Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Calderdale
Town
Hebden Bridge
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
29384

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Current location

Church is adjacent to Market Street
the A646
54
Hebden Royd Methodist Church
Bridge Lanes
Hebden Bridge
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX7 6AA
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 98891 27192
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
Bound Book of Remembrance kept in a wooden case. Black and red lettering.
Inscription
THIS BOOK/ IS DEDICATED TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN HONOUR OF THE/ BRAVE MEN OF THE/ METHODIST CHURCH/ OF HEBDEN BRIDGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WARS OF 1914-18/ AND 1939-45/ (84 NAMES - See below) NB. One WW1 Name appears twice, hence the correct count would only be 83
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ashworth, Louis Ernest
Blackburn, Bertrand
Blackburn, Edward
Boggis, M Harold
Booth, Harry
Carter, Herbert
Cooper, Harry
Coulston, Max Percy
Crabtree, Arthur
Crabtree, Ernest
See details for all 83 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 77
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 77
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames and initials
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 7
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 7
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames and initials
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Book
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: The book which replaced the 4 memorials in the new church was sponsored in the name of Arthur Lister by his daughter.
Reference
  • Calderdale War Dead, Hornshaw and Fowler, published privately in 1995, their memorial 608

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