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The War Memorial for Farsley (Leeds)
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Longbottom and licensed for reuse under this Creative
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The Farsley War Memorial is situated at the junction of Town Road (B6156) and Bagley Lane. The memorial consists of a figure of a soldier in mourning pose on a rectangular plinth.
The memorial commemorates 97 names from the First World War and 34 names
from the Second World War.
The names commemorated are in black lettering on the sides of the plinth.
A transcription of all the names on the memorial can be found on the Great
War Forum website. Photographs of the commemorations can be found on the
War
Memorials On Line website.
Amongst the names commemorated on the memorial are those of 3 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private Ewart Bannister. 32464. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Sam and Mary Bannister, of 3, Turner Fold, Farsley, Leeds.
Killed 28 March 1918. Aged 19.
Born Farsley (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Farsley.
Commemorated Panel 31 & 32, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
Private James Willie Moorhouse. 38132. 4th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 October 1918.
Born Eccleshall (Bradford), Enlisted Bradford.
Buriedn TERLINCTHUN CEMETERY.
Private William Wright. 34073. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of A. Wright, of 109, Low Fold, Lower Wortley, Leeds. Killed
12 April 1918. Aged 36.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Lower Wortley (Leeds).
Buried PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY.
(SDGW states that Private Wright was in the 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 26852 Labour Corps.)
Private William Edward York. 23946. 13th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Martha York, of Town St., Farsley,
Leeds. Died 13 April 1918. Aged 24.
Born Farsley (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Farsley (Yorks).
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private Bannister's Name on the Farsley War Memorial.
Photo : David Larkin of the War
Memorials On Line website
The
War Memorial for Farsley (Leeds)
Photo : Google Earth
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