Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Leeds
- Town
- Garforth
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Korean War (1950-1953)
- Ceremony
- Presented
Date:
Attended by: Colonel Gascoigne DSO
- Presented
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 83002
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Current location
St Mary's Church
Church Lane
Garforth
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS25 1NR
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 41053 33117
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Cream and brown/orange marbled aesthetic plaque (WW1) with the second world war commemorative board directly underneath which has a decorative border with shaped square emblems continuing around the border edge. Small shelves rest next to the plaque on either side which allow for planted flowers to accompany the scene.
- Inscription
- WW1 Tablet: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS/NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN FROM/GARFORTH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/[names in 2 columns]/This tablet is erected by Colonel Gascoigne D.S.O./"LEST WE FORGET" WW2 Board: 1939-1945/KILLED OR DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/[names in 2 columns]/1951 [name]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Archer, David
Backhouse, Sidney
Balme, John F
Barber, James
Barker, Frank
Barker, Maurice
Bedell, Ernest
Bilton, Cephas
Birch, Thomas
Bleasby, Frank
See details for all 86 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 61
Served and returned: 0
Died: 61
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death
Order of information: place of death THEN surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Korean War (1950-1953)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- First World War memorial
- 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
- St Mary's Garforth WW1
- WMO ID: 271282
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- garforthrollofhonour.org.uk/ Names on memorial investigated and findings presented here on Tony Robinson's site.
- UK Roll of Honour Citation for the 1951 casualty, showing he was Korean War-veterans.mod.uk/roll-of-honour.php?SerialNo=X2450
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