Roll of Honour, St. John's Church, Golcar

The following Roll of Honour for those who died in both World Wars is situated inside St. John's Church, Golcar.

First World War

To the
Glory of God
and
in Remembrance of the men of the
Parish of Golcar
who gave their lives for King and
Country in the Great War
1914 - 1919
Fred Baxter[1]
George Kitson
Frank Shaw
Albert Wilkinson[2]

Second World War

In Remembrance
of those who gave their lives in
the 1939 – 1945 War.
Arthur Ainsworth
Geoffrey Armitage
William P. Barker[3]
James W. Broome[4]
Ernest Carter
Frank Carter
Gilbert Fallay
Norman Gledhill[5]
Arnold Greaves[6]
Harold Haigh[7]
Robert Jones
Frank Lees[8]
Joe T. Livesey[9]
Victor Mellor[10]
C. Raymond Newton
Irvin Pearson[11]
Willie Pearson[12]
Tommy Pickles
Sydney Pogson[13]
Frank Reast[14]
Harold Robinson
Jimmy Rogers
Irvin Shaw
Fred Stocks[15]
Harold Sykes
Bob Taylor[16]
Oliver Taylor
Herbert Telford[17]
Norman Walker
Kenneth G. Walker[18]
Arthur Whitwam
Harry W. Whiteley[19]
Geoffrey Wimpenny[20]
Bernard Wood[21]
Vivian N. Wood[22]
Jack Woodhead[23]
Lionel Woodhead[24]
Douglas Wolstenholme[25]
William Wright[26]

Golcar School Roll

Locations

The following map shows locations linked to those named on the memorial:

Links

Notes and References

  1. Possibly Fred Baxter (c.1881-1918), although both Fred Baxter (c.1885-1917) and Fred Baxter (c.1873-1917) also lived in the Colne Valley.
  2. Possibly Albert Wilkinson (c.1875-1917).
  3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2145149/barker,-william-pollock/
  4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2414411/broome,-james-william/
  5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2501572/gledhill,-norman/
  6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2407318/greaves,-arnold/
  7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2085954/haigh,-harold/
  8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2953457/lees,-frank/
  9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2183051/livesey,-joe-taylor/
  10. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2095189/mellor,-victor/
  11. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2952768/pearson,-irvin/
  12. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2485806/pearson,-willie/
  13. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2486140/pogson,-sydney/
  14. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2486557/reast,-frank/
  15. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2379480/stocks,-fred/
  16. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2628608/taylor,-bob/
  17. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2046372/telford,-herbert/
  18. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2685938/walker,-kenneth-granville/
  19. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2219308/whiteley,-harry-winston/
  20. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2408851/wimpenny,-geoffrey/
  21. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2408056/wood,-bernard/
  22. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2414412/wood,-vivian-nelson/
  23. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1283115/woodhead,-jack/
  24. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2339439/woodhead,-lionel/
  25. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2408055/wolstenholme,-douglas/
  26. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2408059/wright,-william/