A NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY

A new publication, of over 200 pages, detailing the backgrounds of the 26 former Rishworth School pupils killed in World War 1. Also included are notable stories of others that served, Gallantry Medal recipients and the history of their longest serving Headmaster, Richard Henry Elliott, known to them all, who also lost his son to the conflict.

Names of those that lost their lives and appear on the School War Memorial; Gerrard Bennett, Thomas Bottomley, James Caldwell, John Taylor Carter, Thomas Dalzell, Geoffrey Elliott, William Henry Gibson, Edward Haley, James Thornton Halstead, Harold Hanson, Herbert Hodgson, Edmund Holt, Arthur Kippax, Harold George Lewis, James Lister, Sam Lumb, Norrie Warden Marshall, Arthur Milligan, Richard Henry Plater, Eric Bottomley Rayner, William Stocks, Charles William Swaine, Berwin Taylor, Joseph Walton, Benjamin Whiteley and Sidney Wilson. Fred Wood (not currently on the School War Memorial).

Any enquiries contact lucyreardon@hotmail.com.

Available at £30 plus post and packaging.