Holme Valley

Situated in the grounds of the Holme Valley Memorial Hospital on Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth.

A tall column in the centre with a memorial stone. Eight plaques give the names of those who lost their lives in both World Wars.

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

Inscriptions

The inscription reads:

In
proud and grateful memory
of these,
our Sons, who died for
England
in the Great War
1914-1919
The people
of Holme, Holmfirth, and
Newmill
have erected this
monument & hospital
A.D. 1920.

Oh England, sometimes think of them.
As once they thought of you.

Plaques and names

1914-1919: Holme & Holmbridge

Back wall plaque 1.

First NameLast Name
Willie I.Addy
FrankArmitage
AlbertAtkinson
HerbertAtkinson
EdgarBarber
ErnestBarlow
ArthurBatley
HerbertBattye
WalterBatty
AlfredBeckett
JackBrooke
FrankBottomley
DonaldBeardsell
HerbertBeaumont
AlfredChaplin
HarryChaplin
HerbertChaplin
John W.Chapman
ArthurColdwell
GeraldDaniel
Arthur H.Dawson
George W.Dawson
AlbertEarnshaw
FredGreen
BertieGreensmith
FredHardy
ArthurHeap
HenryHebblethwaite
AllenHinchliff
RandellHinchliffe
SamHinchliff
HenryHirst
ThomasHoward
FredLeake
ErnestLittlewood
ArthurLockwood
HaroldLockwood
JoeLockwood
RobertLockwood
TedMarston
IrvingMellor
James E.Mellor
ArthurMettrick
FrankMettrick
HerbertMoorhouse
HaroldNaylor
Herbert H.Naylor
ArthurPearce
ArthurRamsden
HubertRamsden
HarryRoberts

1914-1919: Holme & Holmbridge

Back wall plaque 2.

First NameLast Name
Walter S.Rodgers
Christopher G.Simmonds
HerbertSykes
LutherSwallow
AlbertTaylor
TurnerThorpe
FredTinker
R. BruceTucker
ArthurWhitely
Willie D.Whiteley
FredWibberley

1914-1919: Underbank

Back wall plaque 2.

First NameLast Name
JoeAnderson
FredArmitage
AlbertBailey
JamesBower
HarryBray
HarryBrook
WilfredCharlesworth
LewisColdwell
TomCrossland
SamuelEarnshaw
WillieEarnshaw
TomFrance
EdwardHodgson
HarryHolmes
TomHorsfall
ArthurKaye
BenjaminLittlewood
John L.Lockwood
HaroldLodge
Thomas F.Marsden
GeorgeMarsh
JosephMellor
LutherMellor
BenRamsden
FredSykes
WillieSykes
NedThorpe
FredTurton
WilsonTurton
Joseph T.Wimpenny

1914-1919: Cartworth

Back wall plaque 2.

First NameLast Name
Thomas R.Booth
JosephBramwell
James A.Heap
WillieHinchliffe
Herbert H.Kaye
JohnSingleton
HarrySingleton
EbbyWadsworth

1914-1919: Holmfirth

Back wall plaque 3.

First NameLast Name
Charles A.Battye
John W.Batty
George W.Beaumont
HarryBeaumont
TalbotBetts
Christopher S.Birch
JamesBridge
BenjaminBrook
HarryBrown
Norman V.Bruce
Robert V.Bruce
BrookBurgess
JosephBurgess
John E.Charlesworth
HerbertCharlesworth
William B.Coldwell
HubertColdwell
Joseph G.Darby
HarroldFarrar
Sam I.Fearns
Robert H.Froggatt
AndrewGreenwood
George R.Hardy
JamesHaigh
IrvineHinchliffe
HarryHirst
Herbert F.Hogley
FredHowarth
OliverHoward
WillieIbbotson
Bernard C.Johnson
FreddyJohnson
HarryLeese
JamesMcMath
ErnestMoreland
JohnMoreland
FredO’Melia
HarryO’Melia
James W.O’Melia
NormanPickles
FredPogson
LeonardSandford
LewisShore
JamesStead
ArthurSykes
HoraceTolson
Douglas I.Tolson
HaroldWaythews
Joseph W.Wood
JoeWoodhead

1914-1919: Upperthong

Back wall plaque 4.

First NameLast Name
WillieArmitage
AlbertBattye
FreddyBeardsell
LewisBeaumont
HarryBeever
George H.Booth
ErnestButterworth
NormanButterworth
JosiahCoker
John E.Dollive
AlbertHaigh
WalterHeywood
Bertram P.Higginson
NormanHinchliffe
FrankHill
JohnHirst
LewisHirst
John W.Hollingworth
George A.Mellor
HubertMoodycliff
ArthurNoble
JamesPearson
CliffordPollard
J. SykesThewlis
NormanWoodhead

1914-1919: Wooldale

Back wall plaque 4.

First NameLast Name
FreddyAspinall
HarryAspinall
IrvinBarraclough
WillieBattye
GeorgeBooth
PercyBooth
CamalielBoothroyd
George H.Broadbent
Herbert W.Brook
IrvingBrook
BenCartwright
ErnestCartwright
James W.Cartwright
SethColdwell
ErnestCrossland
John E.Hebblethwaite
John W.Johnson
Arnold T.Lee
NelsonMosley
HarryRoebuck
ErnestSanderson
FredSandford
James A.Senior
WalterThewlis
Thomas R.Walmsley

1914-1919: Netherthong & Thongsbridge

Back wall plaque 5.

First NameLast Name
LewisBeaumont
HaroldBrackenbury
George H.Bradley
GeorgeBray
Walter B.Bray
LeonardBuckley
HarryCharlesworth
NormanFisher
StanleyGill
George R.Gledhill
HubertHobson
John H.Hoyle
ArthurHeeley
HaroldHeeley
WilliamHaigh
LutherHellawell
FredHill
GeorgeKaye
BenjaminRoebuck
Norman P.Ricketts
EdwardSmith
BenSenior
FrankSwallow
Abel H.Schofield
ClemenceShaw
EdgarTaylor
CharlieWoodhead
DavidWilkinson
JosephWorsley
JohnWebster

1914-1919: Fulstone

Back wall plaque 5.

First NameLast Name
John W.Atkinson
RandalAtkinson
Hugh P.Ballantyne
BoothBattye
LewisBooth
JamesBroadbent
Albert G.T.Cummings
FrankDickinson
FredEngland
JosephGarside
HaroldGill
FredHallas
HaroldHampshire
TomHampshire
LewisHarker
LutherHartley
ErnestHellawell
HarryHilton
FredHirst
ArthurKaye

1914-1919: Fulstone

Back wall plaque 6.

First NameLast Name
EdwardKaye
FredKaye
HaroldKaye
BenMaude
Lawrence C.Roebuck
ArthurRoodhouse
William C.Sims
William T.Stokes
MellinSwaine
FredTurton
IdoWomersley
LouisWoodhead

1914-1919: Hepworth & Scholes

Back wall plaque 6.

First NameLast Name
JamesBailey
HarryBattye
JosephBattye
JoshuaBrooke
Raymond T.Brook
JamesClark
IrvinEarnshaw
Fred W.England
WoodheadHaigh
LewisHirst
NormanHolmes
HerbertKaye
HermanKenworthy
ArthurMellor
LindleyMellor
JohnMitchell
WilliamRose
JamesSenior
William T.S.Smith
JosephSwallow
PercyTinker
John H.Wagstaff

1914-1919: Hade Edge

Back wall plaque 6.

First NameLast Name
John B.Ashton
HarryBeaumont
CharlesBrook
HarryBrown
WrightCrosland
FredEarnshaw
AlbertHelm
George F.Heppenstall
GeorgeHirst
JohnHirst
HerbertKaye
Reginald M.Kinder
JohnMarsden
FredSingleton
HaroldSwallow
FrankTyas

1939-1945: Holme Valley

Left hand side wall.

First NameLast Name
Frank K.Alderson
HerbertArmitage
David M.Batley
JeffreyBarrett
GeorgeBattye
Harold K.Battye
DickBeardsell
HarryBeaumont
JoeBeever
Robert A.Bennett
Arthur R.Booth
CliffordBooth
DouglasBooth
StephenBooth
J. GordonBower
HubertBriggs
AllenBroadbent
StanleyBroadbent
ThomasBrocklehurst
LewisBrook
F. HaydnBrooke
E. RexButterworth
RaymondCalvert
Ronald S.Carter
HarryCartwright
StanleyCartwright
FrankCharlesworth
JackClarke
ArnoldClegg
KeithDawson
NormanDawson
Norman D.Dunn
John E.Ellis
CliffordFallas
Maurice R.Froggatt
WilliamGall
WilliamHair
GilbertHebblethwaite
WilliamHeel
EricHeeley
FrankHellawell
JackHeywood
HaroldHill
C. IrvinHinchliff
JackHinchliff
Thomas W.Hirst
HoraceHoole
LewisHoole
Lawrence H.Horn
JohnHoward

1939-1945: Holme Valley

Right hand side wall.

First NameLast Name
ThomasHoward
FrankHoyle
NormanHoyle
NormanJackson
HaroldKaye
NormanKaye
George H.Kettlewell
Edgar S.Lawrence
LawrenceLynch
JohnMacmath
LawrenceMcCormack
G. RobertMarshall
LewisMaw
RaymondMellor
JackMettrick
ColinMorgan
FrankMyers
Tom B.Nicholson
PercyNuttall
Henry M.Peckett
KennethPrice
Dick I.Pullen
FredRichardson
JamesRitchie
HenryRobinson
JackRobinson
EdwardRoebuck
ErnestSanderson
DouglasShaw
E. GrenvilleShaw
TravisSpivey
Hubert H.Stainthorpe
Charles H.Standish
Wilfrid E.Swift
WilliamSykes
WilsonSykes
EricThorpe
NathanTinker
DixonWalker
SamWeatherhead
StanleyWeatherhead
Harry B.Webster
KennethWhiteley
WilliamWhitmore
FrankWhitworth
R. AnthonyWilliams
BenjaminWilson
AlbertWood
HarryWood
ReginaldWoodhead