Birstall

Situated in the churchyard opposite St Peters Parish Church.

A three-tiered octagonal base with a square tier on top leading to a tall column in the shape of a cross.

The periods commemorated are 1914-1919 and 1939-1945.

Inscriptions

The top square tier inscription reads:

Sacred to the honoured
memory of men of Birstall
who gave their lives for
King and Country in the
Great War 1914-1918
Their name liveth for evermore

An additional section at the front of the monument has an inscription that reads:

To the glorious
memory of those who
died in the
1939 - 45 war

Plaques and names

1914-1918

Right hand side of square tier.

First NameLast Name
WillieAkeroyd
HarryAlderson
William H.Allott
P.Banks
HarryBatley
Isaac E.Baxter
James H.Baxter
WalterBaxter
ArthurBarker
J.S.Bennett
PercyBeaumont
GeorgeBinks
P.Blaber
HaroldBromley
CliffordBruce
WalterBurnley

1914-1918

Rear of square tier.

First NameLast Name
FredBerry
RobertBirbeck
Ernest L.Briggs
ThomasByrne
VictorChurch
HarryClayton
PercyClegg
WillieClegg
BenClough
ReginaldCraven
ArthurCraven
CharlesDay
HerbertDarnbrook
MartinDuffy
George W.Ellis
ThomasFawcett

1914-1918

Left hand side of square tier.

First NameLast Name
HerbertFirth
ArthurFirn
WillieFisher
WilliamFisher
JohnFlanagan
HaroldFreeman
JohnFrain
FrankFurniss
J.Garner
JohnGoodall
HaroldGreenwood
JosephHare
WilfredHaigh
IsaacHaley
WilliamHaley
DennisHartley

1914-1918

Octagonal upper tier.

First NameLast Name
T.W.Hepworth
HarryHirst
RaymondHirst
B.Hinchcliffe
T.Housecroft
FrankHolmes
NelsonHolmes
NormanHolmes
H.Hutchinson
C.Hutchinson
J.W.Inwood
WillieJowett
CharlesJubb
JamesJudge
CharlesKaye
JohnKilkenny
W.P.Kitson
J.H.Kitson
T.Lambert
H.Lawrenson
JohnLees
John F.Locke
E.B.Longbottom
ThomasLinch
PercyKilburn
James D.Lyon
ArthurMann
J.Marshall
P.A.Margetts
WatsonMaude
ArthurMoore
FrankMelvin
HoraceNaylor
A.E.Overend
JohnOverend
B.Parkinson
P.Parkinson
A.P.Parkin
WilliePhelps
TomPlatts
ErnestPlatts
E.Pollard
J.Randle
H.Radford
EdwardRowan
R.Rodgers
J.Richardson
J.J.Sayers
C.W.F.Sayers
R.W.Saville
HerbertShires
WalterShires
ErnestSill
FredSmithson
RobertSmith
F.C.Smith
ThomasSmith
ClarenceSmith
E.Stirzaker
C.Sheard
LeonardStone
H.Tomlinson
B.Thornton
HenryWard

1914-1918

Rear of octagonal middle tier.

First NameLast Name
F.Wilson
C.Wilson
L.Wilson
GeorgeWright
H.Radforth
A.Weavill
HarryYates
C.Dewhurst
JamesLyons

1914-1918

In front of octagonal lower tier.

First NameLast Name
CliffordCrowther
JohnMitchell
JackHolmes

1939-1945

Additional section at the front.

First NameLast Name
Eric LawrenceBrown
KittyBlamires
SarahByrom
JamesCarr
HarryCrossley
LukeFarrar
James HenryFenton
William AlexanderFiddes
Francis FrederickFordham
LeonardHaywood
WilliamHaywood
DouglasHolmes
WalterHolmes
LeslieHorton
MaryMcLoughlin
JohnMaguire
ArthurMiller
AllanMuris
ArthurParkinson
RobbieRamsbottom
Norman VictorRiley
CliffordSenior
GeoffreySmith
JamesSmith
HarryWilkinson

1914-1918

Addenda panel at the front.

First NameLast Name
AlbertBloomfield
William H.Graham
A.B.Honeybone
Albert E.Illingworth
F.Jackson
GeorgeLees
JohnMarchbanks
Richard H.Martin
T.Martin
JohnO'Brien
John H.W.Rhodes
A.Smith
CharlieSpink
WilliamStainthorpe
George S.Whitehead

1939-1945

Addenda panel at the front.

First NameLast Name
WalterAckroyd
George E.Benson
Clarence F.Brown
JohnCarbutt
Stanley L.Foxton
FrancisGess
CliffordLockwood
EricStansfield
GeorgeStaples