World War I - Memorial in St Edith's Churchyard

previous article | up | next article

The West side of the memorial carries the names of those who gave their lives in the Great War and the date they died (the other three sides carry the names of those who served and survived):

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN UNDYING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914 – 1918.

“DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI.”

REQUIESCANT IN PACE

South Side:

IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.

THOMAS G. N. BARDWELL, Major
TATTON B. BARDWELL, Capt.
WILLIAM S. BARDWELL, Lieut. R.N.
CLEMENT A. K. PETERS, Capt.
NOEL DALES, Lieut. R.A.F.
ERNEST BROWN.
J. W. BARKER.
WILFRID BANKS.
C. CULLUM.
FRANCIS COOK.
CHARLES COOK.
WILFRID COOK.
HERBERT DOUGLAS.
WM FOSTER.
ARTHUR FOSTER.
THOMAS H. FOSTER.
HERBERT W. FOSTER.
ALBERT W. FOSTER.
JOHN FLINT.

East Side:

C. LEYLAND GIBBON.
ERIC GOSPEL.
T. EDWIN GRAY.
GEORGE HUSBAND.
HERBERT HARPER.
JOHN HARPER.
WM HARRISON.
HAROLD HARRISON.
JOHN JOHNSON.
CLARENCE G. KEEP.
FRED LOFT.
HERBERT LOFT.
W. T. LAWSON.
E. MILLGATE.
ABEL RICHMOND.
BERTIE RICHMOND.
JOHN H. RICHMOND.
FRED ROBINSON.
TOM ROBINSON.
RICHARD ROBSON.
HARRY ROBSON.
JAMES RUDD.
RICHARD ROBINSON.

North side:

LEONARD SAMPSON.
HARRY SAMPSON.
HERBERT SLATER.
JAS W. SLATER.
ROBERT SISSONS.
HARRY SISSONS.
FRED SISSONS.
JAS W. SMITH.
GEORGE TINDALE.
JOSEPH TINDALE.
WM P. TRIFFITT.
J. W. WALES.
JOS WILLERTON.
ALFRED WARE.
ERNEST WEST.
WM WEST.
RICHARD WEST.
ARTHUR WEST.
FRANCIS N. WILSON.
WM WEBSTER.
TOM WEBSTER.
RICHARD WEBSTER.
LEONARD WADSWORTH.

The War Memorial looking pristine. This is from a set of postcards produced by W. Bramley of Leeds c1920s.