Lieut. T. B. Bellamy, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Bellamy, Chapel Hill, Skipton, died from wounds received in action in Mesopotamia on April 30th, 1917. Formerly a traveller for Mr. John Mollet, ironmonger, Bradford, Lieut. Bellamy enlisted as a private in the R.F.A. a month after the outbreak of war, and in 1915 accepted the offer of a commission, and was posted to the regiment named. After taking part in the opening operations in Mesopotamia, he went to India on sick leave, but returned to the Near East at Christmas, 1916, and, along with two other officers of an advanced guard, was the first to enter Baghdad.
Capt. Hook.
Captain Cyril Hook, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action on April 23rd, 1917, was the second son of Sergt.-Major and Mrs. Hook (late of Bangalore), and grandson of the late Sergt.-Major Hook, of Settle. He was 21 years of age, and joined the Manchester Regiment as a 2nd Lieut. He went to the Front in November, 1915, being wounded in the July advance, but returned to active service again in November, 1916. Before the outbreak of war he was with Messrs. Mather & Platt, of Manchester, and a member of the Broughton Park Rugby Club.
Capt. Mackay.
Captain James Bruce Mackay, West Yorkshire Regiment, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mackay, 11, High Street, Skipton. Thirty-two years of age, he enlisted as a private in the Hussars during the month following the outbreak of war, and, after twelve months’ training at Colchester, accepted a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., being posted to the West Yorkshire Regt., proceeding to France in July, 1916. He took part in the battle of the Somme, and his promotion to the rank of Captain came on the battlefield. He was killed in action on May 3rd, 1917. He was educated at the Skipton Grammar School, and prior to enlisting was an Inspector in the London district for Messrs. Freeman, Hardy & Willis, boot manufacturers.
Lieut. Marlor.
2nd Lieut. Eric Marlor, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, son of Mr. Frank Marlor, Close House, Settle. Joined the Artists’ Rifles, December 15th, 1915, as a private. He afterwards entered the Cadet School, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. of the 2/6th Duke of Wellington’s Regt., in September, 1916. In December of the same year he was attached to the 2/7th Duke of Wellington’s Regt., and went to France in January, 1917. He was reported missing May 3rd, 1917, in the attack on Bullecourt, and was last seen passing through the German wire at the head of his men. Neither 2nd Lieut. Marlor nor any of his men reported missing on that day have ever been traced or heard of, and the War Office has officially presumed their deaths.