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The
First World War Memorial in St. Mary's RC Church, Bradford East Parade.
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Longbottom and licensed for reuse under this Creative
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The War Memorial in St. Mary's RC Church, Bradford East Parade,
is an elaborate wall tablet with three inset sections containing the names
of those commemorated. The dedication is inscribed along the top of the memorial.
In front of the memorial are figures, in colour, of the Virgin Mary holding
the body of Christ after he has been taken down from the Cross. The Cross
stands behind.
St. Mary's RC Church closed in November 2006.
At present, there are no photographs of the names commemorated on the memorial. However, the names have been transcribed in the Imperial War Museum's War Memorial Register.
The memorial commemorates the names of 248 men of the parish who fell in the First World War.
8 of those commemorated were soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private Ernest Beck. 6617. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Mentioned in Despatches. Son of George and Bridget Beck, of Bradford,
Yorks. Killed 17 May 1915. Aged 38.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Buried BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY.
Private Bryan Clayton, 24816. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Bradford (Yorks), Enlisted Bradford.
Buried WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Frank Durkin. 15746. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Edward and Mary A. Durkin, of 20, Free St., Otley Rd., Bradford,
Yorks. Killed 11 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Frenshaw, Resided Bradford.
Buried HEILLY STATION CEMETERY.
Private Thomas Durkin. 11166. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Edward and Mary Ann Durkin, of 20, Free St., Otley Rd., Bradford,
Yorks. Killed 5 August 1916. Aged 31.
Born Accrington (Lancs), Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private James Hainsworth. 7124. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
Private Stephen McDonald. 7850. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 March 1915.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Bradford.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
(Name spelt incorrectly as "Steven McDonald" on the IWM transcript.)
Company Serjeant Major Joseph McEvoy, 6926. 6th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Anne Mary McEvoy, of 59, Fagley Rd., Bradford.
Died 27 September 1917. Aged 38.
Born Bowling (Bradford), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Bradford.
Commemorated on Panels 52 to 54 & 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(Name incorrectly shown as "Joseph McEvon" on the Imperial War Museum's
transcript.)
Private John McNulty. 3/8823. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated on the FRICOURT MEMORIAL.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Interior
of St. Mary's RC Church, Bradford East Parade, looking towards the War Memorial
Photo © Copyright Betty
Longbottom and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
(The Church was closed on 11th Nov 2006. Plans are currently under consideration
for converting it for use by the Emmaus Community in Bradford. This photo
was taken at an open evening for the project.)
St.
Mary's RC Church, Bradford East Parade.
Photo © Copyright Betty
Longbottom and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
(The building is shown on the 2020 Google Earth as being the Regency Hall")
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