Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: ‘Jim Wilman, born c. 1899, son of Anne Wilman, and the late Jim Wilman, of 38 Alderscholes Lane, Thornton, previously of 74 Compton Crescent, Potter Newton, Leeds. In the 1911 Census he was aged 12 and employed a a part-time worsted spinner and part time at school. Enlisted 19 November 1915, discharged 11 August 1919, due to wounds, served overseas. Private, West Yorkshire Regiment, #20/138. He served with the 9th, 12th and the 16th Btns of the regiment. In the 1921 Census ge was living with his widowed mother, and sister at 33 High Street, and he was employed as a Tool Maker at Conqueror Typewriters in Stourton, Leeds. Died in April, 1923, aged 24. (Updated 31 March 2023).'