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Wyke War Memorials

 

WAR MEMORIALS in WYKE

A fund was started for a War Memorial following the First World War, but not enough was raised, and so the money was used to fund an old folks treat for some years.

 

 

 
St Mary's War Memorial

Above the WWI memorial is the legend 'To the glory of God and in memory of men of this parish who gave their lives for King and country in the Great War 1914 to 1918'. Above the WWII memorial is the legend ' To the Memory of The Sacrifice and Service of the People of Wyke 1939 to 1945'. Also mentioned is Corporal Ian Metcalfe, who died on the 15th June 1988 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

First World War
Name Surname
George ARCHER
Richard ASHFORTH
Fred BARKER
Walter BARRACLOUGH
Albert BARTLE
Ben BARTLE
Charles I BOND
Rawdon BOOTH
Leo BOYES
Charlie BROOK
Llewellyn BROOK
Benjamin BROWN
Fred COLLINS
Herbert CORNWELL
Walter DEACON
Charles Robert ELSON
Leonard FIRTH
William FIRTH
Harry GARSIDE
Harold GREENOUGH
Norman GREENWOOD
Hubert HAMMOND
Richard HARGREAVES
John Henry HARRISON
Horace Edward HICKS
Austin Arthur HITCHEN
Leo HITCHEN
Irvine HOLDSWORTH
Augustus William HOWELL
Harold JOHNSON
Dick KELLETT
Haydon KELLETT
Norman KELLETT
Willie LAW
Charles Edward LEE
Herbert LEE
Harry Edward LOWE
Leonard MALLINSON
Edward McCREE
Harold MOSLEY
Ernest MOULSON
John Richard NORTH
Reginald NORTH
Willie NORTHEN
William O'BRIEN
William O'CONNELL
Frank OLDFIELD
Robert OLDFIELD
Ernest PEARSON
George QUICK
Frederick Pearson RAMSDEN
James RIACH
Leonard Stanley ROBINSON
Arthur SEED
Harry SEED
Hiram SHARP
Tom SMITH
Irvine SPEIGHT
Willy SPEIGHT
Walter STAINTHORPE
John Taylor STOTHERS
Willie SUGDEN
Irvine THORNTON
Harold WEATHERELL
William WHITAKER
Willie WHITTAKER
Ernest WILKINSON
John Arthur WILKINSON
John William WILKINSON
Alec WOOD
Arthur C WORTHINGTON
John William YATES
Second World War
Name Surname
Jack ADAMTHWAITE
John W AMOS
Donald H BENTLEY
Jack BOOTH
Ronald CLEGG
Clifford H GLEAVE
Willie HAINSWORTH
Harry HARLOW
Fred HARTLEY
Joseph HODGSON
John HOWARTH
Willie JENKINS
George KELLETT
David LIGHTOWLER
Norman L LOCKER
Harold MALLINSON
Allan MALONE
Peter MALONE
Frank O'NEILL
Sam ORME
Hubert ORMONDROYD
Harry OSBORNE
Hubert PEARSON
Ernest PICKLES
Robert A PLATT
Irvine PYRAH
Benjamin RAMSDEN
Clifford RAWLINGSON
Ronald SCOTT
Ronald SUGDEN
George WILLIAMS
 
 
 

 

 

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