Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Kirklees
- Town
- Hartshead
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 69204
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Current location
St Peter's Church
Church Lane
Hartshead
Kirklees
West Yorkshire
WF15 8EU
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 17908 23311
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Framed tablet with the lettering in black and a latin cross at the top.
- Inscription
- TO HONOUR THOSEV MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN TAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Crowther, Fred
Crowther, Sydney
Howarth, Richard Willis
Smith, Albert
Womersley, Frank Edward
Wood, Jesse
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Surname.
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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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