Otley Methodist Church Memorial - Otley, UK - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The memorial takes the form of an 8ft high stone obelisk with a wreath at the top carved to look as though it is hanging from the top. The dates 1914-1918 are carved in the middle of the wreath. The obelisk stands on a square plinth.

The base of the face of the obelisk has the following inscription for WWI.

IN HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN FROM THIS CHURCH
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

LEST WE FORGET

Below this on the base of the memorial are the following WWI names.

J Norman Barraclough         Francis S Bartle Fred Bottomley William Craddock Joseph Durrans Joseph A Fieldhouse Frank Garth Roland Hall James B Hargreaves Wiiliam Higgins Ernest Hollins W.Ethelred Holmes

Herbet Kilner Harry Lawson Walter Lee Harold Lindley Alfred Lucas Ernest Lyne Charles Smith Charles G Turton Thomas H Varney George Warburton Charles J West Arthur Wise

On the left hand face of the base is an inscriptin for WWII

1939-1945
Geoffrey Dogson   Marjorie Jennings
John Storr

Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Otley Methodist Church Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: Methodist Church Hall Boroughgate Otley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS21 1AE Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed Website for this Monument: Not listed

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