Netherton

Situated at the junction of Meltham Road and Church Lane, approximately 4 miles from Huddersfield town centre, in a garden area accessible from a small pedestrian gate in Church Lane.

A round engraved stone monument standing no more than 4 feet in height. The names of the men who fell are engraved in a large stone set in the ground directly in front.

The periods commemorated are 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.

Inscriptions

The inscription reads:

Honour the men of this Parish who fell in the two Great Wars 1914~1918 & 1939~1945

Plaques and names

1914-1918

Upper inscription.

First NameLast Name
FrankBarker
GeorgeBarker
GeraldBaxter
John T.Bower
ArthurCockhill
JosephCrabtree
HenryCuttell
WilfredDyche
ArthurFroggatt
Thomas O.Garside
EdwardHaigh
TomHampshire
AlbertHeeley
DysonHealey
JoeHoldsworth
DavidKaye
J. LawsonLightfoot
Geoffrey C.Lunn
ArthurMatthews
AlfredMellor
ClementMellor
GeorgeMellor
LewisMellor
NormanMellor
ErnestMitchell
FrankMoorhouse
HaroldNewsome
PercySwallow
PercySwallow
GeorgeSykes
GilesSykes
HenrySykes
RonaldSykes
John JamesTaylor
WilfredTodd
LukeWhitehead
JamesWhiteley
AlbertWilkinson
AlbertWinterbottom

1939-1945

Lower inscription.

First NameLast Name
HarryBamforth
George HerbertBoothroyd
George ArthurBriggs
WallaceBrown
Stanley VictorCrossley
JohnDodson
Thomas WilliamHirst
RonaldKnapton
GordonLockwood
DonaldShaw
Paul DouglasSwallow
George HarryTodd
Stanley JohnVickery
JamesWeir
EdwardWhittell
TomWilde