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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Mayfield, Staffordshire |
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The War Memorial, Mayfield (Staffordshire)
(Photo : Richard Roberts<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The Mayfield War Memorial is situated in the churchyard at the
Parish Church which is dedicated to St John the Baptist. Two names of men
of the Yorkshire Regiment are recorded on this memorial.
The names of all the fallen are as below, together with the memorial's dedication;-
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF MAYFIELD WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
MY BODY TO EARTH
MY HEART TO ENGLAND
MY SOUL TO GOD
JAMES BERESFORD ARTHUR BIRCH TIMOTHY BLOOD JAMES BRADLEY FREDERICK CROCKER HERBERT DAVIES GEORGE HACKETT JOSEPH HARRISON HAROLD J HARTILL JOSEPH HUDSON WILLIAM T HUDSON WILFRED JONES LEONARD LOWNDS HARRY LEACH ALBERT H MORETON ALBERT MELLOR FREDERICK J MILLWARD GEORGE MOSS WILLIAM MOSS WILLIAM OAKES JOHN PARKER WILLIAM SMITH ARTHUR STONE THOMAS SWINDELL JOHN L THOMPSON J RUSSELL WARDLE JOHN WILLSHAW JOSEPH WILLSHAW |
Private Joseph Harrison. 48098. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 5/27957 5th T R Battalion. Son of Joseph and Mary Harrison,
of Upper Mayfield, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Killed 21 March 1918. Aged 19.
Born Mayfield, Enlisted Derby, Resided Barwick (Ashbourne)
Commemorated Panel 31 and 32, Pozieres Memorial.
(see below for commemoration on a family headstone)
Private William Charles Moss, 60757. 4th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James Moss and the late Ann Elizabeth Moss,
of Mayfield. Died at home 24 June 1918. Aged 19.
Born Mayfield (Staffs), Enlisted Leek (Stoke-on-Trent), Resided Okeover (Ashbourne)
Buried MAYFIELD WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPELYARD
The names of the fallen on the Mayfield War Memorial
(Photo : Richard Roberts<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The Mayfield, Staffs, War Memorial
(Photo : Richard Roberts<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
Joseph Harrison is also commemorated on a family headstone in the chapelyard of the Mayfield Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
The Harrison Family headstone, also commemorating Joseph Harrison.
(Photo : Richard Roberts<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
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