Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Rishworth
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2633
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Current location
Rishworth Congregational Church
Long Causeway
Rishworth
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX6 4RF
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 01622 18200
Denomination: Congregational
- Description
- Wall-mounted bronze plaque. Wooden mount. White lettering. Two associated, framed sets of photos of those who served in WW1 hang in the church porch.
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET/ COMMEMORATES THE SERVICE/ WITH THE ARMED FORCES/ OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH THIS CHURCH/ DURING THE TWO GREAT WORLD WARS/ 1914 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 1945/ WOMEN/ (NAMES)/ MEN/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Geoffrey
Bennett, Arthur
Carter, Joseph
Clemmett, Willie
Core, Albert
Core, Arthur C
Eastwood, George
Embley, Norman
Embley, Robert
Farrar, Harry
See details for all 86 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 53
Served and returned: 51
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Rank, Regiment, Decorations
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 28
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Forename, Service
Order of information: Surname, Forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 430mm, width 550mm
Materials: Bronze
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 808
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