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Surname: PETTY

Forename(s): Richard

Place of Birth: Dunsop Bridge, Yorkshire

Service No: 57292

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2/8th Battalion. (Leeds Rifles)

Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division

Age: 27

Date of Death: 1917-11-20

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: B. 25.

CWGC Cemetery: GRAND RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, HAVRINCOURT

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: DUNSOP BRIDGE, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: SLAIDBURN, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: WHITEWELL, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Richard Petty was the son of Richard Thomas and Jane Petty, née Parkinson. Both parents were born at Slaidburn, Yorkshire.

1901 Bowland Forest High, Yorkshire Census: 1, Bishops House, Dunsop Bridge - Richard Petty, aged 9 years, born Slaidburn, Yorkshire, son of Richard Thomas and Jane Petty.

1911 Bowland Forest High, Yorkshire Census: Bishops House, Dunsop Bridge - Richard Petty, aged 19 years, born Bishops House, Yorkshire, son of Richard Thomas and Jane Petty.

The British Army Service Record for Richard Petty exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Richard Petty, 57292, W. York R. K. in A.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Richard Petty, 57292, 2/8 W. York R. Killed in Action 20.11.17.

A short biography of Richard is included in: ‘In Love, In Gratitude, In Remembrance – Remembering the Men & Women of Slaidburn, Newton in Bowland, Dunsop Bridge, Dale Head & Tosside’ by Margaret Brenchley (2018).

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: ---

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Private Richard PETTY

Private Richard PETTY

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division

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

Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: PETTY

Forename(s): Richard

Born: Bouland, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Keighley, Yorks

Number: 57292

Rank: Private

Regiment: Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion: 2/8th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 20/11/17

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: PETTY

Forename(s): Richard

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 57292

Rank: Rifleman

Regiment: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

Unit: 2nd/8th Bn.

Age: 27

Awards:

Died Date: 20/11/1917

Additional Information: Son of Jane Petty, of Bishops House, Dunsop Bridge, Yorks, and the late Richard Petty. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: HERE HAVE WE NO CONTINUING CITY HEB.13-14 V.)

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‘Clitheroe Advertiser’ (4 January 1918)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

DUNSOP SOLDIER KILLED

Mrs. Petty of Bishop’s House, Dunsop Bridge, was officially notified, yesterday, that her son, Richard, was killed in action on November 20th. It was only quite recently that she received word to the effect that her son had been wounded and was in hospital, and she was anxiously awaiting further tidings. The official notice of death, therefore, came as a great shock. Private Petty, who was well-known in the Vale of Hodder, was formerly employed by the Blackburn Waterworks, and his widowed mother and family have the very sincere sympathy of their friends.

‘Clitheroe Advertiser’ (11 January 1918)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

DUNSOP’S ROLL OF HONOUR

PRIVATE RICHARD PETTY of the 2/8 West Yorkshire Regt., son of Mrs. Petty, Bishop’s House, Dunsop Bridge, who, as reported in our last issue, was killed in action on the 20th November. Unmarried, he was in his 27th year, and, prior to enlisting, about the end of May, last year, he had been for four years in the service of the Blackburn Waterworks. He was connected with Slaidburn Parish Church, and his death is keenly regretted by all who knew him. Sympathy throughout the Whitewell Valley is given to the widowed mother in her great trouble.

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