Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Calderdale
Town
Ovenden
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
29423

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Current location

Keighley Road is the A 629
35
New Providence URC Church
Keighley Road
Ovenden
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX2 8BA
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 07754 27448
Denomination: United Reformed

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Description
ROLL OF HONOUR IN FORM OF ILLUMINATED SCROLL. NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS. BLACK AND RED LETTERING. ILLUMINATION INCLUDES DEPICTION AT TOP OF SERVICEMEN FROM ALL THE SERVICES WITH TWO UNION JACKS BEHIND. BATTLE SCENES IN FOUR CORNERS.
Inscription
THE ROLL OF HONOUR/ PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE/ YOUNG MEN'S CLASS/ PROVIDENCE SUNDAY SCHOOL/ OVENDEN/ SERVING WITH HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES/ FORMER MEMBERS/ (22 NAMES)/ PRESENT MEMBERS/ (27 NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ackroyd, Hanson
Ackroyd, Henry
Ambler, Harry
Aspinall, William
Bailey, R P
Bancroft, Isaac
Bannister, Arthur
Brook, Ernest
Campbell, Donald
Cockroft, Clifford
See details for all 49 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 49
    Served and returned: 42
    Died: 7
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment, additional
    Order of information: The list is separated between former and present members and then is random
Components
  • Scroll
    Measurements: height 700MM, width 400MM
    Materials: Unknown
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Calderdale War Dead, Hornshaw and Fowler, published privately in 1995, their memorial 154

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