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GODLEY-CUM-NEWTON GREEN WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Les Horn 2018

The Godley-cum-Newton Green war memorial is to be found on the inside panels of the lychgate leading to St. John the Baptist church. THere are 73 names listed for World War 1 only.

Photograph Copyright © Les Horn 2018

Erected in the glorious Memory of those from this Parish and Congregation who Made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War 1914 - 1918.

ADAMSON Daniel
Lieutenant, Royal Engineers attached to 2nd Queen Victoria’s Own Sappers & Miners, Indian Army. Died from cholera 7 June 1919 in Kohat, Bengal. Born 1896 in Denton, Lancashire (now Tameside, Greater Manchester). Son of Daniel Adamson and Alice Maude Ryder of Oaklands, Godley, Cheshire (now Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester). Buried 7 June 1919 in Grave 174, Khohat Cemetery, Khyber, Pakhtunkhwa (now in Pakistan). Commemorated on DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE), India. Face 1.
BAKER George
Private
BARDSLEY Thomas
Private
BARKER Hedley
Private
BICKERDYKE George
Sergeant 10166, 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment. Killed in action 20 Februry 1915 in West-Vlaanderen/West Flanders, Belgium. Born and enlisted Hyde, Cheshire. He had previously served with the Regiment in Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt. Son of James Clegg Bickerdyke and Florence Holloway of Fountain St., Godley, Cheshire (now Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester). In the 1891 he was aged 2, born Hyde, Cheshire, son of James and Florence Bickerdyke, resident Boston Street, Hyde, Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Hyde, Cheshire, son of James and Florence Bickerdyke, resident 60, Fountain Street, Godley (Cheshire), Ashton under Lyne, Cheshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Hyde, with the military overseas, Private, 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment, billeted in Main Barracks, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37.
BOOTH Ernest
Sapper
BOWGER William
Private
BOWKER Alexander
[Listed as Alexandra on CWGC & SDGW] Private 11890, 9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 2 July 1916. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Hyde, Cheshire. Son of Lucy Bowker, of 7, Godley Hill, Godley, Hyde, Cheshire, and the late Alexander Bowker. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A.

BRADLEY Norman
Private
BROOKS William
Gunner
CALLAGHAN Thomas
Private
CLEGG William
Private
COX William Edward aka Willie
Private 4766, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 22 January 1915. Aged 19. Born Godley, Cheshire, resident Hyde, Cheshire, enlisted Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire. Son of Tom and Hannah Cox, of 36, Fountain St., Godley, Hyde, Cheshire. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 6.
DAWSON Albert
Sergeant
DEELEY John
Gunner 161571, 210th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 30 November 1917. Aged 30. Bor Godley, Hyde, resident Newton, Hyde, enlisted Hyde. Son of George and Sarah Deeley, of 306, Mottram Rd., Godley, Hyde; husband of Maria Deeley, of Spring Bank, Hattersley, Cheshire. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 6 to 7 and 162.
DOLAN John
Private
EDDINS Tom
Private
FAIRBROTHER Austin
Private
FELL Thomas aka Tom
Private 54718, 10th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 13 November 1916. Aged 32. Born and enlisted Hyde, Cheshire. Son of Thomas and Mary Fell, of Godley, Hyde; husband of Helena Fell, of 7, Oak St., Newton Moor, Hyde. Buried in SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.3, PUISIEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Grave lost. Special memorial 1.
FERKHEAD James H
Private
FIGG Percy
[Listed as Lance Corporal on memorial] Private 31460, 8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) Killed in action 21 October 1916 in the Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France. Aged 26. Enlisted Hyde, Cheshire. Baptised 23 April 1890 in Godley-Cum-Newton Green, Cheshire. Son of Edward Figg and Sarah (nee Barber) Figg. In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born Newton, son of Edward and Sarah Figg, resident 26, High Street, Godley, Ashton under Lyne, Cheshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 21, born Newton, Assisting in Business, resident with his brother Albert at 6 High Street, Godley Hyde, Godley, Cheshire. Originally attested 5 January 1909 at Stalybridge, aged 19 years 9 months, born Hyde, Cheshire, a Labourer, as 3869, 3rd Dragoon Guards, height 5 feet 7½ inches, weight 134 lbs, chest 35 inches, fresh complexion, grey eyes, light hair, religious denomination Church of England. Joined at Aldershot 8 January 1909, discharged under para 390 (xiv) King's Regulations at his own request on payment of a value 4 March 1911. Married Lena Scott in the January to March Quarter 1914 in Stckport Registration District, Cheshire, she subsequently re-married to John Andrew McGraw following Percy's death. Buried at GRANDCOURT ROAD CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, Somme, France. Row D. Grave 14.
FOSTER Jabez
Private 40491, 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment formerly Private 1936, Cheshire Yeomanry. Died of wounds 4 May 1917 in Pas de Calais, France. Aged 28. Born 1888, and resident, in Newton, Cheshire, enlisted Chester. Son of John Foster and Elizabeth Lambeth of 53, Commercial Brow, Newton, Cheshire. In the 1891 census he was aged 3, born Newton, Cheshire, son of John and Elizabeth Foster, resident Andrew Square, Newton, Ashton under Lyne, Cheshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, born Newton, Cheshire, a Cotton Piecer, son of John and Elizabeth Foster, resident 7, Sandhill Street, Newton, Ashton under Lyne, Cheshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 23, born Newton, Cheshire, a Spinner, son of John and Elizabeth Foster, resident 53, Commercial Brow, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire. Buried at MORY ABBEY MILITARY CEMETERY, MORY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 2.
HACKNEY Frank
Private
HALL Peter
Private
HARMAN Arthur George
Second Lieutenant, 1st/6th Battalion (Territorial), Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 20 October 1918. Aged 22. Native of Godley. Son of Eustace and Arabella Harman, of 126, Market St., Hyde, Cheshire. Buried in BELLE VUE BRITISH CEMETERY, BRIASTRE, Nord, France. Row D. Grave 15.
HULME Robert
Rifleman
ISHERWOOD Thomas
Private
JACKSON George
Sergeant
KINDER Fred
Private
KNOTT James
Bombardier
KNOTT William
Lance Corporal
LEACH Joseph
Sergeant
LOMAS Joe
Private
LYNE James
Private
MARSHALL James
Private
MATTHEWS Tom
Private
McDONALD James
Lance Corporal
McLOUGHLIN James
Private
MELLOR Fred
Private
MORRIS John
Private
MUTCH Ernest
Corporal
NICOLLS Jasper
Private
O'NEILL John
Private
O'NEILL William
Private
PAILTHORPE Frank
Private
PEARCE Charley
LSC, Royal Navy
PEARCE William E
Corporal
POTTS James
Private
POULSTON William
Corporal
PRITCHARD Robert
Sergeant
PURSSGLOVE John S
Sergeant
ROBINSON Herbert
Sergeant
SHAW Joseph
Private 31419, "D" Company, 8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Died 16 July 1917. Aged 27. Husband of Ada Davenport (formerly Shawcross), of 16, Top Row, Godley, Hyde, Cheshire. Buried in BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row E. Grave 1.
SHAWCROSS Frank
Private
SHERRY George F
Lance Corporal
SLATER Tom
Driver
SMITH Ernest
Private
SMITH Frank
Private
SMITH Hardy
Private
SMITH Herbert
Private
SMITH Leonard
Lance Corporal
SMITH Walter
Private
SMITH William
Private
SPECK Arthur
Lance Corporal
STAINTHORPE Fred
Private
STEVENS Richard E P
Lance Corporal
SUTCLIFFE Hugh
Private 235458, 13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died 3 July 1918. Aged 20. Son of Mary Sutcliffe, of 9, Sheffield Rd., Godley, Hyde, Cheshire. Buried at MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 12.
THORNELY Reginald
[Transcribed as Ernest, listed as Reginald on CWGC and Naval Records] Ordinary Telegraphist J/37280, H.M.S. "Invincible", Royal Navy. Lost with his ship at the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. Aged 18. Born 1 May 1898 in Hyde, Cheshire. Baptaised 29 May 1898 in Godley-Cum-Newton Green, Cheshire. Son of Frederick William and Elizabeth Hannah Thornely, of 54, High St., Godley, Hyde, Cheshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Godley, a Barber's Lather Boy and at School,, resident with his parents, Frederick William and Elizabeth H Thornely, at 54 High Street, Godley, Cheshire. No known grave. Commemorated at PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 14.

WHITEHEAD Wilfrid
Private
WILKINSON Edwin
Private 266048, 1st/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 24. Born Hyde, Cheshire. Son of Mrs. Mary Wilkinson, of 2, Top Row, Godley, Hyde. Buried in YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 31.
WILLIAMSON William
Private
WOOD Clement Percy
Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 21 November 1917. Aged 30. Son of Frederick and Harriette Wood, of Oak Lea, Godley, Cheshire. No known grave. Commemorated at TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 77 to 79 and 163A.
WOOLLEY Harry
Private

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