Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Leeds
Town
Roundhay
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 02/04/1921
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
85676

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Current location

It is on the east wall of the south transept
St. Edmund's Church
Lidgett Park Road,
Roundhay
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS8 1EE
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 31968 38103
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
The memorial is a bronze cast plaque with a scene in relief of 13 soldiers marching together with a limber drawn by 2 horses an an officer on horseback. The names also stand in relief and are in 3 columns. Above the plaque also in bronze is St Edmund's crown enclosed within a wreath of olive branches pierced by two arrows with points upwards
Inscription
THE GREAT WAR 1914 1919/ (SCENE)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY * "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ball, Frank
Bednall, John G. Wilfred
Buchanan, Harry C. D.
Cockburn, John Paterson
Cookson, Alfred Owen
Cullingworth, Harold
Dixon, Kenneth
Dodgson, John Ernest
Douglas, Bryce
Fillingham, Arthur Edwin
See details for all 42 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 42
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 42
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename, rank (if above private), regiment
    Order of information: Surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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