Keighley

Junction of Cavendish Street and Town Hall Street
Town Hall Street
Keighley
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD21 3NN
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 06075 41305
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Bronze figure of Victory surmounting tapering stone plinth with pedestal and three-stepped base. Pedestal surmounted on 9 and 3 o'clock sides by bronze figures of a soldier and a sailor. Victory holds laurel wreath in raised left hand and palm in lowered right hand. Sailor figure with outstretched arm, holding telescope to right eye. Soldier figure shown standing at ease with kit. Bronze plaque with dedicatory inscription in relief set into 6 o'clock face of plinth base. Wreath depicted in top centre of plaque. Palms in relief laid on top edge of plaque. Bronze plaque on 12 o'clock side of plinth depicts Keighley coat of arms in relief. Whole mounted on raised, paved platform, accessed by four steps. Additional tablet of stone mounted below plaque on 6 o'clock face of pedestal in 2000. Engraved inscription in centre flanked by engraved badges of the Duke of Wellingtons Regiment and the Duke of Wellingtons Regimental Association. Engraved badges of the Royal British Legion depicted in both upper corners.

Inscription

6 o'clock face, plaque: 1914-1918/ 1939-1945/ IN PROUD AND/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE MEN OF/ KEIGHLEY WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ AND THE WORLD WAR/ IN DEFENCE OF/ FREEDOM AND JUSTICE/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 6 o'clock face, tablet: THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION/ MILLENIUM YEAR 2000/ THE DUKE OF WELLINGTONS/ REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION/ KEIGHLEY BRANCH/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Figure
Measurements: height 2600mm
Materials: Bronze
Plinth
Measurements: height 4000mm, width 1350mm
Materials: Stone
Base
Measurements: height c2100mm, width c16500mm
Materials: Stone
Paving
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
Tablet
Measurements: height 500mm, width 900mm
Materials: Stone - Yorkshire

Listing information

Keighley War Memorial
Grade II*
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Condition

Keighley
WMO ID: 120460
Condition: Good [last updated on 20-12-2018]
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History

2000: Tablet mounted on 6 o'clock side of pedestal.

Costs

Comments: Stone plaque added in 2000. The Keighley branch of the Royal British Legion and the Duke of Wellington Association helped to raise the funds.

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Keighley Town Council

Reference

Carter Postcard Collection
News, 100 Heroes, Memorial plaque unveiled in Town Hall Square
Ian Dewhirst, History of Keighley (publication information unknown)
Telegraph and Argus 25 January 2000 Coverage of re-dedication ceremony for additional tablet
Yorkshire Post 24 January 2000 Coverage of re-dedication ceremony for additional tablet
Keighley News 14/ 28 January 2000 Coverage of re-dedication ceremony for additional tablet
Telegraph and Argus 11 January 2000 Announcement of re-dedication ceremony
Local Publication/Booklet 1/ 11 November 1992 'Keighley Target'. Photo of Remembrance Day service at memorial, c1930-1940s
Bradford Weekly Telegraph 4/ 21 July 1922 Coverage of unveiling ceremony.

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