Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Almondbury
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- SIR CHARLES A NICHOLSON (Designer)
MESSRS GRAHAM AND JESSOP LTD (Mason) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 14th May 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 14th May 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29110
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Current location
On the roadside
in front of Almondbury Parish Church
on the junction of Fenay Lane
Westgate and Northgate.
Parish Church
Fenay Lane
Almondbury
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
HD5 8XE
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 16874 15040
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Hexagonal cross surmounting a four stepped hexagonal base and plinth. Names are inscribed onto tablets, set into a curved wall behind the cross. There are five slate tablets for the First World War names, and two stone tablets for the Second World War names, with the dedication inscribed into the capping stones of the wall in black paint. There are two wooden benches in front of the wall.
- Inscription
- Wall: 1914 - 1919 REMEMBER THE MEN OF ALMONDBURY WHO DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ Plinth: REST ETERNAL GRANT THEM LORD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainley, John
Ambler, Noah
Armitage, Arthur
Armitage, Willie
Bailey, Lawrence
Balmforth, Ernest
Balmforth, Geoffrey F
Barrowclough, Harry
Batley, Trevor
Beadon, Basil H E
See details for all 154 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 108
Served and returned: 0
Died: 108
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 46
Served and returned: 0
Died: 46
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 5790mm
Materials: Stone - Clipsham - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Seat
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Cross
- 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
- Almondbury
- WMO ID: 132445
- Condition: Good [last updated on 30-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2012: refurbished. 2010: refurbished by Stevenson Memorials of Huddersfield, for Kirklees Council. Cleaned and lettering.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Carter Postcard Collection
- West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees Central Library. Ref BTC 731.76 Official programme from unveiling ceremony.
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