Of the over 1000 men from Heckmondwike who were involved in The Great War, of these men 157 are recorded on the War Memorial in Green Park. The list below names these men who died. By clicking on a name you will be taken to the dedicated webpage where you can read about the selected man's life and sad death. If you can contribute in any way to providing a fuller description of any of the men or have photographs relating to them please contact us and we will include this material. Our email address is spenvalleyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com Corporal 106514, Royal Engineers – 189th Field Company (Chemists Corp) Died 3rd October 1915 aged 24 Buried Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery, France Son of Dan and Mary Jane Ackroyd Lived 12, Rydal Terrace, Heckmondwike  Private 1396, 4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 17th September 1915 aged 21 Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France Son of James and Sarah Ann Aitken Lived 67, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Private 36330, 10th Battalion Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) Killed in Action 4th October 1917 aged 25 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of John and Jane Ann Allen Lived 67, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Private 7476, 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Died 25th September 1915 aged 30 No Known Grave Commemorated Loos Memorial, France Son of William and Martha Allen Lived 102, High Street, Heckmondwike Private 43047, 10th Battalion Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Killed in Action 30th March 1918 aged 19 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Memorial, France Son of Richard and Sarah Archer Lived 30, Tattersfield Yard, Heckmondwike  Private No. 3/1532, 1st Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 2nd March 1915 aged 25 Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France Son of Robert John and Edith Burnley Armitage Lived 4, Lobley Street, Heckmondwike Rifleman 41826, 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Died of Wounds 7th September 1918 aged 19 Buried Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Aspin Lived 26, Regent Street, Heckmondwike Private 16/1539, 1st/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Died 9th October 1917 aged 38 Buried Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium Husband of Amy Aykroyd Lived 11, Powell Street, Heckmondwike  Private 22018, York and Lancaster Regiment Died 1st July 1916 aged 27 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Husband of Edith Mary Ball Lived 16, High Street, Heckmondwike Private 306527, 2nd/7th Battalion The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died 3rd May 1917 aged 32 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Memorial, France Son of Frederick and Lizzie Bartle Lived Walkley House, Heckmondwike Chief Refrigeration Engineer, Mercantile Marine Died 20th November 1918 aged 30 Buried Upper Independent Chapel, Heckmondwike Son of Ben and Annie Batley Lived Providence House, Blanket Hall Street, Heckmondwike  Private DM2/190606, 33rd Mechanical Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps Died 5th December 1918 aged 30 Buried Caudry British Cemetery, France Son of Ben and Annie Batley Lived Providence House, Blanket Hall Street, Heckmondwike  Private 19491, 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action 12th October 1916 aged 31 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of Charles and Lavinia Baxter Lived 189, High Street, Heckmondwike  Private 23374, 6th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Died 9th March 1917 aged 23 No Known Grave Commemorated Basra Memorial, Iraq Son of Alfred and Mary Beldon Lived Robin Lane, Kilpin Hill, Heckmondwike  Private 250773, 20th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Died 3rd August 1917 aged 30 Buried Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord, France Husband of Emily Bellerby Lived 45, Jeremy Lane, Heckmondwike  Corporal 91332, The Tank Corps Died 20th November 1917 aged 27 No Known Grave Commemorated Cambrai Memorial, France Husband of Clara Bennett Lived 2, Cemetery Road, Heckmondwike  Private 20081, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards Died 9th October 1917 aged 35 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Husband of Ada Bennett Lived 2, Cemetery Road, Heckmondwike  Driver 1460, Royal Field Artillery Died 26th July 1916 aged 27 Buried Mesnil Community Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Husband of Gladys Benson Lived 14, Kilpin Hill, Heckmondwike  Signal Boy J/39929, Royal Navy Died 31st May 1916 aged 16 Lost at Sea Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial Son of Henry and Mathilda Blakeley Lived 11, Northgate, Heckmondwike  Allan Bowker Private 26361, 2nd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Died of Wounds 5th August 1918 aged 36 Buried Heckmondwike Cemetery Son of Henry and Mary Jane Bowker Lived 47, Regent Street, Heckmondwike  Private 29887, Northumberland Fusiliers Died 14th April 1917 aged 20 Buried Duisans British Cemetery Etrun, Pas de Calais, France Son of George and Emily Brayshaw (both deceased) Lived 63, Cemetery Road / Oldfield Lane, Heckmondwike  Private 236085, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Died 9th October 1917 aged 18 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of James and Lydia Ann Brearley Lived 50, Church Street, Heckmondwike  Able Seaman KP/856, Royal Naval Volunteer Service Died 27th December 1915 aged 27 Buried at the Redoubt Cemetery Helles, Turkey Husband of Polly Briggs Lived 6, Barber Square, Heckmondwike Private 6120, Northumberland Fusiliers Died 26th June 1916 aged 20 Buried Dartmoor Cemetery Becordel-Becourt, France Lived 4, Royle Fold, Heckmondwike  Rifleman 15420, 11th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps Died 24th August 1916 aged 21 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of Henry and Mary Jane Brooke Lived 2, Wharton Street, Heckmondwike  Lance Corporal 26165, 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Died 24th July 1917 aged 31 No Known Grave Commemorated Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium Husband of Lily Burnett Lived 138, High Street, Heckmondwike  Private 16/1572, 16th Battalion West Riding Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Died 27th February 1917 aged 38 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Husband of Ada Cartwright Lived 21, Regent Street, Heckmondwike  Sapper 239493, Royal Engineers (Railway Operating Division) Died 27th May 1918 aged 21 Buried Mendingham Military Cemetery, Belgium Son of Edward and Ada Corcoran Lived 4, Walkley Terrace, Heckmondwike Private 11049, 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 31st October 1914 aged 22 No Known Grave Commemorated Le Touret Memorial, France Son of John and Martha Coulton Lived 2, Peel Street, Heckmondwike  Norman Lawrence Coward Private 27078, 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (The Green Howards) Died 28th March 1918 aged 21 Buried Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, France Son of George and Alice Coward Lived 23, Brighton Terrace, Heckmondwike  Private 22430, 6th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment Died 17th July 1916 aged 34 No Known Grave Commemorated Shaikh Saad Old Cemetery Memorial, Amara War Cemetery, Iraq Husband of Alice Ann Crane Lived 55, Heckmondwike Road, Heckmondwike  Corporal 14854, 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action 27th August 1917 aged 23 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium Son of Aaron and Sarah Crossley Lived 15, Beauregard Street, Heckmondwike  Private 205211, 1st/5th Battalion Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Killed in Action 25th April 1918 aged 19 Buried at Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, Belgium Son of Thomas Wood and Kate Crowther Lived Battye Street School House, Heckmondwike  Private 46575, 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Died of Wounds 28th October 1918 aged 27 Buried Giavera British Cemetery Giavera del Montello, Provincia di Treviso, Veneto Italy Son of James and Ann Culbert Lived at 10, Park Road, Heckmondwike  Private 32617, 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Died 5th June 1917 aged 31 Buried Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium Husband of Laura Cusworth Lived 20, High Street, Heckmondwike  Private PLY/184(S), Royal Marine Light Infantry Killed in Action 13th November 1916 aged 20 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of James and Caroline Dent Lived 11, King Street, Heckmondwike  Private 8741, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards Died 16th May 1915 aged 21 No Known Grave Commemorated Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Son of William Edward and Mary Jane Dobson Lived 12, Cambridge Street, Heckmondwike Private 11659, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died 3rd May 1915 aged 43 Buried Heckmonwike Cemetery Husband of Ellen Donnelly Lived 55, Croft Street, Heckmondwike  Lance Sergeant 17687, Northumberland Fusiliers Died 20th September 1917 aged 27 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Husband of Maud Doran Lived 3, Herbert Street, Heckmondwike Private 330735, 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion Highland Light Infantry Died 25th September 1917 aged 22 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of Joseph and Annie Duffin Lived 131, Cemetery Road, Heckmondwike  Private 57651, East Yorkshire Regiment Died 12th November 1918 aged 18 Buried Heckmondwike Cemetery Son of Charles Watt and Mary Ann Duthie Lived Westfield House, Little Green Lane, Heckmondwike  Private 44194, 12th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 8th November 1917 aged 26 Buried Oxford Road Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Son of Robert and Ada A Dye Lived 18, Kaye Street, Heckmondwike  Private 025162, Army Ordnance Corps (EEF) Died 7th December 1917 aged 48 Buried Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Husband of Mary Ann Dyson Lived 16, Back Lane, Heckmondwike  Private 27001, 8th Battalion Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Regiment) Died 8th October 1916 aged 23 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of William and Frances Exley Lived 15, Darley Street, Heckmondwike Private 35570, Labour Corps, Durham Light Infantry Died 14th November 1918 aged 31 Buried Blargies Communal Cemetery Extension, Oise, France Husband of Beatrice Annie Exley Lived 124, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Private 27567, 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (The Green Howards) Died 12th July 1916 aged 19 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Memorial, France Son of John France and Rosetta Exley Lived 103, High Street, Heckmondwike  Lance Corporal 241030, 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died of Wounds 19th November 1918 aged 21 Buried Saint Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine Maritime, France Son of Thomas and Mary Farrell of Liverpool Lived 30, Kaye Street, Heckmondwike  Rifleman 40050, Royal Irish Rifles Died 29th November 1916 aged 21 Buried Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium Son of Richard and Mary Faulkner Lived at 70, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Private 20879, East Lancashire Regiment Died 16th October 1915 aged 35 Buried East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece Husband of Ann Fawcett Lived 81, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Joseph Fieldhouse Lance Corporal 14564, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died 19th March 1916 aged 31 Buried Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France Husband of Eva Fieldhouse Lived 53, High Street, Heckmondwike  Private 12/1474, 12th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 1st July 1916 aged 24 Buried Queens Cemetery, Puisieux, France Son of John and Mary Ellen Finnigan Lived 30, Kaye Street, Heckmondwike  Private 33510, 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Died 16th August 1917 aged 20 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of Joseph Henry and Mary Firth Lived at 22, Boundary Street, Heckmondwike Sergeant 7522, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Killed in Action 4th June 1916 aged 29 Buried Essex Farm Cemetery Boezinge, Belgium Son of Squire and Martha Firth Lived 45, King Street, Heckmondwike  Private 20534, 2nd/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action 3rd May 1917 aged 35 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Memorial, France Son of George and Harriet Fisher Lived 10, Milton Square, Heckmondwike  Private 18195, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Died 18th October 1917 aged 22 Buried Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France Son of John and Mary Ellen France Lived 10, Birkhead Street, Heckmondwike Private 42004, 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment Died 10th April 1918 aged 18 No Known Grave Commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Son of Charlton and Catherine Franklin Lived 59, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Private PLY/175(S), Royal Marine Light Infantry Died 3rd May 1915 aged 22 No Known Grave Commemorated Helles Memorial, Turkey Son of Robert and Sarah Gale Lived 10, Beck Lane, Heckmondwike  Private 37235, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Died 20th February 1917 aged 28 Buried Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium Son of John and Ada Gibson Lived 44, Chapel Lane, Heckmondwike  Private 202002, 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action 3rd September 1916 aged 29 Buried Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France Husband of Maria Gill Lived Leeds New Road, Heckmondwike Private 15777, Coldstream Guards Died 14th September 1916 aged 25 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of John and Ann Gladman Lived 16, Princess Street, Heckmondwike Private G/20685, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Died 16th August 1916 aged 37 Buried Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Somme, France Son of John and Ann Gladman Lived 16, Princess Street, Heckmondwike  Private 136018, 34th Battalion Machine Gun Corps Died 1st November 1918 aged 19 Buried Kezelberg Military Cemetery, Belgium Son of Josiah and Annie Louisa Goodall Lived 69, Battye Street, Heckmondwike  Private 35445, 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action 24th October 1918 aged 19 Buried at Verchain British Cemetery, Verchain-Maugre, France Son of Ernest and Martha Goodall Lived Coop House, Batley Road, Heckmondwike Signaller 31662, 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Died 6th January 1919 aged 27 Buried Heckmondwike Cemetery Son of Albert and Eliza Greenwood Lived 74, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Private 235528, 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Died 18th September 1917 aged 32 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Husband of Elsie Haddon Lived 41, Croft Street, Heckmondwike  Private 27538, 15th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) Died 19th August 1917 aged 20 Buried Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, France Son of John and Annie Hagan Lived 6, Upper George Street, Heckmondwike  Air Mechanic 2nd Class 77450, 21st Squadron Royal Flying Corps Killed in a Flying Accident 21st August 1917 aged 28 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Flying Services Memorial, France Husband of Sarah (Sadie) Hallam Lived 6, Sharpe Street, Heckmondwike  Private 16/1490, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Died 1st July 1916 aged 38 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Husband of Elizabeth Ann Hanson Lived 114, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike Private 235581, 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (The Green Howards) Died 9th April 1918 aged 21 No Known Grave Commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Son of William Eward and Annie Hanson Lived 157, High Street, Heckmondwike  Harry Headley Private 76290, 20th Battalion Manchester Regiment Killed in Action 23rd October 1918 aged 20 Buried Pommereuil British Cemetery, Nord, France Son of Isabel West Lived 9, Brooke Street, Heckmondwike  Private 79767, Durham Light Infantry Died 9th September 1918 aged 19 No Known Grave Commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, Pas-de-Calais, France Son of Edwin and Maria Hepworth Lived 10, Strawberry Square, Heckmondwike  Private 982, York and Lancaster Regiment Died 1st July 1916 aged 24 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of William Henry and Mary Jane Hinchliffe Lived 53, Lobley Street, Heckmondwike  Lance Corporal S/9754, 4th/5th Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Died 28 July 1918 aged 24 No Known Grave Commemorated Soissons Memorial, Aisne, Picardie, France Son of William Henry and Mary Jane Hincliffe Lived 12, Milton Square, Heckmondwike  Ordinary Seaman J/31566, Royal Navy Died 31st May 1916 aged 19 Lost at Sea Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial Son of Joseph and Edith Hirst Lived Victoria Street, Heckmondwike  Private 19472, 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died 24 February 1917 aged 32 Buried Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France Son of Ephraim and Elizabeth Hirst Lived Hollinbank Terrace, Heckmondwike ex Army Died at home 27th September 1919 aged 42 Buried Heckmondwike Cemetery Husband of Edith Hirst Lived 51, Croft Street, Heckmondwike  Gunner 1931, 2nd West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Died 23rd January 1916 aged 24 Buried Heckmondwike Upper Independent Chapel Son of Walter and Hannah Hirst Lived 6, Garden Street, Heckmondwike  Private 204061, 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Died 21st November 1917 aged 26 No Known Grave Commemorated Cambria Memorial, Louveral, France Husband of Florence Walker Lived 103, Cemetery Road, Heckmondwike  Private 21/112, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Killed in Action 11th May 1917 aged 41 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Memorial, France Son of Abraham and Elizabeth Holmes Lived 20, Chapel Lane, Heckmondwike  Harold Binns Holt Private 6019, 4th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died of Wounds 1st October 1917 aged 38 Buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery, De Klijte, Belgium Son Robert and Mary Holt Lived 26, Ings Road, Heckmondwike  Private 6104, Northumberland Fusiliers Died 25th September 1915 aged 21 No Known Grave Commemorated Loos Memorial, France Husband of Ethel Jenkinson Lived 37, High Street, Heckmondwike  Corporal 21/507, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Died 20th May 1918 age 25 Buried at Gonnehem British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Son of Henry and Esther Kaye Lived 8 Park Rd, Jeremy Lane, Heckmondwike Private 4525, York and Lancaster Regiment Died 25th March 1916 aged 40 Buried Heckmondwike Cemetery Husband of Julia Ann Keach (deceased) Lived 158, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike Private 42360, 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment (Barnsley Pals) Died 12th April 1918 aged 19 No Known Grave Commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Son of James and Elizabeth Law Lived 27, Kaye Street, Heckmondwike Private 20710, 9th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Killed in Action 6th November 1917 aged 30 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Husband of Lily Lawford Lived 35, Upper Beauregard Street, Heckmondwike  Sapper 82901, Royal Engineers Died 15th April 1915 aged 28 No Known Grave Commemorated Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium Son of Thomas and Emma Lawton Lived 40, Cater Lane, Heckmondwike  Ordinary Seaman J/56146, Royal Navy Died 14th January 1917 aged 20 Lost at Sea Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial Son of Fred and Lizzie Ledgard Lived 42, Victoria Street, Heckmondwike Private 45326, 13th (Service) (1st Barnsley) Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment Killed in Action 12th April 1918 aged 26 No Known Grave Commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Husband of Elsie Lees Lived 150, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Lance Corporal 242701, 1st/4th Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died of Wounds 27 October 1918 aged 25 Buried Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France Husband of Annie Lindsay Lived 40, High Street, Heckmondwike  Raymond Lister Private 200784 (4008), 4th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Died 3rd September 1916 aged 21 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial Pier, Somme, France Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Lister Lived 19, Grosvenor Terrace, Heckmondwike This image is copyright, Raymond Lister © IWM (HU 124192) please see webpage for details  Corporal 113220, Q Special Coy 189th Company, Royal Engineers Died of Wounds 20th July 1917 aged 26 Buried Etaples Military Cemetery, France Son of Henry and Susannah Lister Lived 31, Francis Street, Heckmondwike  Private 201079, 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action 3 September 1916 aged 21 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of George and Hannah Mapplebeck Lived 35, Westgate, Heckmondwike  Private 27897, 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Died 6th October 1917 aged 23 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of Harry Gaythorne and Mary Moffatt Lived at 97, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike Private 39951, 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Killed in Action 6th December 1917 aged 19 Buried Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, France Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Morris Lived 4, Hope Street, Heckmondwike  Private No.12512, 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died 5th May 1915 aged 32 Buried Reninghelst Churchyard Extension, Belgium Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Marsden Morris Lived 11, Union Road, Heckmondwike Private 16/1488, 16th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Bradford Pals) Died 27th February 1917 aged 37 Buried Owl Trench Cemetery, Hebuterne, France Son of Henry and France Jane Morton Lived 67, Croft Street, Heckmondwike  Private 6123, 1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Died 11th April 1918 aged 26 No Known Grave Commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Son of Henry and Sarah Naylor Lived 15, Battye Street, Heckmondwike  Private 3955, 1st/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Killed in Action 7th July 1916 aged 30 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Husband of Martha A Nelson Lived 68, High Street, Heckmondwike  Lance Corporal 7303, 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died 5th May 1915 aged 29 Buried in Reninghelst Churchyard Extension, Belgium Husband of Eliza North Lived 4, Hope Street, Heckmondwike  George Arthur North Private 28845, 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action 9th April 1917 aged 30 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Memorial, France Husband of Elizabeth North Lived Upper Beauregard Street, Heckmondwike  Private 50278, Northumberland Fusiliers Died 28th April 1917 aged 22 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Memorial, France Son of Alfred and Emma Oddy Lived 8, Milton Square, Heckmondwike Private 235581, 1st/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Died 5th April 1918 aged 18 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Memorial, France Son of Tom Chambler and Martha Eliza Orman Lived 3, Firth Square, Heckmondwike Private 27092, 6th Battalion Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own) Died 17th January 1917 aged 23 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of George and Annie Parker Lived 5, High Street, Heckmondwike  Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Died of Wounds 31st December 1917 aged 24 Buried in Rocquigny-Equaricourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France Son of Hiram and Annie Parker Lived 20, Francis Street, Heckmondwike  Private 27977, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Died 26th June 1916 aged 20 Buried Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Somme, France Husband of Alice Pearce Lived 48, Church Street, Heckmondwike  Private 28679, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 16th Battalion (Bradford Pals) Killed in Action 12th May 1917 Aged 25 Commemorated on the Arras Memorial Bay 4 Son of John Edward and Emma Peel Lived at 75, Dale Lane, Heckmondwike  Private 202158 (4986), 1st/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 8th July 1916 Aged 20 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of Albert Edward and Violetta Pogson Lived Hadfield Buildings, Heckmondwike  Private 10809, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 15th September 1916 aged 22 No Known Grave Commemorated Loos Memorial, France Son of Strickland and Ada Preston Lived Eldon Street, Heckmondwike  Private 202573, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 27th November 1917 aged 37 No Known Grave Commemorated Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France Husband of Rhoda Ann Preston Lived 6, Darley Street, Heckmondwike  John Willie Priestley Private 156542, 19th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Killed in Action 7th September 1918 aged 32 Buried Chocques Military Cemetery near Bethune, France Husband of Martha Ellen Priestley Lived 13, Milton Square, Heckmondwike  Private 75064, 21st Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Died 8th October 1917 aged 21 Buried Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Belgium Son of Joseph and Annie Quarmby Lived Nunroyd, Heckmondwike  Private 20629, 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Died 11th July 1916 aged 28 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of Joseph and Annie Quarmby Lived Nunroyd, Heckmondwike  Private 42848, 4th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Died 16th April 1918 aged 28 Buried Hedauville Communal Cemetery Extension, France Son of William and Alice Radbone Lived 5, Bottoms, Heckmondwike  Drummer 19498, 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Died 4th March 1917 aged 28 Buried Brown’s Military Cemetery, Festubert, Pas de Calais, France Husband of Lilian Redhead Lived 115, High Street, Heckmondwike  Private 28981, 1st Battalion Border Regiment Killed in Action 1st April 1918 aged 28 Buried at Oxford Road Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium Husband of Elsie Rhodes Lived 5, Chapel Lane, Heckmondwike Private 268219, 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died of Wounds 27th August 1918 aged 21 Buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, France Son of John Edwin and Ann Robinson Lived 23, Eldon Street, Heckmondwike  Lance Corporal 28670, 9th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince Of Wales's Own) Died 17th January 1917 aged 19 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of George and Hannah Maria Roe Lived Hadfield Buildings, Heckmondwike  Private 161013, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 27th September 1915 aged 23 No Known Grave Commemorated Loos Memorial, France Son of Edgar and Mary Schofield both deceased Lived 18, Cook Lane, Heckmondwike  Private 15024, Northumberland Fusiliers Died 25th September 1918 aged 27 Buried Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France Son of Arthur and Sarah Rebecca Schofield Lived 2, Eldon Street, Heckmondwike  Private 50116, 7th Lincolnshire Regiment Died 13th October 1918 aged 30 Buried Highland Cemetery Le Cateau, France Husband of Clara Schofield Lived 48, Regent Street, Heckmondwike  Lance Corporal R/13265, 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps Died 24th August 1916 aged 23 Buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France Son of Thompson and Catherine Scorer Lived 9, Powell Street, Heckmondwike  Private 77508, 22nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry Killed in Action 26th April 1918 age 19 No Known Grave Commemorated Poziers Memorial, France Son of Jane Sharp Lived 15, Queen Street, Heckmondwike  Private 26132, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 11th April 1917 aged 21 Buried Warlingcourt Halte British Cemetery, France Son of Alfred and Harriet Shaw Lived 8, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Captain, 8th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Died 30th September 1918 aged 22 Buried Ruyalcourt Military Cemetery, France Son of John William and Emily Simpkin Lived Joan Royd, Heckmondwike This image is copyright, Arthur Wilson Simpkin © IWM (HU 128040) please see webpage for details  Captain (T), 13th Battalion Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Regiment) Killed in Action 22nd March 1918 aged 22 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Memorial, France Son of John William and Emily Simpkin Lived Joan Royd, Heckmondwike This image is copyright, Harry Hargreaves Simpkin © IWM (HU 119136) please see webpage for details  Private 9866, Honourable Artillery Company Died 3rd May 1917 aged 37 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Memorial, France Son of Jonathan and Selina Travers Lived Joan Royd, Heckmondwike This image is copyright, Travers Simpkin © IWM (HU 205388641) please see webpage for details Private No. 51959, 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Killed in Action 28th September 1918 aged 23 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Smith Lived Cawley Hill Farm, Heckmondwike  Private 306302, 1st/7th Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action 29th April 1918 aged 19 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of John and Agnes Smith Lived 79, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Private 27020, 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own) Killed in Action 30th July 1917 aged 22 No Known Grave Commemorated Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium Son of John and Catherine Smith Lived 17, Barber Square, Heckmondwike NormanSmith Private 203060, 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Killed 3rd May 1917 aged 32 No Known Grave Commemorated Arras Memorial, France Husband of Ethel Smith Lived 17, Barber Square, Heckmondwike  Private 52041, 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Killed in Action 23rd October 1918 aged 23 Buried St. Souplet British Cemetery, Nord, France Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Spink Lived 9, Brooke Street, Heckmondwike  Private 35130, 25th Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish) Died of Wounds 27th April 1917 aged 38 Buried Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France Husband of Alice Stead Lived 111, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Bugler 12/2151, 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Killed in Action 13th April 1918 aged 20 No Known Grave Commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Son of Ellis and Ellen Sutcliffe Lived 7, Birkhead Street, Heckmondwike  Acting Bombardier 95023, 1st/1st Essex Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Killed in Action 21st November 1917 aged 34 Buried Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium Son of Frederick James and Frances Mary Tattersfield Lived The Hollins, Kilpin Hill, Heckmondwike Private 18/1566, 15th/17th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Died 12th April 1918 aged 25 No Known Grave Commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Son of Arthur and Mary Jane Tattersfield Lived 30, Boundary Street, Flush, Heckmondwike Private 1827, 12th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 13th January 1919 aged 35 Buried Bowling Cemetery, Rooley Lane, Bradford Husband of Charlotte Taylor Lived 18, King Street, Heckmondwike  Private 5954, 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action 15th August 1916 aged 20 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of Joss and Alice Townend Lived 11, Bottoms, Heckmondwike  Private 22511, 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Died 24th August 1916 aged 18 Buried Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, France Son of Frank Bellwood and Mary Hannah Trevitt Lived 5, Fountain Street, Heckmondwike  Private 48132, 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (The Green Howards) Died 22nd March 1918 aged 20 Commemorated Pozieres Memorial, France Son of George and Emily Ann Turton Lived 4, Cater Lane, Heckmondwike  John Wadsworth Private 38152, Yorkshire Regiment Died 8th May 1918 aged 39 No Known Grave Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Husband of Eva Wadsworth Lived 131, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Private 25231, 17th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) Died 1st August 1917 aged 22 Buried Brandhoek Cemetery, Belgium Son of Joseph and Sarah Walker Lived 43, Upper George Street, Heckmondwike  Private 242697, 1st/5th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 25th March 1917 aged 26 Buried Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France Son of Joe and Annie Walker Lived at 5, Northgate, Heckmondwike  Private 14435, 1st Battalion Scots Guards Died 6th April 1917 aged 31 Buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Walker Lived at 102, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Rifleman C/7714, King's Royal Rifle Corps Died 15th September 1916 aged 19 Buried Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Somme, France Son of Thomas and Eva Walker Lived Joanroyd, Heckmondwike Private 17213, 2nd Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Killed in Action 14th April 1917 aged 29 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of Michael and Mary Walsh Lived 16, Royle Fold, Heckmondwike Private 306532, 2nd/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died 3rd May 1917 aged 32 Buried Ecoust Military Cemetery, Ecoust-Saint-Mien, Pas de Calais, France Son of Michael and Mary Walsh Lived 16, Royle Fold, Heckmondwike  Sergeant 14729, Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Died 1st July 1916 aged 19 Buried Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boiselle, Somme, France Son of Albert and Annie Walshaw Lived 3, Birkhead Street, Heckmondwike  Lance Corporal 33124, Royal Engineers Died 18th May 1918 aged 25 Buried Conde-Sur-L’Escaut Communal Cemetery, Belgium Son of George and Mary Ann Ward Lived 4, Grove Street, Heckmondwike Private 16/1631, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Died 1st July 1916 aged 25 Buried Serre Road Cemetery No.1, Pas de Calais, France Husband of Grace Weaver Lived 37, Upper Beauregard Street, Heckmondwike  Leonard Whitaker Clerk 249154, Royal Air Force Died 24th November 1918 aged 27 Buried at Sea Commemorated Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton Husband of Grace Whitaker Lived 82, High Street, Heckmondwike Private 205573, 4th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died 23rd November 1918 aged 33 Buried Earlsheaton Cemetery, Dewsbury Husband of Edith Willett Lived 60, Church Street, Heckmondwike  Private 27398, 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (The Green Howards) Died 8th February 1917 No Known Grave Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of William Sutcliffe and Theodosia Wilson Lived 80a, Walkley Lane, Heckmondwike  Private 22483, 12th/6th Northumberland Fusiliers Died 3rd July 1916 aged 33 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of William and Sarah Jane Winn Lived 36, Brighton Street, Heckmondwike  Private Ply/21(S), Royal Marine Light Infantry Died 3rd May 1915 aged 27 No Known Grave Commemorated Helles Memorial, Turkey Husband of Jessie Wood Lived Upper Beauregard Street, Heckmondwike  Private B/20296, 26th Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) Killed in Action 7th October 1916 aged 23 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of William Henry and Sarah Ann Wright Lived 13, Laurel Mount, Heckmondwike  Private 4547, 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Killed in Action 4th July 1916 aged 21 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of Albert and Florence Wright Lived Robin Lane, Kilpin Hill, Heckmondwike  Private 22484, 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Died 11th July 1916 aged 33 No Known Grave Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Son of Arthur and Mary Yeadon Lived 86, Cemetery Road, Heckmondwike |