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The Woolley War Memorial
The Woolley War Memorial
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)

The Woolley War Memorial is in a Memorial Garden at the junction of Molly Hurst lane with Finkle Street and the High Street, Wolleey, Wakefield.

The memorial is a Cross with an octagonal shaft, plinth and three stepped base. A Bronze Sword of Sacrifice is on the front face and the names commemorated are on the plinth.
The monument is set in a small garden of about 15m x 15m. A slightly sloping site with a stone boundary wall full of mature shrubs that run all around the boundary.

15 names are commemorated as having lost their lives n the First World War, and 8 in the Second World war. A transcription of the names on the memorial is on the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials ebsite.

1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.

Private George Alfred Robinson. 20391. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 May 1916.
Born Skipton (Yorks), Enlisted Wakefield.
Buried CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

George Robinson's Name on the Woolley War Memorial
George Robinson's Name on the Woolley War Memorial
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Notice on a Bench re. the Restoration of the Memorial and Garden in Woolley Notice on a Bench re. the Restoration of the Memorial and Garden in Woolley
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