Farley war memorial in on Farley Lane a few hundred yards from the main entrance to Alton Towers. It commemorates seven from the Great war and one from the Second.
The inscription reads.
1914 -1919
MEMORIAL
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE
MEN OF FARLEY
WHO FELL IN THE WARS
1914 - 1919
Lieutenant Colonel John Hugo Hepburn BILL.
Indian Political Department.
Died 2 Nov 1919.
Buried Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XIX. G. 4.
Lance Corporal 12656 Thomas Philip CRITCHLOW.
Grenadier Guards, 3rd Bn.
Died 8 Oct 1915 aged 29.
Commemorated Loos Memorial, France, Panel 5 To 7.
Son of Martha Critchlow.
Private 29303 Samuel JOHNSON.
East Lancashire Regiment, 1st Bn.
Died 18 Oct 1916 aged 26.
Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier And Face 6 C.
Son of the late William Henry and Myra Johnson, of The Mill, Alton, Staffs.
Gunner 149364 Thomas Hugo MELLOR.
Royal Field Artillery, 1094th Bty.
Died 30 Jan 1920 aged 34.
Buried Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, Grave A. 134.
Son of Thomas and Rachel Mellor, of Longshaw Farm, near Oakamoor, Staffs.
Private 49227 Joseph RICHARDSON.
Lancashire Fusiliers, 10th Bn.
Died 18 Sep 1918 aged 22.
Buried Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, France, Grave VI. D. 19.
Son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Richardson, 14 Newhouses, Guldon Load, Oakamoor, Staffs.
Private PLY/9(S) Bertram ROWLINSON.
Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Bn. R.N. Div.
Died 4 Mar 1915.
Commemorated Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 2 To 7.
CWGC has surname as RAWLINSON
Private 60492 James SALT.
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 15th Bn.
Died 22 Apr 1918 aged 19.
Buried Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, France, Grave II. A. 36.
Son of Elijah and Eleanor Salt, of 43, Weaver Villa, Oakamoor, Staffs.
Native of Cauldon, Lowe, Staffs.
Corporal 626256 George Henry ROWLINSON.
Royal Air Force.
Died 25 Mar 1942 aged 23.
Buried Alton (St. Peter) Churchyard Extension North Part.
Son of Ernest and Annie May Rowlinson, of Farley.
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| The grave of G H ROWLINSON |
Photographs by Chris Gleave.
