Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bradford
- Town
- Oakworth
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 29th May 1921
Attended by: Mr Robert Burnin
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 28589
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Current location
Slack Lane Baptist Church
Mackingstone Lane
Oakworth
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD22 0RB
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 02953 39573
Denomination: Baptist
- Previous locations
- Chapel Fold (the original Slack Lane Baptist Church)
Slack Lane
Oakworth
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD22 0RQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 02839 39421
Denomination: Undefined
- Chapel Fold (the original Slack Lane Baptist Church)
- Description
- Oak board with cornice, flanked by wreathed panels, showing WW1 names. Small brass plaque fixed to bottom ledge of the board gives WW2 names.
- Inscription
- On oak board: IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF/ (Names)/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS On brass plaque on bottom ledge of the board: 1939 - 1945/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baxandall, Clifford
Feather, Laban
Green, Allan
Hale, Joseph
Heaton, Herbert
Midgley, Frank
Midgley, Joseph T
Pickles, Allan
Powell, Norman
Reddihough, Albert
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: no
Information shown: Forename, surname, date of death
Order of information: Date of death - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height c. 610 mm, width c,. 915 mm
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaque
Measurements: height c. 25 mm, width c. 76 mm
Materials: Brass
- Board
- 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
- Keighley News, Saturday 4th June 1921
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