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Orton Pillar - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 19 Jul 2012
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3 o'clock face - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 21 Jun 2014
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9 o'clock face - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 21 Jun 2014
Reference WMO/172564
Edit memorial name, location & address- Stone Granite
- First World War (1914-1918)
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6 o’clock face-HALLOWED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO/DIED DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ [names]/“LET US PRAISE BRAVE MEN/THEIR GLORY CAN NEVER BE BLOTTED OUT/THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE/THEIR NAMES LIVE FOR EVER”/ [names]
6 o’clock face-THOMAS BRADBERRY/WILLIAM J K BELL/ROBERT COATES/ARTHUR B COWPERTHWAITE/FRED GUY/ ISAAC ELLWOOD/ 9 o’clock face- JOHN W HARPER/FRED E HESLOP/ROBERT HORSFALL/WILLIAM NASH/JOSEPH L NICHOLSON/ WILLIAM PALLISTER 3 o’clock face THOMAS B RICHARDSON/JOHN ROBERTSON/JOSEPH TAYLOR/JAMES THOMPSON/JOHN THOMPSON WILLIAM WHITESIDE. According to the modern Roll of Honour book beside the memorial there is one name missing from this list-George Henry Douthwaite, born at Orton, died of wounds at Shap on 12 July 1917 and buried there.
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