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Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Calderdale
Town
Mytholmroyd
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
2856

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Current location

South nave aisle
St. Michael's Church
Church Street
Mytholmroyd
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX7 5DS
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 01341 25978
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Two-light stained glass Gothic window with dedicatory white marble tablet on a verde antica background. Figures depicted in the window are St Michael and St George. There is a matching white, marble WW2 memorial (2673) in the same location.
Inscription
Tablet: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN CONNECTED WITH THE PARISH CHURCH OF MYTHOLMROYD WHO THROUGH DEATH ENTERED UPON MORE GLORIOUS LIFE WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (exact line spacing unknown) Window: SAINT MICHAEL/ SAINT GEORGE/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD & TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED UPON/ THE ACCOMPANYING TABLET THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED, ADVENT 1919 BY THOSE FOR WHOM/ THEY FOUGHT WHEN THEY THROUGH DEATH ENTERED UPON MORE GLORIOUS LIFE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ashworth, Samuel Harry
Carter, Arthur
Carter, Walter
Fisher, John
Fletcher, Edwin
Glover, Oswald
Grave, Arnold
Greenwood, James Edward
Greenwood, John William
Haigh, Fred
See details for all 28 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 28
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 28
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, rank, regiment, forename
    Order of information: By regiment
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 1650mm, width 970mm
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Memorial: £140 (tablet) + £126 (window)

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Vicar and Churchwardens
Reference
  • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, part of their memorial 618

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