This is one of the stories that really stuck with me when I was researching, probably because there was quite a lot of information but also because there is more of the family's perspective involved and I got an idea of how the war impacted the family in the years after Roderic's death. Roderic Dexter Sharpe was born on 13th August 1896 and christened at St James' Church on 20th September that year. His parents were Alexander Sharpe (a hairdresser) and Margaret. They lived at

Robert Atkinson was enumerated at the Holy Trinity Industrial School in 1911 when he was 14 years old. This record shows that he was born in Halifax, Yorkshire. There are, unfortunately, dozens of R Atkinsons commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Until I can get definite proof, I present the following details as the man I believe to be commemorated on the HTIS memorial. Robert Danson Atkinson was born on the 29th September 1896 in Todmorden, Yorkshire. His

Identification Identification of Joseph Morris was made through his brother Frank who is also on the memorial. Family Information Joseph...

Frank Morris This soldier was difficult to find, the best ‘fit’ was Roman Catholic and so I assumed that he wouldn’t have been on the St...

The information in the box below is an extract from a book called:A Village Goes To War – A History of the Men of Ravensthorpe who fell...

Arthur William Collinson was born on 9th December 1892 in Liverpool and Christened at St Clement’s Church, Toxteth on May 16th 1894 along...

The original information about Thomas G Crotty came from the Myrtle Street Asylum memorial records. The application form for this war...

George Ashbrooke Brewer was born in Pendleton, Manchester in 1884 and baptised on 26th September that year in the Primitive Methodist...