Lest We Forget
Hebden and World War 1
Great War Memorials
St. Peter's Church has a brass bronzed memorial plaque fastened to the north wall listing some of the men who died in the Great War, and a framed hand-written memorial Role of Honour which lists the men who served in the Great War is held in the Ibbotson Institute - the village hall.
Died in the Great War
The following sixteen men associated with Hebden fell in the First World War. The main source of this section, including the photographs, has been the "Craven’s Part in the Great War" website, and clicking on a name takes you to the soldier's detailed entry on that website. The last two columns indicate whether the name appears on a bronze memorial plaque in St. Peter's church, and/or on a Roll of Honour held in the Ibbotson Institute. An individual's connection to Hebden is not always clear in a number of cases. It is worth noting that all three Hoyle brothers who were living in Chapel Lane in 1891 lost their lives, and that half of the sixteen men have no known burial.
















Name | Rank | Regiment | Date died | Age | Connection with Hebden | Church | Institute |
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Beaumont, Benjamin | Private | Suffolk Regiment | 1917-07-29 | 24 | Born in Hebden, and living there (probably Sunny Nook) in 1901 & 1911. | Yes | Yes |
Burley, William | Private | West Riding Regiment | 1915-09-30 | 19 | Connection with Hebden not known; Son of George & Elizabeth of London. | Yes | |
Chapman, John Walmsley | Driver | Army Service Corps | 1915-05-14 | 27 | Connection with Hebden not known; son of Christopher & Elizabeth of Grassington, | Yes | |
Crowther, Maurice Robinson | Private | West Yorkshire Regiment | 1916-07-01 | 26 | Connection with Hebden not known; son of John & Elizabeth of Grassington | Yes | |
Hoyles, Ernest | Lance Sergeant | Canadian Infantry | 1916-06-03 | 30 | Born in Hebden, and living in Chapel Lane in 1891 | ||
Hoyles, George | Corporal | West Riding Regiment | 1917-03-23 | 34 | Born in Hebden, and living in Chapel Lane in 1891 | ||
Hoyles, Richard | Private | East Lancashire Regiment | 1917-10-05 | 37 | Born in Hebden, and living in Chapel Lane in 1881 & 1891 | ||
Newbould, Arthur | Lance Corporal | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment | 1918-07-30 | 23 | Born at Bank Top, Hebden, & living at Lone House Farm, Hebden in 1901 | Yes | Yes |
Perks, Robert Clement | Temporary Captain | West Riding Regiment | 1918-10-27 | 23 | His father Thomas lived at The Green House, Hebden at the time of his death | Yes | Yes |
Rodwell, John Robert | Private | West Riding Regiment | 1917-04-22 | 26 | Born in Hebden and living at Beck Side, Hebden in 1891 | ||
Simpson, Timothy Holmes | Private | West Riding Regiment | 1917-05-03 | 20 | Living at Croft House, Hebden in 1911, with his parents William and Laura Ann. | Yes | Yes |
Townson, William Henry | Private | Northumberland Fusiliers | 1918-03-22 | 41 | Born in Hebden and keeping the Clarendon Hotel, Hebden in 1911 | ||
Wellock, John William | Private | West Riding Regiment | 1918-09-08 | 22 | Born in Hebden and living at High Garnshaw, Hebden in 1901 | ||
Whitehead, Thomas | Private | West Riding Regiment | 1917-12-02 | 23 | Living at Moor View, Hebden at the time of his death. | Yes | |
Whitfield, John William | Private | West Riding Regiment | 1917-10-09 | 25 | Connection with Hebden not known; son of Thomas & Sara of Linton | Yes | |
Wood, Hubert | Private | West Riding Regiment | 1916-11-14 | 22 | Connection with Hebden not known; son of Hubert & Jane of Grassington | Yes |
War memorial bronze plaque in St. Peter's Church

The following names appear on the bronze plaque in St. Peter's Church commemorating those who fell in the Great War:
Robert Clement Perks, D.S.O., Aged 23
Arthur Newbould, Aged 23
Timothy Holmes Simpson, Aged 20
Benjamin Beaumont, Aged 24
Thomas Whitehead, Aged 25
Great War Role of Honour in the Ibbotson Institute
There is a hand-written framed document kept in the Ibbotson Institute recording the names of those associated with Hebden who served in the Great War. The names below are transcribed in alphabetic order rather the the order in which they appear on the document.
Beaumont, Ben
Bell, David
Brockbank, John
Burley, William
Chapman, Jack
Cox, Joseph
Crowther, Morris
Cummings, John William
Darwen, Thomas
Dixon, Harry
Eley, William
Fairclough, Harry
Haigh, William
Hargreaves, Joseph
Harper, Richard
Harrison, Robert
Heyworth, Joseph
Horner, Richard
Horsley, Howard
Inman, John
Jackman, John Maurice
Kelby, John Christopher
Kitching, John
Limmers, Walter
Longstaff, Christopher
Longthorne, Fred
Longthorne, Herbert
Longthorne, Tom
Longthorne, William
Major, Frank
Maxfield, Wallace
Miller, Thomas
Moore, John
Moore, William
Newbould, Arthur
Newbould, Harvey
Nicholls, Thomas
Oldfield, William
Oldsworth, Hugh R
Parrington, David
Perks, Robert C
Reynolds, Thomas
Robinson, Albert Victor
Simpson, Herbert
Simpson, Robert
Simpson, Tim H
Smale, Thomas
Stockdale, Jerry
Stockdale, Thomas
Stubbs, Arthur
Stubbs, William
Titherington, William
Verity, George
Verity, Thomas
Waddilove, Joseph W
Warhurst, Frank
Watson, J Alfred
Weatherhead, George William
Whitfield, John W
Whitehead, Tom
Willis, Alfred Leonard
Willis, Stanley Albert
Wood, Hubert
Worsley, Thomas

Photograph: Craven’s Part in the Great War
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