Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Lamp or lighting
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Lepton
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29292
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Current location
PARISH CHURCH
Green Balk La
Lepton
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 200 150
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- LAMP OF REMEMBRANCE WITH DEDICATORY TABLETS
- Inscription
- THE LAMP OF REMEMBRANCE WAS PLACED IN THIS CHURCH IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF LEPTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 2 WORLD WARS AND WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON THE STONE TABLETS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CHURCH TOWER - 9TH DECEMBER 1951 (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN) TABLETS: (NAMES)/ ALSO IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atkinson, Edward
Ball, Willie
Barrow, John W
Brierley, Hiram
Brooks, Albert E
Carlton, Herbert
Clarkson, Harry
Clarkson, Joseph
Dagg, Hewson
Denton, Fred
See details for all 46 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 46
Served and returned: 0
Died: 46
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 9
Exact count: no
Information shown: forename
Order of information: forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablets
- 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
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