Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Rishworth
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2632
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Current location
St John The Divine Church
Godly Lane
Rishworth
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX6 4QR
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 03286 17904
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall-mounted wooden board. Painted lettering. Inscription in centre with names at either side. Wooden shelf beneath. Painted decorations include gilt cross in centre and laurel wreaths with crown above.
- Inscription
- THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS/ LEST WE FORGET/ (NAMES)/ THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ O VALIANT DEAD,/ TAKE COMFORT/ WHERE YOU LIE,/ SO SWEET TO LIVE/ MAGNIFICANT TO DIE.(NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainley, Maurice
Boyle, Jack
Boyle, Selwyn
Britton, Ernest
Elliott, Geofy E
Gledhill, Albert
Gledhill, Edgar
Hartley, Leonard
Jenkins, Wm Henry
Kingsford, Edr C
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Forename
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Forename
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1200mm, width 1290mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale war Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 807
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