Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Rastrick
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2748
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Current location
Outside North door of Church
St Matthew's Church
Church Street
Rastrick
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HD6 3NF
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 13871 21632
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Very plain Latin cross on square plinth and single stepped base
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO SERVED AND FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Ambler, H
Armitage, John
Berry, Dixon
Booth, John H
Booth, Norman
Booth, Tom
Bottomley, Frank
Brewer, Cecil
Briggs, Allen
Churchman, William D
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Rank, Forename
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: depth 650mm, height 850mm, width 840mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Cross
Measurements: height 2630mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Plinth
- 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
- Not neglected but inscription badly worn - Hornshaw and Fowler (see references) in 1995
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 410
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