I also had a drive out this afternoon and here is the inscription. Quarndon War memorial. The original inscriptions on this memorial (now partly illegible) read as follows. In memory of nine brave menof this parish who, obeying the summons to fight for their countryin the Great War, 1914-1919, answered a higher call and returned not again. William Arthur BOISSIER Harry BULL Eric DUNSTON Joseph HEATHCOTE Harry MOORCROFT William Fredk PEARCE Horace REVITT Ernest George RIDE George WINSON And f three who returned to die: Erskine CROSSLEY wounded in France July 1916 died April 3 1920 William FOWKE gassed in France May 19 1918 d. August 28 1919 Alfred SCOTT d. March 11 1920. The Roll of Honour in the North Aisle of the Church also includes the names of three more men who lost their lives in the 1914-1918 war. Frederick DORELL Tom HARKNESS Reginald Smith HOOD 1939 - 1945 Walter Edward STONE Charles BURTON Eric BROADHEAD John IRWIN Francis Sale KNIGHTON Walter JAFFREY Ewart HOLMES David BROWN Janet, Long Eaton
That' three of us who have been to the memorial this afternoon :0) Pity we couldn't all meet up and put faces to names, Regards Paul Slater Derby UK -----Original Message----- From: derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of janet sorfleet Sent: 11 February 2013 16:32 To: derbysgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [DBY] Quarndon War Memorial I also had a drive out this afternoon and here is the inscription. Quarndon War memorial. The original inscriptions on this memorial (now partly illegible) read as follows. In memory of nine brave menof this parish who, obeying the summons to fight for their countryin the Great War, 1914-1919, answered a higher call and returned not again. William Arthur BOISSIER Harry BULL Eric DUNSTON Joseph HEATHCOTE Harry MOORCROFT William Fredk PEARCE Horace REVITT Ernest George RIDE George WINSON And f three who returned to die: Erskine CROSSLEY wounded in France July 1916 died April 3 1920 William FOWKE gassed in France May 19 1918 d. August 28 1919 Alfred SCOTT d. March 11 1920. The Roll of Honour in the North Aisle of the Church also includes the names of three more men who lost their lives in the 1914-1918 war. Frederick DORELL Tom HARKNESS Reginald Smith HOOD 1939 - 1945 Walter Edward STONE Charles BURTON Eric BROADHEAD John IRWIN Francis Sale KNIGHTON Walter JAFFREY Ewart HOLMES David BROWN Janet, Long Eaton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2897 / Virus Database: 2639/6097 - Release Date: 02/11/13