See also: Parish of Morton Roll of Honour
Morton War Memorial Institute building
This building has three panels mounted on the front wall, facing the road. It is situated in the centre of East Morton and is well used by the community.
Two panels have the names of local men who died during the Great War and they are a rectanglular shape with a domed top and a scroll with a date in the middle:
One of two bronze panels on the Morton Institute listing the names of 17 men of Morton who died during the Great War
One of two bronze panels on the Morton Institute listing the names of 17 men of Morton who died during the Great War
The inscriptions on these two panels are as follows:
First Panel:
In the centre of the domed top is a scroll with the date 1914.
This institute was erected by public subscription in memory of the Men from Morton who served during the European War and in particular of those who gave their lives and whose names are recorded on these two tablets.
Frank Burnham
Peter Clark
Sam Cockroft
George Day
Seth Gibson
Second panel:
In the centre of the domed top is a scroll with the date 1919.
Greenwood, Cyril
Hartley, Alfred
Hartley, Herbert
Mallows, Edgar
Mitchell, Fred
Mitchell, George
Mitchell, T. Illingworth
Robinson, Tom
Taylor, Harry
Taylor, Percy
Taylor, Tom
Taylor, Wilfred
A bronze panel on the Morton Institute listing the names of 10 men of Morton who died during the Second World War.
The inscription above the front door, which says 'Memorial Institute Morton.'
Second World War panel:
In the centre of the domed top is a scroll with the dates 1939 and 1945.
In memory of the men from this village who gave their lives in the World War.
Alec Beanlands
Kenneth Crabtree
Jack Duckett
Jim Ettenfield
James Gore
Harold Logan
Sam M. Stacey
Albert Smith
Jack Wilkinson
J. Milton Whatmuff
Their name liveth for evermore.
