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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY
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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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
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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
RIBECOURT ROAD CEMETERY
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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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
ÉTAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
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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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
Milton Independent Church
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NORMAN HANSON BAMFORTH
PRIVATE NO. 31687
YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT
1890 - 1918 Norman Hanson Bamforth was born on 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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING
PANEL 8
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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
Milnsbridge War Memorial
SERRE ROAD CEMETERY NO. 2
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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.
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
RATION FARM (La PLUS) DOUVE ANNEXE
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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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
Crosland Moor Wesleyan Church
RIBECOURT ROAD CEMETERY
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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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY
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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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
TYNE COT MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING
PANEL 83
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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
Crosland Moor Wesleyan Church
Lockwood Cemetery Memorial
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LEWIS BOTTOMLEY PRIVATE NO. S/18016
CAMERON HIGHLANDERS
1887 1916 Lewis Bottomley was born on 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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING
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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
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
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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
their lives in The Great War.
Died Age 35
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor
ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY
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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
their lives in The Great War.
Died Age 25
ROLL OF HONOUR St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor
Rehoboth Baptist Chapel
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