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The War Memorial for South Elmsall and Moorthorpe (Wakefield, Yorkshire) -
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Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetye123@aol.com>)
The South Elmsall and Moorthorpe War Memorial is an elaborate market-style cross on a square pillar and fine hexagonal plinth.The commemorative name panels are of marble and are recessed into the sides of the plinth.
The War Memorial is located on the Barnsley Road, South Elmsall, - almost opposite the Methodist Church.
172 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 74 in the Second World War.
Photographs of the panels have been taken by Wayne Bywater (<waynetye123@aol.com>) and a transcription is on the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website. 172 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War.
2 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.
Private James Parsons. 23503. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 14 August 1918.
Born Little Smeeton (Yorks), Enlisted Pontefract, Resided Moorthorpe.
Buried GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Private William Rhodes. 7550. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 28 November 1914.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MMENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(From the Register of Soldiers Effects, William Rhodes sole legatee and Widow
was Margaret.
William Rhodes married Margaret in the June Qtr 1911 in the Hemsworth RD (which
includes South Elmsall). She remarried again at South Elmsall in 1917 to an
Aaron Farmery.
In the 1911
Census, William Rhodes is shown as being a boarder in lodgings at South
Elmsall.)
Privates J Parson's and W Rhodes names on the War Memorial for South Elmsall
and Moorthorpe
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetye123@aol.com>)
The
War Memorial for South Elmsall and Moorthorpe (Wakefield, Yorkshire) - 2
Photo : Peter Davies of the War
Memorials On Line website
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