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.

Photograph of Benjamin Beaumont — Benjamin Beaumont

Photograph of William Burley — William Burley

Photograph of John Warmsley Chapman — John Chapman

Photograph of Maurice Robinson Crowther — Maurice Crowther

Photograph of Ernest Hoyles — Ernest Hoyles

Photograph of George Hoyles — George Hoyles

Photograph of Richard Hoyles — Richard Hoyles

Photograph of Arthur Newbould — Arthur Newbould

Photograph of Robert Clement Perks — Robert Perks

Photograph of John Robert Rodwell — John Rodwell

Photograph of Timothy Holmes Simpson — Timothy Simpson

Photograph of William Henry Townson — William Townson

Photograph of John William Wellock — John Wellock

Photograph of Thomas Whitehead — Thomas Whitehead

Photograph of John William Whitefield — John Whitefield

Name	Rank	Regiment	Date died	Age	Connection with Hebden	Church	Institute
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

Bronze World War 1 memorial plaque in St. Peter's, Hebden — Bronze World War 1 Memorial Plaque in St. Peter's Church. Click image for larger resolution

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.

Beanland, William
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

World War 1 Role of Honour in the Ibbotson Institute, Hebden
Photograph: Craven’s Part in the Great War website — World War 1 Role of Honour in the Ibbotson Institute, Hebden.
Photograph: Craven’s Part in the Great War
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