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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Barkisland
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 16 October 1921
Attended by: Major R.H. Baker MP - Dedicated
Date: 16 October 1921
Attended by: Rev. B.M. Sandford, Vicar of Barkisland - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2635
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Current location
Opposite Christchurch on juction of Saddlworth Road and Scammonden Road
Saddleworth Road
Barkisland
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX4 0AF
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 05437 19789
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone cross with tapering shaft. Surmounts square plinth which bears the names in gilt lettering.
- Inscription
- ERECTED TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BARKISLAND WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 AND AS A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainley, C
Ainley, H
Bailey, J
Bottomlely, J L
Brett, L
Broadbent, W H
Brooke, G H
Cooper, W
Dolman, Lse
Dyson, F B
See details for all 47 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 37
Served and returned: 0
Died: 37
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 4500mm
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- 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
- MEN OF BARKISLAND
- WMO ID: 119948
- Condition: Good [last updated on 30-04-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Halifax Weekly Guardian 22 October 1921
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