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)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6th 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
Support IWM
Any gift we receive makes a vital contribution to our ongoing work, from conserving our collection to supporting our public programme.
Current location
Beside the A6036 Bradford to Halifax road
2
St Matthew's Church
Church Walk
Northowram
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX3 7HE
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 11358 26945
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TALL, WALL-MOUNTED WOODEN BOARD WITH GOTHIC-STYLE, CROCKETED CANOPY ABOVE. 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/ (42 NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (18 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
Armitage, Maurice L
Armitage, Maurice L
Binns, Cyril
Boocock, John
Bottomley, Benjamin
Bottomley, Benjamin
Bottomley, Edgar
See details for all 78 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]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £120
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Calderdale War Dead, Hornshaw and Fowler, published privately in 1995, their memorial 115
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
This information is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC licence.
This means you may reuse it for non-commercial purposes only and must attribute it to us using the following statement:
© WMR-29427
For queries, please contact [email protected].