Memorials - Walton-le-Dale - St.Leonard's C.E. WW1 Plaque

St Leonard’s Church, Church Brow, Walton le Dale PR5 4HJ
Ordnance Survey Grid Reference - SD 56138 28128
IWM War Memorials Register - 42692
War Memorials Online - WMO177626
A brass plaque with embossed lettering and matt black surround within the church of St. Leonard's in Walton-le-Dale. The names of 54 men from the parish are arranged in 5 columns together with rank and regiment or service.
WALTON-LE-DALE CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL. At St. Leonard's Church, Walton-le-Dale, on Sunday afternoon, a memorial service for the men of the parish who fell in the war, will be held. The Rev. C. Egerton Chadwick M.C. M.A., chaplain at Fulwood Barracks, who was in the retreat from Mons, will give an address. He was deputy-assistant Chaplain-General to the British forces in France. At the service a bronze tablet containing the names of the 54 men of the parish who fell in action will be unveiled by Sir James de Hoghton, Bt. The tablet, which measures seven and a half feet and cost about £260, has been met by subscriptions from the parisioners. The tablet will be dedicated by the vicar, the Rev. E. J. M. Davies. Four R.F.A. trumpeters from Fulwood Barracks will sound the "Last Post" and "Reveille" after the dedication. LANCASHIRE DAILY POST, Friday 22 October, 1920
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF ST LEONARDS PARISH,
WALTON-LE-DALE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. FOR JUSTICE AND FREEDOM, THEY FOUGHT, THEY DIED, THEY LIVE
COLUMN 1
PTE. EDWARD AINSWORTH 6TH. K.O.R.L.
" JOSEPH AINSWORTH "
" ARTHUR BALSHAW 6TH L.N.L.
" JAMES BANKS 2ND L.F.
" JOHN BARNES 42ND A.I.F.
GDSMN. T. EWART BECKETT 1ST SCOTS GDS.
PTE. ALBERT BRIERLEY 10TH L.N.L.
DR. JOHN CAFFERTY R.A.S.C.
PTE. RICHARD COATES 8TH L.N.L.
GR. HARRY COOK R.F.A.
​" R. LEONARD CROZIER "
COLUMN 2
GR. G. STAFFORD CROZIER R.G.A.
PTE. JOHN DORAN 8TH BORDER R.
GR. JOSEPH DORAN R.F.A.
DR. ROBERT A. FOSTER 44TH A.I.F.
PTE. JOHN GREGSON 8TH K.O.R.L.
RFM, RICHARD HESMONDHALGH 6TH KING'S L'POOLS
PTE. RICHARD HODSON 2/4TH L.N.L.
" J. THOMAS KING 1/4TH K.O.R.L.
" WILLIAM LIVESEY 2ND R.W.F.
DR. CORNELIUS MOON R.A.S.C.
PTE. THOMAS MOSS 2/4TH L.N.L.
COLUMN 3
PTE. EDWARD PARK 3RD E. LANCS
" JOHN PARKINSON 1ST HEREFORD R
DR. MARK PROCTOR R.A.S.C.
PTE. CLIFFORD SHARPLES 1ST L.N.L.
" STEPHEN SHARPLES 6TH L.N.L.
" JAMES SHORROCK 67TH LAB. COY
" JOHN SLATER 2ND L.F.
SPR. ROBERT SLATER R.F.
DR. JOHN SMITH R.A.S.C.
PTE. GEORGE STANLEY 6TH L.N.L.
" THOMAS A. WALMSLEY 1/7TH R.W.F.
COLUMN 4
PTE. WILLIAM WHITESIDE 1ST L.N.L.
" ROBERT H. WILSON 1ST KING'S L'POOLS
" HARRY WORDEN 15TH CANADIANS
L/CR. JAMES BALSHAW 6TH L.N.L.
" JOHN CONSIDINE 2ND K.O.R.L
" HARRY JACKSON R.A.O.C.
" WILLIAM MARTIN 2ND SCOTS GDS
BDR. FREDERICK SHARPLES R.F.A.
" ROBERT S. SMITH R.F.A.
CPL. WILLIAM E. CROSSLEY 6TH L.N.L.
CPL. WILLIAM HILL 11TH E.LANCS
COLUMN 5
CPL. FREDERICK MARTIN R.F.A.
SGT. ROBIN E. BIBBY R.F.A.
" H. CYRIL CROZIER M.M. 12TH YORK & LANCS
" ROBERT FOSTER 50TH CANADIANS
" REGINALD F. GREEN 6TH L.N.L.
" THOMAS JONES WILDER R.A.F.
CADET STANLEY R. IDDON "
LIEUT. VIVIAN W. BENNETT R.F.
CAPT. ARTHUR LEA HARRIS 4TH L.N.L.
" GEORGE WOODS 9TH (Q.V.R.) LOND.R.
SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
Charles O'Donnell
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Published 28 May 2018
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