A photograph of Harry Walmsley

It’s four-and-a-half years since our project concluded, but we’re still on the look-out for material about the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers.

Recently the History Group was loaned a bundle of photographs of the village by a member of the Walmsley family, to scan for our archive.  Among these was a photograph of Harry Walmsley, one of the Volunteers who died during the war.

The photograph shows Harry (fourth from right, middle row) with a group of men who might be his training unit – 11^th (Reserves) battalion of the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment – or members of 1/5 battalion with whom he served in France.  Either way, it’s a great addition to our collection.