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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Leeds
- Town
- Beeston
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 62970
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Current location
Cockburn School
Gipsy Lane
Beeston
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS11 5TT
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 29179 29448
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Junction with Fairford Av.Inside main entrance on the left.
Cockburn High School (Demolished)
Burton Rd
Hunslet
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS 11
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 300 310
Denomination: Undefined
- Junction with Fairford Av.Inside main entrance on the left.
- Description
- Large rectangular wooden board on a plinth. Beneath a decorated top are three carved panels decorated with ribbons. The central one is the school badge and the outer ones bear the dates of the war in roundels. A flower container stands each side near the bottom, with three names carved below.
- Inscription
- 1914 1918/ COCKBURN HIGH SCHOOL/ IN HONOUR OF THE MASTERS AND OLD/ BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO SERVED/ IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN PROUD/ AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ MASTERS (Names)/PUPILS/(Names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ ERECTED BY PAST AND PRESENT/ PUPILS STAFF AND RELATIVES/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baron, W
Bate, H
Bimrose, C
Blakey, J H
Blakey, W
Bower, F B
Brooke, H W
Brough, G C
Calverley, T
Childe, N
See details for all 68 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 68
Served and returned: 0
Died: 68
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,occupation
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdenifier
- Other website www.hunslet.org/Hunslet Moor (1).html
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