Documents relating to Joe Gledhill

The following documents mention Joe Gledhill and his life

• In the period 1914-1919

  
  Joe Gledhill, aged 19, dyer of 17 Union Street, Halifax, enlisted in the West Riding Regiment at Halifax [12th December 1915].

  Transferred to the 4th Battalion, Manchester Regiment [28th January 1916]. Transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3rd March 1916]. He went AWOL [17th March 1916] while in training at Newcastle. Caught but escaped again [20th March 1916]. AWOL for five days in total. He went AWOL again for two days [2nd April 1916]. Refused to obey an order [22nd April 1916].

  He went to Malta [23rd April 1916] and transferred to the 1st Garrison Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Fought in barracks and used obscene language [24th June 1916]. Was drunk in barracks and lied to an NCO [16th July 1916]. Struck a comrade and threatened a witness [8th September 1916]. Promoted to Lance Corporal [15th December 1916]. Refused to obey an order [2nd May 1917]. Demoted back to Private.

  He went to France [7th July 1917] and transferred to the 11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Hospitalised after a gas attack [14th May 1918]. Returned to his regiment [25th May 1918]. Transferred to the 21st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment [29th May 1918]. Admitted to hospital with flu [22nd June 1918]. Returned to his regiment [13th August 1918].

  Transferred to the Labour Corps [4th October 1918]. Sprained his ankle while organising a football match [5th December 1918]. Promoted to acting Lance Corporal [17th February 1919].

  Demobbed [21st February 1919]

   

• 1919

  The Halifax Evening Courier [16th August 1919] reported

  
  Joe Gledhill (aged 23) cotton dyer of 17 Union Street, found guilty of street betting

   

• 1926
  • The Halifax Evening Courier [19th June 1926] reported

    
    Joe Gledhill, the Rugby League footballer of the Town Hall Tavern, Halifax, pleaded

    Guilty with no recollection

    to a charge of being drunk and disorderly

     

  • The Halifax Evening Courier [3rd July 1926] reported

    
    Joe Gledhill, a Halifax and Batley Rugby League football player bound over for possession of a firearm without a licence

     

  • The Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer [13th December 1926] reported

    
    Joe Gledhill, the Yorkshire Rugby League forward, who has been associated with the Halifax and Batley clubs, was charged with neglecting his wife and their five years old child. Married in 1920.

    Adjourned for three weeks

     

• 1935
  • The Halifax Evening Courier [29th May 1935] reported

    
    Joe Gledhill, commission agent, formerly Halifax Rugby League footballer, sentenced to two months in prison for non-payment of maintenance for his wife, Doris Gledhill, and their child

     

• 1942
  • The Halifax Evening Courier [15th July 1942] reported

    
    Plea for bail for Joe Gledhill

     

  • The Bradford Observer [3rd October 1942] reported

    
    The case against Joe Gledhill (aged 45), bookmaker, fish and chip proprietor and former Rugby League footballer of 4 Church Street, Halifax, was adjourned

     

  • The Bradford Observer [6th October 1942] reported

    
    Ex-Halifax Football Player sent to Gaol

    Joe Gledhill (aged 45), a former Halifax Rugby League footballer and bookmaker of 4 Church Street, Halifax, was sent to prison for 45 months for three offences of receiving stolen goods

     

• 1946
  • The Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer [11th October 1946] reported

    
    Joe Gledhill (aged 48), fish and chip restaurant proprietor, bookmaker and former Halifax Rugby League footballer of Westgate, Halifax, charged with receiving stolen goods

     

  • The Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer [12th October 1946] reported

    
    Sentenced to eighteen months in prison for receiving stolen goods. [Mentions previous offences]

     

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

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