Memorial details

Memorial type
Church Fabric / Fittings
District
Calderdale
Town
Halifax
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Faculty Granted
    Date: 03rd December 1919
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
  • Dedicated
    Date: 10th October 1920
    Attended by: Archdeacon How, Archdeacon of Halifax
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
29416

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Current location

Board is on East wall of porch
St. Jude's Church
Free School Lane
Halifax
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX1 2XE
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 08691 24055
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
High Altar with reredos and screen. Associated board with names in porch: leaf motif around board. Gothic tracery around reredos and screen. High Altar inscribed L.H.S. with crown.
Inscription
Centre of Board: ST JUDES CHURCH/ 1914 - 1918/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ (NAMES)/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH Left and Right Panels: THESE ALSO SERVED IN THE FORCES/ (NAMES)/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THEIR SERVICE TO KING AND COUNTRY THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED 1920 On reredos: TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN IN THANKSGIVING FOR VICTORY AND PEACE RESTORED THE ALTAR AND REREDOS WERE ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD NINTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY REQUIEM ETERNAM DONA EIS DOMINE ET LUX PERPETUA LUCET EI CUM SANCTIS TUIS IN ETERNUM
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anderton, John
Anderton, Reginald
Appleyard, Ernest
Armstrong, William H
Baldwin, John
Banks, Arthur
Banks, Harold
Banks, James W
Banks, Leslie
Banks, Rowland
See details for all 171 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 171
    Served and returned: 134
    Died: 37
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: height 1150MM, width 1700MM
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Reredos
    Measurements: height 2700MM, width 6500MM
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Site: £500

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church
Reference
  • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 110
  • Halifax Evening Courier - Monday 11 October 1920 Page 3 ST. JUDE'S MEMORIAL. Dedication by Archdeacon How. ---

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