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Joseph EMMOTT

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Surname: EMMOTT

Forename(s): Joseph

Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: 41332

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Leicestershire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion

Division: 21st Division

Age: 18

Date of Death: 1918-03-23

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. D. 36.

CWGC Cemetery: PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Joseph Emmott was the son of William and Clara Emmott, née Lund. Both parents were born at Skipton, Yorkshire.

1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 8, Bennett Street - Joseph Emmott, aged 2 years, born Skipton. [Joseph and his parents were living with his mother's parents, James and Esther Lund.]

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 8, Bennett Street, Newtown - Joseph Emmott, aged 12 years, born Skipton, son of William and Clara Emmott.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Joseph Emmott, 41332, Leic. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Joseph Emmott, 41332, 6/Leic. R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Joseph Emmott, 41332, 6th Bn Leicesters. Date and Place of Death: 23.3.18 officially accepted. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother Sole Legatee - Clara. £7 19s. 11d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Joseph. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Clara Emmott. Relationship: Mother. Address: 8, Bennett Street, Skipton.

The above photograph of Joseph is included in the book: 'The Tigers – 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th (Service) Battalions of the Leicestershire Regiment' by Matthew Richardson (2000).

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:

EMMOTT, Joseph, aged 18, Leicester Regt., 8, Bennett Street, Skipton, killed March 23, 1917 [sic].

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Private Joseph EMMOTT

Private Joseph EMMOTT

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Leicestershire Regiment

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Leicestershire Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division

Data from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Records

Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: EMMOTT

Forename(s): Joseph

Born: Skipton, Yorks

Residence: Skipton, Yorks

Enlisted: Keighley, Yorks

Number: 41332

Rank: Private

Regiment: Leicestershire Regiment

Battalion: 6th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 23/03/18

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: EMMOTT

Forename(s): J

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 41332

Rank: Private

Regiment: Leicestershire Regiment

Unit: 6th Bn.

Age:

Awards:

Died Date: 23/03/1918

Additional Information:

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10 May 1918

WOUNDED AND MISSING

Private Joseph Emmott, Leicester Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Emmott, 8 Bennett Street, Skipton, has been officially reported missing since April 23rd. He is 19 years of age and went to France in January last, being previously employed as a clerk at Park Shed, Skipton (Messrs. Wilkinson).

01 November 1918

SKIPTON SOLDIER’S FATE – Grave Found in Recovered Territory

Further light has now been thrown on the fate of Private Joseph Emmott, Leicester Regiment, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Emmott, 8 Bennett Street, Skipton, who, as reported in the ‘Herald’ in May last, had been officially notified as missing since March 23rd last. The Rev. R. Thorman, vicar of Christ Church, last weekend received a letter addressed to the ‘Vicar of Newtown, Skipton’ from an Army Chaplain, stating that in the territory north-east of Peronne taken recently from the Germans he had come across a grave without a name or a cross, but on which was an English helmet covering a letter and a Testament. The letter did not contain the name of the writer, but bore the address, ‘8 Bennett Street, Newtown, Skipton’, and Mr. Thorman was asked to try and ascertain to whom the helmet and Testament belonged. He at once saw Mrs. Emmott, who is satisfied that she wrote the letter found under the helmet and that the grave is that of her missing son, who was apparently buried by the Germans in their great advance last Spring. In his letter, the Army Chaplain says the grave is in good condition, and that he will place a cross on it when he learns the result of Mr. Thorman’s enquiries.

Private Emmott enlisted in February 1916 at the age of 18, and went to the Front in July 1917. He was previously a clerk in the office of Mr. Wilkinson, Park Shed, and was a member of the Congregational Church choir.

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.

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10 May 1918

CRAVEN AND THE WAR

Skipton Soldiers Missing

Pte Joseph Emmott, of the Leicestershire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Emmott, of 8, Bennett Street, Skipton, has been officially reported missing since April 23rd. Pte. Emmott, who is 19 years of age, went out to France in January last, and prior to enlisting was employed as a clerk by Messrs. Wilkinson, Park Shed, Skipton.

01 November 1918

Skipton Soldier Presumed Killed

Pte. J. Emmett, of the Leicester Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Emmett, of 8, Bennett Street, Skipton, who has been reported missing since March 23rd, in now presumed to have been killed. Last week-end a letter addressed “The Vicar of Newtown” was received by Rev. R. Thorman from a chaplain in France, stating that he had found a letter (bearing the address of Pte. Emmott’s parents) and a testament under a helmet on a grave with no cross and no name to it. It is thought that Pte. Emmott had been buried by the Germans. The grave is said to be in good condition and on ground that was lost by the British north east of Peronne on March 23rd last. Pte. Emmett enlisted when 18 years of age in February, 1916, and had been at the front since January, 1917. He was formerly employed as a clerk by Messrs. Wilkinson’s, Park Shed, Skipton, and was a member of the Congregational Church choir.

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