Part 10

LIEUT. HARRY R. THELWELL, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, died in hospital in France from wounds on July 8th, 1916. When war broke out Lieut. Thelwell joined the Queen Victoria Rifles, in which regiment he had already served for four years as a private, and went to France in October, 1914. He took part in the attack on Hill 60, following which he was given a commission in the Duke of Wellington’s Regt., and was again sent to France where he received his second star. He was the only son of Mrs. Thelwell and the late Mr. Geo. Thelwell, of Commercial Street, Leeds, and formerly of Long Preston. He was 23 years of age, and was educated at St. Cuthbert’s College, Worksop.

2ND LIEUT. GILBERT W. WATERHOUSE, who fell in action on April 9th, 1917, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Waterhouse, of Huntsville, Canada, and grandson of the late Mr. Wm. Hartley, of Catteral Hall, Settle. Aged 20 years, he was educated at Toronto, Canada, and at Cranleigh School, Surrey. He joined the Artists’ Rifles in November, 1915, and obtained his Commission early in 1917.

2ND LIEUT. BASIL TEMPEST, Manchester Regiment, died of wounds received in action April 25th, 1917. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. Tempest, Whalley Range, Manchester, and nephew of Mr. A. Tempest, The Grove, Ilkley (formerly in business in Keighley Road, Skipton), and grandson of the late Mr. James Tempest, of Aireville, Cononley. Before the war he was for four years a student apprentice with Messrs. Mather & Platt, Ltd. In 1914 he gained a Manchester University Scholarship, and on the outbreak of hostilities he joined the University O.T.C. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in November, 1914, and served in France and Macedonia.

2ND LIEUT. GEORGE CORK DALGOUTTE, Rifle Brigade, a son of ex-P.C. Dalgoutte, at one time stationed at Skipton, was reported as having been killed in action on May 3rd, 1917. He formerly lived at Keighley and was an “Old Boy” of the Trade and Grammar School. He enlisted in August, 1915, and obtained his commission about December, 1916.

COLONEL J. W. LODGE, Yorkshire Regiment, died at the Rookery, Bishopdale, Aysgarth, on August 24th, 1917. Colonel Lodge had been connected with the Yorkshire Regiment for over 43 years. He served with the 3rd Bn. throughout the South African War, and was in possession of the Queen’s Medal with three clasps, the King’s Medal with two clasps, and the Coronation Medal. From June, 1906, to August, 1912, he commanded the 3rd Bn. and then retired. At the outbreak of the present war, he volunteered for service, and was appointed as second in command of a Bn. of a Yorkshire Regiment, and afterwards was given the command of a Special Reserve Bn., a post which he held until his death. He was the only son of Mr. Robert Lodge, of Bishopdale, and was born in 1853. He was educated at St. Peter’s, York, and took his M.A. at Cambridge, and was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1883.

2ND LIEUT. C. H. LEE, Royal Garrison Artillery, was killed in action on September 20th, 1917. Thirty-three years of age, deceased was the son of the Rev. G. S. Lee, Rector of Benniworth, Lincolnshire, and was formerly a mathematical master at the Skipton Grammar School. He enlisted at the end of the summer term of 1916, and was in France about six months. He was on the staff of the Skipton School about eighteen months, and was previously mathematical master at Parkstone, Dorset.

CAPTAIN WM. HENRY POLLARD, died at sea on October 9th, 1917. Captain Pollard was an old Skipton Grammar School boy, and was afterwards apprenticed with Messrs. T. & J. Harrison, ship owners, Liverpool. He obtained his master’s certificate when twenty-four years of age. During 1916, he was at Archangel, the ship being icebound. He left there in May, and was on his way home when he died.

2ND LIEUT R. HALL WATT, Grenadier Guards, son of the late Mr. E. R. B. Hall Watt, of Bishop Burton, Beverley, and of Carr Head, Cowling, was killed in action on October 13th, 1917. Deceased was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, and was posted to the Grenadier Guards in the early part of 1917, leaving for France in August. He was 19 years of age.

CAPTAIN F. M. TWISLETON, M.C., New Zealand Forces, eldest son of the late Mr. Twisleton, of Menstone, and formerly of Settle, died on November 15th, 1917, from wounds received in action in Palestine. Leaving England twenty years ago, he went to New Zealand. He served through the South African War, and then returned to New Zealand. At the outbreak of war, he came out with the Otago Mounted Rifles. He fought through the Gallipoli campaign, where he won the M.C. He then went to France, and afterwards to Palestine, where he met his death.

2ND LIEUT. WILLIAM H. COLES, Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. Wm. Coles, Station Master, Skipton. Twenty-eight years of age, Lieut. Coles was prior to the war attached to the West Riding Territorials, and afterwards served for five years in the Yorkshire Hussars, attaining the rank of Quarter-master Sergeant. In November, 1916, he was offered and accepted a commission, and was posted to the Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action on December 28th, 1917.

MAJOR LEES, President of the Bentham Agricultural Society, was killed on July 31st, 1918.

LIEUT. B. RAMSBOTTOM, son of the Rev. W. H. Ramsbottom, a former vicar of St. Margaret’s Church, Bentham, was killed in action on August 19th, 1918.

2ND LIEUT. W. G. BARRACLOUGH, M.C., Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, elder son of Supt. H. Barraclough, West Riding Constabulary, formerly stationed at Ingleton, was killed in action on September 29th, 1918, aged 23 years. Had been recommended for the M.C.

2ND LIEUT. S. A. F. PILGRIM, Tank Corps, who was mortally wounded on September 24th, 1918, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pilgrim, Noyna Mede, Foulridge, and was just 20 years of age.

THE REV. THEODORE BAILY HARDY, V.C., D.S.O., M.C., a former headmaster of Bentham Grammar School and domestic chaplain to the King, died in hospital in France in October, 1918, from gunshot wounds.

2ND LIEUT. NORMAN P. CLARK, Munster Fusiliers, killed in action, was a nephew of Mr. Edgar Wood of Skipton. After being invalided from Gallipoli, he spent a good deal of time with Mr. Wood and his family at Skipton. Only 23 years of age deceased was the second son of Councillor W. Clark, of Regent Square, Doncaster (a former Mayor of the Borough), and was articled to a firm of accountants. When the war broke out, he immediately joined the North Staffordshire Regiment (T.F.), and afterwards received a commission in the West Yorkshire Regt. Subsequently, he saw service with the Munster Fusiliers, and was in the Gallipoli campaign where he was wounded and invalided home with dysentery. Deceased’s forefathers were Quakers, and his grandfather, the late Mr. R. E. Clark, was one of the first County Aldermen of the West Riding.

LIEUT. R. FORREST, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, was the son of Mr. T. Forrest, dental surgeon, of Clitheroe and Long Preston. He was killed in action on the Western Front. He had been employed as Intelligence Officer. His death was caused by being struck by a piece of shell. He was 26 years of age.

LORD LUCAS, who was killed while on active service in France, was an enthusiastic and generous supporter of the Ribblesdale Buckhounds, and he gave his friend and neighbour, Lord Ribblesdale, all the support and help in his power. In the times before the war, of such days as he could spare from the duties of his office, which he filled with such advantage to agriculture, many were spent in the Ribble Valley. In the hunting season, whenever in residence at Sawley or Wigglesworth, he was never absent from a meet. He was a noble, chivalrous and courteous gentleman.

MAJOR VIVIAN NOVELL KIDD, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, son of the late Mr. William Kidd, of Otley, and a grandson of the late Rev. P. C. Kidd, who was Rector at Skipton for many years. Major Kidd, who was well-known in Rugby Union Football circles at Headingley and Otley, joined the army from Sandhurst, and entered the Duke of Wellington’s Regt. He was second in command of a Service Battn. of the Regiment, and was expecting his promotion to Lieut.-Colonel. He was with the Battn. at the landing at Suvla Bay as Captain and Adjutant, and when his superior officers became casualties, he took command. At the commencement of the war, he was Adjutant at the Regimental Depot at Halifax. He was a son-in-law of Major Cecil H. Taylor, O.C., 13th Bn. West Riding Volunteers, and was in his 30th year.

CAPTAIN G. C. TURNER, West Yorkshire Regiment, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. John Turner, Newlands, Ilkley, was killed in action on the Western front. Captain Turner was 32 years of age, and was educated at the Ilkley Grammar School, Sedbergh, and Leeds University. He was a civil engineer by profession, and had spent three years in British Columbia. On outbreak of war, he joined the Leeds University O.T.C., and obtained a commission in the West Yorkshire Regiment in February, 1915.

CRAVEN’S ROLL OF HONOUR

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