Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bradford
- Town
- Burley In Wharfedale
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: November 1922
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47011
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Current location
METHODIST CHURCH
Burley In Wharfedale
Bradford
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 169 463
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Cast bronze plaque with embossed lettering let within wooden frame with pediment. WW2 plaque added at bottom Swags of papyrus leaves frame the top and sides of main WW1 dedication. Inverted sword separates the WW1names into two columns. Rose of York above each column of WW1 names
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN / MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR HUMANITY IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / (NAMES) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / ALSO THE FOLLOWING / 1939-1945 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aspey, W
Barnes, R
Barr, N H
Bateson, J W
Baxter, John
Blakey, F
Bullock, Jack
Calvert, P
Clapham, John
Clough, H
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 24
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 7
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 3 FT, width 2 FT
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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