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    Memorial

    Wall Nook Methodist Church - WW1 and WW2

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    Current Location

    Junction of Saddleworth Road and Scammonden Road, Barkisland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX4 0AF, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 05421 19789

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Horace Ainley

    • George Conway

    • Albert Eastwood

    • John Fairbank

    • William Fairbank

    • Wilton Hayes

    • Albert Henry Hayes

    • Harry Longbottom

    • Harry Nutton

    • Kaye Schofield

    • John William Sykes

    • Berwin Taylor

    • Walter Cooper

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    2637
    Description
    External grey and white marble tablets. incised lettering.
    Inscription
    (WW1): TO THE GLORY OF GOD / A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THE GALLANT MEN FROM THIS SUNDAY SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 / ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF / (Names) / THESE HONOURED SOLDIERS LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN WINNING THE VICTORY FOR INTERNATIONAL RIGHTEOUSNESS AND FREEDOM / DUTY NOBLY DONE ALSO OF WALTER COOPER IN THE 1939-1945 WAR.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    12
    Died
    12
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    Order of names
    Random
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    Maker(s)
    • Frank Longbottom of Greetland, Builder

    Maintenance History
    Broken and abandoned (1992)

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    2nd May 1920

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Dedicated

    2nd May 1920

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Previous Location(s)

    Krumlin Methodist Church, Scammonden Road, Krumlin, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX4 0AX, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 05656 18786

    Denomination

    Methodist

    Year of move

    Unknown

    Reason for move

    Unknown

  • Wall Nook Methodist Church, Wall Nook, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX4 0BA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 06508 20998

    Denomination

    Methodist

    Year of move

    March 1988

    Reason for move

    Closure of church

  • Components

    Tablets

    Height: 850mm

    Width: 1220mm


    Made from: Marble - White


    Condition: Poor


    • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 812 Halifax Weekly Guardian 2 May 1920 (pg 8); 14 May 1921 (pg 4) Former member of church. Oldest inhabitant of area.