Birstall War Memorial is located in the churchyard opposite St Peter’s Parish Church in Birstall.
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- 1919
- 1918
- Lance Corporal Charles Samuel Hirst (s-f)
- Private John Commons (s-f)
- Deck Hand Harold Gaunt (s-f)
- #2761 (no title)
- Private Charles Avison
- Private Arthur Redfearn
- Gunner Ernest Newsome (s-f)
- Private Donald James Watson (s-f)
- Naval Engineer John Robinson (s-f)
- Rifleman Albert Edward Barber
- Able Seaman Farrar Hill (s-f)
- Private George Arthur Hargreaves (s-f)
- Sergeant George Sykes
- Lance Corporal Edward Barron
- Gunner James L Preston (S-F)
- Lieutenant John Henry Kitson (S-F)
- Private John Walker Wilson (S-F)
- Private Leonard Smith
- Private Leonard Smith (S-F)
- Private Horace Naylor MM (S-F)
- Private Horace Naylor MM
- Private Thomas Smith
- Lance Corporal Percy Richardson (S-F)
- Private Fred Hill MM
- Private Fred Hill MM (S-F)
- Sapper Frank Jackson
- Ex Private Frederick Avison
- Private John Bailey Dixon MM
- Private Willie Townsley
- Private Willie Townsley (S-F)
- Rifleman Godfrey Moore (S-F)
- Private Israel Hey (S-F)
- Rifleman Clifford Bennett Ineson (S-F)
- Private Percy Bowden
- Private Alfred Haggerston (S-F)
- Sergeant William Pit Kitson (S-F)
- Driver Harry Boyes
- Private Arthur Berry
- Private Fred Midgley MM
- Private Harry Alderson
- Gunner Arthur Wilson (S-F)
- Private George Swift (S-F)
- Driver Sam Dixon
- Driver Sam Dixon
- Private Sam Dixon (S-F)
- Driver George Dobson (S-F)
- Private George H Goodare
- Private Allen Ainley
- Private Clement Manning (S-F)
- Private Thomas William Yates (S-F)
- Driver Gilbert Wilson
- Air Mechanic Alfred Helliwell
- Private William Kelley
- Private Tom Robinson Handley
- Bombardier Albert Edward Illingworth (s-f)
- Gunner James Albert Killingley (s-f)
- Air Mechanic Harry Sykes
- Private Arnold Howard Broadley
- Private Tom Riley
- Private Tom Riley (s-f)
- Deck Hand Harold Gaunt
- Private Wilfred Ernest Earnshaw
- Private Wilfred Ernest Earnshaw (s-f)
- Driver Ernest Platts (s-f)
- Private Thornton Wood
- Private Andrew Smith
- Private Robert Ramsden Barber
- 2nd Lieutenant John Walter Hanstock
- 2nd Lieutenant John Walter Hanstock (s-f)
- Lance Corporal Thomas Housecroft (s-f)
- Private George Charles Francis
- Private George Charles Francis
- Gunner Willie Thwaites
- Private George William Lees
- Ex Able Seaman William Frederick Townsend
- Ex Private John Bennett Talbot
- Gunner Edward Chadwick
- Ex Private Joah Mortimer
- Sergeant Fred Greenwood
- Private Charles Myatt
- Private Clifford Bruce (s-f)
- Sergeant Walter James Hughes (s-f)
- Private Charles Myatt (s-f)
- Private Arthur Walshaw (s-f)
- Gunner Frank Clayton (s-f)
- Private Arthur Walshaw
- Private Clifford Bruce
- Private Fred Arthur Mann
- 1917
- Private Charles Orlando Thompson
- Trooper Gilbert Thackray
- Private Joseph Ward
- Private Richard Tyler
- Gunner James Arthur Waldy
- Private Thomas Dolan
- Private Arthur Collins
- Signaller Clifford Wilson
- Private Frank Pearson
- Lieutenent John Herbert Blackburn
- Private Joseph Gibson
- Private Haydn Hirst
- Private David Wilkinson
- Private Harold Berry
- Private John William Dean
- Private Ernest Carter Holmes 1889-1917
- Private Horace Waller
- Corporal Harry Nettleton (s-f)
- Signaller James Lyons (s-f)
- Private Herbert Shires (s-f)
- Private Charles William Day (s-f)
- Private George Arthur Fox (s-f)
- Gunner Harry Garside (s-f)
- Private Freeman Wilson (S-F)
- Private John Jackson (S-F)
- Gunner Clarence Smith (S-F)
- Private Harry Summers (S-F)
- Private James Greenwood Stubley (S-F)
- Private John Arthur Pickering (S-F)
- Private George Wright (S-F)
- Private Fred Webster (S-F)
- Private Basil Hinchcliffe (S-F)
- Private Arthur Redfearn S-F
- Private James William Booth (S-F)
- Private Harry Simon (s-f)
- Private John Appleyard (s-f)
- Gunner George Clifford Greenwood
- Driver Clifford Frone
- Private Edmund Broadbent (s-f)
- Gunner Louis Charlesworth
- Gunner Samson Goldthorpe
- Private Percival Cahab Burnley (s-f)
- Lance Corporal Alfred Watson (s-f)
- Lance Corporal Alfred Wilson (s-f)
- Private Reggie Craven (s-f)
- Private Reggie Craven (s-f)
- Gunner John Law (s-f)
- Gunner John Law (s-f)
- Harry Ackroyd
- Private Harry Ackroyd (s-f)
- Private Percy Thewlis (s-f)
- Private Percy Thewlis (s-f)
- Private Harry Ackroyd (s-f)
- Private Harry Ackroyd (s-f)
- Private Willie Coates (s-f)
- Private Willie Coates (s-f)
- Private John William Poskitt
- Private John William Poskitt (s-f)
- Private Robert Smith (s-f)
- Private Robert Smith (s-f)
- Private Robert Smith (s-f)
- Gunner Fred Delmere-Griffiths (s-f)
- Private Fred Delmere Griffiths (s-f)
- Lieutenant Edward Brooke Longbottom
- Lieutenant Edward Brooke Longbottom (s-f)
- Private James Wilson Inwood (s-f)
- Gunner Thomas Erskine Kershaw (s-f)
- Corporal William Brooke Ineson (s-f)
- Private Edward Hartley (S-F)
- Private Frank Brook Roebuck
- Private Horace Rhodes
- 1916
- 1915
- Corporal Gilbert Pattison 1893-1915
- Private Ernest L Eastwood 1886-1915
- Private Ernest L Speight 1886-1915
- Private Edmund Battye 1892-1915
- Private Albert J Roberts 1889-1915
- Private George Roberts 1892-1915
- Private Arthur Eagleton 1878-1915
- Private Harry Simpson 1881-1915
- Private Charles W Major 1882-1915
- Private James A Greenhough 1893-1915
- Private Joe Woodhead 1892-1915
- Private Herbert Hardy 1880-1915
- Private Joseph Crabtree 1875-1915
- Lance Corporal Henry Field 1890-1915
- Private Herbert Priestley 1893-1915
- Private Joseph H Truelove 1887-1915
- Able Seaman Herbert A Croft 1895-1915
- Lance Corporal Willie Phelps 1890-1915
- Private Fred Moody 1897-1915
- Lance Corporal Ambrose G Preston 1885-1915
- Able Seaman Thomas Lee 1897-1915
- Able Seaman William C Pearce 1879-1915
- Private Tom Eastwood 1884-1915
- Private William S Parrington 1879-1915
- Private Fred Labourn 1898-1915
- Able Seaman Joseph W Dews 1895-1915
- Lance Corporal Albert H Houlbrook 1886-1915
- Sergeant Alfred Terry 1882-1915
- Second Lieutenant Percy Alexander Margetts 1888-1915
- Private Orlando Morrison 1871-1915
- 1914
- Private Austin Nolan 1895-1914
- Private Alfred Dyer 1882-1914
- Private George H Thompson 1885-1914
- Private Robert Cleasby 1886-1914
- Private George Whittaker 1895-1914
- Private Wallace Booth 1884-1914
- Private Charles Fenton 1891-1914
- Private William Bennett 1895-1914
- Private William Higgins 1889-1914
- Private John W Firth 1893-1914
- Private Alfred Grundell 1892-1914
- Private Reginald Roberts 1885-1914
- Private Ernest Teale 1883-1914
- Private Joseph King 1895-1914
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- Corporal Gilbert Pattison 1893-1915
- Private Lawrence Ryan 1896-1915
- Corporal Percy William Crowther 1875-1916
- Corporal William Balmforth 1889-1915
- 2nd Lieutenant Edward Irish 1893-1915
- Private John Henry Wilcock Rhodes 1881-1915
- Lance Corporal Charles Norman Watts 1894-1915
- 2nd Lieutenant Percy Alexander Margetts 1888-1915
- Private Orlando Morrison 1871-1915
- Private George Herbert Wood 1875-1916
- 2nd Lieutenant Clifford Walker Ellis 1897-1916
- 2nd Lieutenant Frederick Bertram Key 1895-1916
- Rifleman Edward Leonard 1895-1916
- 2nd Lieutenant James Critchley Jubb 1884-1916
- Corporal Robert Stuart Hawcridge 1887-1916
- Private Joseph Sheard Jubb 1888-1916
- 2nd Lieutenant Alfred Edison Hirst 1882-1916
- Private Eric Johnson 1897-1915
- 2nd Lieutenant Richard Hartley 1886-1917
- Sub Lieutenant Owen Jardine Hobbs 1889-1916
- Private Arthur Sheard 1897-1916
- 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Oates Holiday Bates 1884-1916
- Private Fred Knowles 1890-1917
- 2nd Lieutenant John Herbert Blackburn 1895-1917
- Private Edward Whitworth 1896-1917
- Private Horace Waller VC 1896-1917
- Lance Corporal Horace Kingsley Stedeford 1893-1916
- Lance Corporal Ernest Broadhead 1896-1917
- Corporal George Carnes 1879-1917
- 2nd Lieutenant William Heaton 1892-1917
- Trooper John William Taylor 1889-1917
- Private Archibald Edward Jones 1884-1917
- Corporal Rhodes Lister DCM 1891-1917
- 2nd Lieutenant Edward Ernest Laing 1891-1917
- Private Joseph Boothroyd 1892-1917
- Captain Arthur Francis Melton 1895-1917
- 2nd Lieutenant James Norman Ellis 1898-1917
- Private James Arthur Roberts 1879-1918
- Captain John Clifford Metcalfe 1889-1918
- Private Lawrence Ellis 1899-1918
- Lieutenant Robert Max Skelsley 1886-1918
- Lance Corporal Arthur Knowles 1885-1918
- Sergeant Louis Joseph Fox 1867-1918
- Pioneer Gerald Kemp Coultas 1898-1918
- Private Charles Clifford Ineson 1881-1918
- Private Herbert James Fletcher 1898-1918
- Private Haley Knowles 1890-1918
- 2nd Lieutenant Harold Cheeseborough 1892-1918
- 2nd Lieutenant Ingham Walker 1892-1918
- Private Gilbert Hirst 1886-1918
- 2nd Lieutenant Arnold Senior Asquith 1893-1918
- Private William Scofield Vero 1898-1918
- Private Arnold Howard Broadley 1899-1918
- Private Edwin Percy Stead 1879-1918
- Lance Corporal William Arthur Sheard 1896-1918
- Private Robert Ramsden Barber 1900-1918
- 2nd Lieutenant John Walter Hanstock 1899-1918
- Lance Corporal Eric Fox Wharton 1899-1918
- Private Clifford Speight 1895-1918
- Private George Edward Lodge 1885-1918
- Private James William Rothery 1876-1919
- Private W Thackray
- Drighlington Lads
- Introduction
- Rifleman Walter Metcalfe (1881-1914)
- Private Francis Webster 1889-1914
- Private John William Horsfall 1886-1916
- Private Percy Simpson 1884-1916
- Acting Bombadier Fred Speight (1898-1916)
- Corporal Willie Thornton (1889-1916)
- Captain William Liley Batty (1892-1916)
- Private Edwin Clayton 1883-1916
- Private Edward Naylor 1888-1916
- Private John Robert Garforth 1896-1916
- Private John George Johnson 1888-1917
- Private John Henry Atack 1888-1917
- Lance Sergeant Stanley Gibson 1896-1917
- Harry Mortimer (1894-1917)
- Able Seaman Harry Benton 1893-1917
- Private Harry Collins 1892-1917
- Private Levi Ramsden 1891-1917
- Lance Corporal Harold Brown 1894-1917
- Private John Gledhill 1893-1917
- Private John Israel Green 1878-1917
- Private Vincent Housecroft 1889-1917
- Private Morris Lees 1894-1917
- Private Sam Hemmingway 1897-1917
- Gunner Charles William Wild 1895-1917
- Private William Fletcher 1885-1917
- Heber Haley (1896-1917)
- Private Walter Pells (1894-1917)
- Private Clifford Gough 1896-1917
- Private Clarence Smith (1897-1917)
- Private Ernest Hartley (1888-1917)
- Private Arthur Horrocks 1891-1917
- Private James Andreson 1898-1917
- Captain Arthur Francis Melton 1894-1917
- Private Harold Poole 1891-1917
- Private Albert Sykes 1878-1917
- Sapper Dick Mitchell 1877-1918
- Lance Corporal Edward Barron 1885-1918
- Private Edward Holmes 1886-1918
- Private Harry Potts 1892-1918
- CaptainJohn McCammon Trew 1870-1918
- Private James Hill 1893-1918
- Private Frank Marlow 1894-1918
- Corporal Harold Hainsworth 1895-1918
- Private John Henry Reynolds 1882-1918
- Private Edward ‘Ted’ Pell 1893-1918
- Private Henry (Harry) Lilley (1878-1918)
- Private Harold Freeman 1895-1918
- Private Benjamin Charles Hamilton 1891-1918
- Private George Hutchinson 1886-1918
- Private Joseph Fearnley Wigglesworth 1890-1918
- Private Harvey Green 1900-1918
- Private James Ramsden 1893-1918
- Corporal Thomas Edward Holliday (1880-1918)
- Private Ernest Frankland 1891-1918
- Private John Henry Newton 1890-1918
- Sergeant Horace Osborne D.C.M. M.M. (1893-1918)
- Gunner Harry White (1897-1918)
- Harry Liley 1899-1918
- Private Charles Myatt 1894-1918
- Private Jeremiah Webster M.M. 1897-1919
- Private Josiah Blackburn 1882-1919
- Private Herbert Pape (1882-1919)
- Appendix
- Rugby Players
- Private Joseph Valarie Child (Batley)
- Private Herbert Childe (Batley)
- Private James William Debney (Batley)
- Private George Arthur Hammond (Dewsbury)
- Private Thomas James (Dewsbury)
- Rifleman Walter Johnson (Batley)
- Private Richard Pickard (Dewsbury)
- Captain Robert Randerson (Batley)
- Private Joseph Robinson (Dewsbury)
- Private Frank Brook Roebuck (Batley)
- Lance Corporal Albert Smith (Dewsbury)
- Rifleman Jack Tindall (Batley)
- Sergeant Walter Whitehead (Dewsbury)
- Private Joseph Wilson (Batley)
- Private John Wood (Dewsbury)
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