Situated in Church Lane approximately 1½ miles from Dewsbury town centre.
A stone cross situated in the lawned area to the right of the main entrance to the church.
The periods commemorated are 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.
There are seven war graves in several sections of the burial grounds of Thornhill Parish Church.
Inscriptions
The inscription reads:
To
The Glory
of
God
And
In Memory of
the Men of Thornhill
who gave their lives
in the Great War
1914 - 1918.
Also
1939 - 1945.
Plaques and names
1914-1919
For King and Country. To the Glory of God and in affectionate Remembrance of the Men of Thornhill who gave their lives in the Great European War 1914-1918. Make them to be numbered with the Saints in Glory Everlasting.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Suffix |
| Corporal | Gordon | Brown | |
| Lance Corporal | Alexander | Bruce | |
| Private | Willie | Chambers | |
| Private | Norman | Cleveland | |
| Private | Willie | Croft | |
| Private | Harry | Denton | |
| Lance Corporal | Alfred H. | Dixon | |
| Sapper | Benjamin | Gaines | |
| Lance Corporal | Arthur | Garfitt | |
| Private | Harold | Grace | |
| Private | Leonard | Halstead | |
| Private | Herbert | Heaton | |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Frank B. | Hinchliffe | |
| Private | Percy | Holmes | |
| Private | Eric | Johnson | |
| Private | Samuel H. | Jubb | |
| Private | Willie | Jubb | |
| Captain | Edward | Kaye | |
| Private | James Ed. | Kaye | |
| Lance Corporal | Norman | Kitson | |
| Captain | Christopher | Laycock | |
| Private | John E. | Lee | |
| Private | Gilber | Lewis | |
| Bombadier | Ernest | Asquith | MM |
| Private | Arthur | Mallinson | |
| Private | Wilson | Marshall | |
| Private | Clement | Micklethwaite | |
| Private | Thomas | Newton | |
| Private | Wright | Ouldridge | |
| Lance Corporal | Hubert | Peace | |
| Private | Wm. Henry | Peace | |
| Private | Wm. George | Russell | |
| Private | James | Scargill | |
| Private | Leonard | Shackleton | |
| Lance Corporal | Ernest | Sheard | |
| Private | John | Simmons | |
| Private | Harold | Smith | |
| Private | Herbert | Summerscales | |
| Major | Frank | Taylor | |
| Bombadier | Thomas | Thornton | |
| Lance Corporal | Frank | Tomlinson | |
| Private | Norman | Tomlinson | |
| Private | Fred | Vickers | |
| Bombadier | Jack | Weate | |
| Lance Corporal | Sam | Wilson | |
| Private | Edgar | Winterflood | |
| Private | George A. | Lightowler | |
1939-1945
Also in Gratitude to the Men of Thornhill who gave their lives in the World War 1939-1945.
| Service Number | First Name | Last Name |
| | Ernest | Atkinson |
| | Richard | Ayrton |
| | George | Baxter |
| | Harold | Beaumont |
| | Herbert | Bedford |
| 10539073 | Reuben | Blakeley |
| | Walter | Boot |
| | Jack | Booth |
| | Arnold | Brook |
| | Ronald | Brook |
| | Richard | Brown |
| | Joseph | Clarkson |
| | John | Collomosse |
| | Joseph | Douglas |
| | Raymond | Dyson |
| | Donald | Fitton |
| | Christopher | Hayman |
| | Norman | Hemingway |
| | George | Hodgson |
| | Raymond | Jefferson |
| | Arthur | Lilburn |
| | Gibson | Peace |
| | James | Pickering |
| | Jean | Scargill |
| | Rufus | Senior |
| | Horace | Sheard |
| | Raymond | Shires |
| | Leonard | Smith |
| | Chas. | Summerscales |
| | Nelson | Sykes |
| | Arnold | Whitworth |
| | Rayner | Winterburn |
1917
War grave.
| Service Number | Rank | First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Died |
| 31046 | Private | J.A. | Windle | King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | 24th September 1917, Age 20 |
1918
War grave.
He did his duty nobly and died that we may live. Also in Memory of George and Ernest Littlewood.
| Service Number | Rank | First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Died |
| 37840 | Private | P.R. | Littlewood | Leicestershire Regiment | 13th December 1918 |
1942
War grave.
In Loving Memory of Emil William Pickering of Netherton Hall near Wakefield, 1882-1942. Also his younger son James Kenneth Alexander Pickering who gave his life in the service of his country.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Died |
| Colonel | Emil William | Pickering | DSO, TD, DL, JP, Royal Artillery | 14th March 1942 |
| Flying Officer | James Kenneth Alexander | Pickering | Royal Air Force | 31st December 1942, Age 20 |
1943
War grave.
Hartley Hayman. And in proud memory of their grandson Christopher Hartley Hayman, St John's College Cambridge, killed gallantly leading his troop into action in North Africa.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Died |
| Captain | Christopher Hartley | Hayman | 9th Queen's Royal Lancers | Easter Monday 1943, Age 25 |
1944
War grave.
To Faithful Warriors Cometh Rest, Sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest.
| Service Number | Rank | First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Died |
| 4540630 | Private | J. | Clarkson | West Yorkshire Regiment | 6th May 1944, Age 44 |
1944
War grave.
Worthy of Remembrance.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Died |
| Flight Lieutenant | C. | Summerscales | DFC, Wireless Op / Air Gunner, Royal Air Force | 22nd December 1944, Age 28 |
1945
War grave.
| Service Number | Rank | First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Died |
| 10539073 | Craftsman | R.E. | Blakeley | Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 7th November 1945, Age 39 |