Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other structure
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Huddersfield
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 1922
Attended by:
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 52654
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Current location
Tolson Memorial Museum
Ravensknowle Park
Wakefield Road
Huddersfield
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
HD5 8DJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 16264 16520
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Private mansion with six acres of ground given in memory of two nephews who died in WW1. The mansion is now part of the community history service of Kirklees Metropolitan Council.
- Inscription
- RAVENSKNOWLE COMPRISING MANSION AND SIX ACRES OF GARDEN AND PARK WAS GIVEN IN 1920 BY LEGH TOLSON ESQ FSA TO THE PEOPLE OF DALTON IN MEMORY OF HIS NEPHEWS SEC. LIEUT. ROBERT HUNTRISS TOLSON 15TH BATT. WEST YORKSHIRE REGT & SEC. LIEUT. JAMES MARTIN TOLSON GUARDS DIVISION ROYAL FIELD ARTY. WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 "THEY DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN CAN DIE, FIGHTING FOR GOD, FOR RIGHT, FOR LIBERTY."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Tolson, J M
Tolson, R H
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, foreanmes, rank, regiment, manner of death, relationships, additional
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
- 2LT James Martin Tolson and 2LT Robert Huntriss Tolson
- WMO ID: 72782
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 25-11-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- Huddersfield Daily Examiner/22nd Mar 2016 Article '' Future of Tolstoy Museum looks bleak....'' by Nick Lavigueur
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