Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Blackshaw Head
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 21st April 1922
Attended by: Councillor A E Naesmith of Todmorden - Dedicated
Date: 21st April 1922
Attended by: Rev J S Morris; Rev F Bailey - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2852
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Current location
Methodist Church
Old Shaw Lane
Blackshaw Head
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX7 7JY
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 95911 27623
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Concrete base surmounted by square granite block and obelisk. Inscription carved on the sides of the base.
- Inscription
- IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CHURCH AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Carling, Clifford
Carling, Frank
Feather, Herbert
Greenwood, Ashton
Greenwood, Fred
Greenwood, John T
Lord, Leonard
Shackleton, John T
Shingler, Roy
Smith, John H
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth 610mm, height 1600mm, width 610mm
Materials: Granite - Polished
- Obelisk
- 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
- Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion, www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/x187.html, accessed 2/1/23
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 614.
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