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    Memorial

    Mytholmroyd

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    Current Location

    Memorial Garden, Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX7 5LL, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 01274 26043

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    Type of Memorial
    Serviceman / Servicewoman
    WMR Reference Number
    2610
    Description
    Soldier wearing cap with rifle at ease, hands crossed over muzzle. Figure stands on rough stone depicting rough landscape with stump of tree behind. Square stone base with plaque.
    Inscription
    IN COMMEMORATION/ OF THE GALLANTRY/ AND SACRIFICE OF/ THE MEN OF THE/ MYTHOLMROYD URBAN/ DISTRICT WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945./ THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE BY THE HEBDEN BRIDGE AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE BRITISH LEGION/ SERVICE NOT SELF.
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Maker(s)
    • MR H S DAVIES OF BIRMINGHAM, Sculptor

    Maintenance History
    An application to the Grants for War Memorials Scheme was received by War Memorials Trust in 2009. This application was towards work to remove moss and vegetation with wooden spatulas and non metallic brushes followed by the whole memorial being steam cleaned. The brass plaque was also to be cleaned and damaged stonework beneath it to be removed and an indent repair carried out along with re-pointing and the fixing of other areas of loose stone using lime mortar and stainless steel pins. Finally the incised World War I inscription was to be re-painted. The Grants for War Memorials Scheme offered a grant of £1,665. However, due to a decrease in costs, this was reduced to a payment of £1,600 upon completion. As an extension to the grant funded works the applicants also replaced the head of the sculpture with a replica produced based on historic photographic evidence available. ; Mytholmroyd war Memorial vandalised on two separate occasions. Rifle broken and head removed in October 1992, but replaced. Fibreglass replacement rifle again removed in November 1996.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    2 July 1922

    Mr Gilbert Hartley

    Dedicated

    2 July 1922

    Revd G J Payne

    Custodian
    Calderda;e Council

    Components

    Pedestal

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Figure

    Made from: Stone - Limestone


    Condition: Good


    Memorial

    Height: C 4000mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 626.