The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Bootle (Merseyside)

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The War Memorial for Bootle, Merseyside
Photo : Richard Humphreys

The First World War Memorial for Bootle is located in King's Park, Stanley Road, Bootle.
12 panels commemorate 1005 names of those who lost their lives in the First World War. These panels are on the base of a sculpture.

Berenice Baynham has photographed the memorial and all 12 commemorative panels. The names of those commemorated can be read on the photographs on Berenice's website. Richard Humphreys has also photographed the memorial and the panels on which the names of soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated, and we are very grateful to Richard Humphreys for the use of his photos.

The Merseyside Roll of Honour website provides a transcription of all the names on the memorial, together with brief biographies of those commemorated.

Three men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.

Private Martin Johnson. 203519. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Andrew and Ellan (sic) Johnson; husband of Elizabeth McLean Johnson, of 18, Bibbys Lane, Bootle, Liverpool. Killed 24 April 1917. Aged 27.
Born Liverpool, Enlisted Bootle.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
(Further information on Private Johnson can be found on the Merseyside Roll of Honour website.)

Private Allen McDonald. 228471. 1st Battalion London Regiment Royal Fusiliers attd. 26th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, formerly 6979 the Yorkshire Regiment. KIlled 23 September 1917.
Born Kirkdale, Enlisted Bootle, Resided Bootle.
Commemorated Panel 52, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(Further information on Private Richardson can be found on the Merseyside Roll of Honour website.)

Private Arthur Percy Monether. 35328.
4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 46947 74th T R Battn. Son of Margaret Monether, of 40, Grove St., Bootle, Liverpool, and the late Thomas Monether. Killed 9 April 1918. Aged 18.
Born Bootle (Lancs), Enlisted Waterloo, Resided Bootle.
Buried CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Further information on Private Monether can be found on the Merseyside Roll of Honour website.)

The War Memorial for Bootle, Merseyside
Photo : Richard Humphreys

The Panel on the Bootle War Memorial Which includes the Name of Private Johnson
Photo : Berenice Baynham

The Panel on the Bootle War Memorial Which includes the Name of Private McDonald
Photo : Richard Humphreys

The Panel on the Bootle War Memorial Which includes the Name of Private Monether
Photo : Richard Humphreys

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