Friday 21 June 1918
ANOTHER AIREDALE ROLL OF HONOUR
L-R: Sec-Lieut J C Whittaker of Baildon, killed; Capt F W Whittaker of Baildon, wounded and prisoner of war; Sapper F
Bailey of 7 Wycliffe Court, Shipley, died of wounds; Pte W Thornton of 22 Harrogate Road, Undercliffe, killed; L Cpl
Jack Wardle of 4 Pellon Terrace, Thackley, prisoner of war; Sgt C R Pettington of Shipley, D.C.M.
L-R: Cpl C Rawnsley of 5 Avondale Road, Shipley, wounded; Pte T Inman of 12 Mexborough Road, Bolton Woods,
prisoner of war; Cpl G Bradley of Shipley, missing; Gunner Alfred Booth of 31 Briggate, Eccleshill, gassed; Pte A C
Horne of 4 Sherwood Place, Undercliffe, missing; Gunner E Page of 36 Kitson Street, The Crag, Windhill, Military
Medalist.
Mr and Mrs Tom Rhodes of
Harrogate Road, Greengates have
now lost three sons in the war,
information having been received by
them a few days ago that Charles,
their third son, had fallen in France.
The other two sons were also killed in
action and all three have lost their
lives in the last five months. The
youngest son is with the colours in
France.
Family mourn loss of
third son in five months
More than at any time during the war
the newspaper carried reports of men
being taken prisoner. It is not clear if
there was an increase in the number
of prisoners being taken or if the War
Office’s reporting had changed.
Mrs Booth of 15 Hall Carr Lane,
Windhill, has received word that her
husband, Pte Harry Booth, Duke of
Wellington’s Regt, who was a Pearl
Assurance agent before becoming a
soldier on 4th August 1917, is
wounded and a prisoner of war in
Germany.
Improving
The letter she has received also states
that he is ‘improving very nicely.’
Mr and Mrs Barker of 49 Idle Road,
Undercliffe, have received a postcard
from Limburg, Germany, to the effect
that their eldest son, Absolom
Barker, is a prisoner of war. He was
reported missing on 25th March.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Peel of 5
Legrams Street, Listerhills, who had
resided at Charlestown, Baildon up to
a year or two ago, have
been informed that their
son, Signaller Harry
Peel, (pictured), West
Yorkshire Regt, who was
reported missing form
25th April, is now a
prisoner of war in
Germany and is quite well.
He enlisted shortly after
the outbreak of war.
Pte John Mann, West
Yorkshire Regt, of 40 New
Street, Idle, was taken prisoner about
25th April.
Now 19 years of age, he joined the
colours in September 1917 and went
to the front in January of this year
A brother, Sapper James Mann, is
also with the colours.
Capt (Acting Major) Norman A A
Hughes, R.A.M.C., who was reported
to be missing on 27th May, is
believed to a prisoner of war.
He was a doctor in practice at
Calverley before the war and prior to
enlisting three years ago,
was the medical officer at
Calverley. It is now stated
that he and a Leeds doctor,
together with their
ambulances, were
captured.
Rifleman James Hall,
King’s Royal Rifles, of 59
Wycliffe Road, Shipley, is
wounded and a prisoner of
war.
Other Shipley PoWs
include L Cpl John A Scall, Notts &
Derbyshire Regt, of 9 Ada Street,
Saltaire, L Cpl Dudley Yeoward,
West Yorkshire Regt, of Saltaire, and
Pte Willie Sellers, West Yorkshire
Rgt of 19 Henry Street, Shipley.
Among Baildon men reported to now
be prisoners are Sgt J Lee, elder son
of Mr and Mrs S Lee of Delph Hill;
Cpl Harold Robinson, younger son
of Mr and Mrs Robinson, Heather
House, and Pte W Shooter, son of
Mr and Mrs J Shooter, Lyton House.
Lieut S E Bloomfield, West
Yorkshire Regt (attached to the
Dorsetshire Regt), aged 27, whose
wife lives at 28 Church Street,
Windhill, was wounded on 8th
June and is in hospital abroad.
He joined up as a private in the Duke of Wellington’s West
Riding Regt on 10th April 1916 and on 16th July 1916
went to the front where he was transferred to the Tyneside
Scottish. Later on he was commissioned and posted to his
present regiment.
Previous to joining the colours he was a foreman for C F
Taylor’s, Otley Road, Shipley.
His brother Arthur has been killed, his brother Tom
discharged and Edwin, another brother, is also with the
colours.
Wounded twice, now gassed
Fred Hindle of Greengates, son of the late Mr and Mrs
William Hindle, has been severely wounded. His brother,
Percy, was killed some time ago. Another brother,
Leonard, is in France.
Drummer William S Conroy, West Yorkshire Regt, son
of Mr and Mrs Charles Conroy of 131 Moor End, Idle,
who has been wounded twice and is now gassed. He is in a
hospital at the front.
Now 21 years old, he joined the colours in October 1915,
going to the front about a year
later.
He worked for S Clough, Castle
Mills, Idle and was a lance-
corporal in the Idle Church
Lads’ Brigade.
Uncle and cousins killed
He won a medal at Mansfield for a six-mile, cross-country
run and another for gymnastics in connection with the
Boys’ Brigade. He is also well known as an amateur
boxer.
An uncle and two cousins have been killed.
Mrs Chadwick, a widow of 4 Herbert Street, Cottingley,
has had a letter from her son, Pte William Chadwick,
King’s Liverpool Regt, to the effect that he is in hospital
overseas with a shrapnel wound in the head and knee,
received on 10th June.
He adds that he is doing well and that his mother has not
to worry as he hopes to get a ‘Blighty’ soon.
Pte Chadwick, who was a woolcomber at Cottingley,
joined up at the age of 18 and he is now 19. Up to three
years ago Mrs Chadwick and her son lived at Union
Street, Shipley.
Second-Airman Willie Florey, R.F.C., of Carr Road,
Calverley, son of Mrs Florey, Woodhall Road, has been
invalided home with malaria and dysentery.
Increase in the number of prisoners of war
Cpl James Hattersley of 224 Dudley
Hill Road, Eccleshill, has been
awarded the Military Medal for
distinguished conduct on 18th April.
The ribbon was presented on 10th
June by the general in command.
Cpl Hattersley has been 18 months
on active service and is with the
ammunition column of the Royal
Field Artillery
Heavily shelled
While engaged in conveying material
to the guns, they were heavily shelled
and three of his comrades wounded.
These casualties were attended to
after the ammunition had been safely
sheltered and they were conveyed to
a dressing station.
The corporal is a member of the
Baptist Sunday School and choir and
is the third scholar to win this
distinction.
L Cpl J Bell, son of Mr J Bell of
Binnswell fold, Baildon, has been
awarded the Military Medal.
The following Shipley men have been
awarded the Meritorious Service
Medal: Acting Sgt H
Copperthwaite, Labour Corps; QMS
Dewhirst, R.A.M.C.; T Milner, R.F.A.
Medals for local heroes
Sec Lieut Harold W Field, Cyclist
Corps, who died in action 27th May,
was another of the original promoters
of the Baildon Rugby Football Club
who have made the supreme
sacrifice.
He was the only child of Mr and Mrs
W T Field, Rockmount, Bank Crest,
Baildon. Enlisting immediately upon
the outbreak of war in the West
Yorkshire Regt, he went to the front in
April 1915, receiving his commission
later.
He was educated at the Bradford
Grammar School and St George’s,
Harpenden, and was 23 years of age.
In civil life he was in business with
Field Sons & Co, Southgate,
Bradford.
Rugby enthusiast died
Army veteran dies
Pte George Edward Robinson,
Yorkshire Regt, of Proctor Square,
Dudley Hill and late of Idle Moor, has
died of wounds.
He served through the South African
War and was one of the first
reservists to be called up in 1914.
He had taken part in several battles
in the present war and has been
wounded seven times.
Tram greengrocer KIA
Pte Ernest Robinson of Greengates
has been killed in action. He enlisted
in 1914 and had seen service in the
Dardanelles and France.
He used to be in business as a
greengrocer at the tram terminus.
Paid the ultimate price
Pte James W Corley, husband of Mrs
Corley of Myrtle House, Harrogate
Road, Eccleshill, died of wounds on
18th April. He was in the Duke of
Wellington’s Regt.
Wounded, now missing
Pte C H Cockroft, West Yorkshire
Regt, of 28 Green Place, Undercliffe,
is reported missing. He had been
wounded on three separate
occasions previously.
Windhill officer among the wounded