Jabez WINTERSGILL

Main CPGW Record

Surname: WINTERSGILL

Forename(s): Jabez

Place of Birth: Stirton, near Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: 29457

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion

Division: 23rd Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: 1917-09-20

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 82 to 85.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Jabez Wintersgill was the son of John Thomas and Betsy Wintersgill, née Metcalfe. John was born at Gargrave and Betsy at Burtersett, Yorkshire.

1901 Stirton with Thorlby, Yorkshire Census: Niffany Cottage, Railway Crossing - Jabez Wintersgill, aged 3 years, born Stirton, son of John T. and Betsy Wintersgill.

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 18, Gisburn Street - Jabez Wintersgill, aged 13 years, born Niffany, Skipton, son of Betsy Wintersgill, widow.

The British Army Service Record for Jabez Wintersgill exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Jabez Wintersgill, 29457, W. Rid. R. Pres. Dead 20.9.17.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Jabez Wintersgill, 29457, 2 W. Rid. R.; 10 W. Rid. R. Pres. Dead 20.9.17.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Jabez Wintersgill, 29457, 10th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: On or since 20.9.17. Death pres'd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Betsy. £5 2s. 6d.

Jabez was killed in action during the Battles of Ypres, 1917, 31 July-10 November, at the Battle of the Menin Road, 20-25 September.

See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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