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Surname: PROCTER
Forename(s): Stanley
Place of Birth: Earby, Yorkshire
Service No: 1830
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'B' Coy 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1914-09-01
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 697.
CWGC Cemetery: EARBY (WHEATLANDS) CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Stanley Procter was the son of Charles and Sarah Ann Procter, née Mason. Charles was born at Earby and Sarah at Sedbergh, Yorkshire.
1901 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 59, Victoria Road - Tom S. Procter, aged 6 years, born Earby, son of Charles and Sarah A. Procter.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 37, Victoria Road - Stanley Procter, aged 16 years, born Earby, son of Charles and Sarah Procter.
The British Army Service Record for Stanley Procter exists but may be incomplete.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Stanley Proctor (or Procter), 1830, 6th Battn West Riding Regt. Date and Place of Death: 1.9.14. Healing, Linc. Place of Birth, Date of Enlistment, Trade on Enlistment: Earby via Colne, 21.10.12. Weaver. Next of Kin, as stated by Regiment, or, if a Will, Name of Legatee: Mother - Sarah. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Charles. £6 14s. 2d.
When Stanley died his Battalion belonged to the West Riding Division; the Division did not receive its numerical designation until May 1915.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘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).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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04 September 1914
EARBY TERRITORIAL’S DEATH AT GRIMSBY
News was received on Tuesday by Mr. and Mrs. Procter, Victoria Road, of the death of their son, Stanley, a member of the ‘B’ Company 6th W.R. Territorial Regiment, who succumbed on Tuesday morning to an attack of pneumonia in Grimsby Hospital. Deceased was within a month of 20 years of age.
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04 September 1914
DEATH OF A YOUNG TERRITORIAL
We regret to report the death of one of the Earby Territorials who were called up at the commencement of the war. The deceased is Stanley Proctor (6th West Riding, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment), who died at Grimsby on Tuesday from pneumonia. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Proctor, Victoria Road, Earby.
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