Hepworth Lychgate

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Reference WMO/133121

Address:

Holy Trinity Church

Dean Bridge Lane

Hepworth

HD9 1HA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Lychgate
Materials:
  • Stone Sandstone
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Situated In Lych Gate of Hepworth Parish Church, Hepworth Huddersfield The Hepworth War Memorial has one inscription that reads: In memory of the supreme sacrifice of the men of this Parish whose names are here inscribed and who fell in the Great War of 1914 – 1919 in order to preserve the sanctity of treaties and the nations honour, the safety of their homes and country and liberties of the World. This Lych gate is erected by friends and parishioners of Hepworth Church MDCCCCX1X 1914–1919 The period commemorated is 1914 – 1919 Cpl. Herbert Kaye RFA Gnr. James Bailey RFA Gnr. Joseph Swallow RGA Pte. Lindley Mellor WYR Pte. Arthur Mellor DWWRR Pte. William Rose DWWRR Pte. Wm. T. S. Smith DWWRR Pte. James Senior DWWRR Pte. Percy Tinker DWWRR Pte. Joseph Battye DWWRR Pte. Norman Holmes WWRR Pte. John Herbert Wagstafe NF Pte. Raymond Tyas Brook NF Pte. Woodhead Haigh NF Pte. Irvin Earnshaw NF Pte. John Mitchell Y & LR Pte. Herman Kenworthy Y & LR Pte. Lewis Hirst Scot RFs Pte. Harry Battye KRR Pte. Joshua Brooke WYR 1939-1945 This stone was added to the memorial to commemorate those who fell in the War of 1939 - 1945 O.S. Lewis Brook RN L/Cpl. Harry Cartwright Y & L Regt Gnr. Stanley Cartwright R.A. Cpl. Jack Clarke R.A.F L.A.C. Frank Hellawell R.A.F Gdm. Colin Morgan Colds Gds Gnr. Nathan Tinker R.A. Ptpr. Dixon Walker Para. Regt
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