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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Clifton
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20th November 1921
Attended by: Lt. Col. Sir George Armitage CMG DSO - Dedicated
Date: 20th November 1921
Attended by: Rev. W.J.R. Sherlock, Vicar of Clifton - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2754
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Current location
Opp. Highley Hall.
Towngate
Clifton
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HD6 4LL
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 16003 22958
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Floreated latin cross on a tapering shaft and octagonal plinth. The names are engraved on the sides of the plinth and the whole is set on two steps.
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF CLIFTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT THEIR NAME SHALL LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ (Names)/ AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, Harry
Arnett, Albert
Brook, Raymond
Brooke, Ernest
Clayton, Fred
Clayton, Harry
Clayton, Ralph
Drake, Randall
Dyson, Stanley B
Fryer, George Mitchell
See details for all 32 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Steps
Measurements: height 4050mm
Materials: Stone - Yorkshire - Cross
Measurements: height 4500mm
Materials: Stone - Yorkshire - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Yorkshire
- Steps
- 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
- CLIFTON
- WMO ID: 119850
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 11-11-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 417
- Carter Postcard Collection UL1
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