Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Bradford
- Town
- Keighley
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- EDWARD JOHNSTON (Calligrapher)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1924
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Presented
Date: 18 January 1998
Attended by: RELATIVES/FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Library is near Civic Centre. The book of remembrance is upstairs in Keighley local section.
Keighley Public Library
North Street
Keighley
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD21 3SX
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 06018 41362
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Bound Book of Remembrance with inscription in caligraphy, with red and black ink. Book held in purpose-built glass case. Additional book added in 1998 with two names within.
- Inscription
- Cover: 1914/ 1918 Page: Borough of Keighley/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ The Great War/ 1914-1918/ They whose Names are herein set forth/ at the call of King and Country, left/ all that was dear to them, endured hard-/ ness, faced danger, and finally passed out/ of the sight of men by the path of duty &/ self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives/ that others might live in freedom./ Let those who come after, see to it that/ their Names be not forgotten./ Page: This Book contains the/ Roll of Honour of the/ Borough of Keighley/ Dated October 1924./ (Names) Page: Borough of Keighley Roll of Honour/ Pages: (Names) Page: SEE YE TO IT/ that these shall/ not have died/ in vain/ Additional Book, Page: SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME/ This book contains names added to the Roll of Honour of the Borough of Keighley/ from 1998 onwards.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, C H
Achrqvd, William
Acridyd, Janks
Adams, John Wdward
Addyman, Facy Navton
Addyman, James Robert
Aingc, Walcct Harry
Ainley, Louis Edward
Allan, G A
Amismong, J E
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 908
Served and returned: 0
Died: 908
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,additional
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Book
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Case
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Glass
- Book
- 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
- History
- 1998, 18 January: Name added to book. Late 1920s: Two pages of names added to book.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Bradford Council, as of 1997
- Reference
- Keighley News 3 / 12 November 1993 Information about the calligrapher, with photo of memorial
- Keighley News 23 January 1998 Coverage of name addition and presentation ceremony
- Telegraph and Argus 7 November 1997 Coverage of Bradford Council decision to add name to memorial
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