Rossendale Family History Society - Rawtenstall War Memorial

	Rawtenstall Municpal War Memorial



	The War Memorial - Rawtenstall Municipal Cemetery

	This memorial, now listed as an historic monument, was erected at the instigation of Carrie Whitehead in September 1915 and is recognised as the first community World War One Memorial to be erected in this country and was given "Listed Building" status in August 1999.

	The War Memorial 1914 - 1919 Rawtenstall Cemetery
	Roll of Honour

	This cross was erected by Carrie Whitehead, September 1915
	that it might be some comfort to those who lost men very dear to them
	In grateful memory of the men of Rawtenstall who gave their lives for their
	country in the Great War 1914 - 1918

	He will swallow up death in victory, and the Lord will wipe away tears from all faces
	Is. XXV. 8.

	Pte G. J. ABBOT 15 Sep 1916 Pte Giles Herbert ALSTON 20 Oct 1917 Lance Cpl F. ASHWORTH 18 Jul 1916 Pte Fred ASHWORTH 2 Apr 1918 Pte J. ASHWORTH 6 Feb 1918 Pte John James ASHWORTH Apr 1916 Pte Lawrence S. ASHWORTH 9 Sep 1917 Pte Wilfred ASHWORTH 31 Jul 1917 Pte William ASHWORTH 24 Oct 1918 Rifleman Albert ASPDEN 15 Jul 1916 Pte Fred ASPDEN 3 Nov 1918 Pte John Walter ASPDEN 16 Oct 1917 Pte Percy ASPDEN 1 Aug 1917 Pte Willie ASPDEN 18 Oct 1916 Sapper Horace ASPIN 25 Mar 1918 Pte John AUSTIN 23 Sep 1915 Gunner J. S. AYNGE 10 Jul 1916 Pte Hartley D. BANCROFT 1 Jun 1918 Pte George BANKS 12 Jan 1918 Pte J. W. BARNES 23 Mar 1918 Pte Thomas BARNES 21 Oct 1918 Sergt A. E. BARRETT 27 Apr 1918 Pte H. BATEMAN 7 Aug 1916 Lance Cpr H. BEARD 8 Jul 1915 Lance Crp N. S. BEARD 15 Sep 1915 Bombdr A. John BENSON 12 Apr 1917 Pte Richard A. BERRY 18 Jan 1916 Pte R. BIRTWISTLE 24 Jul 1918 Samuel BISHOP 1 Nov 1918 Lieut John BOLTON 4 Jun 1915 Capt Maurice Baldwin BOLTON 26 Mar 1918 Pte Edward BRADFORD 14 Dec 1914 Pte Fred BRADLEY 23 Oct 1918 Pte Ronald BRADLEY 31 Oct 1916 Pte Tom BREGHTY 16 Apr 1918 Gunner Frank BROWN 29 Jul 1917 Pte Cecil Clifford CAPEL 21 Apr 1918 Gunner Herbert CARTER 8 Nov 1917 Pte Joseph CAYGILL 28 Oct 1917 Corp Wm. CHADDERTON 27 Mar 1919 Pte Arthur CLEGG 28 Apr 1917 Pte Harold CLEGG 24 Jul 1918 Lance Corp J. H. CLEGG 29 Aug 1918 Pte William CLEGG 6 Oct 1918 Pte John COCKSHUTT 23 Apr 1917 Pte B. COLEMAN 21 May 1918 Pte Ernest COLLINGE 26 Jul 1917 Corp Thomas CONROY 4 Jun 1915 Pte Harry COOPER 14 Apr 1918 Pte Phillip COOPER 11 May 1915 Pte Leonard CORMICK 3 Nov 1914 Sapper James A. CROPPER 16 Feb 1919 Pte W. CUFF 22 Mar 1918 Sergt B. CUNLIFFE 24 Sep 1917 Signr J. W. CUNLIFFE 14 Jul 1916 Pte John H. CUNLIFFE 3 Jul 1916 Pte John Hy. CUNLIFFE 3 0 Aug 1918 Pte Arthur DAVIS 5 Mar 1915 Rifleman Harry DAWSON 24 Feb 1916 Gunner Arthur DEARDEN 4 Aug 1917 Pte Joseph W. DEARDEN 11 Nov 1917 Pte T. DERBYSHIRE 28 Apr 1917 Pte Wm Henry DRAKE 18 Oct 1916 Pte James DRIVER 15 Mar 1917 Pte James DRIVER 25 Mar 1918 Pte James Wm. DRIVER 13 Oct 1917 Lance Cpl T. F. DUST 1 Jul 1916 Signr Tom DUST 4 Jul 1916 Pte Andrew D. DYER 15 Jun 1916 Lan Sergt Frederick EATOUGH 13 Aug 1918 Gunner Percy ELLIS 10 Jul 1918 Pte Benjamin ELLISON 31 Jul 1917 Pte Richard D. ELLISON 8 Jul 1916 Corp T. A. ELLISON 25 Oct 1917 Pte Dixon ENTWISTLE 6 Sep 1917 Corp S. EVANS 24 Apr 1918 Pte John R. EWBANK 30 Apr 1917 Pte Arthur FAWCETT 8 Feb 1919 Bombdr George W. FAWCETT 28 May 1917 Pte Wilfred FEBER 27 Sep 1917 W.T. Harry FENTON 15 May 1917 Sapper J. A. H. FENTON 15 Jun 1917 Pte James FENTON 8 Feb 1917 Pte George S. FIELDING 26 Feb 1917 Lance Cpl Joe FIELDING 23 Apr 1918 Tom FIELDING 31 May 1916 Pte Willie FIELDING 28 Sep 1918 Pte John FINNEY 31 Jul 1917 Lance Cpl Walter FOULDS 28 Sep 1918 Pte James GORMAN 16 Nov 1914 Pte George GREAVES 9 Oct 1917 Pte Alfred GREEN 10 Jan 1919 Gunner B. GREEN 7 Apr 1918 Pte Thomas Duddle GREEN 1 Jul 1916 Pte William GREENWOOD 10 Jun 1916 Gunner Fred GREGSON 2 7 Apr 1917 Pte Thomas HALEY 18 Sep 1915 Pte W. T. HALLIWELL 26 Jun 1917 Pte J. H. HALSTEAD 5 Sep 1918 Pte R .L. HALSTEAD 5 Jun 1918 Pte Richard HALSTEAD 26 Aug 1914 Pte Tom HALSTEAD 1 Sep 1915 Driver R. HARDMAN 8 May 1917 Pte George HARGREAVES 4 Apr 1917 Pte Herbert W. HARGREAVES 10 Feb 1917 Pte J. T. HARGREAVES 17 Jul 1917 Pte John HARGREAVES 12 May 1917 Pte Richard HARGREAVES 19 Jun 1917 Pte John Thomas HARKER 6 Jul 1917 Pte A. B. HARRISON 9 Apr 1917 Pte James HARRISON 9 Oct 1917 Gunner Fred HAWORTH 8 Jul 1918 Pte J. W. HAWORTH 22 Jul 1917 Pte Milton HAWORTH 10 Jul 1917 Signr Arnold HEAP 30 Aug 1917 Pte Jesse HEAP 20 May 1916 Pte Walter HEAP 17 Jan 1915 Pte William HEENEY 9 Apr 1918 Pte A. E. HEGARTY 13 Nov 1914 Lance Cpl Regd HEWITT 16 Aug 1917 Lance Cpl J. HEYS 6 Jul 1916 Pte J. HEYS 27 Sep 1918 Pte Robert HEYS 12 Oct 1916 Pte John HILL 1 Jun 1916 Pte James HITCHEN 3 Oct 1918 Pte C. HOLDEN 11 Mar 1917 Pte Israel HOLDEN 7 Jul 1916 Pte J. H. HOLDEN 21 Mar 1918 Sgt Fred HOLGATE 28 Apr 1917 Pte Geo. Wm. HOLLOWS 23 Mar 1918 Pte H. HOLT 7 Nov 1917 Pte Hartley HOLT 24 Aug 1918 Pet Jas. Aspen HOLT 23 Sep 1918 Lance Corp John E. HOLT 25 Sep 1915 Pte Percy HOLT 27 May 1918 Lance Cpl J. W. HORNE 20 Jul 1917 Gunner Albert HORNUNG 8 Aug 1917 Pte J. W. HORROCKS 14 Mar 1915 Pte Percy HORSFIELD 4 Oct 1917 Pte George HOWARTH 15 Jan 1917 Pte James HOWORTH 15 Jul 1916 Co Sgt Mjr Rd. Lord HOWORTH 26 Oct ** Pte G. H. HUNT 28 Mar 1919 2nd Lieut James HUNT 16 Nov 1916 Pte James HUTCHINSON 23 Nov 1915 Pte R. K. HUTCHINSON 31 Jul 1917 Pte Tom INGHAM 30 Apr 1917 Pte Francis IRESON 3 May 1915 Pte John IRESON 18 Sep 1918 Driver S. L. ISHERWOOD 7 May 1917 Pte Harper JEFFERYS 13 Apr 1917 Pte John Henry JOHNSON 29 May 1917 Pte Samuel Walter JOHNSON 11 Sep 1915 Pte Ernest JONES 12 Oct 1914 Pte George JONES 9 Aug 1917 Pte Thomas JONES 17 Aug 1917 Pte William JORDAN 17 May 1917 Pte W. R. JORDON 16 Oct 1917 Thomas KELLY 10 Apr 1916 Pte Walter KERSHAW 26 Mar 1918 2nd Lieut Rowland KITCHEN 9 Apr 1918 Pte Harry KNOWLES 21 Sep 1915 Pte John KNOWLES 19 Apr 1917 Corp John LAMBERT 28 Dec 1917 Pte William LAMBERT 2 May 1918 Pte Charles LANDAMORE 10 Aug 1916 Pte Herbert LAW 18 Sep 1918 Lance Cpl Wm. LESTER 11 Apr 1917 Pte Paul LEYLAND 21 Mar 1918 Pte John LONG 26 Aug 1918 Pte T. E. LONGSTAFF 19 Aug 1916 Gunner Ed LONSDALE 18 Jun 1918 Pte Harry LONSDALE 9 Aug 1917 Pte John LONSDALE 11 Apr 1918 Gunner George W. LORD 13 Apr 1917 Pte John LORD 16 Aug 1917 Pte Joseph LORD 8 Dec 1916 Pte Wilfred LOVE 9 Oct 1917 Pte John LUND 4 Mar 1917 Pte Robert MACKEY 20 Jul 1917 Gunner Walter MADEN 12 Jul 1917 Pte William MANNING 31 Jul 1917 Sergt John Hy MARSHALL 9 Oct 1917 Pte Frederick MARTIN 23 Oct 1917 Pte Michael McCORMACK 31 Oct 1914 Pte W. McCORMICK Aug 1916 Pte Walter McDERMOT 6 Mar 1919 Pte W. McDONALD 9 Sep 1916 Gunner J. H. McDONDALD 18 Aug 1915 Pte James McMURRAY 15 Sep 1916 Pte Harold MEADOWCROFT 9 Jul 1918 Pte George MEEKS 26 Oct 1917 Pte William MEEKS 3 Feb 1918 Lance Crp W. MILLER 4 Jun 1915 Pte Harry MOORE 14 Jul 1916 Gunner John MOSES 30 Oct 1917 Pte R.G. MURGATROYD 17 May 1917 Pte J. E. NEIL 5 Aug 1917 Pte James NERMEY 9 Oct 1917 Pte George NIGHTINGALE 1 Apr 1917 Pte Ernest NUTTALL 31 Oct 1916 Pte Norman NUTTALL 2 Apr 1917 Pte R. H. NUTTALL 18 Dec 1917 Pte Thomas O'BRIEN 26 Nov 1915 Pte James ODDIE 5 Apr 1918 Pte Dan OLDFIELD 24 Dec 1916 Pte J. R. ORMEROD 14 Oct 1918 Pte Walter ORMEROD 2 Jan 1918 Pte Fred OVERTON 11 Sep 1917 Pte Ernest PALMER 14 Nov 1916 Gunner Walter PALMER 12 Jul 1917 Pte Thomas PARKER 21 Mar 1918 Pte Milton PARTINGTON 4 Oct 1917 Pte Felix PAYNE 1 Sep 1917 Pte W. PAYNE 7 Jun 1917 Driver W. H. PAYNE 16 Feb 1919 Pte Peter W. PEACOCK 23 Oct 1918 Pte Arthur PEEL 19 Apr 1917 Pte A. H. PHILIPSON 25 Jul 1918 Gunner W. H .H. PHILIPSON 4 Nov 1918 Pte Will PICKUP 18 Oct 1916 Pte J. P. PILKINGTON 30 Mar 1916 Pte Wellington PILKINGTON 27 Dec Pte Herbert PILLING 18 Oct 1916 Sergt James PINNINGTON 30 Jul 1918 Sapper J. R. PLACE 14 Feb 1919 Pte William PLACE 13 May 1918 Pte Edgar PLANE 25 Apr 1917 Pte Absolom POLLARD 7 Jul 1916 Pte Ben POOLEY 30 May 1917 Pte Robert A. PROCTOR 1 Jan 1918 Pte George Smith PYLE 13 Jun 1915 Pte Edmund RAMSBOTTOM 11 Jul 1915 Pte C. W. RAYNOR 27 Aug 1918 Pte William READER 10 Feb 1917 Pte G. W. REDHEAD 18 Apr 1916 Lance Cpl Fred RIDEOUGH 16 Sep Pte Alan RIGG 31 Jul 1917 Pte Greenwood ROTHWELL 20 Nov Lance Sgt J. ROWAN 14 Jul 1916 Lance Cpl J. T. RUSHTON 10 Apr 1917 Pte J. H. SAGAR 9 May 1917 Bombr Harry SANDERSON 4 Aug 1917 Pte Ed SCHOFIELD 2 May 1917 Pte William Robert SCHOFIELD 25 Apr 1915 Frank SCHOLES 8 Oct 1918 Pte Hubert SCHOLES 28 Jul 1918 Pte J. E. SCOTT 11 Apr 1918 Pte Ernest SHARPE 10 Mar 1918 Pte J. T. SHAW 12 Oct 1918 Pte James SHAW 22 Mar 1918 Pte James C. SHAW 1 Jul 1916 Pte W. SHUTTLEWORTH 27 Sep 1918 Pte Samuel SIMISTER 25 Jul 1916 Corp Frank SLATER 25 Sep 1915 2nd Lieut Henry SMITH 19 Oct 1918 Corp R. SMITH 11 Apr 1917 Pte Frank SPENCER 13 Sep 1917 Pte Fred SPENCER 26 Sep 1917 Pte James STANSFIELD 23 Sep 1917 Pte Fred STOTT 4 Dec 1917 Pte William STOTT 24 Jul 1916 Pte Thomas STRINGER 19 May 1917 Pte James Albert SUTCLIFFE 17 May Pte George Robt. TANN 12 Apr 1918 Pte John TATTERSALL 23 Oct 1916 Pte T. A. TATTERSALL 30 Aug 1918 Lance Cpl Wilfred H. TATTERSALL 9 Feb 1917 Lance Cpl A. TAYLOR 9 Oct 1916 Pte H. A. TAYLOR 27 Jul 1917 Pte Harold TAYLOR 24 Aug 1917 Pte J. TAYLOR 17 Feb 1917 Pte J. J. TAYLOR 18 Sep 1916 Pte J. W. TAYLOR 13 Oct 1916 Pte Jordan TAYLOR 29 May 1917 Pte Samuel TAYLOR 4 Oct 1917 Gunner Thomas TAYLOR 21 Apr 1918 Pte Walter TAYLOR 10 Oct 1917 Pte J. B. TEASDALE 12 Apr 1918 Pte Harry TETLOW 10 Jul 1916 Pte John THOBURN 7 Aug 1916 Sergt James THOMPSON 24 Mar 1918 Pte W. THOMPSON 24 Jun 1916 Pte W. H. THORNLEY 11 Oct 1917 Pte Robert B. THYNE 17 Feb 1918 Pte A. E. TIDDY 3 Nov 1918 Pte W. TIDDY 2 Apr 1918 Drummer TIMPERLY 1 Jul 1916 Pte Wilfred TODD 21 Mar 1918 Pte George TOLWORTHY 28 Mar 1918 Pte James TOLWORTHY 31 Oct 1917 Pte Francis TOMLINSON 27 Jul 1916 Pte Fred TOMLINSON 27 Jul 1917 Pte James TOMLINSON 8 Oct 1917 Sgt James W. TOMLINSON 31 Jul 1917 Pte Willie TOMLINSON 23 Apr 1917 Pte George TOOTELL 6 Sep 1918 Pte F. TRICKETT 29 Oct 1918 Pte David TRIPPIER 28 Mar 1918 Pte John TRIPPIER 27 May 1917 Gunner Milton TRIPPIER 12 Jun 1917 Pte W. T. TRIPPIER 2 Aug 1916 Gunner James TURNER 24 Jun 1917 Driver Robert Henry TURNER 16 Aug 1915 Pte Herbert TWISSE 22 Sep 1917 Pte Richard UTTLEY 1 Jul 1916 Pte Douglas WARWICK 30 Sep 1918 Pte Louis WARWICK 9 May 1915 Pte Wilfred WARWICK 11 Nov 1914 Pte Alan WATERSON 30 Apr 1918 Gunner T. E. WATKINS 22 Jul 1916 A Bombdr J. W. WATSON 18 Sep 1918 Pte Harry WEBDEN 12 Oct 1916 Gunner Charles WESLEY 6 Sep 1916 Corp John WHITHAM 9 May 1915 Lance Corp Gordon WHITTAKER 30 Jul 1915 Pte John Ed. WHITTAKER 14 Jan 1918 Pte R. WHITTAKER 3 May 1917 Gunner Robert WHITTAKER 22 Jul 1916 Pte Harold WILKINSON 2 May 1917 Pte J. A. WILKINSON 9 Oct 1917 Pte Ernest WILSON 10 Apr 1917 Pte T. WILSON 5 Feb 1917 R.N.V.R. Charles R. WISE 28 Oct 1918 Pte James WOOD 27 Jan 1918 Pte Percy WOOD 27 May 1918 Pte Edward WOODWORTH 12 Jul 1915 Pte John WRIGHT 3 May 1917 Sapper Leslie B. WYLD 6 May 1917 Pte David YOUNG 21 Jun 1916 Gunner F. G. YOUNG 2 Jul 1916**