Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Leeds
- Town
- Aberford
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26th March 1922
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21256
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Current location
Bunkers Hill
Great North Rd
Aberford
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS25 3DE
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 43326 36179
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Cenotaph with names inscribed on slate tablet
- Inscription
- TO / THE MEMORY / OF / THE MEN OF ABERFORD / WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / (Names) AND OF THOSE WHO FELL / IN THE WORLD WAR /1939 - 1945 / (Names) / YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED / IN THE LAND YOU LOVED.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Acomb, George
Bishop, Alfred
Blakey, Morrison
Bulmer, Jack
Chapman, Henry
Clinton, Thomas
Cockrem, William
Davis, Joseph
Davison, John
Davison, Wilfred
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: height 12FT 6IN
Materials: Stone - Portland - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate
- Cenotaph
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Aberford War Memorial
- WMO ID: 224358
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 11-09-2019]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Colonel Gascoigne DSO - Responsibility
- Leeds City Council
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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