Cromwell war memorial c1986.
Cromwell war memorial in 2009.
The Cromwell Memorials include a cenotaph (unveiled 25 April 1923) and a memorial hall. In April 2016 the Cromwell State School Roll of Honour was moved from its previous Erris St location to join these memorials.
Thanks to Gerald Cunningham for providing this extra information on the soldiers listed on this memorial:
World War One
Captain William David Jolly MiD 8/2498 KIA, The Somme, France, 14/7/1916
Cpl Mostyn Aldborough Fleming 36829 KIA, Passchendaele 12/10/1917
L/Corporal Vincent James McNulty 26/1659 KIA, Ypres, Belgium, 9/8/1917
Pte Charles William Arthur 8/2836 DoW, Armentieres, France, 15/7/1916
Pte Francis Walter Barnes 9/6 DoW aboard the hospital ship Gloucester Castle while being evacuated wounded from Gallipoli.
Driver William Henry Burrows 9/500 DoW, Nord, France, 23/10/1918
Cpl Rhyl Vaughan Fleming 9/1832 KIA The Somme, 15/11/1916
Pte John William Mitchell 8/3952 DoW, Poperinge, Belgium, 1/7/1916
Pte John Ree 8/4003 DoW, The Somme, France, 16/9/1916
Pte Arthur Harry Tidey 42597 KIA, Ypres, Belgium, 3/12/1917
J Tait *
Pte Arnold Spain Waldron 32599 KIA Polygon Wood, Belgium, 24/12/1917
Pte William Winter 45291 KIA Passchendaele, Belgium, 12/10/1917
* Have so far been unable to confirm which 'J Tait' this refers to.
World War Two
Cpl John Waldron Berry 70335 Died while POW in Italy, 21/11/1943
Flight Lieutenant Willis Mark Harris 416482 KIA over Germany 15/2/1944
Flying Officer Maurice Carson Jolly 413858 KIA 13/11/1942
Gunner James Fleming Lynn 61359 KIA El Alamein, 16/7/1942
Sapper Roderick McCulloch 37852 KIA El Alamein, 14/7/1942
Sgt (Pilot) Frederick Andrew Partridge 416151 KIA over Germany 11/4/1943
Pilot Officer William Russell Rattray 41938 Killed in air accident, Belfast 11/3/1942
Cpt Grant McGregor Robertson MiD 35034 KIA Tunisia, 26/3/1943
Sgt (Pilot) Alan Charles Smart 412752 Died Scotland, 10/11/1942
Pilot Officer Vernon Enright Spain 413499 KIA over France, 28/2/1943
Sgt William Davenport Warren 21886 KIA Phaleron, Greece, 18/4/1941
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