Girlington

Girlington, in the Bradford (Manningham) Wesleyan Circuit, seated 850 and had 25 ancillary rooms. It is no longer in use, but a distinctive war memorial has been saved, and may be viewed here. Girlington Methodist

The forty-two men who died were:

Willie Ackroyd

Herbert Booth

Norman Brook

[Rifleman] Norris Bairstow  [63738]         [1/8^th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt.]

William Craven

[Pte.] Cecil Choppen               [43728]         [South Staffordshire Regt.]

[Pte.] John E. Collinson          [18/1491]       [18^th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt.]

Pte. Ernest Crabtree               6707              1/5^th Bn. West Riding Regt.

Albert Calvert

Pte. Guy Carter                         40327           West Yorkshire Regt.

Act. Serg. Milton Dyson        95794           10^th Bn. Royal Fusiliers

Pte. Harry Downs                   5592               [1/6^th Bn.] Duke of Wellington’s Regt.

[Pte.] Clifford Dracup            [34249]         [6^th Bn. Border Regt.]

[Pte.] Herbert Froggatt        270121           16^th Bn. Royal Scots

Pte. William Fowler               40695            23^rd Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers

[Serg.] Sydney Featherstone [2403]       [1/6^th Bn.] West Yorkshire Regt.

Pte. George Garnham         5936                1^st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers

Pte. William Greenwood    816                    21^st Bn. West Yorkshire Regt.

Sergt. Albert Helliwell         240687          5^th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt.

[Pte.] Edwin Holdsworth    6431                 Northumberland Fusiliers

Maurice Hudson

[Pte.] Arthur Key                    [265954]        [2/6^th Bn. West Riding Regt.]

Serg. John W. Mason           21321                1^st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers

[Pte.] Arthur Pedder             [44475]           [25^th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers]

Fred Pollard

[Pte.] Malcolm E. Rhodes  20/141              12^th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt.

[Pte.] Leonard Parkin          36842              5^th Bn. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

[Pte.] Maurice Priestley     [55679]           [2/4^th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.]

Walter Priestley

[Cpl.] George H. Rhodes     110386           5^th Bn. Tank Corps

[2^nd Lt.] John Arthur Rhodes                       [6^th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt.]

[L/Cpl.] George Rushton    [36482]          [9^th Bn. Leicestershire Regt.]

Jack Rushton

John Robert Shackleton

[Pte.] Walter Sefton              24687           9^th Bn. Duke of Wellington’s Regt.

[Pte.] Walter Scott                 28598           2^nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regt.

Fred Sharp

Frederick William Simmons

Arthur Walmesley

Edgar Wadsworth

Charles F. Widdop

Louis Wilkinson

Note on regimental nomenclature. The West Yorkshire Regiment and the West Riding Regiment were two different units. The latter’s full title was the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). The compilers of this list have used both elements of that name.

Additional source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission