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PRIVATE JAMES LACY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 24818. UNIT: 15th Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment ( Leeds Pals).
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Leeds.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 10/01/1917. AGED: 26.
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. GRAVE/PANEL: 2A. 2C. and 2D.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
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LEADING STOKER GEORGE LAYCOCK.
SERVICE NUMBER: K/1186. BORN: Dacre Banks.
UNIT: Royal Navy "HMS Falcon." GAVE HIS LIFE: 03/04/1918. AGED: 34.
CEMETERY: South Shields (Harton)
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
George was the son of Edward Born Tadcaster 1865 and Eliza Born Tadcaster 1863.
George according to the CWGC was the son of Edward and Annie of 7 Prospect Place Halifax Road Keighley Born Tadcaster.
In the 1901 census Edward born Tadcaster ( full name John Edward born Barkston Ash ) was living in Tadcaster with wife Eliza and a son George born 1890 at Dacre Banks Pately Bridge.
The Falcon was launched in 1899 a "C" class destroyer and was 220 feet long she was a fast ship for her size and could reach 30 knotts the "Falcon" was used as part of the famous "Dover Patrol" escorting troops throughout the war to France and Belgium.
In 1917 she suffered sever damage when hit off the Belgium coast losing her Captain and eight other ranks.
In 1918 after being repaired the "Falcon" patrolled the channel and the North Sea for U boats and enemy vessels escorting troop ships and laying mines off the Belgium coast a risky job !
On the night of April the 1st 1918 She was due to escort troop ships bringing American and Canadian Troops to the front when she was hit in bad weather by the trawler the John Fitzgerald.
The Captain was no other than Lt Charles "Lights" Lightowler, Charles was the most senior surviving officer from the "Titanic"and was the man who was responsible for ensuring all the Women and Children boarded liferafts on that fatefull night in 1912. "Lights" as he was nicknamed survived the court marshal and in true Naval tradition was promoted to a new faster ship.
"Lights survived the war and though he was always tarred with the Titanic disaster which ensured he never captained a major liner again, in WW2 he took part in the rescue from Dunkirk passing away in 1952. George more than likely Died from injuries recieved on the night of the 1st of April 1918.
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SECOUND LIEUTENANT FRANCIS JAMES ONGLEY LAMB.
UNIT/REGIMENT: Royal Garrison Artillery.
BORN: Bilton nr Wetherby. GAVE HIS LIFE: 24/07/1918. AGED: 33.
CEMETERY: Baghdad ( North Gate ) War Cemetery, Iraq. GRAVE/PANEL: IV. F. 6.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster. And Family Plaque in St Andrews Church Newton kyme.
SEE NEWTON KYME FOR DETAILS.
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PRIVATE WILFRED LAMB.
SERVICE NUMBER: 57588.
BORN: Leeds. ENLISTED: Harrogate.
UNIT: 2/5th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment. GAVE HIS LIFE: 04/04/1918. AGED: 38.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CEMETERY: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. GRAVE/PANEL : P. IX. Q. 13B.
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PRIVATE MATHEW LAWRENCE.
SERVICE NUMBER: 2399. UNIT: 1st 5th Bn Duke of Wellingtons ( West Riding Regiment ).
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Huddersfield.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 23/08/1915. AGED: 22.
CEMETERY: Ypres (Menin Gate ) Memorial. GRAVE/PANEL : 20.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
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PRIVATE JOSEPH LEDDY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 25582. UNIT: 9th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Leeds.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 20/05/1918. AGED: 29.
CEMETERY: Philosophe British Cememtery, Mazingarbe. GRAVE/PANEL : III. D. 33.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
Son of William Leddy b1860 in Tadcaster and Ann Mulrooney Born1862 in Ireland they married at Wetherby in 1883. Ann passed away in 1897 aged 36.
Joseph had brothers John 1886, Thomas 1891 and William 1894 all born in Tadcaster.
YORKSHIRE HERALD 1916.
"Sapper W. Leddy, Cooper, (John Smiths Brewery) Cawood Terrace, has been wounded.
He enlisted in November 1915, is in the Royal Engineers and has a brother in the West Yorkshires."
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PRIVATE GEORGE ARTHUR LEIGH.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15235. UNIT: 9th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Braithwaite nr Doncaster. ENLISTED: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/08/1915. AGED:
CEMETERY: Helles Memorial ( Gallipoli ). GRAVE/PANEL: 47 to 51.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
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PRIVATE MAURICE LINDLEY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 11637. UNIT: 9th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: York.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 14/07/1916. AGED: 21.
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. GRAVE/PANEL : 2A. 2C. and 2D.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
YORKSHIRE HERALD 1916
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PRIVATE ARTHUR LISTER.
SERVICE NUMBER: 19127. UNIT: 1st Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Ryther nr Selby. ENLISTED: Beverley.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 04/10/1917. AGED: 20.
CEMETERY: Tyne Cot Memorial. GRAVE/PANEL : 47 to 48 and 163 A.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
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PRIVATE LAWRENCE LISTER.
SERVICE NUMBER: 32882.UNIT: 15th Battalion (Leeds Pals) West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Ossendyke. ENLISTED: Selby. RESIDENCE: Ulleskelf.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 03/05/1917. AGED: 21.
CEMETERY: Arras Memorial. PANEL: Bay 4.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
See Kirby wharfe /Ulleskelf.
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PRIVATE HENRY LOFTHOUSE.
SERVICE NUMBER: 305708. UNIT: 9th Bn.West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Tadcaster. ENLISTED: Leeds.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 30/07/1917. AGED: 27.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
CEMETERY: Mont Huon Military Cemetery,Le Treport. GRAVE/PANEL : III. A. 7A.
"EVER REMEMBERED
RUBY AND HARRY
HIS CHILDREN"
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PRIVATE RICHARD JARVIS LOWE.
SERVICE NUMBER: 241958. UNIT: 1st 5th Bn. East lancashire Regiment.
BORN: Burton on Trent. ENLISTED: York. RESIDENCE: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 22/04/1917. AGED: 29.
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. PANEL: 6 C.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
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PRIVATE REUBEN WALTER LOWE.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15296.
UNIT: 9th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Burton on Trent. ENLISTED: Tadcaster.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/08/1915. AGED: 25.
CEMETERY: Helles Memorial ( Gallipoli ). GRAVE/PANEL : 47 to 51.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Tadcaster.
