Otley Methodist Church Memorial - Otley, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 54.352 W 001° 41.449
30U E 586007 N 5973842
This war memorial stands outside the church chapel and commemorates the men of the church that died in WWI and was later amended to further commemorate deaths from WWII.
Waymark Code: WM16PXZ
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/13/2022
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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
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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
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On the left hand face of the base is an inscriptin for WWII
1939-1945
Geoffrey Dogson Marjorie Jennings
John Storr