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The War Memorial for Featherstone (Wakefield)
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The Featherstone War Memorial is in a garden enclosed by wall
with plaques mounted on the wall. There are a total of eleven panels in the
garden which commemorate lives lost in the First and Second World Wars and
other conflicts. On one panel is inscribed the list of donors.
The Featherstone War Memorial is located in Station Lane, just North of the
railway station.
352 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, 74 in the Second World War, and 5 in subsequent conflicts.
Amongst the names commemorated on the memorial are 6 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private James Allen, 35867. 2nd/4th Battalion Duke
of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 60182 Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Matthew and Elizabeth Ann Allen, of Wakefield; husband of
Sarah Elizabeth Allen, of 45, Vicarage Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, Yorks.
Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 29.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Saltburn (Yorks), Resided Featherstone (Yorks).
Buried GRAND RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, HAVRINCOURT.
Private Hebert Clayton. 58043. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 2 April 1919.
Born Carlton (Nr Selby - Yorks), Enlisted Featherstone.
Buried Bolshoi Ozerki Cem.
Commemorated on the ARCHANGEL MEMORIAL.
Private Arthur Harrison, MM, 24657. 13th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 November 1917.
Born Wakefield (Yorks), Enlisted Wakefield.
Commemorated on the CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.
Private Ernest Sanderson. 5533. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William and Hannah Sanderson, of 55, Norwood St., Scarborough;
husband of Alice Mary Longbottom (formerly Sanderson), of 5, South View, Halfpenny
Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, Yorks. Killed 14 November 1916. Aged 32.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Captain Harry Hargreaves Simpkin. 13th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John William and Emily Simpkin, of Norton Royd,
Woodkirk, Dewsbury, Yorks. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged 22.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
(Robert Coulson has provided further biographical details of Captain Harry
Simpkin in his Memorial
Roll of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment.)
Private Albert Wallis, 19067. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Formerly 19583 Yorkshire L I. Killed 14 September 1916.
Born Featherstone (Pontefract), Enlisted Pontefract, Resided Featherstone.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
The
Names of the Yorkshire Regiment Soldiers on the Featherstone War Memorial.
Photo : Imperail War Museum's Register
of War Memorials (Photographer Unknown)
Private
Allen's Name on the Featherstone War Memorial.
Photo : Imperail War Museum's Register
of War Memorials (Photographer Unknown)
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