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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Northowram
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- MR H PERCY JACKSON (Manufacturer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 06th November 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Rededicated
Date: 14th November 1948
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29427
Current location
ST MATTHEWS CHURCH
Back Clough
Northowram
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 113 270
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED WOODEN BOARD WITH GOTHIC-STYLE COPNY AT TOP. CARVED LETTERING. NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS. WOODEN TRACERY AROUND CANOPY AND AT BASE BORDER. CHERUB FACE AT CENTRE BASE.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-19/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST/ AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM/ ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Hartley
Anderton, James W
Archer, Percy
Binns, Cyril
Boocock, John
Bottomley, Edgar
Clayton, Herbert
Cragg, Charles
Ellis, Edgar
Farrar, Nelson
See details for all 42 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 42
Served and returned: 0
Died: 42
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 3600MM, width 1100MM
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
- Northowram
- WMO ID: 252861
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 11-01-2019]
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- Costs
Site: £120
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- 115
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