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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Shelf, Halifax
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2734
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Current location
Bethel Chapel
Wade House Road
Shelf
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX3 7QY
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 12766 28917
Denomination: Methodist
- Previous locations
- Wesleyan Methodist Church
Witchfield
Shelf
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Wesleyan Methodist Church
- Description
- Varnished wooden board with ornamentation floral carving, with flower shelf.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barraclough, Charlie
Barraclough, Enoch
Briggs, Ellis
Brook, Amon
Crowther, Milfred
Earle, Robert
Ellis, Willie
Freeth, William
Goodcliffe, John W
Hainsworth, Vernon
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname. - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabtical by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1160mm, width 620mm
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
- Witchfield Chapel Shelf World War One and Two War Memorial
- WMO ID: 269528
- Condition: Good [last updated on 16-04-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Bethel Chapel Trustees
- Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 304
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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