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    Memorial

    Men of Barkisland - WW1 and WW2

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    Source: Copyright Orphan work

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    Current Location

    Opposite Christchurch on juction of Saddlworth Road and Scammonden Road, Saddleworth Road, Barkisland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX4 0AF, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 05437 19789

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • G Ainley

    • H Ainley

    • J Bailey

    • J L Bottomley

    • L Brett

    • W H Broadbent

    • G H Brooke

    • F B Dyson

    • A Eastwood

    • J Fairbank

    • W Fairbank

    • A Farrar

    • T Gee

    • H Gledhill

    • T Gledhill

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    2635
    Description
    Sandstone cross with tapering shaft. Surmounts square plinth which bears the names in gilt lettering.
    Inscription
    ERECTED TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BARKISLAND WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 AND AS A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    37
    Died
    37
    Information shown
    surname, initials of forenames
    Order of names
    surname THEN forename
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    10
    Died
    10
    Information shown
    surname, initials of forenames
    Order of names
    surname

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 4500mm


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Tablets

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    • Halifax Weekly Guardian 22 October 1921
    • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 810
    • Malcom Bull's Calderdale Companion, http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/ph5560.html, accessed 2/1/23