Tuesday 1st June 1915

Pte. Albert Saville (see 16^th September 1914) was married at the Register Office in Skipton. His new wife was Alice Bradley, aged 25, who, like Albert Saville, was from Cowling. She was one of two children of William and Hannah Bradley and had been working as a cotton weaver. The two witnesses named on the certificate were “H. Bradley”, presumably Alice’s mother; and “A. Benson”, who may have been Albert Benson, one of Albert Saville’s fellow Cowling recruits. Albert Christopher Benson had enlisted, aged 20, on 10^th September 1914, six days before most of the Cowling recruits had signed up. He was one of four children of Annie Benson, a widow whose husband, John, had died in 1900. Before enlisting, Albert Benson had been employed as a weaver by Messrs. John Binns and Sons Ltd., Croft Mills, Cowling.

Cpl. William Alfred Walmsley Gaunt (see 27^th January) was also married. He married Grace White, in a ceremony held at Riccall.