Porthill War Memorial

Porthill War Memorial is in the grounds of St.Andrews which is on the junction of High Street and Watlands View, in Porthill. There is a link to the 1st Porthill Scout Group remembrance page here.

The main inscription reads.

REMEMBER BEFORE GOD OUR GALLANT DEAD

1914 - 1919

JESU MERCY

PANEL1	PANEL 2
1st	TOM PENN 2 Lt
PORTHILL SCOUTS	KENNETH LATIMER 2Lt
FREDERICK W CLEVELAND	ARTHUR LATIMER
PRIEST MC CF	LOUIS LATIMER
CHAS J TILSLEY	H STANLEY BOULTON
CLARENCE F CORK	A PERCIVAL WHITHURST 2Lt
REGINALD L SHOWAN	EVERARD B H SOAME CAPT
CHAS E DRYHURST	JOHN N PLATT
EBENEZER BROUGH

PANEL 3	PANEL 4
JOHN RAFTERY	ADAM BRINDLEY *
ALFRED CAPPER	JOHN SMITH *
HERBERT FAULKNER	ALFRED FRYER
CHARLES MITCHELL	EDWIN W SLATER
PERCEY BICKERTON	JOSEPH SLATER
HAROLD TURNER	ROBERT SNOW
W BERTIE TURNER	GEORGE OWEN
VICTOR TURNER	WILLIAM BIGGS
LEONARD PORTER	JOSEPH HASSELL

PANEL 5	PANEL 6
RALPH B MANDLEY	ARTHUR ROBINSON
HENRY G COLLETT	WILLIAM POTTS
ARTHUR MASKREY	JAMES W BOWLER
GEORGE WALSH	GEORGE T KNAPPER
JOHN C MINSHULL	CHARLES MASKERY
HERBERT G EDGE	ELLIOT HIGGS
WILLIAM C CLOWES	JOSEPH HALL
CHRISTOPHER MEDCALF	J REGINALD QUINTON
WILLIAM TITTENSOR	JOSEPH M HOLLIS

PANEL 7	PANEL 8
HARRY SHAW	ALFRED WRIGHT
THOMAS A MOUNTFORD	WILLIAM HANCOCK
JOHN T HOLLINSHEAD	JAMES LITTLENALES
A ERNEST RIDER	AARON DOWNES
WILLIAM PRATT	SIDNEY MARSDEN
HAROLD C ROWLEY	HAMLET LOCKETT
THOMAS H CORK	ERNEST SMITHSON
HAROLD BOULTON	WILLIAM MILLS
LEONARD BARNETT	HARRY YEOMANS

PANEL 9	PANEL 10
1st	LESLIE BILLINGTON 2 Lt
PORTHILL SCOUTS	REGINALD H WOOD 2 Lt
JOSEPH FURNIVAL	WILLIE HOLDCROFT 2 Lt
HAROLD BAILEY	FRANK D BENNETT Capt
JOHN TOMLINSON	HARRY C BENNETT
COLIN JACKSON	HORACE F HILL Capt
JOSEPH W SIMPSON	WILLIAM E NORIS 2 Lt
	SIDNEY A GRIMWARD Lt

PANEL 11	PANEL 12
ALFRED LLOYD	WILLIAM NEWTON
LEVESON WALKER	EDWARD ALLEN
JOSEPH TUNNICLIFF	THOMAS REEVES
HERBERT G CARTWRIGHT	ALFRED HANDLEY
JAMES LAWTON	JOHN HENDERSON
JOSEPH HANCOCK	ARTHUR WILD
JOSEPH TOMLINSON	DAVID AMOS
ERNEST SMITH	HAROLD S SEABRIDGE
FRED N WALWYN	WALTER SEABRIDGE

PANEL 13	PANEL 14
HERBERT SMALL	CHARLES BANKS
FRANK SMALL	ALBERT HILTON
WILLIAM BANCROFT	JOHN BAYLISS
ALAN HIGHFIELD	COLIN GREEN
P BERNARD BARLEY	H GORDON LOCKLEY
ERNEST MILLWARD	FRED WHITEHEAD
SYDNEY F LEAD	SPENCER ROWLEY
THOMAS LEWIS	ROWLAND ROWLEY
CHARLES E CLEWS	T WILLIAM PARR

PANEL 15	PANEL 16
FREDERICK RATCLIFFE	BENJAMIN MANN
FRED WILLIAMS	GEORGE PRINCE
JOHN MACHIN	ROBERT HOWLETT
ARTHUR ADLINGTON	EDWIN COOPER
ALFRED JACKSON	JOHN T COOPER
ARTHUR H MILLINGTON	JOHN HANCOCK
JOHN C W DEAN	ARTHUR H DAVIES
ALFRED TYLER	SAMPSON GERRARD
JOHN REYNOLDS	ROBERT RIGBY

All photographs by Chris Gleave