LISTED: Every single name on long-lost Leeds WW1 memorial

But a memorial commemorating the lives of a group of Leeds soldiers who died in the First World War was lost for almost half a century after the church where it was based was demolished.

Now, after 10 years of campaigning by the Western Front Association, the St Columba’s Roll of Honour memorial recognising the sacrifices of soldiers from Kirkstall has been restored to public view at Leeds Town Hall.

Chris Page, branch secretary of the Western Front Association, which campaigned for its display, said: “It was 92 lost names who fought on behalf of people and that shouldn’t be forgotten.

“It’s not really about us - it’s about them and their sacrifice which was really important.

“We’re very pleased to have it in the town hall.”

A re-dedication and wreath-laying ceremony was held yesterday at Leeds Town Hall, where the names of the 92 will now be on permanent display.

The memorial was lost when St Columba’s Church and surrounding homes were demolished, for what would later become the base of the Cardigan Fields complex in Kirkstall.

It was eventually passed on to St Matthias Church in Burley before being given to the association’s West Riding branch.

The group has also so far traced the lives of 59 of the men, where they died and were buried.

Of the 59 fallen men researched, the group found 35 are now buried in war grave cemeteries abroad, and the remaining 24 are commemorated on memorials scattered from Chatham to Turkey.

ROLL OF HONOUR

*Below are the names of the 92 fallen Leeds soldiers. Some names include information, the date of their death and the place of their burial which was compiled by the Western Front Association's West Riding branch.

James E Allenby

John Anderson

Fred Atkinson

Charles Ashcroft (325828) 9 th Bn. Royal Scots. Address: 43 Bankfield Terrace, Burley. DoD: 25/03/18. Age: 25. Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial.

George Backhouse (235050). Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. Address: 11 Plaid Row. DoD; 15/04/17. Age 40. Buried; H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St-Mein.

Fred Barker

Fred Barrett

Richard Bell

James P Bolton (15531) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Address: Cardigan Crescent, Kirkstall Road. DoD: 09/08/15. Age: 34. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey.

William Brown

John R Brown

Wilfred Burrow (15531) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). 16 Pearson Terrace, Leeds (Son of late John & Charlotte Burrow). DoD: 01/07/16. Age: 26. Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France.

Fred Burrows

Harry Coupland (G/10396) (CP) 3 Btn Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment. Address: 15 Cardigan Avenue, (Cloth Miller, Woollen Mill). DoD: 28/09/15. Age: 25. Commemorated: Loos Memorial.

John J Dagless (266422) 1/7 th West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Leeds Rifles. 25 Cardigan Grove, Kirkstall Road, Leeds) DoD; 09/10/17. Age: 25. Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Harry Dale

Ernest Dangerfield (25890) 7 th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment. Address: 16 Ravensburgh St., Kirkstall Road. DoD; 19/04/17. Age 22. Buried: Feuchy British Cemetery.

Charles Davidson

Herbert H Dobson (154388) Royal Garrison Artillery. Address: Burley Lodge Road. DoD; 02/09/17. Age: 31 Buried: Talana Farm Cemetery.

Harry Doughty (CP) (305616) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Leeds Rifles. Address: 20 Cardigan Mount. DoD: 01/07/16. Age: 21 Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France.

Alfred Evers (306699) West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own). Leeds Rifles. Address: 9 Cardigan Terrace, Kirkstall Road, Leeds. DoD: 30/03/18 Age 34. Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

Harry Feather (32256) Sadler, Royal Field Artillery. 6 Cardigan Terrace, Kirkstall Road. DoD; 14/04/18. Age 21. Buried: Morbecque British Cemetery.

William Flaxington (4406) 4 th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Address: 71 Cardigan Terrace, (Son of Wilcox and Charlotte Flaxington, Leeds). DoD: 27/03/15. Age 34. Buried: Bailleul Communal Cemetery.