St Matthew
Friday, 17 February 2017 in 45m (15–3–16 in E)
1280 Plain Bob Major
Composed by arr J.M. Thurman
1 Carole H Kirby
2 Paul H Wilkinson
3 Rebecca Kirby
4 Margaret E Perrott
5 Jane Lynch
6 Peter C Kirby
7 David Smith
8 John M Thurman (C)
First of Major- 3.
Rung in memory of Rifleman Edgar Bottomley- a ringer and Sunday school teacher at St Matthew, Northowram. He died on 17/02/1917 age 23 or 24. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd/7th Bn. Service No.5968. Commemorated at Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, France, Grave E.42.