Thomas William STOREY

12 January 1917

STOREY – Died in hospital at Clipstone Camp, January 4th, Sapper Thos. William Storey, Royal Engineers, of Skipton, aged 35 years.

12 January 1917

SKIPTON SAPPER DIES IN HOSPITAL – SAPPER THOMAS WILLIAM STOREY

We have also to record the death this week from double pneumonia and pleurisy in hospital at Clipstone Camp of Sapper Thos. Wm. Storey, of 15, Russell Street, Skipton, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Storey of 8, Chancery Lane, Skipton. 35 years of age, deceased enlisted in the Royal Engineers in September last year and for some weeks past he had been engaged on work at the camp. He was admitted to hospital a fortnight ago and yesterday morning week his wife was informed by telegram that his condition was serious. Mrs. Storey at once made the journey to Clipstone Camp and her husband passed away during the afternoon while she was present. Deceased, who leaves a widow and four children, was formerly employed as a labourer by the Midland Railway, and at one time was in employ of the Skipton Rural District Council.

The body was brought to Skipton on Saturday, and the funeral, which was attended with semi-military honours, took place on Tuesday afternoon at Waltonwrays Cemetery, the service being conducted by the Ven. Archdeacon Cook. A party of six men from deceased’s regiment, in charge of a corporal, attended and acted as bearers, and a number of men from Raikeswood Camp were also present.

Mrs. Storey has received a letter from her husband’s commanding officer expressing the sympathy of himself and the men in her great loss.

04 January 1918

STOREY – In loving memory of my dear husband, Sapper T. W. Storey, who died at Clipstone Military Hospital, January 4th, 1917.

One year has passed, and still we miss him,
Some may think the wound is healed;
But they little know the sorrow,
That is in our heart concealed.

From his Loving Wife and Family, 15, King Street.

03 January 1919

STOREY – In loving memory of Sapper T. W. Storey, who died January 4th, 1917.

Ever remembered by his Wife and Children, 13 King Street, Skipton.

09 January 1920

STOREY – In loving memory of my dear husband, Sapper T. W. Storey, who died at Clipstone Military Hospital Jan. 4th, 1917.

Sweet are the memories that never fade
Of one we loved but could not save.

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.