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Members of our churches and social societies commissioned their own Great War Memorials to remember their fallen families and friends, at the places where their names were spoken the most. At the corner of Pudsey Fartown and Carlisle Road stands the fine red brick Sunday School, originally built by the Parish Church (and once again happily owned by the Parish Church) to serve as a hub to that community. The Fartown (Parish Church) Sunday School Great War Memorial, unveiled on December 18th 1920 is the only private memorial added to the exterior of a building for all to view in the local area. Unfortunately this has left it at the mercy of the weather and defacement for over a century. Today this combination is badly affecting the stone surface of the memorial. This is the full inscription recorded for posterity, along with what is known about those named upon it: “To the Glory of God This stone was laid by Myers Murgatroyd To commemorate the following Teachers and Scholars of Fartown (Parish Church) Sunday School, all of whom gave their lives in the Great War. December 18th 1920” Those named with additional information: Gunner Arthur Beaumont. Service N°: L6007 aged 33 of 155th (West Yorkshire) Brigade B Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Died on April 8, 1920 at home. Buried at Pudsey Cemetery, H. Gen 262. Enlisted aged 28 on 13th April 1915 at Leeds, trains at Wetherby but is often AWOL. Joins 155th B Battery, discharged 1st July 1919 awarded 14-15 Star, War Medal, Victory Medal. Formerly a Cotton Warp dresser, married to Alice and father of Ernest, Albert and Samuel. The family became members of the Mount Tabor congregation on Waterloo Road. Arthur died at home on 63 Littlemoor Road (next door to the Railway Pub), on 8th April 1920 from Vascular Heart Disease aged 33, after discharge from the Army on the grounds of poor health. His wife Alice was sadly later declined his Army pension. Arthur is named on the Cenotaph and is buried in Pudsey Cemetery, along with his sons; Albert tragically drowned aged 7 in 1916 whilst his father was engaging German targets on the Somme. Also his third son, Pioneer Samuel Beaumont who died in service 7th November 1945 age 35, and has a CWGC headstone, but is not named on the Cenotaph (though should have qualified). Private Harold Henry Beaumont. Service N°: 19727 aged 36 of the 10th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment. Died on Jun 30, 1918. Buried at Pudsey Cemetery, F617 (C.). “The Funeral of private Henry Beaumont took place at Pudsey Cemetery last Wednesday. He died at home (Highfield Street) on Sunday after a long and painful illness. Harold served in France for two years and 137 days with the York and Lancs Regt. and had been wounded and gassed. In January he was sent to Colchester Hospital and discharged February 3rd. Going home he took to his bed straight away and had been confined there up to his death, suffering great pain. He leaves a widow and four children. The military authorities sent a bearer party.” Son of William Beaumont. Husband of Agnes Maud Beaumont (A685 Gen.), of 5, Highfield St., Pudsey. Father of Mary, Evelyn, Emily, Nellie – the poor girls would have had to watch their father suffer in agony in their tiny 2 up 2 down terrace house. Private Harry Bertram Fellows Service N°: 266655 Aged 22 of the 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders Died on Sep 23, 1917 Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 135 to 136. Belgium. Son of Alfred and Agnes Fellows, of 6, Victoria Villas, Stanningley, Leeds. Attended Pudsey Grammar School and named on their memorial, also named on the Pudsey Conservative Club Memorial Board*. Private Henry Firth Service N°: 41395 Aged 21 of the 17th Bn. 2nd Leeds (Bantams) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince Of Wales's Own) Died on Aug 31, 1917. Remembered at Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 2 A 2 C And 2 D. France. Son of Bedford and Jane Firth, of 73, Littlemoor Rd., Pudsey. Also named on the Pudsey Conservative Club Memorial Board. Rifleman George William Frederick Frankland Service N°: 4920 Aged 30 of the 1st/8th Bn. Leeds Rifles West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Died on Sep 3, 1916 Buried at Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval III. A. 10. France. Eldest of 7 sons. Son of Charles and Emma at 15 Brayshaw Street (behind Greenside School). Moved to 84 Glenroyd Occupation Lane. Worked as a Railway Porter at Stanningley Station. Research by Christine Throp of P&DCS and published as “A Pudsey Lad Remembered”. Gunner James Atkinson Jowett Service N°: 95172 Aged 34 of the 1st Highland Heavy Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery Died on Sep 16, 1918 Buried at Trefcon British Cemetery, Caulaincourt A. 30. France. Son of Oliver and Mary Atkinson Jowett of Fulneck. Husband of Edith Maud Jowett (Nee Bambridge), of 74, South Parade, Pudsey. Also named on the Pudsey Conservative Club Memorial Board. Name obliterated by damage Gunner Harold Marsh Service N°: 32477 Aged 16 of the 2nd Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Died on May 16, 1915 Buried at Pudsey Cemetery F. "C." 848. Son of Mr. George. W. and Mrs. Mary. E. Marsh, of 9, Tunnicliffe Row, Greenside. Died in Chapeltown Barracks in Leeds from Tuberculosis, only served in the UK. Second youngest Pudsey casualty of WW1. Private / Bugler Ernest Marshall Service N°: 13998 Aged 18 of the 9th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died on Jan 7, 1916 Buried at Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle III. R. 8. France. Son of Tom and Martha Marshall of Cemetery Road, previously of 25 Thorpe Road. Employed at Gibraltar Mill. Joined up aged 17 in September 1914, had been in France for 10 Months. Private Matthew William Moss Service N°: 34390 Aged 36 of the 10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince Of Wales's Own) Died on Apr 13, 1917 Remembered at Arras Memorial Bay 4. France. Son of James and Annie Moss, of "Westfield", Uppermore, Pudsey. Husband of Clara Gertrude Ambler (Formerly Moss), of 4, Littlemoor Rd., Pudsey. Also named on the Pudsey Conservative Club Memorial Board. Marine Gunner Arthur Edward Murgatroyd Service N°: 6520 17/18 DA 13110 Aged 29 of the S.S. War Song (RNVR Royal Marine Artillery) Died on Jan 15, 1918 Buried at L'isle-de-Sein New Communal Cemetery Coll. grave. France. Born December 1888. Son of Aldermam Myers (Quarry Owner, Councillor for Stanningley Ward) and Mary of 2 Smalewell Road. Husband of Jane Nichols of 24 South Parade Pudsey, married Dec 1912. Employed as Power Crane Operator in Father’s quarry. Myers appealed via Military Tribunal at Pudsey Town Hall for Arthur to be exempted (application refused with enlistment deferred for a month). Joins Navy September 1916. Drowned along with all hands onboard the Steamer War Song, victims of U.93. Commemorated Pudsey Parish Church and Pudsey Conservative Club Memorial Board. Gunner James William Thomas Place Service N°: 26482 Aged 28 of the 292nd Bty. Royal Field Artillery / Labour Corps 465 Company Died on August 25th, 1919 Buried at Pudsey Cemetery F. "C." 633. on August 29th 1919 Native of Windmill Hill Pudsey. Son of George and Clara, husband of Lily. Died at 2nd Northern Hospital Beckett Park from heart failure, (a common cause of death amongst ex Gunners and Labour Corps). Also named on the Pudsey Conservative Club Memorial Board. Second Lieutenant John William Raistrick Aged 32 of the 1st/8th Bn. Leeds Rifles West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince Of Wales's Own) Died on May 19, 1917 Buried at Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue I. A. 13. France. Son of E. B. and S. J. Raistrick. Native of Pudsey. Also named on the Pudsey Conservative Club Memorial Board. Private James William Smith Service N°: 25697 Aged 23 of the A Coy. 11th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince Of Wales's Own) Died on Jun 9, 1917 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 21. Belgium. Son of Sarah Elizabeth Smith, of 9, Fartown Cottages, Pudsey. Also named on the Pudsey Conservative Club Memorial Board Driver William Ewart Springthorpe Service N°: 32464 Aged 19 of the 23rd Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery Died on Jul 29, 1917 Buried at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension Ii. F. 16. Belgium. Son of Joseph and Florence Springthorpe, of 14, Chapeltown, Pudsey. Able Seaman Lawrence Swallow Service N°: Tyneside Z/8873 Aged 22 of the Hawke Battalion. R.N. Division Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Died on Feb 3, 1917 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 1 A. France. Son of Joseph and Ellen Swallow, of 13 Milner Fold, Fartown. Lance Corporal Cecil Maurice Thrippleton Service N°: 201621 aged 19 of the 1st/4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders Killed in action on 19/09/1917 Buried at Cement House Cemetery Belgium. Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth of 36 Somerset Road. Commemorated at Pudsey Parish Church. Name added to “Missing Names” plinth at Cenotaph. Gunner Harry Tordoff Service N°: 122140 Aged 21 of the Royal Field Artillery D Battery of the 5th Brigade Died on May 8, 1918 Buried at Pudsey Cemetery D. "C." 253 (family memorial). Died at Southwark Hospital from the effects of mustard gas poisoning having served for over two years. Family home at 25 Smalewell Road, son of George and Martha Tordoff. Previously employed as a Grocer's Clerk, noted local cricketer at Church Y.M.A C.C., Pudsey Tradesman’s C.C. and the Parish Church team. Also named on the Pudsey Conservative Club Memorial Board. Private Robert Wade Service N°: 13304 aged 33 of Depot / 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince Of Wales's Own) Died on 12th September 1914 Buried at Pudsey Cemetery. Son of Joseph & Martha, lived & worked as a jeweller watch maker at 41 Chapeltown Pudsey. Enlisted at York but drowned in Huddersfield before joining unit. First Serviceman from Pudsey to die during the Great War. Commemorated at Pudsey Parish Church. Name added to “Missing Names” plinth at Cenotaph. Private Lawrence Biltcliffe Ward Service N°: 268234 Aged 22 of the 11th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince Of Wales's Own) Died on Jul 22, 1917 Buried at Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery V. B. 4. Belgium. Born at Pudsey. Son of Jim and Lillie Ward, of "Dumont," Surmingdale Rd., Bickley, Kent. Also named on the Pudsey Conservative Club Memorial Board. *Pudsey Conservative Club Memorial Board now in the custodianship of the 147 Sports Bar, Chapeltown – available to view by request. Please note most of the names on both memorials are of men who would have been considered “top enders” which is an old Pudsey tradition based on where you lived in the town. AuthorI’ve been an exec member of Pudsey & District Civic Society since 2014, also founder of The Friends of Pudsey Cemetery & Chapel and the research project www.pudseycenotaph.co.uk. Please support the Civic Society to help preserve and build our amazing heritage: [email protected]
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