This is an invitation to the descendants, relatives or family friends of the 29 men connected to this parish lost their lives in WW1.  . You would be most welcome to attend our remembrance of their ‘ultimate sacrifice’.

This occasion will be marked with a Service at Holy Trinity C of E Church, Halifax Road, Thurgoland at 10 am followed by a procession down to the War Memorial at Thurgoland’s Crossroads just before 11 am where the 2 minutes’ Silence and the laying of wreaths and individual memorial crosses takes place.

Please see the attached article on the Thurgoland War Memorial by Mrs E Jones

Below are the names of those commemorated on The War Memorial Thurgoland and plaques inside Holy Trinity Church Thurgoland if you have a problem accessing the earlier attachment .  Please click on the purple heading to access the full list.

1914 - 1918   
Private Joseph Bower (Welsh Regiment), Private George Brook (York and Lancaster), Private Albert Butterworth (West Yorkshire), Private Colin Clarke (York and Lancaster), Private Harry Cole (North Lancashire Fusiliers), Lieutenant George Frederick Cooke (Middlesex), Private Fred Cox (York and Lancaster), Private Stanley Downing (Cameron Highlanders), 2nd Lieutenant Ernest Christopher Elmhirst (Duke of Wellingtons), Captain W Elmhirst (East Yorkshire), Sergeant Leonard Gale (Royal Field Artillery), Private P Giles (Smith) (M.G.C.), Private Lewis Goldthorpe MM (Worcestershire), Private John B Green (Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), Private William Hibbert (Coldstream Guards), Lance Corporal George Hough (York and Lancaster), Private Albert Ernest Hoyle (York and Lancaster), Private Sam Illingworth (Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), Private Bernard Matthewman (Royal Engineers), Brigadier General Vincent Alexander Ormsby (Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles), Private Harold Parkin (Army Service Corps), Lieutenant Hubert Kirby Peace (York and Lancaster), Private Sydney Raynor (Army Service Corps), Private Harold Redfern (Duke of Wellington's), Gunner Sydney Senior (Royal Field Artillery), Private Andaby Shepherd (Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), Private Percy  Giles Smith (Machine Gun Corps Infantry), Private William E Smith (East Yorkshire), Private James Stead (Leicestershire), Private George Williams (West Yorkshire)

1939-1945
Ordinary Seaman Thomas Beet (Royal Navy), Lieutenant Commander Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde VC, DSO  (Royal Navy), Private Stanley Illingsworth, Gunner Douglas Matthewman (Royal Artillery), Gunner John Robert Stagg (Royal Artillery), Lance Corporal Arnold Thawley (Coldstream Guards), Private George Warttig (Royal Berkshire)

2008
Marine David John Marsh (Royal Marines)

SYPTE has confirmed that Yorkshire Tiger have surrendered their contract, that SYPTE had accordingly re-tendered the routes they currently provide, and that Stagecoach will be taking them over with effect from 2nd September 2018. 

This will apply to most of Thurgoland parish bus routes, namely 23 / 23a / 24 / 24a. 

TM Travel will continue to provide their existing Mon - Sat evening and Sunday services for these routes as well as continuing to provide services on route 29.

One change will be that the present additional concession offered by Yorkshire Tiger to bus pass holders of a £1 fare before 9:30am will not be offered by Stagecoach. 

However, Stagecoach offers a different concession not currently offered by Yorkshire Tiger. Bus pass holders travelling to hospital appointments before 09:30am travel free with Stagecoach on production of a hospital appointment letter with the bus pass. 

We are not aware of any other changes at the present time aside from the change of operator.