Leeds Corn Exchange
Found inside the Corn Exchange the memorial remembers 21 men who gave their lives in World War One.
Not all remembered are from the City of Leeds but they worked at the Corn Exchange.
The memorial was Unveiled by Colonel R E Sugden on Tuesday the 8th December 1925.
BARNETT Gerald
Second Lieutenant 13th Bn Royal Scots KIA 03/11/1915 Aged 29. Son of Maurice and Marie Barnett CWGC 61 Hamilton Terrace St. John's Wood London.
Laid to Rest Vermelles British Cemetery France
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COOKE Charles Earsham
Lieutenant 1/9th Bn Manchester Regiment Died of Wounds 24/05/1917 Aged 20. Military Cross. Born Nottingham 1896. Son of Fred W. and Emmie L CWGC Monkhill House Pontefract. Landed France 26/09/1914.
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 21/02/1916
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​Laid to Rest St Sever Cemetery Rouen France
ENGLISH Robert Cecil
Corporal 143807 Machine Gun Corps 13/06/1919. 1911 Living in Pocklington Occupation Clerk Corn Merchant. Laid to Rest Pocklington Burial Ground. CHECK ON T ENGLISH BROTHER
FENBY Thomas Paul
Private 15/1298 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment 16/05/1916 Aged 25. Born Nafferton 1891. Son of Paul and Sarah Alice Shipley Married Nafferton 1880. Laid to Rest Essex Farm Cemetery Belgium. Brother William 30986
GILYEAD George
HARRISON Thomas Walter
HAWORTH Harold Stanley
HOWARTH Norman
KIRBY Richard Elston
LAW FRANK TAYLOR Died of Wounds
LEETHAM REGINALD
MORTIMER JAMES
RISHWORTH JAMES Lieutenant 4th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment KIA 03/05/1915 Aged Remembered on Ypres Menin Gate Belgium.
RYAN FREDERICK Sergeant 15/779 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment Died of Wounds 16/06/1917 Aged Born Holbeck Son of Landed Egypt 22/12/1915.
SAXELBYE FRANK NORMAN Lieutenant 4th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment
SHAW GEORGE HERBERT
SYKES FRANK WILLIAM Tadcaster
THEILMANN CARL ERIK
THOMSPSON EDWARD MEDFORTH
THOMSON JAMES ALBERT RAYMOND Lieutenant Colonel 5th Bn Yorkshire Regiment 27/05/1918 Aged 42 Award D.S.O. Born Huddersfield Son of James and Eliza husband of Ethel Norah Mayson of The Uplands Malton, Yorks. Vendresse British Cemetery Aisne France
WRIGHT HAROLD IVAN