Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Bradshaw
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 25 March 1922
Attended by: Capt. G S Tetley MC - Dedicated
Date: 25th March 1922
Attended by: Rev. H F Wonnacott (Vicar) - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2598
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Current location
St. John's Church
Pavement Lane
Bradshaw
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX2 9UY
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 07644 29896
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stone wheel cross surmounting large stone plinth. Plinth incorporates bench or shelf. WW1 plaque on shaft of cross. WW2 plaque on plinth. Plaques bear white lettering. Two stepped stone base. Wooden lychgate with pitched, tiled roof. Celtic-style carving on head and shaft of cross.
- Inscription
- THIS CROSS AND THE LYCHGATE ADJOINING WERE ERECTED IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY AND RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1818/ (Names)/ ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (Names)/ KILLED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY/ PETER WILLIAM RASTRICK
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bentley, George
Brookes, William
Broughton, Donald
Clay, Thomas
Clegg, Harry
Cockroft, Spencer
Cox, Louis
Craven, Selwyn
Dyson, Albert
Hallett, Fred
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
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: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Cross
Measurements: depth C 250mm, height C 5000mm, width C 420mm
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Gate
Measurements: depth c 1500mm, height c 3500mm, width c 3000mmm
Materials: Wood
- Plaques
- 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
- BRADSHAW - WW1 AND WW2
- WMO ID: 119984
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-01-2019]
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- Costs
Site: £476 10S 8D
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- CALDERDALE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 218
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