Butterknowle War Memorial

The obelisk is located to the north of Pinfold Lane, the main street running through the village and commemorates 23 men. The text reads:

 “Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends”

St. John (15c 3v)

 “To the memory of the men of Butterknowle who fell in the Great War

1914 – 1918”

• F. Atkinson
• L. Appleby
• T.W. Alderson
• J.J. Bell
• J.A. Bennett
• C. Brown
• T.C. Clark
• J.G. Gargett
• T. Gowland
• E.W. Hebdon
• G.B. Hodgson
• R. Hodgson
• J.P. Jackson
• C.E. Lowther
• W. Lowther
• J. Priestley
• H. Readman
• B. Robinson
• M. Sewell
• J.W. Spence
• F. Thompson
• R. Yole
• R. Dent

“Let those who came after see to it that their names be not forgotten”

NOTE: The name R. Dent has been added at then end and is not in alphabetic order.  It is Nixon Dent as commemorated on the Copley War Memorial and St. John the Evangelist Church Memorial Plaque.

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Butterknowle
War Memorial

Butterknowle
War Memorial
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Butterknowle
War Memorial
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