<p> FIRST WORLD WAR STORIES FROM THE WAKEFIELD DISTRICT</p><p>TEACHERS RESOURCE GUIDE</p><p>These are some of the sources you and your pupils can use to search for information about people from the Wakefield District who served in the two World Wars.</p><p>All the resources are available through Wakefield Libraries</p><p>Books</p><p>ACKWORTH Ackworth Old Scholars Association Service List 1914-18</p><p>ACKWORTH “Ackworth Roll of Honour” by G Harrison (2003)</p><p>ALTOFTS “A Village’s Sacrifice” by Phil Judkins (list of War Dead) **Available at Altofts Library</p><p>CASTLEFORD Castleford War Dead 1914-1919 (List of Fallen and Newspaper Index taken from the Pontefract & Castleford Express)</p><p>CROFTON File about men from Crofton who died in World War Two ( including newspaper articles) compiled by David Burnage ** Available at Crofton Library</p><p>FEATHERSTONE “A Roll of Honour to the men of Featherstone Purston, Ackton, Snydale, Streethouse and Loscoe …in Two World Wars” by Tony Lumb (2004)</p><p>HEMSWORTH “Hemsworth Roll of Honour” by G Harrison (2004)</p><p>Resource created for www.mylearning.org © Wakefield Libraries & Information Services Licensed under Creative Commons BY NC SA FIRST WORLD WAR STORIES FROM THE WAKEFIELD DISTRICT</p><p>HORBURY “Horbury’s Sacrifice” by Phil Judkins (World War Two casualties) ** Available at Horbury Library</p><p>OSSETT World War One and World War Two compiled by Dorothy Wainwright (newspaper cuttings files) ** Available at Ossett Library</p><p>PONTEFRACT index to newspaper obituaries for soldiers who died in World War One includes Pontefract, Ackworth, Knottingley, Ferrybridge, Brotherton ** Available in Pontefract library</p><p>SOUTH ELMSALL “South Elmsall Roll of Honour” by G Harrison (2003)</p><p>SOUTH KIRKBY “South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Roll of Honour” by G Harrison (2003)</p><p>WAKEFIELD “Wakefield Express Index to Births Marriages and Deaths 1914-1918” compiled by Wakefield and District Family History Society</p><p>CD-ROMs</p><p>Soldiers and Officers who died in WW1 and WW2 </p><p>Newspapers</p><p>Wakefield Express Pontefract and Castleford Express Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express</p><p>Resource created for www.mylearning.org © Wakefield Libraries & Information Services Licensed under Creative Commons BY NC SA</p>