Allerton Bywater War Memorial
Junction of Station Road and Main Street
The monument was Erected in 1920 in memory of the men who fell in the 1914-18 war.
It is a Hexagonal column of Portland Stone is 22 feet high crowned with a Maltese Cross, and is set upon a plinth
Bronze angels mounted on faces either side of the main inscription, one holding a sword and the other a wreath.
The other sides have name panels of local men who died in WW1.
Allerton Bywater collieries panel is separate and laid at an angle at the base
Dedicated to men who worked at the colliery but lived outside the village
It cost £1000 to build and the money was raised by public subscription
PEACE CELEBRATION and WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
1918 – 1920
S. Dunwell, P. Blight, Jas. Robinson, J.B. Hudson, W. Ward, F.Linley, Hbt. Rhodes, J.W. Simpson, E. Williams, E. Brooks,
Hy. Crossland, Jr., Joe Cowell, F. Phillips, T. Webster, Geo. Phillips, J. Elsworth, M.P. Haigh, Hy. Hague, T. Wainwright, J.T. Willis, F. Fenton,
T. Wood, A. Jackson, G. Willis, Hy. Crossland, Senr., The Vicar, The Lord Bishop of Knaresborough, Walter Robinson, I. F. Roslyn, R.B.S., W. Dooley, P.R. Naylor, W. Smith, E. Andrews,
Jas. Bowers, Wm. Robinson, A. Muscroft. G. Linley, Hy. Jackson, R. Farrell.
They also presented a small medal
These Gold Medallions were probably, only given out to
Military Medal Winners from Allerton Bywater
They were approx.. 25mm. ( 1 inch ) in diameter and made of 9 CARAT GOLD
FOLLOWING W.W.2.
A FURTHER PLAQUE WAS ADDED in memory of the men who fell in the 1939 – 1945 CONFLICT
Later work was carried out around the plinth adding a small elevated flower bed, surrounded by a low stone wall.
Well researched Keith.