Private Rufus Yates aged 20

Rufus Yates lived at Paradise, Midgley in both the 1901 and 1911 census, with his parents Harry, a Woollen Weftman and Grace and older brother Fred, a Woollen Spinner.

He was aged 13 and a Presser for Ready Made Clothing. He later became a Railway Clerk at Eastwood station.

He was shot in the head by a sniper and is buried in the Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France, where his headstone bears the inscription:

“In God’s Keeping he is safe”

He’s also commemorated on the St James Roll of Honour. His story is best told from the Hebden Bridge Times:

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