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James HEBDEN

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Surname: HEBDEN

Forename(s): James

Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: 41882

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: York and Lancaster Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion

Division: 11th (Northern) Division

Age: 30

Date of Death: 1917-10-09

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 125 to 128.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

James Hebden was the son of Thomas and Frances Hebden, née Pickard and brother of Corporal Arthur Hebden (266047) (q.v.). Their father was born at Hebden near Grassington and mother at Carperby, Yorkshire.

1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 20, Dawson Street - James Hebden, aged 4 years, born Skipton, son of Thomas and Frances Hebden.

1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 35, Castle Street - James Hebden, aged 14 years, born Skipton, son of Frances Hebden, widow.

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 35, Castle Street - James Hebden, aged 23 years, born Skipton, son of Frances Hebden, widow.

The British Army Service Record for James Hebden exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte James Hebden, 41882, Y. & L.R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte James Hebden, 41882, 8th York & Lanc. R.; 6th York & Lanc. R. Assumed Dead 9.10.17.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte James Hebden, 41882, 6th Bn York & Lancs. Date and Place of Death: On or since 9.10.17. Death presd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Frances £5 16s. 6d.

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:

HEBDEN, James, 9th October, 1917. [Additional]

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Private James HEBDEN

Private James HEBDEN

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: York and Lancaster Regiment

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: York and Lancaster Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division

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Surname: HEBDEN

Forename(s): James

Born: Skipton, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Skipton

Number: 41882

Rank: Private

Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment

Battalion: 6th (Service) Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 09/10/17

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

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Surname: HEBDEN

Forename(s): James

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 41882

Rank: Private

Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment

Unit: 6th Bn.

Age: 30

Awards:

Died Date: 09/10/1917

Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Frances Hebden, of 35, Castle St., Skipton, Yorks.

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08 March 1918

SKIPTON CORPORAL’S DEATH PRESUMED

Corporal Arthur Hebden, West Riding Regiment, whose wife lives at 30 Bennett Street, Skipton, is now officially presumed to have been killed on May 3rd last, since when he has been missing. Formerly a weaver at Messrs. Anderson Bros., Corporal Hebden was 27 years of age, and had been in France since February 1917. His brother, Private James Hebden, York and Lancaster Regiment, has been missing since November last, and another brother, Driver Jack Hebden, R.F.A., is in France.

10 October 1919

HEBDEN – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Pte. James Hebden, 6th York and Lancs., presumed killed October 9th, 1917.

“Those who hove lost understand best war’s bitter cost.”

From Mother, Sisters, and Willie, 35 Castle Street, Skipton.

23 March 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.

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08 March 1918

SKIPTON

Corpl. A. Hebden Presumed Killed

Mrs. Hebden, of 30, Bennett Street, Skipton, has received official information from the War Office that her husband, Corporal Arthur Hebden, of the West Riding Regiment, is now presumed killed, he having been missing since May 3rd, 1917. He was 27 years of age, and prior to enlisting was employed as a weaver by Messrs. Anderson Bros. He had been in France about twelve months. Another brother, Pte. James Hebden, of the York and Lancaster Regiment, has been missing since October 29th, 1917, while another brother, Driver Jack Hebden, in serving with the Royal Field Artillery in France.

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