Men of Thornhill Lees


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Reference WMO/137870

Address:

Holy Innocents Parish Church

Vicarage Road

Thornhill Lees

Dewsbury

WF12 9PD

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Unknown
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: This memorial is on the north facing wall of the church near to the alter Holy Innocents Parish Church is situated on Vicarage Road in Thornhill Lees approximately one mile from Dewsbury Town Centre and in close proximity to Savile Town. Description - a large wooden memorial plaque detailing the men and women of Holy Innocents Church who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War 1 and World War 11

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The inscription reads:-: To the Glory of God and in grateful Remembrance of the Men of Thornhill Lees who gave their lives in the service of their Country during the Great Wars Grant them O Lord Eternal rest and let light perpetual shine upon them

1914 - 1918 Arthur Allatt John Wm Armstrong Philip Beaumont Albert Bird Walter Booth Herbert Booth Joe Brook Sydney Brooke James Bulmer John Wm Burton Edward Burton Emmanuel Butler Ramsden Byrne Willie Chapman Ernest Cockburn Arthur Collins Percy Crowther Norman Dennison Ernest Denton Alfred Hy Dixon John By Dixon Alonzo Driver John Wm Ellis William Be Field Walter Vr Fligg Ernest Greenwood Fred Handley Herbert Harris Sam Hawkswell Herbert Cd Heaton Clifford Holmes John Wm Holmes George Ineson Percy Johnson Harry Johnson Leonard Hendrick George Kershaw Smith Kimmings Thomas Hy Lee George Leuty Charles Machin John Machin Arthur Mallinson John Hy Marriott Ernest Mason Malcolm Medd Harry Morris John Wm Oakley Howard Oates Reginald Oldroyd Hubert Peace John Rd Pennock William Nn Podmore James Sn Radforth Archie Robinson Isaac Rothery Frank Scott Thomas Scott Nelson Secker Ernest Senior Percy Senior Ernest Smith William Hy Smith Herbert Smith George Smith Charles Wn Smith Charles Speight Sam Steele Paddy Stones Percy Summerscales Vyner Sykes James Tighe Lewis Tinker Norman Tomlinson Frank Tomlinson William Thompson Willie Wainwright Seth Walker Henry Walshaw Anthony Wear Joseph Wear John West Harold Wilby James Jr Windle 1939 – 1945 Arthur Barnes Herbert Bedford Tom Cooper George Gerald Etchells Ernest Etherington Edward Hart Cyril Hirst Geoffrey Horner John Brooks Gascoigne Ernest Johnson Geoffrey Leech James McNally George Rowley George Arthur Seabrook John Richard Walton Ronald Hardcastle

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