Farnley Cenotaph

Farnley War Memorial

Farnley war memorial stands on Chapel Lane, against the perimeter wall of Farnley park. It was unveiled on the 17th September 1921. The names of the 66 servicemen who died in the first world war and the 25 who died in the second, have been researched and the details are included below.

The memorial was recently restored and a well researched book about the names on the monument was published by Sharon Knott. It can be viewed or purchased here (or copy and paste http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/6580671 )

Surname	Name	Medals	Service No.	Rank	Unit	Regiment	Died	Age
Alderson	Charles		267065	Rifleman	8th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	20 07 1918	23
Arundel	Percy		27527	Private	16th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	18 08 1917	19
Atha	Albert		13606	Private	8th Battalion	Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	11 07 1916	22
Atkinson	Paul		41837	Private	10th Battalion	Northumberland Fusiliers	20 09 1917	22
Barraclough	Arthur		36048	Gunner	Guards Div, Ammunition Col.	Royal Field Artillery	21 04 1918	39
Barrass	Fred		45453	Private	Garrison Reserve Battalion	Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	15 03 1917	18
Bell	Lionel		24195	Private	2nd Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	11 09 1916	22
Best	Harry Marsden		775977	Gunner	"C" Company, 310 Brigade	Royal Field Artillery	06 04 1917	23
Broadbent	Arthur	DCM	194811	Gunner	"A" Battalion	Royal Horse Artillery	25 04 1918	21
Broadbent	Albert		8464	Private	2nd Battalion	Leinster Regiment	23 08 1916
Buttery	Thomas Frederick	MM	306795	Sergeant	8th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	28 07 1918	25
Crooks	Harry		66343	Gunner	104 Battery	Royal Field Artillery	31 10 1914	21
Dodgson	William		37896	Private	17th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	23 10 1917	19
Doughty	John Cecil		15/286	Private	15th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	01 07 1916	22
Downs	Willie		49867	Private	1st/7th Battalion	The King's (Liverpool Regt.)	13 11 1917	28
Duckett	John Edward		C/12355	Rifleman	21st Battalion	Kings Royal Rifle Corps	02 01 1917	30
Elkins	David Wilfred		3 8974	Private	2nd Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	19 12 1914	32
Firth	Albert Edwin		2732	Rifleman	1st/8th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	02 07 1916	22
Fowler	John W
France	Robert Henry		41585	Private	15th/17th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	15 09 1918	27
Gibson	John Robert		31965	Private	16th Battalion,	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	13 11 1916	21
Gooderham	James Leonard		76836	Private	99th Field Ambulance	Royal Army Medical Corps	01 03 1917	23
Greenhough	Willie		19620	Private	2nd Battalion	Leicester Regiment	14 03 1917	25
Hemingway	Harold		8367	Private	Depot	Royal Munster Fusiliers	31 12 1917	29
Hill	John Richard		15/1524	Private	15th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	1 07 1916	21
Jackson	Arthur		15/503	Corporal	15th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	20 07 1916	25
Jackson	Harold		11683	Private	10th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	01 07 1916	34
Johnson	Sydney		13592	Private	8th Battalion	Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	01 07 1916
Kaye	Percy		350983	Private	1st/8th Battalion	Durham Light Infantry	11 04 1918	21
Kershaw	Sam		266289	Corporal	2/7thBattalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	28 03 1916	24
Kettlewell	William		2176	Lancecorporal	8th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	06 09 1916	21
Lister	Wilfred		39579	Private		East Yorks Regt.	17 12 1918	32
Long	Frederick		19497	Lancecorporal	2nd Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	08 07 1916	33
Long	Lawrence Hartley		241862	Sergeant	1st/5th Battalion	Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	13 06 1917	29
Longbottom	Percy		12810	Private	10th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	01 07 1916	21
McNeil	Harold		265906	Lancecorporal	10th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	28 03 1918	24
Mugg	Clifford		21903	Private	1st/4th Battalion	Northumberland Fusiliers	27 03 1918	20
Normington	Albert		18/1374	Private	18th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	01 07 1916
Perkins	George		331101	Private	11th Battalion	Royal Scots	26 04 1918	19
Rhodes	Harry		307119	Rifleman	1st/8th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	03 09 1916	23
Riley	Sam		12133	Corporal	6th Battalion	Yorkshire Regiment	14 08 1917	31
Robinson	Sydney		26615	Private	1st/4th Battalion	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.)	18 04 1918	19
Rudkin	William L		15/701	Private	2nd/8th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	09 10 1917	21
Sewell	Wilfred		15/800	Sergeant	15th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	08 07 1916	34
Shaw	Fred		107262	Driver	Training depot (Aldershot)	Royal Engineers	27 07 1918	28
Shires	Harry		42574	Private	1st/10th Battalion	Manchester regiment	1918 08 22	20
Simpson	James W		20820	Private	2nd Battalion	Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	23 05 1916	26
Slicer	Lewis		45199	Rifleman	1st/5th Battalion	London Brigade	06 11 1918	21
Smith	Thomas W		23956	Private	5th Battalion	Queens Own Cameron Highlanders	18 10 1916	20
Sowden	Clarence		41003	Private	6th Battalion	Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	23 08 1917	20
Sowden	Harold Wilkinson		890	Gunner	3 Battery,1st West Riding Brgde	Royal Field Artillery	11 06 1915	23
Stansfield	Walter		25096	Private	1st Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	28 08 1917	24
Stapleton	Charles		99894	Corporal	"C" Battery, 46th Brigade	Royal Field Artillery	04 04 1918	29
Stephenson	Ralph		100332	Bombardier	281st Seige Battery	Royal Garrison Artillery	25 07 1917	24
Stephenson	Norman		38537	Private	12th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	03 05 1917	20
Taylor	William H
Tennant	Gilbert		28016	Private	10th Battalion	Lancashire Fusiliers	01 11 1918
Thornton	Herbert		49368	Private	2nd/5th Battalion	West Yorks Regt, (Prince of Wales Own)	20 07 1918	32
Walker	John Malcolm		428758	Private	7th Battalion	Canadian Infantry	09 11 1915	20
Walker	John
Webster	John Whiteley		44234	Private	10th Battalion	Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	25 04 1917	26
Wells	Walter		44234	Private	10th Battalion	Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	25 04 1917	26
Whiteley	Joseph
Williams	Frank
Wood	John
Woodhead	Fred		40035	Private	9th Battalion	Royal Irish Fusiliers	16 08 1917	24
World War II
Bastow	Harry		14209766	Private	2nd Battalion	Border Regiment	03 02 1945	34
Bastow	William		7958576	Gunner	75th Anti-Tank Regiment	Royal Artillery	17 11 1944	36
Broadley	Leonard		4745144	Corporal	-	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	29 11 1943	31
Coates	Dennison		S/132832	Private		Royal Army Service Corps	03 07 1941	21
Cook	Derrick Clement		187476	Leiutenant	2nd A.A. Regiment	Royal Artillery	05 03 1943	22
Coulton	Harry		152725	Flying Officer	35 Squadron	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	04 02 1945	26
Craven	Leonard		1454842	Sergeant	50 Squadron	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	11 05 1944	22
Crohill	Alfred Francis		518932	Leading Aircraftman	216 Squadron	Royal Air Force	21 06 1940	23
Duthoit	Walter			civilian			11 02 1944	32
Grayston	Everard		856884	Gunner	HQ 4 A.A.Regiment	Royal Artillery	15 08 1940	21
Gunning	Geoffrey			2nd Radio Officer	SS Waziristan	Merchant Navy	02 01 1942	19
Heaton	Frank		1421921	Private	1.11th Battalion	Durham Light Infantry	27 06 1944	19
Howe	Albert			civilian			11 01 1943	38
Ineson	James Frank		144953	Flying Officer	9 Squadron	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	04 06 1944	22
Jackson	Frank Delves		913073	Gunner	185 Field Regiment	Royal Artillery	19 07 1944	23
Martin	George		963862	Gunner	122 Field Regimant	Royal Artillery	11 09 1945	28
Papworth	Henry Frederick		752165	Corporal		Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	06 03 1945	24
Pendleton	Dennis L		T/259467	Driver		Royal Army Service Corps	15 02 1942	20
Ramsden	Jack		D/JX176	Able Seaman	HMS Rajutana	Royal Navy	14 04 1941	20
Richardson	Stanley		1641299	Aircraftman 2nd Cls	305 Squadron	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	14 03 1943	41
Russell	Stanley Roland		1520931	Sergeant	460 RAAF Squadron	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	04 05 1944	22
Rycroft	Reggie E		2011386	Sapper	7th Field Squadron	Royal Engineers	16 12 1942	26
Smith	Arthur		1694468	Sergeant	76 Squadron	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	28 07 1943	33
Spencer	Roy		4397292	Private	2nd Battalion	Border Regiment	28 03 1944	21
Stone	Geoffrey		P/JX141037	Leading Seaman	HMS Puckeridge	Royal Navy	13 12 1941	21
Thomas	Glyn Gwyn Price		247283	Major		Royal Army Service Corps	10 10 1946	28