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PRIVATE GEORGE WILLIAM JAKEMAN.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35311. REGIMENT: 2nd Bn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: York.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 18/11/1916. AGED: 34.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster. Bramham.
CEMETERY: Waggon Road Cemetery, Beumont-Hamel. GRAVE: B. 7.
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PRIVATE EDWARD JENKINSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 64872. UNIT: 9th Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: Harrogate.RESIDENCE:
GAVE HIS LIFE: 24/08/1918. AGED:
CEMETERY: Regina Trench Cemetery Grandcourt France. GRAVE: V. II. B. 10.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham.
Formarly West Yorkshire Regiment 307793.
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PRIVATE JOSEPH KITCHEN.
SERVICE NUMBER: 27964. REGIMENT: 16th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: York. RESIDENCE: Bramham.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 03/07/1918. AGED: 37.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham.
CWGC States:
"Husband of Alice The Crag Bramham."
GRAVE: I. J. 8.
CEMETERY: Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery France.
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PRIVATE MARK LECKENBY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 34478. UNIT: 18th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: York. GAVE HIS LIFE: 03/05/1917.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham.
CEMETERY: Arras Memorial. PANEL: Bay 4.
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PRIVATE FRANCIS JAMES LESTER.
SERVICE NUMBER: 35311. REGIMENT: 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Felsham Near Ipswich, Suffolk. ENLISTED: Harrogate. RESIDENCE: Bramham.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 24/04/1917. AGED: 34.
CEMETERY: Feuchy British Cemetery Near Arras. GRAVE: I. A. 18.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham.
CWGC States:
"Husband of Annie Ethel Lester, of Tandridge Court Laundry, Oxted, Surrey. Born at Ipswich."
Married Annie Ethel Deacon Born Winslow Buckinghamshire 1883, they married in 1913 at Winslow Buckinghamshire.
Yorkshire Evening Post Leeds.
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PRIVATE WILLIAM ARTHUR LOCK.
SERVICE NUMBER: 32826. UNIT/REGIMENT: 3rd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Aberford. ENLISTED: Boston Spa.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 21/11/1916. AGED: 31.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Aberford. Bramham.
CWGC States:
"Son of William and Annie of 3 St Edwards Terrace Clifford.
Married to Margeret Greenshaw of Beaconsfield Terrace Bramham."
Thank you to Nigel Marshall from Northern Ireland (Editor of Barwick-in Elmet Website) for the following Newspaper article.
CEMETERY: Newcastle Upon Tyne (Byker and Heaton). GRAVE: XIV. U. 252..
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PRIVATE JAMES EDWARD MASKILL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 25835. UNIT: 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: Leeds. RESIDENCE: Temple Newsome Leeds.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 16/06/1916. AGED: 19.
CEMETERY: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial. PANEL: 21.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham.
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PRIVATE HENRY MASKILL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15231. UNIT: 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 27/08/1917. AGED: 30.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham. Tadcaster.
CEMETERY: Tyne Cot Memorial. PANEL: 42 to 47 and 162.
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PRIVATE HENRY EDWARD MARRINER.
SERVICE NUMBER: 20102. REGIMENT: 43rd Company Machine Gun Corps.
BORN: Boston Spa. ENLISTED: Durham. RESIDENCE: Boston Spa.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 16/09/1916. AGED: 22.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham.
CEMETERY: A.I.F Burial Ground Flers Somme France.
GRAVE: I. G.2.
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PRIVATE FRANCIS GEORGE MEASEY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 20285. UNIT: 5th Bn Northamptonshire Regiment.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: Yelvertoft Northamptonshire.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 18/03/1916. AGED: 28.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
Son of Fred Born Finmere Oxfordshire 1861 and Jane Born Bramham 1862.
GRAVE: II. K. 12.
CEMETERY: Vermelles British Cemetery.
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PRIVATE THOMAS MESSENGER.
SERVICE NUMBER: 47218. UNIT: 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Market Weighton. ENLISTED: Harrogate. RESIDENCE: Bramham.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 29/04/1917. AGED: 28.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
Yorkshire Evening Post Leeds.
GRAVE: F. 3.
CEMETERY: Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery Cambrai France.
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PRIVATE GEORGE ROBERT NICHOLSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 42086. UNIT: 18th Bn Manchester Regiment.
BORN: Bielby. ENLISTED: Pocklington nr York. RESIDENCE: Bramham.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 01/08/1917. AGED: 26.
CEMETERY: Lijssenthoek Military. GRAVE: XVII. A. 2A.
LOCAL MEMORIAL:
CWGC States:
"Husband of Amy Nicholson, of Primrose Cottages, Church Lane, Bramham, Boston Spa, Yorks. Born Bielby, Yorks."
Son of Louis and Helen Black Swan Yard New Street Pocklington.
Formerly 165832 Royal Field Artilllery.
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RIFELMAN WILLIAM PALLISTER.
SERVICE NUBER: C/12357. REGIMENT: 18th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
BORN: Boston Spa. ENLISTED: Harrogate. RESIDENCE: Boston Spa.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 20/04/1918. AGED: 31.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Boston Spa, Bramham.
The commonwealth graves gives date as 17/04/1918 however those who died gives it has the 20/04/1918.
GRAVE: B. 58.
CEMETERY: Denain Communal Cemetery nr Cambrai France.
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PRIVATE ERNEST WILLIAM PEACOCK.
SERVICE NUMBER: 235822. UNIT: 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Northalerton. ENLISTED: York. RESIDENCE: Castle Eden Durham.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 14/07/1918 AGED: 22.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham.
CWGC States:
"Son of William and Ellen Ann Peacock, of Grove Rd., Boston Spa, Yorks. Born Northallerton, Yorks."
CEMETERY: Lijssenthoek Military. GRAVE: XXVIII. G. 3.
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LANCE CORPORAL FREDERICK ARMSTRONG POWTER.
SERVICE NUMBER: 6051. REGIMENT: Scots Guards.
BORN: Boston Spa. ENLISTED: York. RESIDENCE: Bramham.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 11/11/1914. AGED:
CEMETERY: Ypres Menin Gate. PANEL: 11.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham.
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LANCE CORPORAL CHARLES THOMAS RATCLIFFE.
SERVICE NUMBER: 2903. UNIT/REGIMENT: 7th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Bramham. ENLISTED: Leeds. RESIDENCE: Headingley Leeds.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 17/12/1915. AGED: 25.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham.
CWGC States:
"Son of James and Mary J. of 6 Oddy Row Headingley Leeds."
CEMETERY: Lijssenthoek Military Belgium. GRAVE: IV. A. 19.
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GUNNER WILLIAM SIMPSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: L/5657. REGIMENT: "B" Bty 87th Bde. Royal Horse Royal Field Artillery.
BORN: Leeds. ENLISTED: Leeds. RESIDENCE: Bramham.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 02/12/1917. AGED:
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Bramham.
GRAVE: I. C. 8.
CEMETERY: Locre Hospice Belgium .