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Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Calderdale
Town
Norland, Sowerby Bridge
County
West Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
29459

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Current location

CEMETERY
ROW F
NO 1 - see attached notes for map. Note that the Chapel itself is no longer in use and is a private dwelling.
MOUNT ZION PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH
New Longley
Norland
Sowerby Bridge
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
HX6 3RR
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 05279 21986
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
ADDITION TO FAMILY GRAVESTONE. GRAVESTONE IS FORMED BY THREE STEPS, SHAFT AND TREFOIL SHAPED TOP. INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES OF THE STEPS
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY/ CPL FRED SOUTHWELL/ 27726/ WEST YORKS REGT/ KILLED IN ACTION/ OCT 11TH 1918, AGED 29 YEARS/ BURIED AT THE MILITARY/ CEMETERY, RIEUX FRANCE/ THE YOUNGEST SON OF/ SUSAN AND THE LATE/ BATES BROADBENT SOUTHWELL/ SPRING VILLA, NORLAND
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Southwell, Fred
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Calderdale War Dead, Hornshaw and Fowler, published privately in 1995, their page 577

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