East Bierley

Situated in the Memorial Gardens next to St Luke’s Church Centre on South View Road, East Bierley.

The periods commemorated are 1914-1919, 1939-1945 and the conflict in Iraq.

Inscriptions

The main inscription reads:

To the men of
Hunsworth
who served in
The Great War
1914-1919

The lower inscription reads:

Greater love hath no man
than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friend

Plaques and names

1914-1919: These gave their lives

Front upper.

RankFirst NameLast Name
CaptainJames LeslieOddy
CaptainDonald ChartockSmith
Lance CorporalGilbertGoodman
Lance CorporalJohnRowlands
GunnerPhilip StanleyMuff
GunnerHarry LeonardThornton
GunnerHarold MercerVerity
SapperHoraceMorton
SeamanThomas DibbSpence
PrivateRobinsonButterfield
PrivateLawrenceClayton
PrivatePercyClayton
PrivateJosephCraven
PrivateHiramCrossland
PrivateAlfredEllison
PrivateHarryFirth
CorporalWalter SidneyGarbutt
PrivateWilliamHall
PrivateJosephHare
PrivateRowlandHartley
PrivateFrankHartley
PrivateThomasHargreaves
PrivatePercyJewitt
PrivateEdgarKaye
PrivateWalterKershaw
PrivateJohnMennells
PrivateJohn WilliamOliver
PrivateHermanParker
PrivateHowellRees
PrivateSquireWilson Jnr.

Iraq 18th October 2005: 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards

Front lower.

RankFirst NameLast NameDied
SergeantChristian IanHickey18/10/2005, Age 30

1914-1919: These also served

Right and left hand sides.

RankFirst NameLast Name
PrivateArthurGarner
PrivateJohn O.Garbutt
PrivateMatthew F.Garnett
PrivateWilfredGarside
PrivateEdward H.Gibson
PrivateAlickGreen
PrivateRowlandHall
PrivateEdward H.Haley
PrivateGeorge V.Hansworth
PrivateHaroldHinchcliffe
PrivateFrederick G.Holliday
PrivatePercyHoare
PrivateFredHoughton
PrivateBenHudson
PrivateWm. Ed.Ingham
PrivateJohn C.Joy
PrivateHaroldKeeling
PrivateJamesKeeling
PrivateHerbert C.Kershaw
PrivateBenKirk
PrivateJohn Wm.Kirk
PrivateIrvineKirk
PrivateWillieKnelshaw
PrivateThomasLambert
PrivateFredLightowler
PrivateLeonard E.Lincoln
PrivateRobertLincoln
PrivateAlfredMarshall
PrivateWm. E.Metcalfe
PrivateWalterMidgely
PrivateArthurMidgely
PrivateHarryMoore
PrivateGeorge F.Myers
PrivateArthurNorton
PrivateA. EdgarOddy
PrivateJoseph W.Padgett
PrivateClarencePadgett
PrivateJoseph H.Pearson
PrivateTomPyrah
PrivateAlbert E.Riley
PrivateWilliamRobson
PrivateWillieScott
PrivateSamuel F.Sharp
PrivateJohnShaw
PrivateJohnSiddons
PrivateMauriceSmith
PrivateBenSmith
PrivateDanSpeight
PrivateRufusSpeight
PrivateGeorge E.Spensley
PrivateGeorge R.Verity
PrivateIsaacWalker
PrivateFredWalker
PrivateWillamWard
PrivateHedleyWaterhouse
PrivateWm. N.Waterhouse
PrivateSquireWilson Snr.
PrivateSquireWilson Jnr.
PrivateCliffordWormald
PrivateEdgarWorkman
Second OfficerWilliamShaw
Company Sergeant MajorFredPadgett
Sergeant MajorHedleyCarrodus
Sergeant InstructorGeorge W.Robinson
SergeantSamuelWilman
CorporalCharles H.Blackburn
CorporalHubertHaigh
CorporalRobert H.Verity
CorporalJosephWhitehead
BombardierTomStringer
BombardierGeorge I.Thornton
Lance BombardierPercyGarner
Lance CorporalJosephBaxendale
Lance CorporalGeorge H.Booth
Lance CorporalHubert M.Craven
Lance CorporalJosephEllison
Lance CorporalGeorge F.Garside
Lance CorporalNormanHaigh
Lance CorporalWm. H.Holdsworth
Lance CorporalArthurHutchinson
Lance CorporalHarryJackson
Lance CorporalFredSmith
Lance CorporalAlfredWilburn
Lance CorporalFredWormald
SergeantFrankHayhurst
SignallerArnoldMosley
SeamanNormanBastow
SeamanWilfredBastow
SeamanFrankHalliday
SignalmanWm. H.Littlewood
SeamanHerbert B.Verity
GunnerAbramAmbler
GunnerHarryHoare
GunnerRobertHutchinson
GunnerHarryMidgley
GunnerJoseph J.Mosley
GunnerThackrahOddy
GunnerHaroldRhodes
GunnerFrankThornton
SapperFrankHardisty
DriverJohnnyFirth
DriverJohnPeacock
PrivateArthur R.Allenby
PrivateSidney R.Allenby
PrivateDouglasAshworth
PrivateRandallBelfield
PrivateWalterBerry
PrivateHarryBooth
PrivateMatthewBoyes
PrivateJosephBroadbent
PrivateAlinButterfield
PrivateJackCarrodus
PrivateArthurChambers
PrivateRawdonClough
PrivateHarryCraven
PrivateWm. E.Crossland
PrivateHerbertDean
PrivateAlfred H.Edmondson
PrivateTomEdmondson
PrivateArthurFoster
PrivateJames A.Garner

1939-1945: These men gave their lives

Rear.

First NameLast Name
J.Adamthwaite
T.P.Carling
N.Dixon
S.Redfearn
J.Sainter
N.Speight
R.Whitehead