Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Halifax
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2686
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Current location
Stored in organ loft - 1995
Pellon Baptist Church
Spring Hall Lane
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX1 4QL
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 07500 25754
Denomination: Baptist
- Previous locations
- Baptist Church
Trinity Road
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 092 248
Denomination: Baptist
- Baptist Church
- Description
- Two brass plaques. Incised black and red lettering. Castellated at top corners, wreaths on raised parts.
- Inscription
- (Memorial plaque): GREATER LOVE HATH NO/ MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ THE FOLLOWING ARE NAMES OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS CHURCH WHO MADE THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (Names) (Thanksgiving plaque): A TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVE/ THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF THE MEN FROM/ THIS CHURCH WHO WERE SPARED TO RETURN FROM/ SERVICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Astin, Melvyne
Astin, Vernon
Bairstow, Arnold
Bairstow, James
Bairstow, Wilfred
Bancroft, Claude
Bancroft, Eric
Bancroft, Percy
Barker, Raynor
Barrett, Reginald J
See details for all 90 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 90
Served and returned: 71
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, forename, decorations
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: height 730mm, width 550mm
Materials: Brass
- Plaques
- 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 170
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