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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Bradford
- Town
- Morton
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 12th August 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 12th August 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Bradford - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 28621
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Current location
B6265 road
Morton Cemetery
Bradford Rd
Morton
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD20 5LD
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 08745 41846
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- FIGURE OF A SOLDIER IN MOURNING POSE WITH HEAD BOWED AND RIFLE REVERSED. ON SQUARE PLINTH WITH TWO FLANKING PANELS DECORATED AS BELOW. WHOLE MEMORIAL STANDS ON CRUCIFORM BASE FLANKING PANELS DECORATED WITH CARVED RELIEF DEPICTING ANGELS ON FRONT FACE AND LIONS ON REAR
- Inscription
- 1914 - 1918/ THOSE HONOURED HERE DIED IN/ THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ AND LIE BURIED NEAR THIS SPOT/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, J H
Bamforth, A
Brown, C
Brown, G
Geehan, W
Gordon, P E
Greenhalgh, W
Hayden, W
Holmes, M
Jones, G L D
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: no
Information shown: Rank Initials, Surname, Regiment/Unit, Date of death
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: height 840MM, width 2070MM
Materials: Stone - Portland - Base
Measurements: height 920MM, width 2070MM
Materials: Stone - York - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Plinth
- 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
- The Royal Canadian Regiment and WW1
- WMO ID: 239448
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 21-11-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- VERY UNUSUAL MEMORIAL IN THAT IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AS A LOCAL INITIATIVE TO COMMEMORATE SERVICEMEN WHO DIED IN KEIGHLEY WAR HOSPITAL AND THEN SEEM TO HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE CWGC. THIS PROBABLY EXPLAINS WHY THE NAME PANELS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN RE-CUT WHILST THE MORE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS OF THE MEMORIAL ARE QUITE WEATHERED. THE RIFLE IN PARTICULAR HAS DETIORATED QUITE BADLY
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION
- Reference
- Keighley News 13 August 1921
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