.
He was with the Battn. at the landing at Suvla Bay as Captain and
Adjutant, and when his superior officers became casualties, he took
command. At the commencement of the war, he was Adjutant at the
Regimental Depot at Halifax. He was a son-in-law of Major Cecil H.
Taylor, O.C., 13th Bn. West Riding Volunteers, and was in his 30th year.
CAPTAIN G. C. TURNER, West Yorkshire Regiment, younger son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Turner, Newlands, Ilkley, was killed in action on the
Western front. Captain Turner was 32 years of age, and was educated
at the Ilkley Grammar School, Sedbergh, and Leeds University. He was
a civil engineer by profession, and had spent three years in British
Columbia. On outbreak of war, he joined the Leeds University O.T.C.,
and obtained a commission in the West Yorkshire Regiment in February,
1915.
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