Born: 1895, Shipley
Died: 3 May 1917
Buried:
Address: Greenroyd, Canal Road, Baildon
Parents: Lewis & Sarah, nee Deacon
Spouse:
Siblings: Sarah
Occupation: Pawnbroker (1911)
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Christchurch, Windhill; Baildon; Arras Memorial
Children:
Regiment: West Riding
Maurice Raisbeck
Maurice was born around 1895, the
eldest child of Lewis and Sarah
(nee Deacon). Lewis had been born
in Baildon, the son of John and Ann
Maria, part of a Stockton on Tees
blacksmith family.
John’s cousin Alex Raisbeck was a
Scottish international footballer and
in 1901 became the first Liverpool
captain to collect the Football
League championship.
Lewis too was a blacksmith who
moved from Baildon to Windhill
where he met and married Sarah.
In the 1901 census the family, with
Maurice aged 6 and his sister Sarah
Miranda aged 3, were living at 169
Union Street, Shipley, which is
where they were in 1911.
Maurice was killed in action on 3
May 1917, aged 23. The CWGC
record of his death gives his
address as Greenroyd, Coach Road,
Baildon.
Although Maurice was buried
abroad, he is remembered on a
family stone in Hirst Wood Burial
Ground.
And there was an In Memoriam
notice put in the Shipley Times &
Express on 3 May 1918 from Mr
and Mrs Emmerson and Willie of
170 Dale Street, Shipley though we
don’t know what the connection
was.
Thanks to Maurice’s great nephew, also Maurice Raisbeck, for his help with this story
