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Title
War Memorial
Date
1920
Medium
marble & sandstone
Measurements
H 320 x W 120 x D 75 cm (E)
Accession number
PR3_SB_S099
Work type
War memorial
Owner
St Wilfrid's Church
Custodian
St Wilfrid's Church
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
14th March 1920
Listing date
30/08/07
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front face of plinth: IN HOLY REMEMBRANCE OF / THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THIS CONGREGATION / WHO NOBLY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR, 1914 - 1919; left column; PTE. W. TRAINOR 22 DEC.1914. AGE 21. / PTE. F. TURNER 15 JUN.1915. " 23. / PTE. T.E. PROCTOR 19 MAR. 1916. . . 23. / PTE. JAS. DOBSON 25 APL. . . . . . . 22. / SGT. J. SHARPLES 2 AUG. . . . . . 23. / PTE. J. BLEASDALE 15. . . . . . . . 22. / PTE. RB. WILKINSON 23 . . . . . . . . / PTE. JOS. OGDEN 12 DEC. . . . . . 22. / PTE. H. WORDEN 4 APL. 1917. . . 28. / PTE. J. SEED 14 APL. . . . . . 31. / PTE. W.F. FINCH 13 MAY. . . . . 30; right column: PTE. W. SWIFT 9 JUN. 1917 AGE 28. /PTE. JAS. ROBINSON 3 AUG. . . . . . .20. / L.CPL.RT.ALMOND 26 OCT. . . . . . . 33. / PTE. W. GORNALL 26 . . . . . . . . . 30. / PTE. J. ALMOND 7 NOV. . . . . . 29. / PTE. THOS. SMITH 23 . . . . . . . . 37. / CYC JOS.A. WALMSLEY 11 APL. 1918 . . . 21. / PTE. RD. AINSCOUGH 19 MAY. . . . . . 21. / SGT. A. MACLACHLAN 4 NOV" . . . .28. / PTE. JAS. ECCLES 24 JUL. 1919 . . . 33. / "IT IS BETTER FOR US TO DIE IN BATTLE, THAN TO SEE THE MISERIES OF OUR PEOPLE, / AND THE DESECRATION OF OUR HOLY PLACES" 1 MACHABEES III 59; north side of plinth: ALSO / WORLD WAR. 1939 – 1945 / PTE. RICHARD EDWARDS 1941. / SGT. WILLIAM MYERSCOUGH. 1942. / A.Cl. GEORGE SHORROCK 1942. / PTE. WILLIAM PRINCE. 1943. / STAFF SGT. THOMAS MYERSCOUGH. 1944. / PTE. THOMAS ROWCROFT. 1944. / L / SGT.JAMES WILKINSON. 1945. / SGT. WILFRED J. HOWSON 1942; scroll affixed to the top of the crucifix: JNRI