Crimsworth Methodist Church And School, Wadsworth - WW1 and WW2

Circular bronze plaque with additional, rectangular plaque for WW2 added below it. Incised inscription. Whole is set into a slab of Yorkshire stone. Laurel wreath in relief around the circular plaque with crown at the top.

Inscription

TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH & SCHOOL/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ THEY SHALL BE MINE, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, WHEN I MAKE UP OF MY JEWELS/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Ashworth, Thos R
Butler, Ben
Crabtree, John
Greenwood, Clarence
Greenwood, John Walton
Greenwood, Wade
Harwood, Harry
Leary, Arthur E
Midgley, Harold
Moore, Fred
See details for all 14 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname

Components

Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
Base
Measurements: depth 120mm, height 1300mm, width 840mm
Materials: Stone - Yorkshire

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Condition

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History

The plaque was originally mounted on an oak board but was placed on the stone when it was moved outside.

Costs

Site: C £20

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 615

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