Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Garden
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Hebden Bridge
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 30th August 1938 (Garden)
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 30th October 1938
Attended by: Ex-servicemen; Representatives of civic authorities; Members of public and youth organisations. - Unveiled
Date: 30th October 1938
Attended by: Sir James W O' Dowda, KCB, CSI, CMG of Grasmere; Ex-servicemen; Representatives of civic authorities; Members of public and youth organisations. - Dedicated
Date: 31st October 2004
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (3)
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Memorial Gardens
New Road
Hebden Bridge
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX7 8EF
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 99232 27160
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Garden of remembrance with dedicatory bronze plaque placed on a rough hewn stone. It has an ornamental border and on the top is the Royal British Legion badge.
- Inscription
- 1914-1918 1939-1945/ IN PROUD AND GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE/ MEN OF THIS DISTRICT/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE TWO WORLD WARS./ THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE BY THE/ HEBDEN BRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH/ BRITISH LEGION/ SERVICE NOT SELF
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 560mm, width 750mm
Materials: Bronze
- 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
- HEBDEN BRIDGE GARDEN
- WMO ID: 119770
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £1000 (garden)
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Calderdale Metropolitan District Council
- Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM1681II www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=27
- The Times and Gazette, November 4, 1938.
- The Times and Gazette, September 2, 1938.
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