Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Calderdale
Town
Mytholmroyd
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 2 July 1922
    Attended by: Mr Gilbert Hartley
  • Dedicated
    Date: 2 July 1922
    Attended by: Revd G J Payne
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
2610

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Current location

Memorial Garden
Burnley Road
Mytholmroyd
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX7 5LL
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 01274 26043
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Soldier wearing cap with rifle at ease, hands crossed over muzzle. Figure stands on rough stone depicting rough landscape with stump of tree behind. Square stone base with plaque.
Inscription
IN COMMEMORATION/ OF THE GALLANTRY/ AND SACRIFICE OF/ THE MEN OF THE/ MYTHOLMROYD URBAN/ DISTRICT WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945./ THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE BY THE HEBDEN BRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE BRITISH LEGION/ SERVICE NOT SELF.
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
Components
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Memorial
    Measurements: height C 4000mm
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • WAR MEMORIAL AT SE 012260 50 METRES TO EAST OF THE DUSTY MILLER PUBLIC HOUSE
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
History
An application to the Grants for War Memorials Scheme was received by War Memorials Trust in 2009. This application was towards work to remove moss and vegetation with wooden spatulas and non metallic brushes followed by the whole memorial being steam cleaned. The brass plaque was also to be cleaned and damaged stonework beneath it to be removed and an indent repair carried out along with re-pointing and the fixing of other areas of loose stone using lime mortar and stainless steel pins. Finally the incised World War I inscription was to be re-painted. The Grants for War Memorials Scheme offered a grant of £1,665. However, due to a decrease in costs, this was reduced to a payment of £1,600 upon completion. As an extension to the grant funded works the applicants also replaced the head of the sculpture with a replica produced based on historic photographic evidence available. ; Mytholmroyd war Memorial vandalised on two separate occasions. Rifle broken and head removed in October 1992, but replaced. Fibreglass replacement rifle again removed in November 1996.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Calderda;e Council
Reference
  • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 626.
  • Carter Postcard Collection

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