Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Old Town
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29376
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Current location
Old Town Methodist Church
Walker Lane
Old Town
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX7 8FB
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 00102 28061
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Painted sandstone tablet with triangular head and concave sides mounted onto a white marble backboard. Incised inscription in gold painted lettering Single line incised gold painted border on three sides
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ In Memory of/ the following who laid down their lives/ in the GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Davies, Victor W
Dewhirst, Henry W
Fleming, Walter
Harwood, Albert B
Ingham, John W
Jarvis, Astin
Martin, George
Roper, Ben
Smith, Horace D V
Southwell, Fred
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename
Order of information: forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: height 880MM, width 1080MM
Materials: Marble - White - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Backboard
- 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
- History
- Church shown as for sale on Google Earth, unsure of condition of memorial.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- THE CHURCH AND METHODIST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
- Reference
- 617
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