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    Memorial

    Park Methodists, Brighouse - WW1 and WW2

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    Current Location

    Central Methodist Church, Commercial Street, Brighouse, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HD6 1AY, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 14386 22910

    Denomination

    Methodist

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Fred Roberts

    • Tom Sugden

    • Arthur Thornton

    • Willie Fielding

    • Joseph Lister

    • Albert E Harris

    • Leonard Owen

    • John William Hardcastle

    • Sam Rhodes

    • Fred Longbottom

    • Fred Firth

    • James Caldwell

    • Ernest Pearson

    • Fred Ellis

    • Annie Wheatley

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    2742
    Description
    Elaborately carved rectangular oak board with decorations each side and the lettering in gold.
    Inscription
    IN MEMORIAM/ THEY LOVED DUTY MORE THAN THEY FEARED DEATH/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    2
    Died
    2
    Information shown
    Rank, Year died, Regiment, Forename, Manner of death
    Order of names
    Year died
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    15
    Died
    15
    Information shown
    Surname, Rank, Year died, Regiment, Forename, Manner of death
    Order of names
    Year died
    Maintenance History
    In good condition but stored in dirty and inaccessible place (1992). Church has no intention to display memorial

    Previous Location(s)

    • Park Methodist Church, Park Street, Brighouse, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HD6 1JL, England

      OS Grid Reference

    SE 146 228

    Year of move

    1981

    Reason for move

    AMALGAMATION OF METHODIST CHURCHES; PARK CONVERTED INTO MARKET BUILDING

    Components

    Board

    Height: 1700mm

    Width: 1900mm


    Made from: Wood - Oak


    Condition: Good


    • Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 405