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William George Leathley

Two local residents recently visited The Thiepval Memorial to pay their respects to William George Leathley who was a casualty of the first day of the battle of the Somme. William died aged 20 on 01 July 1916 Son of the late William Leathley, of Grewelthorpe.

William George was a Second Lieutenant of The 8th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry which was part of the 21st Division engaged close to the village of Fricourt.

More details about William George and his unit can be found here. Leathley, William George Second Lieutenant 8th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry
William George Leathley is also listed on our War Memorial in the church yard.

The Thiepval Memorial is the Largest British (and Commonwealth) War memorial and contains the names of 73,357 men who have no known grave.
William’s name appears on wall 2A.

The visit to Thiepval was very sobering and to see so many young lives listed was a stark reminder of the real cost of war. We were anxious to collect photographs of our visit so that for William George Leathley his name and the memory of the enormous sacrifice he and so many other young men made is recorded here. His name carved on that limestone wall represents a reminder of the life full of potential cut tragically short for a young man from Grewelthorpe.

Grewelthorpe History

  • School Canteen
  • Land Owners
  • Two boys killed by bomb.
  • Boxing Match
  • Leonard Lonsdale
  • War Memorial
  • A Brief History
  • Grewelthorpe Mill
  • Mickley Water Supply and drainage
  • Mickley
  • Mickley Mill.
  • Bush Farm sale March 1831
  • Grewelthorpe residents in 1838
  • West Riding House of Correction
  • Wayside Cross
  • Churchmen in Grewelthorpe
  • ARP wardens and other volunteers.
  • 1939 Register for Grewelthorpe.
  • Grewelthorpe Inclosure Award
  • Major William Thomas Buxey
  • Hidden bottle in Church
  • Grewelthorpe Ghost stories
  • The Canadian Emigrant
  • French War Escape Hero lived in Grewelthorpe.
  • A Racehorse called Grewelthorpe
  • Fingerfield farm Grewelthorpe
  • Electoral Registers Grewelthorpe
  • Robbery in Grewelthorpe 1849
  • Brewers & Innkeepers of Masham and surrounding area
  • WW2 Bombers crash in area
  • William George Leathley
  • Edgar Chapman
  • Houses in 1911
  • Grewelthorpe 1911
  • Directories
  • Workhouse Inmates
  • War Time in Grewelthorpe
  • Calverley Diary
  • The Royal British Legion
  • Time Line
  • School History Part 1.
  • School History. Part 2.
  • School History. Part 3.
  • School History Part 4.
  • Grewelthorpe Women at work
  • Beggars Bush Farm
  • Grewelthorpe Reading Room
  • Knights Templar
  • Village Survey 1970 - 1971
  • Les Taylor - Oral History
  • Evacuees. World War 2.
  • Cricket Club
  • School Play 1938
  • W.T.Neave.
  • Census Statistics
  • Old School &, Village Photos
  • Nutwith in Grewelthorpe
  • Grewelthorpe Man
  • Masham Peculiar Court
  • Wills. 1600 - 1860
  • Roll of Honour WW2
  • Roll of Honour WW1
  • Churchmen of Grewelthorpe
  • Celebrations
  • Bramley Grange
  • Chartulary - Bramley
  • Water for Grewelthorpe
  • Domesday Book
  • Methodists
  • Street Lights
  • Civil War Hoard
  • Grewelthorpe Pond

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