St John’s the Evangelist Church is situated on Boothroyd Lane in close proximity to the top entrance to Crow Nest Park where the town’s main war memorial is situated. It is approximately half a mile from Dewsbury town centre.
A large wooden memorial plaque with five individual panels either side of the centre panel with an inscription detailing the men of St John's Church who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War I. A second smaller plaque is adjacent to the other detailing those who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II. These memorials are at the entrance to the Chapel alter.
The periods commemorated are 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.
Also located here is the memorial from Moorend Working Mens Club which was situated on the border of Heckmondwike and Dewsbury but closed some time ago. It is a large wooden plaque detailing the men and women of the club, both those who served and those who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War I.
Inscriptions
The inscription reads:
To
The Moorend Working Mens Club inscription reads:
In remembrance of the
The children’s area dedication reads:
This children's area is in memory of
Plaques and names
1914-1918 Panel 1.
First Name Last Name
G. Ainsworth
A.H. Armitage
Eli T. Archer
Fred Auty
Cecil Blake
Arthur Benson
Jack Bell
John W. Barstow
J.N. Barraclough
Walter Brearey
Alfred Berry
George Johnson
Wilfred Kilburn
Charlie Lee
David Lawson
Arnold Lumb
Tom Lund
George Lee
Arnold Lee
James May
John W. Marsden
Ernest Berry
W. Collinson
Fred Crabtree
Rupert Clegg
Arnold Clegg
George A. Cross
John W. Child
Victor Dawson
James Denton
John R. Fligg
F.W. Mackay
Percy Minnett
Ernest Newsome
Frank Naylor
George Osborne
Harry Oddy
Allen B. Oldroyd
Harry Oldroyd
Fred E. Oldroyd
Stanley Pollitt
T. Goldthorpe
Tom Gough
Harry Gaunt
Percy Gibson
George Glew
Arthur Green
Albert Gaunt
Albert Gibbs
W.H. Heeley
Jesse Howgate
Jesse Price
John W. Robinson
John Riley
C.G. Ransford
H. Ripley
H. Rushforth
H. Richardson
W. Richardson
Joe Reynolds
J.W. Ruddlesden
George Hirst
Harold Hirst
S. Haythorne
C. Humphreys
A.H. Hemenway
Harney Hey
F. Hinchcliffe
Joseph Hirst
George Ireland
James E. Johnson
G.L. Speight
Fred Secker
Harry Simpson
Alwyn T. Smith
H. Stradling
S. Summerscales
James Sykes
Ernest Stables
J.W. Stradling
Ernest Smith
1914-1918 Panel 2.
First Name Last Name
George Johnson
Wilfred Kilburn
Charlie Lee
David Lawson
Arnold Lumb
Tom Lund
George Lee
Arnold Lee
James May
John W. Marsden
F.W. Mackay
Percy Minnett
Ernest Newsome
Frank Naylor
George Osborne
Harry Oddy
Allen B. Oldroyd
Harry Oldroyd
Fred E. Oldroyd
Stanley Pollitt
Jesse Price
John W. Robinson
John Riley
C.G. Ransford
H. Ripley
H. Rushforth
H. Richardson
W. Richardson
Joe Reynolds
J.W. Ruddlesden
G.L. Speight
Fred Secker
Harry Simpson
Alwyn T. Smith
H. Stradling
S. Summerscales
James Sykes
Ernest Stables
J.W. Stradling
Ernest Smith
1914-1918 Panel 3.
First Name Last Name
Harry Smith
Harry Shepley
Charlie Smith
George Spedding
F. Smithson
T.G.L. Speight
Harry Tyas
E.W. Triffitt
William Thomas
N. Tattersfield
Lewis Tinker
James W. Taylor
D.W.S. Watts
Eddie Whitworth
W. Whitehead
Ernest Walker
Arnold Wilson
Herbert Wilson
Bernard Wilson
Albert Walker
James Ward
1939-1945 Left hand side of chapel altar. This Chapel was refurbished in memory of the Men from this Parish who gave their lives in the Second World War.
First Name Last Name
Jack Allatt
Harry Allsopp
Tom Asquith
Eric Auty
Kenneth Auty
Kenneth Crossland
Fred Crawshaw
Joseph Garfield
Norman Haigh
Stanley Harrison
R.F.W. Hirst
David R. Kay
Harry Lockwood
Eric Hemingway
1939-1945 Right hand side of chapel altar.
First Name Last Name
Reginald Palframan
Stanley Pickles
Ralph Preston
Joseph Quinn
Grange Scott
Vivian F.B. Redlich
Eric Senior
Robert Simpson
Eric Stansfield
Laurie Tattersfield
James J. Turner
George W. Wainwright
Eric Senior
Robert Simpson
Kenneth Walshaw
Geoffrey Ward
Harold Watkins
Cyril Watson
Harry T. Williams
Harry Winder
1914-1918: Moorend Working Mens Club The Fallen
First Name Last Name
Edgar Armitage
William Hy. Austwick
John Eastwood
John Ed. Foster
Robert Gladman
Reuben Hepworth
Jesse Howgate
Ernest Kitchen
Ernest Newsome
Wainwright Richardson
John W. Ruddlesden
James Shaw
George Vollands
1914-1918: Moorend Working Mens Club Roll of Honour of the Members who served
First Name Last Name
H. Allsopp
J. Avison
T.W. Senior
E. Bailey
B. Batley
C.W. Bell
T. Breckon
S. Broadley
B. Brown
H. Bullock
B. Burnhill
J. Caisley
W.M. Charlesworth
W. Collinson
C. Coulson
J. Crossley
D. Crowther
H. Dennis
H. Denton
G. Dodson
C. Firth
H. Firth
J.W. Firth
A. Galloway
J.W. Galloway
A. Gibson
L. Glew
G.A. Goodall
A. Greenald
F. Grey
J. Brundell
R. Hemingway
E. Ineson
P. Ineson
H. Jessop
J.W. Joy
E. Kaye
A. Kendrick
J. Long
T. Lund
F. Lunn
F. Nelson
J. Newsome
A. Palmer
T. Patterson
A. Pickles
B. Pollard
A. Porritt
J. Prendergast
R.H. Ramsden
F. Redshaw
A. Richardson
J. Richardson
W. Richardson
J. Roberts
J.L. Ross
B. Scatchard
F. Senior
S. Shaw
E. Smith
H. Smith
J. Smith
W. Smithson
G. Speeden
H. Sutcliffe
E. Sykes
K. Thompson
A. Thornton
C. Threadgold
H. Walker
R. Walker
H. Wood
J. Wright
W. Wrigley
G.W. Pickles
G. Bull