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The War Memorial, Nab Wood Cemetery Chapel
Photo : Unknown photographer of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials
Seven large bronze panels surmounted by a semi-circular bronze
plaque, behind glass and facing outwards in what was a window of the Cemetery
Chapel, which was converted into a Crematorium in 1951. In the semi-circular
upper plaque are laurel leaves and a crown with the dates 1914-1918.
Note: Previously, a memorial cross stood outside the building. This was moved
to Crowgill Park, Shipley, in 1951.
634 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War.
15 men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.
Private William Bousfield, 235342. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 3675 Northumberland Fusiliers.
Son of Thomas and Mary Bousfield, of II, James St., Wood Bottom, Baildon;
husband of Minnie Bousfield, of 14, Sun Place, Baildon Wood Bottom, Shipley.
Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 25.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Baildon (Shipley).
Commemorated on Panel Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Private Fred Foster. 27389. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
1 July 1916.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John Herbert Lee Hall, 42646. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 29/1218 Northumberland Fus. Son of William and Ada Hall,
of Windhill, Shipley, Yorks; husband of Mary Robinson (formerly Hall), of
21, Linden Avenue, Cottingham, Hull. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 23.
Born Shipley (Yorks), Enlisted Shipley.
Buried HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY.
Private Willie Halliday, 36790.
1st/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, formerly 4318 the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Annie Halliday, of 4, Atkinson St., Shipley, Yorks.
Killed 14 December 1917. Aged 19.
Enlisted Halifax.
Commemorated Panel 108 to 111, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private John George Hammell. 15156. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. Mary Broadhead, of 68, Aire St., Windhill, Shipley, Yorks. Killed
10 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born York, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Keighley.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Frederick William Harris, 21956. 1st Garrison Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 1411 Wets Yorks Regt. Son of Herbert and
Matilda Harris, of Gloucester; husband of Annie Harris, of Windhill, Shipley,
W. Yorks. Died 3 November 1918. Aged 42.
Born Cheltenham (Glos), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Windhill (Shipley - Yorks).
Commemorated on the KARACHI WAR MEMORIAL
Private Francis Hennighen. 11047. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 29 September 1916.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford, Resided Shipley.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Sydney Ferguson Jowett. 12th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, attached to 5th Battalion. Son of Ferguson Marshall Jowett and Emily
Jowett. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 24.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.
The following notes are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;
A South Yorkshireman, Sydney Jowett was born at Treeton near Rotherham in
1893.
He served as a Private and Corporal with the Northumberland Fusiliers before
gaining his commission.
2nd Lt Jowett joined the 12th Battalion, Teesside Pioneers at Havrincourt
in early November 1917 and was in action at Bourlon Wood during the Cambrai
battle later in the month.
January and February of 1918 were spent around Mory and when the German Spring
Offensive opened on March 21st the 12th Battalion were at Heudecourt and were
immediately moved into the line at Hamlincourt. They fought a rearguard action
until March 31st when they found themselves at Rue au Bois.
With very little rest, 2nd Lt Jowett and the 12th Battalion were then pitched
into the Battle of the Lys for five days between April 6th and April 11th.
On April 13th 1918 2nd Lt Jowett and two other officers were transferred to
the 5th Battalion and on the 25th of the month went into the line with them
on the ridge of the Chemin des Dames.
With the battalion on the Craonne Plateau in what was thought to be a quiet
area a large enemy attack fell on them during which 2nd Lt Sydney Ferguson
Jowett was killed in action on May 27th 1918 at the age of 24.
Private James Lister, 7637. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of James and Emma Louisa Lister, of Addingham, Yorks.; husband of Mary Susannah
Lister, of 32, Dale St., Hargreaves Square, Shipley, Yorks. Killed 2 April
1917. Aged 29.
Born Addingham (Skipton, Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Shipley.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Charles Long. 22875. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Charles and Georgianna Long, of 92, Shipley Fields Rd., Frizinghall,
Bradford, Yorks. Born at Shipley, Yorks. Killed 15 March 1916. Aged 24.
Born Shipley (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Frizinghall (Bradford).
Buried CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Walter Rennard Nuttall. 66201. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 8 January 1920.
Buried JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY.
Richard Roberts <richard.nsw@googlemail.com> commented;-
"Walter Rennard Nuttall was born in 1886 and married to Emily. He died
of heart disease and is commemorated on Shipley (Yorks) war memorial."
Private Alfred Smith, 27529. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of William Smith, of 13, Thompson St., Saltaire Rd., Shipley, Yorks. Killed
4 October 1916. Aged 25.
Born Shipley (Yorks), Enlisted Shipley.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal William Harold Speedie. 38218. 5th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Isabella Speedie, of 19, Maddocks St., Saltaire
Rd., Shipley, Yorks. Killed 4 May 1917. Aged 29.
Born Bridlington, Enlisted Bradford.
Buried MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT.
(Name as "H W Speedie" in SDGW)
(Commemorated on the Rolls of Honour for Nab Wood, Shipley, & St. Paul's
Church, Shipley.)
Private William Sutcliffe. 27636. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 4 October 1917.
Born Shipley (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Shipley.
Commemorated on Panel Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private William Toothill. 27122. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Sam and Elizabeth Toothill, of 19, Clare St., Valley Rd., Shipley,
Yorks. Killed 13 May 1917. Aged 22.
Born Shipley (Yorks), Enlisted Shipley.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Herbert Whitehead. 27585. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of W. and H. Whitefield, of Pitsford Hill, Wiveliscombe; husband of Ellen
Whitefield, of Pitsford Hill. Killed 20 September 1916. Aged 23.
Born Windhill (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Saltaire.
Buried SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2.
Nab
Wood Crematorium, - the position of the War Memorial in the Cemetery Chapel
Photo : Lisa Jennings of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials
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