The Dudley District War Memorial on Bedford Road, 5 kilometres southwest of Inglewood, was originally located in front of the old school (between the tennis courts and the ‘new’ school) on a concrete pad with concrete corner posts and chains. Approval for construction of the monument was granted by the Taranaki Education Board in October 1919 and it was moved around 1962 when the new school was built.

A Second World War memorial consisting of a marble plaque on the western end of the school baths was installed when the swimming pool was constructed in 1950. The baths were demolished in 2009 and WWII names added on a new panel to the WWI memorial. New WWI panels were also added in September 2009.

 

Front panel inscription:

ERECTED / BY THE RESIDENTS OF / DUDLEY ROAD / IN HONOUR OF THE MEN / OF THE DISTRICT WHO SERVED / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918

 

Left side panel:

Killed in Action

L.Cp. U. Broadmore    L. Cp. D. Todd

Pvt. C.  Kennedy

Tpr. H. A. Rusling

Pvt. G. Buchanan

Rfl. L. F. Broadmore

Pvt. A. C. Bridgeman

Pvt. H. H. Codd    

Rfl. N. S. Egarr

Died of Sickness

Pvt. Jose Hodges

 

Right side panel:

Returned to New Zealand

Capt. H. [Harry] W. Kennedy M. C.

Pvt. J. [Jose] E. Hodges  

Dvr. B. Bishop

Dvr.  F. J.  Codd     

" Pvt. R. F.  Codd

Tpr. L. Butler      

Pvt. E. Hunt

Pvt. F. [Frederick] Hodges       

"    A. Frost

Pvt. L. Baldwin      

"    T. Bishop

  "  E. K.  Butler      

"   H. Bridgeman

  "  L. [Leonard] Hodges        

"   W.W. Egarr

F. Bridgeman

 

Rear panel - added to the obelisk in 2009 after the school baths were demolished:

Erected in Honour of Those / Who Served – 1939 - 1945

Killed in Action                      

Able Seaman J. [James/Jim] Honeyfield                     

Tpr. A. [Arthur] Bridge                        

Returned from Overseas

Cpl. C. [Clement] C. Fabish

Pte. G. W. [Bill] Horner

Pte. S. [Sydney] W. Cousins

Dvr. S. [Stephen G.] Rutherford

Dvr. H. M. [Malcolm] Burrows

Pte. L. [Lionel] H. Old

Pte. P. M. [Michael/Mick] Biesiek

Gnr. A. [Alfred/Max] Rutherford

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