Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Brighouse
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2699
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Current location
Rydings Building
Brighouse Library
Halifax Road
Brighouse
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HD6 2AH
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 14220 23082
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- FIRTH CARPETS LTD
Bradford Rd
Bailiff Bridge
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 148 254
Denomination: Undefined
- FIRTH CARPETS LTD
- Description
- Large wooden board. Painted black and red lettering. Relief of sword in centre.
- Inscription
- T.F. FIRTH & SONS/ LIMITED/ IN MEMORY OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THIS COMPANY/ WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, A
Allen, H
Allinson, A
Allinson, H W
Anson, F
Armitage, F
Ashworth, D
Aspinall, H
Aspinall, H
Aspinall, L
See details for all 356 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 356
Served and returned: 318
Died: 38
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Forename
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1830mm, width 2600mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- Firth's Carpets WWI
- WMO ID: 212719
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 28-12-2018]
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- History
- Board in store of company premises in 1992. Swords broken; Crest missing (1992)
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 431
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