Barwick in Elmet & Scholes War Memorials Web Site

The Fallen of Scholes

You will find the details of each man on his own page. Click on a name to be taken to that man's page.

Scholes War Memorial

Barwick in Elmet Scholes Ward In Memory of the Brave Men who Fought and Died In the Great War 1914 - 1919. Lt.H. Elsworth Capt. & Adjt. C. Robinson Lt. J.H. Simpson Pte. W. Atkinson Pte J. Braham Pte. G. Bramley Pte. E. Gardiner Pte. E Haigh Pte. R. Johnson Pte. F. Johnson Sgt. H. McMillan Pte. F. Pickersgill Gnr J.W. Precious Pte. W. Sayes

1939 - 1945 Gnr. F. Deakin Sgt. R. Jones Sgt. D. Froggatt Pte. J.D. Larman Sub Lt. D. Hockenhull Maj. C.A.R. Smith Sgt. E. Hudson Pte. J. Wilkinson Sgt. C. Risingham

I have, so far, been able to identify two men from prominent Scholes Families who died during their service. Lance Corporal Herbert McConnell and Leading Aircraftman William Chippindale.

The McConnell's came to Scholes soon after the end of the Great War, but long enough after it for their son to not be considered for inclusion amongst the names of the war dead. The youngest son of the family, Leslie became very well known throughout village life, with his membership of the cricket club and his leadership of the village youth group.

The Chippindale's were the proprietory family behind the villages brick and tile works. The wider family provided four young men to fight the war and three of them were decorated for their bravery. The fourth was William Chippindale, firstly a member of the Royal Flying Corps and then on it's creation, the Royal Air Force. William Chippindale was accidentally killed in France in 1921, almost a year after the completed War Memorials were unveiled, and therefore too late to be included among the war dead. He is however named alongside his fellow servicemen on the Nominal Roll displayed inside the Manor House.