WW1 PROJECT
Introduction
The original idea for a World War One project was discussed by the Luddenden Conservation Society in 2014. The project has been focused on commemorating each of the 45 men from WW1 named on the Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial, which was unveiled on Sunday 23 April 1923.
This publication documents the Luddenden & Midgley WW1 Commemoration Project through to the final event on Sunday 30 April 2023.
The community history project forms the Society’s commemoration of the centenary of the First World War in Luddenden & Midgley.
The WW1 Commemoration Project has commemorated each man on the 100th anniversary of his death and has finished on 30 April 2023 with the publication of a book telling the story.
Gravestones in the Cemetery File:Annex-A.pdf
Unveiling Programme File:Annex-B.pdf
Unveiling Souvenir File:Annex-C.pdf
Rolls of Honour File:Annex-D.pdf
Luddenden & Midgley Roll of Honour page
Roll of Honour
In addition, you can explore of the Villages' Rolls of Honour here
The soldiers commemorated on the village cenotaph in surname order:
Rifleman Edwin Ackroyd aged 20
Private Matthew Ackroyd aged 21
Private William Noel Ackerley aged 18
Pioneer William Ackerley aged 48
Private Sam Binns aged 33
Lance Bombardier John Bolton aged 33
Lt Richard Bracken Farrer aged 37
Private Leonard Brooksbank aged 27
Gunner George Broadbent aged 24
Private James C Morris Breeze aged 30
Private Clifford Campbell aged 18
Private Karl Chapman aged 20
Gunner John Joseph Corboy aged 27
Private Gladstone Crowther aged 32
Private Charlie Dewhirst aged 22
Lt Richard Bracken Farrer aged 37
Private Thomas Greenwood aged 31
Private Harold Greenwood aged 24
Chaplain Wilfred John Harding aged 31
Private Richard Henry Hallas aged 35
Private Frank Hewitt aged 24
Private Alfred Holmes aged 30
Gunner John Ogden Horsfield aged 27
Private David Victor Jackson aged 23
Private Michael Kennedy aged 36
Private John Patrick Kelly aged 25
Private Willie Mitchell aged 29
Private John Murgatroyd aged 29
Private Herbert Murgatroyd aged 25
Private Harry Oates aged 19
Private Percy Odell aged 20
Private Jesse Ogden aged 22
Private Albert Ogden aged 24 In 1911
Private Harry Patrick aged 39
Sergeant Issac Rayner aged 30
Private Michael Roach aged 25
Private John Edward Roach aged 22
Private Angus Robinson aged 18
Private Tom Summerscales aged 25
Private Thomas Henry Sutcliffe aged 36
Private Cyril Wormald Thomas aged 18
Private Willie Uttley aged 33
Gunner Arthur Wilcock aged 25
Bombardier William Henry Wormald aged 21
Private Rufus Yates aged 20