Cockfield War Memorial

The Cockfield War Memorial is located to the south of the main road leading through the village.  It was unveiled in 1922 by Mr. Hustler-Hustler Chairman of the North Bitchburn Coal Company in place of Lord Gainford.  The memorial was dedicated by Rev. J.W. Scudamore of Cockfield.  It takes the form of a cross of Kennay Granite on a plinth and cost £253.  There are 46 names.

The text and names are as follows:

“To the glory of God and in thankful remembrance of the men of this Parish who gave their lives for us in the Great War 1914 – 1918”

• Alderson Thomas W.
• Bradley Ebenezer
• Burrell Albert
• Chambers Norman
• Christon Norman
• Christon Victor
• Close John J.
• Cree Christopher
• Davidson Ward
• Dowson John G.
• Ellerton Joseph
• Gargett George D.
• Guy Joseph
• Hall Herbert
• Hammond Moses
• Harvey Stephen
• Harvey George
• Hodgson George A.
• Hood Percy
• Holliday James
• Holmes William
• Hope John J.
• Hutchinson John J. B.
• Kirby Luther D.
• Kirby Bert
• Kirby Edwin O.
• Kirkup Ralph
• Lamb Albert
• Lamb William
• Lambert George
• Lee Jeremiah C.
• Pinkney Thomas
• Priestley Gordon
• Russell Charles
• Sedgwick Cecil W.
• Sewell J. Cecil A.
• Smith John R.
• Stevens George
• Summerson Herbert W.
• Teasdale Sydney
• Walker W. Gordon B.
• Walker Bertram R.
• Wallace Robert
• Wood Edgar
• Wooding Joseph

“Greater love hath no man than this.”

Source:  NE War Memorial Project

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Cockfield
War Memorial

Cockfield War Memorial

Cockfield War Memorial

Cockfield War Memorial

Cockfield War Memorial

Cockfield War Memorial