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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Leeds
- Town
- Wetherby
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22242
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Current location
Parish Church of St. James Wetherby
Church Street
Wetherby
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS22 6LP
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 40392 48378
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WW1 BRONZE PLAQUE WITH WW2 WOODEN BOARD ADDED BELOW IT ST GEORGE AT THE TOP
- Inscription
- UPPER PLAQUE: PRO DEO PRO PATRIA / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND / IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR / KING AND COUNTRY 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES) / THESE HID THE WORLD AWAY / POURED OUT THE RED SWEET WINE OF YOUTH / GAVE UP THE YEARS TO BE LOWER BOARD: THESE ALSO GAVE THEIR LIVES / 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adkin, Aj
Alexander, Hw
Atack, G
Atkinson, Sam H
Auton, Leonard
Backhouse, H
Backhouse, H
Barton, Fred
Binge, T
Birks, J Geoffrey
See details for all 89 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 21
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 69
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 69
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height C 8FT, width 4FT 6IN
Materials: Bronze - Board
Measurements: height 2FT 6IN, width 4FT 6IN
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
- St James' Church Wetherby
- WMO ID: 217240
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 08-10-2015]
- 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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