
MAP OF THE HOMES OF THE FALLEN
Names of the Fallen
ADAMSON, John (Pte 268809) Parish Church Memorial, Otley
AMEY, Willie (Pte 267190) The Grange, Otley
ANDERSON, George Arthur (Rifleman 58673) Parish Church Memorial, Otley
ARNOLD, Edwin (Driver 790058) 10 Cross Green, Otley
ARNOLD, George (Pte 13454) Union Street, Otley
BACKHOUSE, John (Pte 2292) 51 Nelson Street, Otley
BAILEY, Percy Victor (Pte 252483) 53 Cross Green, Otley
BAMBURY, Archie (Driver 951681) 19 Newall Avenue, Otley
BARBER, George Arthur (Lance Sergeant 0) 2 Bank Parade, Otley
BARKER, Geoffrey (Captain) Cambridge House, Otley
BARKER, John Thomas (Pte 9863) Bay Horse Yard, Otley
BARNETT, Leonard (Sgt 11704) "Dovecote", 4 The Square, Otley
BARRETT, Edgar (Pte 202346) Cross Green, Otley
BARRETT, John Samuel (Pte 62946) 56 Cross Green, Otley
BARTLE, Francis Sutcliffe (Driver 533) 7 Jennings Yard, Otley
BEEVERS, Charles Hattersley (Pte 267173) Chevin View, Otley
BELLERBY, William Barber (Bombardier 781205) 57 Danefield Terrace, Otley
BENTLEY, Thomas (Tom) (Pte 49476) Elm Terrace, Otley
BEST, Arthur (Pte 1909) 5 Springfield Place, Westgate, Otley
BLAKEY, Frank (Pte 241945) 16 Ilkley Road, Otley
BONA, Joseph (Company Sergeant Major 13361) 13 Cambridge Terrace, Otley
BOTTOMLEY, Fred (Driver 785216) 28 Walkergate, Otley
BOWMAN, George (Lance Sergeant 265828) 35 Charles Street, Otley
BRADLEY, Albert Edward (Lance Sergeant 17881) 4 Bradford Road, Otley
BROGAN, Thomas (Pte 5307) 5 Leeds Road, Otley
CALVERT, Joseph Walter (Driver 795877) 3 South View Terrace, Otley
CAVILL, Joe (Pte 4181) 23 Victoria Place, Otley
CAWOOD, Harry (Driver 79192) 3 St Clair Street, Otley
CHAFFER, Fred (Pte 0) 50 Clifton Terrace, Otley
CHIPPENDALE, Fred (Pte 14372) Unknown, Otley
CLAPHAM, Raymond (Pte 301999) 68 The Oval, Otley (Newall), UK
CLAXTON, Max (Pte) Bay Horse Inn, Otley
COCKERHAM, Osmond Fogg (Pte 18456) Bank Parade, Otley
COOK, Fred (Pte) 64 Well Hill, Otley
COOK, George William (Pte 364301) 9 Wesley Street, Otley
COUSINS, George (Pte 2896) 7 Union Street, Otley
CRADDOCK, William (Pte 235279) 10 Manor Street, Otley
CRAGG, Charles Gibson (Pte 42124) 11 Cambridge Terrace, Otley
CUNLIFFE, Henry Bowling (Pte 91068) 55 Boroughgate, Otley
CURRIE, John (Driver 308) 10 Walkergate, Otley
CURRIE, Joseph (Pte 17867) Chevin Side, Otley
CURRIE, William (Acting Bombardier 781023) 10 Walkergate, Otley
CURTIS, Maurice (L/Cpl 3093) Unknown, Otley
DAWSON, Charles Frederick (Gunner 781214) 51 Bradford Road, Otley
DAWSON, Maurice (Pte 9742) 3 Lamberts Yard, Gay Lane, Otley
DEAN, James W (Pte 28802) 8 Walkergate, Otley
DIBB, Arthur Clement (Gunner 1809) 11 Pool Road, Otley
DIBB, Harold (Gunner 50559) 11 Pool Road, Otley
DIBB, Joseph Clarence (Pte 36227) 11 Pool Road, Otley
DINSDALE, Walter (Pte 54656) 31 Hamilton Terrace, Otley
DOBSON, Francis (Pte 23325) Rose & Crown Bondgate, Otley
DOWNING, Arthur (Pte 205103) Cross Green, Otley
DUFFISSEY, William (Sapper 476928) 20 Albion Street, Otley
DUNCAN, Gordon McMillan (Pte 81721) Shawcliffe, Otley
DURRANS, Joseph (Rifleman 267935) West Busk Lane, Otley
EDWARDS, Harry (Pte) 16 Cambridge Terrace, Otley
ELLIOTT, Douglas Arthur (Staff Sergeant Armament 0) Chevin Villas, Otley
ENGLAND, Wilfred (Pte 29484) 3 Ashfield Place, Otley
FIELDHOUSE, Joseph Arthur (Pte 57647) 6 Bridge Avenue, Otley
FINNIGAN, James John (Pte) Farnley Camp Farnley Park, Otley
FIRTH, Walter Anthony (Pte 13101) 10 Manor Street, Otley
FORREST, Edgar (Pte 66064) 54 Westgate, Otley
FORREST, Henry Bowling (Pte 267045) 59 Orchard Street, Otley
FOSTER, Arnold (Pte 27679) 20 Station Road, Otley
FOWLER, James Edward (Saddler CPL 780974) Parish Church Memorial, Otley
GARTH, Frank (Pte 25240) 12 South Parade, Otley
GOLDSBROUGH, John Milfred (Gunner 695) 36 Carlton Street, Otley
GOODALL, Jack (Ordinary Seaman) 2 Thackray Square, Otley
HAINING, Joseph (Pte 40871) 5 Burras Lane, Otley
HALL, Roland (Pte 46297) 7 Danefield Terrace, Otley
HALL, Walter (Sergeant 28338) 46 Leeds Road, Otley
HARDWICK, Benjamin Firth (Pte 96360) 33 South View, Otley
HARGREAVES, Harold (Pte 10177) 38 Leeds Road, Otley
HARGREAVES, James Bell (Pte 241894) 38 Leeds Road, Otley
HAWKINS, Harry (Bombadier 780984) Bradford Road, Otley
HAWKINS, James (Pte 405046) 1 Bradford Road, Otley
HEXTALL, Benjamin Claude (Gunner 781048) 12 North Parade, Otley
HIGGINS, William (L/Cpl 11707) 19 Craven Street, Otley
HOBSON, Albert (Pte 62057) 65 Cross Green, Otley
HOBSON, Richard Baxter (Pte 12488) 5 Ramsey Terrace, Otley
HOLDEN, Charles Frederick (Pte 65688) Parish Church Memorial, Otley
HOLLINGS, Ernest Albert (Pte 32459) 28 North Avenue, Otley
HOLMES, Alfred Ernest (Gunner 780193) 17 Craven Street, Otley
HOLMES, William Ethelred (L/Cpl 14456) Rose Bank House, Otley (Newall), UK
HOPKINS, Walter (Pte 266015) 82 Leeds Road, Otley
HORNER, John (Pte 2669) 9 Craven View Leeds Road, Otley
HOUSEMAN, Harold (Pte 62298) Black Bull Hotel, Otley
HOWES, Albert (Pte 57775) 14 South Parade, Otley
HUDSON, Joseph (Gunner 140493) 9 Leeds Road, Otley
HUNT, James Robert Holman (Pte 202187) 22 Crow Lane, Otley
HYMAS, Frank (Corporal 780976) 21 Guycroft, Otley
IVES, Fred (Sapper 202137) Manor Street, Otley
JACKSON, Fred Airton (Driver 796588) 9 Chevin Lane, Otley
JACKSON, Harry (L/Cpl 45567) 9 Chevin Side, Otley
JACKSON, Herbert (Pte 26579) 42 Leeds Road, Otley
JENKINSON, Robert (Pte 700159) 13 Hamilton Terrace, Otley
JOHNSON, George Albert (Pte 150648) 14 Manor Street, Otley
JONES, Thomas Anthony (Sapper 44292) 3 Manchester Square, Otley
KAYE, Joseph (Pte 266224) Boroughgate, Otley
KELLY, Fred (Cpl 2012) 4 St. Clair's Street, Otley
KERSHAW, Fred Stockdale (Pte 34183) 47 Leeds Road, Otley
KIDD, Philip Chabert (Second Lieutenant ) 56 (Dovecote Hse) Boroughgate, Otley
KIDD, Vivian Norval (Major 0) 56 (Dovecote Hse) Boroughgate, Otley
KILNER, Herbert (Pte 13460) 14 Bank Parade, Otley
LAWSON, Harry (Sergeant 24813) 8 Albion Street, Otley
LAWSON, George, (Gunner 690) Parish Church Memorial & Otley Cemetery (Address unknown)
LEE, Walter (Sergeant 1790) 6 Bank Parade, Otley
LEEMING, Percy Harold (Rifleman) 7 Silver Mill, Otley
LONGFIELD, Frank (L/Cpl 98607) 19 Albion Street, Otley
LUCAS, Alfred (Pte 40072) 6 Chevin Terrace, Otley
LUPTON, Ernest Horsman (Pte 57654) 93 Ilkley Road, Otley
LYNES, Ernest (Sergeant 11705) Danefield Terrace, Otley
MACKENZIE, Alfred (Pte 436619) 9 Farnley lane, Otley
MALCOLM, Geoffrey Cooper (Lieutenant ) Parish Church Memorial, Otley
MANN, Charles E Bontoft (Pte 30353) 10 Wesley Street, Otley
MARSHALL, William Arthud (Gunner 108201) 32 Station Road, Otley
McSOLEY, James (Pte 20257) 49 Nelson Street, Otley
MILLER, Arthur (Pte 18333) Cambridge Cottages Leeds Road, Otley
MILLIGAN, John (Shoeing Smith, Staff Sergeant Major W.O.1 76174) Carr Top Farm, Otley (Clifton), UK
MORRELL, George (Pte 7324) 30 Carlton Street, Otley
MORRELL, John (Pte 21384) 62 Carlton Terrace, Otley
MUDD, Archie Hugh (Pte 43729) 47 Boroughgate, Otley
MUDD, Edgar (Pte 5581) 47 Boroughgate, Otley
MYERS, John Flesher (Captain} 8 Guycroft, Otley
NANGLE, Michael (Pte 14312) Our lady and All Saints, Otley
NELSON, John Rowland (Pte 50695) 29 Mount Pisgah, Otley
NELSON, Richard (Pte 29715) 51 Danefield Terrace, Otley
NEWELL, George Henry (Pte 3346) Garnetts Mill, Otley
NICE, Herbert W (Pte - L/CPL) 8 Burras Lane, Otley
NICHOLSON, Norman (Pte 39020) 34 Leeds Road, Otley
PALEY, Lawrence (Pte) Manor House Hotel Walkergate, Otley
PARKER, Leonard (Pte 266018) 20 Guycroft, Otley
PARKER, Wilfred (Pte 41676) Parish Church Memorial, Otley
PARSONS, Sydney Noble (Cpl 7623) Eastbourne House, Otley
PAWSON, Norman Francis (Ernest) (Pte 1650) Albion Street, Otley
PAYNE, George (Pte 12124) 47 Orchard Street, Otley
PEARSON, Thomas (Pte 30192) 31 Albion Street, Otley
PERRETT, George Henry (Pte) 34 North Avenue, Otley
PICKARD, William (Rifleman 39883) Grange Farm, Otley (Timble), UK
PICKLES, Harry Silvester (Pte 29478) 7 Granville Terrace, Otley
POLSON, William Alexander (Gunner 96659) 51 Danefield Terrace, Otley
PULLAN, Francis (L/Sergeant (Cpl) 13456) 84 Albion Street, Otley
RAWNSLEY, John William (Sergeant) 17 South Parade, Otley
RAWNSLEY, Walter (Pte 64543) 17 South Parade, Otley
RAYNOR, Harold Bell (Pte 24682) 40 Craven Terrace Leeds Road, Otley
REYNOLDS, John Thomas (Pte 4313) Manor Lodge, Otley
RHODES, Forbes (Sergeant 506) Danefield Terrace, Otley
RHODES, Harry (Pte 13457) 45 Orchard Street, Otley
RHODES, William Ward (Sergeant 8454) Jennings Yard, Otley
ROBINSON, John (Petty Officer lst Class) 37 Hamilton Terrace, Otley
RYDER, Harry (Pte 7661) 9 Burras Lane, Otley
RYDER, Herbert (Gunner 786524) 49 Union Terrace, Otley
SANDIFORTH, John Herbert (Fitter 168587) Leeds Road, Otley
SAVILLE, Robert (Captain ) Burras Hill, Otley
SCOTT, Walter (L/Cpl 13467) 15 Danefield Terrace, Otley
SECKER, Frank (Pte 31913) 7 Queens Place, Otley
SEEKER, Alfred (Pte) 11 Queens Place, Otley
SENIOR, Arthur Renton (Pte 57418) Weirside Bridge Avenue, Otley
SHAPCOTT, Joseph Ernest (Pte 52257) 20 Bridge Avenue, Otley
SIMPSON, Alfred ( 786126) Parish Church Memorial, Otley
SIMPSON, Thomas (Pte 13481) 64 Leeds Road, Otley
SIMPSON, William (Pte 13365) 64 Leeds Road, Otley
SLATER, Albert (Pte 18878) 5 Garnett Street, Otley
SMITH, Charles (Driver 786369) 3 Granville Terrace, Otley
SMITH, Harry (Pte 9503) 12 Newall Avenue, Otley
SMITH, James Arthur (Corporal 786087) 36 Bennetts Yard, Boroughgate, Otley
SMITH, George Henry (Pte 242814) 33 Cross Green, Otley
SPENCER, Arthur (Pte 11714) 10 Cross Green, Otley
SPENCER, Thomas (Pte 10386) 10 Cross Green, Otley
STEPHENSON, Harry Foster (Fitter/Staff Sergeant [SSgt] 786666) Cambridge Terrace, Otley
STOREY, Harry (Pte 266736) Jennets Crescent, Otley
STOWE, William Hardwick (Temporary 2nd Lieutenant 0) 1 Chevin Avenue, Otley
STURDY, George Brent (Sgt 265136) 22 Bondgate, Otley
SUTTLE, Arthur (Acting Bombardier 781033) Grove House, Otley
SWAIN, Herbert William (Pte 7065) 33 Albion Street, Otley
SWAINSTON, William (Company Sergeant Major 13453) Parish Church Memorial, Otley
SWINBURNE, Thomas (Pte 62784) Garnett's Paper Mill Mill Lane, Otley
TAYLOR, Edgar (Corporal 116) 43 Orchard Street, Otley
THOMPSON, James Arthur (Lt. Corporal 13464) 24 Bank Parade, Otley
THORNTON, Harry (Stoker 1st Class) Gay Lane, Otley
TODD, Jim (Pte 57422) 52 Bradford Road, Otley
TODD, Herbert (Bombadier 781083) 57 Courthouse Street, Otley
TRISTRAM, James Henry Bertram (Pte 9742) Vicarage, Otley
TURTON, Charles Greaves (Pte 2143) 7 Grosvenor Terrace, Otley
VARNEY, Thomas Henry (Driver 627) 2 Albion Street, Otley
VAUSE, George Hector (Private/Gunner 3252) 30 Crow Lane, Otley
WADDINGTON, James Enos Rhodes (Pte) 1 Bridge Avenue, Otley
WAITE, Slater (Pte 22746) Bondgate, Otley
WALSH, John Thomas (Driver 796722) 43 Courthouse Street, Otley
WARBURTON, George (Private on enlistment 2001) Rose Dene Weston Lane, Otley
WHITAKER, Ben (Bombadier 786116) 43 Guycroft, Otley
WHITAKER, Fred (Driver 786117) 43 Guycroft, Otley
WHITAKER, George Singleton (Bombadier 781183) 1 Ramsey Terrace, Otley
WIGGLESWORTH, Henry Joseph (L/Cpl 38955) 7 Albion Street, Otley
WILKINSON, Alpheus (Pte 56105) Bennets Yard, Otley
WILSON, Herbert Holdsworth (Pte 202345) Laurel Bank Ellar Ghyll, Otley
WISE, Arthur (Sergeant 781038) Bridge Avenue, Otley
WOOD, Alfred (Corporal 32923) 27 Queens Terrace, Otley
WOOD, Cyril (Sergeant 23944) 50 Boroughgate, Otley
WOOD, Herbert (Pte 12138) Parish Church Memorial, Otley
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A definitive answer to how many Otley men enlisted and served in the First World War may never be known. Of those who died just under 190 unique names are listed on Otley's memorials with further research bringing the total to just over 200 servicemen dying with close ties to the town. Their addresses are listed underneath
Of the fallen, most died or were fatally wounded in Flanders and northern France but others speak of the war's wider conflicts in Mesopotamia and Gallipoli for example. Others died much closer to home in accidents on land or at sea around Britain.
Service
& Loss
4th WR Howitzer Bde soldiers on steps of Mechanics' Inst, Otley 1915


