Loftus History
Loftus War Memorial
In Memory of those Men of Loftus Parish who gave their lives for god and country in the great war 1914 - 1918
To the glorious and everlasting memory of:
LOCKER, RICHARD
LOCKER, ROBERT
LONG, ALBERT E.
MARTIN, GEORGE
MELISH, WILLIAM E.
NEWTON, MILTON
NICHOLSON, CYRIL W.
NICHOLSON, HERBERT T.
NICHOLSON, JOSEPH L.
OGLESBY, RICHARD
PANNTING, HARRY
PARROT, WILLIAM
PEARSE, WILLIAM
PEARSON, JOSEPH
PEARSON, ROBERT
POTTER, GEORGE
PRICE, WALTER
REX, HAROLD W.
RIGBY, SYDNEY W.
ROBINSON, CHARLES
ROBINSON, JOHN
RYDER, ALBERT
SAWDON, JOSEPH E.
SLACK, WILLIAM
STEVENSON, EDWARD
STOCKDALE, EMMANUEL
TEMPLE, JOHN H.
TEMPLE ROBERT S.
THOMAS, HARRY
THORNTON, JAMES E.
THORNTON, WILFRED
TIMKINS, WILLIAM E.
TURNBULL, WALTER
TYREMAN, ARTHUR
WALKER, ALBERT
WARDILL, JOHN W.
WEBSTER, ERNEST
WHITELY, JAMES
WILLIS, HARRY
WILSON, GEORGE E.
WOOD, THOMAS
WOODALL, W. ERNEST
ADAMSON, MATTHEW
ADAMSON, WILLIAM
ANDREW, FRED
ATHERTON, JOHN N.
BAINBRIDGE, FRED
BENNETT, ARTHUR
BOWES, JAMES
BRADLEY, THOMAS
BROGDEN, HAROLD
BROWN, CHARLES H.
BURNETT, ARTHUR
CARTER, WILLIAM
CLARKSON, HAROLD
COXON, ALBERT E.
CROSBY, ALFRED
DAVEY, MICHAEL
DAWSON, JAMES
DOWEY, THOMAS A.
DUNN, ALFRED
EASTON, HARRY
EMERY, FRED
ERRINGTON, JOHN B.
FARNDALE, GEORGE
FLETCHER, ALBERT
FLOWLE, THOMAS
GIBSON, ROBERT E.
HANDLEY, ALBERT
HARKER, ARTHUR
HARKER, LAUREN
HARLAND, ROBERTCE
HARRISON, THOMAS
HEWITT, LEONARD
HICKS, CHARLES E.
HICKS, WILLIAM A
HODGSON, FRED
HODGSON, GEORGE T.
HODGSON, JAMES R.
HODGSON, MICHAEL
HOPPER, GEORGE W.
JACKSON, ABRAHAM G.
JACKSON, WILLIAM E.
JEFFERSON, JAMES KING, LEWIS
LOBB, JOHN
All the children of Loftus were given one of these momentos to commemorate the Allied Victory of the War. 1939 - 1945.
In Memory of those men of Loftus who gave their lives
THE WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945
AMRSBY, JOHN
ARMSBY, WILLIAM
ARNOLD, RONALD
BULL, CYRIL
BAINBRIDGE, JOSEPH
BRECKON, KENNETH
BIDMADE, WILLIAM
DEARDEN, ROBERT F.
CARTER, JOHN J.
DOBSON, WILLIAM
HEBDITCH, WILLIAM
JEFFERYS, SYDNEY J.
KNIGHT, RONALD
LINDSEY, ERIC
MANN, JAMES R.
MEAD, JOHN D.
PEARSON, ALBERT
NOBLE, EDGAR W.
PEARSON, FRANCIS
ROWLAND, NEAL
RUSSELL, MANNING J
SCOTT, THOMAS E.
SHEPHERD, CYRIL J.
SHEPHERD, LEONARD S.
SMITH, DAVID
THOMPSON, JAMES
SNOW, JAMES
TRATTLES, HAROLD
TURNER, PERCIVAL
VERRILL, JOHN R
WAITE, GEORGE
WAITE, RONALD
WATSON, HENRY
WATSON, JOHN A.
WHITE, ROBERT E.
WELHAM, JOHN
Before a Rememberance Day service in St Leonard's Parish Church, Loftus, on Sunday, a parade marched to the town's war memorial. Men from 'Q' Battery of the 631 Light Regiment R.A. (T.A.) from Loftus and Whitby were in the parade, together with The Green Howards Cadets, Poice, members of the British Legion, both men and women, Girl Guides, Boy Scouts, Cubs, officals and members of Loftus Youth Club, the Women's Institute and other organisations.
Councillor Reg Richardson chairman of Loftus Urban Council, Mr T. C. Ellison, clerk and members were present. At the service, David Simpson, Liverton Mines, laid a wreath at the memorial on behalf of the Army Cadet Force of which he is a member. He was wearing five medals, including the Military Medal, won by his grandfather.
Extra seating had to be provided in Church, The Rev. G.W. Simpson, rector of Loftus, conducted the service and the Rev. F.W. Ross former superintendant of the Loftus and Staithes Methodist Circuit, was the preacher. Others taking part were Rev. F.W Hutchinson, superintendant Minister of Loftus and Staithes Methodist Circuit and the Rev. Maurice Clegg, Congregational Minister.
Remembrance Sunday
The cenotaph again, note the crowds of people above and below the cenotaph.
Rememberance Sunday
Kindly contributed by Irene Fowle and Margaret Roberts (nee Wood)
British Legion Hut
Kindly contributed by Irene Fowle and Margaret Roberts (nee Wood)
Loftus British Legion
Remembrance Day service in Loftus 1920's - 30's
Kindly contributed by Irene Fowle and Margaret Roberts (nee Wood)
The Cenotaph
Remembrance Sunday
Kindly contributed by Irene Fowle and Margaret Roberts (nee Wood)