Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Halifax
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 8th July 1921
Attended by: COL SIR EDWARD WHITLEY CB CMG DSO
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29395
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Current location
In the main school corridor to the right of the entrance
CROSSLEY HEATH SCHOOL
Skircoat Moor Road
Savile Park
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX3 0HG
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 08141 23921
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- HEATH TRAINING CENTRE
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- HEATH TRAINING CENTRE
- Description
- CARVED WOODEN BOARD IN FIVE PANELS: THE CENTRE PANEL IS THE LIST OF THE FALLEN, THOSE WHO SERVED ON THE TWO EITHER SIDE OF THIS. THE WHOLE IS SURMOUNTED BY A PIERCED FRET COMPOSED OF THE FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH NATIONS, DECORATED AT THE CENTRE WITH A ROUNDEL DEPICTING ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. CORNERS MARKED BY ANGELS HOLDING SWORD, LOINCLOTH, SHIELD, HELMET, BREASTPLATE, SANDALS (SEE EPHESIANS CHAP 6). SCHOOL BADGE AT CENTRE BOTTOM. REGIMENTAL BADGES ON THE FRAMES OF THE PANELS: DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT; WEST YORKS; YORKS DRAGOONS; MACHINE GUN CORPS; KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS; ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS; ROYAL NAVY; ROYAL ENGINEERS; ROYAL AIR FORCE; ROYAL ARTILLERY; KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY; ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS; YORKS AND LANCS; GREEN HOWARDS; ROYAL FUSILIERS; SEAFORTHS; ROYAL TANK CORPS; EAST YORKS.
- Inscription
- TAKE UNTO YOU THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD THAT YE MAY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND IN THE EVIL DAY AND HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND/ (307 NAMES ORDERED BY WHETHER SERVED OR DIED AND BY YEAR THYE JOINED THE SCHOOL)/ IN HONOUR OF THE MEN FROM THIS SCHOOL WHO SERVED IN THE WAR 1914 - 1918 AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ackroyd, C H
Ainley, F C
Ainley, G E
Arthur, G S
Arthur, W H
Ashworth, J K
Atkins, S
Bainbridge, C B
Ballantyne, N A
Ballantyne, P H
See details for all 352 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 365
Served and returned: 307
Died: 58
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, Initials, Year they joined school
Order of information: Year they left school, surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1380MM, width 3800MM
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
- History
- SCRATCHED BETWEEN FIELD WORK VISITS IN 1991
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Reference
- Calderdale War Dead, Hornshaw and Fowler, published privately in 1995, their memorial 201
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