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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Kirkburton
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29278
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Current location
BELOW THE CHURCH AND OPPOSITE THE GEORGE INN
Kirkburton
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
HD8 8LA
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 20511 11160
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- STEPPED HEXAGONAL BASE WITH STONE CROSS WITH A CRUCIFIX AND STATUE OF ST GEORGE. NAMES ON THE RISERS
- Inscription
- REMEMBER THE MEN OF KIRKBURTON WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armitage, J F
Armitage, W
Barrowclough, B
Battye, J
Beaumont, J H
Bland, T
Brook, E
Brook, J
Cain, J E
Carter, A W
See details for all 66 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 66
Served and returned: 0
Died: 66
Exact count: yes
Information shown: year died
Order of information: year died
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- 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
- KIRKBURTON CROSS
- WMO ID: 95017
- Condition: Good [last updated on 26-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- More information may be found here:- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/95017
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