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The War Memorial for Wakefield
Photo : David Larkin of the War
Memorials On Line website
The Wakefield War Memorial is a solid plain cenotaph on three-stepped base with a wreath and cross in relief on each face. The memorial is located in Coronation Gardens, off Bond Terrace.
There are no names actually commemorated on the cenotaph. However, a Roll
of Honour for both Word Wars and subsequent conflicts is now kept in Wakefield
Cathedral. This Roll of Honour was formerly kept in the Town Hall.
The Roll of Honour consists of three books of remembrance inside a large wooden
display case with a glass top.
956 names are commemorated in the Roll of Honour for the First World War. These names, with details of the regiments, dates of death etc. have been transcribed by Steve Slade and are presented on the website "Aspects of Wakefield's History".
25 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.
Private Squire Allen, 16906. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 30 September 1916.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private James Hodgson Austerfield, 45945. 11th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 25821 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Rebecca
Austerfield, of 2, Jacob's Well Lane, Wakefield, Yorks. Killed 7 June 1917.
Aged 19.
Born Wakefield (Yorks), Enlisted Wakefield.
Commemorated Panel 8 and 12, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal John Samuel Brundred. 15878. 6th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 September 1916.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Wakefield.
Buried BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHILLE WOOD.
Private Norman Caines. 48085. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 5/27333 7th T R Battn. Son of Ezra and Clara Caines, of
Hatfield Hall Farm, Outwood, Wakefield. Yorks. Killed 22 March 1918. Aged
19.
Born Outwood, Enlisted Wakefield.
Buried SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY.
Serjeant Stephen Cannon. 3/8998. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 May 1918. Aged 54.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Richmond, Resided Guisborough.
Buried DUEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Joseph Chappell, 241197. 4th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 August 1917.
Born Easingwold, Enlisted Wakefield.
(SDGW gives battalion as 2nd)
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Richard Cookson. 41993. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Formerly 174584 R F A. Son of Richard and Lizzie Cookson; husband
of Annie Cookson, of 4, Roker Terrace, Leeds Rd., Outwood, Wakefield. Killed
7 June 1917. Aged 20.
Born Wakefield (Yorks), Enlisted Wakefield, Resided Oatwood (Nr. Wakefield).
Commemorated on Panels 31 and 32, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Frank Copley. 23335. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Annie Copley, of 10, Oastler Square, Boothroyd Lane,
Dewsbury. Killed 2 June 1917. Aged 25.
Born Wakefield (Yorks), Enlisted Dewsbury (Yorks).
Buried FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND.
Private William Dews. 13098. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William and Elizabeth Dews, of 50, Lovaine Place, Jesmond,
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Native of Ossett, Yorks. Killed 22 December 1917. Aged
23.
Born Wakefield (Yorks), Enlisted Durham.
Buried RUYAULCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Ernest Dobson. 265794. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 1920 K O Y L I. Husband of Florence Dobson, of 53, Wellington
St., Thornes Lane, Wakefield. Killed 9 October 1918. Aged 25.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Wakefield.
Buried QUIETISTE MILITARY CEMETERY, LE CATEAU.
Lance Corporal William Gaffney, 12556. 10th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Died 4 October 1917.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Durham.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Willie Hargreaves. 23055. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Wakefield (Yorks), Enlisted Leeds, Resided Newtown (Leeds).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL 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 James Henry Hey, 18450. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Formerly 19590 Yorks L I. Killed on 28 September 1916.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Wakefield.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Arthur Kenny, 43494. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 75555 88th T R Battn. Died 29 October 1918.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Wakefield.
Buried CHERAT NEW CEMETERY, C. 11.
Commemorated on the DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE).
Lance Corporal Ronald Kitson. 40474. 15th Battalion
the Highland Light Infantry, formerly 23305 the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 1
October 1918.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Wakefield.
Buried SEQUEHART BRITISH CEMETERY no 2.
(Incorrectly shown in Soldiers Died in the Great War as "Donald Kitson").
Private Thomas Laister. 3/8804. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 8 February 1917.
Born Wombwell, Enlisted Wakefield.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Harry Moxon. 3/6013. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of George Peace Moxon and Emma Moxon, of Norton Cottage, Bretton
West, Wakefield. Killed 12 March 1915. Aged 28.
Born Kexbrough (Barnsley), Enlisted Strensall, Resided Wakefield.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
Private Arthur Norbury, 48112. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Formerly 5/90119 7th T R Battalion. Killed on 6 May 1918.
Born Stanley (Wakefield), Enlisted Wakefield.
Commemorated on PANELS 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Frederick Norgate. 22124. 1st Garrison Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Hannah Norgate, of 15 Boro' Rd., Lupset, Wakefield.
Died at home 16 February 1918. Aged 35.
Buried in WAKEFIELD CEMETERY.
Private William Albert Platts. 46802. 12th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 6/10690 13th T R Battn. Husband of Eliza
Platt, of 65, Shaw St., Oldham, Lancs. Killed 10 April 1918.
Born Wakefield (Yorks), Enlisted Mexborough, Resided New Coningsborough.
Buried HAVERSKERQUE BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Harry Raynor (served as SHAW). 7887.
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Raynor, of Sun
Lane, Warrengate, Wakefield; husband of Elizabeth Ada Raynor, of 11, Rhodes
Yard, Kirkgate, Wakefield. Killed 30 October 1914. Aged 29.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Wakefield.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private John William Timmins. 47896. 12th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 216229 R E. Died 11 April 1918.
Born Crewe, Enlisted Wakefield (Yorks).
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private Tom Wade. 29966. 10th Battalion East Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 43746 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 April 1918.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Wakefield.
Buried CINQ RUES BRITISH CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK.
(SDGW gives Regtl No as 29900, and date of death as 27 April 1918).
Lieutenant Ian McLean Wilson. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of H. Maclean Wilson, M.D., and S. O'Connell Wilson, of Woodthorpe
Lane, Wakefield. Died 7 August 1915. Aged 20.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
The
Dedication on the Wakefield War Memorial
Photo : David Larkin of the War
Memorials On Line website
The
Wakefield War Memorial
Photo : Google
Earth
The Case Holding the Rolls of Honour in Wakefield Cathedral
Photo : John Scurr of the Imperial War Museum's War
Memorial Register
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