Kirk+Ireton

The memorial at Kirk Ireton is located in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church

It consists of a plain stone cross mounted on a base, there are inscriptions in black letters on the front face of the base only:. 
 * “IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KIRK IRETON **
 *  WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918” **

R.G.A
 * ABELL, HENRY **

6TH SHERWOOD F.
 * ALLSOP, JOHN WILLAM **

R.A.S.C.
 * BATES, JOHN **

6TH SHERWOOD F.
 * FORD, LEONARD **

2ND K.O.Y.L.I.
 * DYER, WILLIAM GEORGE **

1ST WEST YORKS
 * CAULDWELL, ROBERT **

4TH S. STAFFS.
 * HODGKINSON, ARTHUR **

R.A.S.C.
 * DRANFIELD, FRANCIS **

6TH SHERWOOD F.
 * WARD, HARRY **

6TH SHERWOOD F.
 * GREATOREX, WILLIAM **

R.F.A.
 * HITCHCOCK, WILFRED **

Sources used: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">CWGC: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website (www.cwgc.org.uk) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">SD: Soldiers and Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 CD ROM, Naval and Military Press <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">CHH10BNSF: A History of the 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters 1914-1918 by C Housley <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1911 Census information from Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The First World War Campaign Medals DVD ROM, Naval and Military Press