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    Memorial

    St Stephen's Parish, Copley - WW1 and WW2

    Cross - Front view

    Source: Copyright John Hendry

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    Current Location

    Outside the North door of the church, St Stephen's Church, North Dean Road, Copley, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX3 0TT, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 08491 22323

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    2590
    Description
    Stone cross surmounting stone column in churchyard. Column is quatrefoil of red granite and stands on square stone plinth. Plinth bears shield-shaped tablets with incised lettering. The cross has low stone wall surrounding it.
    Inscription
    TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND AS A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919,/ THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN/ ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS/ OF COPLEY AND IN/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO/ SERVED/ (24 Names)/ 1939-1945/ (5 Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    24
    Died
    24
    Information shown
    surname, forenames
    Order of names
    surname
    Additional Information
    These men are also listed on IWM 101793
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    5
    Died
    5
    Information shown
    Surname, forenames, decorations.
    Order of names
    Surname.

    Components

    Cross

    Height: c4350mm


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Column

    Made from: Granite - Red


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Height: 4050mm

    Width: 1010mm


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    • Centenary Booklet (1965) by Rev. Eric Davies Halifax Weekly Guardian 20th and 27th May 1922

    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • James E Abbott

    • Appleton B Audus

    • W Douglas Barron

    • Francis J Bottomley

    • Rufus Buckley

    • Albert L Edwards

    • Harold Green

    • Fred Hamer

    • Jack Hamer

    • Raymond Hardy

    • John W Harrison

    • Alister King

    • William Mallinson

    • George Mellin

    • Alfred Nash

  • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 120