The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Greengates (Bradford),
- Wesleyan Sunday School

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The Grrengates (Bradford) Wesleyan Sunday School War Memorial
Photo : Colin Coates of the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials

The Greengates Wesleyan Sunday School War Memorial is a cast bronze plaque on a painted wooden backboard with embossed lettering. The board is pitched at the top. Two figures in relief are on either side of the inscription at top centre. The left side figure is a soldier with full uniform, long coat and rifle. The right figure is a sailor. Both figures face inwards towards a scroll bearing the dedication.

The memorial was originally in the Greengates Wesleyan Church, but is now kept in the Bradford Museum Service Store, Westgate, Bradford.

18 names are shown on the memorial as having lost their lives in the First World War, and a further 149 served and returned. A transcription of the names is on the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials.

3 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.

Private Gilbert Hemsworth Downes. 30755. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Tom and Miriam Downes, of 232, Galloway Buildings, New Line, Greengates, Bradford, Yorks. Killed 9 May 1918. Aged 20.
Born Greengates (Bradford), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Greengates.
Buried ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private William Arthur Harrison, 61206. 18th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John William & Mary Alice Harrison, of 124, Clarendon Rd., Morecambe, Lancs. Died at home 25 November 1918.
Born Greengates (Bradford).
Buried SHIPLEY (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD.

Private Samuel Rhodes. 7041. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Kate Rhodes, of 7, Ingleby St., Bradford; husband of Jane Rhodes of 66, Jermyn St., Stott Hill, Bradford. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 30.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TORET MEMORIAL.

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