James Stuart Swift 1885-1916

James and Alice Swift (from a collection in Barnsley Archives, with thanks)

Born:
Barnsley on 15 September 1885
Baptised at St. Mary's Church Barnsley on 10 October 1885

Son of:
James and Sarah Swift (nee Morton) who married in March 1880 in Sheffield.
His father was a bank cashier and eventually became a bank manager.

James was the younger of two children. His elder sister was Muriel Morton Swift,
born in Barnsley on 22 April 1881 and baptised at St. Mary's Church Barnsley on 19 May 1881.

Census information:
1891: James aged 5 lived with his parents, aunt, and a servant at 13 Victoria Crescent Barnsley.
1901: James aged 15 was at Ackworth School. His family were living at Heath House, Silkstone Common.
1911: The family now lived at 2 Beech Grove Barnsley and James aged 25 was a bank clerk, his profession on enlistment at the age of 28.

Marriage:
James married Alice Maud Watkinson in Sheffield on 22 April 1915. 

Children:
James Stuart Morton Swift who was born in Sheffield in June 1916.

Military Service:
Enlisted: 11 September 2014 at the age of 28 - only 4 days before his 29th birthday.
Regiment and Battalion: York and Lancs Regiment, 12th Service Battalion (Sheffield Pals)  
Service number and rank: 12/1064 Private
Awarded: British War Medal and the Victory Medal
 
James served in the Mediterranean between 20 December 1915 and 9 March 1916 and served in France from 10 March 1916 until his death on 1 July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Death:     1 July 1916 aged 30
Buried at: Luke Copse British Cemetery Puisieux
Grave Reference:  18

Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of James and Sarah Swift, of Beech Grove, Barnsley; husband of Alice Maud Bradbury (formerly Swift), of Woodhouse, Sheffield.

Remembered:
Holgate Grammar School Old Boys WW1 Memorial and the St Georges Church Memorial Plaque

Links & Notes:
Lives of the First World War
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

More information about this man is available on request

John Burns 1892-1918

Soissons Memorial from the CWGC

Born: 1892 and baptised at St George's 2 March 1892

Son of: Charles Burns pit banksman 3 Lancaster Street, who was married at St George's Church on 1 December 1888 to Alice Appleton

Position in family:  second of 6 children
1. Maude born 1890
2. John WW1 KILLED IN ACTION WW1
3. Elizabeth born 1894
4. Arthur born 1896
5. Ada born 1899
6. William born 1901

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: 31 Nelson Street aged 9
1911: 3 Lancaster Street aged 19 pit byworkman below ground
1914: 4 Clarendon Street aged 21 years 4 months

John was unmarried

Military Service:
Enlisted: 2 September 1914
Regiment and Battalion: 1/5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
Service number and rank:  2323 Private
11 April 1917 transferred to 148 Machine Gun Corps, 73615
Awards: 1914/15 Star, Victory & British Medals

Personal information:   5' 5 3/4" tall, 34 chest, normal vision, good physical development

Death: 27 May 1918 aged 26
CWGC Remembered: Soissons Memorial, Aisne
 
Remembered:
St George's memorial plaque

Links & Notes:
 
Lives of the First World War
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

More information is available about this man on request

Thomas Edgar Carrick 1889-1918

Barnsley Chronicle 18 May 1918 (with thanks to Barnsley Archives)

Born: 22 October 1889 in Harrogate and baptised 3 November 1895

Son of: William Henry Carrick  stone mason 47 Ashfield Road Harrogate, who was married at Christ Church Harrogate on 31 July 1875 to Emma Forrest

Position in family: The youngest of 7 children
1. Arthur William
2. Lydia Forrest
3. Annie Louisa
4. George Henry
5. James Herbert b.1884 WW1 SERVED Royal Engineers Acting Cpl 177500 d.1959 Harrogate
6. Jennie Helena
7. Thomas Edgar WW1 KILLED IN ACTION

Home address, age and occupation:
1891: 22 Ashfield Square aged 1
1901: 47 Ashfield Road Harrogate aged 11
1911: 54 Bridge Street Barnsley  aged 21  Assistant theatre manager

Marriage:
He was married to Alice Edith Browne at St Luke's Church Harrogate on 26 April 1913

Children:
1. Elsie Louisa born in Barnsley 22 July 1914

Military Service:
Enlisted: Barnsley
Regiment and Battalion:  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 1/4th battalion
Service number and rank:  202629  private
Awards: Victory and British medals

Death: 26 April 1918  aged  28
CWGC Remembered: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium  panel 82-85 and 162A

Remembered:
Barnsley, St George's Church, war memorial plaque

Notes:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Lives of the First World War


Further information is available about this man on request

Bernard Henry Alderson 1881-1917

Major Alderson's CWGC headstone (from Lives of the First World War)

Born: 22 October 1881 and baptised 24 November 1881 at St Peter's, Warmfield

Son of: Charles Sibbald Alderson, bank manager in 1911 visiting Whitehead family in Pickering, who was married at Wakefield Parish Church on 9 September 1879 to Emily Annie Brown

Position in family: The oldest of 4 children
1. Bernard Henry   WW1 KILLED
2. Evelyn Sibbald born 31 October 1882, died 2 November 1957
3. Lionel William born 19 August 1885, died 1957. Possibly WW1 served Y & L Cycle Corps
4. Winifred Dykes born 14 November 1887. Married Alfred Dalton Bond WW1 served

Home address, age and occupation:
1891: 4 St Margaret's Terrace, Ilkley aged 9
1901: 4 Wellfield Road aged 19 2nd Lieutenant York & Lancs
1911: in India

Bernard Henry was unmarried
 
Military Service:
Enlisted: 1900 aged 18
Regiment and Battalion:  York and Lancaster, then 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse
Service number and rank:  Major
Awards: Victory British and 1914-15 Star

Death: 2 September 1917  aged 36
Buried at: St Pol Communal Cemetery Extension
Grave Reference: G25

Remembered:
Barnsley, St George's Church, Memorial Plaque and Barnsley, St Mary's Church, Combined memorial

Notes:
 Alfred Dalton Bond 5/York & Lancs TF 2nd Lieutenant 17070, died of pneumonia in Scarborough 22 May 1916. Alfred is named on the St Mary's combined memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission 
Lives of the First World War

More information is available about this man on request.