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Exley Head, War Memorial transcription:

The War memorial in the churchyard at Exley Head


Gnr J. Raymond Clapham
R.G.A., Killed In Action
Nr. Messines, June 21, 1917
Aged 19 Years

Pte. Harold Whitfield
Duke of Wellington's W.R.R.
Died of Wounds Received In Action
In Flanders, March 17, 1918
Aged 22 Years

Pte. J. Fairfax Dean, M & L Regt
Drowned Off Tobruk, 1941, Age 26
Cpl. Pearson Crossley, R.A.S.C.
Died P.O.W., Japan, 1943, Age 26
P/6 Pilot Douglas D. Smith, R.A.A.
Killed Northern Ireland 1945, Age 21

Greater Love Hath No Man Than This
That A Man Lay Down His Life
For His Friends


Data transcribed by
Jack Parry.
from photography by Colin Hinson