Giant poppies have become a highly visual tribute to Huddersfield people who lost their lives in wars and conflicts.

More than 160 giant poppies are now attached to lamp-posts in Linthwaite and Cowlersley – many on the main Manchester Road – and each one is a memorial to someone from the two Colne Valley areas who never returned home.

They have been done by dedicated community group Pride In Linthwaite which has also formed a memorial garden where they will be holding a service on Sunday, November 10.

Pride in Linthwaite vice-chair Liz Quinn said: “Most villages have a war memorial, but Linthwaite doesn’t so we decided to form a memorial garden at the bottom of Causeway Side.

“We will be holding a memorial service there for 11am on Sunday, November 10 and Linthwaite Band will be playing. It’s for people of all faiths or none.

“We held our first memorial service there last year and all the wreaths have remained in the garden over the last 12 months. No-one has touched them which is a sign of great respect for the fallen of Linthwaite and Cowlersley.”

 

 

Among those remembered will be 21-year-old Daniel Wilford from Cowlerlsey, who died along with two other Huddersfield soldiers when their armoured fighting vehicle was blown up by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan on March 6, 2012, the biggest single UK loss of life in the conflict.

It claimed the lives of the six soldiers in the vehicle, including Cpl Jake Hartley, 20, of New Mill, and Pte Anton Frampton, 20, of Longwood. All three were serving with the Yorkshire Regiment.

Liz said the names of the fallen had been researched from the rolls of honour at two Linthwaite churches – Linthwaite Methodist and Christ Church – along with the War Graves Commission.

Liz added: “If anyone who goes through the list of names realises someone is missing then by all means let us know and we can certainly add them.”

The names will also be put on noticeboards in Linthwaite and Cowlersley along with knitted poppies provided by Ann Broxham, parish deacon at Christ Church.

Linthwaite Band will be playing and marching down to the memorial garden from Linthwaite Methodist Church shortly after 10.30am on Sunday.

Pride In Linthwaite has now been running for seven years and has a 12-strong committee along with 200 volunteers.

 

 

Here are the names of all those remembered on the lamp-posts in alphabetical order, researched by Pride In Linthwaite.

Some have no known grave while others are buried locally. One, Jim Beaumont, died on May 4, 1945, just four days before the Second World War officially ended.

Most were young men in their 20s, although one of the fallen, Thomas Quarmby, was just 16.

Edgar AINLEY. Died 12.05.1944, aged 36. Buried Cassino war cemetery.

Thomas Edward ARMITAGE. Died 27.02.18. Buried Linthwaite Wesleyan Methodist churchyard.

Carlton AUSTIN. Died 17.09.1945, aged 22. Buried Sai Wan war cemetery.

Fred BACON. Died 23.11.1941, aged 23. Buried Knightsbridge war cemetery, Acroma.

Clarence BARDSLEY. Died 17.12.1940, aged 21. No known grave – commemorated Portsmouth Naval memorial.

Leonard BARKER. Died 30.11.17. Buried Orival Wood cemetery.

George Whitwell BARKER. Died 28.08.17, aged 31. No known grave – commemorated Tyne Cot memorial.

Leonard Issac BATES. Died 28.10.1944, aged 20. Buried Bergen-op-Zoom cemetery.

Ernest BAXTER. Died 13.05.17, aged 29. Buried St. Vaast post military cemetery, Richebourg Lavou.

Fred BAXTER. Died 22.12.17, aged 32. Buried Etaples military cemetery.

Fred BAXTER, MM (1917). Died 11.10.1918, aged 37. Buried Wellington cemetery.

Hartley BAXTER. Died 17.04.18, aged 29. Buried Varennes military cemetery.

Joe BAXTER.

Percy BAXTER.

Jim BEAUMONT. Died 04.05.1945, aged 35. Buried Linthwaite Christ Church cemetery.

John Edward BEDFORD.

George Arnold BINKS. Died 07.12.1940, aged 23. Buried Linthwaite Christ Church cemetery.

Percy William BLACKBURN. Died 07.09.17, aged 24. Buried in Blanet farm cemetery.

Harold BOWER. Died 07.06.17, aged 33. No known grave – commemorated Menin Gate memorial.

Norman Taylor BRAMMALL. Died 20.06.1942, aged 24. No known grave – commemorated Alamein memorial.

Harold Stephenson BROOK. Died 21.11.1944, aged 38. Buried Linthwaite Christ Church cemetery.

Fred BUCKLEY. Died 12.10.18, aged 34. Buried Selridge British cemetery.

Wilfred (Willie) BRIERLEY. Died 13.04.18, aged 34. No known grave – commemorated Tyne Cot memorial.

Willie BRYCE.

Arnold CAMPNETT. Died 04.10.17, aged 32. Buried Buffs Road cemetery, Belgium.

Philip CASHMORE. Died 21.12.1942, aged 22. No known grave – commemorated Runnymede memorial.

Norman R. CHIPPINDALE. Died 25.10.16. Buried Fonquevillers military cemetery.

Tom CLARK. Died 10.01.15. No known grave – commemorated Le Touret memorial.

Louis CLAY. Died 23.02.17, aged 31. Buried Varennes military cemetery.

Frank CLEGG. Died 03.09.16, aged 19. No known grave – commemorated Thiepval memorial.

Albert COCKCROFT. Died 18.04.18, aged 20. No known grave – commemorated Tyne Cot memorial.

Richard COFFEY. Died 13.09.16, aged 28. Buried Couin British cemetery.

Frank L COOK. Died 12.11.1918, aged 20. Buried St. Sever cemetery extension, Rouen.

Willie COTTON. Died 31.01.1942. Buried Becklingen war cemetery.

Norris CROSSLEY.

Arthur DAWSON. Died 07.06.17, aged 33. No known grave – commemorated Menin Gate memorial.

Joe DAWSON. Reported missing, presumed killed 21.03.1918, aged 39. No known grave – commemorated Arras memorial.

John DODSON. Died 10.08.1943, aged 21. Buried Boulogne eastern cemetery.

Archie DOUGLAS. Died 21.08.18, aged 22. Buried Douchy-Les-Ayette.

(Isaac) Walter DRINKWATER. Died 24.09.16, aged 19. Buried Abbeville communal cemetery extension.

Frank DYSON. Died 26.03.18, aged 22. No known grave – commemorated Pozieres memorial.

Fred DYSON.

George Henry DYSON. Died 1918, aged 28. Buried Rue-David military cemetery.

Joe DYSON.

Fred EASTWOOD. Died 08.06.15, aged 19. Buried Etaples Military cemetery.

Richard EASTWOOD. Died 21.09.15, aged 22. Buried Merville communal cemetery.

Stanley EASTWOOD. Died 16.08.1943. Buried Le Mans west cemetery.

David Ferdinand EVANS. Died 11.04.17, aged 22. No known grave – commemorated Arras memorial.

Edmund FARRAND. Died 17.08.1944, aged 29. Buried Hermanville war cemetery.

Hilton FRANCE. Died 28.06.1944, aged 19. Buried Hottot-les-Bagues war cemetery.

Addin GARSIDE. Died 18.10.16, aged 25. No known grave – commemorated Thiepval memorial.

Fred GARSIDE. Died 22.10.18. Buried Honnechy British cemetery.

Charles Henry GAUNT. Died 25.06.17. Buried Cologne southern cemetery.

Fred Bamforth GIBSON. Died 21.02.17, aged 24. Buried La Fermont military cemetery.

James William GLEADALL. Died 03.03.1941, aged 23. Buried Linthwaite Christ Church cemetery.

Fancis (Frank) Ainley GLEDHILL.

Wilfred GREENWOOD. Died 08.11.18, aged 18. Buried Etretat churchyard extension.

Francis (Frank) Ainley GLEDHILL. Died 20.09.18, aged 35. Buried Terlincthun British cemetery.

Joe GRANGE. Reported missing 27.12.16, aged 21. No known grave – commemorated Thiepval memorial.

John H. GOLDTHORPE. Died 20.12.1943, aged 24. Buried Sangro River war cemetery.

Edward GOULDSTONE. Died 18.11.18, aged 18. Buried St. Alban churchyard, Forest Town.

Sam (Tom) HARRISON. Reported missing  03.09.16. No known grave – commemorated Thiepval memorial.

Harry HELLAWELL. Died 11.02.17, aged 23. No known grave – commemorated Thiepval memorial.

Humphrey HIRST. Died 07.08.18, aged 28. Buried St Sever cemetery extension.

Norman HIRST. Died 04.12.16, aged 22. Buried Slaithwaite cemetery.

Harry HILL. Died 30.08.18, aged 29. Buried Staglieno cemetery, Genoa.

Edward HOBSON. Died 03.05.17, aged 29. Buried Point-du-Jour military cemetery.

Arthur HOLMES. Reported missing 20.03.18, aged 24. No known grave commemorated Arras memorial.

Harry HOLROYD. Died 03.05.17. No known grave – commemorated Arras memorial.

George Willie HOLROYD. Died 21.03.2918. No known grave – commemorated Arras memorial.

Norris HOLROYD. Died 10.07.16, aged 21. Buried Basra war cemetery.

George Ewart HOYLE. Reported missing 21.07.18, aged 27. No known grave – commemorated Soissins memorial.

Fred HOYLE. Died 10.04.17, aged 36. Buried Rue-du-Bacquerot No. 1 military cemetery, Laventie.

Edgar IREDALE. Died 12.10.16, aged 23. Buried Couralles-au-Bois communal cemetery extension.

Robert IVES.

William T. JACKSON. Died 16.03.17, aged 20. Buried Queens’s cemetery, Bucquoy.

Roy JARMAN. Died 25.02.1944, aged 21. Buried Linthwaite Methodist cemetery.

Lawrence JEBSON. Died 21.03.1918, aged 23. Buried Roye New Cemetery.

Matthew Henry JUBB. Died 12.04.18. Buried Rue-David military cemetery, Fleurbaix.

Charles KENT. Died 17.09.16. No known grave – commemorated Thiepval memorial.

Fred KNIGHT. Died 31.08.1943, aged 18. Buried Linthwaite Christ Church cemetery.

Jepson LAWRENCE.

Fred LOCKWOOD. Died 23.07.16. Buried Warloy-Baillon communal cemetery extension.

William Keith LOCKWOOD. Died 27.03.1943, aged 20. Commemorated Lee-on-Solent memorial.

Ernest MALLINSON, MM (1917). Died 03.10.18, aged 22. Buried Chapel Corner cemetery, Sauchy-Lestree.

George Herbert MATE. Died 01.08.1942, aged 29. Commemorated Portmouth naval memorial.

Herbert MELLOR. Died 25.04.18, aged 35. Buried Poperinghe new military cemetery.

Lewis MELLOR. Died 23.08.17. Buried Wimereux communal cemetery.

Benjamin MILLER. Died 23.04.1917, aged 36. No known grave – commemorated at Arras memorial.

Alfred MOSLEY. Died 08.12.17, aged 26. Buried Etaples military cemetery.

John OLDHAM. Died 13.10.15, aged 22. No known grave – commemorated Loos memorial.

Philip PARKIN. Died 23.05.1943, aged 21. Buried Texel (Den Burg) cemetery.

Robert Francis PEARSON. Died 28.06.17, aged 34. Buried Philosophe British cemetery.

Tom PEARSON. 03.11.1941, aged 21. Buried Ikoyi No. 2 cemetery.

Alfred David PERRY. Died 11.10.18, aged 21. Buried Wellington cemetery.

Stafford POGSON. Died 02.07.17, aged 33. Buried Lijssenthoek military cemetery.

Tom POOLE. Reported missing 16.08.17, aged 23. No known grave – commemorated Tyne Cot memorial.

Douglas Beaumont PRIESTLEY. Died 17.04.1940, aged 21. Buried Almondbury cemetery.

Thomas (Tom) QUARMBY. Died 31.05.16, aged 16. No known grave – commemorated Portsmouth Naval memorial.

Albert ROBERTS. Died 31.05.18, aged 28. Buried Etaples military cemetery.

Jack ROBERTSHAW. Died 09.10. 17. No known grave – commemorated Tyne Cot memorial.

Albert Arthur ROBINSON, died 28.09.15, aged 24. No known grave – commemorated Loos memorial.

J. F. ROBINSON. Died 20.09.1941. Buried Linthwaite Christ Church cemetery.

Thomas Wade ROBINSON. Died 21.03.15, aged 28. No known grave – commemorated Arras memorial.

Sam Benson ROBINSON. Died 29.03.18, aged 23. No known grave – commemorated Arras memorial.

Herbert ROLLIN. Died 20.11.18, aged 32. Buried Aldershot military cemetery.

Frank SCHOFIELD. Died 14.10.17. Buried Christ Church, Linthwaite.

James SCHOFIELD. Died 10.11.15. Buried Pieta military cemetery, Malta.

J. G SHARP.

Albert Ernest John SHAW. Died 03.11.1940, aged 21. Commemorated Plymouth Naval memorial.

Arthur SHAW. Died 12.04.16, aged 34. Buried St. James, Slaithwaite.

Eli SHAW.

Fred SHAW. Died 09.12.17, aged 19. Buried Etaples military cemetery.

Clarence SINGLETON. Reported missing 03.05.17, aged 19. No known grave – commemorated Arras memorial.

Abraham SMITH. Died 08.02.17, aged 19. Buried Linthwaite Wesleyan Methodist burial ground.

Dan SMITH. Died 09.04.17, aged 27. Buried Jigris Lane cemetery, Wancourt.

David SMITH. Died 19.07.18, aged 21. No known grave – commemorated Ploegsteert memorial.

Ronald SMITH.

Tom SMITH. Died 20.09.17. No known grave – commemorated Tyne Cot memorial.

Willie STANSFIELD. Died 07.06.17, aged 32. No known grave – commemorated Tyne Cot memorial.

Kenneth STEPHENSON. Died 30.08.1944, aged 31. Buried Helsinborg (Palsjo) municipal cemetery.

Arthur SUNDERLAND. Died 10.09.18, aged 20. No known grave – commemorated Vis-en-Artois memorial.

Herbert (Harry) SURTEES. Died 03.07.16, aged 30. No known grave – commemorated Thiepval memorial.

George SYKES. Died 13.10.18, aged 24. Buried St. Aubert military cemetery.

Herbert SYKES. Died 14.07.16, aged 19. No known grave – commemorated Thiepval memorial.

Harold SYKES. Died 25.04.18. No known grave – commemorated Tyne Cot memorial.

Norman SYKES. Died 17.10.15, aged 28. Buried Ferme-Oliver cemetery, Elverdinghe.

Norris H. (SYKES) CROSSLEY. Died 03.05.1917, aged 24. Commemorated Arras memorial.

Willie SYKES. Died 26.10.16, aged 33. No known grave – Commemorated Tyne Cot memorial.

Willie SYKES. Reported missing 27.07.18, aged 21. No known grave – commemorated Soissons memorial.

Harry Shaw TATTERSALL. Died 14.05.16, aged 20. Buried Christ Church, Linthwaite.

John Leonard TAYLOR. Died 26.01.1941, aged 34. Buried Linthwaite Methodist cemetery.

John William TAYLOR. Died 18.03.17, aged 33. Buried Rue-du-Bacquerot No. 1 military cemetery.

John William THOMPSON. Died 24.04.16, aged 27. Buried Hadra war memorial cemetery.

Fred TOWNSEND. Died 24.08.18, aged 19. No known grave.

Francis Edgar TOMLINSON. Died 16.05.15, aged 21. Buried Rue-David military cemetery, Fleurbaix.

Raymond TRAVIS. Died 15.05.1944, aged 28. Buried Cassino war cemetery.

Thomas Russell WADE. Died 14.04.17, aged 23. Buried Cambrin military cemetery.

Thomas Vincent WALKER. Died 16.04.18, aged 23. Buried Le Vertannoy British cemetery, Hinges.

George W. Q. WALKER. Died 07.07.1916, aged 20. Buried Authuile cemetery.

Percy WHITEHEAD. Died 18.04.1915, aged 27. No known grave – commemorated Menin Gate memorial.

Arthur WHITELEY. Died 26.08.18, aged 28. No known grave – commemorated Vis-en-Artois memorial.

Herbert WHITELEY. Died 16.09.16, aged 24. No known grave – commemorated Theipval memorial.

Herbert WHITWAM. Died 13.06.15, aged 19. Buried Bailleul communal cemetery extension.

Joel WHITWHAM. Died 19.10.1944, aged 23. Buried Mierlo war cemetery.

Fred WILDE. Died 18.01.1944. Buried Biguglia war cemetery.

Thomas (Tom) WILDE. Died 02.10.17, aged 25. Buried Mont Huon military cemetery.

Daniel WILFORD. Died 06.03.2012, aged 21. Funeral Huddersfield Parish Church.

Thomas WILKINSON. Died 24.10.17, aged 30. Buried St. Julien dressing station cemetery, Belgium.

Harry WOOD. Died 23.11.17, aged 26. Buried Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British cemetery.

John Henry WOOD, MM. Died 20.03.18, aged 24. No known grave – commemorated Tyne Cot memorial.

Ronald WYLDE.

 

Written by ANDY HIRST who runs his own Yorkshire freelance journalism agency AH! PR (https://ah-pr.com/) specialising in press releases, blogging, website content, copywriting and ghost-writing autobiographies.