Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Wall
- District
- Leeds
- Town
- Leeds
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61035
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Current location
In the Columbarium in the central hall
Lawns Wood Cemetery (Lawnswood)
Otley Rd
Leeds
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS16 6AH
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 26928 38998
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- The cemetery contains Leeds (Lawns Wood) Crematorium, with a stone wall bearing bronze plaques naming 94 Second World War casualties whose remains were cremated.
- Inscription
- 1914-1918 / THE SAILORS, SOLDEIRS AND AIRMEN HONOURED HERE / DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY / AND WERE BURIED IN LEEDS GENERAL CEMETERY / 1939-1945 / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 94
Served and returned: 0
Died: 94
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Unknown
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Unknown
- Listing information
- LAWNSWOOD CEMETERY
- 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
- Lawnswood Cremations Memorial WW2
- WMO ID: 254610
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 21-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Leeds City Council
- Reference
- War Memorials in the Cemeteries of Leeds by Ford, Margaret pp.22-28 Published:Yorkshire Archaeological Society Family History Section 2007 Leeds
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=46214&mode=1
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