I paid a visit to Farsley yesterday and made a list of the men who died. It's a nice little place on the outskirts of Bradford and Leeds, and the people in the local shops and Post Office were extremely helpful. A million miles, it seems, from the other side of Leeds where I live. Please bear with me, though, while I type in the namesby individual panel [6]:

"In Honour of the Men of Farsley Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War"

"Eternal Honour, Give to Those Who Died"

"Erected by Public Subscription June 1921"



John T. Anderson
J. Eric Appleyard
Harry Atkinson
Lewis S. Bailes
Ewart Bannister
Herbert Bannister
Morris Barran
Leonard Barrett
Milford Binns
William W. Booth
Carleton Busfield
Morris Busfield
Percy Busfield
Harry Butler
Edgar Calvert

George W. Colcroft
Ernest A. Cole
Alfred Collins
Sam Davison
Albert Dockray
Charles Dockray
Herbert Dodson
Richard Dougal
Ernest Duffield
Harry F. Duffield
Fred Earle
Abraham Ellis
Harold Endersley
Frederick F. Ford

William D. Good
Percy Greaves
Samuel Grimshaw
Joseph Hainsworth
Alfred Hanson
Percy Hanson
Gordon Hare
Leonard Hargreaves
Frederick Healey
John W. Hogg
Joseph O. Hollings
William Holmes
Alfred Hughes
Arthur Illingworth
Leonard Keighley
Richard A. Kemp
George Naylor

Albert Kinder
John E. Lawson
Samuel Layfield
Harry Lee
Matthew W. Lee
David A. Linfoot
Willie Lloyd
Osman Lobley
Frederick Longbottom
George H. Marsden
Matthew Marshall
George May
Robert May
Joe Metcalfe
[JAs] William Moorhouse
Herman F. Myers

John Naylor
Fred Noble
William J. Olver
Herbert Patchett
James Parkinson
John O. Pearson
Friend Peel
Frank C. Philips
Lawrence Procter
John E. Robertshaw
Jesse Saville
William R. Settle
John Slinger
Orlando Snowden
Tom Softley
Walter Softley

George Stanton
Harold Suddards
William D. Sutcliffe
Alfred Sykes
Harry Thomas
A. Norman Wade
John W. Walker
Albert Ward
Harry Wardman
Harry Wharton
John Whitaker
Herbert Whitley
Raymond Wood
Thomas Wood
William Wright
William E. York

There are a number of common names inscribed, and it seems likely there is a family connection in some cases. However, I'm wondering if anyone knows what the abbreviation "JAs" means which forms the first part of the name of "JAs" William Moorhouse?

Kind Regards,
Dave

Dave

Someone has worked on this memorial.

See: http://www.calverley.info/fars_ceno.htm

Dave

Thanks Dave,
It hasn't been a complete waste of time. I'm looking for men who served with the 10th West Yorkshires. It's a good job I didn't decide to type the names of all the men listed on the Pudsey Cenotaph.

Cheers,
Dave

Jas has usually meant James on names I have looked into.

Bob.