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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Rood or rood loft
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Halifax
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 24th April 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29412
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Current location
St Thomas The Apostle Church
Claremount Road
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX3 6AW
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 09812 25841
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ROOD BEAM WITH WOODEN CROSS AND WREATH MOUNTED ABOVE. NAMES CARVED DIRECTLY ON TO THE STONE OF THE CHANCEL ARCH
- Inscription
- (ON ROOD BEAM) 1914 TO THE/ UNCONQUERED/ 1919 (ON CHANCEL ARCH) 1914 - 1919/ IN/ MEMORIAM/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armitage, J H
Barker, T
Brook, Arthur
Brown, L J
Cawthorn, H
Clough, A
Clough, Albert
Cockroft, J
Denville, Dennis
Dobson, H
See details for all 29 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: height 8000MM, width 300MM
Materials: Wood - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: height 1500MM, width 250MM
Materials: Stone
- First World War memorial
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST THOMAS
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, Published privately in 1995, their memorial 112
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