Monday, 27 May 2019

Monyash War Memorial

Monyash's War Memorial can be found on the village green at the junction of Church Street and Chapel Street.



The main inscription is incised on the four sides of the pillar. 

THIS
MONUMENT IS
ERECTED
BY THE PEOPLE OF
MONYASH

IN
THANKSGIVING FOR
VICTORY
IN THE GREAT WAR
OF 1914-1919

IN
HONOUR OF THOSE
WHO
NOBLY SERVED
THEIR COUNTRY

AND
TO THE UNDYING
MEMORY OF
THE GALLANT LIVES
LAID DOWN





The men killed during the Great War.

V BONSALL SF
W BRADBURY SGT SF
J BRAMWELL EYCC
G BRIDDON RGA
J BRIDDON GG
T BRIDDON DLI
H FOTHERBY SF
F J DUNN 19TH M
J HANDLEY CORP GG
A F MARSDEN RGA
E S MORGAN SGT SF
G W MOUNTNEY MT
A JONES DG


Those who served.

H BONSALL SF
R BONSALL CF
W BONSALL RFA
CRITCHLOW SF
J R CRITCHLOW NSR
W CRITCHLOW ASC
T CRITCHLOW RFA
T B DYSON 4TH BR
J DYSON SF
L FEATHERSTONE RE
F FOTHERBY RGA
R H GOODWIN SS
E W HAWLEY RS
F HAWLEY RE
H HAWLEY RGA
J HAWLEY RGA
E MELLOR 3RD N
A MILLINGTON CPL SF
G S MILLINGTON 3RD M
J MILLINGTON GG
W B MILLINGTON MGC
J MOUNTNEY RFA
H MOUNTNEY RN
F MYCOCK RE
T NASH RE
H NAYLOR TR
R NAYLOR RFA
H PRINCE GG
S H WAGSTAFFE RE
R JOHNSON GG
F JONES KRR
E HAYTO 4TH L
SISTERS H MILLINGTON AND G REES.


ALSO THOSE WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II
1939-1945

WHEATLEY L KILLED IN ACTION
L BAGSHAW
CROWDER K
GOODWIN R
A HANDLEY
HANDLEY H
J HIBBERT
HOLMES S
HOLMES W
KERTON R
MCCOY E
MCCOY H
MOUNTNEY H
MYCOCK G
MYCOCK J
PALFREYMAN G
PALFREYMAN J
K PERCIVAL.


All photographs by Chris Gleave

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