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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Bradford
Town
Greengates/Apperley Bridge
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
28491

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Current location

St John the Evangelist Church
Harrogate Road/Apperley Bridge
Greengates/Apperley Bridge
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD10 9AR
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 19233 37389
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
PLAQUES OF BEATEN COPPER WITH WOODEN SURROUND. WOODEN SURROUND SURMOUNTED BY CARVING OF ANGELS KNEELING EITHER SIDE OF WOODEN CROSS. RAISED NAMES AND INSCRIPTION. ADDITIONAL PLAQUES AT BASE OF WW2 NAMES.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Barraclough, Frank
Baxter, Charles A
Baxter, William
Blomfield, William
Buckle, Ernest
Clayton, Percy
Cleaver, Joseph H
Cockshott, Edmund
Cordingley, Percy
Dooley, Ernest
See details for all 76 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 76
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 76
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 32
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 32
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Plaques
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Copper
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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