Here is this week’s round-up of pieces from the Batley News relating to the parish of St Mary’s. 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.
Following on from last week, there was more about Horace Lee:
Local Catholic’s Death
Private Horace Lee (21), Welsh Fusiliers, killed in action on October 1st, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee, 17, Cobden Street, Batley. He worked at Messrs. John Blackburn and Co.’s New Ing Mills. A native of Batley Carr, he attended St. Joseph’s Church and Schools, and later, on removal to Batley, became associated with St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Cross Bank.
The newspaper also published a piece about prisoner of war. Francis Scott.
A PRISONER IN GERMANY
Carlinghow Soldier Whose Brother Has Been Killed
Son of a White Lee Explosion Victim
Private Francis Scott (3), whose wife and three children reside in Birch Street, Carlinghow, is a prisoner of war at Munster, Westphalia, The son of Mrs. Sykes, 23, Healey Street, Healey, whose husband was killed in the White Lee explosion, he enlisted along with his half-brother, Private Sam Sykes, immediately after war broke out. Sam was killed whilst acting as a stretcher-bearer at the Front in January, 1915, and Private Scott had been missing several months when news came that he was a prisoner. An old boy of Healey Council School, he was connected with Cross Bank Roman Catholic Church, and prior to joining the Forces, was employed by Messrs. John Illingworth, White Lee.
There was one parishioner in the Death Notices:
BATLEY.
FRAIN.—In 22nd inst., aged 22 months, Ellen, daughter of Joseph T. Frain, 15, Birch Street.
The Batley Military Tribuanal, and the Appeal Tribunal convened. Two men with St Mary’s links were included.
BATLEY TRIBUNAL
Over 100 Cases Dealt with.
More Textile Operatives to be Combed Out of Local Woollen Mills.
Batley Tribunal, sitting at the Town Hall last Friday, dealt with over a hundred cases of which forty odd were reviews at the instance of the military. Alderman D. Stubley presided, and with him were Alderman F. Priestley, and Mr. T. S. Parr, J.P., Mr. D. H. Thornton (Military Representative), and Mr. L. Hinchliffe (Assistant Clerk)…
Temporary exemption, February 1st….J. Lynch (36) married, Bi, foreman, weft storeman…
Bi was a military service medical fitness classification. ‘B’ meant free from serious organic diseases, able to stand on lines of communications in France or undertaking garrison duties in the tropics. The ‘i’ meant able to march five miles, see, shoot with glasses and hear well.
In the separate Appeal Tribunal, the following was submitted.
THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL
The local members present at the Appeal Tribunal on Monday at Huddersfield were Mr. Joe [?]aley, J.P., and Mr. Ben Turner, J.P. Mr. [?] Norton, J.P., presided…
H. Judge (20), Ci, weaver, Batley, appealed on domestic grounds. Two brothers had joined up, and a third was going, so he would be the only one left to assist in support of the home. The employers sent a letter requesting the Tribunal to allow the appellant to remain in his present occupation.
Major Collins said the employers appealed to the Local Tribunal and were refused.
The Chairman: Adjourned to January 1st; you can then come again
I believe there could be a name discrepancy, and H Judge should possibly read Martin Judge.
Ci meant he was deemed free from serious organic diseases, able to stand service in garrisons at home, and was able to march 5 miles, see to shoot with glasses, and hear well.
The area where Martin Judge lived was on the boundary of Batley and Birstall. I believe it comes under the jurisdiction of St Patrick’s rather than St Mary’s parish, but I have included this piece in case it was the latter. Note he was baptised at St Mary’s, but this was prior to the creation of St Patrick’s parish, and the latter was the parish in which he married.
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