North Yorkshire War Memorials, - Wetley Rocks (Staffs)

The War Memorial for Wetley Rocks in St. John's Churchyard
Photo : Richard Pursehouse of the Imperial War Museum's War Memorials Register

The War Memorial in St. John's Churchyard, Wetley Rocks, is a Celtic Cross on a three stepped plinth. The dedication and commemorations are in Incised lettering painted black.

1 names are commemorated on the memorial as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 4 in the Second World War.

1 of the names commemorated is that of a soldier who served in the Yorkshire Regiment.

Private Moses Bowyer, 41626. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Moses and Harriet Bowyer, of Under Bank Farm. Thorncliffe, Leek, Staffs; husband of Mary Louisa Bowyer, of White Fields, Wetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent. Killed 4 October 1917. Aged 31.
Born Thorncliffe (Staffs), Enlisted Stoke-on-Trent, Resided Wetley Rocks (Staffs).
Commemorated on Panels 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

St. John's Church, Wetley Rocks (the War Memorial can just be made out on the extreme left)
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