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Surname: WEST
Forename(s): John
Place of Birth: Langcliffe, Yorkshire
Service No: 2606
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1915-12-16
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. F. 6.
CWGC Cemetery: TALANA FARM CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: LANGCLIFFE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John West was the son of George and Edith Rowena West, née Williams. George was born at Bawburgh, Norfolk and Edith at Redruth, Cornwall.
1901 Langcliffe, Yorkshire Census: John West aged 8 years, born Langcliffe, son of George and Edith R. West.
1911 Langcliffe, Yorkshire Census: White Cottage - John West, aged 18 years, born Langcliffe, son of George and Edith Rowena West.
The British Army Service Record for John West exists but may be incomplete.
John is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): Pte J. West.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John West, 6/2606, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France, Date of entry therein: 14.4.15. K. in A. 16.12.15.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John West, 6/2606, 6th W. Rid. R. K. in A. 16.12.15.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John West, 2606, 1/6 W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 16.12.15. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - George. £13 0s. 10d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for John.
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WEST, John, aged 23, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, formerly of Langcliffe, killed in action in Flanders Dec. 1915.
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Private John WEST
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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Private John West
Courtesy of Margaret Graveson & Langcliffe Millennium Group
Private John West
Courtesy of Margaret Graveson & Langcliffe Millennium Group
Talana Farm Cemetery
CWGC original grave marker
Courtesy of Margaret Graveson & Langcliffe Millennium Group
Talana Farm Cemetery
CWGC Headstone
Courtesy of Aurel Sercu, Boezinge, Belgium
Extract from 'Langcliffe: Glimpses of a Dales Village'
Courtesy of Langcliffe Millennium Group
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07 January 1916
LANGCLIFFE MAN KILLED IN ACTION
The news has arrived at Langcliffe of the death in action of Pte. John West, and much sympathy is felt for his family. He was 23 years old. In civilian life he worked at the Langcliffe Paper Mill and was a very popular young man in the district. He was an enthusiastic player with Langcliffe Football Club and was also a member of the Settle Brass Band. He joined the 6th Duke of Wellington’s at the outbreak of war with his brother, Amos West, and the latter is at present in Flanders.
22 December 1916
WEST – In loving memory of Pte. J. West, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in action ‘somewhere in France’, December 16th 1915.
He did not stop to reason when first this war began,
But went and did his duty as a soldier and a man;
And when the last reveille sounds, and when the battle’s won,
His Maker, whom he’s gone to meet, will smile and say “Well Done”.
From his Father, Brothers and Sisters. G. West, Langcliffe, Settle.
Little he thought his time so short
In this world to remain;
When from his home he went away,
He thought to return again.
He’s lying now in a distant land,
I know not how or where;
But oh, I hope God took his soul
Into His loving care.
From Annie Morphet 39, Robert St., Nelson.
21 December 1917
WEST – In ever loving memory of Private John West, 1/6th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in action, December 16th 1915.
He nobly answered duty’s call,
He gave his life for one and all.
From his Father, Brother and Sisters, and Annie.
20 December 1918
WEST – In loving memory of Private John West, 1/6th Duke of Wellington’s Regt., who was killed in action on the 16th December, 1915.
We think of him in silence,
His name we oft recall;
But there’s nothing left to answer,
But his photo on the wall.
From Father, Brothers, Sisters, and Annie.
16 December 1921
WEST – In ever loving memory of Pte. John West, 6th D. of W., killed in action, Dec. 16th, 1915.
Ever remembered by Father, Brothers, Sisters and Annie.
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07 January 1916
A LANGCLIFFE MAN KILLED
The news arrived in Langcliffe of the death in action of Private John West, and much sympathy is felt for his family. He was 23 years old. In civilian life he worked at the Langcliffe Paper Mill, and was a very popular young man in the district. He was an enthusiastic player with the Langcliffe Football Club, and was also a member of the Settle Brass Band. He joined the 6th Duke of Wellington’s at the outbreak of the war with his brother, Amos West, and the latter is at present in Flanders.
22 December 1916
In loving memory of Pte. J. West, 1st 6th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in action somewhere in France, December 16th 1915.
He did not stop to reason, when first this war began,
But went and did his duty, as a soldier and a man;
And when the last reveille sounds, and when the battle’s won,
His Maker, whom he’s gone to meet, will smile and say “Well Done”.
From his Father, Brothers and Sisters. G. West, Langcliffe, Settle.
Little he thought his time so short
In this world to remain;
When from his home he went away,
He thought to return again.
He’s lying now in a distant land,
I know not how or where;
But oh, I hope God took his soul
Into His loving care.
From Annie Morphet 39, Robert St., Nelson.
21 December 1917
In ever loving memory of Private John West, 1st 6th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in action Dec.16th, 1915.
He nobly answered duty’s call,
He gave his life for one and all.
– From his Father, Brothers and Sisters, and Annie.
20 December 1918
In loving memory of Pte. John West, 1/6th Duke of Wellington’s, who was killed in action on the 16th December, 1915.
We think of him in silence,
His name we oft recall;
But there’s nothing left to answer
But his photo on the wall.
– From Father, Brothers, Sisters, and Annie.
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