Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Wakefield
- Town
- Featherstone
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 31 August 1924
Attended by: Brig-Gen Brooke CMG DSO
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29133
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Current location
In circular enclosure in road outside Church
St Thomas Church
St Thomas Road
Featherstone
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF7 5HE
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 42632 20058
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tall slender octagonal pillar set on octagonal tapering plinth and five stepped stone base. Surmounted by a small metal Celtic Cross . Memorial is entirely whitewashed.
- Inscription
- 1914 - 1918/ TO HONOUR THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ 1939 - 1945/ THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ THE NAMES OF THE/ DEAD ARE CONTAINED/ IN A ROLL OF HONOUR/ HELD IN THE LIBRARY/ OF THIS TOWN Roll of Honour at Library is WMR 73882
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Dickenson, Frank William
Eccles, Arthur
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1828mm, height 6096mm, width 1828mm
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Purston War Memorial
- WMO ID: 252477
- Condition: Good [last updated on 11-12-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2011: Substantially rebuilt with a shorter cross and engraved inscription. Report received that new inscription has misquoted 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE' as 'THERE NAMES LIVETH' 1970s: The pillar was blown down in a gale and was subsequently replaced by a durable concrete post. The original parts are in St Thomas Church.
- Costs
Site: £250
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
Details: Royal British Legion. Erected between the church and a council house estate on land owned by Featherstone Urban District Council. Council assumed responsibility for the Memorial after unveiling,
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