Situated in the Memorial Gardens next to St Luke’s Church Centre on South View Road, East Bierley.
The periods commemorated are 1914-1919, 1939-1945 and the conflict in Iraq.
Inscriptions
The main inscription reads:
To the men of Hunsworth who served in The Great War 1914-1919
The lower inscription reads:
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend
Plaques and names
1914-1919: These gave their lives
Front upper.
Rank First Name Last Name
Captain James Leslie Oddy
Captain Donald Chartock Smith
Lance Corporal Gilbert Goodman
Lance Corporal John Rowlands
Gunner Philip Stanley Muff
Gunner Harry Leonard Thornton
Gunner Harold Mercer Verity
Sapper Horace Morton
Seaman Thomas Dibb Spence
Private Robinson Butterfield
Private Lawrence Clayton
Private Percy Clayton
Private Joseph Craven
Private Hiram Crossland
Private Alfred Ellison
Private Harry Firth
Corporal Walter Sidney Garbutt
Private William Hall
Private Joseph Hare
Private Rowland Hartley
Private Frank Hartley
Private Thomas Hargreaves
Private Percy Jewitt
Private Edgar Kaye
Private Walter Kershaw
Private John Mennells
Private John William Oliver
Private Herman Parker
Private Howell Rees
Private Squire Wilson Jnr.
Iraq 18th October 2005: 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
Front lower.
Rank First Name Last Name Died
Sergeant Christian Ian Hickey 18/10/2005, Age 30
1914-1919: These also served
Right and left hand sides.
Rank First Name Last Name
Private Arthur Garner
Private John O. Garbutt
Private Matthew F. Garnett
Private Wilfred Garside
Private Edward H. Gibson
Private Alick Green
Private Rowland Hall
Private Edward H. Haley
Private George V. Hansworth
Private Harold Hinchcliffe
Private Frederick G. Holliday
Private Percy Hoare
Private Fred Houghton
Private Ben Hudson
Private Wm. Ed. Ingham
Private John C. Joy
Private Harold Keeling
Private James Keeling
Private Herbert C. Kershaw
Private Ben Kirk
Private John Wm. Kirk
Private Irvine Kirk
Private Willie Knelshaw
Private Thomas Lambert
Private Fred Lightowler
Private Leonard E. Lincoln
Private Robert Lincoln
Private Alfred Marshall
Private Wm. E. Metcalfe
Private Walter Midgely
Private Arthur Midgely
Private Harry Moore
Private George F. Myers
Private Arthur Norton
Private A. Edgar Oddy
Private Joseph W. Padgett
Private Clarence Padgett
Private Joseph H. Pearson
Private Tom Pyrah
Private Albert E. Riley
Private William Robson
Private Willie Scott
Private Samuel F. Sharp
Private John Shaw
Private John Siddons
Private Maurice Smith
Private Ben Smith
Private Dan Speight
Private Rufus Speight
Private George E. Spensley
Private George R. Verity
Private Isaac Walker
Private Fred Walker
Private Willam Ward
Private Hedley Waterhouse
Private Wm. N. Waterhouse
Private Squire Wilson Snr.
Private Squire Wilson Jnr.
Private Clifford Wormald
Private Edgar Workman
Second Officer William Shaw
Company Sergeant Major Fred Padgett
Sergeant Major Hedley Carrodus
Sergeant Instructor George W. Robinson
Sergeant Samuel Wilman
Corporal Charles H. Blackburn
Corporal Hubert Haigh
Corporal Robert H. Verity
Corporal Joseph Whitehead
Bombardier Tom Stringer
Bombardier George I. Thornton
Lance Bombardier Percy Garner
Lance Corporal Joseph Baxendale
Lance Corporal George H. Booth
Lance Corporal Hubert M. Craven
Lance Corporal Joseph Ellison
Lance Corporal George F. Garside
Lance Corporal Norman Haigh
Lance Corporal Wm. H. Holdsworth
Lance Corporal Arthur Hutchinson
Lance Corporal Harry Jackson
Lance Corporal Fred Smith
Lance Corporal Alfred Wilburn
Lance Corporal Fred Wormald
Sergeant Frank Hayhurst
Signaller Arnold Mosley
Seaman Norman Bastow
Seaman Wilfred Bastow
Seaman Frank Halliday
Signalman Wm. H. Littlewood
Seaman Herbert B. Verity
Gunner Abram Ambler
Gunner Harry Hoare
Gunner Robert Hutchinson
Gunner Harry Midgley
Gunner Joseph J. Mosley
Gunner Thackrah Oddy
Gunner Harold Rhodes
Gunner Frank Thornton
Sapper Frank Hardisty
Driver Johnny Firth
Driver John Peacock
Private Arthur R. Allenby
Private Sidney R. Allenby
Private Douglas Ashworth
Private Randall Belfield
Private Walter Berry
Private Harry Booth
Private Matthew Boyes
Private Joseph Broadbent
Private Alin Butterfield
Private Jack Carrodus
Private Arthur Chambers
Private Rawdon Clough
Private Harry Craven
Private Wm. E. Crossland
Private Herbert Dean
Private Alfred H. Edmondson
Private Tom Edmondson
Private Arthur Foster
Private James A. Garner
1939-1945: These men gave their lives
Rear.
First Name Last Name
J. Adamthwaite
T.P. Carling
N. Dixon
S. Redfearn
J. Sainter
N. Speight
R. Whitehead