Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Leeds
- Town
- Allerton Bywater, Castleford
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 86455
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Current location
St Mary The Less Church
Station Rd,
Allerton Bywater
Castleford
Leeds
West Yorkshire
WF10 2BW
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 41801 27846
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Two rectangular polished brass on polished wood backboards. incised lettering in black
- Inscription
- Plaque 1: THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ "RING OUT THE FALSE, RING IN THE TRUTH"/ TO THE PRAISE OF GOD/ AND TO COMMEMORATE THE SIGNING OF A/ VICTORIOUS PEACE JUNE 28TH 1919/ THESE EIGHT BELLS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS./ WHERE DEDICATED JUNE 27TH 1920/ TOGETHER WITH THE MONUMENT NEAR THE CHURCH/ BY THE LORD BISHOP OF KNARESBOROUGH./ JAMES BELL. VICAR/ ERNEST A ELSAY AND JOHN B HUDSON, CHURCHWARDENS Plaque 2: AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIUM/ "Their Name liveth for evermore"/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE BRAVE/ MEN OF ALLERTON BYWATER/ Who gallantly gave themselves in the/ GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1919/ (Names)/ THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN" St JOHN X1:23
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ash, Arthur Wm
Blakey, Wm
Bullock, Thomas
Bullough, M
Campey, Allan
Cowell, Jas H
Hutchinson, Ed
Jackson, Albert
Jones, Elijah
Macdonald, W G
See details for all 27 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 25
Served and returned: 0
Died: 25
Exact count: yes
Information shown: RANK, FULL NAME, AGE
Order of information: By date
- First World War (1914-1918)
- 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
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