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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sundial
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Birchencliffe
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 25 September 1937
Attended by: MAYOR OF HUDDERSFIELD
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52613
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Current location
MEMORIAL GARDEN
ST PHILIPS CHURCH
Halifax Rd
Birchencliffe
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 118 188
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TWO STEPPED PLINTH SURMOUNTED BY A YORKSHIRE STONE SUNDIAL WITH INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES.
- Inscription
- SOUTH SIDE: ERECTED TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 NORTH SIDE: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING,/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM OTHER SIDE: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ackroyd, W
Bailey, W
Beaumont, G H
Brook, W
Chadwick, J W
Clough, F
Crowther, H
Crowther, R T
Dyson, F
Firth, W
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 25
Served and returned: 0
Died: 25
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Sundial
Measurements: depth 830MM, height 1060MM, width 830MM
Materials: Stone - Yorkshire
- Sundial
- 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
- BIRCHENCLIFFE PARISH
- WMO ID: 72822
- Condition: Good [last updated on 09-02-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2002: THE MEMORIAL WAS MOVED FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION BY THE NORTH WEST DOOR TO ITS CURENT LOCATION AS IT WAS DEEMED A MORE APPROPRIATE LOCATION. THE MEMORIAL WAS CLEANED DURING THE MOVE.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- ST PHILIPS CHURCH
- Reference
- BOOK: CROWTHER, DAVID "THE HISTORY OF ST PHILIP'S CHURCH, BIRCHENCLIFFE. THE FIRST 125 YEARS 1877 TO 2002" (2002)
- War Memorials Trust WM859 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=287
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