Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Halifax
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 2nd December 1948
Attended by: Harrison Road - War Memorial unveiled and communion table dedicated by Rev. John Smith - Unveiled
Date: 2nd December 1948
Attended by: Harrison Road - War Memorial unveiled and communion table dedicated by Rev. John Smith - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29414
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Current location
Harrison Road Congregational Church - in 1972
the name was changed to United Reformed Church
Halifax.
Sion Congregational Church
The Church and the school closed in 1959.
Parts of the building have been incorporated into Halifax Bus Station.
The Carlton Centre
Harrison Road
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX1 2AD
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 09160 24911
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- Wall-mounted plaque. White lettering.
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR/ 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends" / ST JOHN XV 13
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ackroyd, Gerald
Bagnall, Walter
Berry, Norman
Bird, William Henry
Booth, Fred
Briggs, Charles A
Buckle, George
Clarke, Tom
Cockroft, Fred
Cooper, William F
See details for all 37 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 570MM, width 970MM
Materials: Unknown
- Plaque
- 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
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale war Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 156
- Halifax Evening Courier - Friday 03 December 1948 Page 2 New pastor inducted at Harrison-road. ---
- [Calderdale Companion] www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/c109_c.html#305 Churches & Chapels
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