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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Scissett
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29307
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Current location
JUNCTION OF BUSKER LA AND WAKEFIELD RD
Busker Lane & Wakefield (A636) Road junction
Scissett
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
HD8 9EP
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 24870 10366
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- OCTAGONAL BASE SURMOUNTED BY A CROSS
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING/ MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR WHOSE NAMES ARE HEREON INSCRIBED/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Battye, Norman
Bean, Fred
Bell, Fred
Bowker, John
Craven, Alfred
Everitt, Wilfred
Exley, Ernest
Exley, Percy
Firth, Fred
Fisher, John
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 6
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- 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
- SCISSETT
- WMO ID: 94991
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 07-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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