New Mills St.Georges Road Methodist.

New Mills, St.George's Road Methodist Churchyard. The Chapel, closed in 1971 has long been demolished, all that is left is the Churchyard. As with St.Georges round the corner it is very overgrown and very uneven.

Private 37047 Ernest BROCKLEHURST.

Lancashire Fusiliers, 2nd Bn.

Died 12 Nov 1919, age 32

Plot A. Row A. Grave 11.

Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Brocklehurst; husband of Esther Brocklehurst, of 18, Jodrell St., New Mills.

Gunner 1821155 William TAYLOR.

Royal Artillery.

Died 2 Sep 1941, age 30.

Grave 816.

Son of John and Frances Taylor, husband of Matilda Taylor, of New Mills.

Private 24793 Edmund THORNLEY.

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 3rd Bn.

Died 3 Oct 1916, age 25.

Son of Frederick and Martha Ann Thornley, of 47, Union Rd., New Mills.

Private 32536 Ernest THORPE.

Royal Army Medical Corps.

Died 20 Oct 1920, age 38.

Plot D. Row J. Grave 12.

 Private 23305 Robert Waterworth ROXBY.
Cheshire Regiment, 11th Bn.
Died 7 Jun 1917, age 36.
Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 19 - 22.
Son of Thomas George and Sarah E. Roxby, of 6, Oak Bank, Buxton Rd., New Mills, Stockport.

 Private G/22862 Joseph BENNETT.
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th Bn.
Died 10 Aug 1917, age 26.
Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 11 - 13 and 14.
Son of the late James Bennett, of 30, Jodrell St., New Mills Stockport;
husband of Mary Ellen Bennett, of 7, New St., Upper End, Peak Dale, Stockport.

 Rifleman B/200046 James Alfred BOWERS.
Rifle Brigade, 10th Bn.
Died 14 Aug 1917, age 22.
Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 46 - 48 and 50.
Son of Milton and Sarah Ann Bowers, of Manor House, Hyde Bank, New Mills, Derbyshire.

Albert ASHWORTH
Died April 1916, age 23 in France

All photos by Chris Gleave.