Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Calderdale
Town
Mytholmroyd
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 20 November 1921
    Attended by: Cllr. Frank Sagar
  • Dedicated
    Date: 20 November 1921
    Attended by: Rev. J.B.Foster
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
2857

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Current location

St Michaels Church
Burnley Rd
Mytholmroyd
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX7 5LN
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 01338 25978
Denomination: Church of England

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Previous locations
  • On the wall of the committee room.
    Mytholmroyd Methodist Church
    Hall Bank Lane
    Mytholmroyd
    Calderdale
    West Yorkshire
    HX7 5HT
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SE 01215 25743
    Denomination: Methodist
  • Mytholmroyd Wesleyan Church
    Mytholmroyd
    Calderdale
    West Yorkshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
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Description
Nowy headed bronze wall mounted WW1 plaque with rectangular WW2 plaque placed below it. Inscription in relief. WW1 is decorated at top centre with a wreath and ribbon tied at the wreath's base. Knotwork decorative border around both the plaques.
Inscription
(UPPER PLAQUE): 1914 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ AND IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF 106 OTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ ERECTED BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THIS CHURCH (LOWER PLAQUE): 1939 1945/ (NAMES)/ ALSO IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE 84 OTHERS WHO ALSO SERVED
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Beaumont, Ronald
Beaumont, Walter
Beverley, Hermon
Carter, Thomas
Crabtree, Frank
Crabtree, Stanley
Greenwood, John T
Helliwell, John
Hopkinson, Ernest G
Simpson, Archibald
See details for all 16 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 11
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 11
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname,forename
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 5
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 5
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname,forename
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 170MM, width 790MM
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 450mm, width 790mm
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale war Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 620

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