Denton War Memorial

Denton War Memorial is sited in Victoria Park near the Victoria Street entrance and remembers the men of Denton who fell in the Great War.

The Main Inscription reads.

IN GRATEFUL

AND

UNDYING

REMEMBRANCE OF

THOSE WHO GAVE

THEIR LIVES IN

THE GREAT WAR

1914 - 1918

THIS MEMORIAL HAS

BEEN ERECTED BY

THEIR FELLOW

TOWNSMEN

JULY 1921

An inscription added at the base reads.

IN PROUD MEMORY OF

THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS TOWN

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT

THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY

IN THE YEARS SINCE 1945

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

The men commemorated.

ACKLEY Harold

ACTON John

ADSHEAD George Willie

ADSHEAD William

AINSWORTH Frank

AINSWORTH Herbert

AINSWORTH William

ALLCOCK Joseph

ANDERSON Tempest

ANDREW Harry

ANDREW John Willie

ARRANDALE Benjamin

ARTINGSTALL John Albert

ARTINGSTALL William Gardner

ASHLEY George

AVISON John Robert

AXON Albert Edward

BAGNALL Frederick William

BAGNALL Harry James

BAGSHAW Cyril Robert

BARDSLEY Albert

BARDSLEY Edwin

BARLOW Percy

BASNETT Joseph

BASON Alfred

BEARD Arthur

BEARD Joseph

BEELEY Herbert

BELLRINGER (DAWSON Tom Bellringer)

BENNETT James

BENNETT Walter

BERESFORD James

BERRY Richard

BESWICK William

BILSBURY George Edward

BINNS James

BIRCHENHOUGH Harry

BIRD Arthur

BIRKBY Edward Eric

BLACKLEDGE William Gregson

BOARDMAN Fred

BOARDMAN William Ernest

BOON Ernest D.C.M.

BOON William Henry

BOOTH Clarence

BOOTH Frank

BOOTH Mark

BOOTH Norman Hartley

BOOTH William

BOSTOCK James Arnold

BOSWELL Augustine

BOWDEN Jonas

BOWERS Edward

BRADBURN Anthony

BRADBURN Josiah

BRADBURY Arnold

BRADDOCK Fred

BRADDOCK Herbert

BRADDOCK Percy

BRIDGE Harold

BROAD Alfred Bentley

BROMLEY Charles

BROMLEY Percy

BROOK James Allan

BROOM William

BROOME William

BROWN Horace

BROWN Solomon

BURGESS Harry

BURT William

CALLAGHAN Edward

CALLAGHAN Thomas M.M.

CALLAGHAN Thomas Jnr

CARRINGTON John

CARTER George

CARTER Robert M.M.

CARVELL John

CATLOW Harry

CATLOW Harry

CATLOW Hartley Pollard

CATLOW Samuel

CHANDLER Harry

CHANDLER Joseph

CHEETHAM Henry

CHORLTON William

CHRISTOPHER William

CLARK Henry

CLARKE Joshua

CLAYSON Louis Vincent

CLIFFE Peter James

COLLIS Sydney Herbert

CONDON John M.M.

COOKE John Alfred

COOKE John Wright

COOPER Fred

COOPER James Henry

COOPER Wright

COSTELLO John

COTTERHILL Samuel

CRABTREE Edwin

CRESSWELL Harry

CROWTHER Joseph Henry

CULLEY Herbert

CULLEY Herbert

CURTIS Roland William

DALEY William Joseph M.M.

DAVENPORT Charles

DAVENPORT Thomas

DAVIES Albert

DAVIES Arnold

DAVIES Arthur†

DAVIES George

DAVIES George Leonard

DAVIES Philip Leonard

DAVIES Samuel

DAVISON Harold

DAWSON Tom Bellringer

DAY Fred

DEAN Arthur

DEAN Frederick John M.M.

DENNELLY Alfred

DICKIN William Ewart

DIGGLE H

DIGGLE J

DOUGLAS Fred

DOUGLAS John Wilson

DOWNS Albert Edward

DOWNS James

DOWNS John William

DOWNS William Thorp

DRINKWATER David

DUDLEY Herbert

DUNCAN Harry

DUNKERLEY Tom

DYSON Rupert Leopold

DYSON William

EADES William

EARNSHAW James

EARNSHAW Joseph Harold

EASTWOOD Alfred

EATON Arnold

EATON John

EATON Percy M.M.

EATON Wilfred

ELLIOT Ernest Haden

ELLIOT Frank

ELLOR John

FAULKNER Arthur

FAULKNER James

FENN Harry

FERNLEY Percy

FIDLER John M.M.

FLINDLE James

FOLLOWS Harry

FOLLOWS James

FRANCE Albert

FRANCE Charles

FRANCE Harold

FRANCE John

FRASER John R

FYFE Joseph Kelsall

GANSON Herbert

GANSON James

GARDINER Harry

GASKELL Randell

GATKIRK Albert

GEE George

GIBBONS Harry

GIBBONS Ralph Arthur M.M.

GILBEY Thomas

GRAHAM John Thomas

GRAHAM Percy

GRANT Thomas Henry

GRAYSON Thomas

GREENHOUGH George William

GRICE Wilfred Boden

GROVES Joseph Lewis

GROVES Thomas

GURNEY Walter Richard

HADFIELD Norman

HALLWORTH Walter

HAMPSON Frank

HANCOCK William Lucian

HARBACH Charles Evan

HARDY Charles

HARDY Harold

HARRISON John

HARRISON Leonard

HARRISON Samson

HARRISON William

HARTLEY Arnold

HARTY Horace

HAWKINS William M.M.

HAWLEY John Edward

HEGINBOTTOM John

HIGGINBOTTOM Amos Booth

HIGGINS Frank

HILL Enoch

HILL Joseph

HIRST Tom

HOLDEN Herbert

HOPWOOD James

HORSFALL James

HOUGH Joseph

HOWARD Harry M.M. (Sjt)

HOWARD Harry (Pte)

HOWARD Raymond

HOWARD Samuel

HUDSON Albert

HUGHES Thomas George

HULME John

HULME Samuel

HURLEY Vincent Patrick

HURST Charles

INGHAM Alfred

INMAN Wilfred

JACKSON Robert William

JACKSON Walter

JACKSON W

JOHNSON Thomas

JENKINS J E

JONES George

JONES Henry

KAVANAGH Daniel

KAVANAGH Thomas

KELLY Edward

KEMP Edward

KEYWORTH Frederick Burgess M.M.

KEYWORTH William

KILLELAY Harry

KNOWLES Abel

KNOWLES Harry

KNOWLES James

KNOWLES William

LANGAN Anthony

LEVER Samuel

LOMAX Albert

LONGDEN Alfred Beaver

LOWE Fred

LOWE James

LOWERSON Harry Beech

McDONALD Lewis (Louis)

McDOUGALL Harry

MADEW Arthur William

MAGSON John

MAGSON William

MALLALIEU Leo Sebastian

MALPAS Ellis

MANWARING James

MANWARING James Jnr.

MARGERISON Edward

MARLOR Charles Edward

MARSH William

MARTIN Samuel

MASON Herbert

MAUDE James

MAY William

MIDDLEMISS George

MIDDLETON Joseph

MOORE H

MOORES Percy (aka MOORE)

MOORES John Samuel

MOORES Wilfred Stanley

MOOREWOOD Edward Hugh

MORRELL Eli

MORRELL William Arthur

MOSS Leonard George

MOULT James William

MYATT Samuel Yates

NADIN Joseph

NEAL Harold

NEWHAM James

NEWHAM Thomas

NIXON Frank

OAKLEY Eli

OGDEN Joseph

OGDEN Thomas Ernest

OLDFIELD Allan

OLDHAM Herbert

OLDHAM Tom Cyrus

OWEN Henry

PARKES Daniel

PARKES Samuel

PEARSON Fred

PENDERGAST Harold

PINNINGTON William

PLATT Jesse

PRESTON Philip

PROCTER Herbert William

RADFORD John

RAYNER Percy

REDFERN Benjamin

REDFERN Edwin

REDFERN William

RENSHAW Alec

RENSHAW James Henry

RICHARDSON Hedley

RIDGWAY Samuel

RIVERS Oswald Edward

ROBERTS Arthur William

ROBERTS Isaac Henry M.M.

ROGERS George

ROONEY Samuel

ROUTLEDGE John

ROWARTH Edwin

ROWBOTHAM Samuel

SAMPLE Charles

SAMUELS Edward

SAXTON Harold Percy

SAYNOR Charles Edward

SCHOFIELD James

SCHOFIELD Wentworth

SCHOOLDEN Julien John

SEDDON Albert

SEDDON Harold

SHAW Booth

SHAW Henry Hubert

SHEARS Harry

SIDEBOTHAM Harry M.M.

SIDEBOTHAM Harry

SIDEBOTHAM Thomas

SKIRVIN Edward

SKIRVIN Norman

SLEIGH Frank

SMITH James

SMITH John

SMITH Leonard

SMITH Whitham

STAINTHORPE Fred

STANSFIELD John

STENTON Tom

STEVENS Harry

STOPFORD Albert

STOPFORD George Henry

STOTT James

SWARBRICK Joseph

SWINDELLS Frank

SWINDELLS Thomas

TAYLOR Fred

TAYLOR Harry

TAYLOR James

TAYLOR Thomas

TAYLOR William

THATCHER James

THEWLIS Frank M.C.

THICKETT Frank D.C.M.

THREADGOLD Harry

TOMLINSON Charles

TONKIN John Ife

TURNER Samuel

VAUGHAN Charles John

VICKERS Thomas

WAGSTAFFE George

WAGSTAFFE Samuel

WALKER Lewis

WALKER William

WALKER William

WARD Arnold

WARD William

WARHURST Samuel Taylor

WATSON Percy

WEBB Joseph H

WELLS Fred

WESTON Charles Edwin

WHITEHEAD Harry

WHITEHEAD Herbert

WHITEHEAD John Pollitt

WHYATT Joseph

WILD John Tudor

WILDE Frederick

WILDE Handel

WILDE John

WILDE Joseph

WILDE William

WILKINSON Thomas

WILLIAMS George Albert

WILLIAMS Harry

WILLIAMS William

WILLIAMSON George

WILLIS Russell

WILSON James

WILSON Robert Lawrence

WISEMAN John

WOOLFENDEN Ronald M.M.

WOOLLAM John

WRIGHT Wilfrid John

YATES Ellis

YEARSLEY James

All photographs by Chris Gleave.