War memorials, North Yorkshire
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Cleobury North, Shropshire
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The War Memorial for Cleobury North in the Churchyard of St. Peter & Paul's Church, Cleobury North
The War Memorial for Cleobury North in the Churchyard of St. Peter & Paul's Church, Cleobury North
(Photo : Philip Morris <philip150@btinternet.com>)

The War Memorial for Cleobury North, Shropshire, is situated in the churchyard of St. Peter & Paul's Church, Cleobury North..

The main commemoration, - on the East face, is dedicated
HERE AMID THE HALLOWED GRAVES/ OF THEIR DEPARTED THE PEOPLE/ OF CLEOBURY NORTH HAVE PLACED/ THIS MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO DIED/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

6 names are commemorated for the First World War on the plaque below the main commemoration. Of these names, one is for a soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment. Both plaques are now very severely weathered and the inscriptions are difficult to read.

A plaque on the West face of the memorial commemorates one person who died in the Second World War.

Private Ernest William Hayes. 20674. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Cleoburn (North Shrops), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

The Panel on the Cleobury North War Memorial commemorating the names of those who died in the First World War. The Panel on the Cleobury North War Memorial commemorating the names of those who died in the First World War.
(Photo : Philip Morris <philip150@btinternet.com>)

The names on this panel are;-
JOHN GWILT           ERNEST WILLIAM HAYES
JAMES HOLLAND           SIDNEY JOHN LLOYD
JOHN MARTIN ALEXANDER           JAMES MITCHELL

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