Darlton St GilesWar Memorial
A white, Classical, marble monument, on a grey stone backing, mounted on the north wall of the chancel and signed 'Corker Bros. Sheffield'.
The inscription reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO SACRIFICED
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.
2ND LIEUT: ARTHUR SELBY JACKSON, 9TH K.O.Y.L.I.,
WHO FELL IN ACTION ON THE SOMME, SEPT:16TH 1916.
PRIVATE JOHN RUSHBY, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS
WHO FELL IN FRANCE, JAN: 19TH 1917.
GUNNER HARRY LOBLEY, 112TH SIEGE BATTERY, R.G.A.,
WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT LENS, MAY 20TH 1917.
PRIVATE WILLIAM CREE, 5TH BORDER REGIMENT,
WHO FELL NEAR LANGEMARK, AUG 23RD 1917.
GUNNER WALTER WOOD, D/161 BRlGADE, R.F.A.,
WHO FELL IN ACTION NEAR ST QUENTIN. OCT: 4TH 1918.
"MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS: IN GLORY EVERLASTING." |
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