Post by BereniceUK on Apr 17, 2017 19:51:24 GMT
The school is now called West End Primary School.
3339 Private Harrison Milton Bailey 2nd Royal Fusiliers 25.9.1916 Named on the Heysham memorial
Lieutenant Stanley Knight Bates 1st/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 9.5.1915, aged 17 Son of Lieutenant Colonel John Henry Bates, T.D., 1st/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Sarah Eleanor Bates, of Fir Bank, Penrith. Gazetted 10th August 1914, from Royal Lancaster Grammar School Cadet Corps. Native of Morecambe; named on the Morecambe and Penrith memorials, also on his grandparents' headstone at St Thomas' Church, Milnthorpe
Harold Carter Named on the Morecambe memorial
907 Lance Corporal James William Carter 1st/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 4.5.1915, aged 23 Son of James Carter, of Clarence Street, Morecambe; husband of Florence Carter. Named on the Morecambe memorial
57573 Private William Henry Kershaw 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Welsh Regiment 21.9.1918, aged 19 Son of Luther and Emma Kershaw, of 9, Hampton Road, Sandylands; named on the Heysham memorial
William Newell Named on the Morecambe memorial
108570 Corporal John Alfred Nuttall 36th Machine Gun Corps, attached Records Chinese Labour Corps 31.10.1919, aged 29 Son of Richard and Elizabeth Nuttall, of 14, Springfield Street, West End, Morecambe; named on the Morecambe memorial
Private Thomas Parker Killed in action at Flanders in 1918. Named on the Morecambe memorial
415255 Rifleman Harry Axom Riley 1st/9th London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 16.8.1917 Named on the Morecambe memorial
H Spence
A forgotten war memorial was brought back to life at the weekend as Morecambe residents gathered at St Barnabas Church to remember those who fought in World War One.
The memorial which sits on the wall of West End Primary School, on Westminster Road, was first unveiled in 1923 by headteacher, Mr Hodgkinson, who fought in the war and survived.
However the plaque, which commemorates the nine boys of the school from Morecambe and Sandylands area who fought and died, soon became neglected over the years when the Cenotaph was erected.
Father Tom Davis, who led the service, was also a key figure in helping residents connect their family ties within the war.
Audrey Pearson, 80, from Morecambe, was there to learn about one of the names, her uncle Private Thomas Parker.
She said: “I didn’t know much about him, actually Father Tom was the one who told me about him, which is why I have come along today.”
Private Parker, 22, who lived in Gardner Road, was hit by a shell and died instantly at Flanders in 1918.
The Mayor of Lancaster, Susie Charles, and Morecambe and Lunesdale MP David Morris, were there to lay the wreath upon the memorial which concluded the service.
Mr Morris said: “It is a history lesson to everyone. However when you see the pictures of the soldiers, many of whom lived in houses within the area, and you match their names on the plaque, it then doesn’t become a history lesson, it becomes real.
“It is a very important day it does remind a future generation that this is what happened. The plaque is part of all the fabric, it is our history.”
The full list of names are: Harrison Bailey of Regent Road, Stanley Bates of Claremont Road, Harold Carter and Harry Riley of Albert Road, William Kershaw of Hampton Road, William Newell of Westminster Road, John Nuttall of Springfield Street, Thomas Parker of Gardner Road and James Carter.
(The Visitor, 4.8.2014)
3339 Private Harrison Milton Bailey 2nd Royal Fusiliers 25.9.1916 Named on the Heysham memorial
Lieutenant Stanley Knight Bates 1st/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 9.5.1915, aged 17 Son of Lieutenant Colonel John Henry Bates, T.D., 1st/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Sarah Eleanor Bates, of Fir Bank, Penrith. Gazetted 10th August 1914, from Royal Lancaster Grammar School Cadet Corps. Native of Morecambe; named on the Morecambe and Penrith memorials, also on his grandparents' headstone at St Thomas' Church, Milnthorpe
Harold Carter Named on the Morecambe memorial
907 Lance Corporal James William Carter 1st/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 4.5.1915, aged 23 Son of James Carter, of Clarence Street, Morecambe; husband of Florence Carter. Named on the Morecambe memorial
57573 Private William Henry Kershaw 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Welsh Regiment 21.9.1918, aged 19 Son of Luther and Emma Kershaw, of 9, Hampton Road, Sandylands; named on the Heysham memorial
William Newell Named on the Morecambe memorial
108570 Corporal John Alfred Nuttall 36th Machine Gun Corps, attached Records Chinese Labour Corps 31.10.1919, aged 29 Son of Richard and Elizabeth Nuttall, of 14, Springfield Street, West End, Morecambe; named on the Morecambe memorial
Private Thomas Parker Killed in action at Flanders in 1918. Named on the Morecambe memorial
415255 Rifleman Harry Axom Riley 1st/9th London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 16.8.1917 Named on the Morecambe memorial
H Spence
A forgotten war memorial was brought back to life at the weekend as Morecambe residents gathered at St Barnabas Church to remember those who fought in World War One.
The memorial which sits on the wall of West End Primary School, on Westminster Road, was first unveiled in 1923 by headteacher, Mr Hodgkinson, who fought in the war and survived.
However the plaque, which commemorates the nine boys of the school from Morecambe and Sandylands area who fought and died, soon became neglected over the years when the Cenotaph was erected.
Father Tom Davis, who led the service, was also a key figure in helping residents connect their family ties within the war.
Audrey Pearson, 80, from Morecambe, was there to learn about one of the names, her uncle Private Thomas Parker.
She said: “I didn’t know much about him, actually Father Tom was the one who told me about him, which is why I have come along today.”
Private Parker, 22, who lived in Gardner Road, was hit by a shell and died instantly at Flanders in 1918.
The Mayor of Lancaster, Susie Charles, and Morecambe and Lunesdale MP David Morris, were there to lay the wreath upon the memorial which concluded the service.
Mr Morris said: “It is a history lesson to everyone. However when you see the pictures of the soldiers, many of whom lived in houses within the area, and you match their names on the plaque, it then doesn’t become a history lesson, it becomes real.
“It is a very important day it does remind a future generation that this is what happened. The plaque is part of all the fabric, it is our history.”
The full list of names are: Harrison Bailey of Regent Road, Stanley Bates of Claremont Road, Harold Carter and Harry Riley of Albert Road, William Kershaw of Hampton Road, William Newell of Westminster Road, John Nuttall of Springfield Street, Thomas Parker of Gardner Road and James Carter.
(The Visitor, 4.8.2014)