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The First World War Memorial the Parish Church, Wadsley (Sheffield)
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Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com)
The Parish Church, Wadsley, is in worral Street, Wadsley (Sheffield).
The First World War Memorial is a mosaic of ceramic tiles. There are four columns of names, two columns either side of a central gilt-painted cross. A gilt-painted cross is in the centre with a cross above. The design at the base encompasses a draped union jack flag and laurel wreath.
A transcription of the names of those commemorated on the First
World War Memorial is on the Imperial war Museum's Register
of War Memorials website.
56 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War.
2 soldiers who fought with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.
We are most grateful to Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com) for photographing the memorial boards.
Private Bertie Constantine Harrison, 18447. 8th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 19520 K O Y L I. Son of Thomas George and
Annie Eliza Harrison, of 19, Willis Rd., Hillsborough, Sheffield. Killed 22
May 1916. Aged 20.
Born Wadsley (Sheffield), Enlisted Sheffield, Resided Wadsley.
Buried TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE.
Corporal Thomas George Patterson. 9722. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas George Patterson, of 241, Marlcliffe Rd.,
Hillsborough, Sheffield. Killed 30 October 1914. Aged 21.
Born Liverpool, Enlisted Sheffield.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
The
Parish Church, Wadsley (Sheffield)
Photo : Mick Knapton of Wikipedia
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