Bowers Allerton.Great Preston. Hollinhurst districts

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Reference WMO/196756

Address:

Preston Lane

Great Preston

Leeds

LS26 8AT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Sandstone
  • Unknown Unknown
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Dedicated to the fallen of Great Preston, Bowers Allerton (Bowers Row) and Hollinhurst districts in the Parish of Great and Little Preston. Set in a stone walled paved area with flower bed around the base. The bedding plants are changed twice a year. Two stone seats built into the road side wall. The site was included in the land purchased by the adjacent Woodend Nurseries to extend their business. The owners gifted the site to the Parish.The monument and site is maintained by Great and Little Preston Parish Council. Due to availability of Clergy, the Remembrance Day service is usually held at 2pm on the Sunday afternoon followed by complimentary refreshments in the nearby Village Hall.
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West face. TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. ALSO 1939 - 1945. East face. BOWERS ALLERTON. GREAT PRESTON. HOLLINHURST DISTRICTS WAR MEMORIAL

South Face. PATRICK HESSION, PETER HESSION, ERNEST HOYLE, WILLIAM LLOYD, JOHN MILNER, PETER MILLS, AARON PONDER, ALBERT PRITCHARD, JAMES SCOTT, EDWARD STAINSBY, GEORGE SMITH, HAROLD VARLEY, ERNEST SMART, JACK COOPER, LAWRENCE JONES. North face. CHARLES W ARMITAGE, ERNEST BELL, CHARLES BOOTH, TED BROOK, WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH, JAMES CLAY, HADYN COLLINSON, ABRAHAM COOPER, FREDERICK W ELSWORTH, RICHARD FISHER, JOHN GILBERT, WILLIAM HAW, EDMUND MILLS, JAMES TOES, ARNOLD WHITWORTH.

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