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HARRY ARMITAGE PRIVATE NO. 203561

1892 - 1918

Harry Armitage was born on 22nd February 1892 in Crosland Moor, the son of John and

Elizabeth Armitage of 87 College Street, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland Moor

Council School, later working as a gardener at the Crosland Moor Institution. Harry was

a playing member of the Crosland Moor Public Handbell Ringers and a member of the

congregation at St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor.

Harry enlisted in Huddersfield in February 1916, serving with the 1/5th Battalion Duke of th Battalion, on the Western

Front. At the time of his death, the Battalion was engaged in the Final Advance in Picardy

(17th October 11th November 1918), the hardest-fought of the final offensive actions.

es ceased, and died on 2nd November

1918 of multiple wounds and loss of blood following the amputation of a leg at the 34th

Casualty Clearing Station. Harry is buried in Grévillers British Cemetery near Bapaume

in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France, the final resting place of 2,106 British and

Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War. Buried with Harry in

the Grévillers British Cemetery is Harold Haigh of Crosland Moor, who served with the

Manchester Regiment and died of his wounds on 29th September 1918.

Died Age 26

ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor

United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor

Huddersfield Drill Hall

GRÉVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

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WALTER EDWARD ARMITAGE SERGEANT NO. G/14597

EAST KENT REGIMENT

1889 - 1918

Walter Edward Armitage was born in 1889 at West End, Skelmanthorpe and baptised at

West Clayton on 18th August 1889. The son of Charles Stead Armitage and Mary

Elizabeth née Burton, his father died on 17th June 1898 and his mother re-married on

21st October 1911 to Daniel Mellor Roebuck, subsequently living at 15 Cross Street,

Crosland Moor. Walter attended the National School at Skelmanthorpe and the Higher

Grade College in Huddersfield, and later was in business as a butcher at Crosland Moor.

Walter enlisted in Huddersfield on 21st September 1916, serving firstly with the 13th and

2nd Battalions The Yorkshire Regiment, and afterwards with the 7th Battalion East Kent

Regiment, rising to the rank of Sergeant. Walter was killed-in-action in France on 26th

August 1918 attacking enemy positions east of Albert, during the Second Battle of the

Somme. He is buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery at Mametz in the Somme

Department of France, the final resting place of 2,053 British and Commonwealth

servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War.

Died Age 29


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JOHN DENNIS ARNOLD PRIVATE NO. 32838

1899 1918

John Dennis Arnold was born on 14th January 1899 at Middleton Villa, Swinton near

Rotherham, the son Mrs Harrilena Arnold subsequently of 11 Marsden Road,

Huddersfield. He attended Swinton National School, later working in the wool blending

department of Messrs. George Mallinson and Sons Limited of Linthwaite. He was

John enlisted on 17th September 1917, serving with the 1/4th Battalion Duke of th April 1918 the

German Army launched an offensive in Flanders with the objective of capturing key

railway and supply roads and cutting off the British Second Army

British Army to fight it out to the end. The offensive, known as The Battle of the Lys, was

to last until 29th April 1918. The 1/4th Battalion Duke o

entrenched in the area of Hazebrouck in the Nord Department of France, was given orders

to hold the line at all costs. On 15th April 1918 John received wounds to his spine and

died at the No. 64 Casualty Clearing Station. He is buried at Mendinghem Military

Cemetery in Proven, near to Poperinghe in Flanders. The cemetery is the final resting

place of 2,391 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great

War.

Died Age 19


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HERBERT BAILEY PRIVATE NO. 352242

LABOUR CORPS

1888 1917 Herbert Bailey was born in 1888 in Fewston, near Harrogate, the son of Benson and

Louisa Bailey, subsequently of The Ivy House Inn at Crosland Moor. He attended the

Thorpe Board School at Idle, Bradford, later working as a spinner. Herbert married

Florence Edith Bennett of Sefton Cottages, Meltham, on 21st February 1914 at St.

Herbert enlisted on 22nd June 1916, serving with the Training Reserve, and later with the

80th, and 160th Companies of the Labour Corps. Responsible for building and maintaining

the huge network of roads, railways, canals, buildings, camps, stores and communication

systems needed for the war, the Labour Corps companies were manned by officers and

as well as labourers from

many parts of the empire. Although considered non-combatants, the Labour Corps

companies were frequently deployed in forward areas, often under heavy fire, and many

were killed or wounded.

Herbert was killed-in-action on 22nd December 1917 during the course of the Battle of

Cambrai (2nd November to 30th December 1917). He is buried in Ribecourt Road

Cemetery, Trescault in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France, the final resting place of

250 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War.

, was wounded on 5th December 1917 at Ypres, Flanders

and died of his wounds at the No. 24 General Hospital at Étaples, France on 27th January

1918. He is buried in Étaples Military Cemetery. Buried with Herbert in the Ribecourt

Road Cemetery is Herbert Beaumont of Crosland Moor, who served with The Manchester

Regiment and was killed on 27th September 1918.

Died age 29

ROLL OF HONOUR

St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor

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LEONARD BAILEY

PRIVATE NO. 307683

WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT

1886 1918

Leonard Bailey was born in 1886 in Fewston, near Harrogate, the son of Benson and

Louisa Bailey subsequently of the Ivy House Inn at Crosland Moor. He attended the

Thorpe Board School at Idle, Bradford, later working as a moulder.

Leonard served with the 1/8th

Regiment on the Western Front. In the aftermath of the Battle of Passchendaele (31st

July to 6 November 1917), the Battalion was alternating between front line and reserve

duty near Ypres in Flanders. On 5th December 1917 the Battalion was sent to provide

Brigade support in the form of working parties at Garter Point near Ypres. Leonard was

severely wounded on this day and was sent to the No. 24 General Hospital at Étaples in

France. He died of his wounds at the hospital on 27th January 1918 and is buried in

Étaples Military Cemetery in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France. The Cemetery is

the final resting place of 10,771 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their

lives in The Great War. Crosland Moor men buried with Leonard in the Étaples Military

Cemetery are John France who died on 5th May 1917, and Peter Royston who died on

20th December 1916.

th Company of the Labour Corps,

had been killed-in-action on 22nd December 1917 during the course of the Battle of

Cambrai, and is buried in Ribecourt Road Cemetery, Trescault in the Pas-de-Calais

Department of France.

Died Age 32


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WILLIE BALMFORD PRIVATE NO. 24638

1887 1917

Willie Balmford was born in 1887 at Cleveland Road, Marsh, the son of Ratcliffe and

Louisa Balmford. He attended Crosland Moor Council School, later working for Messrs.

Firth and Wilson, Wholesale Grocers. Whilst on home leave, on 23rd December 1916 he

married Lily Wood, a worsted weaver living at 3 Devonshire Street, Lockwood.

Willie enlisted in Huddersfield on 11th October 1915, serving with the 9th Battalion Duke

the 9th Battalio th April 16th June 1917) in the

Pas-de-Calais Department of France. Launched to support a larger French offensive, the

opening battles were encouraging but the offensive turned to an attritional struggle with

a terrible cost in casualties. On 25th April 1917 the 9th

-in-action at Monchy-le-Preux, near Arras. Willie has no known

grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial to the Missing in the Faubourg

Memorial commemorates 35,942 British and

Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War and have no known

graves. The following Crosland Moor men are also commemorated on this Memorial:

Sykes Dobson Herbert Hardy John Heywood Joseph Heywood Ernest Hills Frank Redfearn Lewis Townend Harry Wood

Died Age 29


Milton Independent Church

ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING BAY 6

NORMAN HANSON BAMFORTH

PRIVATE NO. 31687

YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT

1890 - 1918 Norman Hanson Bamforth was born on 1st October 1890 at 97 Barton Road, Crosland

Moor, the son of Edward and Hannah Bamforth. He attended Crosland Moor Council

School, later working as a pattern weaver at Messrs. John Crowther and Sons, Union Mills,

Milnsbridge.

Norman enlisted on 6th November 1914, serving with the 1/5th Battalion the Duke of

iment and later the 13th Battalion York and Lancaster

Regiment. Sent to the Western Front on 14th April 1915, Norman was wounded in

November 1915, but returned to the front following his recovery. 11th April 1918 was

the day of Field Marshall Sir Douglas

Army to fight it out to the end. On this day the 13th Battalion York and Lancaster

Regiment was engaged in The Battles of the Lys (9th April 29th April 1918), the offensive

launched by the German Army in Flanders with the objective of capturing key railway and

supply roads and cutting off the British Second Army at Ypres. Norman was killed-in-

action on 12th April 1918 during the course of this battle. He has no known grave and is

commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing which stands in Berkshire

Cemetery Extension, near Mesen (Messines) in Flanders. The Memorial commemorates

11,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War and

have no known graves. Crosland Moor men commemorated with Norman on the

Ploegsteert Memorial are Wilfrid Ellis killed 12th April 1918, Harry Pearson killed 16th

April 1918, and Arthur Taylor killed 13th May 1918. The sounding of the Last Post still

takes place at the Memorial on the first Friday of each month at 7 p.m.

Died Aged 27



PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING

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WILLIAM MATTHEW BARDSLEY LANCE CORPORAL NO. 10679

ROYAL FUSILIERS

1884 - 1916

William Matthew Bardsley was born on 3rd December 1884 in Giffnock, Glasgow the son

of Joshua and Emma Bardsley. He attended Rossall Public School in Fleetwood,

Lancashire, later working as a chemist. On 9th October 1912 he married Emma Dawson

at Christ Church, Linthwaite, afterwards setting up home at Cowlersley House,

Milnsbridge.

William enlisted in Huddersfield in April 1916, serving with the 29th (Reserve), and later

the 23rd Battalion (1st -

st July 18th November 1916), probably the most ill-famed battle of

The Great War when the British suffered 60,000 casualties on the first day alone, 20,000

of them fatal. In the final days of the offensive, the British attacked at Ancre. The general

assault was launched amidst a tremendous artillery bombardment in darkness and thick

fog at 5.45 a.m. on Monday 13th November. The attackers had to contend with deep

mud, heavy enemy fire and poor visibility. William was killed-in-action during the course

of this attack and is buried at Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 in the village of Serre in the

Somme Department of France. The Cemetery is the final resting place of 7,127 British

and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War.

Died Age 31


Milnsbridge War Memorial

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HAROLD BATES PRIVATE NO. 8862

MANCHESTER REGIMENT

Harold Bates was the son of Mr. H.B. Bates of 50 May Street, Crosland Moor. He worked

for Messrs. W. and P. Holroyd, painters and decorators, High Street, Huddersfield.

Harold is noted to have served for three years with the colours and been a reservist for

nine years, and was certainly already at the front in the early days of the war, serving with

the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment. Harold was killed-in-action at Wulverghem, just

south of Ypres in Flanders, on 11th January 1915. He was the first of the Crosland Moor

men commemorated on the Memorial Window to be killed.

repeated) when the British and German troops had met half way between the trenches

to talk and exchange cigarettes. An account of the activities of the 2nd Battalion The

Manchester Regiment records that on Christmas Day there had been some firing by the

artillery at dawn, but that this had died away as if by mutual consent towards breakfast

time. Afterwards the men had met the Bavarians in the trenches opposite them and

exchanged cigarettes.

Harold is buried in Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe Military Cemetery near Mesen

(Messines) in Flanders, the final resting place of 202 British and Commonwealth

servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War.


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HERBERT BEAUMONT

PRIVATE NO. 400317

THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT

1889 - 1918 Herbert Beaumont was born on 14th June 1889 at Moorfield Farm, Crosland Moor, the

son of Thomas Albert and Sarah Jane Beaumont, later of 21 Hawthorne Terrace, Crosland

Moor. He attended Crosland Moor Board School and Higher Grade School, Huddersfield.

On 3rd January 1914 Herbert married Ethel Sykes of Salendine Nook at the Wesleyan

Church, Lambs Hall Road, Longwood. After their marriage, Herbert and Ethel lived at 230

Wardley Street, Walkden, with Herbert working as a tailor in Manchester.

Herbert enlisted on 29th June 1916, serving with the 8th Lancashire Fusiliers and later the

28th, 8th and finally the 1/5th Battalion The Manchester Regiment. He was killed- in-action

at Havrincourt Wood, near Cambrai, France on 27th September 1918 during the first day

line toward Cambrai in France. This battle was one of the large scale offensives of the

whose victories are recorded as ranking amongst the greatest-ever British military

achievements.

Herbert is buried in Ribecourt Road Cemetery, Trescault in the Pas-de-Calais Department

of France, the final resting place of 250 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave

their lives in The Great War. Harold Haigh of Crosland Moor, serving with the 1/8th

Battalion The Manchester Regiment, died in this same battle and is buried nearby in the

Grévillers British Cemetery. Buried with Herbert in the Ribecourt Road Cemetery is

Herbert Bailey of Crosland Moor, who served with the 160th Company Labour Corps and

died on 22nd December 1917.

Died age 29


Crosland Moor Wesleyan Church

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HARRY BEAUMONT PRIVATE NO. 200727

DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY

1892 - 1918

Harry Beaumont was born on 11th November 1892 at Matlock Street, Crosland Moor, the

son of Thomas and Mary Beaumont subsequently of 43 Park Road West, Crosland Moor.

He attended Crosland Moor Church School, later working as a weaver.

Harry enlisted at Milnsbridge on 24th April 1916, serving with the 1/5th Battalion of the

Durham Light Infantry on the Western Front. On 21st March 1918 the Germany Army

launched a large scale offensive (The First Battles of the Somme 1918 : 21st March 5th

April 1918) with the aim of separating the British and French armies and seizing the

Channel Ports. At the time in camp at Bayonvillers undertaking training, the Battalion

was sent at short notice to the forward area to hold the line near to Brie. Harry was killed-

in-action during this offensive on 24th March 1918. He has no known grave and is

commemorated on the Pozières Memorial to the Missing in the Somme Department of

France. The Memorial commemorates 14,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen

who gave their lives in The Great War and have no known graves.

Died Age 25



POZIÈRES MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING

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WILLIAM EDWARD BEAUMONT PRIVATE NO. 98452

MACHINE GUN CORPS

1894 - 1917

William Edward Beaumont was born on 5th June 1894 at Hawthorne Terrace, Crosland

Moor, the son of James and Clara Beaumont. He attended Crosland Moor Board School,

Moor Methodist Church and of the Sunday School.

William enlisted in Huddersfield on 15th January 1917, serving with the 55th Company

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) on the Western Front. The Machine Gun Corps had been

created by Royal Warrant on 14th October 1915, with a specialist Machine Gun Company

to be attached to each Infantry Brigade.

On 31st July 1917 the British launched the Battle of Passchendaele, the attempt to break

out of the confines of the salient of trenches around Ypres in Flanders, which became

infamous for the mud and for the scale of casualties. William was killed on 10th October

1917 during the course of this action, and is buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery at

Boezinghe near Ypres in Flanders. The Cemetery is the final resting place of 1,639 British

and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War.

Died Age 23



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PERCY HOWARD BEARDSELL PRIVATE NO. 41590

NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS

1892 - 1917 Percy Howard Beardsell was born on 21st June 1892 in Lockwood, the son of Arthur and

Mary Beardsell subsequently of 35 Charles Street, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland

Moor Council School, later working as a scourer and miller.

Percy enlisted on 7th February 1915, serving with the Northumberland Fusiliers. He

served in the Mediterranean Theatre of War at Gallipoli from where he was invalided

home at the end of 1915 with a duodenal ulcer. Following two months in hospital, he

was discharged and at Easter 1916 was sent to France where he served for ten months

before once again being invalided home to England with a tuberculosis infection and

gastro-enteritis. On 9th July 1917 Percy was discharged from the army as no longer

physically fit to serve. He died at home of dysentery on 17th November 1917 and is buried

in Lockwood Cemetery, Huddersfield. His younger brother Norman was also discharged

from the army on 7th March 1918 due to tuberculosis and died at home on 2nd May

1919. The brothers are buried together at Lockwood Cemetery.

Died Age 25



LOCKWOOD CEMETERY

NORMAN BEARDSELL PRIVATE NO. TR5/102016

NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS

1898 - 1919 Norman Beardsell was born on 14th November 1898 in Crosland Moor, the son of Arthur

and Mary Beardsell of 35 Charles Street, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland Moor

Council School, later working as a woollen piecer.

Norman enlisted on 14th November 1916 and was called up for service in May 1917,

joining the 52nd Training Reserve of the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was sent to France

on 6th January 1918 but was returned to England shortly thereafter, being discharged

from the army on 7th March 1918 as no longer physically fit to serve due to tuberculosis.

He died at home on 2nd May 1919 and is buried in Lockwood Cemetery, Huddersfield.

His older brother Percy was also discharged from the army on 9th July 1917 as no longer

physically fit to serve, and died at home of dysentery on 17th November 1917. The

brothers are buried together at Lockwood Cemetery, Huddersfield.

Died Age 20



LOCKWOOD CEMETERY

ARTHUR FREDERICK BOULTON PRIVATE NO. 11340

1890 - 1917

Arthur Frederick Boulton was born on 7th August 1890 at Berry Brow, the son of Arthur

Frederick and Henrietta Boulton subsequently of 19 Scholes Road, Birkby. He attended

Sons Limited at Prospect Ironworks, Lockwood. At the time of enlistment, he lived with

his sister, Mrs. Tom Berry, at 63 Lightcliffe Road, Crosland Moor.

Arthur enlisted on 27th August 1914, serving with the 10th Battalion the Duke of

Battalion was engaged in the Battle of Passchendaele (31st July 10th November 1917),

the attempt to break out of the confines of the salient of trenches around Ypres in

Flanders, which became infamous for the mud and for the scale of casualties. On 16th

October the Battalion moved into the line at the Railway Dugouts at Zillebeke, and on

18th October Arthur was killed-in-action. He has no known grave, and is commemorated

on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing which forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne

Cot Cemetery at Zonnebeke in Flanders. The Memorial commemorates 35,000 British

and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War and have no

known graves. Crosland Moor men commemorated with Arthur on the Tyne Cot Memorial

are Gilbert Halstead killed 26th September 1917, William Smith killed 20th September

1917, and Brooksbank Thompson killed 8th May 1918.

Died Age 27


TYNE COT MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING

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NORMAN BOOTHROYD PRIVATE NO. 29840

1891 - 1917

Norman Boothroyd was born on 30th September 1891 in Crosland Moor, the son of Friend

and Caroline Boothroyd subsequently of 3 Barton Road, Crosland Moor. He worked as a

steam wagon driver in the teazing department of Messrs. Gledhill Brothers of Longroyd

Bridge. He was a member of the congregation of Crosland Moor Wesleyan Chapel.

Norman enlisted on 30th November 1916, serving with the 9th Battalion Duke of th

April 1917, joining the Battalion in the field on 29th April in the Arras sector. On 9th April th April 16th June 1917);; launched to

support a larger French offensive, the opening battles were encouraging but the offensive

turned to an attritional struggle with a terrible cost in casualties. On 10th May Norman th May 1917 of his

wounds at the No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. He is buried in Aubigny

Communal Cemetery Extension in Aubigny-en-Artois in the Pas-de-Calais Department of

France, the final resting place of 2,771 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave

their lives in The Great War.

Died Age 25


Crosland Moor Wesleyan Church

Lockwood Cemetery Memorial

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LEWIS BOTTOMLEY PRIVATE NO. S/18016

CAMERON HIGHLANDERS

1887 1916 Lewis Bottomley was born on 23rd June 1887 at Crosland Moor, the son of Ben and Mary

Bottomley subsequently of 3 Ivy Street, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland Moor

Board School, later working as a weaver for a woollen manufacturer. At the time of his

enlistment he was living at 10 Cuddyside, Peebles, Scotland, working as a carter.

Lewis enlisted on 3rd May 1915, serving with the 1st

Highlanders on the Western Front. He landed in France on 14th July 1915 and fought

with the Cameron Highlanders during the Battle of Loos (25th September 15th October

1915) and the following Actions of Spring. The Somme offensive was launched on 1st

July 1916, probably the most ill-famed battle of The Great War when the British suffered

60,000 casualties on the first day alone, 20,000 of them fatal. Before his death, the

Battalion had fought in the Battle of Albert (1st 13th July), the Battle of Bazentin (14th

17th July), and the Battle of Pozières (23rd July 3rd September). Lewis was killed-in-

action on 18th August 1916 during the course of this last battle;; he has no known grave

and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing in the Somme

Department of France. The Memorial commemorates more than 72,000 British and

Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in The Great War and have no known

graves. Crosland Moor men commemorated with Lewis on the Thiepval Memorial are

Thomas Crossland killed 1st July 1916, Lewis Harrison killed 18th September 1916, and

Cyril Jones killed 7th October 1916.

Died age 29



THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING

PIER AND FACE 15B

HARTLEY TOLSON BROADBENT GUNNER NO. 11177

ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY

1897- 1917

Hartley Tolson Broadbent was born on 3rd September 1897 at Moldgreen, the son of

Willie Broadbent, a Police Officer, and his wife Kathleen subsequently of 11 Thornton

Lodge, Crosland Moor. He attended Primrose Hill and Crosland Moor Council Schools,

later working as a clerk at Messrs. David Brown and Sons, Park Works, Crosland Moor.

Hartley enlisted on 20th

150th Brigade. The horse-drawn units of the Royal Field Artillery operated the medium

calibre guns and howitzers, and later the heavy trench mortars, deployed close to the

front line. Hartley embarked for France in November 1916, and at the time of his death

was serving on the Western Front in the battlefields at Ypres in Flanders. He was killed-

in-action on 24th July 1917 and is buried at Brandhoek Military Cemetery in Flanders, the

final resting place of 669 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave their lives in

The Great War. Buried in the neighbouring Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3 is

Percy Taylor from Crosland Moor, who served with the Army Service Corps and died on

20th August 1917.

Died Age 19


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COLONEL BROOK

PRIVATE NO. 204216

DUKE OF

1881 - 1917

Colonel Brook was born in 1881 in Crosland Moor, the son of Emma Brook of 43 Barton

Road, Crosland Moor. He attended Crosland Moor Council School, later working for

Robert McAlpine and Sons and as a stonemason at Linthwaite. He was a member of the

1905, afterwards setting up home at 48 Barton Road, Crosland Moor. Mabel later lived

at 168 Blackmoorfoot Road Crosland Moor.

Colonel enlisted in Huddersfield on 29th September 1916, serving with the 1/4th Battalion

in April 1917 and by August 1917 the Battalion was forming part of the coast defence

at De Panne in Flanders. Colonel suffered severe gunshot wounds to the chest whilst in

the front line at Nieuport, and died of his wounds in the 39th Casualty Clearing Station at

Oosthoek on 10th August 1917. He is buried in Adinkerke Military Cemetery in De Panne,

Flanders, the final resting place of 168 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave


Died Age 35



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HORACE BROOK M.M. CORPORAL NO. 27585

MACHINE GUN CORPS (INFANTRY)

1893 - 1918

Elizabeth Brook subsequently of 408 Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor. He attended

Mount Pleasant and Spring Grove Council Schools, later working as a shop assistant, and

subsequently Relief Manager, at W.H. Smith Booksellers and Stationers in Market Place,

Huddersfield.

Horace enlisted in Huddersfield on 20th Jan

(West Riding) Regiment, he was transferred almost immediately to the 120 Company th Battalion Machine Gun Corps.

The Machine Gun Corps had been created by Royal Warrant on 14th October 1915, with

a specialist Machine Gun Company to be attached to each Infantry Brigade. Horace left

Southampton on 16th June 1916, landing the next day at Le Havre and joined the British

Expeditionary Force in France, serving on the Western Front. He was awarded the Military

Medal on 3rd May 1918, a decoration given for gallantry and devotion to duty when under

fire in battle on land, and on 5th May 1918 was promoted to the rank of Corporal. The

British offensive, known as The Second Battles of the Somme, began on 21st August

1918 during which Horace was killed-in-action on 24th August 1918. He is buried in

Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension in the Pas-de-Calais Department of

France, the final resting place of 1,424 British and Commonwealth servicemen who gave


Died Age 25


Rehoboth Baptist Chapel

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