Greengates Wesleyan Sunday School WW1

• Greengates Wesleyan Church
  Bradford
  Bradford
  West Yorkshire
  England
  
  OS Grid Ref: Undefined
  Denomination: Undefined

• 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?)

• Plaque
  Measurements: height c1650mm, width c900mm
  Materials: Bronze
• Backboard
  Measurements: Undefined
  Materials: Wood - Oak

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• Greengates Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School WWI (in storage)
• WMO ID: 249374
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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).

• 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
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• 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