Memorial

Hunsworth

Source: Copyright John Hendry

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Current Location

South View Road, East Bierley, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, BD4 6PH, England

SE 19869 29250

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Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 1621
Description: BASE SURMOUNTED BY PEDESTAL WITH A DORIC COLUMN ON EACH CORNER. WHOLE IS SURMOUNTED BY A FEMALE FIGURE OF VICTORY WITH WREATH. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING ON THREE SIDES OF THE PEDESTAL. FIGURE HOLDS A WREATH IN ONE HAND AND A LAUREL BRANCH IN ANOTHER
Inscription: NORTH FACE: TO THE MEN OF HUNSWORTH WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (NAMES)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND" EAST AND WEST FACE: THESE ALSO SERVED/ (NAMES) South Face: WW2 and Iraq names

Maker(s): MR LOUIS AMBLER FSA FRIBA, Architect
MESSRS B WATSON AND SONS, Builder
Farmer and Brindley, Mason
Maintenance History: 1991: NAMES RE-CUT. PHOTOS OF THEM BEING DONE IN THE FILE

Unveiled

01st January 1921

UNKNOWN