First Name(s)
WILLIE
Initials
W
Surname
AKEROYD
Place of Birth Rank
PRIVATE
Enlisted
BIRSTALL, YORKS
Regiment
(Duke of Wellingtons) West Riding Regiment
Date of Death
26/03/18
Place of Death
France & Flanders
Family Information
Regiment Information
Commonwealth Grave
Notes
First Name(s)
WILLIAM HENRY
Initials
WH
Surname
ALLOTT
Place of Birth
BIRSTALL, YORKS
Rank
PRIVATE
Enlisted
BATLEY
Regiment
Yorkshire Light Infantry
Date of Death
09/10/17
Place of Death
France & Flanders
Born c Sept 1883 Died aged 34
Family Information Married Minnie Beaumont in c September 1907 and had a daughter Margery in c September 1909. At the time of the 1911 Census was living at 39, Bradford Road, Birstall and was employed as a Warehouseman in a Textile Factory.
Regiment Information
Commonwealth Grave Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment under their respective Ranks. There was little significant activity on this front until 1917, when in the Third Battle of Ypres an offensive was mounted by Commonwealth forces to divert German attention from a weakened French front further south. The initial attempt in June to dislodge the Germans from the Messines Ridge was a complete success, but the main assault north-eastward, which began at the end of July, quickly became a dogged struggle against determined opposition and the rapidly deteriorating weather. The campaign finally came to a close in November with the capture of Passchendaele.
Notes Monument Panel Reference:
Panel 108 to 111.
In Memory of Private WILLIAM HENRY ALLOTT 200823, 1st/4th Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry who died on 09 October 1917 Son of the late George Henry and Betsy Allott; husband of Minnie Allott, of 47, Cambridge Rd., Birstall, Leeds. Remembered with honour TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
First Name(s)
HARRY
Initials
H
Surname
BATLEY
Place of Birth
BIRSTALL, YORKS
Rank
PRIVATE
Enlisted
BATLEY, YORKS
Regiment
Yorkshire Light Infantry
Date of Death
20/07/18
Place of Death
France & Flanders
Born c December 1891 Died Aged 27
Family Information The 1911 Census shows Harry, aged 19, living at 39, Bradford Road, Birstall, with His widowed mother Janet and siblings Rachel Emma (24); James Arthur (22); and Gertrude (20). He was employed as a Foundry Labourer. Around September 1915 he married Mary Ann Ineson
Regiment Information
Commonwealth Grave Courmas British Cemetery, Marne, France Courmas is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Reims. From Reims take the D980 towards Chateau-Thierry and Dormons, passing through the village of Pargny les Reims. After about 8 kilometres turn left along the D6, signposted towards Courmas. The cemetery was made after the Armistice, by the concentration of graves from the neighbouring battlefields and from COURMAS VILLAGE and COURMAS CHATEAU BRITISH CEMETERIES (small cemeteries made by the 62nd (West Riding) Division after the fighting of the 20th July, 1918). There are now over 200, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over a quarter are unidentified and special memorials are erected to seven British soldiers believed to be buried among them.
Notes Memorial Reference: II. J. 8.
In Memory of Private HARRY BATLEY 47657, 2nd/4th Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry who died on 20 July 1918 Husband of Mary Ann Batley, of 16, Brownhill Rd., Batley. Remembered with honour COURMAS BRITISH CEMETERY
Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
First Name(s)
ISAAC EDWARD
Initials
IE
Surname
BAXTER
Place of Birth
BIRSTALL
Rank
PRIVATE
Enlisted
DEWSBURY
Regiment
Yorkshire Light Infantry
Date of Death
17/04/15
Place of Death
France & Flanders
Born c December 1872 Died Aged 43
Family Information The 1911 Census shows him living at 22, Lambs Field, Geldard Road, Birstall with Annie Elizabeth (his wife of 15 years) and children James Henry (15); Walter Renshaw (13); William Robert (7); Lily Agnes (5) and Albert Beaumont (2). He was employed as a Coal Mine Hewer
Regiment Information Commonwealth Grave Bedford House Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Bedford House Cemetery is located 2.5 Km south of Ieper town centre. The cemetery lies on the Rijselseweg (N336), the road connecting Ieper to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg. The cemetery itself is located 2 Km after this crossroads on the left hand side of the Rijselseweg. Zillebeke village and most of the commune were in the hands of Commonwealth forces for the greater part of the First World War, but the number of cemeteries in the neighbourhood bears witness to the fierce fighting in the vicinity from 1914 to 1918. Bedford House, sometimes known as Woodcote House, were the names given by the Army to the Chateau Rosendal, a country house in a small wooded park with moats. It was used by field ambulances and as the headquarters of brigades and other fighting units, and charcoal pits were dug there from October 1917 ENCLOSURE No.6 was made in the 1930s from the graves that were continuing to be found on the battlefield of the Ypres Salient.
Notes Grave Reference: Enclosure No.6 I. A. 16.
In Memory of Private ISAAC EDWARD BAXTER 3/2303, 1st Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry who died on 17 April 1915 Remembered with honour BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission