Ingleton

ROLL OF HONOUR - Men who are serving

6th West Yorkshire Regiment. - Capt. Gordon Mackenzie.
7th West Yorkshire Regiment. - Lieut. Ernest Walling.
8th West Yorkshire Regiment. - Privates H. Routledge, J. Schofield, G. Scholey.
Canadian Contingent (Edmonton Fusiliers.) - Lieut. S. M. Tate, Pte. Robt. Dodgson.
6th West Riding Regiment. - Lieutenant A. Mackenzie, Sergeant John W. Lambert, Sergeant Fred Slinger, Sergeant William Slinger, Lance-Corporal William Routledge, Lance-Corporal A. Booth, Lance-Corporal John T. Marsden, Ptes. John T. Bradley, George Brooks, Sidney Hobbs, M. Hartley, Harry Gray, Sinnet R. Slinger, Corporal Robert E. Walker, Privates Thomas Walker, Fred Standing, George Pooley, Joseph Vickers, Fred Gascoigne, M. Coulson, William Dixon, Fred Dixon, William A. Hodgson, E. Kennedy, Charles F. king, James Metcalfe, Fred J. Newsholme, John A. Preston, William Preston, Richard Preston, C. Harold Redhead, Thomas E. Redhead, Ernest Slinger, Mark Standing, James Nash, Cyril Tomlinson, Charles Tomlinson, Percy Tomlinson, George Wadeson, John Wadeson, Kelby T. Tomlinson, R. Gascoigne, William Bolton, Thomas Bonnick, Thomas Fletcher, Albert Jowett, Warren Metcalfe, John R. Robinson, Charles R. sears, Edward Saul, John Saul, Vincent Slinger, Edwin Tomlinson, S. Thornborrow, Harold Howson, Norman Capstick, James Parrington, William Robinson, Hartley Robinson, H. Duncan, John Waring, Walter Vinnicombe, Joseph Thompson.
9th West Riding Regt. - Ptes. T. E. Thistlethwaite, Joseph Clapham, John Tomlinson, Albert Saul, John Brown.
Leeds "Pals." - Corpl. Joseph Barker, Ptes. E. Barker, John Metcalfe, Eric Capstick.
King's Own Royal Lancasters. - Ptes. Gerald Kirk, Roger Brown, Thomas Metcalfe, H. Titterington, G. Birtle.
Kitchener's Army. - Ptes. Wilfrid Cragg, W. Smith, J. Sedgwick, Harold Greenwood, J. Satton, J. Kettlewell, J. Mooby, T. Whineray.
Dorset Yeomanry. - Trooper J. Routledge.
Yorkshire Hussars. - Pte. John Slinger.
3rd Scots Guards. - Sergt. Chas. Littlefair.
King's Royal Rifles. - Pte. Anthony Noble.
Scots Greys. - Corpl. A. Young.
Devonshire Yeomanry. - Trooper Wm. N. Greenwood.
Army Service Corps. - Pte. Rd. Walker.
Coldstream Guards. - Pte. G. Farmer.
Grenadier Guards. - Pte. Walter Burkinshaw.

(Lancaster Guardian, 5th December 1914)
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INGLETON HEROES.

On Tuesday Mrs. Noble, of Beech-terrace, Ingleton, received intimation that her husband, Pte. Anthony Noble, King's Royal Rifles, had been killed in action. Pte. Noble was a reservist, and was sent to the front when war broke out. Some time ago he was wounded by shrapnel, his face being much injured.
It is reported that Pte. Hartley Robinson, of the 6th Duke of Wellington's, has been severely wounded, and is on his way to a hospital in England.
Sergt. Wm. Slinger, 6th Duke of Wellington's, who was wounded some time ago, and is now in hospital atClacton-on-Sea, is reported to be progressing satisfactorily.
(Lancaster Guardian, 12 June 1915)
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WOUNDED SOLDIERS GRATEFUL. - Scholars attending the National School have received letters of grateful acknowledgment of gifts of flowers, eggs, and comforts from the following wounded soldiers: - Pte. C. Frost, Military Hospital, Burnley; - Pte. W. Hallows and Sapper E. Dixon, King George Hospital, London; and Pte. H. W. Smith, Coldstream Guards, Military Hospital, London.
(Lancaster Guardian, 4 September 1915)
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17253 Private Jabez Smith, 2nd King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 8th May 1915, aged 29.Husband of Nellie Smith, of New Rossington, Doncaster.

Mrs. Jabez Smith, Bank Top, Ingleton, has recently heard from the War Office that her husband, who was a private in the King's Own, was killed in action some time ago. He was reported to be missing in May last, and nothing had been heard of him further until this last week-end. He formerly resided in Ingleton, as an engine cleaner on the L. & N. W. Railway, but enlisted from Lancaster, where he had been resident for some time.
(Lancaster Guardian, 4 September 1915)



Pte. Jabez Smith, of the 2nd King's Own Royal Lancasters, who was reported killed last week, was 32 years of age, and leaves a widow with three children residing at Bank Top, Ingleton. The youngest child was born during the war. Pte. Smith was a fireman on the Midland Railway before he enlisted, and lived in Alexander-road, Skerton. A brother lives in Nun-street, and Mrs. Montgomery, 1, Earl-street, Skerton, is a sister. The latter has a brother and son in France. Her husband, Joseph Montgomery, is in the National Reserve at Birkenhead; her son Stanley is in the Scots Guards; and her younger son John is in the King's Own. A son-in-law, Gordon Riding, is in the Australian (Adelaide) Contingent; and two brothers-in-law, Thomas Cummings and George Riley, are serving, besides 11 cousins.

Pte. Tom H. B. Smith, deceased's brother, who is serving in the 5th King's Own in France, writing to his brother, Mr. Jack Smith, 2, Nun-street, Lancaster, on September 5th, says: - I have received from the British Red Cross Enquiry Department for wounded and missing soldiers an answer to the letter I wrote them: -
We deeply regret to have to inform you that according to a German list of August 14th, 1915, received by us through Geneva, on August 31st, Pte. J. Smith, 17253, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, B Co., 2nd Battalion, is reported to have died, and to have been buried to the east of Ypres, between Bellenaard and Poelcapelle, on some date between April 28th and June 26th, 1915. A military note book and a Testament were found on his body. These are the only particulars we have at present. Please accept our sincere sympathy. - Yours faithfully,
LOUIS TALBOT, Secretary.
Pte. Tom Smith adds: "This, I think, proves that 'Jab' must have been a prisoner and died of wounds. Although all of us must deeply regret his loss, we must be thankful that we have got to know something about him, and now rest content that hew died doing his duty and a little bit for the sake of the country. If ever we go into the district he is buried in I will try and find his grave."
(Lancaster Guardian, 18 September 1915)
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1690 Private Syril Tomlinson, 1st/6th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in France on 17th December 1915, aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Tomlinson, of Lemon Cottage, Ingleton.



PVT. C. TOMLINSON, INGLETON
Pvt. Cyril Tomlinson, of the 6th Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment (T.F.), has been killed in France. He was 21 years of age, and was the eldest of three brothers serving with the colours. His father, Pvt. Edward Tomlinson, of Lemon Cottage, Ingleton, is also in the forces. Although Ingleton have had three men killed in the war this is the first who has been killed out of the Ingleton Territorials.
(Westmorland Gazette, 1 January 1916)
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Ingleton Men Wounded and Gassed.

Lieut. Gordon Mackenzie, of the K.O.Y.L.I., eldest son of Dr. J. Mackenzie, of Ingleton, has been gassed and is in hospital in France. He was over for a short leave only a fortnight ago. On Wednesday morning, the 29th, Mr. and Mrs. Walling, of Ferncliffe, Ingleton, received word that their eldest son, Lieut. Ernest Walling, was in hospital suffering from gas poisoning. Lieut. Walling is attached to the 8th Leeds Rifles. On Tuesday news was received by Mrs. Herbert Routledge, The Square, Ingleton, that her husband, Pvt. Routledge, was suffering from gas poisoning and injuries sustained by falling into a shell hole. Pvt. Routledge, who is also attached to the 8th Leeds Rifles, is at present in hospital at Lincoln, where he is to undergo an operation. Pvt. Routledge's father and three brothers are also serving. Pvt. Jack Wearing, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wearing, Rock Cottage, Ingleton, has been wounded. He was attached to the 6th Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment.
(Westmorland Gazette, 1 January 1916)
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Capt. Thomas Gordon Mackenzie, K.O.Y.L.I., elder son of Dr. Mackenzie, Broadwood, is amongst those to whom was recently awarded the Military Cross for distinguished conduct in the field.
(Lancaster Guardian, 10 June 1916)
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MEMORIAL SERVICE. - On Tuesday evening a service was held at St. Mary's Church to the memory of Lord Kitchener and those who were drowned in the Hampshire, and also the local men who had lost their lives in the war. The opening voluntary was Tennyson's "When I have crossed the bar," and appropriate hymns were sung, an impressive service, which was well attended, concluding with "Dead March" in Saul.
(Lancaster Guardian, 17 June 1916)
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Ingleton Heroes

Cadet George Walling, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Walling, Ferncliffe, has been granted a commission, and has taken up his duties as Second Lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Regiment. He went through the winter (1915-1916) campaign in France, and during the past four months has been training with the Cadet Corps at Gailes in Scotland.

Corpl. Tom Heaps, son of Mr. Robert Heaps, Model Village, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery on the field of battle. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and was wounded in France a short time ago. He is 23 years of age.

Pte. Norman Monks, son of Mr. Joseph Monks, New-road, has been recently wounded in the shoulder and face. He is now in a military hospital in Leicestershire.

Pte. John Metcalfe, only son of Mr. John Metcalfe, Stacksteads, Ingleton, is reported wounded by a shell which buried him. He is now in hospital, and is reported to be progressing satisfactorily.

Several of the Ingleton boys have been home on leave during the past week, amongst whom may be mentioned: Sergt. J. Marsden, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Marsden, New-road; Sergt. J.A. Preston, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Preston, Ivy Cottage; Pte. C. Marklew (who has been suffering from shell shock), son of Mr. A. Marklew, Oakroyd; Pte. J. Heap, eldest son of Mr. R. Heaps, Model Village; Pte. F. Marsden (who was wounded in July), only son of Mr. A. Marsden, Clarrick-terrace; and Pte. John Wadeson, second son of Corpl. J.H. Wadeson, High-street.
(Lancaster Guardian, 21 October 1916)
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21338 Lance Corporal Ernest Richardson, 8th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action on 1st July 1916, aged 20. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Slinger (formerly Richardson), of Albion House, Ingleton.

Ingleton Soldiers.

Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Dodgson, Maythore, have received the news that their eldest son, Pte. Robert Dodgson, Canadian Expeditionary Force, has been wounded in the left thigh with shrapnel. He is now in a hospital for Australians in France.

Mrs. John Slinger, Albion House, has received intimation that her youngest son, Lance-Corpl. Ernest Richardson, K.O.Y.L.I., was killed in action on July 1st. He was wounded some time ago, but returned to the front after his recovery. The deceased's four brothers and a brother-in-law are fighting with the colours.
(Lancaster Guardian, 4 November 1916)
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WOUNDED.
SAUL, Pte. Ed., wounded in the shoulder in France on the 5th. Three of his companions were killed and two escaped. This is the third time that Pte. Saul has been wounded.

(Westmorland Gazette, 25 August 1917)
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Ingletonian Dies of Wounds.
Pte. Percy Fletcher (33), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, 6, Laburnum Cottages, Ingleton, died from wounds whilst serving in the King's Liverpool Regt. on September 17th. The Adjutant sent a tribute, and, according to letters from the hospital, he received wounds in the left arm and left buttock. Deceased was only married last year, , and used to be employed by Mr. C. Greenwood, Moorgarth Hall.

(Lancaster Guardian, 6 October 1917)
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WAR BONUSES. - Two men on the Sewage Farm, named Foster and Ralph, had written asking for a weekly war bonus of 5s. because of the increased cost of living. A member remarked that the amounts they were at present receiving were not "a living wage," and it was decided to grant bonuses of 3s. per week.

(Lancaster Guardian, 24 November 1917)
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BALL. - In aid of the funds for providing the Ingleton soldiers and sailors with Christmas parcels, a ball was held in the Wheat Sheaf pavilion on Friday, and was attended by nearly 200 persons. The ball was organised by Messrs. A. B. Hewitt, G. North, T. Hutchinson, W. H. Simpson, R. Howson, G. Staveley, T. Walker, and J. Walker, who with the assistance of a few ladies, had decorated the room very effectively. Mr. W. H. Martin's quadrille band supplied the music, and the M.C.'s were Messrs. J. Rockley, R. Howson, and G. Staveley. Mrs. J. J. Saul supplied the refreshments. After payment of expenses there is a balance of about £10.
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FLAG DAY. - A flag day, on behalf of the Christmas parcels for the Ingleton soldiers and sailors, was held on Friday last, and the substantial sum of £19 was collected, made up as follows: - Teachers and scholars of National School £1 12s. 6½d., Misses E. Bradley and C. Capstick £1 14s. 5d., Mrs. C. Wilcock £2 18s. 7½d., Miss K. Marklew £1 os. 4d., Miss C. £1 1s. 10½d., Miss G. Wilson 12s. 6½d., Misses Brown, Storrs Hall, £4 5s., Mrs. A. B. Hewitt £1 9s. 2d., Mrs. G. North £1, Mrs. T. H. Hutchinson 14s. 6d., Miss G. Winder 18s. 7d., and Mrs. J. Redhead and Mrs. H. Slinger £1 12s. 5d.

(Lancaster Guardian, 24 November 1917)
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Second Lieutenant Lawrence Matthams, 49th Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action on 13th October 1918, aged 23. Son of William and Selina Matthams, of 28, Lansdown Crescent, Cheltenham. Native of Great Waltham, Chelmsford.



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(Lancaster Observer & Morecambe Chronicle, 14.5.1920)