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Surname: HALSTEAD
Forename(s): Joseph
Place of Birth: Earby, Yorkshire
Service No: 480188
Rank: Sapper
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Engineers
Battalion / Unit: 457th Field Coy
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-09-22
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. F. 28.
CWGC Cemetery: FAVREUIL BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joseph Halstead was the son of John and Tamar Halstead, née Horsley. John was born at Kirkby Malham, Yorkshire and Tamar at Hesket Newmarket, Cumberland.
1891 Earby, Yorkshire Census: Mill Bridge - Joseph Halstead, aged 3 years, born Earby Thornton [Parish], son of John and Tamar Halstead.
1901 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 3, Mill Brow Road - Joseph Halstead, aged 13, born Thornton in Craven [Parish], Yorkshire, son of John and Tamer [sic] Halstead.
Joseph was married to Annie Dunn in 1907. Annie married Fred Bridge in 1919.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 13, Wesley Place - Joseph Halstead, aged 23 years, born Earby, husband of Annie Halstead.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Spr Joseph Halstead, 480188, R. E.; 4608, W. Rid. R.; T/4193, R. E.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Spr Joseph Halstead, 4608, West Riding Rgt.; 4193, R.E. (T); 480188, Royal Engineers.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Spr Joseph Halstead, 180188, 457th (W. Rid.) Field Co. R.E. Date and Place of Death: 22.9.17. In Action. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow Sole legatee - Annie. £23 5s. 3d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Joseph. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Annie, born 17.8.85. Address 1. 13, Wesley Place, Earby, Nr Colne, Yorks. Address 2. 16, Red Lion Street, Earby, Nr Colne, Yorks. Children: John Robert, born 2.3.08. Annie, born 25.6.09. Elizabeth May, born 7.9.10. James Harold, born 19.1.12. Ernest, born, 5.2.13. Joseph, born 5.3.15. Herbert, born 19.4.16.
The 1921 Census shows that Annie, her children and husband Fred were living at 22, Hartley Street, Earby. Annie died in 1931.
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: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Sapper Joseph HALSTEAD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Engineers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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05 October 1917
HALSTEAD – September 23rd 1917, killed in action on the Western Front, Sapper Joseph Halstead, formerly of Earby, aged 32 years.
05 October 1917
EARBY – KILLED BY BULLET FROM ENEMY AEROPLANE
News has been received of the death of Sapper Joseph Halstead, R.E., who was killed instantly on September 23rd by a bullet from a German aeroplane. He was 32 years of age and leaves a wife and seven children, the eldest of whom is nine, at 16, Red Lion Street, Earby. Before joining up Sapper Halstead was a sett-maker at Messrs. John Sagar’s Salterforth Quarries. He went out to France in January last.
In a letter of condolence to Mrs. Halstead, Lieut. E. Best writes:– “He was the sort of man any officer was proud to have in his section – dashing and fearless – and his memory will be ever green with us out here. He was laid away today in a cemetery behind the lines, and was given a military funeral. I can assure you that his grave will receive every attention.”
26 October 1917
EARBY – Benefit Dance
A benefit dance in aid of the widow and children of the late Sapper Joseph Halstead, 16, Red Lion Street, was held at the Albion Hall on Saturday evening. Vocal selections were rendered at intervals by Mrs. J. Pickup (Earby) and Messrs. Maurice Crowther and Harry Boothman, of Nelson. The nett proceeds amounted to £11.
08 February 1918
EARBY – Practical Sympathy
The public of Earby made a liberal response to Mr. Jack Williams’ annual appeal on Friday evening last at a benefit performance given in aid of Mrs. Joe Halstead, Red Lion Street, Earby, whose husband was recently killed in France, leaving a family of seven young children. The Weavers Institute, where Mr. Williams’ Company have been appearing for several weeks, was crowded, many being unable to gain admission, and as a result the sum of £15 has been handed over to Mrs. Halstead.
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05 October 1917
HALSTEAD – Sept. 23rd, killed in action, Sapper Joseph Halstead, R.E., of 16, Red Lion Street, Earby, aged 32.
05 October 1917
EARBY
Killed by Bullet from Enemy Aeroplane
News has been received of the death of Sapper Joseph Halstead, Royal Engineers, who was killed instantly on September 23rd by a bullet from a German aeroplane. He was 32 years of age and leaves a wife and seven children, the eldest of whom is nine, at 16, Red Lion Street, Earby. Before joining up Sapper Halstead was a sett-maker at Messrs. John Sagar’s Salterforth quarries. He went out to France in January last. In a letter of condolence to Mrs. Halstead. Lieut. E. Best writes:– “He was the sort of man any officer was proud to have in his section – dashing and fearless – and his memory will be evergreen with us out here. He was laid away today in a cemetery behind the lines, and was given a military funeral. I can assure you that his grave will receive every attention.”
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