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Surname: NAYLOR
Forename(s): Wilfred
Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire
Service No: P/14373
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Military Police Corps (Foot Branch)
Battalion / Unit: ---
Division: ---
Age: 42
Date of Death: 1920-03-21
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 'C.' 2932.
CWGC Cemetery: LEEDS (NEW WORTLEY) CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Wilfred Naylor was the son of Joseph and Jane Naylor, née Lambert. Both parents were born at Leeds, Yorkshire.
1881 Leeds, Yorkshire Census: 145 & 143, West Court - Wilfred Naylor, aged 3 years, born Leeds, son of Joseph and Jane Naylor.
1891 Leeds, Yorkshire Census, 143, West Street - Wilfred Naylor, aged 13 years, born Leeds, son of Joseph and Jane Naylor.
1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 3, Punch Bowl Hill - Wilfred Naylor, aged 33, born Leeds, Yorkshire. [Wilfred was boarding with Florence Long, widow.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte W. Naylor, 19268, Highland Light Infantry & P14373, Military Foot Police.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: L/Cpl W. Naylor, P14375, Military Foot Police & Pte 19268, 12th Highland Light Infantry. Theatres of war in which served: 1 [France] 2.12.16 to 19.4.17.
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: Military Police Corps (Foot Branch)
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20 April 1917
A SILSDEN MAN WOUNDED
Private Wilfred Naylor, of the Highland Light Infantry, and son of Mr. Joseph Naylor, of 2, Woodlands View, Leeds, has been wounded by shrapnel whilst serving in France. In a letter to a friend at Silsden, dated April 11th, Pte. Sam Fort, of the R.A.M.C., states:– “You will see this writing is not Wilfred Naylor’s. I am sorry to inform you that he has been wounded in the right arm just above the elbow. The wound has been caused by shrapnel, which has smashed the bone, but he himself is very well, and that I know as I have been with him to-day. He will be coming over to England very soon, but they might have to operate on his arm on account of shrapnel.” Pte. Naylor carried on business as an hairdresser at Silsden for three years prior to enlisting, and is 39 years of age. He was an old soldier, having served for many years in the forces prior to the outbreak of war.
26 March 1920
NAYLOR – Lance-Corporal Wilfred Naylor, of 2 Woodsley View, Leeds, and late hairdresser, of Silsden, near Keighley. Died at Becketts Park Hospital, Leeds on March 21st, 1920.
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20 April 1917
SILSDEN SOLDIER WOUNDED
News has been received that Pte. Wilfred Naylor, of the Highland Light Infantry, son of Mr. Joseph Naylor, of 2, Woodlands View, Leeds, has been wounded whilst in action in France. In a letter from Pte. Sam Fort, dated April 11th, the letter states:– “You will see this writing is not Wilf’s, but the letter is from him. I am sorry to inform you that he has been wounded in the right arm just above the elbow. It has smashed the bone, but he is very well, as I have been with him to-day. He will be coming over to England very soon, but they might have to operate on his arm to remove the shrapnel.”
Pte. Naylor prior to enlisting carried on business as a hairdresser in Bradley Road, Silsden. He is 39 years of age.
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