Buxworth St.James Memorial & Graveyard

St.James in on the B6062, New Road in Buxworth Village. There is a memorial at the main entrance and the graveyard has three Commonwealth War Graves.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN

PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY

OF THESE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR

LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE

GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

	G BARNES	W H HAMER	C ROWBOTHAM
	S BEMBRIDGE	H JEFFRIES	J ROWLEY
	S BILLCOCK	M KIRKHAM	W ROWLEY
	T BLEACKLEY	N LOWE	A SCHOFIELD
	M BOTTOMS	W LEES	J H SHARP
	J R BURT	C METCALFE	E V SHIRT
	J H CLEGG	N METCALFE	A A SIMPSON
	C COTTERILL	A MOSS	W B SUTTON
	J P DAVIES	A PEERS	C THEYER
	J H EDWARDS	W PEERS	A THOMAS
	E FORD	W PHILLIPS	M THOMAS
	J FORSDICK	J RATCLIFFE	E W THORP
	A T GRIGG	G REED	J WATERHOUSE
	J E HAMMER	A RICHARDSON	J WEBSTER
		W RIVERS

There are three War graves in the churchyard

Lance Corporal P/2400 James Henry (Harry) CLEGG.

Military Police Corps, Military Foot Police.

Died 19 Nov 1917, age 27.

Burried Grave 100.

Guardsman 2618787 Frank DAVENPORT.

Grenadier Guards 4th Bn.

Died 30 Dec 1943, age 28.

Buried Grave 142.

Son of Edwin and Dorah Ellen Davenport, of Chinley.

Private W/154237 Kathleen HODGSON,

Auxiliary Territorial Service, attached to Royal Artillery.

Died 11 Dec 1944, age 23.

Buried Grave 59A.

Daughter of James and Sarah Hodgson, of Whaley Bridge.

All photographs by Chris Gleave