SL038 – Yeadon, 1914 – 1918
| Title | Aireborough Boys |
| Date | 1914 – 1918 |
| Location | Aireborough/Europe |
| Written By | Carlo Harrison |
| Comment | Newspaper cuttings taken from a scrap book donated to AHS. Detailed information kindly supplied by Ken Roberts of Guiseley. |
1418 – A Yeadon, E Firth, T Hogg.
Cyclist A Yeadon, Private E Firth, L.Corpl T Hogg
YEADON, JOSEPH ALEC
Rank: Private
Service No: 105
Date of Death: 03/07/1916 (the 3rd day of the battle of the Somme)
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Army Cyclist Corps
1st West Riding Div.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 12 C.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of James Edwin and Ellen Yeadon, of Cragg View, Rawdon, Leeds.
This man has no known grave.
Pte. JAMES Edgar Firth. 21 Henshaw Lane, Yeadon.
Service No. 37555, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Gunshot wounds to legs, 4/7/1916.
Returned to UK, 10/7/1916.
This Man survived.
HOGG, THOMAS
Rank: Private
Service No: 14796
Date of Death: 16/09/1916
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
9th Bn.
Service No. 14796.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Mary Ann Hogg, of 6, Poplar View, Long Row, Horsforth, Yorks, and the late Joseph Hogg.
NB. PICTURE SAYS L/Corpl. This says Private.
1418 – H G Webster, W C Fenwick, R Teale.
Private H G Webster, Signal-Recruit W C Fenwick, Rifleman R Teal
WEBSTER, HAROLD GREENHOW
Rank: Private
Service No: 301774
Date of Death: 05/11/1916
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry 1st/8th Bn.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Webster, of II, New St., Horsforth, Leeds.
FENWICK, W C
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Service No: TynesideZ/10632
Date of Death: 08/02/1917
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve R.N. Depot, Crystal Palace
Grave Reference: C. “U.” 764.
Cemetery: YEADON CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Agnes Fenwick, of 24, Swaine Hill Crescent, Yeadon.
Rifleman R Teale.
Not in CWGC register.
Presume he survived.
1418 – G Downie, C Exley, G Downie.
Signaller G Downie, Private C Exley, Sapper G Downie
Sig. Gilbert Downie.
Born 1896.
At the 1911 census this man was living at 9, Canada Rd. Rawdon. Son of Laura Downie.
Gilbert married Francis Rathmell at St. Peter’s, Rawdon. 2/4/1918. Presume he was a survivor.
Sapper Gerald Downie, born 1893.
Brother of the above.
No further or military info.
Presume he survived.
Pte. C Exley.
Nothing in CWGC register.
Presume he survived.
Additional Research
Gerald Downie. 6th June 1892 – 1970. (in Nottingham). He married Florence Towers at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Yeadon in 1920, at which time he was a lithographer.
Clarence Exley. 17th June 1896 – 1976. Born in Guiseley, son of Willie and Florence. Service No: Private 26369 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. In 1911, widowed father Willie and his family were shawl weavers living in Barnett Street, Guiseley. Clarence married Evelyn Marshall at Park View Wesleyan Chapel in 1920.
Helen M.
27 August 2023
1418 – H Longfellow, H Thompson.
Private H Longfellow, Private H Thompson
LONGFELLOW, HENRY (HARRY)
Rank: Private
Service No: 266625
Date of Death: 29/04/1918
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
1st/7th Bn.
Grave Reference: V. C. 10.
Cemetery: LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM.
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Longfellow, of 11, Lombard St., Rawdon, Leeds.
Pte. Herbert Thompson.
Cannot find anything on this man.
There are pages of Herbert’s & H. Thompson in the CWGC register.
Herbert Thompson
Private 1175 in the 15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Enlisted January 1915. Son of Mary and Joseph and a shopkeeper at New Scarboro’ at one stage, married Louisa at the Cragg Baptist Chapel.
Additional research by Helen M.
7 December 2022
1418 – E Longfellow, W Longfellow.
Driver E Longfellow, Driver W Longfellow
Driver Willie Longfellow, brother of the above.
Born 1895, no other or Military Info.
Presume he lived.
Driver T E Longfellow, Cannot find this man in the family of the above.
He is not in the CWGC register so presume he lived.
I wonder if our readers are aware that the ancestors of the great American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow lived in Horsforth & worshiped at St. Oswald’s Church, Guiseley.
I wonder if the above Longfellow’s were related to him.
John Edward Longfellow
Driver 149166 in the Royal Field Artillery. A warehouseman at home, enlisted in December 1915 and later spent 27 months in France. Discharged in April 1919.
William Longfellow
Driver 781284 in the Royal Field Artillery, also a gunner 6408. Enlisted June 1915. A millhand (spinner).
Additional research by Helen M.
7 December 2022
1418 – E Gerrard, B Womersley, H W Pullan.
Private E Gerrard, Private B Womersley, Private H W Pullan
GERARD, ERNEST
Rank: Private
Service No: 43190
Date of Death: 16/02/1917
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) 10th Bn.
Grave Reference: I. A. 10.
Cemetery: GUARDS’ CEMETERY, COMBLES, FRANCE
Additional Information: Grandson of Joseph Gerard, of 18, South View Terrace, Yeadon, Leeds.
WOMERSLEY, BEN
Rank: Private
Service No: 15603
Date of Death: 14/09/1916
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
8th Bn.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
NO KNOWN GRAVE.
Lived at 6 Oxford Rd, Guiseley at 1911 Census.
Born 1890.
Second son of Charley & Martha Womersley.
Pte. Harry Watson Pullan.
Born 1890.
Served in Machine Gun Corps.
Service no. 11221.
Enlisted 31/5/1915, discharged 17/4/1919, wounded.
Received Silver War Badge.
Died 1971
1418 – E Gerrard, G Teale, E Perkins.
Private E Gerrard, Private G teale, Private E Perkins
GERARD, ERNEST
Rank: Private
Service No: 43190
Date of Death: 16/02/1917
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) 10th Bn.
Grave Reference: I. A. 10.
Cemetery: GUARDS’ CEMETERY, COMBLES, FRANCE
Additional Information: Grandson of Joseph Gerard, of 18, South View Terrace, Yeadon, Leeds.
TEALE, GEORGE
Rank: Private
Service No: 12876
Date of Death: 16/09/1916
Regiment/Service: King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bn.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
NO KNOWN GRAVE.
Lived at 9 Derby Rd, Rawdon at 1911 Census.
Son of John & Elizabeth Teale.
Pte. Ernest Perkins.
Born 1898.
At 1911 census lived at 9 Alma St, Yeadon.
Son of Benjamin Joseph & Mary Elizabeth Perkins.
I can find no Military info on this man though we know he was killed.
There are 1 or 2 men in the CWGC register that may be him.
Ernest Perkins
Rank: Private
Service number: 33564
Date of death: 25.01.1917
Regiment/Service: 185th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Also 3830 West Riding Regiment
Cemetery: Amara War Cemetery, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
Additional Information: Son of Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth. Died of wounds.
Additional research by Helen M.
7 December 2022
1418 – F Megson, E Richardson.
Private F Megson, Private E Richardson
Pte. Foster Megson
Born 1889, Horsforth.
At 1911 census was living with his step brother at Victoria Terrace, Horsforth.
Foster married Lilian May Adeline Richardson at St. Andrew’s Church Yeadon, 11/4/1914.
He served in Army Service Corps, Machine Gun Corps (M). Regimental Number T4/247858, 191941914.
He died in 1953
Pte. E Richardon.
This may be the man.
RICHARDSON, ERNEST
Rank: Private
Service No: 12205
Date of Death: 18/04/1915
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 20.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Additional Information: No known grave.
1418 – W Thompson, J Wilkinson.
Private W Thompson, Private J Wilkinson
Pte Walter Thompson.
Born 1888, Rawdon.
At 1911 census was working as a groom at The Towers, Barkston Ash, Tadcaster.
I can find nothing else on this man.
Survivor or not?
Pte. J. Wilkinson.
Nothing found.
There are so many J. Wilkinsons.
Previous Comments:
valryan85a
Gerald Downie married Florence Towers 3/1/1920 at Yeadon Wesleyan Chapel. Florence was my gran Clara Louisa Towers sister born 1983.
17 September 2019.
Consolidated by Jack Brayshaw. 11 August 2022.
Last updated: 27 August 2023 – Additional Research: Downie, Exley. 31 January 2023 – All images updated. 9 December 2022 – Photo ID: 1418 J E Longfellow, 1418 W Longfellow, 1418 E Perkins, 1418 H Thompson, all additional text.
