Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Bradford
- Town
- Low Moor
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10th November 1928
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 28829
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Current location
JUNCTION OF COMMON ROAD AND CLECKHEATON ROAD
Common Rd
Low Moor
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD12 0TW
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 15835 28882
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- STONE OBELISK SURMOUNTING STONE PLINTH. PLINTH BEARS INSCRIPTION AND NAMES IN INCISED LETTERING. THREE-STEPPED STONE BASE. SWORD IN RELIEF ON SHAFT OF OBELISK. LAUREL WREATH SURROUNDS TOP OF OBELISK.
- Inscription
- TO THE/ SACRED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF LOW MOOR/ WHO SERVED/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ AND LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914-1918/ THIS IS A MEMORIAL OF OUR GRATITUDE/ AND TO THEIR HONOUR/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD/ AS WE WHO ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ AND WAS UNVEILED NOVEMBER 10TH 1928/ (NAMES) REMEMBER ALSO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Asquith, Gordon
Barraclough, Herman
Barraclough, John W
Barraclough, Willie
Benn, Henry
Bentley, Sengent
Blowers, Herbert V
Borrow, Arthur
Bower, John A
Bowers, Albert
See details for all 109 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 82
Served and returned: 0
Died: 82
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth 1340MM, height 7100MM, width 1340MM
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- 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
- Harold Club
- WMO ID: 238990
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 21-07-2016]
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- History
- RECENTLY RE-LETTERED (1992)
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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