This week’s round-up of pieces from the Batley News relating to the parish of St Mary’s is brief. As usual I have put in bold the names of those connected to the parish who served with the military. And, as ever, the spelling and punctuation matches that of the newspaper.
The newspaper contained a report of the death of Patrick Gallagher:
BATLEY CATHOLIC KILLED
Official news has been received of the death of Private Patrick Gallagher, K.O.Y.L.I., whose wife and two children reside at 16, Birch Street, Carlinghow, A letter from the Records Office at York, received yesterday, says he was killed in action on April 3rd. He was 27 years of age.
Private Gallagher, who was an ex-member of the Regular Army, was in training as a Reservist when the war broke out. He went to the Front after five months’ training, and in his two and a half years’ fighting in France had never previously been injured. He was formerly employed at Messrs. Critchley’s West End Colliery. He attended Batley Roman Catholic Church, and was a member of Batley United Irish League.
In other news, a parishioner was in a spot of bother. The case came before the magistrates:
Batley Magistrates To-Day
…For drunken and riotous conduct in Commercial Street, Thos. Kelly, miner, 24, Ambler Street, Batley, was fined 20s. He did not appear, but sent a letter saying he could not leave his work. There were four previous convictions.
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