Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Todmorden
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 02nd January 1921
Attended by: Major Barker MP for Sowerby and Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2642
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Current location
St Michael's Church
Burnley Road
Todmorden
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
OL14 8LZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 91045 26219
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Nowy-headed brass plaque on wooden mount carried WW1 names: additional bronze plaque below for WW2. Incised lettering. Decorative floral border. Cross top centre. Reliefs in four corners of "ihs", Star of David, cross keys and compass.
- Inscription
- TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS (ADDITIONAL WW2 PLAQUE): 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, Edgar
Barnes, John
Bell, Tom
Cook, Sydney J
Crabtree, Ellis
Crabtree, James
Crook, Ezra
Crowther, Harold
Farrar, Walter
Gore, Elias
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 0
Died: 23
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, Regiment, Forename
Order of information: Rank - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Forename, Service/Regiment
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 820mm, width 1290mm
Materials: Bronze, 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 - Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 905
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