Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Calderdale
Town
Buttershaw, Bradford
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
2751

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Current location

Bulmer & Lumb Group HQ
Royds Hall Lane
Buttershaw
Bradford
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
BD6 2NE
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 14305 29151
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • ROSEMARY DYE WORKS
    Rastrick
    Calderdale
    West Yorkshire
    HD6 3EH
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Roll of honour on painted card that is mounted and framed. At top centre is a small painting of hospital ship and at bottom centre one of a troop of artillery. Depicted on each side are knights' helmets, Union flags, crossed swords and a wreath, all on a leaf background. Names in four columns in centre in gold lettering on a black background: those of the dead are underlined.
Inscription
ROLL OF HONOUR/ WALSHAW DRAKE & CO LTD/ THE FOLLOWING JOINED HM FORCES DURING THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 TO 1918/ (NAMES) FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ GOD SAVE THE KING/ NAMES UNDERLINED HAVE DIED SERVING THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Barraclough, Fred
Brook, Clement
Burch, Herbert
Crawshaw, George
Crossley, James
Crow, Sam
Drake, Herbert
Farrar, Fred
Firth, William
Foster, Robert
See details for all 32 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 36
    Served and returned: 32
    Died: 4
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forenames, Surnames
    Order of information: Random
Components
  • Frame
    Measurements: height 690mm, width 930mm
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 413

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