Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Halifax
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 01st August 1920
Attended by: COL SIR EDWARD WHITLEY CB CMG DSO
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29410
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Current location
West Wall of the Porch
Halifax Minster
St John the Baptist
Church Street
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX1 1QL
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 09700 25200
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ORNATE WOODEN TRYPTICH WITH NAMES CARVED IN THE INSIDE OF THE DOORS MARTYRS CROWN CARVED AT THE TOP OF THE CENTRE PANEL AND SWORD ON A CROSS CARVED BELOW IT. ANGELS HEADS IN THE SPANDRELS
- Inscription
- TO THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM ENDURED HARDNESS FACED DANGER AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE, GIVING THIER LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN 1914 - 1919 THESE ARE THEY WHICH CAME OUT OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION/ (NAMES) (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Addison, R F
Ambler, W
Arnold, A H
Ayres, A C
Bagnall, W
Balmforth, C
Barret, F
Batty, G W
Bentley, J
Berry, N
See details for all 110 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 110
Served and returned: 0
Died: 110
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: depth 370MM, height 3200M, width 1660MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- 1992: METAL WORK IS RUSTING
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- VICAR AND CHURCHWARDENS
- Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 101
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