Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Rastrick
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 2nd October 1920
Attended by: Lt. Col. Sir George Armitage CMG DSO - Dedicated
Date: 2nd October 1920
Attended by: Rev. W. Harrop (Free Church), Rev. W. Mason (Church of England), Rev. F. McMenamin (Roman Catholic) - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Located in garden in front of library
Rastrick Branch Library
Crowtrees Lane
Rastrick
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HD6 3NH
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 13655 21397
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Plain, Yorkshire stone obelisk with three tiered plinth which carried the lettering in black.
- Inscription
- 6o'clock face: TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ RASTRICK/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF/ THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914-1918/ "REMEMBER THE LOVE OF/ THEM WHO CAME NOT/ HOME FROM THE WAR"/ AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ 1939 - 1945 12,3, 9 o'clock face: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ackroyd, L
Allison, H W
Ambler, H
Aspinall, J
Barraclough, H
Beevers, S
Bentley, J B
Berry, D
Berry, E
Berry, F A
See details for all 129 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 129
Served and returned: 0
Died: 129
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Rank, Regiment
Order of information: Regiment, Rank, Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Regiment, Initial, Surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth 320mm, height 3500mm, width 320mm
Materials: Stone - York - Base
Measurements: height 800mm, width 800mm
Materials: Stone - York
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL OUTSIDE RASTRICK LIBRARY
- 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
- MEN OF RASTRICK
- WMO ID: 119857
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Date unknown: J W Clay left money for maintenance of the memorial in his will.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- Yes
Purpose: Long termcare of the memorial. - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 409
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