Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Bradford
- Town
- Lidget Green
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47016
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Current location
SCHOLEMORE CEMETERY SECTION 2 NO 12
Necropolis Rd
Lidget Green
Bradford
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 130 320
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- ADDITION TO FAMILY GRAVESTONE
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ MARTHA WIFE OF/ ELLIS BLAMFORTH/ WHO DIED JUNE 5TH 1896/ AGED 53 YEARS/ ALSO OF THE ABOVE NAMED/ ELLIS BALMFORTH/ WHO DIED NOV. 18TH 1924/ AGED 80 YEARS/ ALSO THEIR TWO SONS/ JOHN WILLIAM/ BELOVED HUSBAND OF/ EMMA BALMFORTH/ DIED APRIL 27TH 1918/ AGED 46 YEARS/ NEWTON/ THE DEAR HISBAND OF/ MARY FLORENCE BALMFORTH/ WHO FELL ASLEEP DEC. 18TH 1932/ AGED 55 YEARS/ ALSO OF THEIR DAUGHTER/ EMMA/ WHO DIED SEPT 15TH 1939/ AGED 56 YEARS/ ALSO OF JONAS SON OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED JULY 29TH, 1920, AGED 55 YEARS./ ALSO OF ELLIS, GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN FRANCE/ APRIL 19TH 1918, AGED 19 YEARS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Balmforth, Ellis
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 1
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- First World War memorial
- 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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