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Wakefield, War Memorial transcription:

The War Memorial at Kirkhamgate.


The front of the Memorial: (see also Photo)

Erected
by public subscription
To the glory of God
and in memory of the men of
Kirkhamgate who gave their
lives for the cause of freedom
in the Great War 1914 - 1918
1914
T W Gill

1915
J W Brook  J Ward
G Wood P Auty
H Vickers  

1916
J Jowett  F Hartley
B Ward C Hewitt
H Ramsden S L Miller
F W Corby G Mercer

1917
C Hopewell  E Calvert
G Porthouse  

1918
C S Holroyd  L Jowett
W Milner T Yates
G T Taylor H Pickersgill
H S Gething J H Ainsworth
C A Hartley P Dickens
A Firth  

Their names shall remain for ever
and their glory shall not be blotted out

The right hand side of the memorial: (see also Photo)

1939 - 1945
J. Broadhead
W. Earnshaw
H. Jowett
A. Pierce
L. Pickersgill
M.D. Pickersgill


Data transcribed by
Haydn Scott
from photography by Colin Hinson