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Surname: HARTLEY
Forename(s): William Cecil
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 761023
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: London Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 1/28th (County of London) Battalion. (Artists' Rifles)
Division: 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1917-10-30
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 153.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON – ERMYSTED’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Cecil Hartley (born 12 August 1889) was the son of James Henry and Mary Hannah Hartley, née Barrett. James was born at Carleton-in-Craven and Mary at Embsay, Yorkshire.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: Belgravia Villas - William C. Hartley, aged 1 year, born Skipton, son of James H. and Mary A. Hartley.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: Belgravia Villas - William C. Hartley, aged 11 years, born Skipton, son of James Hy and Mary H. Hartley.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: Belgravia, Carleton Road - William Cecil Hartley, aged 21 years, born Skipton, son of James Henry and Mary Hannah Hartley.
The British Army Service Record for William Cecil Hartley exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William C. Hartley, 5580 & 761023, 28th London Regiment.
A short biography of William is included in: ‘A Grammar School at War – The Story of Ermysted’s Grammar School during the Great War’ by Steven Howarth (2007).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HARTLEY, Wm. (Cecil), aged 28, Artist’s Rifles, O.T.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Hartley, Belgravia, Skipton, killed in action Oct. 30, 1917.
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L/Corporal William Cecil HARTLEY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: London Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
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30 November 1917
HARTLEY – October 30th 1917, killed in action in France, William (Cecil), London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles, O.T.C.), dearly beloved and eldest son of J. H. and M. H. Hartley, Belgravia, Skipton.
30 November 1917
SKIPTON'S ROLL OF HONOUR – WM. HARTLEY, MACHINE GUN CORPS
With regret we have also to record this week the death in action on October 30th of William (Cecil) Hartley, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hartley, of Belgravia, Skipton. Twenty-eight years of age he volunteered for service early in 1915, joining the Artists’ Rifles in London (Officers’ Training Corps). Later the same year he volunteered with 500 others from the above Regiment for active service in France, and was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. He was educated at Skipton Grammar School and Newcastle High School, Staffordshire. He finished his commercial training at Bradford Technical College and later, in 1914, he entered into partnership with a firm of Bradford merchants. We tender to Mr. and Mrs. Hartley and family our sincere sympathy in their affliction.
03 December 1920
Memorial Tablet to Fallen Officer
At an early celebration of Holy Communion at the Skipton Parish Church on Sunday morning, the Rev. W. M. Lister (curate) dedicated a brass tablet, erected on the North side, to the memory of the late William Cecil Hartley. The inscription on the tablet reads:– “For God, for King and Country. In loving memory of William Cecil Hartley, aged 28 years, 1/28 London Regiment (Artists Rifles) O.T.C., the beloved elder son of J. H. and M. H. Hartley, of Belgravia, Skipton-in-Craven, who was killed in action in France on October 30th, 1917. He has done his duty.” The tablet also bears the regimental crest of the Artists Rifles.
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30 November 1917
HARTLEY – Oct. 30th, 1917, killed in action in France, William (Cecil), London Regiment Artists’ Rifles, O.T.C., dearly beloved eldest son of J.H. and M.H Hartley, Belgravia, Skipton.
30 November 1917
ANOTHER SKIPTONIAN KILLED
We regret we have to record this week the death in action on October 30th, of William (Cecil) Hartley, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hartley, of Belgravia, Skipton. Twenty-eight years of age he volunteered for service early in 1915, joining the Artists’ Rifles in London (Officers’ Training Corps). Later the same year he volunteered with 500 others from the above regiment for active service in France and was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. He was educated at the Skipton Grammar School and Newcastle High School, Staffordshire. He finished his commercial training at Bradford Technical College, and in 1914 he entered into partnership with a firm of Bradford merchants.
14 December 1917
FOUNDER’S DAY AT SKIPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
A Fifteenth Century Foundation – War Memorial Proposed
COMMEMORATION SERVICE
Wednesday’s proceedings were opened with a service in commemoration not only of the founders and benefactors of the school but also of the gallant men who formerly passed through the school and who had given their lives for their country in the present war. The service was conducted by the headmaster (Rev. F.G. Forder) in the big school and there was a good attendance of old boys and others interested in the school. The names of the fallen heroes are as follows:– 2nd Lieut. T.B. Bellamy, Captain C.D. Bennett, 2nd Lieut. T.D. Broughton, Captain C.W. Brown, Gunner Philip Brown, Corporal H.S. Caw, Sergt. J. Cockerill, 2nd Lieut. H. Colley (master), Major M.E. Cookson, 2nd Lieut. E.G. Goodman, 2nd Lieut. F.H. Gill, Private W. Hartley, Rifleman W.M. Jowett, Lieut. H. Knowles, 2nd Lieut. C.H. Lee (master), 2nd Lieut. J.C. McIntyre, Captain J.B. McKay, Lance-Corporal A.J. Metcalfe, J.H. [E.] Metcalfe, Private E. Platt, Private C.T.W. Rigby, 2nd Lieut. W.A. Rodwell, Sergt. A.F. Ryder, Lieut. E.J.C. Supple (master), Private F. Thornton, Rifleman H. Tindall, Sergt. H. Walker, Gunner Herbert Watson, 2nd Lieut. Alec Wilson, Private Cameron Wilson, 2nd Lieut. Ian Wilson.
Among the old boys who have gained distinctions are the following:– Military Cross, Second-Lieutenant J.G. Berry, Second-Lieutenant J.B. Hartley, Captain J.T. Hurst, Lieut. P. Jowett, Lieut. J. Petty, and Capt. T.B. Pollard (master); Distinguished Conduct Medal, Corpl. W.A. Murgatroyd; Mentioned in Despatches, Lieut. J. Pethybridge, Capt. Allan Wilson, and many others.
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