Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Organ or organ part
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Gomersal
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46977
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Current location
St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church
Spen Lane
Gomersal
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
BD19 4PH
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 20618 25912
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WOODEN ORGAN SCREEN WITH NAMES INSCRIBED ON THREE PANELS AND DIVIDED BY CARVED SURROUND. COLOURED CREST ABOVE THE OUTER PANELS OF NAMES
- Inscription
- CENTRE PANEL: REMEMBER WITH GRATITUDE/ THE MEN OF GOMERSAL/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN DEFENCE OF THE REALM/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ GOD GRANT US GRACE TO BE/ WORTHY OF THEIR SACRIFICE LEFT PANEL: 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES) RIGHT PANEL: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ NORTHERN IRELAND 1984/ (NAME)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allatt, Ephraim
Baines, Benjamin T
Beaumont, Willie
Benson, Harry
Blamires, Harold
Boys, Harold
Briggs, Herbert
Broadhead, Joseph
Brooke, Gilbert H
Brown, Fred Clarence
See details for all 83 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 56
Served and returned: 0
Died: 56
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname.
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname.
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname. - Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Year died, forenames, surname.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Screen
Measurements: height 7FT, width 8FT
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Screen
- 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
- Gomersal St Mary’s Church Organ Screen
- WMO ID: 145676
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 30-06-2020]
- 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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