Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Painting / Print
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Halifax
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6th May 1923
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 6th May 1923
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2722
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Current location
IN ENTRANCE HALL OF BERMERSIDE HOUSE.
HALIFAX TEACHERS CENTRE
Skircoat Green
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 108 229
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- BANKFIELD MUSEUM
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- BANKFIELD MUSEUM
- Description
- Oil Painting entitled 'HOME AGAIN' by Bertram Priestman, depicting a returning troopship, in gilded frame. Arms of Borough and National Union of Teachers in lower corners.
- Inscription
- 1914 1918/ (NAMES)/ IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF/ HALIFAX TEACHERS/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ PRESENTED BY THE TEACHERS OF HALIFAX/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ashworth, Edmund Lord
Fenny, John Wreford
Lawrence, George
Moore, James Joseph
Mulholland, Mitchell Joseph
Mulroy, Thomas Bernard
Murdoch, Arthur
Pearson, Fred Alwyn
Smith, Harry Christopher
Wilson, Sidney
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Painting
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paint - Oil - Frame
Measurements: height 1620MM, width 1880MM
Materials: Wood
- Painting
- 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: HALIFAX COUNCIL AND NUT - Responsibility
- CALDERDALE MBC
- Reference
- Halifax weekly Guardian 12/05/1923
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 205
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