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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Elland
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2824
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Current location
Calderdale Metroplitan Borough Council Store
Elland
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- On wall on the west side of briggate
5
Victoria Baths
Town Hall Street
Elland
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX5 9AJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 11000 20900
Denomination: Undefined
- On wall on the west side of briggate
- Description
- Bronze plaque flanked by two marble pillars with stone cornice supporting it and a triangular pediment Inscription in relief. Badge of the Imperial Yeomanry at the top centre of the plaque. Gothic lettering
- Inscription
- ERECTED TO THE MEMORY / OF / JOSHUA HEMINGWAY/ OF WHITWELL PLACE / ELLAND'S FIRST VOLUNTEER / FOR SERVICE / WITH THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY / IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR/ WHO DIED AT KIMBERLEY / FEBRUARY 17TH 1901 / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN / THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS / LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Hemingway, Joshua
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, place of birth, rank, regiment, place of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 2000mm, width 1100mm
Materials: Bronze - Pillar
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Red - Arch
Measurements: height 2500mm, width 1700mm
Materials: Stone - York
- Plaque
- 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 - Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 501
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