Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Huddersfield
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 65434
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Current location
4A
Newsome Mills
Ruth Street
Huddersfield
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
HD4 6JF
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 14367 14861
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular bronze plaque with carved stepped border and raised lettering.
- Inscription
- FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM THESE MILLS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ NEWSOME MILLS AUGUST 1921
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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
- Newsome Mills
- WMO ID: 230464
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 25-04-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2008: Plaque was stolen for scrap but was recovered and restored.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Huddersfield Exposed website: huddersfield.exposed/wiki/Roll_of_Honour,_Newsome_Mills,_Newsome
- Himelfield, David, 'Please bring our memorial back', Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 1 March 2008.
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