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War Memorials in the Wakefield area.

Ossett War Memorial

Kingsway/Ventor Way

TO THE MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF
THIS TOWN
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

AND OF
THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE
WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

The following names were listed in the programme for the dedication service for the Ossett Memorial In memory of the brave and noble men of Ossett who died in the Great War 1914-1918.
JOHN ACKROYD JAMES E. ALLOTT HARRY AMBLER ELI TOWNEND ARCHER NORMAN W. ARMITAGE TED ARMITAGE HERBERT ASHBY HARRY ASQUITH JOHN W. ASQUITH ARTHUR J. AUDSLEY EDGAR AUDSLEY PERCY AUDSLEY SAMUEL BALMFORTH JOSEPH BARON GEORGE BEAUMONT FRED BEETHAM HARRY BICKLE ALFRED BILBROUGH	CHARLES EDGAR BINNS WILLIAM BINNS JESSE BIRKINSHAW FRED BLACKBURN WILLIAM BLACKBURN WALLACE BOOTH HARRY BOWERS FRED BRAMMAR KISBY BROOK VINCENT BROOK LEONARD BROOKE HAROLD BROWN ALFRED BURRILL DAVID BUTTERFIELD WILLIAM BUTTERFIELD JOSEPH H. CARTER WILLIAM CHAPPELL WILLIE CHAPPELL JASON OLIVER CLAFTON	ROBERT CLARKSON JAMES W. CLAYTON GEORGE COLBECK ALLEN COOPER HORACE CRAVEN ALBERT CUDWORTH HAROLD DAY GEORGE A. DEIGHTON CHARLES HENRY DERRY ERNEST DEWS FRED DEWS HUBERT DEWS WILLIE DEWS EDWIN DICKSON JOE DIXON H. THORNTON DRAKE ALBERT DUNCAN JOHN T. DUNNILL JIM FOX ELLIOTT	HARRY ELLIS JOHN ELLIS JOSHUA ELLIS JOHN W. ELLIS LAWRENCE ELLIS WALTER ELLWOOD GEORGE ARTHUR ELY OSCAR FELL THOMAS FELTON ERNEST FIRTH CLAUDE FISHER JOSEPH S. FISHER WALTER FLESHER HARRY FOTHERGILL CLIFFORD FOZARD JAMES FRUDD HARRY H. FURNISS W. CECIL GADIE GEORGE GAWTHORPE
WILLIAM GAWTHORPE HERBERT GORDON GEE WILLIAM F. GEE HAROLD GIGGAL LESLIE GIGGAL HARRY GILLION ARTHUR GILLSON HORACE GLOVER THOMAS PYRAL GODLEY FRANK GOLDTHORPE WALTER GOLDTHORPE HARVEY GRACE JOHN WM. GRAY THOMAS W. GREEN GEORGE GRIFFITHS OSWALD GROGRAN THOMAS GROGRAN JOHN EDWIN GUEST VICTOR GUMMERSON	GEORGE W. HAIGH BENJAMIN W. HALL JOHN R. HANSON WALTER HANSON JOSEPH EDWD HARLOCK LOUIS HARRISON ERNEST HARROP LEONARD HARROP FRED GOODER HATFIELD GEORGE HEMINGWAY HARRY HEMINGWAY CLIFFORD HEPWORTH WILLIAM HETHERINGTON IRVING HILL IRWIN HINCHCLIFFE GEORGE EDWARD HIRST WILLIAM HOLDER HERBERT HOLLAND EDWARD HUMPHREY	HERBERT ILLINGWORTH WILTON ILLINGWORTH OSCAR IVINSON HERBERT JACKSON ERNEST JESSOP GEORGE EDWD JESSOP HARRY KELLETT JOSEPH KITSON CLAUDE LAWRENCE FRED LAYCOCK ANDREW LOCKWOOD JOSHUA LOCKWOOD STANLEY LOCKWOOD JOHN M. LUCAS CLIFFORD MANNERS HARRY MARTIN JAMES H MATTHEWS JOSEPH MEGSON GEORGE METCALFE	JOSHUA MITCHELL ALFRED NAYLOR GEORGE NETTLETON HAROLD NETTLETON WILLIE NETTLETON HERBERT L. NEWSOME WILLIE NEWSOME WALTER NORTON GEORGE H. OLDROYD GILBERT S. OLDROYD GEORGE A. ONION SAM PADGETT FRED SYKES PARKER ROBERT E. PENNINGTON WILLIAM H. PHILLIPS EDWIN S. PICKARD GEORGE A. PICKARD JOE PICKARD EDGAR PICKLES
JOHN PICKLES JOHN PLANT RICHARD PRESTON WALTER REYNOLDS ARTHUR RICHARDSON FRED RICHARDSON BERNARD RICHMOND JAMES RICHMOND FRED RILEY CLAUDE ROBINSON FRED ROBINSON GEORGE E. ROBINSON DAVID ROTHERY JAMES RYAN GEORGE SANDERSON HENRY SANDERSON VINCENT SCOTT FRANK SHARPE GEORGE W. SHARPE JOHN W. SHAW	ARTHUR SHEARD GEORGE A. SHILLITO ERNEST SMITH FRED SMITH GEORGE SMITH JOSEPH SMITH OLIVER SMITH WILLIE SMITH CLIFFORD SPEDDING JOHN SPEDDING PERCY SPEIGHT PERCIVAL L. SPURR EZRA SQUIRES G. SUMMERSCALES HARRY SWALLOW ARNOLD SWITHENBANK ARTHUR SYKES FRED TALBOT JOE TATTERSFIELD GEORGE H. TAYLOR	JAMES E. TAYLOR ALBERT R. TEALE EDWARD TEALE FRANK TERRY HERBERT TERRY WALTER TERRY HENRY TINGLE ARTHUR TODD LEVI TOLSON ARCHER TOWNEND GERALD TOWNEND WALTER TURNER HERBERT VICKERS HARVEY WAINWRIGHT NORMAN WAINWRIGHT WILFRED WAINWRIGHT CLIFFORD WALKER FRANK WALKER HARRY WALKER	VICTOR WALKER DANIEL WARD JOHN M. WARD ERNEST WEBSTER ISRAEL WESTERMAN WILLIE T. WHITAKER ARTHUR WHITE CHARLES L. WHITEHEAD JOHN J. WHITEHEAD CLIFFORD WHITWORTH GEORGE WILBY JOHN W. WILBY THOMAS W. WILKINSON LAWRENCE WILLIAMSON ALBERT WILMAN JOSEPH F. WILSON ARNOLD WINDLE HERBERT WOOLLEN JOHN B. YOUNG

There is also a Roll of Honour on a wall plaque in the Holy Trinity Parish Church
Some names appear on both lists some only on one or the other

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE 1914 - 1919
THE ALL SAINTS CHAPEL AND THE ALTER CANOPY SEDILIA SCREEN PANELLING AND OTHER OAK FURNISHINGS IN THE SANCTUARY WERE DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED ALL SAINTS FESTIVAL 1921	HARRY AMBLER ELLT. ARCHER PERCY AUDSLEY GEORGE A. BEAUMONT HARRY BICKLE CHARLES E. BINNS WILLIAM BINNS JESSE BIRKENSHAW WILLIAM BLACKBURN HARRY BOWERS FRED BRAMMER KISBY BROOK HAROLD BROWN ALFRED G. BURRILL WILLIAM A. BUTTERFIELD WILLIAM M. CHAPPELL JASON O. CLAFTON ROBERT CLARKSON JAMES W. CLAYTON HORACE CRAVEN CHARLES H. DERRY ALBERT DUNCAN JOHN ELLIS LAURENCE ELLIS WALTER ELLWOOD ERNEST FIRTH CLAUDE FISHER	WALTER FLESHER HARRY FORTHERGILL CLIFFORD FOZARD GEORGE GAWTHORPE WILLIAM GAWTHORPE HERBERT G. GEE WILLIAM F. GEE HAROLD GIGGAL WILLIE GIGGAL ARTHUR GILLSON HORACE GLOVER THOMAS P. GODLEY JOHN W. GRAY JOSEPH E. HARLOCK FRED G. HATFIELD GEORGE HEMINGWAY CLIFFORD HEPWORTH WILLIAM HETHERINGTON GEORGE E. HIRST WILLIAM HOLDER HERBERT HOLLAND EDWARD HUMPREY ERNEST JESSOP GEORGE E. JESSOP HARRY KELLETT CLAUDE M. LAWRENCE ANDREW LOCKWOOD
JOSHUA LOCKWOOD STANLEY LOCKWOOD JOSEPH MEGSON GEORGE METCALFE JOSHUA MITCHELL HAROLD NETTLETON GEORGE NETTLETON WILLIE NETTLETON WALTER NORTON GEORGE H. OLDROYD SAM PADGETT ROBERT E. PENNINGTON GEORGE A. PICKARD JOE PICKARD JOHN PICKLES JOHN PLANT WALTER REYNOLDS ARTHUR RICHARDSON BERNARD RICHMOND JAMES RICHMOND FRED RILEY CLAUDE ROBINSON GEORGE ROBINSON GEORGE SANDERSON HENRY SANDERSON FRANK SHARP JOHN W. SHAW	ARTHUR SHEARD GEORGE A SHILLITO JOSEPH SMITH OLIVER SMITH JOHN SPEDDING PERCY SPEIGHT GEORGE H. TAYLOR HENRY TINGLE LEVI TOLSON ARCHER TOWNEND GERALD TOWNEND WALTER TURNER HARVEY WAINWRIGHT NORMAN WAINWRIGHT FRANK WALKER VICTOR WALKER DANIEL WARD ISRAEL B. WESTERMAN WILLIE P. WHITAKER ARTHUR WHITE CHARLES L. WHITEHEAD JOHN J. WHITEHEAD JOHN W. WILBY JOHN B. YOUNG	1939 - 1945 COLIN AVEYARD ALAN G. CHAPMAN EDGAR CHAPPELL RONALD W. DELL HENRY GARDNER WALTER HALL FRANK HAWES ROBERT HESSAY JOHN IBBERSON STANLEY JOHNSON NEIL LAWRENCE JOHN NIGHTINGALE ALFRED NORTON LEONARD OLDROYD WILFRED W. PADGETT EDWIN STONES THOMAS A. TAYLOR ERNEST WAINWRIGHT JAMES T. WALKER JOSEPH HALLAS WILLIAM GAWTHORPE
REMEMBER O LORD THE BRAVE AN THE TRUE WHO HAVE DIED THE DEATH OF HONOUR AND ARE DEPARTED IN THE HOPE OF RESSURECTION TO ETERNAL LIFE

There is also one plaque in the church to the memory of a soldier of the Boer War

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WALTER FRANKISH
SON OF GEORGE AND SARAH J. FRANKISH
GRANDSON OF
THE LATE JOSEPH NETTLETON
OF THIS PARISH
HE WAS KILLED IN THE DEFENCE OF
MAFEKING SOUTH AFRICA
ON THE 7^TH DECEMBER 1899
IN THE 27^TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
ON WAR THREATENING HE WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST MEN IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE
TO VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
AND SERVED AS A CORPORAL IN THE
BEAHUANALAND PROTECTORATE REGIMENT

TO KNOW HIM WAS TO LOVE HIM.
"QUIT YOU LIKE MEN."

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