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The
(Old) Dewsbury War Memorial in Crow Nest Park
Photo : Gordon Hodgson, Yorkshire
Indexers website
The (old) Dewsbury War Memorial is located in Crow Nest Park,
Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury (Kirklees, West Yorkshire). This particular memorial
was unveiled in September 1924, and rededicated in May 2012.
A new War Memorial, used for ceremonial purposes, is located in the centre
of Dewsbury, - not far from the Town Hall, and was unveiled in 1995. This
particular memorial has no names on it.
The War Memorial in Crow Nest Park is a round tower with internal
vault and piers supporting a capitol. In the centre is a tripod candle holder.
There is a doorway on one side of the memorial with decorative grille. The
whole stands on a large paved base with three steps leading up to it.
The names of those killed in the First World War are commemorated on marble
plaques set round the sides of the tower. The names of those killed in the
Second World War are on tablets placed on a low wall on either side of the
base.
A transcription of the names on this memorial is given in the Yorkshire
Indexers website and the War
Memorials On Line website.
1070 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 216 in the Second World War.
26 men who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.
Serjeant Ambrose Brook. 14983. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Elizabeth A. Brook, of 12, Hindley Rd., Liversedge, Yorks, and the
late Louis A. Brook. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 28.
Born Liversedge, Enlisted Dewsbury, Resided Liversedge.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Shown as "A Brooke" on the Dewsbury War Memorial.)
Private Tom Chatwood. 25458. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Alfred and Hannah Chatwood, of 36, Kilburn's Yard Flats, Dewsbury, Yorks.
Killed 12 May 1917. Aged 20.
Born Dewsbury, Enlisted Dewsbury (Yorks).
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Wharton Collinson. 203356.
7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, formerly 23646 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Delena Collinson, of 109, Moor End Lane, Dewsbury. Killed
20 April 1918. Aged 19.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury (Yorks).
Buried HARINGHE (BANDAGHEM) MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Frank Copley. 23335. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Annie Copley, of 10, Oastler Square, Boothroyd Lane, Dewsbury.
Killed 2 June 1917. Aged 25.
Born Wakefield (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury (Yorks).
Buried FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND.
Private Benjamin Farnhill. 265632. 18th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 2260 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Husband of Harriet Farnhill,
of 19, Back Webster St., Dewsbury. Died at home 30 September 1917. Aged 41.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Wakefield (Yorks), Resided Dewsbury.
Buried DEWSBURY CEMETERY.
Private Christopher Wharton Farrar. 44746. 20th Battalion Durham
Light Infantry, formerly 31692 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Sarah Farrar,
of 70, Upper Rd., Batley Carr, Dewsbury. Killed 5 July 1918. Aged 28.
Born Batley, Enlisted Dewsbury.
Buried LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Herbert James Fletcher. 34839. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly TR/5/6082 2nd T R Battn. Killed 30 August 1918.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury.
Buried GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Herbert Haigh, 235419. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 4866 Northumberland Fus. Son of Tom and Mary Haigh, of Dewsbury;
husband of Edith Haigh, of 37, Bradford Rd., Batley Carr, Batley, Yorkshire.
Killed 11 July 1918. Aged 33.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Dewsbury, Resided Batley.
Buried BARENTHAL MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private George Harford, 24783. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 11 May 1918.
Born Batley, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Dewsbury.
Buried ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Joseph Harris, 5118. 10th Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 27613 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph
and Lizzie Harris, of 20, Commercial St., Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, Yorks. Killed
4 September 1918. Aged 23.
Born Dewsbury, Enlisted Heckmondwike, Resided Dewsbury.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private John Arnold Hemingway, 18451. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Ethel Hemingway, of 19, Lamhouse St., Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, Yorks.
Killed 5 November 1916. Aged 26.
Born Dewsbury, Enlisted Dewsbury (Yorks).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private William Jackson. 23459. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 22 March 1918. .
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARAS MEMORIAL.
Private John Keegan, 28774. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 11 October 1918.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury.
Buried ETRETAT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Edgar Kilburn. 24792. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Charles and M. Kilburn, of I, Charles St., Leeds Rd., Dewsbury, Yorks.
Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 21.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Dewsbury.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARAS MEMORIAL.
Private Herbert Kinley. 23418. 1st/6th
Battalion The North Staffordshire Regiment, formerly 23248 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 September 1918.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury.
Buried ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Nathan Henry Lightfoot. 26600. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Alfred and Mary Elizabeth Lightfoot, of 26, Halliley St., Dewsbury,
Yorks. Killed 7 October 1916. Aged 24.
Born Binnington Wold (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury (Yorks).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Arthur Midwood. 12167. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late George and Elizabeth Midwood, of Crackenedge, Dewsbury, Yorks.
Killed 28 September 1915. Aged 20.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Dewsbury.
Commemorated on Panels 44 & 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
Private Gilbert Mitchell. 35212. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 35170 9th T R Battalion. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mitchell, of 49,
Huddersfield Rd., Dewsbury, Yorks. Died 12 April 1918. Aged
18.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private Horace Wright Davies Oldroyd. 23457. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916.
Born Ravensthorpe, Enlisted Dewsbury, Resided Ravensthorpe.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Pickard. 7983. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed between 22 October 1914 and 6 November 1914.
Born Dewsbury, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Dewsbury.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Lewis Richardson. 35235. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 35172 9th T R Battn. Son of Charles Henry and Sarah Richardson, of
6, Oldroyds Rd., Albert Rd., Morley, Leeds. Killed 25 May 1918. Aged 19.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Morley.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.
Private John Simmonds. 23536. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 23 November 1917.
Born Thornhill (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury (Yorks), Resided Thornhill.
Commemorated on the CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.
(Shown on the Dewsbury War Memorial as "J Simmons".)
Private Ernest Smith, MM. 63218. 5th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry, formerly 25581 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 September
1918.
Born Dewsbury, Enlisted Dewsbury.
Buried VAULX HILL CEMETERY.
Private Joseph Smith. 60506. 23rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
and formerly (43493) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly
24893 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 August 1918.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Dewsbury.
Buried OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Joseph William Stradling. 33201. 13th Battalion East Lancashire
Regiment, formerly 25857 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas A. and Margaret
Ann Stott, of 16, Roper Green, Wheatley, Halifax, Yorks. Killed 8 September
1918.
Born Dewsbury (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury (Yorks), Resided Dewsbury.
Buried LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Edgar Winterflood. 23217. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 4 July 1917.
Born Thornhill (Dewsbury,Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury, Resided Thornhill.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
The
Dedication on the Dewsbury War Memorial in Crow Nest Park
Photo : Gordon Hodgson, Yorkshire
Indexers website
Names "A" - "C" on on the Dewsbury War Memorial in Crow
Nest Park
Photo : David Larkin, War
Memorials On Line website.
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