Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Bradford
Town
Idle
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
28625

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Previous locations
  • Thorpe Methodist Church
    Thorpe Garth
    Idle
    Bradford
    West Yorkshire
    BD10 9RB
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SE 17968 37603
    Denomination: Methodist
Description
WALL-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE TABLET. INCISED BLACK LETTERING. NAMES IN SINGLE COLUMN. BLACK MARBLE MOUNT. TABLET CURVED AT TOP FLANKED BY CARVED COLUMNS EITHER SIDE UNIDENTIFIED CREST AT TOP CENTRE. CARVINGS ON COLUMNS EITHER SIDE OF TABLET; ROSES AND LEAVES.
Inscription
IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN CONNECTED WITH THIS/ CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL/WHO SERVED IN H.M. FORCES/ AND DIED DURING THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Buckley, Frank
Firth, Jesse
Fletcher, Arnold
Fletcher, Horace
Hartley, Robert
Hobson, Harry
Howard, John E
Jenkins, Harry
North, Hainsworth
North, William H
See details for all 21 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 21
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 21
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height C 4FT, width C 2FT
    Materials: Marble - White
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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