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William INMAN

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Surname: INMAN

Forename(s): William

Place of Birth: Embsay, Yorkshire

Service No: 203072

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 1/4th Battalion

Division: 49th (West Riding) Division

Age: 36

Date of Death: 1918-04-11

Awards: M.M.

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. I. 16.

CWGC Cemetery: LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: EMBSAY-WITH-EASTBY, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

William Inman was the son of Thomas and Sarah Inman, née Smith and brother of Sapper John Inman (WR/296478) (q.v.). Both of their parents were born at Embsay, Yorkshire.

1881 Embsay, Yorkshire Census: William Inman, aged 8 months, born Embsay. [William and his parents, Thomas and Sarah, were living with her mother, Mary Smith, widow.]

1891 Embsay, Yorkshire Census: William Inman, aged 10 years, born Embsay, son of Thomas and Sarah Inman.

1901 Embsay, Yorkshire Census: Windy Bank - William Inman, aged 20 years, born Embsay, son of Thomas and Sarah Inman.

William was married to Nancy Nutter in 1904.

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 8, Castle View Terrace - William Inman, aged 30 years, born Skipton, husband of Nancy Inman. [William and Nancy were living with her father, William Nutter, widower.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William Inman, 203072, W. Rid. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte William Inman M.M., 203072, 1/4th W. Rid. R. K. in A. 11.4.18.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte William Inman, 203072, 1/4 W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 11.4.18 France. K. in A. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Nancy. £18 6s. 3d.

A short biography of William is included in: ‘Though lost to sight to memory ever dear – Embsay-with-Eastby First World War Roll of Honour’ by Jane Lunnon, David Turner, Chris Lunnon (2018).

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Private William INMAN

Private William INMAN

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division

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Surname: INMAN

Forename(s): William

Born: Embsay, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Skipton, Yorks

Number: 203072

Rank: Private

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion: 1/4th Battalion

Decorations: M.M.

Died Date: 11/04/18

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

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Surname: INMAN

Forename(s): William

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 203072

Rank: Private

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Unit: 1st/4th Bn.

Age: 36

Awards: M M

Died Date: 11/04/1918

Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Sarah Inman, of Embsay; husband of Nancy Inman, of Elm Tree Cottages, Embsay, Skipton, Yorks. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: FONDLY REMEMBERED)

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1/4th. BATTN. DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S (W.R.) REGT. OPERATION ORDER NO. 170

(Sent to CPGW from an unknown source)

SECRET – Copy No. 6

1/4th. BATTN. DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S (W.R.) REGT.
OPERATION ORDER NO. 170

12th March 1918

Reference Map:- D1, 1/10000.

INFORMATION 1.

The Battalion will carry out a raid on the pill-box at J.17.a.75.62 on the morning of March 13th.
Objects:-
a) To secure identification
b) To inflict causalities and lower the morale of the enemy.

STRENGTH OF RAIDING PARTY. 2.

The raid will be carried out by one platoon of D. Company under 2/Lieut. GUMBY.

ARTILLERY & T.M. CO-OPERATION. 3.

At Zero one Battery of 18 pounders will open fire on the pill-box at J.17.a.75.62. At Zero plus 1½ this Battery will increase its range and form a protective barrage round the pill-box, until Zero plus 30.
Occupied areas, machine guns, etc. will be engaged from Zero to Zero plus 30 by 18 pounders, 4.5” and 6” Howitzers and 6” Trench Mortars.

LIGHT TRENCH MORTAR CO-OPERATION. 4

L.T.Ms will fire on the pill-box at J.17.a.75.62 from Zero to Zero plus 1. Other L.T.Ms will fire on selected points in J.11.d.

LEWIS GUN CO-OPERATION. 5.

Lewis Guns will provide covering fire under:-
a) C.C. “D” Coy, will arrange for 1 Lewis Gun on the right flank and 2 on the left flank to provide covering fire. One of these guns will leave B2 post and take up a position in NO MAN’S LAND before dawn.
b) O.C. “C” Coy, will arrange for Lewis Guns to engage the pill-box at J.11.d.32.10

PLAN. 6

a) The raiding party will come up on the afternoon of March, 12th and will be lodged with “A” Coy. for the night.
b) At Zero minus 100, O.C. Reid will report with his party at Battalion Headquarters.
c) Hot coffee and rum will be served at “D” Coy. H.Q. at Zero minus 45 under arrangements of O.C. “D” Coy.
d) The party will be assembled at A3 Post by Zero minus 15.
e) At Zero the party will leave the trenches in line of Sections with intervals:-

No.1 Section … Direct on pill-box.
No.2. Section … On right of pill-box.
No.3. Section … On left of pill-box.
No.4. Section … Direct on Tank at J.17.a.6.6.

ACTION OF RAIDING PARTY 7

The raid will be carried out in accordance with scheme practiced in training.

WITHDRAWAL. 8

The signal for withdrawal will be a loud whistle and the shouting of “GUMBY”. The party will withdraw by the way they came out in the following order:-

No.1. Section (with prisoners)
No.2. Section.
No.4. Section.
No.3. Section.

O.C. Raid will satisfy himself that N.C.Os. 1/c Sections have all heard the withdrawal signal and have all their men with them.

DURATION OF RAID. 9

Half an hour from Zero.

RENDEZVOUS. 10

On return all members of the raiding party will at once rendezvous at the pill-box by the Right Support Post. 2/Lieut. ROSINDALE will be at this point to call the roll.

RETURN TO “B” ECHELON. 11

After the raid the whole party will return to “B” Echelon.

SYNCHRONISATION OF WATCHES. 12

O.C. Raid will arrange to synchronise watches at Battalion Headquarters before moving off.

MARKS OF IDENTIFICATION. 13

O.C. Raid will be responsible that all marks of identification and documents are removed before starting.
Each man will wear an identity disc stamped with a number only; these discs will be issued at Battalion H.Q.

DRESS AND EQUIPMENT. 14

Drill Order, Steel helmet and Rifle with fixed Bayonet. 50 rounds of S.A.A. per man will be carried, one in the chamber, 9 in the magazine, and 40 in the pouch. Safety catches back. S.B.Rs will be carried by all in the “Alert” position.
Two men of No. 1. Section will carry two N.S.K. grenades each. One No. 5 grenade will be carried by each man at No. 1. Section, and two No. 5 grenades by two men in each of the other sections.
Electric torches will be carried by two men of No. 1 Sect.
Every man will carry some form of wire cutters, either S.A. Decimal or Mark V.
These will be issued at “A” Coy. Headquarters on March 12th.

PRISONERS. 15

Prisoners will be sent back to Battalion Headquarters under escort with the least possible delay. No one will speak to them and they will not be searched before they reach Battalion Headquarters. O.C. “D” Coy. will provide escort from his Coy. H.Q. in proportion of 1 escort to 5 prisoners.

EXITS IN THE WIRE. 16

O.C. “D” Coy. will arrange to cut four exits in the wire opposite A3 post during the night March 12/13th. He will also arrange for a covering party to lie out in front of the gaps until dawn, March 13th.

TELEPHONE. 17

Posts A3 and B1 will be in telephonic communication with Battalion Headquarters through “D” Coy. Signal Station, throughout the operation.
2/Lieut. OLDFIELD will be in charge of the telephone at B1 post.

MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS. 18

The Medical Officer will arrange to have sufficient Stretcher Bearers in A2 Post to render First Aid. He will also arrange for the establishment of an Advanced Aid Post in PATU SUPPORT, and for the evacuation of wounded by the South Bridge over JETTY WARREN.
The identity discs of all wounded men will be removed at the Aid Post and forwarded at once to Battalion Headquarters.

NOMINAL ROLLS. 19

A Nominal Roll (in triplicate) of all members of the Raiding Party will be handed in to Battalion H.Q. by O.C. Raid before starting.

MOBILE CHARGE. 20

Two Stokes Gunners with Stokes shells to blow up the Pill-box, will accompany No. 1 Section, of the raiding party.

ZERO HOUR. 21

Zero hour will be notified later by wiring a message containing the word “BOMBS”.
The number in the message will be Zero hour.

ACKNOWLEDGE. 22

Lieut. & A/Adjt.
1/4th. Battn. Duke of Wellington’s
(W.R.) Regt.

Issued at 4 pm.

REPORT ON RAID 13/3/1918

1. OBJECTIVE

Pill-box at J.17.a.75.62

2. STRENGTH OF RAIDING PARTY

2/Lieut. GUMBY and 31 Other Ranks; also 2 Other Ranks from 147 Trench Mortar Battery.

3. CAPTURES

37 prisoners, 2 Heavy Machine Guns, and 1 Light Machine Gun.

4. OUR CASUALITIES

2 Killed, and 8 Wounded (including one since died of wounds).

5. ENEMY CASUALITES.

Heavy. Several wounded had to be left round the pill-box and in the trench behind. Three dead Germans are lying in the trench behind. Three dead Germans are lying in front of the pill-box, and there are some dead in rear of the above point. A Stokes Shell thrown over into the trench accounted for some; the remainder were mainly accounted for by Rifle fire and artillery.

6. DETAILS

One Battery of 18 Pounders from our right opened out at 6.58 am. The barrage proper, commenced at 7.0 am. 3” Stokes shot wall on to the pill-box, but the Artillery were short.
At 7.0 am. The Raiding Party left our trenches from Bays A2 and A3, in line of Sections in file at 12 yards interval; gaps in the wire having been previously cut. The flanking section (particularly the Right) got on well, but the centre section on the pill-box was held up until 7.10 am. by a Battery of 18 Pounders firing short.
In the meantime, about 20 of the enemy ran away from the trench behind the pill-box, and were fired on by the flanking parties. Many hits were scored, these could be seen quite plainly from A3 Bay.
About 7.8 am. a White light was sent from the pill-box, followed by 2 Red lights; this signal was repeated exactly as before.
At 7.10 am. two men mounted a Light Machine Gun (which was captured afterwards) on the top of the pill-box. These men were both shot down before they got to work.
The party then worked round the pill-box and 2 prisoners were captured behind in the trench. A Mills bomb was thrown into a loophole, followed by a ??? grenade which was put down a ?????? hole. A German came through the rear doorway, followed by about 33 others; 3 Machine Guns were brought along. These reached our lines at 7.20 am. to 7.25 am.
A Stokes Shell was through in and the signal given to withdrawn. This was carried out under covering fire of the flanking parties, who withdrew at last.
I regret to state that one Battery of 18 Pounders was still firing short at 7.20 am. and wounded 3 of our men and 1 German, near our own wire.
The Machine Guns on the North side were comparatively quiet, but 2 Machine Guns were very active at a point about 200 yards South of the pill-box at J.17a.6.2. during the whole operation. 2 of our dead were left in the enemy’s lines, but the whole of our wounded were ultimately brought back.
The smoke barrage on the left was a complete success, and drew a lot of fire from BEGELAERE RIDGE.
I regret to say that a Battery which fired from our Right, diagonally, but nearly parallel to our front, fired short the whole time.
The pill-box had two doorways, one facing our lines and one in rear.

(Sgd) R.E. SUGDEN. Lieut. Colonel,
Commanding 1/4th. Battn. Duke of Wellington’s
(W.R.) Regt.

13/3/18

APPENDIX 5.

NOMINAL ROLL OF RAIDING PARTY

2 Lieut. L. GUMBY (Slightly Wounded)

235519 Sergt. BINKS W.H. (Slightly Wounded)
203285 Copl. KANE H. (Slightly Wounded)
202936 L/c.?????? R.
200554 L/c. SKIRROW H. (Wounded)
202969 Pte. LEES V.
242424 Pte. DAKIN F. (Wounded)
242390 Pte. NUTTER J. (Killed)
32806 Pte. GREENWOOD H.
242966 Pte. ??? S. (Wounded)
203541 Pte. WALKER H. (Killed)
31740 Pte. KITSON P.
17056 Pte. ???????? M.
242395 Pte. EDWARDS E.
203728 Pte. HAGGAS E. Stretcher Bearer
203072 Pte. INMAN W.
202888 Pte. SCRUTON WA
4293 Pte SHAW H. WOUNDED
203433 Pte. BURFOOT T.
202149 Pte. TAYLOR JW
203390 Pte. SCALES F.
203513 Pte. FOSTER GA
16465 Pte. BINNS H.
203459 Pte. FOX EW. WOUNDED
203123 Pte. GADES C. WOUNDED
266336 Pte. JACKSON W.
242508 Pte. DUFFIELD P. DIED OF WOUNDS
203531 Pte. QUANTRELL W.
202168 Pte. PRATT B.
242274 Pte. REDPATH J.
23910 Pte. MERRILL J. SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
203650 Pte. DENHAM A.

Appendix 6

1. Wire from Military Secretary, G.H.Q.

“Congratulate 49th Division on successful raid carried out by them this morning south of Reutel”

2. Wire from Fourth Army

“General PLUMER was delighted on his arrival to hear of the successful raid this morning of West Riding 49th Division and wished to convey his congratulations to all concerned.”

3. Wire from 49th Division

“Corps Commander’s message just received addressed 49th Division, says well done, please convey my heartiest congratulations to all ranks concerned.”

4. Message from G.O.C. 49th Division

“Congratulate you and Fourth Duke of Wellingtons very warmly on complete success of their raid this morning. They well deserved all they got.”

HALIFAX COURIER FRIDAY 5th April 1918
WEST RIDING EXPLOIT
THE DARING PILL BOX RAID
A SHOWER OF DECORATIONS

Colonel Sugden’s letter to Lieutenant Gumby with regard to his handling of the raid.

“You will no doubt be surfeited with congratulations. Probably I was in a better position than nearly anyone else to realise the attack and see the whole operation. I would like you to tell your men how exceedingly proud I, and the whole battalion are of them. They went over the top like top? whole sportsmen, every man Jack and I take my hat off to them. There was not the slightest hesitation. The advance looked grand and made me feel very small and humble because I realised how every Private earned his brass better than I did. It is an achievement you and your lads can look back upon with pride all your lives. There has been no raid in this Division to come near it and it beats all I have heard of any other. Every man deserves the M.M. and more every mans name shall be kept in the roll of the battalion record. Jolly good luck to you and to all the lads and may God bring you all out safe at the end of war.”

Lieutenant Gumby when interviewed would only say
“The lads went over splendidly, they were great soldiers.”

In total One Military Cross, three D.C.Ms, Ten M.Ms (including your Grandad) and one bar to the M.M. were awarded.
Two lads were killed on the raid, two were severely wounded and subsequently died of wounds and Nine were wounded. Before the war was ended five more lads including your Grandad were killed.

APPENDIX “A”

List of Honours March 1918

Military Cross 1:- 2L: L. GUMBY

D.C.M.:- 203285 Copl. KANE. M. M.M.
235519 Sgt. BINNS W.
203351 L/C. Moon A.
202936 L/C HUDSON R.A.

Bar to M.M. 203285 Copl. KANE M., D.C.M., M.M.

M.M.:- 203728 Pte. HAGGAS E??
16465 Pte. BINNS H.
242274 Pte. REDPATH J.
203433 Pte. BURFOOT T.
202149 Pte. TAYLOR J.W.
203390 Pte. SCALES F.
203513 Pte. FOSTER G.A.
203650 Pte. DENHAM H.
203072 Pte. INMAN W.
202888 Pte. SCRUTON W.A.

(???) P.G.B.

THE HISTORY OF THE 1/4TH BATTALION DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S (WEST RIDING) REGIMENT, 1914 – 1919, by Capt. P.G. Bales, M.C. (Edward Mortimer Ltd. 1920)

[The following extract describes the raid in which Private William Inman won the Military Medal]

Much attention was paid to the enemy pill-box in front of the Right Company, which has already been mentioned. The Battalion had been detailed to carry out a raid during its next tour, and this pill-box had been selected as the objective.

The platoon which had been selected to carry out the raid was sent to the 147th Infantry Brigade School to train, as it was to be left out of the line until the night before the raid. When the Battalion returned to the line, after its six days’ rest, preparations for the raid were completed. The plan was as follows:–

1. The objective was the enemy pill-box already described, which lay rather more than a thousand yards from the line. To the right of it lay an old British tank, stranded and abandoned in one of the attacks of the previous autumn, and known to be occupied by the enemy sometimes.

2. The raiding party was to consist of Sec.-Lieut. L. Gumby and 31 other ranks (one complete platoon) of D Company. Two men of the 147th Light Trench Mortar Battery accompanied the party, carrying with them short-fused Stokes mortar shells, to damage the pill-box.

3. At zero hour (7-0 am.) the party was to advance in four sections, one on each flank of the pill-box, one towards it, and one towards the tank.

4. A creeping barrage was to cover the advance, while the enemy positions in the vicinity were to be engaged by artillery and trench mortars.

Zero hour had been fixed after dawn as the broken nature of the ground made an advance in the dark extremely difficult.

On the evening of March 12th the raiding party came up by light railway, and was accommodated with the reserve company for the night. During the night final preparations were made; steps for each of the four sections were cut in the parapet of the front line trench opposite the pill-box, and four gaps were cut in the wire. By dawn on March 13th the whole party was assembled in the front line, waiting for the barrage to open. There too was the Commanding Officer, in communication with Battalion H.Q. by a telephone wire, laid specially for the occasion.

At 7.0 a.m. the barrage opened, and the raiding party went over in line of sections in file. From the start, the flanking sections went well and reached their positions without difficulty; but the section under the direct command of the platoon commander, whose special objective was the pill-box, was delayed by the short firing of one of the barrage guns. In the meantime, about twenty of the enemy got out of a trench in rear of the pill-box and tried to escape. They were heavily fired on by the flanking sections, and many were brought down. As soon as the barrage lifted off the pill-box, two of the enemy mounted a light machine gun on the top; but both were shot down before they could open fire. By this time the centre section had got forward, worked round the pill-box, and captured one or two prisoners in rear of it. The pill-box itself was then attacked. A Mills bomb was inserted through a loophole and a M.S.K. grenade was dropped down the ventilating shaft. The latter immediately had its effect, about thirty Germans coming out with their hands up. How so many had been able to crowd into so small a space cannot be conceived. They were immediately directed to run across to the British line, where now the greatest excitement prevailed; everywhere men were standing on the parapet waving to them to come in. A Stokes shell was thrown into the pill-box and then, about 7-20 a.m., the withdrawal was ordered. A few minutes later the raiding party, with the exception of two dead near the pill-box and some wounded still in No Man’s Land, was back in its own lines.

When the captures came to be totalled up it was found that there were no less than 37 prisoners, and, in addition, three enemy machine guns had been brought back by the raiding party. Among the prisoners was a little bald-headed man, who had been the source of so much amusement to the front line troops the previous tour. Also, many dead and wounded were lying about the pill-box, not counting a number who had certainly been wounded in escaping to the rear. All this had been accomplished by a total force of one officer and thirty-three other ranks–less than the total number of prisoners–with a loss of only two killed and eight wounded. Unfortunately, two of the wounded afterwards died.

A number of wounded were lying out in No Man’s Land and these had to be brought in. This business was taken in hand by Major A.L. Mowat, M.C., who had gone up to the line immediately the Commanding Officer returned. Some of the enemy meanwhile had hoisted a white flag, and, under its protection which had not been violated by the British, were collecting their wounded. Seeing this, Major Mowat ordered a white flag to be put out, and stretcher-bearers to go over and bring back the wounded. This was done but, no sooner did they appear on the top of the parapet than every enemy machine gun in the district opened fire on them. It was a typical ‘Hun’ trick–to make use of the white flag to collect their own and then to open fire at once when it was used by their opponents. The flag was quickly hoisted down and fire was opened in retaliation. It is unlikely that any man in the Battalion ever respected a German flag again. In spite of this failure, it was not long before every wounded man was brought in.

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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, April 27, 1918

OUR FIGHTING RETREAT FROM ARMENTIÈRES: THE FIVE DAYS’ DEFENCE OF ERQUINGHEM. DRAWN BY H. W. KOEKKOEK FROM MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY AN EYE-WITNESS. Erquinghem is about two miles west of Armentières (seen in the distance in the right background of our drawing), and lies on the road (seen in the middle distance on the right) leading west by south to Estaires and Merville. A pontoon-bridge over the River Lys is shown on the extreme left in the background. In the right foreground is the British first-line trench, and further to the left are rows of sectional trenches. Writing on April 11, Mr. H. Perry Robinson said: “When the success of the first attack on Ploegsteert permitted the Germans to pour through on the north side, while on the south side the fighting was going on about Estaires, the threat to our garrison in the Armentières area was evidently so great, with the enemy nearly making contact from both flanks in the rear, that it was withdrawn first to Erquinghem soon after midday yesterday, and then to a line in front of Nieppe, which line we still hold.” [The 1/4th Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) fought in and around Erquinghem on the 10th April 1918]

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29 March 1918

MILITARY MEDAL FOR EMBSAY SOLDIER

Information has reached Embsay this week of the awarding of the Military Medal to Private William Inman for gallantry during a raid on the enemy trenches on the 13th March, in assisting to silence the enemy machine guns. Private Inman, whose home is in Elm Tree Square, Embsay, was previously employed by the Skipton Rock Company. He enlisted on the 7th August, 1916, and after a short training at Clipstone Camp, proceeded to France on the 9th December, 1916, with the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. He was at home on leave quite a short time ago.

09 April 1920

INMAN – In loving memory of Pte. W. Inman, M.M., Duke of Wellington’s Regt., who was reported missing April 11th, 1918, since presumed killed.

‘Tis hard to part with a husband so dear,
A father fond and kind.
‘Tis hard to part with a partner dear,
And to be left behind.
With friends who twine around the heart,
Experiences best can tell
How hard – how very hard to part,
And bid the long farewell.

From his sorrowing Wife and Children, Elm Tree Cottages, Embsay.

16 April 1920

INMAN – In loving memory of our dear brother, Pte. W. Inman, M.M., Duke of Wellington’s Regt., who was reported missing April 11th, 1918, since presumed killed.

We often sit and think of him,
But make no outward show;
The heart that mourns sincerely
Mourns silently and low.

“Peace, perfect peace.”

From his loving Brother and Sister-in-law, Harry and Sarah, Sunny Bank, Embsay.

08 April 1921

INMAN – In loving memory of a dear husband and father, Pte. W. Inman, M.M., reported missing April 11th, 1918, since presumed killed.

Three years have passed since that sad day
When one we loved was called away;
Friends are friends, if they be true,
But we lost our best friend when we lost you.

From his loving Wife and Children, Elm Tree Cottages, Embsay.

INMAN – In loving memory of our dear brother, Pte. W. Inman, M.M., Duke of Wellington’s Regt., who was reported missing April 11th, 1918, since presumed killed.

Forgotten by some to the world he may be,
But true to our memory he ever will be.

From his loving Brother and Sister-in-law, Harry and Sarah, and Ann, Sunny Bank, Embsay.

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28 March 1918

EMBSAY

MILITARY MEDAL – Information has reached Embsay this week of the awarding of the Military Medal to Pte. Wm. Inman, for gallantry during a raid on the enemy trenches on March 13th, in assisting to silence the enemy machine guns. Pte. Wm. Inman, whose home is in Elm Tree Square, Embsay, was previously employed by the Skipton Rock Co. He enlisted on Aug. 7th 1916, and after a short training at Clipstone Camp proceeded to France with the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment on Dec. 9th, 1916. Pte. Inman was at home on leave quite a short time ago.

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