Combined World War I And World War II Memorial – Fairburn, UK - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The memorial was built in 1924 and had an inscription on the front face commemorating World War I. After the second World War an additional inscription was added to the rear face of the memorial.

This BBC website tells us that in 1958 a major trunk road, the A1, was built near the village and the memorial was moved to the church yard of St. James. This site however was on a steep grassy bank and was not suitable for some people to attend the annual remembrance service.

When a new bypass was recently built this gave the opportunity to move the memorial back to its original site, and give it a clean.

The World War I inscription on the front face is as follows.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE
FOLLOWING MEN FROM THIS
PARISH WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 -1918
F. BARKER
H. BARNES
J.H. BENNETT
F. BRAMLEY
J. LUNT
A. MACHIN
W. POWELL
C. STEWART
C. STRETTON
R. TURNPENNY
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR
HIS FRIENDS

The World War II inscription is as follows

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE
FOLLOWING MEN FROM THIS
PARISH WHO FELL IN THE
WAR 1939 - 1945

C. D. BARKER
J.C. KELSEY
F. W. REYNOLDS
A. RIGBY
W. TOWNEND
W. B. WALKER
F. WILKINSON
G. WOOLLEY

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR
HIS FRIENDS

The memorial stands in a small landscaped area between The A1246 by pass and Lunnfields Lane.

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1924 Private or Public Monument?: Government Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Fairburn Council Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Silver Street Fairburn, North Yorkshire United Kingdom Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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