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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Hanging Heaton
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29235
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Current location
MIDDLE OF THE CHURCHYARD OVERLOOKING THE SOOTHILL AND HANGUNG HEATON AREAS
ST PAULS CHURCH
Hanging Heaton
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
WF12 7EN
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 25896 23121
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- BASE SURMOUNTED BY PLINTH, SHAFT AND CELTIC CROSS. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING ON THE SIDES OF THE PLINTH
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: ERECTED/ BY/ THE INHABITANTS/ OF SOOTHILL UPPER/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN HONOUR/ OF THOSE WHO SERVED FAITHFULLY/ IN H.M. FORCES,/ DURING THE WAR 1914 - 1919,/ AND IN SACRED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY./ NAMES HEREON INSCRIBED. 3, 9 AND 12 O'CLOCK FACES: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Ackroyd, Harry
Allerton, William
Armitage, Edgard
Atkins, Samuel
Bailey, Joseph
Bailey, Joseph Henry
Batesman, Edwin Henry
Beswick, Fred
Booth, Wallace
Bray, Walter
See details for all 141 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 141
Served and returned: 0
Died: 141
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 5185MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- Soothill Upper Cross
- WMO ID: 272226
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-06-2020]
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- History
- 1999: SOME OF THE LETTERING IS MISSING
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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