New Mills War Memorial

The Memorial stands in the Churchyard of St George's Churchyard, Church road, it has six slate panels with a main inscription and the names on the other five.

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

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

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

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.

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

All photographs by Chris Gleave.