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The War Memorial for Saltaire (Bradford)
Photo : Nikki Robson of the War
Memorials On Line website
The Saltaire War Memorial is in the grounds of the United Reformed Church near to the railway station in Victoria Street, Saltaire.
The Saltaire War Memorial is a plain obelisk on a square plinth and two-stepped base. The bronze plaque on the front face bears the commemorations and dedication.
25 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War. A transcription of these names is on the Imperial war Museum's Register of War Memorials website..
One Officerr who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the above memorial.
2nd Lieutenant Sydney Ferguson Jowett. 12th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 5th Battalion. Son of Ferguson Marshall
Jowett and Emily Jowett. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 24.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.
The following comments are from Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"A South Yorkshireman, Sydney Jowett was born at Treeton near Rotherham
in 1893.
He served as a Private and Corporal with the Northumberland Fusiliers before
gaining his commission.
2nd Lt Jowett joined the 12th Battalion, Teesside Pioneers, at Havrincourt
in early November 1917 and was in action at Bourlon Wood during the Cambrai
battle later in the month.
January and February of 1918 were spent around Mory and when the German Spring
Offensive opened on March 21st the 12th battalion were at Heudecourt and were
immediately moved into the line at Hamlincourt. They fought a rearguard action
until March 31st when they found themselves at Rue au Bois.
With very little rest, 2nd Lt Jowett and the 12th battalion were then pitched
into the Battle of the Lys for five days between April 6th and April 11th.
On April 13th 1918 2nd Lt Jowett and two other officers were transferred to
the 5th Battalion and on the 25th of the month went into the line with them
on the ridge of the Chemin des Dames.
With the battalion on the Craonne Plateau in what was thought to be a quiet
area a large enemy attack fell on them during which 2nd Lt Sydney Ferguson
Jowett was killed in action on May 27th 1918 at the age of 24."
The Plaque on the Saltaire War Memorial on which Lieutenant Jowett is Commemorated
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Photo : WS of the War
Memorials On Line website
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