Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bradford
- Town
- Bradford
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War - civilians, First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 01 February 1920
Attended by: Mrs John Whitfield unveiled the memorial
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46692
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Current location
Kept in the store of the Bradford Museum service
51
Bradford Museum Service Store.
Westgate
Bradford
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD1 2RD
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 15945 33322
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Greengates Wesleyan Church
Bradford
Bradford
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Greengates Wesleyan Church
- Description
- Cast bronze plaque with embossed lettering, mounted on a painted wooden backboard that has a pitched top. The top of the plaque has two figures in relief, one either side of the dedicatory inscription: the left figure is a soldier with full uniform, long coat and rifle; the right figure is sailor. Both figures face inwards towards a scroll bearing the dedication. (When installed on its original site in the Wesleyan Church, the memorial was surmounted by a wreath of laurel carved in oak, inscribed " Pro Patria", and was draped with the Union Flag and the White Ensign. Those embellishments, which were the gift of Mr. William Whitfield of Greengates House, Greengates, have since been lost).
- Inscription
- GREAT /EUROPEAN WAR/ COMMENCED 1914/ PEACE 1919/ GREENGATES/ WESLEYAN/ SUNDAY SCHOOL/ ROLL OF HONOUR THE FOLLOWING OFFERED THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES)/ PRESENTED TO THE CHURCH BY JOHN WHITFIELD/ SANDHURST IDLE, BRADFORD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ackroyd, Edward
Ackroyd, Francis
Airton, Frank
Appleyard, Dan D
Appleyard, Harry S
Appleyard, Norman
Atkinson, Ernest
Barraclough, Walter
Beaumont, Kitchen
Berry, James
See details for all 147 names - Commemorations
- First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Her's is the final name in column 4 - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 149
Served and returned: 131
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, annotated re death (where appropriate)
Order of information: Not alphabetical by surname. (Possibly chronological by date of enlistment?)
- First World War - civilians
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height c1650mm, width c900mm
Materials: Bronze - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Greengates Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School WWI (in storage)
- WMO ID: 249374
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 18-11-2016]
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- Costs
Comments: The memorial was gifted to Greengates Wesleyan Church by Mr John Whitfield of Sandhurst, Idle, whose wife unveiled it. (When installed on its original site in the Wesleyan Church, the memorial was surmounted by a wreath of laurel carved in oak, inscribed " Pro Patria", and was draped with the Union Flag and the White Ensign. Those embellishments, which were the gift of Mr. William Whitfield of Greengates House, Greengates, have since been lost).
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- Bradford Industrial Museum
- Reference
- The Shipley Times and Express Friday 30/1/1920 reported: 'The Greengates Wesleyan war memorial is being unveiled in a few days'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001711/19200130/036/0003
- www.greatwarforum.org/topic/125090-greengates-wesleyan-sunday-school-roll-of-honour-bradford/
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/249374/
- The Shipley Times and Express Friday 6/2/1920 reported on page 6: '“Last Post” At Greengates. Impressive Memorial Service To Wesleyan Heroes. MR. JOHN WHITFIELD’S GIFT. There was a crowded congregation at the Wesleyan Chapel, Greengates. on Sunday afternoon, when Mrs. John Whitfield, of Sandhurst. Idle, unveiled and dedicated the memorial presented by her husband in memory of the men of the denomination and Sunday School who served with the colours in the war. During the service "The last Post" was sounded by Sergeant-Major Schofield, of Woodhouse Grove Detachment, West Yorkshire Regiment (Cadets). Tom Child sang the solo, "Then shall the righteous shine forth," and Mr. Eric Child sang "Faithful unto death." The memorial is a bronze tablet, mounted on oak. and is inscribed: "Great European War. Commenced 1914. Peace 1919. Greengates Wesleyan Sunday School Roll of Honour. The following have offered their lives for their country." (Then follows a list of 150 names of the men who served and of whom 18 were killed). In the top corners of the tablet are carved the figures of a soldier and a sailor, while at the bottom is engraved "Presented to the church by John Whitfield." The tablet is surmounted by a wreath of laurel in oak, inscribed " Pro Patria." and draped with the Union Jack and the White Ensign. These embellishments are the gift of Mr. Wm. Whitfield of Greengates House. Greengates. The service, which was conducted by the Rev. W. W. Hollings (Idle), the Rev. E. M. M. Bright (resident minister), the Rev. Edward Davidson (Evangelist), and Mr. G. L. Ffarmer (Eccleshill), commenced with the hymn, "O God, our help in ages past." Mrs John Whitfield, in unveiling and dedicating the tablet, said it was erected to the glory of God and to those who at the call of duty and in the cause of freedom left the church and school to take part in the war. It afforded her unfeigned pleasure to unveil the tablet, and both she and her husband felt honoured in presenting it to the trustees of the church. Mr Thomas Whitfield then accepted the tablet on behalf of the trustees. He said that in his official position as treasurer of the Trust it afforded him unspeakable pleasure to accept the gifts. He and his co-trustees joined in giving thanks to the donors. They felt assured that the gifts, which would greatly assist in the beautification of the church, would constantly remind them of those whose names were on the tablet, and would be an abiding memorial. Mr. T. S. Robertshaw (a superintendent) then READ THE NAMES of those who had fallen, as. fellows: Horace Fletcher. Sam Espley. Percy Ingle Norman Gibson. Gershom Shuttleworth, Ernest Buckle, Charles Rhodes, Ernest Dooley, David Leach, Edmund Cockshott, Gilbert Downes, Albert Rhodes, Gordon Holland. Harry Jacques. Clifford Smith, Fred Rhodes, Wm. A. Harrison, and Harold Lindley. The hymn, 'For all the saints who from their labours rest,’' was then sung, after which Mr. A. Brook (teacher of the Young Men's| Class) read the names of the men who served and still survive, the congregation standing. He first gave a short address, in which he said that they were thankful to be able to read the names of those who had been connected with the church and school who left their homes and dear ones to enter in the great conflict, the triumphant end of which they had been spared to see. They had done much in the spirit of their Master. Many of the men had been near the frontier of the other world, and many of them had returned impaired in physique. All along the church had had implicit faith in them and the principles for which they had fought. They still had faith in them. and he asked them to join hands and hearts with the Church, whose head was Christ, in the great campaign against selfishness and materialism in their own hearts and in the hearts of the world around them. True happiness and the solution of individual and social difficulties lay in the people's loyalty to the principles of Jesus Christ. The names read by Mr Brook were: Harry Gill, Frank Airton, Norman Appleyard, George H. Robertshaw, Henry Roberts, Harry Powell, Percy Holdsworth, Squire Webster, John Alexander Douggin, George Douggin, Joseph A Shackleton, John May, Granville Higgins, Gordon Fieldhouse, John Winterburn, Arthur G. Pierson Gray, Wm. Watmough, John Clarkson, Bertie Turton, Harry S. Appleyard, Alfred Hall, Harry Buckle, Alan Child, Ernest Greenwood, George Parr, Edwin Gill, Harley Downes, James Kitchen, Edwin Priestley, James Berry, John Goldsborough, Arthur Turton, Ernest Atkinson, James W Hamilton, Walter Barraclough, Clifford Kitchen, Fred Ellison, Harry Lee Sutcliffe, Holroyd Sharp, Joseph Chamberlain, Francis Charles May, Herbert Holdsworth, Herbert Dickinson, Arthur Popplewell, Walter Goldsborough, Albert Riley, Edgar Hirst, Edward Clarkson, Maurice Cooper, John R. Padgett, Albert V. Windsor, Harry S. Winterburn, John Cordingley, Walter J. Thornton, John H. Warrington, Andrew Murray, Fred Priestley, John R, Duce, Lawrence Hall, Wm. Dawson Whitfield, Chas. Mills, Reginald Holland, Wm. Leach, Wilfrid Parr, Wilfred Grant, Hubert Child, Percy S. Coates, George Branson, John Skirrow, Beaumont Kitchen, Lawrence, Henry Cordingley, Reginald W. Coates, John W. Warrington, Arthur Chas. Light, Walter Leach, William Dufton, Wainman Holdsworth, Thomas Harold Smith Hall, Thomas Horsfall, Leonard Cordingley, Harry Pounds, Fred Robertshaw, Edward Ackroyd, Francis Ackroyd, Arthur Roberts, Percy Roberts, Dan Dawson Appleyard, John Hustler Smithson, Laurence Rawson Hall, Raymond Hodgson, Clarence Hall, Arthur Greenwood, Luther Goldsborough, William Henry Burns, W. Gilbert Milner, Harry Child, Alfred Stanley Pattison, Gordon W. Higgins, Jim Dockray, Frank Webster, Dawson Whitfield, George Walton, Harry Close, Herbert B. Pullan, Willis Ellison, James Priestley, Samuel Rhodes, Arthur Webster, Harry Holdsworth, Ernest Holdsworth, Ernest Skirrow, William Pullan, Ernest Goldsborough, Harold Hall, Gilbert Boothroyd, Walter Powell, Fred Holdsworth, Herbert Towler, Peter G. Goodall, Cyril Smith, and Allan Pierson Gray. In the list is also the name of NURSE ELLA WHITFIELD, who rendered good service at St. Luke's Hospital, Bradford, during the war...' (The report then quoted the lengthy speech made by Reverend E, Davidson). www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001711/19200206/076/0006#
- The Shipley Times and Express Friday 6/2/1920 reported on page 3: 'Mr. John Whitfield, of Sandhurst, Idle, has made a conspicuous gift to the Greengates Wesleyan Chapel of a bronze tablet on ask [sic] which has been unveiled by Mrs. Whitfield in memory of the men connected with the chapel and the school who served in the war. This denomination at Greengates comes very near to the heart of Mr. Whitfield, who has had a life connection with it in various capacities. For 27 years he has been a teacher in the school'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001711/19200206/029/0003
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