Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Todmorden
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2639
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Current location
Side of main staircase
Town Hall
Todmorden
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
OL14 5DN
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 93690 24392
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED NOWY-HEADED BRASS PLAQUE. DECORATIVE BORDER OF ROSES. SHIELD OF TODMORDEN AND OF YORKSHIRE.
- Inscription
- VR ER/ IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF TODMORDEN WHO VOLUNTEERED/ FOR SERVICE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902/ (NAMES)/ ERECTED BY THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BOROUGH OF TODMORDEN WAR FUND
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Chadwick, W
Elsworth, G
Greenwood, B
Greenwood, T
Halstead, F
Hesling, J W
Holt, J H
Marland, R
Mason, J
Mitchell, T W
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 0
Died: 23
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, initials, regiment
Order of information: regiment, rank
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 660MM, width 1060MM
Materials: Brass
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Subscribers to the Borough of Todmorden War Fund - Responsibility
- Calderdale M.B.C.
- Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 901
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