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Exley Head

Exley Heath Methodist Church war memorial stands out side the Church at the junction of Wheathead Lane and Oakworth Road. It is a plain Latin cross on a four stepped plinth. The entire memorial sits atop a raised section above the pavement.

The Church approached War Memorials Trust for support to erect railings around the raised paved area. The reason for this was that the raised section was being used by skateboards and others as a ramp and damage was being caused to the memorial.

War Memorials Trust gave a grant of £210 towards the work which saw the erection of fencing 250mm high to provide protection for the war memorial cross.

The memorial records 5 servicemen who died in the First and Second World Wars. The memorial inscription is In Honoured Memory 1914-18 & 1939-45 and records the 2 men who died in World War 1 as Lt J. Raymond Clapham killed in action near Messines, 21 June 1917, age 19 and Priv Harold Whitfield Duke of Wellington WRR died of wounds received in action in Flanders 17 Match 1918, age 22. The three fallen from World War II are Priv J. Fairfax Dean, Cpl Pearson Crossley and P/O Pilot Douglas D Smithh F.A.A. who fell in Torbruk, Japan and Northern Ireland respectively. An inscription reads “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM2051
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 28812

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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