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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Leeds
- Town
- Leeds
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61574
Current location
Leeds Discovery Centre
Carlisle Road
Leeds
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS10 1LB
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 309 325
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- City of Leeds Electricity Department
Leeds
Leeds
West Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- City of Leeds Electricity Department
- Description
- Nowy-headed board with polished oval boss top centre. Badge of West Yorkshire Regiment painted on boss. Inscription in gold lettering. Names ordered into four columns. Chamfered rim at base.
- Inscription
- 1940 1944/ "C" COY. 18 W.R. (LEEDS) BATTALION./ (CITY OF LEEDS ELECTRICITY DEPT.)/ HOME GUARD./ ROLL OF HONOUR./ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 292
Served and returned: 292
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,occupation
Order of information: surname
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 2111mm, width 1470mm
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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
- 2010, January: on loan to Town Hall. Chipping to left corner and nowy-head of pediment. Some scratching and scuffing to inscription and base.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Leeds Museums and Galleries
- Reference
- Leeds Museums and Galleries LEEDM.E.ZO.2811
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