Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fittings
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Huddersfield
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- SIR JOHN NINIAN COMPER RA (Designer)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46978
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Current location
ST PETERS CHURCH
Kirkgate
Huddersfield
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 146 168
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- STAINED GLASS WINDOW, BALDACHINO (ALTAR CANOPY) ON FOUR LARGE TUSCAN PILLARS AND DEDICATORY PLAIN SLATE TABLET SET WITHIN A MARBLE FRAME. FIGURES DEPICTED IN THE WINDOW. THE RISEN CHRIST IS DEPICTED IN THE LOWER PART OF THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH ST PETER, ST MARK, ST PAUL AND ST AIDEN FLANKING HIM. THEY ALL REPRESENT FORMER DAUGHTER CHURCHES WHICH ARE NOW CLOSED. IN THE UPPER PART OF THE LIGHT CHRIST IS DEPICTED IN MAJESTY FLANKED BY ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE. ANGELS SURMOUNT THE CANOPY AND IN THE GOLDEN RAYS OF OF THE CANOPY ROOF IS A DOVE.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH & OF THEM/ WHO WORSHIPPED IN THIS CHURCH/ & GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1944 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ "GRANT THEM O'LORD, ETERNAL REST"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainley, Alfred
Armitage, Stoney
Bailey, Albert
Bailey, James
Bamforth, Edgar
Beadon, Basil
Beaumont, W M
Beevors, Frank
Booth, George
Bradley, Frank
See details for all 91 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 182
Served and returned: 91
Died: 91
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Frame
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER
- Grade II*
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- 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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