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| | Ref No: | k004779 | | Title: | Brookes Memorial Cross, in the grounds of the Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels, Church Lane, Thornhill, Dewsbury. | | Date Period: | 1908 | | Collection or Artist: | Mr J J Stead | | Library No: | JJS/C054/0451 | | Further Information: | Thornhill Parish Church War Memorial, a stone cross situated in a lawn area to the right of the main entrance to the Church. The memorial commemorates WW1 1914 1918 and WW2 1939 1945. Inscriptions:To the Glory of God And in Memory of the Men of Thornhill who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918 also 1939 1945 Names and Plaques on this memorial
1914 - 1919
For King and Coutry To the Glory of God and in affectionate Remembrance of the Men of Thornhill who gave their lives in the Great European War 1914 - 1918 Make them to be numbered with they Saints in Glory Everlasting Cpl. Gordon Brown, L/Cpl. Alexander Bruce, Pte. Willie Chambers, Pte. Norman Cleveland, Pte. Willie Croft, Pte. Harry Denton, L/Cpl. Alfred H. Dixon, Sapr. Benjamin Gaines, L/Cpl. Arthur Garfitt, Pte. Harold Grace, Pte. Leonard Halstead, Pte. Herbert Heaton, 2nd Lt. Frank B. Hinchliffe, Pte. Percy Holmes, Pte. Eric Johnson, Pte. Samuel H. Jubb, Pte. Willie Jubb, Cpt. Edward Kaye, Pte. James Ed. Kaye, L/Cpl. Norman Kitson, Cpt. Christopher Laycock, Pte. John E. Lee, Pte. Gilber Lewis, Bmdr Ernest Asquith M.M., Pte. Arthur Mallinson, Pte. Wilson Marshall, Pte. Clement Micklethwaite, Pte. Thomas Newton, Pte. Wright Ouldridge, L/Cpl. Hubert Peace, Pte. Wm. Henry Peace, Pte. Wm. George Russell, Pte. James Scargill, Pte. Leonard Shackleton, L/Cpl. Ernest Sheard, Pte. John Simmons, Pte. Harold Smith, Pte. Herbert Summerscales, Major Frank Taylor, Bmdr. Thomas Thornton, L/Cpl. Frank Tomlinson, Pte. Norman Tomlinson, Pte. Fred Vickers, Bmdr. Jack Weate, L/Cpl. Sam Wilson, Pte. Edgar Winterflood, Pte. George A. Lightowler 1939 - 1945 Also in Gratitude to the Men of Thornhill who gave their lives in the World War 1939 1945 Ernest Atkinson, Richard Ayrton, George Baxter, Harold Beaumont, Herbert Bedford, Reuben Blakeley, Walter Boot, Jack Booth, Arnold Brook, Ronald Brook, Richard Brown, Joseph Clarkson, John Collomosse, Joseph Douglas, Raymond Dyson, Donald Fitton, Christopher Hayman, Norman Hemingway, George Hodgson, Raymond Jefferson, Arthur Lilburn, Gibson Peace, James Pickering, Jean Scargill, Rufus Senior, Horace Sheard, Raymond Shires, Leonard Smith, Chas. Summerscales, Nelson Sykes, Arnold Whitworth, Rayner Winterburn | |
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