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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Hipperholme
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11th November 1920
Attended by: J. Lister M.A. Chairman of Governors - Dedicated
Date: 11th November 1920
Attended by: rev G.T. Jowett, Vicar of Colon and H. C. F. - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2822
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Current location
In hall
Hiperholme Grammar School
Bramley Lane
Hipperholme
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX3 8JE
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 12442 25798
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Carved oak board with broken-necked pediment. Portrait of the then late Headmaster with triangular pediment placed above it. There is also a pedimented gateway at the school, commemorating WW1, which is inscribed on its frieze and is separately recorded as Memorial 29396.
- Inscription
- (Board): MAYNARD P. ANDREWS M.A.,/ YPRES 14 AUGUST 1915/ HEADMASTER, SOLDIER, HERO/ SONS OF THE SCHOOL TRUE TILL DEATH/ 1914 - 19/ (16 Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (18 Names)/THEY JEOPARDED THEIR LIVES UNTO DEATH/IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE FIELD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andrews, P Maynard
Berry, J R
Birdsell, G B H
Booth, W S
Bower, H
Boys
Burdall, L
Clarkson, C
Cockroft, G G
Collier, V
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 2400mm, width 1080mm
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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- School governers
- Reference
- Booklet written by L.W. Hyde (1916) [Not held at IWM.]
- Calderdale War Dead, Hornshaw and Fowler, published privately in 1995, their memorial 428
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