Category Archives: Cross Roads
Samuel Arnold Gott Corporal Samuel Arnold Gott of the 21st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Pioneers). Service number 839. [caption id="attachment_10018" align="alignleft" width="199"] Private Samuel Gott, taken before he was posted abroad.[/caption] Early life: Samuel was born 1892 at Cross Roads to parents Joseph, a joiner and builder, and Alice Gott. His birth was registered at…
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Thomas (Tom) Raymond Walmsley Air Mechanic second class (engines) Thomas (Tom) Raymond Walmsley. Royal Navy. Service number F 19088. [caption id="attachment_8882" align="alignnone" width="300"] The Walmsley family grave in Haworth Cemetery on Penistone Hill, Haworth.[/caption] Early life: Tom was born on 13th January 1897. His parents were Thomas Binns Walmsley and Fanny Walmsley née Hartley, who…
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Arthur Hutchinson Private, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd/6th Bn. Service number 4979. [caption id="attachment_8879" align="alignnone" width="300"] The Hutchinson family grave at Haworth Cemetery on Penistone Hill, Haworth.[/caption] Early life: Arthur was born on the 15th April 1895 at Cross Roads and baptised at St. John's Church at Ingrow, with the baptismal record also…
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