Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Dewsbury
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26-10-1919
Attended by: Mayor of Dewsbury
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53786
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Current location
In Memorial Chapel
Our Lady and St Paulinus Church
Cemetery Road
Dewsbury
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
WF13 2SE
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 23716 21219
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description
- Names carved into marble tablets surrounded by walls of gold mosiac and a dado of panelled oak. Two angels are depicted at the top corners. Between them they hold a banner that carries the main inscription.
- Inscription
- FOR/ GOD, KING/ AND/ COUNTRY/ The following members of this Congregation/ have made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War/ 1914 R.I.P. 1918/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 107
Served and returned: 0
Died: 107
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: year, date
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Tablet
- 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
- History
- 2005: 2 names were added to the memorial. 2004: 9 names were added to the memorial.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Local History Publication
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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