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PRIVATE GEORGE ALFRED LOLLEY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 202799. UNIT: 1/4th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Sherburn in Elmet. ENLISTED: Farnley Leeds. GAVE HIS LIFE: 23/04/1917. AGED: 27.
CEMETERY: Arras Memorial. PANEL: Bay 4 and 5
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CWGC States:
"Husband of Gertrude Lolley, of 501, Harehills Lane, Leeds."
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LANCE CORPORAL THOMAS LONGFIELD.
SERVICE NUMBER: 20273. UNIT/REGIMENT: 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards
BORN: Sherburn in Elmet. ENLISTED: York. GAVE HIS LIFE: 01/10/1915. AGED: 32.
FATHER: Joseph Born Sherburn Dec 1849. MOTHER: Mary Eshalby Born Sherburn 1883 DIED: Jun 1920.
MARRIED: Tadcaster December 1873 Vol 9c Page 1271.
MEDALS: 1915 Star. Victory. British Medal.
CEMETERY: Chocques Military Cemetery Bethune France. GRAVE : I. E. 113
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn in Elmet.
CWGC States:
"Son of Joseph and Mary Longfield. Native of Sherburn-in-Elmet, South Milford, Yorks."
Thomas had brother's and sisters: Henrietta 1877, Willie 1880, Lizzie 1883, Isabel 1885 and George 1888. In the 1901 census Thomas was working as a Grocers Assistant and was living in Oak Terrace.
He enlisted in York and was posted to the 3rd Battlion of the Granadier Guards which were formed in August 1914 at Wellington Barracks London. The Battalion landed at Le Harve France on the 27th August 1915. It was then attached to the 2nd Guards Brigade on the 19th August 1915.
On the 25th September 1915 the British attacked the German positions at Loos. The British used gas for the first time causing many casualtys on their own side due to a shift in the wind direction. The 3rd Bn Guards who had not seen action were kept in Reserve, and called upon on the 27th September 1915 as the Germans pushed the British back. The battle lasted until the 8th October 1915 and the Guards lost a total of 75 men.
Thomas lost his life due to wounds recieved at No 1 Clearing Station Berthune .
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PRIVATE MICHAEL MACDONALD.
SERVICE NUMBER: 7901. UNIT/REGIMENT: 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: York. ENLISTED: York. GAVE HIS LIFE: 13/10/1914. AGED: 32.
CEMETERY: Ploegsteert Memorial Belgium. PANEL: 3 and 4.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn in Elmet.
Spelt McDonald on Commonwealth War Grave Site.
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PRIVATE WILLIAM MARSHALL.
SERVICE NUMBER: 45083 UNIT: 2nd/5th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
BORN: Burton Salmon. ENLISTED: South Milford. GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/10/1917. AGED:
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn In Elmet.
GRAVE: I. F. 29
CEMETERY: Ypres Reservoir Cemetery.
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PRIVATE JOHN JEROME MELVIN
SERVICE NUMBER: PO/302(S) UNIT: Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Marine Light Infantry
BORN: Sherburn in Elmet. ENLISTED: 28/2/15. GAVE HIS LIFE: 05/09/1915. AGED: 21.
CEMETERY: Normanton Yorkshire. GRAVE: D. 1. 7.
CWGC States:
"Son of Patrick and Mary Ann Melvin, of 6, Bridge St., Normanton. Born at Sherburn-in-Elmet".
Died of Enteric Fever.
PRIVATE ALBERT NATTRASS
SERVICE NUMBER: 56211. UNIT: No. 5 Coy. 10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Spennymoor Durham. ENLISTED: York. GAVE HIS LIFE: 11/10/1918. AGED: 24.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn in Elmet.
CWGC States:
"Son of Mrs. Margaret Shipley, of Moor Lane House, Sherburn-in-Elmet, South Milford, Yorks."
Spelt Nattriss on Sherburn in Elmet War Memorial.
PANEL: 4.
CEMETERY: Vis-En-Artois Memorial France.
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PRIVATE ROBERT JOSEPH NICHOLSON.
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SERVICE NUMBER: 240615. UNIT/REGIMENT: 1st/5th Bn Suffolk Regiment.
BORN: ENLISTED: Haverhill. RESIDENCE: Sherburn-in-Elmet GAVE HIS LIFE: 08/02/1917. AGED:
CEMETERY: Baghdad Northgate War Cemetery. PANEL: Angora Memorial 123.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn in Elmet.
Formarly 2492 Suffolk Regiment.
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SERJEANT WALTER PANTRY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 2449. UNIT: 2nd Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
BORN: Osgodby Selby. ENLISTED: Gateshead. GAVE HIS LIFE: 27/02/1917. AGED: 33.
CEMETERY: Salonika Lembet Road Military Cemetery Greece. PANEL: 908.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn in Elmet.
CWGC States:
"Son of George and Ann Pantrey, of Nettleton's Yard, Sherburn-in-Elmet, South Milford, Yorks. Born at Osgodby, Lincoln."
Son of George Born Barlby 1834 and Ann Born Barlby 1841.
Spelled Pantrey on CWGC website.
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PRIVATE HAROLD EDGAR PARNABY.
SERVICE NUMBER: 21979. UNIT: 6th Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
BORN: Sherburn in Elmet. ENLISTED: Doncaster. GAVE HIS LIFE: 15/09/1916. AGED: 36.
CEMETERY: Guards Cemetery Lesbouefs. GRAVE: XII. J. 3.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CWGC States:
"Son of Joseph Edgar and Emily Parnaby; of "Ingleside," Robin Hood's Bay, Yorks."
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SECOND LIEUTENANT WALTER HENRY SHERBURN PHILLIPS
UNIT/REGIMENT: 4th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Sherburn in Elmet. GAVE HIS LIFE: 16/09/1916. AGED: 19.
CEMETERY: Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension France. GRAVE: SP Mem C. 23.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CWGC States:
" Son of the Rev. Walter and Mrs. Phillips, of Skirlaugh Vicarage, Hull. Born at Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorks."
Walters grave was destroyed by shell fire and as a result his grave his marked by a special memorial.
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RIFELMAN CHARLES ALLEN RHODES.
SERVICE NUMBER: 2019 UNIT: 28th Bn London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)
BORN: GAVE HIS LIFE: 31/10/1919 AGED: 29.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn in Elmet.
CWGC States:
"Husband of Phyllis M Rhodes of Headingley, Leeds."
CEMETERY: Sherburn in Elmet All Saints Churchyard.
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PRIVATE GEORGE ALFRED RICHARDSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 15250. UNIT: 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Cleckheaton. ENLISTED: Harrogate. RESIDENCE: Sherburn in Elmet.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 09/08/1915. AGED: 24.
CEMETERY: Helles Memorial. PANEL: 47 to 51.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn In Elmet.
CWGC States:
"Son of George and Alice Ann Richardson, of Garden Lane, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorks."
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LANCE CORPORAL JOHN SHEPPARD.
SERVICE NUMBER: 4469. UNIT: 9th Lancers Queens Royal Household Cavelery.
BORN: Sherburn in Elmet. ENLISTED: York. RESIDENCE: Sherburn in Elmet.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 24/05/1915. AGED:
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn In Elmet.
CEMETERY: Ypres Menin Gate. PANEL: Panel 5.
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SERJEANT WILLIAM SMART
SERVICE NUMBER: C/12215. UNIT: 21st Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
BORN: Crossgates leeds. ENLISTED: Bridlington. RESIDENCE: Sherburn in Elmet.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 15/09/1916. AGED:
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. PANEL: Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
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PRIVATE JAMES STEELE
SERVICE NUMBER: 49270. UNIT: 2/5th West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Holtby Yorks. ENLISTED: Leeds. RESIDENT: Sherburn in Elmet.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 29/03/1918. AGED:
CEMETERY: Arras Memorial. PANEL: Bay 4.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
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PRIVATE LEONARD SYKES
SERVICE NUMBER: 29409. UNIT: Royal Army Medical Corps attd. Inland Water Transport Dockyard Dispensary.
BORN: Leeds. ENLISTED: Lichfield. GAVE HIS LIFE: 01/06/1918. AGED: 38.
CEMETERY: Basra War Cemetery Iraq. GRAVE: III. R. 17.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: None.
CWGC States:
"Husband of Mrs. H. Sykes, of 22, Highfield Villas, Sherburn-in-Elmet, South Mulford, Yorks."
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PRIVATE WILLIAM SUGDEN THOMPSON
SERVICE NUMBER: 292709. UNIT: 7th Fife Bn Black Watch Royal Highlanders.
BORN: Sherburn in Elmet. ENLISTED: Selby. GAVE HIS LIFE: 23/04/1917. AGED:
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn In Elmet.
YORKSHIRE EVENING POST LEEDS 27 JUNE 1st 1917.
"Pvt W. S. Thompson eldest son of Arthur Thompson of Rose Terrace Sherburn in Elmet reported missing since April 23rd in France.
He joined the Scottish Horse last year, but was later transferred to the Black watch.
He was married to Miss Wellburn daughter of W.H. Wellburn of Huddleston Hall South Milford.
Pvt Thompson was a builder and contracter and well known in Sherburn in Elmet."
GRAVE: 19 to 23 and 162.
CEMETERY: Brown Copse Cemetery Roeux France.
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PRIVATE FREDERICK THORNTON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 44627. UNIT: 9th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.
BORN: Sherburn in Elmet. ENLISTED: Selby. GAVE HIS LIFE: 13/12/1916. AGED: 39.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn In Elmet.
CWGC States:
"Son of Joseph and Susan Thornton.
Husband of Mary Louisa Thornton, of Kirkgate, Sherburn-in-Elmet, South Milford, Yorks."
Formerly 26224 East Yorks Regiment.
CEMETERY: St Pierre Cemetery Amiens France. GRAVE: VII. A. 5
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GUNNER HENRY WELLBURN
SERVICE NUMBER: 204830 UNIT: Royal Horse Field Artillery.
BORN: Ferrybridge. RESIDENT: Sherburn in Elmet. GAVE HIS LIFE: 22/12/1917. AGED: 38.
CEMETERY: Fins New British Cemetery Sorel-Le-Grand. GRAVEL: III. C. 7.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn In Elmet.
CWGC States:
"Son of William Harrison Wellburn, of Huddleston Hall, South Milford.
Husband of Mrs. E. J. Wellburn, of Glandsford House, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorks."
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PRIVATE EDWIN WILSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 14435. UNIT/REGIMENT: 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
BORN: Leeds. ENLISTED: Derby. GAVE HIS LIFE: 29/10/1914. AGED: 26.
CEMETERY: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Belgium. PANEL: 9 and 11.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn in Elmet.
CWGC States:
"Son of Mrs. Caroline Wilson, of Garden Lane, Sherburn-in-Elmet, South Milford, Yorks."
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PRIVATE JOHN WILSON.
SERVICE NUMBER: 37943. UNIT: 12th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Sherburn in Elmet. ENLISTED: Selby. GAVE HIS LIFE: 22/03/1917. AGED: 27.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn In Elmet.
Shown as Jack on unvailing list of Sherburn memorial in 1921.
GRAVE: II. J. 24.
CEMETERY: Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery Amiens France.
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PRIVATE LAWRENCE WILSTROP.
SERVICE NUMBER: 30280. UNIT: 10th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment.
BORN: Sherburn in Elmet. ENLISTED: Leeds. RESIDENCE: Sherburn in Elmet.
GAVE HIS LIFE: 15/08/1918. AGED: 25.
CEMETERY: Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery Morebecque
GRAVE: 19 to 23 and 162.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn In Elmet.
CWGC States:
"Husband of M. E. Wilstrop, of Brookfield House, Newthorpe, South Milfold, Yorks."
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PRIVATE GEORGE WRIGGLESWORTH
SERVICE NUMBER: 28308. UNIT: 6th Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
BORN: Sherburn in Elmet. ENLISTED: South Milford. GAVE HIS LIFE: 15/09/1916. AGED: 27.
CEMETERY: Thiepval Memorial. PANEL: Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A.
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn In Elmet.
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SAPPER FRED WHITTAKER.
SERVICE NUMBER: WR/29809. UNIT: 325th Coy Royal Engineers
BORN: Goole. ENLISTED: Tadcaster. GAVE HIS LIFE: 24/02/1919. AGED: 42
LOCAL MEMORIAL: Sherburn in Elmet.
CEMETERY: Sherburn in Elmet All Saints Church.
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