
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wakefield
- Town
- Ackworth
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29117
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Current location
ST CUTHBERTS CHURCH
Cross Hill
Ackworth
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF7 7EJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 44033 18073
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- FOUR WOODEN BOARDS WITH BRASS INSET, TWO ON EACH SIDE OF THE ALTAR
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914 - 1918 WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE/ RECORDED AND WHOSE MEMORY THEY HOLD DEAR/ THIS SCREEN IS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF ACKWORTH/ THEY CLIMBED IN THE STEEP ASCENT OF HEAVEN/ THROUGH PERIL TOIL AND PAIN/ O GOD TO USE MAY GRACE BE GIVEN/ TO FOLLOW IN THEIR TRAIN/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Asquith, Harry
Beckitt, Edwin
Boocock, Joseph
Breward, Ernest
Briggs, Arthur
Briggs, Edwin
Briscoe, Edward
Burland, Edward
Burton, Harry
Burton, Herbert
See details for all 72 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 72
Served and returned: 0
Died: 72
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,forename,decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: depth 6", height 5FT, width 5FT
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- First World War memorial
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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