Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Brighouse
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2742
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Current location
Central Methodist Church
Commercial Street
Brighouse
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HD6 1AY
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 14386 22910
Denomination: Methodist
- Previous locations
- Park Methodist Church
Park Street
Brighouse
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HD6 1JL
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 146 228
Denomination: Undefined
- Park Methodist Church
- Description
- Elaborately carved rectangular oak board with decorations each side and the lettering in gold.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORIAM/ THEY LOVED DUTY MORE THAN THEY FEARED DEATH/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Caldwell, James
Ellis, Fred
Fielding, Willie
Firth, Fred
Fugh, C
Hardcastle, John William
Harris, Albert E
Kanger, D
Lister, Joseph
Longbottom, Fred
See details for all 55 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, Year died, Regiment, Forename, Manner of death
Order of information: Year died - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Rank, Year died, Regiment, Forename, Manner of death
Order of information: Year died
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1700mm, width 1900mm
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
- History
- In good condition but stored in dirty and inaccessible place (1992). Church has no intention to display memorial
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 405
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