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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Birkenshaw
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29107
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Current location
ST PAULS CHURCH
Bradford Road
Birkenshaw
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
BD11 2DR
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 20338 28261
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- OAK CHANCEL SCREEN WITH FOUR SHIELDS OF OAK WITH THE WW1 NAMES CARVED ON THEM AND ONE SHIELD OF BRONZE WITH THE WW2 NAMES INSCRIBED ON IT. DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION IS ON THE CENTRAL ARCH
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 SHIELD 1-4: (NAMES) SHIELD 5: ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ashworth, G
Ball, W
Battye, S
Baxendale, W
Bell, G
Binks, A
Brooke, C
Bush, G E
Butterfield, R
Carling, T P
See details for all 114 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 76
Served and returned: 0
Died: 76
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 39
Served and returned: 0
Died: 39
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- 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
- Birkenshaw St Paul's Church
- WMO ID: 141828
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 06-07-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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