Memorial details

Memorial type
Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
District
Calderdale
Town
Illingworth
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 09th May 1920
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
2593

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Previous locations
  • The boards is on the wall of the north aisle
    the reredos at the East end
    ST MARYS CHURCH
    Keighley Rd
    Illingworth
    Calderdale
    West Yorkshire
    HX2 8JE
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SE 06956 28374
    Denomination: Church of England
Description
OAK REREDOS SCREEN AND MEMORIAL OAK BOARD. BOARD BEARS NAMES IN THREE COLUMNS IN INCISED LETTERING. INSCRIPTION ABOVE IN RAISED, PAINTED LETTERS. REREDOS HAS FOUR CARVED FIGURES IN NICHES. NICHES AT EITHER SIDE OF SCREEN DIVIDED BY COLUMNS.
Inscription
(ON OAK BOARD): THE OAK REREDOS TOGETHER WITH THIS TABLET IS ERECTED/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ (NAMES)/ 1914-1919 (ON REREDOS): DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ "AND THE LEAVES OF THIS TREE SHALL BE FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ackroyd, D
Atkinson, E
Bates, J
Bates, T
Batho, L
Bottomley, O
Cooper, T
Crabtree, E
Drake, J W
Dunford, R
See details for all 39 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 39
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 39
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, Initials
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Screen
    Measurements: depth 1130MM, height 3250MM, width 2460MM
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Board
    Measurements: height 750MM, width 1000MM
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Halifax Weekly Guardian 15th May 1920 (p5)
  • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 123

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