Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Calderdale
Town
Todmorden
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 08th May 1921
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries Rev. H Twyford
  • Dedicated
    Date: 8th May 1921
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
2652

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Current location

Lat 53.714097 Long -2.0959137
25
Central Methodist Church
School Lane
Todmorden
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
OL14 5AG
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 93767 24191
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH NOWY-HEADED ALABASTER SURROUND. INCISED BLACK LETTERING. GILT AND BLACK TILED MOSAIC BORDER. RELIEF AT TOP CENTRE OF ALABASTER SURROUND OF LAUREL WREATH AND CROSS. THERE IS A SEPERATE MEMORIAL (IWM 2653) TO THOSE THAT SERVED AT THE SAME LOCATION.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE UNDYING MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL AND CONGREGATION OF THIS CHURCH/ WHO FELL IN THE EUROPEAN WAR OF 1914-1918/ (Names)/ AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY THEY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM/ ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER, AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF/ MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES/ THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY EDWARD AND LILLIE CRABTREE, IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ THEIR ONLY AND DEARLY LOVED SON
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Barker, Frank Astin
Crabtree, Fred Walmsley
Garside, John Herbert
Greenhalgh, Walter
Greenwood, William Albert
Helliwell, Percy
Horsfall, John William
Marshall, Frank
Marshall, Willie
Shaw, Trevor
See details for all 13 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 13
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 13
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
    Order of information: year died,forename,rank,regiment,place of death
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 1600MM, width 1520MM
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: Mr Edward Crabtree
Reference
  • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately i 1995, their memorial 918

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