Lieut. Thornton.
2nd Lieut. J. H. B. Thornton, Labour Corps, of Keswick, who was classical master at Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton, from September, 1914, to March, 1917, was killed in action on the Western front on September 28th, 1918. He frequently acted as instructor to the Skipton V.T.C. in its early days.
2nd Lieut. Bentham.
2nd Lieut. Harley Bentham, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, of Hellifield, died in France from wounds received in action on September 13th, 1918.
2nd Lieut. Bushby.
2nd Lieut. Joseph Bryan Bushby, South Staffordshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bushby, Schoolhouse Farm, Marton, died on October 9th, 1918, from wounds received on the Western front on October 4th, 1918. He was 26 years of age, and an “Old Boy” of Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton, and St. John’s College, York. He was a teacher at the Brougham Street School, Skipton, at the time he joined the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment as a private, in September, 1914.
