Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Leeds
- Town
- Churwell Hill, Morley
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 12 April 1924
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29243
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Current location
ROADSIDE
Elland Road/ Old Road
Churwell Hill
Morley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS27 7SW
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 27280 29597
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- (For World War One) NOWY HEADED PLAQUE SET IN STONE SURROUND, MOUNTED IN A ROADSIDE WALL (For World War Two) Mounted on the rear of the WW1 plaque is a black stone tablet commemorating WW2.
- Inscription
- To Front, 1914 1919/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ FOR THE FALLEN/ (Names) To Rear, IN MEMORY OF ALL KNOWN SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CONFLICT OF 1939-1945 "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" (Names) (to bottom of rear) THIS PLAQUE WAS DONATED BY CHURWELL ACTION GROUP. 2004
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allsop, Charles R
Asquith, Harold
Booth, J Norman
Brooke, Rawdon
Brown, James
Brown, Sydney C
Bywater, James
Carter, Eric H
Charlesworth, W
Cheesebrough, H
See details for all 69 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 58
Served and returned: 0
Died: 58
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: no
Information shown: First name, Initials and surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Frame
- 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
- CHURWELL (HILL) GARDEN OF REST AND WWI PLAQUE
- WMO ID: 72704
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-02-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM1330 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=201
- Other website www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier+2009629_169214
- Other website civicleeds.wordpress.com/tetleys/
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