Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Ripponden
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 22 May 1921
Attended by: R A Crawshaw - Unveiled
Date: 22nd May 1921
Attended by: W Whiteley, R A Crawshaw - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2629
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Current location
Stones Methodist Church
Rochdale Road
Ripponden
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX6 4LA
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 03008 18935
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Single light stained glass window depicting Joshua with spear and sword. Inscription at base. To the right is a wall-mounted white marble tablet with black lettering. Painted border surrounds tablet of white lilies on blue background. Laurel wreath painted at top surrounding a red cross. Wooden shelf below tablet. There is a brass plate at the same location which bears the name of the single WW2 casualty.
- Inscription
- (On tablet): IN HONOUR OF THE/ MEN OF THIS CHURCH/ AND SUNDAY SCHOOL/ WHO SERVED IN THE/ WAR 1914-1919 AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT" (On window): THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ 1914-1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Core, Gilbert Allenby
Forbes, Thomas Albert
Hartley, Hollas
Hopkinson, Fred
Nairn, John
Pearson, Allen
Riley, Arthur
Riley, Ben
Schofield, Harry
Smith, Ernest
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, Surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 1090mm, width 610mm
Materials: Marble - White - Window
Measurements: height 2600mm, width 750mm
Materials: Stained Glass
- Tablet
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 804
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