John (known as Jack) Lamb was born 16 July, 1921, in Saltaire to Joseph Lamb and Bertha Longbottom.

From before 1914 they were living at 3 Myrtle Place in Saltaire, where they remained until 1934.

In the 1939 Register, Jack was an apprentice wool sorter living with his brother, Wilfred, at 13 Albert Road, Saltaire.

Jack served in WW2. He spent time in a prisoner of war camp in Germany.

Extract from the Shipley Times 7 October 1942: -

PRISONER OF WAR

Mr. Wilfred Lamb, of 13 Albert Road, Saltaire, has received a letter from his brother, Sergeant Jack Lamb, RAF, who was reported missing three weeks ago, stating that he is now a prisoner of war in Germany.

Extract from the Shipley Times 24 November 1943: -

Stoker George Henry Marshall, a former member of a Royal Navy submarine crew, writes that two local boys with him in a German prisoner-of-war camp are Jack Lamb, of Saltaire, and Len Smith, of Wrose.

It is unclear what happened to Jack.

 

Harry Lambert was the son of Arthur Lambert. Arthur was born, 2 May 1876, in Leeds. He married Helen Watkin, 4 June 1901, at St. Pauls Shipley. In 1911 they were living at 10 Titus Street with their daughter, Mary Catherine (born Saltaire 1905).

Harry wasborn in 1913 in Saltaire. By 1918 he was living with his family at 72 Victoria Road, Saltaire. In February 1921 Harry was a prize winner at St. Peter’s Sunday school, Shipley. In March 1925 he was the youngest member of the Shipley Division of the St. John Ambulance Association. His father was the divisional superintendent. In September 1929 he was a member of the Shipley Guild of Youth.

Report in the Shipley Times 18 September 1940: -

SALTAIRE BRIDEGROOM

Mr. Harry Lambert, only son Mr. and Mrs. A. Lambert, Victoria Road, Saltaire, and Miss Edna Elaine Roberts, younger daughter Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Roberts, Ravenscliffe Avenue, Eccleshill, were married at St. Peter’s Church, Shipley, (14 September) where the bridegroom is Sunday school superintendent and a member of the choir, and the bride is a Sunday school teacher.

The bridegroom is on active service with the R.N.R. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. T. B. Cornish and the Rev. G. G. Cragg, and Mr. J. Murgatroyd was best man.

The bride wore a white lace dress and tulle veil, and carried a bouquet of red roses, and the bridesmaid, Miss Freda Margerison, was in turquoise blue, with a head-dress of silver leaves and ribbon.

 

John Arthur (known as Arthur) Lavelle was born, 20 June 1905, in Shipley to William Lavelle and Annie Ibbitson.

In 1911 Arthur was living with his parents and siblings (including his sister Bertha) at 6 Hargreaves Square, Shipley. His parents worked as woolcombers. From before 1918 they lived at 14 Caroline Street, Saltaire. In the 1921 Census, Arthur was a spinning jobber working in Saltaire Mills. His father was a woolcomber for Francis Willey in Shipley.

Report in the Shipley Times 25 May 1923 referring to the Otley Police Court: -

SALTAIRE YOUTHS FINED

Eight Saltaire youths were summoned for playing football on the highway in Prod Lane, Baildon, 29 April. The defendants were: - Arthur Lavelle (17), John Harrison (16 ), Leonard Hudson (18), millhands; Leavens Park (17), George Bacon (18), labourers; John Hudson (14), doffer ; Henry Ogden (17), jobber; and Harry Hainsworth (16), clerk. All pleaded guilty.
Police Constable Feanside said that when he told defendants they would be reported, they replied: “Well, give us the ball back.”
The Chairman: Did you give them it back: —No, sir.
Superintendent Oldroyd said that the offence was a very common practice with these youths from Shipley every Sunday afternoon. Another batch had been reported. There were complaints of people being struck with the ball and having their clothes damaged. There was plenty of room Baildon Green if the youths wanted to play football.
Defendants were each fined 5s.

Arthur married Alice Hargreaves in 1930. Alice, born 14 April 1906 in Bradford, was living at 47 George Street, Saltaire. They had two sons – Peter, born 22 December 1936, and David born 14 November 1939.

In September 1936, Arthur was a steward for a dance organised by the St. Walburga’s Entertainment Committee. The dance, attended by 150 people, was held in the school hall. In January 1937, Arthur organised a whist drive attended by 93 people held in the Assembly Hall, Farfield Road, Shipley.

In the 1939 Register Arthur was living with his family at 2 Alexandra Square, Shipley. He worked as a warehouseman.

Arthur served in WW2; he was a gunner in the Royal Artillery. He was killed in action, 4 July 1944, in Italy. He was buried in the Arezzo War Cemetery.

His widow, Alice, died 26 June 1988 at 7 Westfield Crescent, Wrose, Shipley.

 

Lockwood, Jack
1920 - ????

Jack Lockwood was the son of John Thomas Lockwood. Widower, John, (born 1876) married Lilian Smith, 19 January 1918, at St. Paul’s, Shipley. They had three children.

Jack, their second child, was born in 1920. They lived at 44 Thompson Street, Shipley.

Report in the Shipley Times 16 June 1928: -

While Jack Lockwood (8), of 44 Thompson Street. Shipley, was crossing the road from Thompson Street into Saltaire Road on Wednesday (13 June) night, he was knocked down by a motor car driven by Mr. E. W. Chairey, Ashmount. Heaton Grove. Frizinghall. Lockwood was taken to Saltaire Hospital, where it was ascertained that had received injuries to his nose which necessitated three stitches being put in. He was detained at the hospital.

Jack’s mother, Lilian, died in 1934.

Jack served in the Army in WW2.

Report in the Shipley Times 22 May 1940: -

SOLDIER FRIENDS “MISSING”

Two Shipley friends, Private Jack Lockwood, aged 20, and Private Dennis Hartley, aged 19, are reported missing in the Norwegian campaign. Private Lockwood, who formerly lived in Thompson Street and worked at Saltaire Mills, joined the York and Lancaster Regiment several months before the war. He is a brother of Mrs. Haggerty, of 11 Katherine Street, Saltaire.

Private Hartley a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Atkinson, of 11 Alexandra Road, Shipley, and is the fiancé of Private Lockwood’s sister, Miss Doris Lockwood. He joined the York and Lancaster Regiment two years ago, and before that worked at Saltaire Mills.

Another Shipley soldier who served in the Norwegian campaign saw them both in Norway, and states that he heard Private Hartley had been wounded.

In June 1940 both Jack and Dennis were reported as being Prisoners of War.

Report in the Shipley Times 18 November 1942: -

Private Jack Lockwood, who lives with his sister (Mrs. A. Haggerty, 11 Katherine Street, Saltaire) has been a prisoner of war in Germany for nearly three years. Before joining the Army he was employed at Salt (Saltaire) Ltd.. Saltaire Mills.

In 1947 Jack was living with the Haggerty family at 55 Kirkgate, Shipley.

It is unclear what happened to him after this.