Harry MAUDSLEY

26 April 1918

Private Henry Maudsley, Skipton

Private Henry Maudsley, West Riding Regiment, who, we regret to say, died on April 16th in a Casualty Clearing Station, France, from wounds in the back, was one of the three soldier sons of Mrs. Stephen Henry Maudsley, 17 Pendle Street, Skipton. He leaves a widow, who lives at 2 Aire View Terrace, Skipton. Twenty-nine years of age he enlisted in October 1916, and had been at the Front sixteen months. He was formerly in the employ of Mr. A. Core, greengrocer, Keighley Road, Skipton.

His two brothers, Pte. George Maudsley and Pte. James Maudsley, are both in the West Riding Regiment, the former at present being in hospital at Liverpool suffering from septic poisoning following an accident in France.

18 April 1919

MAUDSLEY – In loving memory of my dear husband, Private H. Maudsley, 2nd Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who died of wounds 16th April, 1918, somewhere in France.

God shall clasp the broken chain
Closer when we meet again.

From his loving Wife at 2 Aire View Terrace.

MAUDSLEY – In loving memory of our dear brother, Private H. Maudsley, 2nd Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who died of wounds 16th April, 1918.

“A day of remembrance sad to recall.”

From George and Ethel and all at 33 Ings Avenue, Skipton.

MAUDSLEY – In loving memory of a dear son and brother, Private Harry Maudsley, died of wounds received in action April 16th, 1918, aged 29 years.

His heart was good, his spirit brave,
His resting place a soldier’s grave;
A loving son and brother kind,
A beautiful memory left behind.

From Mother, Sisters and Brothers.

MAUDSLEY – In loving memory of our dear brother, Private H. Maudsley, 2nd Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who died of wounds 16th April, 1918.

“May his reward be as great as his sacrifice.”

From Harold and Sarah, Sheffield.

16 April 1920

MAUDSLEY – In loving memory of our dear brother, Private H. Maudsley.

“To memory ever dear.”

George and Ethel.

MAUDSLEY – In loving memory of our dear brother, Private H. Maudsley.

“To-day recalls sad memories.”

Harold and Sarah, Sheffield.

MAUDSLEY – In loving memory of my dear husband, Private Harry Maudsley, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, died of wounds in France, April 16th, 1918.

I who loved you sadly miss you
As it dawns another year;
In the lonely hours of thinking
Thoughts of you are ever near.

From his loving wife and all at 2 Aire View Terrace, Skipton.

15 April 1921

MAUDSLEY – In loving memory of Pte. Harry Maudsley, 2nd Duke of Wellington’s, died of wounds in France, 1918.

“To memory ever dear.”

From his loving Wife, and All at 2 Aire View Terrace, Broughton Road, Skipton.

MAUDSLEY – In loving memory of Pte. Harry Maudsley.

“Sweet memories.”

From Harold and Sarah, Sheffield.

MAUDSLEY – In loving memory of a dear son and brother, Pte. H. Maudsley, died of wounds received in action, April 16th, 1918, aged 29 years.

“To memory ever dear.”

From Mother, Sisters and Brothers.

23 February 1923

ODDFELLOWS’ WAR MEMORIAL

UNVEILING CEREMONY AT A SKIPTON LODGE

OVER 200 WHO SERVED

There was a large attendance of local members of the Independent Order of Oddfellows at the Friendly Societies’ Hall, Skipton, on Saturday afternoon, on the occasion of the unveiling of a war memorial to the members of the Loyal Traveller’s Friend Lodge, I.O.O.F, M.U., who fell in the war.

The Memorial takes the form of a beautifully designed scroll within an oak frame with a glass front, the work of Mr. H. Spencer, junr., and it bears the inscription:–

LOYAL/TRAVELLER’S FRIEND LODGE,/SKIPTON DISTRICT ./I.O.O.F. ROLL OF HONOUR M.U./OF/THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS LODGE WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY TO UPHOLD THE SACRED CAUSES OF BROTHERHOOD AND HUMANITY IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914–1918.

Below the inscription are the names of 173 members who served in the war, and of the 40 members who were killed. The names of the fallen occupy a central position on the scroll, and above them are the following words:–

IN MEMORIAM
OF THOSE WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE.
THEIR HEARTS ARE LIFTED UP
THEIR HEARTS
THAT HAVE FOREKNOWN
THE UTTER PRICE,
THEIR HEARTS BURN
UPWARD AS A FLAME
OF SPLENDOUR AND OF
SACRIFICE

The names of the fallen are as follows:– H. Armstrong, J.J. Brown, J. Barrett, Robt. Brown, W.W. Bell, A. Clayton, W.H. Coles, T.C. Chew, Tom Downes, T.M. Drummond, Jos. Emmott, Thos. Edmondson, J. Easterby, F. Gallagher, J.W. Garwood, G.E. Godwin, S.J. Hargreaves, M. Hargreaves, A. Hebden, J. Hebden, A. Hawkswell, T.E. Inman, M. Lund, R.C. [R.G.] Metcalfe, Hbt. Maudsley, Hy. Maudsley, A.J. Pimnock [Pinnock], H.Y. [Harry] Riley, T.W. Storey, J.H. Stewart, R. Spencer, J.W. Shuttleworth, Wm. Tempest, Hbt. Thompson, Fred Thornton, J.W. Varley, John Ward, J.A. Whittaker, J.W. Whittaker, and R.D. Whittaker.

The Unveiling Ceremony

The unveiling ceremony was presided over by Bro. Thos. Bellamy, and was performed by Bro. Amos Culpan, Prov. C.S., and a simple service included the singing of the hymns, ‘O God our help’ and Kipling’s Recessional, ‘God of our fathers,’ and the reading of a portion of Scripture, and the offering of a prayer by Bro. James Greenwood, of Bradford, and formerly of Skipton.

Bro. Bellamy observed that those members of the Lodge whom they were met to honour went into battle, suffered untold privations, and, in many cases, made the supreme sacrifice. They gave their lives in defence of their homes and their country. Further than that, they gave their lives for justice and freedom, and in order that we might live. It was the duty of Oddfellows, equally as much as other sections of the community, to do everything within their power to make the country better for that sacrifice. “In the time of our prosperity,” concluded Bro. Bellamy, “never let us forget those who served us in the time of our adversity.”

A Lesson of the War

Prior to unveiling the memorial, Bro. Culpan described the ceremony he had been asked to perform as one not unattended by sorrow. It was an occasion upon which one felt a desire to make their Order better for the sacrifice of its members, and to extend the true spirit of brotherhood. In nearly 4,000 of their Lodges they would find a roll of honour. Over 22,000 of their members made the supreme sacrifice, and thousands of others were ruined and shattered in health and without prospects for the future. Each and all of them ought to perform some daily service that would make the sacrifice of those men worth while. One result of the terrible ordeal of 1914 to 1918 was the creation of a better feeling between men, and a desire to break down the class barriers that formerly existed. That was one of the great lessons of the war.