Can You Help?
If you have information about the following, or if you've
got a query, please contact
me.
1.
"I
am requesting any information or contacts regarding the above
camp which I remember attending as a child in the 30s or early
40s. I also have a relative who was there in the early 50s.
We remember it was in a field on the hill above Addingham
and school trips to Beamsley Beacon and the Strid were taken.
However we tend to differ on some details on the actual camping
and camp life etc and would very much appreciate some local
(or otherwise) knowledge to settle our differences".
( Brian P Wilson).
"Regarding the camp that use to be
on the way up to the Beacon.As children we often walked that
way to get to the top of the hill, crossing the river at the
spring bridge, before entering I believe Harrison’s
farm yard, then we would follow the beck up towards Black
Foss waterfall, spectacular in mid winter.The camp was situated
in this area and could be easily seen from Addingham.I remember
the camp was used mainly by children from the Leeds area,
and use to be visited by famous footballers of that time (the
early to mid fifties). I remember once John Charles the Leeds
United and Wales centre forward visiting the camp, a group
of us went up to try and see him only to miss him by about
half an hour.
All the best to Addingham"
Harry J Horsman, Perth WA,Australia
2."I
am English, living in San Francisco,I work for a society couple
and am trying to trace one of their ancestors.Sandra Wiess
Smiths grandfather was the founder of what is now Exxon.Her
father,Lloyd H Smith married into the Wiess family.Ive traced
the father back through a Roland H Smith,to a Rowland H Smith
at Pittsburgh in the USA 1880 Census,this census tells me
that Rowland H Smith was born in England in abt 1841,a Rowland
Smith was born in Addingham that particular
year,his mother was named Hannah and Im thinking maybe he
added the H in her memory,and emigrated to the USA,I have
been unsuccessful in finding any other trace of that particular
family and was wondering if you could possibly help,thanks
in advance for any assistance you are able to give me".
(Dave Jago)
3. "I
am currently tracing my family history and i have found that
the Fieldhouse's lived in both Addingham
and Ilkley in the late 1700's.
I was wondering if you could give me an address or email address
of someone who might be able to give me some information or
help me with my inquiries into my family history.
I would greatly appreciate this as the history of my family
and where they came from is very important to me". (Laura
Fieldhouse)
"Mary Fieldhouse (b. 1800) married
John Pearson Breare at St. Peter's Church on 10 May 1819 and
they had seven children."
Andrew Watson
4. "My
father was born in Adelaide Terrace, Addingham in 1906. Adelaide
Terrace is also mentioned on your website's war pages.
I have been unable to trace where this terrace was. It may
have been renamed, or demolished, but I would welcome any
information about it. (Peter Barnes)
5. "My
name's Bryan Jarvis, born in Skipton 1938
& grew up there until my Army service took over at 18
years in 1956. I'm trying to locate a Mr Ernest Taylor who
was the OC of Skipton's Army Cadets in the early 50's. I and
a few friends were cadets under him, and as was the norm then
we were eventually called up to do Military Service. Ernest
lived at 96, Main Street Addingham with his parents, a brother
and sister but worked for Leeds City planning dept. He too,
was called up in July 1956 and he was commissioned into the
Royal Engineers, but on May 1st 1957 he was due to fly to
North Africa from Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire. Just after
take-off one engine failed so the aircraft did an emergency
turn to get back to the airstrip, but crashed in nearby trees.
He was the only survivor of 35 soldiers and families on board,
but suffered very severe burns that needed extensive skin
grafts. But he was tough enough to endure this and then return
to military service. He left the Army as a Captain in September
1966.
There aren't many of us left from those ACF days but we would
like to contact him, with a view to meeting up.
Would you or anyone else in Addingham know of his whereabouts
and contact details. If you can help I I would be extremely
grateful. Kind regards, Bryan Jarvis
6. "My
dad fought in the First World War and was wounded. He was
in the West Yorkshire Battalion. I think he was called up
in 1916 as he was married to my mum 30 december 1915 at a
church in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. I think that he lived
in Gainsborough. So i dont know what Battalion that he served
in during the war. He was a L/Cpl, And he told that he was
in the Green Houreds, but two of his letters say that he was
in the West Yorkshire, and one says The Yorkshire Regiment.
So i am not sure what Battalion that he was in. Could you
maybe tell me of the west Yorkshire Battalion?"
Regards
Ernest Taylor
Youngest son of L/Cpl William Taylor
7. A distant relative
of mine was Harold Wright whoes name appears on the war memorial.
Have you any idea as to why there is no record of how he and
some other addingham men met their deaths? (Martin Wright)
Abraham Dewhirst:
Born in 1886 in Skipton. He originally enlisted 11/12/15 as
Pte 50404 of the West Yorkshire Regiment, he was later transferred
to the Northumberland Fusiliers, to serve at the depot. He
was discharged due to wounds 8th July 1918.
I would say he may be buried in Addingham Church yard or similar
and died from wounds between when the memorial was erected
and approx 1922/23 when the CWGC stopped recording deaths.
Unusually he has 2 medal index cards:
Harold Wright:
He was in the 2nd Bradford Pals, however he was a very early
enlistee.
1901 Addingham Census: Harold Wright, aged 5 years, born Addingham,
nephew of Joseph and Annie Clemmy
Name: WRIGHT, HAROLD
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's
Own)
Unit Text: 18th Bn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 15/07/1916
Service No: 18/189
Additional information: Son of Tom and Lucy Wright.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: B (North West). N. 5.
Cemetery: HEATON BAPTIST BURIAL GROUNDName: Harold Wright
Birth Place: Addingham, Yorks
Residence: Bradford, Yorks
Death Date: 15 Jul 1916
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment: Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion: 18th Battalion.
Number: 18/189
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theater of War: Brough - Sic
William Wild:
Taken from Cravens Part n the Great War:
I don’t think he made it to France as he has no medal
index card that I can find. Likely to have died whilst training
at Grantham.
• Surname: WILD
• Forename(s): William
• Place of Birth: Addingham, Yorkshire
• Residence: unknown
• Service No: 29864
• Rank: Corporal
• Regiment/Corps/Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
• Battalion/Unit: -----
• Division: division unknown
• Age: 30
• Date of Death: 1918-11-25
• Awards: -----
• CWGC Grave/Mem Ref: R. 'U.' 2609
• CWGC Cemetery: SKIPTON (WALTONWRAYS) CEMETERY
• CWGC Memorial: -----
• Non-CWGC Burial: -----
• Comments:
o No entry in SD- post Armistice.
o 1901 Addingham Census: William Wild, aged 12 years, born
Addingham, son of Edwin and Mary Wild.
• Craven's Part in the Great War Entry:
CORPORAL WILLIAM WILD, Machine Gun Corps, son of Mrs. Wild,
Lambert Street, Skipton, died of pneumonia at Grantham 25th
November, 1918. Aged 30 years.
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• West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record Entry:
WILD, Cpl. William, M.G.C., Husband of Mrs. Wild, 11, Thornton
Street, Skipton, died from pneumonia, Grantham, Nov. 25, 1918.
John Whitaker:
Taken from the Cravens Part in the Great War:
• Surname: WHITAKER
• Forename(s): John
• Place of Birth: Manchester, Lancashire
• Residence: unknown
• Service No: 776147
• Rank: Trumpeter
• Regiment/Corps/Service: Royal Field Artillery
• Battalion/Unit: 'D' Battery 245th Brigade
• Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
• Age: 26
• Date of Death: 1918-05-13
• Awards: -----
• CWGC Grave/Mem Ref: XIV. D. 5.
• CWGC Cemetery: NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
• CWGC Memorial: -----
• Non-CWGC Burial: -----
• Comments: -----
• Craven's Part in the Great War Entry:
TRUMPETER JOHNNIE WHITAKER, Duke of Well.'s Regt., of Addingham,
died of wounds 12th May, 1918. Aged 26 years.
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• West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record Entry:
WHITAKER, Trumpeter, [Addingham], aged 24, died of wounds
May 14, 1918. •
Tom Foster:
• Surname: FOSTER
• Forename(s): Tom
• Place of Birth: Addingham, Yorkshire
• Residence: unknown
• Service No: 266657
• Rank: Private
• Regiment/Corps/Service: Gordon Highlanders
• Battalion/Unit: 1/7th (Deeside Highland) Battalion
• Division: 51st (Highland) Division
• Age: 20
• Date of Death: 1918-04-14
• Awards: -----
• CWGC Grave/Mem Ref: Panel 9
• CWGC Cemetery: -----
• CWGC Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
• Non-CWGC Burial: -----
• Comments: -----
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Above information supplied by Martin Wright