Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Halifax
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2726
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Current location
Inside the former head office in the foyer.
Halifax Building Society
Commercial Street
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX1 1HJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 09213 25162
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Laqured bronze plaque with enameled coat of arms of Halifax and Yorkshire. Border of roses. Roman lettering.
- Inscription
- IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE/ MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THE/ HALIFAX BUILDING SOCIETY/ WHO DIED ON SERVICE IN/ THE WORLD WARS/ 1914-1918/ (8 Names)/ 1939-1945/ (23 Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Briggs, Charles Arnold
Cash, Eric Lawrence
Caulfield, Bernard Joseph
Cave, Joe
Crossley, Herbert
Danby, Jack
Dransfield, Peter Bradley
Fairbridge, John Bertram
Forse, Geoffrey Jack
Guthrie, Alexander
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, middle names, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 0
Died: 23
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, middle name, surname
Order of information: Alphabtical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1350mm, width 610mm
Materials: Bronze
- 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
- Halifax Permanent Building Society
- WMO ID: 258824
- Condition: Good [last updated on 11-04-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Halifax Building Society
- Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 210
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