Memorial details

Memorial type
Obelisk
District
Bradford
Town
Silsden
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 12 November 1921
    Attended by: The children of fallen local soldiers
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
28549

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Current location

Small park near the library at the junction of Kirkgate
Briggate and Bolton Road
Silsden
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD20 9JT
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 04164 46508
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
TALL WELL MADE OBELISK ON SQUARE PLINTH AND THREE STEPPED BASE. WREATH AND INCISED CROSS ON EACH FACE AT THE TOP. ALSO 6 o'clock face FOR LIBERTY, 9 o'clock face FOR COUNTRY; 3 o'clock face FOR HONOUR; 12 o'clock face FOR JUSTICE
Inscription
FRONT: IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF/ SILSDEN/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ LIBERTY HONOUR/ AND/ JUSTICE/ AND/ IN DEFENCE OF/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM LEFT SIDE: ALSO IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE OTHER 603 MEN OF SILSDEN/ WHO JOINED IN THE DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 BUT WHO IN OFFERING AN EQUAL SERVICE WERE NOT CALLED TO AN EQUAL SACRIFICE/ 1939 - 1945/ WORLD WAR/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ (NAMES) AROUND PLINTH: FOR LIBERTY/ FOR HONOUR
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Askew, Joseph
Atkinson, Isaac Edward
Atkinson, Willie
Bailey, Herbert A
Baldwin, John
Baldwin, John William
Bancroft, Joe
Bancroft, Sam
Barker, Joseph
Barrett, Frank
See details for all 140 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 106
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 106
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 34
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 32
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Obelisk
    Measurements: height 6230MM, width 1220MM
    Materials: Stone - Local
Listing information
Condition
History
1999: THE ROLL OF HONOUR WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SAFE OF ST JAMES' CHURCH AND IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSERVED
Costs

Site: £1250

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • websites CPGW and AWFHS contain corroborating images and names lists. (www.cpgw.org.uk/local-war-memorials/silsden and Airedale and Wharfedale Family History Society ww.awfhs.org)

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