The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Birstall (Kirklees)

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The Birstall (Kirklees) War Memorial in St. Peter's Churchyard
Photo : Gordon Hodgson (Yorkshire Indexers website)

The Birstall War Memorial is located in the Churchyard of St. Peter's Church, Birstall.
The memorial is a plain shaft with a Latin cross, mounted on a 3-step octagonal plinth. At the base of the shaft is a square block, with the dedication on the main face, and some of the First World War commemorations on the other three faces. The remaining First World War commemorations are found on the faces of the octagonal plinth immediately below this block.

136 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War.

Second World War commemorations (37) are on a tablet extending out at the base of the cross.

Three soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.

Private Thomas Housecroft, 27087. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Grandson of Samuel and Martha Housecroft, of Birstall, near Leeds. Killed 31 October 1918. Aged 23.
Born Birstall (Yorks), Enlisted Birstall.
Buried GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE.

Private Fred Arthur Mann. 38928. 2nd/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 38085 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mark and Elizabeth Mann, of 69, Leeds Rd., Birstall, Leeds. Killed 14 August 1918. Aged 25.
Born Birstall (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford. Resided Leeds.
Buried ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Ernest Stirzaker. 38187. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 April 1917.
Born Raistrick (Yorks), Enlisted Birstall.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

The Dedication on the Birstall (Kirklees) War Memorial The Dedication on the Birstall (Kirklees) War Memorial
Photo : Gordon Hodgson (Yorkshire Indexers website)

Private Housecroft's name on the Birstall (Kirklees) War Memorial Private Housecroft's name on the Birstall (Kirklees) War Memorial
Photo : Kirklees Council (War Memorials Online website)

Private Mann's name on the Birstall (Kirklees) War Memorial Private Mann's name on the Birstall (Kirklees) War Memorial
Photo : Kirklees Council (War Memorials Online website)

Private Stirzaker's name on the Birstall (Kirklees) War Memorial Private Stirzaker's name on the Birstall (Kirklees) War Memorial
Photo : Kirklees Council (War Memorials Online website)

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