The main inscription reads.
ERECTED
BY
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
IN
HONOURED MEMORY
OF
THE MEN OF
NEW MILLS
WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE
OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
GREATER LOVE HATH
NO MAN THAN THIS
R.I.P.
The Names.
ADSHEAD J O
ARDERN G
ARNFIELD F
ASHWORTH F
ASHWORTH G
BAGSHAW J
BAILEY G W C
BALL V
BARBER J
BARTON R
BATES W
BELFIELD J E
BELL G W
BENNETT C
BENNETT J
BAGSHAW J
BAILEY G W C
BALL V
BARBER J
BARTON R
BATES W
BELFIELD J E
BELL G W
BENNETT C
BENNETT J
BENNETT F
BENNETT W
BERESFORD H
BOFFEY N
BOTTOMLEY W
BOWDEN A V
BOWDEN H
BOWERS J A
BOWETT J
BOWETT S
BOYLE E
BRADLEY F
BRANSON J
BROCKLEHURST E
BRYAN C
BUCHANAN R
CAREY T
CHADWICK N
CHATTERTON F
CHATTERTON J
CHATTERTON T
CLAYTON R
CLAPHAM G C
CLARKE A
CLARKE A H
COLLINS R
CONWAY F
CONWAY H
COOPER C
CRITCHLOW A
CROFT E V
CROSSLAND E
BERESFORD H
BOFFEY N
BOTTOMLEY W
BOWDEN A V
BOWDEN H
BOWERS J A
BOWETT J
BOWETT S
BOYLE E
BRADLEY F
BRANSON J
BROCKLEHURST E
BRYAN C
BUCHANAN R
CAREY T
CHADWICK N
CHATTERTON F
CHATTERTON J
CHATTERTON T
CLAYTON R
CLAPHAM G C
CLARKE A
CLARKE A H
COLLINS R
CONWAY F
CONWAY H
COOPER C
CRITCHLOW A
CROFT E V
CROSSLAND E
CUNLIFFE B
DAWSON H
DAWSON T
DEARNALEY J
DRAPER W
DYSON J
ETCHELLS H
FALLOWFIELD R
FIELDING G
FIELDING H
FIDLER C
FLETCHER A
FLEXNEY C E
FLINT W
FORMBY C
FROGGATT J M
FROST Hy
FROST H
GALBRAITH A
CARLICK E
GARSIDE A
GOODWIN H
GRAHAM W
GREENWOOD W
GRIFFIN H
HADFIELD W
HALLAM P
HAMMOND G
HAMPSON J
HAMPSON T
HALL A
HALL J
HALL Jas
HARRISON J A
HARROP J W
HARTLE W
HAYTHORN E
HEATHCOTE B
HEWSON R
HIBBERT H
HIGGINBOTTOM E W
HIGGINBOTTOM H
HIGGINBOTTOM W
HILL T
HILL W
HODDER F
HOLROYD S
HOWARD J
JACKSON G
JACKSON F
JEFFS W H
JENNISON J
JONES N
KIRK A
LEVERINGTON C W
LIDDIARD W M
LIDDARD S B
LITTLEFORD J
LITTLER J
LOMAS F
LOMAS L
MARSH A
MARSH J H
MARCHINGTON F
MASON J W
McNEE G
McQUID J C
MELLOR W
MILLS G
MIDDLETON G
MIDDLETON T
MOORCROFT W
MORTON H R
NELSON F
NIVEN J
NORMAN D
OAKES E
OLDHAM A T
PATTERSON W
PEEL R
PHILLIPS W
PIKE E G
POLLARD G
POTTS F
POWELL J
PREECE C E
PRESTWICH T
REDFERN W I B
RICHARDSON L
RICHARDSON S
RIGBY J T
ROURKE B S
ROWLAND W
ROXBY F
ROXBY R W
SCHOFIELD A
SERPELL H
SHARP G F
SHAW A
SHIRT S
SIDEBOTTOM J W
SIMISTER J F
SIMISTER J
SMITH H
SMITH Hy
SMITH J
SMITH W
SMITH W S
STAFFORD G
STAFFORD J
STANTON J
SWIFT J W
SWIFT S
SWINDELL A
THOMPSON W
THOMPSON Wm
THORNLEY E
THORPE E
THORPE W
TURNER W
WALKER J
WALKER W
WARING J K
WATERHOUSE C
WATERHOUSE Chas
WATERHOUSE F
WESTALL F
WHARMLEY F
WARMLEY J
WHARTON J
WHITEFORD A
WILD A
WILD F (R/N)
WILD E
WILD F
WILD J
WILD W
WILD Wm
WILSONG
WILSON G F
WILSON J
WILLIAMSON J
WOOD S
WOOD W
WOOLEY J S
WORTHINGTON R
WOODWARD C
WOODWARD G H
WOODWARD G W
WRIGHT A
WRIGHT E A
WRIGHT W
BENNETT T
F BAINS
S BATES
C BOWDEN
B BROE
J BROOME
L CAREY
H CARTHY
W COFFEY
G COOPER
J CRITCHLOW
J CUFFE
H DAWSON
M GALBRAITH
F GEE
H GRUNDY
W HARTLE
S HEWITT
C HEYWOOD
J INGHAM
D A JORDAN
H LOMAS - H LOMAS
E MILLER
L F MITCHELL
E MOHN
IN
HONOURED
MEMORY
OF
THOSE WHO
GAVE
THEIR LIVES
1939-1945
Lord have Mercy
S MOORCROFT
E OAKES
E L PENNINGTON
W PLATT
J PRITCHARD
F RATCLIFFE
L RATCLIFFE
F RAYMOND
H ROBERTS
J RYAN
R SCOTT
A SYMONDS
G W TAGUE
G WALTON
R WATERHOUSE (R.A.F)
R WATERHOUSE
J WOOD - P J TROY
H WYATT
H CONWAY
V DUXBURY
J HANDFORD
D McKELLAR
J ROBERTS
DAWSON H
DAWSON T
DEARNALEY J
DRAPER W
DYSON J
ETCHELLS H
FALLOWFIELD R
FIELDING G
FIELDING H
FIDLER C
FLETCHER A
FLEXNEY C E
FLINT W
FORMBY C
FROGGATT J M
FROST Hy
FROST H
GALBRAITH A
CARLICK E
GARSIDE A
GOODWIN H
GRAHAM W
GREENWOOD W
GRIFFIN H
HADFIELD W
HALLAM P
HAMMOND G
HAMPSON J
HAMPSON T
HALL A
HALL J
HALL Jas
HARRISON J A
HARROP J W
HARTLE W
HAYTHORN E
HEATHCOTE B
HEWSON R
HIBBERT H
HIGGINBOTTOM E W
HIGGINBOTTOM H
HIGGINBOTTOM W
HILL T
HILL W
HODDER F
HOLROYD S
HOWARD J
JACKSON G
JACKSON F
JEFFS W H
JENNISON J
JONES N
KIRK A
LEVERINGTON C W
LIDDIARD W M
LIDDARD S B
LITTLEFORD J
LITTLER J
LOMAS F
LOMAS L
MARSH A
MARSH J H
MARCHINGTON F
MASON J W
McNEE G
McQUID J C
MELLOR W
MILLS G
MIDDLETON G
MIDDLETON T
MOORCROFT W
MORTON H R
NELSON F
NIVEN J
NORMAN D
OAKES E
OLDHAM A T
PATTERSON W
PEEL R
PHILLIPS W
PIKE E G
POLLARD G
POTTS F
POWELL J
PREECE C E
PRESTWICH T
REDFERN W I B
RICHARDSON L
RICHARDSON S
RIGBY J T
ROURKE B S
ROWLAND W
ROXBY F
ROXBY R W
SCHOFIELD A
SERPELL H
SHARP G F
SHAW A
SHIRT S
SIDEBOTTOM J W
SIMISTER J F
SIMISTER J
SMITH H
SMITH Hy
SMITH J
SMITH W
SMITH W S
STAFFORD G
STAFFORD J
STANTON J
SWIFT J W
SWIFT S
SWINDELL A
THOMPSON W
THOMPSON Wm
THORNLEY E
THORPE E
THORPE W
TURNER W
WALKER J
WALKER W
WARING J K
WATERHOUSE C
WATERHOUSE Chas
WATERHOUSE F
WESTALL F
WHARMLEY F
WARMLEY J
WHARTON J
WHITEFORD A
WILD A
WILD F (R/N)
WILD E
WILD F
WILD J
WILD W
WILD Wm
WILSONG
WILSON G F
WILSON J
WILLIAMSON J
WOOD S
WOOD W
WOOLEY J S
WORTHINGTON R
WOODWARD C
WOODWARD G H
WOODWARD G W
WRIGHT A
WRIGHT E A
WRIGHT W
BENNETT T
WOODWARD W
A wall was added behind the main Memorial after the Second World War. It has three slate panels and lists those who fell during world war two each side of a central main inscription.
S BATES
C BOWDEN
B BROE
J BROOME
L CAREY
H CARTHY
W COFFEY
G COOPER
J CRITCHLOW
J CUFFE
H DAWSON
M GALBRAITH
F GEE
H GRUNDY
W HARTLE
S HEWITT
C HEYWOOD
J INGHAM
D A JORDAN
H LOMAS - H LOMAS
E MILLER
L F MITCHELL
E MOHN
IN
HONOURED
MEMORY
OF
THOSE WHO
GAVE
THEIR LIVES
1939-1945
Lord have Mercy
S MOORCROFT
E OAKES
E L PENNINGTON
W PLATT
J PRITCHARD
F RATCLIFFE
L RATCLIFFE
F RAYMOND
H ROBERTS
J RYAN
R SCOTT
A SYMONDS
G W TAGUE
G WALTON
R WATERHOUSE (R.A.F)
R WATERHOUSE
J WOOD - P J TROY
H WYATT
H CONWAY
V DUXBURY
J HANDFORD
D McKELLAR
J ROBERTS
All photographs by Chris Gleave.
