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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.

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4th WR Howitzer Bde soldiers on steps of Mechanics' Inst, Otley 1915

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