Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Brighouse
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 22nd April 1922
Attended by: The Lord Bishop of Wakefield, Dr. G.R. Eden - Unveiled
Date: 22nd April 1922
Attended by: Major General H.B. Davies CB - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2738
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Current location
Rydings House
Rydings Park
Halifax Road
Brighouse
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HD6 1FB
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 14243 23049
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Bronze, winged Victory on a globe, holding a wreath in her outstretched right hand. Surmounting the granite column are a torch and wreath on north face; sword and wreath on south face
- Inscription
- THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Ackroyd, L
Addison, A
Ainley, A
Allen, J
Allison, H W
Ambler, H
Ambler, H
Ambler, J P
Anderson, H
Andrews, A H
See details for all 390 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 392
Served and returned: 0
Died: 392
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Rank, Regiment
Order of information: Regiment, Rank, Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Pedestal
Measurements: depth 900mm, height 1500mm, width 1250mm
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
- Figure
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL IN RYDINGS PARK
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Brighouse
- WMO ID: 119866
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 28-12-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Plaque removed for restoration (1992)
- Costs
Memorial: £2,000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Salaries of two District Nurses in perpetuity - Responsibility
- Calderdale MDC
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion, www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/mmm2000.html#b, accessed on 8/12/22
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 401
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