High Spen - War Memorial

The names, ranks, regiments and dates of death of men who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918.

Alexander, J.G.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 12 Jul 1916

Armstrong, F.

Sergeant - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 28 Mar 1918

Armstrong, W.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 9 Jul 1918

Banks, Frederick

Corporal - Yorks & Lancs Regt. - Died: 9 Apr 1917

Barton, William B.

Corporal - Royal Highlanders - Died: 17 May 1916

Bates, John

Private - Yorks Regiment - Died: 2 Apr 1919

Bates, Reuben

Corporal - King's Own Y.L.I. - Died: 22 Mar 1918

Bell, James

Private - King's Liverpool Regt. - Died: 6 Dec 1917

Bell, William

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 1 Mar 1918

Best, William

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 4 Oct 1918

Bilcliff, H.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 28 Sep 1919

Bilclough, Joseph

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 25 Aug 1917

Blakey, J.R.

Sergeant - R.M.L.I. - Died: 8 Nov 1918

Bolton, Edward

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 16 Sep 1916

Browell, Edward

Corporal - D.L.I. - Died: 27 Sep 1916

Brown, John H.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 16 Sep 1916

Burke, John

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 23 Jun 1917

Burt, J.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 30 May 1918

Carter, Robert

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 17 Mar 1916

Charlton, W.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 14 Jul 1918

Chipchase, Ben

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 20 Mar 1918

Chipchase, F.J.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 21 Jul 1918

Clasper, F.P.

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 1 Jul 1916

Clement, V.E.

L/Corp. - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 1 Jul 1916

Clydesdale, W.L.

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 25 Oct 1917

Colling, H.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 26 Mar 1918

Coulthard, R.

Driver - Royal Field Artillery - Died: 20 Apr 1918

Crampton, J.

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 1 Jul 1916

Crooks, William

Corporal - D of W West Riding Regt. - Died: 17 Sep 1916

Cutter, George

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 23 Dec 1917

Davies, H.

Private - K.O.H., Machine Gun Company - Died: 3 Oct 1915

Death, John J.

Gunner - Royal Garrison Artillery - Died: 17 Dec 1917

Dixon, Edward Thomas

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 31 Dec 1915

Dixon, Fred

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 13 May 1915

Dixon, George

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 5 Nov 1916

Dixon, N.M.

Private - East Yorks Regt. - Died: 20 Nov 1918

Dobson, R.B.

Private - Portsmouth Bt R.M.L. - Died: 26 Jun 1918

Dobson, W.B.

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 29 Jul 1917

Doyle, Michael

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 1 Jul 1916

Elsdon, J. William

Private - Yorks Regiment - Died: 7 Oct 1917

Fatherly, William

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 15 Sep 1916

Forbes, George

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 28 Sep 1916

French, J.

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 9 Sep 1917

Gibbon, Edward

Private - East Yorks Regt. - Died: 10 Sep 1918

Gibson, Robert J.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 10 Nov 1916

Glenn, J.A.

L/Corp. - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 21 Oct 1917

Grant, Charles

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 4 Aug 1916

Grisenthwaite, J.

Private - Black Watch - Died: 9 Apr 1917

Hann, John H.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 16 Sep 1916

Hann, Michael

Sergeant - D.L.I. - Died: 21 Jul 1918

Harrison, George

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 28 Sep 1916

Harwood, Edward

L/Corp. - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 14 Jul 1916

Herron, Charles

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 1 Oct 1914

Hood, John

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 5 Jun 1917

Hood, William

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 6 Nov 1916

Hooks, James

Private - Border Regiment - Died: 16 Sep 1916

Hutton, George T.

Private - East Yorks Regt. - Died: 9 Nov 1918

Jamieson, J.W.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 23 Jul 1918

Keith, James

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 22 Apr 1917

Kemp, William D.

Private - Gordon Highlanders - Died: 14 Dec 1914

Laing, Walter

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 23 Apr 1918

Laybourne, J.

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 12 Sep 1916

Little, J.H.

Lieut. - Black Watch - Died: 30 Oct 1918

Lockey, R.S.

Corporal - D.L.I. - Died: 14 Apr 1918

Lowdon, Ralph

Sergeant - D.L.I. - Died: 12 Apr 1918

Lowes, Joseph

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 3 May 1917

Lyons, A.

L/Corp. - D.L.I. - Died: 6 Oct 1916

Maddison, G.E.

L/Corp. - Royal Engineers - Died: 22 Oct 1918

Minks, Thomas

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 16 Dec 1914

Morton, James S.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 16 Sep 1916

Nelmes, H.

Sergeant - D.L.I. - Died: 1 Oct 1916

Nixon, David

A.S. - Machine Gun Company - Died: 26 Oct 1917

Nixon, Robert G.

Private - East Yorks Regt. - Died: 25 Sep 1915

Richardson, G.

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 16 Jun 1915

Ripley, Joseph

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 1 Jul 1916

Robinson, E.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 21 Nov 1916

Robinson, R.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 9 Oct 1916

Rowell, J. William

Private - Lancs Fusiliers - Died: 5 Sep 1917

Rowell, James

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 16 Sep 1916

Rutherford, J.H.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 18 Nov 1918

Salisbury, H.

Private - R.N.D., Machine Gun Company - Died: 4 Jun 1915

Scott, Matthew

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 25 Aug 1917

Smith, D.A.

Died: 2nd Lt. - D.L.I. - Died: 26 Oct 1917

Smith, J.W.

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 14 Apr 1918

Smith, William

A.B. - Royal Navy - Died: 21 Apr 1917

Sterling, J.E.

Corporal - D.L.I. - Died: 18 Sep 1916

Swan, P.J.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 13 Aug 1920

Turnbull, Ernest

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 7 Oct 1916

Walker, William

Corporal - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 1 Jul 1916

Walton, I.E.

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 24 Oct 1918

Waters, George

Private - D.L.I. - Died: 4 Aug 1916

Wood, A.

Private - East Yorks Regt. - Died: 10 Sep 1918

Wylie, Alexander

Private - Cameron Highlanders - Died: 15 Sep 1916

Wylie, John

Private - Northd. Fusiliers - Died: 13 Jul 1917

Further information on the dead of both world wars can be obtained from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.

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Transcribed by Christine and Brian Pears 1993.