Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Sowerby
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2862
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Current location
North aisle
St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's Avenue
Sowerby
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX6 1HD
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 04292 23205
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Oak, wall-mounted board with fretted top. Carved inscription. Cross keys of St. Peter carved above the inscription are flanked by four other carved designs.
- Inscription
- IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Addy, L N
Appleton, J
Corlett, N W
Ellis, V
Haigh, H W
Hanson, E
Judson, D
Law, A
Mallinson, T
Nugent, W K R
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, surname
Order of information: Rank
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 960mm, width 1020mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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 - Responsibility
- Vicar and Churchwardens
- Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 704
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