Skelmanthorpe

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Reference WMO/127072

Address:

Skelmanthorpe Cemetery

Highbridge Lane

Skelmanthorpe

Huddersfield

HD8 9EP

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Unknown cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Situated in Skelmanthorpe Cemetery at the junction of Busker lane and Highbridge Lane on the outskirts of the village and approximately 8 miles from Huddersfield Town centre. The period commemorated is 1914 – 1919 and 1939 – 1945. The Inscription reads: In proud and ever living memory of the men of this village who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 – 1918 Names and plaques John W. Blackburn Sam Ellis Percy Fenton Arthur Field Joseph Wilson Field Lawrence W. Field Norman Field Herbert Fisher Percy Gledhill Percy Haigh Fred Hawkyard Cecil John Howitt Donald R. F. Jackson Tom C. Littlewood Irvin Lodge Sidney Mathers Frank Peel Edwin Radley Pearson Radley Albert Senior John Henry Senior Eric Tunnicliff Herbert Tyas Joseph Wainwright After the Armistice Thomas Earnshaw Lawrence Lodge Harry Senior Hugh Patterson 1939 1945 This Memorial also commemorates with proud gratitude the memory of the men of this village who gave their lives in the War of 1939 - 45 R. Brian Armitage Leslie Fisher Jack Morley George Taylor Harry Hey Eric R. Senior Dennis Barrow Edgar Horn M. Vernon Senior Fred Tyas
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