1914-1918

AIR

William

Sapper 256739, Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers. Died in United Kingdom 12^th March, 1917. Age 25. Born Rufforth, enlisted Poppleton. Son of George Webster Air and Harriet Mary Air; husband of Frances Mary Air, of 3, Ratcliffe St., Burtanstone Lane, York. Buried in York Cemetery, Yorkshire, B2. 2046.

ARCHER

Willie

Gunner 123338, 141^st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 26^th April, 1918. Age 22. Born Upper Poppleton, enlisted Poppleton. Husband of Sarah Ann Archer, of 3, Carrington Avenue, Poppleton Road, Yorkshire. Buried in the Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, France, II. F. 5.

DIBBS

John Walter

Private 235875, 9^th battalion, West Yorkshire Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment. Died 9^th May, 1919. Age 24. Son of Margaret and the late Fred Dibbs. Buried in the Churchyard of All Saints Church, Upper Poppleton, Yorkshire.

EVERATT

James

Private 49376, 10^th Battalion, West Yorkshire Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment. Killed in action 25^th August, 1918. Born Henden, Shgeffiedl, enlisted Poppleton. Commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France, Panel 4.

HAWKES

George Herbert Cooper

Private 32194, 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion, Gloucetsershire Regiment. Died 25th September 1918. Born Poppleton, enlisted York. Aged 21. Son of George and Sarah Jane Hawkes, of 2, Oak Villas, Upper Poppleton, York. Formerly 186290, Royal Engineers. Buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XIII. Row E. Grave 12.

Note: Grevillers was captured by the Germans in March 1918 and the recaptured on August 24^th, 1918 and in September the 34^th, 49^th and 56^th Casualty Clearing Stations came to the village and used the cemetery again.

HORTON

Reginald William

Sergeant 15/477, 15^th Battalion, West Yorkshire Price of Wales’s Own Regiment. Died 12^th November, 1918. Buried in the Berlin South Western Cemetery, Germany, XX. A. 2.

KING

Arthur

No further information currently

METCALFE

Ralph Dalton

Private 105731, 3^rd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 2^nd September, 1918. Buried in the Churchyard of All Saints Church, Upper Poppleton, Yorkshire.

SWALES

Arthur

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TAIT

William Hind

Private 16/1540, 13^th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 17^th September 1916. Age 19. Son of William Hind Tait and J. A. Tait, of Station Road, Poppleton, Yorkshire. Buried in the Guards’ Cemetery, Lesboeufs, The Somme, France, V. A. 4.