Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Leeds
Town
Allerton Bywater, Castleford
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
86455

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Current location

St Mary The Less Church
Station Rd,
Allerton Bywater
Castleford
Leeds
West Yorkshire
WF10 2BW
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 41801 27846
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Two rectangular polished brass on polished wood backboards. incised lettering in black
Inscription
Plaque 1: THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ "RING OUT THE FALSE, RING IN THE TRUTH"/ TO THE PRAISE OF GOD/ AND TO COMMEMORATE THE SIGNING OF A/ VICTORIOUS PEACE JUNE 28TH 1919/ THESE EIGHT BELLS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS./ WHERE DEDICATED JUNE 27TH 1920/ TOGETHER WITH THE MONUMENT NEAR THE CHURCH/ BY THE LORD BISHOP OF KNARESBOROUGH./ JAMES BELL. VICAR/ ERNEST A ELSAY AND JOHN B HUDSON, CHURCHWARDENS Plaque 2: AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIUM/ "Their Name liveth for evermore"/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE BRAVE/ MEN OF ALLERTON BYWATER/ Who gallantly gave themselves in the/ GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1919/ (Names)/ THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN" St JOHN X1:23
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ash, Arthur Wm
Blakey, Wm
Bullock, Thomas
Bullough, M
Campey, Allan
Cowell, Jas H
Hutchinson, Ed
Jackson, Albert
Jones, Elijah
Macdonald, W G
See details for all 27 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 25
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 25
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: RANK, FULL NAME, AGE
    Order of information: By date
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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