Deighton War Memorial

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Details

  • Situated in the grounds of Deighton Working Men’s Club on Deighton Road Huddersfield
  • The period commemorated is 1914 – 1918

Photos

Deighton War Memorial
Deighton War Memorial
Deighton War Memorial
Deighton War Memorial
Deighton War Memorial

Location by map

The marker Google marker represents the location of the war memorial in Deighton.

Inscriptions

The Inscription on the main column reads::

Sons of this place let this of you be said
that you who live are worthy of your dead
These gave their lives that you who live will reap
a richer harvest ere you fall asleep

On the plinth facing Deighton Road::

To the
Glory of God
and in memory of
the following
who fell in the
Great War
1914 – 1918

Names and plaques

1914-1918
On the column facing Deighton Road


  • 2nd Lt. L. Taylor
  • Sgt. W. E. Pilkington
  • Pte. A. Sugden
  • Pte. S. Sheard
  • Pte. T. C. Marshall
  • Pte. H. Hirst
  • Pte. A. Taylor
  • Pte. A. Heaton
  • Pte. W. Ramsden
  • Pte. R. A. Crossley
  • Pte. F. Schofield
  • Pte. F. Moore


1914-1918
The East facing side of the column.

Roll of Honour


  • Pte. L. Speight
  • " A. Carmichael
  • " J. Norcliff
  • " F. C. Walton
  • " W. Armitage
  • " F. Collins
  • " H. Morris
  • " S. Hudson
  • " J. Goodman
  • " W. Taylor
  • " W. Roberts
  • " H. Gledhill
  • " W. Clay
  • " E. Kent
  • " W. Hardcastle
  • " F. H. Wilson
  • " W. Seedhouse
  • " G. Armitage
  • " G. Kelly
  • " N. Kelly
  • " O. Sugden
  • " W. H. Young
  • C/Sgt. Mjr W. F. Raistrick
  • Pte. T. Roberts
  • " G. Tate
  • " C. Hance
  • " A. Dyson
  • " P. Senior
  • " B. Spencer
  • Gnr. H. Stephenson
  • " A. B. L. Boothroyd
  • " W. H. Swann
  • " L. Turner
  • " C. Dyson
  • " F. W. Bailey
  • " T. France
  • " S. Turner
  • O. S. L. Sykes
  • " P. Wilson
  • " L. Poole
  • " S. Barrow
  • E. R. J. Wilson
  • Sig. W. A. Thewlis
  • Pte. H. Goodwill
  • Tr. F. Wood


1914-1918
The East facing side on the plinth.

Roll of Honour


  • Cpl. B. Garbutt
  • L/br. H. Toulcher
  • Sgt. J. Rattigan
  • Cpl. J. Lovatt
  • Gnr. G.W. Kelly
  • " J. Dolan
  • Dvr. E. Rattigan


1914-1918
The West facing side of the column.

Roll of Honour


  • Cpt. H. Lockwood
  • 2nd. Lt. H. Roberts
  • Flt. Cdt. S. Lockwood
  • Cdt. W. Irving
  • Co/Sgt. Mjr. E. Spivey
  • Sgt. F. Taylor
  • " F. Lockwood
  • " E. L. Griffiths
  • Cpl. W. Charlesworth
  • " C. Etchells
  • " F. Hanson
  • " B. Lockwood
  • L/Cpl. H. Fisher
  • " H. Parkin
  • " J. Boothroyd
  • " H. Bates
  • Pte. T. Fisher. M.M
  • " H. Marshall M.M
  • " G. French
  • " C. P. Gill
  • " E. Kelly
  • " J. Goodman
  • " G. Yates
  • Pte. G. Filby
  • " H. Heaton
  • Dvr. Ht. Hardcastle
  • " F. Hardcastle
  • " Hd. Hardcastle
  • " N. Pogson
  • " G. Poppleton
  • " F. Marshall
  • " E. Carter
  • " B. Mosley
  • " T. Littlewood
  • Pte. T. A. Ramsden
  • " W. Sugden
  • " H. Carmichael
  • " F. Walker
  • " F. Shore
  • " J. Hardcastle
  • " H. Carter
  • " J. W. Hoyle
  • " W. Corbett
  • " A. Boothroyd
  • " F. Quarmby
  • " H. White


1914-1918
The South facing side of the column.

Roll of Honour


  • Pte. J. H. Rogers
  • " J. P. Sykes
  • Gnr. H. Boothroyd
  • " E. Driver
  • " P. Wood
  • " W. Collier
  • " W. Elliott
  • " G. Poole
  • " H. Seedhouse
  • " W. Ainley
  • " L. Marshall
  • Dvr. G. W. Jessop
  • " E. Dickinson
  • " C. Ashton
  • " W. Clegg
  • Spr. J. H. Smith
  • " F. Hutchinson
  • " H. Lockwood
  • Pte. L. Preston
  • " E. Moore
  • " A. Clegg
  • " F. Scott
  • " J. H. Wolstenholme
  • Pte. H. Collins
  • " H. Speight
  • " R. Cook
  • " D. Armitage
  • " I. Spivey
  • " W. Nunns
  • " H. V. Taylor
  • " F. Jessop
  • " F. Hartley
  • " F. Fisher
  • " J. W. Brown
  • " F. Dyson
  • " A. V. Raistrick
  • " F. Wood
  • " F. Armitage
  • " F. Gee
  • " F. Pilkington
  • " A. N. Priestley
  • " N. Hopkinson
  • " H. Littlewood
  • " A. Littlewood
  • " H. Jessop
  • " Fd. Hardcastle