Situated in the southwest corner of the church which is on the main Huddersfield Road between Mirfield and Dewsbury.
A large wooden carved memorial in oak, listing the names on four panels of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War I. An additional panel was added following World War II.
The periods commemorated are 1914-1919 and 1939-1945.
Also here are two Memorial Chairs that were transferred from Ravensthorpe Methodist Church when it was closed for worship many years ago.
Plaques and names
1914-1919 Panel 1. Jesu Mercy. Regimental Badge Duke of Wellingtons King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory.
Rank First Name Last Name Suffix
Private Willie Allatt King's Royal Rifle Corps
Lance Corporal Harry Armitage Northumberland Fusiliers
Private William Astbury Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Fred Auty West Yorkshire Regiment
Private John A. Barnes West Yorkshire Regiment
Private Ernest Beckett Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Willie Beckett Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Percy Bennett King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private John Blakeley Royal Fusiliers
Private Charles Blamires Gloucestershire Regiment
Private Percy Boothroyd West Yorkshire Regiment
Private Frank B. Bower Northumberland Fusiliers
Private Sam Brierley Royal Munster Fusiliers
Driver Charles Buckley Royal Field Artillery
Private Leonard Calvert King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Gunner Harry Campbell Royal Garrison Artillery
Private Fred Cardwell King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private William Cawthorne Northumberland Fusiliers
Gunner James A. Chapman Royal Field Artillery
Private Philip B. Chapman Royal Norfolk Regiment
Gunner Thomas W. Chapman Royal Horse Artillery
Private Charles Crabtree Northumberland Fusiliers
Private Leonard Crane King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private Ralph Crawshaw Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Maurice Crossley West Yorkshire Regiment
Corporal Henry Davill MM, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Driver John H. Davill Royal Garrison Artillery
Private Albert Dent Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
Gunner Ewart Doodson Machine Gun Corps (Tanks)
1914-1919 Panel 2. The Great War. Regimental Badge. West Yorkshire. East Yorkshire. To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory.
Rank First Name Last Name Suffix
Private Fred Eastwood Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Sergeant Harry R. Eastwood MM, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Harry Ellam King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private Charles Ellis Royal Welch Fusiliers
Private Henry Ellis Royal Munster Fusiliers
Private John Ellis York and Lancaster Regiment
Private George H. English Northumberland Fusiliers
Private Frank D. Fearnsides Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private George Fieldhouse Grenadier Guards
Sapper Stanley Fisher Royal Engineers
Private Herbert Gamble King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private Alfred Gardiner King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private Walter Garfitt Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Corporal Lewis Garside King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Corporal Stanley Gawthorpe Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Arthur Gill West Yorkshire Regiment
Private John Gledhill King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
Private Cyril Glover King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private James Goodfellow King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private William Greaves King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Lance Corporal Herbert R. Greenwood Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Gunner Harry Griffith Royal Field Artillery
Private William Haldenby Scots Guards
Private Clifford Haley King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private George A. Hammond Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Arthur Hampshire King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private Harry Harris East Lancashire Regiment
Private Joseph Harris East Yorkshire Regiment
1914-1919 Panel 3. Regimental Badge Yorks and Lancs. Of the Glorious dead may they rest in Peace.
Rank First Name Last Name Suffix
Private Harry Hemingway Lancashire Fusiliers
Private Fred Hey Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Able Seaman George Hoggarth Royal Navy
Private Charles H. Hollingworth Yorkshire Regiment
Private Fred Holmes King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private William Hopkinson King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private Bertie Howroyd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private Vivian Hickling Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
Sergeant Ernest Hinchliffe Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private John R. Hinchliffe York and Lancaster Regiment
Sapper Wilfred Hirst Royal Engineers
Private John Arnold Hemingway 7th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment
Sergeant George Jackson Manchester Regiment
Private Albert Jewsbury Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private William H. Kay Northumberland Fusiliers
Private William Kendal King's Own Scottish Borderers
Lance Corporal Arthur Kershaw Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Charles Lapish King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private Joseph Laycock King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private Luke C. Leadbeater Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Ernest Ledgard Machine Gun Corps
Private George A. Ledgard West Yorkshire Regiment
Gunner Arthur Lister Royal Garrison Artillery
Private Charles A. Matthews King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Seaman Harry McDonald Royal Navy
Private Fred Mellor Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
Seaman Willie Mellor Royal Navy
Private Herbert Nicholls Canadian Grenadier Guards
1914-1919 Panel 4. Jesu Mercy. Regimental Badge RFA / RHA / RGA. Royal Engineers. Of the Glorious dead may they rest in Peace.
Rank First Name Last Name Suffix
Private Allen Oldroyd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private Horace W.D. Oldroyd Green Howards
Driver Robert Ouldridge Royal Field Artillery
Private Hubert Oxley Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private John T. Pattison King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Sapper George A. Pickles Royal Engineers
Sergeant Albert E. Pizer King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private W. Ewart Popplewell Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Fred Preston Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
Private William Ridley Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private John W. Roberts Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
Private John E. Schofield Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Horace Scott East Lancashire Regiment
Private Arnold Sheard Royal Defence Corps
Lance Corporal Clifford Simpson King's Own Scottish Borderers
Private Fred Smith King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private George C. Sutcliffe King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Lance Corporal Fred Sykes Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Lieutenant Neville Tattersfield Tank Corps
Corporal Isaac Thompson King's Own Scottish Borderers
Private Arnold Tompkins Royal Scots Fusiliers
Lance Corporal Ernest Walker Royal Scots
Sapper Jack Walker Royal Engineers
Company Sergeant Major Frederick W. Watson DCM, MC, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Private Tom Wattam Army Service Corps
Private Harry Webster Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Private Friend Whitwam Durham Light Infantry
Private Jack Whiteley Northumberland Fusiliers
Private Beaumont Wood Royal Fusiliers
1939-1945 Also in loving memory of those who gave their lives in the Second World War.
Rank First Name Last Name Suffix
Marine Stanley Armitage Royal Marines
Corporal Colin Batley Northamptonshire Regiment
Private William Bedford York and Lancaster Regiment
Warrant Officer Clifford A. Bentley Royal Artillery
Sergeant George Crabb Royal Air Force
Lance Corporal George Farrand Royal Army Medical Corps
Sergeant Herbert Gibbs Royal Artillery
Corporal Walter Gledhill Royal Air Force
Corporal Ernest Greaves Black Watch
Sick Berth Attandant Stanley Hepworth Royal Navy
Private Reuben Jackson West Yorkshire Regiment
Able Seaman Harry Marshall Royal Navy
Marine William H. Morton Royal Marines
Able Seaman Arnold Newsome Royal Navy
Private Walter S. Poskitt York and Lancaster Regiment
Flight Sergeant Cecil B. Robertshaw Royal Air Force
Sergeant Harry Roscoe Royal Air Force
Able Seaman Albert Smith Royal Navy
Fusilier Kenneth Sykes Royal Scots Fusiliers
Leading Aircraftman Clifford Tudor Royal Air Force
Corporal John M. Wailes Coldstream Guards
Marine Frank Webster Royal Marines
1939-1945 The two seats in Ravensthorpe Parish Church were transferred from Ravensthorpe Methodist Church when the church closed for worship many years ago. In Memoriam. The World War. The Fallen.
First Name Last Name
Harry Roscoe
Frank Webster
1939-1945 In Memoriam. The World War. The Fallen.
First Name Last Name
William Morton
William Bedford