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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Lightcliffe
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29361
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Current location
WEST FACE OF SOUTH COLUMN OF CHANCEL ARCH
ST MATTHEWS CHURCH
Wakefield Rd (A649)
Lightcliffe
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX3 8TH
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 13671 25418
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WOODEN BOARD WITH CARVED INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- 1939 - 1945/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ (4 NAMES)/ HIPPERHOLME, LIGHTCLIFFE AND DISTRICT BRANCH, ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ellis, Donald L
Foster, Richard
Roberts, Thomas O
Shaw, Samuel
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname, forename
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height c640MM, width c350MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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 - Reference
- Calderdale War Dead - T R Hornshaw and M W Fowler, 1995 (Published Privately). Memorial 426 therein
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